Hello, friends, welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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It's hard to believe
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but this is the last
study for the Book of Isaiah
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lesson number 13.
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It is true that we
have endured to the end.
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And if you've joined
us from week to week,
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I pray that you've
been tremendously blessed.
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Today is an exciting lesson,
"The Rebirth of Planet Earth."
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What does the Bible prophesy
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about what we can look
forward to in the future?
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Well, stay tuned
for an exciting lesson
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about what God
has in store for us.
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If you'd like a
copy of the lesson,
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go to ABSG.Adventist.org
and download a digital copy.
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But even better than that,
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look for a local
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
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and join them just walk in.
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I know you're
going to be welcomed
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for an exciting excursion
through the Book of Isaiah.
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But thank you for joining us.
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Stay tuned, we'll be right back
to start the journey with you.
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Hello, friends, welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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My name is John Lomacang,
thank you for enduring with us.
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We have been going
through the Book of Isaiah,
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an exciting study.
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I think my panel can
agree with a hearty amen.
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Amen.
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That's what
pastors always like amens.
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But thank you
for taking the time
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to join us again.
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We are talking about this
week, rebirth of planet earth.
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I cannot wait
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till this
present earth is replaced
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with a perfect version.
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And to find out
what that is going to be
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at least to get a glimpse of it.
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We're going to go
to the Book of Isaiah,
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and study the closing chapters
in this glorious unwrapping
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of God's grace for us.
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And the plan He has,
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as the Bible says
for those who love Him.
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So thank you for joining us.
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Right to my left is
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one of my
favorite Bible panelists,
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Jill Morikone,
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the Vice President
of the 3ABN and COO.
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Good to have you here.
You always have a list.
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And we have
another list too today.
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It's been such a joy
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to journey
through Isaiah together.
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Amen.
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And, Ryan, I always
like your enthusiasm
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and your approach to God's Word.
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Good to have you
here again today.
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Blessed to be here.
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And Pastor Dinzey,
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what can you say about your time
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in the Book of Isaiah?
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The Book of Isaiah
is a marvelous book
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and I hope our viewers have
and listeners have noticed that
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there's much to learn there.
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That's right.
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And many people don't know
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but Shelley Quinn
actually assigns each of us
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what we're going to be studying.
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Thank you for that diligence.
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It's worked out I
believe under God's guidance.
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Good to have you here, Shelley.
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Thank you. It's always a joy.
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And I'll tell you before
we go any further though,
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Shelley, would you
prayer for us today?
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Absolutely.
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Our glorious Heavenly Father,
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we come before You with
thanksgiving in our heart,
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for who You are and
all You have done for us
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in Your plan of salvation,
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salvation by grace
through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Thank You for this book Lord,
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thank You for Your
Holy Spirit and Your Word.
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And right now we
need Your Spirit.
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We ask that You
would pour Him out on us
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and everything we say
will be for Your glory.
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And Lord bless all who
are listening to our voices
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Isaiah 65:17 is our memory text.
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I'll read that in your
hearing, "For behold, "
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these are wonderful words,
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"For behold,
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I create new
heavens and a new earth, "
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and I just love this part,
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"and the former
shall not be remembered
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or come to mind."
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I'm looking forward to that day
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when all this
discombobulated refuse
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can be replaced with
nothing but good, good thoughts.
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The former will
not even be remembered
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nor come into mind.
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The writer began with a story.
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I thought this was a good one.
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I don't often use the
stories but this one was good.
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Says one day a 12-year-old boy,
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having just read
a book on astronomy
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refused to go to school.
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His mother took the
child to the family doctor
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who said,
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"Billy, what's the matter?
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Why don't you want to
study or go to school anymore?"
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Well, because Dr. He said,
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"I read in this astronomy book
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that one day the
sun is going to burn out
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and all life on
earth will vanish.
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And I don't see any
reason to do anything about it.
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And in the end,
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everything will die out anyway."
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The mother hysterically shouted.
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"It's not your business.
It's not your business."
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The doctor smiled and said,
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"But Billy, you
don't need to worry
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because by the
time this happens,
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we'll all be long dead anyway."
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Of course, that part of
the problem in the end is
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we are all going
to be dead anyway.
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But you know, friends,
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what I like about what
we're going to read today
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is that is not how
our story is going to end.
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We're not going to
be all dead anywhere,
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we're not going to turn back
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into some kind
of garden compost,
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and go back to this
dismal, never ending cycle
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of having plants rise
out from where we once stood.
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God has a
tremendous plan for His people.
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And in Isaiah, we find
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I have eight points today, Jill.
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So I'm going to
go right into that
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because I think that
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I'm looking forward to
the glorious reinvention
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of planet earth,
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to the day when we can see
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God show us how He did
it in the very beginning.
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And then He says,
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"Behold, I make a new
heaven and a new earth."
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And what a glorious
day that's going to be.
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So I've got eight points that
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I'm just going to go ahead
and begin to unfold right now.
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Isaiah 65:17.
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First of all, the very first one
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is the past will
be forgotten forever.
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Amen.
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Isaiah 65:17 is the memory text.
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"For behold, I create
new heavens and a new earth,
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and the former
shall not be remembered
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nor come to mind."
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One day the past
will be forgotten forever.
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Amen.
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Now we all should have
said hallelujah for that
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because anything we've done,
nobody would ever know again.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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The former things
will not be remembered
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nor come to mind.
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When we get to kingdom
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when somebody
get to the kingdom,
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when somebody rents
out the John Lomacang DVD,
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they'll say it's blank.
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Amen. Hallelujah for that.
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The former things
will not be remembered,
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out of the mind,
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blotted out by
the blood of the Lamb.
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The other thing is,
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we will rejoice
and have joy forever.
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Amen.
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Isaiah 65:18,
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"But be glad and rejoice forever
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in what I create,
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for behold, I create
Jerusalem as a rejoicing,
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and her people a joy.
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"Now this is not
the New Jerusalem,
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this is not the Jerusalem
in the Middle East now.
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We're not going back to the...
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I don't want to
say disrespectful
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to the crummy
remnants of antiquity.
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We're going back to a
beautiful golden city,
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who has 12 foundations
made of precious stones,
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gates made of one pearl each.
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Can you imagine a gate
made of one pearl each?
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Ladies, you
haven't seen pearls yet.
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Just put it that way.
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And walls that
are transparent glass
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out of which the glory of God
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will radiate throughout
ceaseless ages of eternity.
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Number three,
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sadness, death and crying
will be eliminated forever,
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the cadence forever.
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Isaiah 65:19.
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"I will rejoice in
Jerusalem, and joy in My people,
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the voice of weeping
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shall no longer be heard in her,
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nor the voice of crying."
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Praise God.
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Revelation 21 picks up on that
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because Isaiah is now
amplified in Revelation 21:1-4,
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"Now I saw a new
heaven and a new earth,
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for the first
heaven and the first earth
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had passed away.
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Also, there was no more sea,"
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why?
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Because the sea
that separates us
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will not separate us any longer.
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We're going to be
unified at the Tree of Life,
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which is for the
healing of the nations,
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which is for the reunification,
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the mending of the earth,
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that now keeps us
separated by class, creed, race,
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financial status,
and so many other ways.
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But God is saying in
verse 2 of Revelation 21,
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"Then I John saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem,
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coming down out
of heaven from God,
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prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
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And I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
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'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
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and He will dwell with them,
and they shall be His people.'"
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I'm looking forward to
being one of those people,
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what about you?
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God Himself will be
with them and be their God.
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And verse 4,
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"And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
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and there shall be no more death
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nor sorrow, no crying,
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there shall be no more pain,"
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why?
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"For the former
things have passed away."
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Death itself is
going to have a funeral.
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It's going to be last enemy
that's going to be destroyed.
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Number four,
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age will no longer
be a factor forever.
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Hallelujah.
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Gray here will be
wisdom in eternity, not age.
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Isaiah 65:20.
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And this is a beautiful passage,
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but I'll make it very clear.
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"No more shall an infant
from there live but a few days,
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nor an old man who
has not fulfilled his days
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for the child,"
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watch this.
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This is a paradox,
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"for the child
shall die 100 years old,
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but the sin of
being 100 years old
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shall be accursed."
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Now why is it saying this?
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This was a paradox showing
that children don't live,
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you're not a
child when you're 100.
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And there is
going to be no death
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in the New Jerusalem.
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So this paradox is saying,
as life continues to go on,
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you'll never have to
worry about the curse of death.
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And children will
never have to worry
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about death any longer.
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The paradox of Isaiah 65:20,
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but it continues,
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"Age will no longer
be a factor for ever."
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Number five, let's go there.
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We will be beneficiaries
of our own labor forever.
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That's not the
case today in our world,
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there's so many people that work
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and they never get a chance
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to live in the
apartments they build.
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There are people
that are living in places
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where they are
synonymous to just slave camps.
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They're making coats and jackets
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and electronic devices
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and they can never own one.
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They're building houses,
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but they're too
poor to live in them.
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But the Bible
says in the New Earth,
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there's going to
be a greater blessing.
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Isaiah 65:21-23.
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Notice the beneficiaries
of our future labor."
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They shall build
houses and inhabit them,
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they shall plant
vineyards and eat their fruit.
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They shall not
build and another inhabit,
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they shall not
plant and another eat,
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for as the days of a tree,
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so shall be the
days of My people,
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and My elect shall long
enjoy the work of their hands."
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To God be the glory.
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"They shall not labor in vain,
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nor bring forth
children for trouble,
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for they shall
be the descendants
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of the blessed of the Lord,
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And their offspring with them."
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Praise God for that.
