There's a city called Heaven,
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across a beautiful sea,
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there's a city called Heaven,
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and it's waiting just for me.
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I'm a sinner walking somewhere
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on a road
that's going some place
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and I'm hoping
that that somewhere
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leads a close to Jesus' face.
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There's a city called Heaven
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across a beautiful sea,
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there's a city called Heaven,
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and it's waiting just for me.
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Oh my burdens, mighty heavy,
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and my heart it's like a hollow
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but my Jesus gives me comfort,
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when my spirit sink so low...
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There's a city called Heaven
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across a beautiful sea,
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there's a city called Heaven,
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and is waiting just for you.
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It happened yesterday,
the eastern sky lit up,
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the earth was shaken and every
eye gazed up at the appearing.
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Jesus has come to take us home,
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and now we are at the
place He prepared for us.
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What will it be like
the day after the appearing?
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Good evening again, I want to
especially welcome those of you,
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who are tuning in from
the satellite locations
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around North America.
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Can you believe
that we are finally down
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to the last
night of The