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This is important because
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in this world where
there is forced labor,
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the Bible is saying
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there'll be no
more forced labor,
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every one of us by
the glory of our own labor
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will be
benefactors of our own labor.
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That's why we've
read now number six.
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Let's go to number six.
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It says we will be blessed
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with the attentive
presence of God for ever.
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Can you imagine being
in God's presence forever?
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Isaiah 65:24.
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Here's what the Bible says,
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"It shall come to pass
that before they call," what?
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"I will answer,
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why they are
still speaking," what?
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"I will hear."
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in Revelation 22:4-5 adds
another component to that,
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because we're going to be
in the presence of God forever.
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Revelation 22:4-5 says,
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"They shall see His face
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and His name shall
be on their foreheads."
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That means not
literally written there,
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but their minds are
going to be transformed.
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Let this mind be in you,
which is also in Christ Jesus.
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When we are in the
presence of God forever,
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our minds and His
mind will be merged.
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We're not, His mind is
not becoming like ours,
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but our mind
will be just like His.
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Praise God for that.
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The Bible says,
continuing in verse 5,
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"There shall be no night there.
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They need no lamp
nor light of the sun,
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for the Lord
God gives them light
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and they shall reign, "
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for how long?
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"Forever and ever."
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Praise God for that.
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Number seven,
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there will be
peace, where there was fear
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and there will be peace forever.
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Isaiah 65:25,
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"The wolf and the
lamb shall feed together,
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the lion shall
eat straw like the ox,
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the dust shall be
the serpent's food.
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They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all My holy mountain,
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says the Lord."
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I love the way that the writer
of this lesson brings this out.
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It says, for
carnivores such as lions
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to become vegetarian
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requires something more
than a vegetarian cooking class.
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Right.
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It requires the recreation
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to restore the
world to its ideal state
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as it was before sin in
Eden introduced to death.
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We find in Nahum 1:9,
another beautiful promise,
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we are told,
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what do you
conspire against the Lord,
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He will make an utter end of it,
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that is affliction will
not rise up a second time.
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Education 301 and paragraph two,
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"Between the school of Eden,
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between the school
established in Eden
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at the beginning and
the school of the hereafter
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there lies the whole
compass of this world's history.
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The history of
human transgression
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and suffering,
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of divine sacrifice,
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and of victory
over death and sin.
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Not all the conditions
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of that first school
of Eden will be found
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in the school of
the future life."
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I like this.
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"No tree of
knowledge of good and evil
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will afford
opportunity for temptation.
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No tempter is there,
no possibility of wrong.
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Every character has
withstood the testing of evil,
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and none are longer
susceptible to its power."
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In the New Jerusalem
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there will be no
possibility of sin.
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What a perfect
world to look forward to.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much, Pastor John.
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Praise the Lord.
Hallelujah. Amen.
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I have Monday
which is Divine Magnet,
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we turn to Isaiah Chapter 66.
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And we're going to be
looking at the first 19 verses
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of Isaiah Chapter 66.
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Now it's interesting, I thought,
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why in the world that they
call this lesson divine magnet.
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A magnet draws
many things to itself,
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would that be correct?
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And it also draws
another magnet to itself
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if the north pole of one magnet
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attracts to the south
pole of another magnet.
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However, if you
bring two magnets together,
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the north poles of the magnets
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or the south poles
of the magnets together,
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what happens?
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They don't attract,
they repel each other.
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Magnets can
either attract or repel,
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depending on which
side is toward each other.
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Now this is not
foolproof illustration.
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But Christ as the divine magnet
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draws to Himself anyone
who's willing to be led,
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anyone who's willing
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to be softened
by the Holy Spirit,
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anyone who wants
to be drawn to Him.
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At the same time,
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there's a
repelling force or judgment
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that comes upon those
who refuse to be drawn.
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After much time,
after much long suffering,
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after much love
that has been refused
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and consistently rebuffed,
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there is a time of judgment.
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Kind of like the
sun, it melts ice,
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but it hardens clay.
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The difference
is not in the sun,
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the difference is in us
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and how we react
to that love of God.
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So this lesson,
Isaiah 66, the divine magnet,
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we look at God's
promises for His people.
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But on the flip side,
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we look at God's judgment
over five groups of people
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that I see in this passage.
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So I have 10
points, Pastor John,
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we're going for
five groups of people
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so that we're going to
start with the judgment
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because I'd
rather end with hope.
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So we're going to start
with the five groups of people
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for the judgment,
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then we'll go to
the five promises
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that God extends to His people.
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So let's start
with that judgment.
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Judgment comes to those who
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number one, fight against God.
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This is Isaiah 66:6.
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"The sound of
noise from the city!
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A voice from the temple!
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The voice of the Lord,
Who fully repays His, "
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what's that word?
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Enemies.
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"Enemies. Those
who fight against God."
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Number two, group number two,
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judgment comes to those
who oppress God's people.
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Isaiah 66:5, go back
one verse to verse 5.
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"Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at His word:
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'Your brethren hated you,
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who cast you out for
My name's sake, said,
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'Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy.'
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But they shall be ashamed."
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What's happening here?
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Their brethren, they hated them,
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and they cast them out.
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Those who oppress God's people
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will have
judgment visited upon them.
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Group number three,
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those who walk in
hypocrisy and legalism
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will have
judgment cast against them.
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Or going back
again, Isaiah 66:3.
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This is kind of interesting.
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"He who kills a bull
is as if he slays a man.
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What?
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He who sacrifices a lamb,
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is as if he who
breaks a dog's neck."
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You can think you're doing good,
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you can think
I'm bringing a bull
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for a sacrifice.
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I think that
I'm bringing a lamb,
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I'm doing the right thing.
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And yet, I think I'm
doing the right thing.
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And in God's eyes,
it's like killing a man,
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or breaking a dog's neck
the hypocrisy of the people.
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"He who offers a grain offering,
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as if he offers swine's blood.
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He who burns incense,
as if he blesses in idol."
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Thinking that
they're doing right,
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well, following in
the sanctuary service
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and bringing the
incense bringing the offerings,
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doing what they
thought was right,
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but do we knit out
of a hollow religion
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without any heart connection.
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"Just as they have
chosen their own ways,
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and their soul
delights in abominations."
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Those who walk in hypocrisy
and legalism will be judged.
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Group number four,
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those who refuse
to listen to God and
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openly rebel against
Him, they will be judged.
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Isaiah 66:4.
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"So will I
choose their delusions
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and bring their
fears on them because,"
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this is really sad to me,
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"When I called nobody answered.
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When I spoke, they did not hear,
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but they did evil before my eyes
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and chose that in
which I do not delight."
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God's saying, I called
and I spoke and I appealed,
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and they didn't answer,
00:20:05.57\00:20:06.90
and they didn't
care and they did evil.
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Judgment comes to those
who refuse to listen to God.
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The final group that I see here,
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group number five,
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judgment comes to those
who worship other idols,
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and who practice
pagan abominations.
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Isaiah 66:17,
00:20:25.05\00:20:27.72
"Those who sanctify themselves
and purify themselves,
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to go to the gardens, "
00:20:30.66\00:20:32.99
referenced to a
type of pagan worship,
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"after an idol in the midst,
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eating swine's flesh
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and the
abomination and the mouse,
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shall be consumed together,
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says the Lord."
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Those who worship idols,
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those who
practice pagan abominations
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will be judged.
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Now let's look at
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the five
promises in this section,
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that God extends to
those who want to follow Him,
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to those who choose
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to be drawn to
Him the divine magnet.
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Promise number one,
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He promises to aid
those who are oppressed,
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those who have been
afflicted by the wicked.
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Isaiah 66:2,
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"For all those
things My hand has made,
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and all those things
exist, says the Lord.
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But on this one, will
I look on him who is, "
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what's that word?
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"Poor, and of a contrite spirit,
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and who trembles at my word."
00:21:28.98\00:21:31.69
Have you been oppressed?
Have you been afflicted?
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Do you...
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Are you poor in spirit
00:21:35.96\00:21:37.29
and come before God and say,
00:21:37.33\00:21:38.66
God, would you look upon me.
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God, I need You.
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I think of the
souls from under the altar
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who cried out for justice.
00:21:44.73\00:21:47.67
This is in Revelation 6:10.
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What they say?
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How long oh Lord,
00:21:51.77\00:21:53.41
holy and true until you judge
00:21:53.44\00:21:55.84
and avenge our blood on
those who dwell on the earth.
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If you are suffering affliction,
00:21:59.55\00:22:01.35
if you are oppressed,
00:22:01.38\00:22:03.12
God has promised
that He will aid you
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if you are oppressed.
00:22:07.22\00:22:08.69
Promise number two,
00:22:08.72\00:22:10.06
He has promised to deliver
00:22:10.09\00:22:12.49
those who honor and respect Him.
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Isaiah 66:5,
00:22:15.40\00:22:18.87
hear the word of the Lord.
00:22:18.90\00:22:20.24
"You who tremble
or respect His Word,
00:22:20.27\00:22:23.67
your brethren, they hated you,
00:22:23.71\00:22:25.77
and they cast you
out for My namesake said,
00:22:25.81\00:22:28.14
'Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy,
00:22:28.18\00:22:31.11
but they shall be ashamed.'"
00:22:31.15\00:22:33.21
God is going to judge them,
00:22:33.25\00:22:35.45
but He will bring deliverance
to those who honor Him,
00:22:35.48\00:22:39.39
to those who respect Him.
00:22:39.42\00:22:41.39
Promise number three,
00:22:41.42\00:22:42.76
He promises to
comfort those who mourn
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and those who have suffered.
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Isaiah 66:13,
00:22:48.13\00:22:51.30
"As one whom
his mother comforts,
00:22:51.33\00:22:54.04
so I will comfort you,
00:22:54.07\00:22:56.71
and you shall be
comforted in Jerusalem."
00:22:56.74\00:23:00.81
Isaiah 40:1-2 says
really the same thing
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comfort, yes,
00:23:03.88\00:23:05.21
"Comfort my people"
00:23:05.25\00:23:06.58
says God,
00:23:06.61\00:23:07.95
"Speak comfort to
Jerusalem and cry out to her
00:23:07.98\00:23:11.12
that her warfare is ended
that her iniquity is pardoned."
00:23:11.15\00:23:15.32
Do you comfort?
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Are you mourning?
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Have you suffered?
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Have you been afflicted?
00:23:19.63\00:23:21.23
God say, "I will comfort you."
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Promise number four,
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He offers peace,
00:23:26.84\00:23:28.50
that's God offers
peace to the repentant.
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Isaiah 66:12.
00:23:33.41\00:23:36.18
The first part of that verse,
00:23:36.21\00:23:38.31
"For thus says the Lord,
00:23:38.35\00:23:39.75
'Behold, I will
extend peace to her
00:23:39.78\00:23:42.68
like a river
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and the glory of the Gentiles
like a flowing stream.'"
00:23:44.09\00:23:48.42
Do you need peace?
00:23:48.46\00:23:49.79
Do you want peace
in your life today?
00:23:49.82\00:23:52.23
Is it turbulent and
troubled and difficult?
00:23:52.26\00:23:55.66
God says He will
extend peace to her,
00:23:55.70\00:24:00.10
peace to you like a river.
00:24:00.14\00:24:02.37
And finally promise number five,
00:24:02.40\00:24:04.71
He will restore Jerusalem
00:24:04.74\00:24:06.98
and not just Jerusalem,
00:24:07.01\00:24:08.34
but the promise is
extended all the way down
00:24:08.38\00:24:10.41
through the ages to us today
as His followers, as believers,
00:24:10.45\00:24:15.35
He will restore us again.
00:24:15.38\00:24:17.22
Isaiah 66:10.
00:24:17.25\00:24:19.65
"Rejoice with Jerusalem
00:24:19.69\00:24:21.96
and be glad with her
all you who loved her.
00:24:21.99\00:24:24.69
Rejoice for joy with her
all you who mourn for her."
00:24:24.73\00:24:28.46
Psalm 30 says what?
00:24:28.50\00:24:29.83
"Weeping endure for a night,
00:24:29.86\00:24:31.20
but joy, it
comes in the morning."
00:24:31.23\00:24:35.27
I want to my closing
scripture is Joel 2:25.
00:24:35.30\00:24:38.67
I love this scripture.
00:24:38.71\00:24:40.64
"I will restore to you
00:24:40.68\00:24:42.38
the years that
the locust has eaten."
00:24:42.41\00:24:45.55
Verse 27,
00:24:45.58\00:24:46.92
"You shall know I am
in the midst of Israel.
00:24:46.95\00:24:49.08
I am the Lord your
God and there is no other.
00:24:49.12\00:24:52.45
My people shall
never be put to shame.
00:24:52.49\00:24:55.89
God will restore to you
all that the locust has eaten."
00:24:55.92\00:24:59.93
Wow. Well, thank
you so much, Jill.
00:24:59.96\00:25:01.90
Wonderful lesson.
00:25:01.93\00:25:03.26
And we're just getting started
00:25:03.30\00:25:05.37
on the final lesson
number 13 of the Book of Isaiah.
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Welcome back to 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel,
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we're going to go to Tuesday.
00:25:48.28\00:25:49.88
Ryan Day has missionaries
and worship leaders.
00:25:49.91\00:25:55.35
Where to start?
00:25:55.38\00:25:58.59
We were talking you
guys had enough information
00:25:58.62\00:26:01.06
for this entire
panel to digest there.
00:26:01.09\00:26:03.96
It was a
powerful studies indeed.
00:26:03.99\00:26:06.03
Lesson number 13.
00:26:06.06\00:26:07.93
And we're on Tuesday's lesson
00:26:07.96\00:26:09.96
Missionaries
and Worship Leaders.
00:26:10.00\00:26:12.17
So basically,
00:26:12.20\00:26:14.20
what we see happening
prior to verses 19 here,
00:26:14.24\00:26:18.11
so I have 19 through 21,
00:26:18.14\00:26:19.81
which is actually talking
about God rising up a people,
00:26:19.84\00:26:23.35
sending out His people
00:26:23.38\00:26:25.01
to raise up a people
00:26:25.05\00:26:26.38
to be missionaries
and worship leaders.
00:26:26.41\00:26:28.68
But what we see
happening before that
00:26:28.72\00:26:30.19
from like verses 14
00:26:30.22\00:26:31.85
all the way
through to verse 18 there
00:26:31.89\00:26:34.62
is basically a beautiful scene
of the second coming of Jesus
00:26:34.66\00:26:37.29
where God is brought back,
00:26:37.33\00:26:38.66
you see, Jesus comes
back in all of His glory.
00:26:38.69\00:26:41.33
And, of course, He
reigns indignation upon those,
00:26:41.36\00:26:43.83
He brings back
judgment for those
00:26:43.87\00:26:45.53
who have not walked in His ways,
00:26:45.57\00:26:46.90
were practicing
as the word say here,
00:26:46.94\00:26:49.14
the abominations
00:26:49.17\00:26:50.61
and all of those
things that are not clean.
00:26:50.64\00:26:53.34
But by the time
we get to verse 19,
00:26:53.38\00:26:56.34
we're setting up the
ending of this book here,
00:26:56.38\00:26:59.31
this powerful book
00:26:59.35\00:27:00.68
in which we have another
beautiful prophetic promise
00:27:00.72\00:27:03.22
a beautiful looking
forward to as Jesus'
00:27:03.25\00:27:06.32
it has come back
in all of His glory,
00:27:06.35\00:27:08.19
He has prepared a people.
00:27:08.22\00:27:09.86
And that's where
we're going to pick up.
00:27:09.89\00:27:11.23
I'm going to start
actually in verse 18,
00:27:11.26\00:27:13.63
just to kind of set the context
00:27:13.66\00:27:15.00
and we'll read
on to verse 19-21.
00:27:15.03\00:27:17.53
So again, verse 18 of Isaiah 66.
00:27:17.57\00:27:21.10
"This is for I know their works,
00:27:21.14\00:27:22.90
and their thoughts,
00:27:22.94\00:27:24.27
it shall be that
00:27:24.31\00:27:25.64
I will gather all
nations and tongues,
00:27:25.67\00:27:27.71
and they shall
come and see My glory."
00:27:27.74\00:27:31.18
And then verse 19,
00:27:31.21\00:27:32.55
"I will set a sign among them,
00:27:32.58\00:27:34.45
and those among them who escape
I will send to the nations:
00:27:34.48\00:27:38.22
to Tarshish and Pul and Lud,
00:27:38.25\00:27:40.62
who draw the bow,
and Tubal and Javan,
00:27:40.66\00:27:44.23
to the coastlands after
all who have not heard My fame
00:27:44.26\00:27:48.06
nor seen My glory.
00:27:48.10\00:27:49.93
And they shall declare
My glory among the Gentiles.
00:27:49.96\00:27:54.67
Then they shall
bring all your brethren
00:27:54.70\00:27:56.91
for an offering to the
Lord out of all nations,
00:27:56.94\00:28:00.58
on horses and in
chariots and in litters,
00:28:00.61\00:28:03.81
on mules and on camels,
00:28:03.85\00:28:05.98
to My holy mountain
Jerusalem, says the Lord,
00:28:06.01\00:28:09.88
as the children of Israel bring
an offering in a clean vessel
00:28:09.92\00:28:13.66
to the house of the Lord.
00:28:13.69\00:28:15.82
And I will also
take some of them
00:28:15.86\00:28:18.09
for priests and
Levites, says the Lord."
00:28:18.13\00:28:22.36
Missionaries
and worship leaders.
00:28:22.40\00:28:24.43
You know, it's
powerful to think about this
00:28:24.47\00:28:26.40
or interesting
to think about this.
00:28:26.43\00:28:27.87
But you know, from the
time of the Babylonian exile
00:28:27.90\00:28:30.74
all the way to
the time of Christ,
00:28:30.77\00:28:32.71
it's interesting that
00:28:32.74\00:28:34.48
there was some type
of missionary evangelism
00:28:34.51\00:28:37.25
that was being done
from the Jewish leaders.
00:28:37.28\00:28:39.98
And we know this, again,
it kind of comes within a...
00:28:40.02\00:28:42.75
We find out this information
00:28:42.78\00:28:44.12
from a little bit
of a negative context
00:28:44.15\00:28:45.49
of Jesus' words
00:28:45.52\00:28:46.86
from Matthew 23:15.
00:28:46.89\00:28:48.56
Notice what he
says in Matthew 23:15.
00:28:48.59\00:28:50.19
He says,
00:28:50.23\00:28:51.56
"Woe to you,
scribes and Pharisees,
00:28:51.59\00:28:53.43
hypocrites,
00:28:53.46\00:28:54.80
for you travel land and
sea to win one proselyte,
00:28:54.83\00:28:59.77
and when he is one,
00:28:59.80\00:29:02.34
you make him twice
00:29:02.37\00:29:03.71
as much a son of
hell as yourselves."
00:29:03.74\00:29:06.88
And so a little bit of
a negative overtone there.
00:29:06.91\00:29:09.44
But nonetheless,
Christ is recognizing the fact
00:29:09.48\00:29:11.31
that there was some
type of missionary outreach
00:29:11.35\00:29:13.75
that was going on
00:29:13.78\00:29:15.12
before He
showed up on the scene.
00:29:15.15\00:29:16.82
But when He
showed up on the scene,
00:29:16.85\00:29:19.62
He began to
revolutionize evangelism.
00:29:19.65\00:29:22.32
He began to turn
the world right side up
00:29:22.36\00:29:25.09
with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:29:25.13\00:29:26.80
And it's interesting
to know that, of course,
00:29:26.83\00:29:28.83
the early Christians,
00:29:28.86\00:29:30.20
that is the Christian
church post Christ's death,
00:29:30.23\00:29:33.87
the Christian spread
the gospel very rapidly,
00:29:33.90\00:29:36.54
and on a mass scale.
00:29:36.57\00:29:37.94
In fact, Paul alludes
to this a couple of times
00:29:37.97\00:29:40.51
as he was a part of
this great evangelistic work
00:29:40.54\00:29:43.28
in his missionary outreach.
00:29:43.31\00:29:44.85
Colossians 1:23.
00:29:44.88\00:29:47.18
Paul says this, he says,
00:29:47.22\00:29:48.55
"If indeed, you
continue in the faith,
00:29:48.58\00:29:51.55
grounded and steadfast
00:29:51.59\00:29:52.92
and are not moved away
from the hope of the gospel,
00:29:52.95\00:29:55.56
which you heard."
00:29:55.59\00:29:57.69
It goes on to say,
00:29:57.73\00:29:59.06
"Which was preached to
every creature under heaven,
00:29:59.09\00:30:03.60
of which I, Paul,
became a minister."
00:30:03.63\00:30:06.13
So Paul's recognizing
that he was obviously called
00:30:06.17\00:30:09.47
to reach out as well as
the other apostles as well.
00:30:09.50\00:30:12.31
And, of course,
00:30:12.34\00:30:13.68
he repeats this
idea in Acts 22:21,
00:30:13.71\00:30:17.21
when he was, when he reports
that he was told to depart
00:30:17.25\00:30:19.81
and go from
here to the Gentiles.
00:30:19.85\00:30:22.45
You know, it's a beautiful,
you read the Book of Acts
00:30:22.48\00:30:23.99
and you read about
00:30:24.02\00:30:25.35
all of the amazing
missionary journeys of Paul
00:30:25.39\00:30:27.49
and Silas and Barnabas,
00:30:27.52\00:30:28.92
and you know,
all of the apostles,
00:30:28.96\00:30:30.29
you know, James,
and Peter, and Philip,
00:30:30.33\00:30:32.49
and all these,
they were all sent,
00:30:32.53\00:30:34.46
you know, after the
Pentecost experience,
00:30:34.50\00:30:37.67
God distributed them
in just the right areas
00:30:37.70\00:30:40.54
so they could go
take the word of the Lord
00:30:40.57\00:30:42.77
to all the parts of the earth
00:30:42.80\00:30:44.54
as Acts 1:8 says that
00:30:44.57\00:30:46.07
He would give
them the Holy Spirit
00:30:46.11\00:30:47.78
to be a witness to,
00:30:47.81\00:30:49.14
you know, Samaria, Judea
00:30:49.18\00:30:50.51
and all the
uttermost parts of the world.
00:30:50.55\00:30:53.01
In fact, it's
interesting that post 31 AD,
00:30:53.05\00:30:56.45
which is when
Christ died on the cross,
00:30:56.48\00:30:59.19
it is estimated that
more than 1 million Christians
00:30:59.22\00:31:02.59
were won to Christ
00:31:02.62\00:31:03.96
by the end of
the first century AD,
00:31:03.99\00:31:05.66
that means it grew
from 12 to over a million
00:31:05.69\00:31:08.43
in just 73 years.
00:31:08.46\00:31:10.50
That's amazing.
00:31:10.53\00:31:11.87
And that could only
happen by the power of God.
00:31:11.90\00:31:14.77
And, in fact,
we've read the scriptures
00:31:14.80\00:31:16.34
right there in Isaiah,
00:31:16.37\00:31:17.71
God says, He's
going to do it again,
00:31:17.74\00:31:19.07
He's going to continue to do it,
00:31:19.11\00:31:20.44
that we are going
to send this gospel
00:31:20.48\00:31:21.94
to the Gentiles to all
the parts of the earth,
00:31:21.98\00:31:24.21
and that His people
00:31:24.25\00:31:25.61
will be brought to
Him as an offering.
00:31:25.65\00:31:29.18
Interesting.
00:31:29.22\00:31:30.55
God says that He
sees them as an offering.
00:31:30.59\00:31:32.52
When we witness to
others on behalf of Jesus,
00:31:32.55\00:31:36.86
we are bringing
an offering to Jesus.
00:31:36.89\00:31:39.03
We're offering
these wonderful people
00:31:39.06\00:31:41.13
as an offering to Him.
00:31:41.16\00:31:43.03
So I just made it,
00:31:43.06\00:31:44.40
this actually
comes from the lesson
00:31:44.43\00:31:45.77
as just as grain
offerings were gifts to God,
00:31:45.80\00:31:49.60
that were not slaughtered.
00:31:49.64\00:31:51.81
The converts brought to the Lord
00:31:51.84\00:31:53.27
would be presented to
Him as living sacrifices.
00:31:53.31\00:31:56.64
Of course, that
concept comes from Romans 12:1,
00:31:56.68\00:31:59.88
which were Paul writes,
00:31:59.91\00:32:01.25
"I beseech you,
therefore, brethren,
00:32:01.28\00:32:02.62
by the mercies of God,
that you present your bodies,
00:32:02.65\00:32:04.82
a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable to God,
00:32:04.85\00:32:07.56
which is your
reasonable service."
00:32:07.59\00:32:10.29
So when we bring
someone to Christ,
00:32:10.33\00:32:11.86
as the prophecy says here,
00:32:11.89\00:32:13.76
that we are going to bring them
00:32:13.80\00:32:15.13
and they will be considered
an offering to the Lord,
00:32:15.16\00:32:17.40
and He will receive
them as living sacrifices,
00:32:17.43\00:32:19.93
praise, that's awesome concept.
00:32:19.97\00:32:21.44
We can bring someone to Christ,
00:32:21.47\00:32:22.84
and He sees the
work that we have done,
00:32:22.87\00:32:24.77
and that He has done through us,
00:32:24.81\00:32:26.14
it's a blessing.
00:32:26.17\00:32:27.51
You see God's original people,
00:32:27.54\00:32:30.15
that is Israel
and the Old Testament
00:32:30.18\00:32:32.71
were called to be
kings and priests.
00:32:32.75\00:32:36.12
We see that in Exodus 19:6.
00:32:36.15\00:32:38.22
It says,
00:32:38.25\00:32:39.59
"And you shall be to
me a kingdom of priests,
00:32:39.62\00:32:41.32
and a holy nation.
00:32:41.36\00:32:43.22
These are the words
which you shall speak
00:32:43.26\00:32:44.63
to the children of Israel."
00:32:44.66\00:32:45.99
So God did call them
00:32:46.03\00:32:47.36
to be a nation of
kings and priests.
00:32:47.40\00:32:50.03
What about us?
00:32:50.07\00:32:52.20
Has God called us to be a
people of kings and priests?
00:32:52.23\00:32:56.84
He just said in the words
that we just read earlier,
00:32:56.87\00:32:59.11
that He will
also take some of them
00:32:59.14\00:33:00.74
for priests and Levites, right?
00:33:00.78\00:33:03.61
Well, I, of course, Jill,
you think you mentioned this
00:33:03.65\00:33:05.41
in one of our previous
lessons about 1 Peter 2:2 and 9
00:33:05.45\00:33:09.12
reminds us very clearly
of the wonderful blessing
00:33:09.15\00:33:11.65
that we have to look forward to
00:33:11.69\00:33:13.02
and what God has
called us to be as His people
00:33:13.05\00:33:15.52
living in these last days.
00:33:15.56\00:33:16.89
1 Peter 2:9-10 says,
00:33:16.93\00:33:18.46
"But you are a
chosen generation,
00:33:18.49\00:33:21.30
a royal
priesthood, a holy nation,
00:33:21.33\00:33:23.87
His own special people,"
00:33:23.90\00:33:26.74
get that,
00:33:26.77\00:33:28.10
we are His special
people, my friends.
00:33:28.14\00:33:30.51
It says,
00:33:30.54\00:33:31.87
"That you may
proclaim the praises of Him,
00:33:31.91\00:33:34.48
who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light,
00:33:34.51\00:33:37.68
who once were not of a people,
but once were not a people,
00:33:37.71\00:33:41.08
but now the people of God
who had not obtained mercy,
00:33:41.12\00:33:44.45
but now have obtained mercy."
00:33:44.49\00:33:47.12
And because we have
obtained that mercy,
00:33:47.16\00:33:48.82
God is calling us
to a higher calling.
00:33:48.86\00:33:50.23
He says,
00:33:50.26\00:33:51.59
"I bestowed upon you
00:33:51.63\00:33:52.96
a work to finish My work indeed.
00:33:52.99\00:33:54.70
We need to learn to
be more like Jesus."
00:33:54.73\00:33:56.73
When Jesus was in
00:33:56.77\00:33:58.10
after He had just
completed His conversation
00:33:58.13\00:34:00.10
with the woman at the well,
00:34:00.14\00:34:01.47
the disciples come out,
00:34:01.50\00:34:02.84
and they come out of the city,
and they go to give Him food
00:34:02.87\00:34:04.57
and He says,
Look, I've got meat,
00:34:04.61\00:34:06.41
I've got meat, I got food
that you don't even know I got.
00:34:06.44\00:34:08.48
And they're like
what this brother brought.
00:34:08.51\00:34:10.01
He brought a lot
towards your lunch.
00:34:10.05\00:34:11.61
And then He responds, John 4:34.
00:34:11.65\00:34:14.28
"Jesus said to them,
00:34:14.32\00:34:15.65
'My meat is to
do the will of Him
00:34:15.68\00:34:17.02
that sent Me,
00:34:17.05\00:34:18.39
and to finish His work."
00:34:18.42\00:34:20.06
My friends, some of us
00:34:20.09\00:34:21.62
need to be about
our Father's business.
00:34:21.66\00:34:24.33
We have been called to
a high special calling.
00:34:24.36\00:34:27.26
Our mission is in our very
name Seventh-day Adventist.
00:34:27.30\00:34:33.00
That when God
rested from His work
00:34:33.03\00:34:35.90
on the seventh day
00:34:35.94\00:34:37.27
that their original
language there says that
00:34:37.31\00:34:38.97
He ceased, He finished His work
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.51
and when we say that we
are Seventh-day Adventists,
00:34:41.54\00:34:43.88
people that keep
the commandments of God,
00:34:43.91\00:34:45.61
including the
fourth commandment,
00:34:45.65\00:34:47.05
looking forward
00:34:47.08\00:34:48.42
to the soon
return of Jesus Christ.
00:34:48.45\00:34:49.88
It points back to
that creation event
00:34:49.92\00:34:51.79
in which we also as
his high called people
00:34:51.82\00:34:55.19
are to finish His work.
00:34:55.22\00:34:58.06
I love this message right here
from Councils to the Church,
00:34:58.09\00:35:00.53
page 240.
00:35:00.56\00:35:01.90
It says, "God has
the distinct people,
00:35:01.93\00:35:03.77
a church on
earth second to none,
00:35:03.80\00:35:05.57
but superior to all
00:35:05.60\00:35:06.94
in their
facilities to teach the truth
00:35:06.97\00:35:08.77
to vindicate the law of God.
00:35:08.80\00:35:10.47
God has divinely
appointed agencies,
00:35:10.51\00:35:13.27
men and women He is
leading who have borne the heat
00:35:13.31\00:35:15.78
and burden of the day
00:35:15.81\00:35:17.15
who are cooperating
00:35:17.18\00:35:18.51
with heavenly instrumentalities,
00:35:18.55\00:35:19.88
to advance the kingdom of Christ
00:35:19.91\00:35:21.68
in our world.
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.05
Let all unite with
these chosen agents
00:35:23.08\00:35:25.15
and be found that last
00:35:25.19\00:35:26.65
among those who have
the patience of the saints,
00:35:26.69\00:35:29.76
who keep the
commandments of God,
00:35:29.79\00:35:31.83
and have the faith of Jesus."
00:35:31.86\00:35:34.33
That's powerful,
00:35:34.36\00:35:35.70
that we are God's
chosen distinct people,
00:35:35.73\00:35:37.53
kings and priests sent to
bring him special offerings
00:35:37.57\00:35:40.84
for the kingdom of God.
00:35:40.87\00:35:42.20
Last one, sixth volume
of the Testimonies page 295,
00:35:42.24\00:35:45.27
someone must fulfill
the commission of Christ,
00:35:45.31\00:35:47.41
someone must carry on the work
which He began to do on earth.
00:35:47.44\00:35:50.71
And the church has
been given this privilege.
00:35:50.75\00:35:53.18
And for this purpose,
it has been organized.
00:35:53.21\00:35:56.28
Amen. Thank you, Ryan.
00:35:56.32\00:35:57.65
Amen, amen.
00:35:57.69\00:35:59.05
Well, we move now
to Wednesday's portion,
00:35:59.09\00:36:01.79
which is a
continuation really of Tuesday.
00:36:01.82\00:36:05.59
And the title for
Wednesday is Community of Faith,
00:36:05.63\00:36:09.16
Community of Faith.
00:36:09.20\00:36:10.57
And yes, the lesson also here
00:36:10.60\00:36:12.70
includes in on
Wednesday's portion,
00:36:12.73\00:36:15.50
the concept or the idea
presented in Isaiah 66:21,
00:36:15.54\00:36:20.64
and I will also
take some of them
00:36:20.68\00:36:22.64
for priests and Levites
00:36:22.68\00:36:24.11
says the Lord.
00:36:24.15\00:36:25.48
Now, you have to understand
that for the Jewish people,
00:36:25.51\00:36:29.18
the Israelites,
00:36:29.22\00:36:31.02
the idea that a foreigner,
00:36:31.05\00:36:33.05
somebody not from
the nation of Israel,
00:36:33.09\00:36:34.96
would be taken for
priests and Levites
00:36:34.99\00:36:37.19
it says is
practically offensive to them.
00:36:37.23\00:36:39.73
And so, this is
in the Old Testament,
00:36:39.76\00:36:43.06
but it has
always been God's plan
00:36:43.10\00:36:45.47
for the people of all the
world to be part of His family.
00:36:45.50\00:36:50.67
So we're going to take
a look at some scriptures
00:36:50.71\00:36:53.17
that bring this out.
00:36:53.21\00:36:54.54
Yes, in Exodus Chapter 19,
00:36:54.58\00:36:56.41
God called the people
of Israel to be a nation,
00:36:56.44\00:36:59.48
a kingdom of
priests and a holy nations
00:36:59.51\00:37:01.88
for the purpose of
evangelizing the world.
00:37:01.92\00:37:03.82
They were not just to
keep it to themselves,
00:37:03.85\00:37:07.22
they were supposed to
bring it to the world.
00:37:07.26\00:37:09.42
And so, let's go
into Isaiah Chapter 2.
00:37:09.46\00:37:13.40
And look at some of the evidence
00:37:13.43\00:37:15.46
that the Bible presents here.
00:37:15.50\00:37:16.97
Isaiah 2:1-2, the
Bible makes this message,
00:37:17.00\00:37:22.20
presents this message,
00:37:22.24\00:37:23.57
"The word that
Isaiah the son of Amos,
00:37:23.61\00:37:25.47
saw concerning
Judah and Jerusalem.
00:37:25.51\00:37:28.14
Now it should come to
pass in the latter days,
00:37:28.18\00:37:31.45
that the mountain
of the Lord's house
00:37:31.48\00:37:33.62
shall be established on
the top of the mountains,
00:37:33.65\00:37:36.79
and shall be
exalted above the hills,"
00:37:36.82\00:37:38.92
and notice,
00:37:38.95\00:37:40.29
"and all nations
shall flow to it."
00:37:40.32\00:37:43.83
The, what they
were supposed to do,
00:37:43.86\00:37:46.80
the people of Israel
00:37:46.83\00:37:48.16
was to bring the message
of the gospel to the world,
00:37:48.20\00:37:51.93
and the nations were
supposed to flow to it.
00:37:51.97\00:37:56.20
Notice the message
of Jesus in John 10:16.
00:37:56.24\00:38:00.11
And Jesus repeated this
message over and over again,
00:38:00.14\00:38:03.01
you may remember,
00:38:03.04\00:38:04.38
I'm just going to quote
the first one from memory,
00:38:04.41\00:38:06.25
John 3:16,
00:38:06.28\00:38:07.88
"For God so loved the world,
00:38:07.92\00:38:10.49
that He gave His
only begotten Son
00:38:10.52\00:38:11.92
that whosoever believes in Him
00:38:11.95\00:38:13.86
shall not perish but
have everlasting life."
00:38:13.89\00:38:16.09
Said it to Nicodemus, and he,
this is a message He repeated.
00:38:16.12\00:38:19.29
Let's look at John 10:16.
00:38:19.33\00:38:21.56
"And other sheep I have
which are not of this fold
00:38:21.60\00:38:26.74
them also I must bring,
and they will hear My voice,
00:38:26.77\00:38:31.14
and there will be one
flock and one shepherd."
00:38:31.17\00:38:35.01
This has been
God's plan all along.
00:38:35.04\00:38:37.65
That's why you see
Jesus in Matthew 24:14,
00:38:37.68\00:38:41.42
well known passage,
00:38:41.45\00:38:42.78
"And this gospel of the kingdom
00:38:42.82\00:38:45.62
will be
preached in all the world
00:38:45.65\00:38:47.32
as a witness to all nations,
and then the end will come."
00:38:47.36\00:38:52.66
Brothers and
sisters, we have to do this,
00:38:52.69\00:38:55.20
we have been given
this great privilege, honor,
00:38:55.23\00:38:58.53
and commission by Jesus,
00:38:58.57\00:39:00.10
and we must, by God's
grace fulfill this commission.
00:39:00.14\00:39:04.14
Matthew
28:18-20, also well-known.
00:39:04.17\00:39:08.01
"And Jesus came and
spoke to them, saying,
00:39:08.04\00:39:11.38
'All authority
has been given to Me
00:39:11.41\00:39:13.25
in heaven and on earth.
00:39:13.28\00:39:14.98
Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations,
00:39:15.02\00:39:20.66
baptizing them in
the name of the Father
00:39:20.69\00:39:22.52
and of the Son
and of the Holy Ghost,
00:39:22.56\00:39:24.63
teaching them to
observe all things
00:39:24.66\00:39:26.83
that I have commanded you,
and lo, I am with you always,
00:39:26.86\00:39:29.43
even to the end of the age,
or at the end of the world, "
00:39:29.46\00:39:32.70
says the King James Version.
00:39:32.73\00:39:34.27
So yes, the gospel
is to go to the world,
00:39:34.30\00:39:37.11
and they are supposed to learn
00:39:37.14\00:39:40.11
the message that
Christ gave them.
00:39:40.14\00:39:42.44
Now listen to Acts 1:8.
00:39:42.48\00:39:45.48
Acts 1:8, a lot of
scriptures, write them down,
00:39:45.51\00:39:48.48
keep studying them.
00:39:48.52\00:39:49.85
Acts 1:8,
00:39:49.88\00:39:51.22
"Jesus said to the disciples,
00:39:51.25\00:39:52.59
'But you shall receive power
00:39:52.62\00:39:55.46
when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you
00:39:55.49\00:39:58.59
and you shall be
witnesses to me in Jerusalem,
00:39:58.63\00:40:02.43
and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth."
00:40:02.46\00:40:06.97
That's right, to
the end of the earth.
00:40:07.00\00:40:09.10
And so, if I have time
00:40:09.14\00:40:11.34
we'll read another
scripture here concerning that.
00:40:11.37\00:40:13.21
But I want to take you now
00:40:13.24\00:40:14.68
to when the
promise of the Holy Spirit
00:40:14.71\00:40:17.48
was first given.
00:40:17.51\00:40:19.01
For this, we must
turn to Joel 2:28.
00:40:19.05\00:40:23.59
"And it shall
come to pass afterward
00:40:23.62\00:40:26.09
that I will pour out
my Spirit upon all flesh,
00:40:26.12\00:40:30.56
and your sons and your daughters
00:40:30.59\00:40:32.46
shall prophesy,
00:40:32.49\00:40:33.83
your old men shall dream dreams,
00:40:33.86\00:40:35.43
your young men
shall see visions."
00:40:35.46\00:40:37.40
Notice that it says that
00:40:37.43\00:40:38.77
he will pour out His
Spirit upon all flesh.
00:40:38.80\00:40:41.30
This is a hint to
the people of Israel,
00:40:41.34\00:40:44.41
that God was going
to bring His Spirit
00:40:44.44\00:40:46.68
not only upon the Jews,
not only upon the Israelites,
00:40:46.71\00:40:49.38
but upon all the
people of all nations,
00:40:49.41\00:40:52.15
to as many as give
their hearts to the Lord.
00:40:52.18\00:40:55.88
Acts 17:26-27 is
where we are going next.
00:40:55.92\00:41:00.56
Please join me, Acts 17:26-27,
00:41:00.59\00:41:04.33
"And He has made from one blood
00:41:04.36\00:41:07.40
every nation of men to dwell
on all the face of the earth,
00:41:07.43\00:41:11.57
and has determined
their preappointed times
00:41:11.60\00:41:14.77
and the boundaries
of their dwellings,
00:41:14.80\00:41:16.74
so that they
should seek the Lord,
00:41:16.77\00:41:18.94
in the hope that
they might grope for Him
00:41:18.97\00:41:21.24
and find Him,
00:41:21.28\00:41:22.61
though He is not far
from each one of us."
00:41:22.64\00:41:26.21
So, my dear friend,
God is not far from anyone.
00:41:26.25\00:41:30.72
And He is, remember that He says
00:41:30.75\00:41:33.02
that He's not willing
that any should perish,
00:41:33.05\00:41:35.12
but that all
should come to repentance.
00:41:35.16\00:41:37.89
Moving quickly to
Ephesians Chapter 3,
00:41:37.93\00:41:41.86
beginning in
verse 4 until verse 6.
00:41:41.90\00:41:44.97
Ready, let's go.
00:41:45.00\00:41:46.33
"By which, when you read,
00:41:46.37\00:41:48.17
you may understand my knowledge
in the mystery of Christ,
00:41:48.20\00:41:51.37
which in other
ages was not made known
00:41:51.41\00:41:54.18
to the sons of men,
00:41:54.21\00:41:55.61
as it has now been
revealed by the Spirit
00:41:55.64\00:41:58.61
to His holy
apostles and prophets, "
00:41:58.65\00:42:00.45
notice,
00:42:00.48\00:42:01.82
"that the Gentiles
00:42:01.85\00:42:03.35
should be fellow
heirs, of the same body,
00:42:03.39\00:42:06.52
and partakers of His promise
in Christ through the gospel."
00:42:06.55\00:42:12.09
So you see,
00:42:12.13\00:42:13.46
it's God's plan all
along for the Gentiles,
00:42:13.50\00:42:17.07
the people of
all the other nations
00:42:17.10\00:42:18.90
to be part of God's family.
00:42:18.93\00:42:22.10
So, when you go to
Galatians Chapter 3,
00:42:22.14\00:42:25.61
this is further expanded.
00:42:25.64\00:42:27.31
Galatians 3:28-29.
00:42:27.34\00:42:31.48
Actually, let's
begin in verse 26.
00:42:31.51\00:42:32.88
Galatians 3:26,
00:42:32.91\00:42:35.65
"For ye are all sons of God
through faith in Christ Jesus,
00:42:35.68\00:42:40.49
for as many of you as
were baptized into Christ
00:42:40.52\00:42:44.26
have put on Christ.
00:42:44.29\00:42:45.63
There is neither Jew nor Greek,
00:42:45.66\00:42:47.43
there is neither slave nor free,
00:42:47.46\00:42:49.43
there is
neither male nor female,
00:42:49.46\00:42:51.37
for you are all
one in Christ Jesus.
00:42:51.40\00:42:55.20
And if you are Christ's,
then you are Abraham's seed,
00:42:55.24\00:43:00.58
and heirs
according to the promise."
00:43:00.61\00:43:04.15
Praise be to God.
00:43:04.18\00:43:05.88
The promise belongs
unto the Gentiles as well,
00:43:05.91\00:43:08.62
that's as well,
that's you and me,
00:43:08.65\00:43:11.05
I'm talking kind of fast.
00:43:11.09\00:43:12.42
So please follow along.
00:43:12.45\00:43:13.79
So we become heirs
through Jesus Christ.
00:43:13.82\00:43:17.19
And this is a
marvelous thing to understand.
00:43:17.23\00:43:20.06
God loves you,
00:43:20.10\00:43:21.90
you can be a
part of God's family.
00:43:21.93\00:43:24.90
And that's why I
want to take you finally
00:43:24.93\00:43:27.10
to Revelation Chapter 14.
00:43:27.14\00:43:29.80
Revelation 14:6 and 7,
00:43:29.84\00:43:32.77
notice the message
00:43:32.81\00:43:35.58
that has to be
given to the whole world.
00:43:35.61\00:43:38.81
Beginning in verse 6,
Revelation 14:6 and 7,
00:43:38.85\00:43:41.02
"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
00:43:41.05\00:43:44.35
having the everlasting gospel
00:43:44.39\00:43:46.59
to preach to those
who dwell on the earth,
00:43:46.62\00:43:50.06
and specifies, to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people,
00:43:50.09\00:43:54.46
saying with a loud voice,
00:43:54.50\00:43:56.23
'Fear God and give glory to Him,
00:43:56.26\00:43:58.83
for the hour of
His judgment has come,
00:43:58.87\00:44:01.04
and worship Him
00:44:01.07\00:44:02.40
who made heaven
and earth, the sea
00:44:02.44\00:44:03.91
and springs of water.'"
00:44:03.94\00:44:06.01
Friends, you can
continue reading Revelation 14
00:44:06.04\00:44:09.11
to understand that
there are three messages,
00:44:09.14\00:44:11.78
three, the three angels' message
00:44:11.81\00:44:13.78
are there, continue
reading, and you will see them.
00:44:13.82\00:44:16.48
And this is something
00:44:16.52\00:44:18.22
that we must
capture and understand.
00:44:18.25\00:44:21.06
We have a great
commission from Christ.
00:44:21.09\00:44:24.26
And when He promises,
00:44:24.29\00:44:26.49
He promises also to
bless us with the Holy Spirit
00:44:26.53\00:44:29.56
that we may
accomplish this task.
00:44:29.60\00:44:32.13
Unfortunately,
00:44:32.17\00:44:33.80
a lot of people
00:44:33.84\00:44:35.37
are waiting for
someone else to do it.
00:44:35.40\00:44:38.47
And I don't know why.
00:44:38.51\00:44:39.84
But apparently the devil
has, as Sister White says,
00:44:39.87\00:44:43.21
he has lulled
some people to sleep.
00:44:43.24\00:44:45.95
We must awake
00:44:45.98\00:44:47.45
and take this
message to the world.
00:44:47.48\00:44:49.78
Remember, the
promise of the latter rain,
00:44:49.82\00:44:53.89
the Holy Spirit is for you.
00:44:53.92\00:44:57.03
And if you prepare the
way for the Holy Spirit
00:44:57.06\00:44:59.89
to be poured upon you,
00:44:59.93\00:45:01.33
the Holy Spirit
will be poured upon you.
00:45:01.36\00:45:03.73
What must you do?
00:45:03.77\00:45:05.60
You well know what you must do.
00:45:05.63\00:45:07.44
Because the Holy Spirit
has already been talking to you
00:45:07.47\00:45:09.84
to leave the things of the world
00:45:09.87\00:45:12.17
and follow the Lord
with all of your heart.
00:45:12.21\00:45:15.18
God is waiting.
00:45:15.21\00:45:16.88
He's not willing
that any should perish.
00:45:16.91\00:45:18.51
And you have friends and family
00:45:18.55\00:45:20.42
that need to hear
about Jesus Christ.
00:45:20.45\00:45:22.95
Place yourself in
the hands of the Lord
00:45:22.98\00:45:25.59
that the mighty
work that He wants to do
00:45:25.62\00:45:28.19
through you will happen.
00:45:28.22\00:45:30.53
Please don't delay.
00:45:30.56\00:45:31.89
God is waiting for you.
00:45:31.93\00:45:33.90
Amen and amen.
00:45:33.93\00:45:35.46
Thank you, Brother Johnny.
00:45:35.50\00:45:36.97
I have the last three scriptures
00:45:37.00\00:45:39.63
of Isaiah 66.
00:45:39.67\00:45:42.07
And of those three,
00:45:42.10\00:45:43.74
I want to put the emphasis
00:45:43.77\00:45:46.81
in unpacking the
third of the three.
00:45:46.84\00:45:49.31
So we're just going
to read the first two,
00:45:49.34\00:45:51.85
and the comments in the
quarter like Isaiah 66:22.
00:45:51.88\00:45:56.82
Great promise.
00:45:56.85\00:45:58.19
It says, God says,
00:45:58.22\00:45:59.55
"For as the new
heavens and the new earth
00:45:59.59\00:46:02.49
which I will make
shall remain before Me,"
00:46:02.52\00:46:04.89
says the Lord,
00:46:04.93\00:46:06.26
"So shall your descendants,
00:46:06.29\00:46:09.13
your seed and your name remain."
00:46:09.16\00:46:14.67
You know, this is the
never-ending existence
00:46:14.70\00:46:18.84
that God is promising us,
00:46:18.87\00:46:21.58
not only through the
1, 000 years in heaven,
00:46:21.61\00:46:23.91
but in the New
Earth for eternity.
00:46:23.95\00:46:27.68
And I love what the author says
00:46:27.72\00:46:30.09
of this quarter like
00:46:30.12\00:46:31.49
in the new heavens
and new earth are seen
00:46:31.52\00:46:33.66
and name shall remain forever.
00:46:33.69\00:46:36.09
No more blotting out,
cutting off, grafting in,
00:46:36.12\00:46:38.99
plucking up or
uprooting, hallelujah.
00:46:39.03\00:46:43.80
We have here a
promise of eternal life
00:46:43.83\00:46:46.03
in a world made new,
00:46:46.07\00:46:47.54
a world without
sin, without death,
00:46:47.57\00:46:49.37
without suffering,
00:46:49.40\00:46:50.74
new heaven and new earth,
00:46:50.77\00:46:52.67
the final and
complete fulfillment
00:46:52.71\00:46:56.14
of our Christian faith
00:46:56.18\00:46:57.81
is this is the consummation
00:46:57.85\00:46:59.75
of what Christ
accomplished at the cross.
00:46:59.78\00:47:02.98
The next
scripture, Isaiah 66:23,
00:47:03.02\00:47:06.79
"It shall come to pass
00:47:06.82\00:47:08.52
that from one
New Moon to another,
00:47:08.56\00:47:10.89
and from one Sabbath to another,
00:47:10.93\00:47:12.99
all flesh shall come
to worship before Me, '
00:47:13.03\00:47:16.06
says the Lord.'"
00:47:16.10\00:47:17.43
We know that the Sabbath
is an eternal institution.
00:47:17.47\00:47:21.20
That's a question
about the new moon.
00:47:21.24\00:47:22.70
So listen what the author says,
00:47:22.74\00:47:26.21
though there are a
number of different ways
00:47:26.24\00:47:28.04
to look at this difficult
text, we, one approach is this,
00:47:28.08\00:47:32.88
God created the Sabbath
00:47:32.91\00:47:34.42
before the
sacrificial system existed,
00:47:34.45\00:47:37.29
we find that Genesis 2:2-3.
00:47:37.32\00:47:42.22
So although
Sabbaths were honored
00:47:42.26\00:47:43.99
by the ritual system,
00:47:44.03\00:47:46.46
they're not dependent upon it.
00:47:46.49\00:47:49.30
Thus they continue uninterrupted
00:47:49.33\00:47:51.67
through the restoration
00:47:51.70\00:47:53.17
throughout the
restoration period,
00:47:53.20\00:47:55.40
and onto the New Earth.
00:47:55.44\00:47:57.47
There's no
indication in the Bible
00:47:57.51\00:47:59.44
that new moons
00:47:59.47\00:48:00.81
were legitimate days of worship,
00:48:00.84\00:48:02.44
apart from the
sacrificial system,
00:48:02.48\00:48:05.05
but perhaps they
will be worship days.
00:48:05.08\00:48:07.72
Now, this is kind of neat,
00:48:07.75\00:48:09.42
not necessarily rest days,
00:48:09.45\00:48:12.02
like the weekly Sabbath,
00:48:12.05\00:48:13.49
but in the New Earth,
00:48:13.52\00:48:15.52
possibly in connection
00:48:15.56\00:48:17.59
with the monthly
cycle of the tree of life.
00:48:17.63\00:48:22.16
You know, every month,
00:48:22.20\00:48:23.53
there's going to be a
new fruit on that tree.
00:48:23.57\00:48:26.30
That makes sense.
00:48:26.33\00:48:27.67
But the crucial point is
00:48:27.70\00:48:29.77
that all humanity
is going to worship God
00:48:29.80\00:48:33.14
at stipulated times
throughout eternity.
00:48:33.17\00:48:36.44
So here's the one that I
want to get to and unpack.
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Isaiah 66:24.
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We've got this
beautiful Book of Isaiah.
00:48:42.55\00:48:45.42
And I'll tell you
what, from Chapter 40 on,
00:48:45.45\00:48:48.06
I've got so many promises
00:48:48.09\00:48:49.42
underline such
beautiful promises of God.
00:48:49.46\00:48:52.89
And here's how He
ends the whole book.
00:48:52.93\00:48:57.80
Isaiah 66:24,
00:48:57.83\00:49:00.64
"They shall go forth..."
00:49:00.67\00:49:02.50
We who have our
seed and our name remain
00:49:02.54\00:49:05.74
and we who are
worshiping on every Sabbath,
00:49:05.77\00:49:08.68
but listen,
00:49:08.71\00:49:10.05
"They shall go forth
00:49:10.08\00:49:11.41
and look upon the
corpses of the men
00:49:11.45\00:49:14.98
who have
transgressed against Me.
00:49:15.02\00:49:17.42
For their worm does not die,
their fire is not quenched."
00:49:17.45\00:49:21.49
And let me just say this,
00:49:21.52\00:49:23.29
unquenchable fire means
00:49:23.32\00:49:26.33
that it's a fire
that can't be put out
00:49:26.36\00:49:29.16
until it actually
achieves its final results.
00:49:29.20\00:49:34.67
That's how I'll say it.
00:49:34.70\00:49:36.44
"They shall be an
abhorrence to all flesh."
00:49:36.47\00:49:39.17
Why would Isaiah,
00:49:39.21\00:49:40.71
here he's talking
about the New Earth
00:49:40.74\00:49:42.74
and worship and
our name remains.
00:49:42.78\00:49:45.81
And now he's saying,
00:49:45.85\00:49:47.18
hey, you're going to go
out look at the corpses.
00:49:47.22\00:49:49.22
You know, he's
giving a graphic warning
00:49:49.25\00:49:52.32
to the people of the day.
00:49:52.35\00:49:53.96
He is saying there is a contrast
00:49:53.99\00:49:56.52
between faithful survivors
of the Babylonian destruction
00:49:56.56\00:50:01.00
and those who rebelled,
they're going to be dead,
00:50:01.03\00:50:03.77
they're going to be destroyed,
they're going to be corpses.
00:50:03.80\00:50:06.17
But get this, corpses not
tormented without ceasing,
00:50:06.20\00:50:11.77
ceasing.
00:50:11.81\00:50:13.17
And they're going
to be killed by fire.
00:50:13.21\00:50:16.38
And this is a
prophetic declaration
00:50:16.41\00:50:21.98
to the destiny of all
00:50:22.02\00:50:24.82
who oppose God's
government of the love.
00:50:24.85\00:50:30.39
Until the
fulfillment at the end of time,
00:50:30.43\00:50:32.39
listen to this, 2 Peter 3,
00:50:32.43\00:50:34.73
I'm going to go through
00:50:34.76\00:50:36.10
several
scriptures rather quickly.
00:50:36.13\00:50:37.83
2 Peter 3:11-13 says this.
00:50:37.87\00:50:43.27
"Therefore,
00:50:43.30\00:50:44.64
since all these
things will be dissolved,
00:50:44.67\00:50:47.51
this whole earth,
00:50:47.54\00:50:48.88
what manner of
persons ought you to be
00:50:48.91\00:50:50.41
in holy conduct and godliness,
00:50:50.45\00:50:52.35
looking for and hastening
the coming of the day of God,
00:50:52.38\00:50:56.08
because of which the
heavens will be dissolved,
00:50:56.12\00:50:59.25
being on fire, and the elements,
00:50:59.29\00:51:02.42
all of the elements of the earth
00:51:02.46\00:51:03.96
are gonna melt
with fervent heat.
00:51:03.99\00:51:06.36
Nevertheless we,
according to His promise,
00:51:06.39\00:51:09.63
look for new
heavens and a new earth."
00:51:09.66\00:51:14.14
This is the day
when loves justice
00:51:14.17\00:51:20.44
requires God to
do His strange act
00:51:20.48\00:51:23.04
as it says in Isaiah 28:21.
00:51:23.08\00:51:26.51
God who wants to save
all, that's His heart.
00:51:26.55\00:51:30.75
He's going to
have to annihilate sin,
00:51:30.79\00:51:33.92
and He is going to
destroy both Satan and sin
00:51:33.96\00:51:38.53
in the lake of fire.
00:51:38.56\00:51:39.89
God's mercy will have reached
as far as it can ever reach.
00:51:39.93\00:51:45.70
There's no one
else that's responding.
00:51:45.73\00:51:47.74
And this is so uncharacteristic
of a God of love,
00:51:47.77\00:51:51.04
a Creator God,
00:51:51.07\00:51:52.97
who is going to have to destroy
00:51:53.01\00:51:56.58
what He didn't create
first, sin and sinners,
00:51:56.61\00:52:00.08
and then He will start over.
00:52:00.12\00:52:02.85
But He tells us that
00:52:02.88\00:52:05.85
we've got this promise
00:52:05.89\00:52:07.22
of living in love,
joy and peace forever.
00:52:07.26\00:52:12.69
But this is
after the lake of fire.
00:52:12.73\00:52:14.56
I want to point out,
00:52:14.60\00:52:16.83
turn to
Revelation 21:8 real quickly,
00:52:16.87\00:52:20.17
because when God
does His strange act,
00:52:20.20\00:52:24.01
how did He destroy
the earth the first time?
00:52:24.04\00:52:28.68
It was a lake of
water, wasn't it?
00:52:28.71\00:52:31.45
There was a flood.
00:52:31.48\00:52:33.38
The lake of fire is
when God Christ returns.
00:52:33.42\00:52:39.25
And the whole, He's going to,
it says that we are caught up.
00:52:39.29\00:52:44.33
I mean, the dead
in Christ rise first
00:52:44.36\00:52:46.03
then we who are alive
00:52:46.06\00:52:47.40
and remain are
caught up in the air,
00:52:47.43\00:52:49.16
but the whole earth is
going to be a like a fire.
00:52:49.20\00:52:52.30
And listen four
times in Revelation,
00:52:52.33\00:52:55.94
it talks about the lake of
fire being this second death.
00:52:55.97\00:52:58.97
Let's look at Revelation 21:8.
00:52:59.01\00:53:01.74
It says,
00:53:01.78\00:53:03.11
"The cowardly, the
unbelieving, the abominable,
00:53:03.14\00:53:06.98
murderers, sexually immoral,
00:53:07.02\00:53:08.98
sorcerers,
idolaters, and all liars
00:53:09.02\00:53:12.09
shall have their
part in the lake of fire
00:53:12.12\00:53:15.96
which burns with
fire and brimstone,
00:53:15.99\00:53:20.06
which is the second death."
00:53:20.10\00:53:25.43
The Bible says our
God is a consuming fire.
00:53:25.47\00:53:31.17
He's love, and
love consumed sin,
00:53:31.21\00:53:36.54
just like fire
consumes dry wood.
00:53:36.58\00:53:42.08
Our God is a consuming fire.
00:53:42.12\00:53:45.75
His love in His
final embrace of the world,
00:53:45.79\00:53:50.29
His love is going to
destroy all sin and sinners
00:53:50.33\00:53:55.40
are going to suffer a
second irreversible death.
00:53:55.43\00:54:02.24
Malachi 4:1 says,
00:54:02.27\00:54:04.04
"Behold, the day is coming,
00:54:04.07\00:54:07.14
burning like an
oven, all the proud,
00:54:07.18\00:54:10.11
yes, all who do
wickedly, will be stubble.
00:54:10.15\00:54:15.28
And the day which is coming
00:54:15.32\00:54:17.55
shall burn the mob
says the Lord of host."
00:54:17.59\00:54:20.76
It will lead them
neither root nor branch.
00:54:20.79\00:54:24.06
You know what?
00:54:24.09\00:54:26.03
I grew up being taught
00:54:26.06\00:54:29.40
that God was
going to torment people
00:54:29.43\00:54:33.80
in eternal
fire, eternal torment,
00:54:33.84\00:54:37.71
never going to end.
00:54:37.74\00:54:40.01
Let me tell you why?
00:54:40.04\00:54:42.01
I researched and
found this word in the Greek
00:54:42.04\00:54:45.41
for everlasting
eternal is aionios.
00:54:45.45\00:54:49.15
And it's a relative term.
00:54:49.18\00:54:51.85
It is decided by
whatever it is describing,
00:54:51.89\00:54:56.99
whatever is the
object that it modifies.
00:54:57.03\00:55:00.43
So when aionios,
everlasting is taught,
00:55:00.46\00:55:03.57
eternal it's talking about God,
00:55:03.60\00:55:05.67
that it means without end,
00:55:05.70\00:55:08.57
ceaseless because
1 Timothy 6:16 says,
00:55:08.60\00:55:12.91
"God is immortal."
00:55:12.94\00:55:15.38
God alone has immortality.
00:55:15.41\00:55:17.05
Now, but when aionios
is used of mortal humanity
00:55:17.08\00:55:22.48
or perishable
things, guess what?
00:55:22.52\00:55:25.12
It means eternal is only
as long as that thing last
00:55:25.15\00:55:29.19
until, for example,
00:55:29.22\00:55:31.09
when it talks about in Jude 1:7,
00:55:31.13\00:55:33.90
Sodom and
Gomorrah were set forth
00:55:33.93\00:55:35.86
as examples of eternal fire.
00:55:35.90\00:55:38.70
Are they still on fire today?
00:55:38.73\00:55:40.57
No.
00:55:40.60\00:55:41.94
Our loving God is
going to rescue us.
00:55:41.97\00:55:44.07
Amen.
00:55:44.11\00:55:45.67
Well, thank you, Shelley,
and Jill, and Ryan, and Johnny.
00:55:45.71\00:55:49.98
Jill, give us a summary
00:55:50.01\00:55:51.35
of what you've
covered in this 13th lesson?
00:55:51.38\00:55:54.22
It's an amazing study
00:55:54.25\00:55:55.58
this entire quarterly on Isaiah,
00:55:55.62\00:55:58.02
and to me it's kind of summed up
00:55:58.05\00:55:59.39
in Isaiah 54:7-8.
00:55:59.42\00:56:01.86
"For a mere moment
I have forsaken you,
00:56:01.89\00:56:04.26
but with great
mercies I will gather you.
00:56:04.29\00:56:07.90
With a little wrath,
00:56:07.93\00:56:09.26
I hid my face
from you for a moment,
00:56:09.30\00:56:11.53
but with everlasting kindness,
I will have mercy on you,
00:56:11.57\00:56:15.54
says the Lord, Your Redeemer."
00:56:15.57\00:56:18.11
So there is we see in
Isaiah and as we saw on my day,
00:56:18.14\00:56:21.41
this time of judgment,
00:56:21.44\00:56:23.18
but God extends
mercy toward His people.
00:56:23.21\00:56:26.72
Amen.
00:56:26.75\00:56:28.08
Much like Matthew 28,
00:56:28.12\00:56:29.45
those latter verses we
see the Great Commission.
00:56:29.48\00:56:32.12
The latter
verses also of Isaiah 66
00:56:32.15\00:56:35.32
also contain a commission.
00:56:35.36\00:56:37.03
And we are all commissioned
00:56:37.06\00:56:38.63
to go out and spread the gospel,
00:56:38.66\00:56:40.63
and bring in those
beautiful offerings
00:56:40.66\00:56:43.03
to the Lord
00:56:43.06\00:56:44.40
so that we all can
participate in this work
00:56:44.43\00:56:46.80
to co-labor with Him
in finishing His work.
00:56:46.84\00:56:50.61
Amen.
00:56:50.64\00:56:52.04
It is God's
desire for you and I,
00:56:52.07\00:56:55.18
every single person to
be a part of His family.
00:56:55.21\00:56:58.68
Notice Ephesians 4:4-6.
00:56:58.71\00:57:02.18
"There's one
body and one spirit,
00:57:02.22\00:57:04.22
even as ye are called in
one hope of your calling,
00:57:04.25\00:57:07.36
one Lord, one
faith, one baptism, one God
00:57:07.39\00:57:10.59
and Father of
all, who is above all,
00:57:10.63\00:57:13.93
and through all and in you all."
00:57:13.96\00:57:15.86
So you have an opportunity
to be part of God's family.
00:57:15.90\00:57:18.93
Take that opportunity. Amen.
00:57:18.97\00:57:20.74
And Isaiah ends with a warning.
00:57:20.77\00:57:23.07
He's talking
about this loving God.
00:57:23.10\00:57:24.77
But you know, the
warning is like Matthew 10:28.
00:57:24.81\00:57:28.21
Jesus echoes the same warning.
00:57:28.24\00:57:30.31
"Don't fear those
who kill the body,
00:57:30.35\00:57:32.15
but cannot kill the
soul, but rather fear him,
00:57:32.18\00:57:35.72
who is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell."
00:57:35.75\00:57:39.85
Amen.
00:57:39.89\00:57:41.22
Friends, thank you
so much for joining us.
00:57:41.26\00:57:43.12
These final words,
we'll close the case of sin.
00:57:43.16\00:57:46.80
Come ye blessed of My Father,
00:57:46.83\00:57:48.33
inherit the
kingdom prepare for You
00:57:48.36\00:57:50.00
from the
foundation of the world.
00:57:50.03\00:57:52.30
Thank you so much for joining us
00:57:52.33\00:57:53.67
for these 13 lessons.
00:57:53.70\00:57:55.30
Join us starting
April to June 2021,
00:57:55.34\00:57:58.27
for the promise
God's everlasting covenant.
00:57:58.31\00:58:01.44
God bless you until
we see you next time.
00:58:01.48\00:58:03.95
Amen.
00:58:03.98\00:58:05.31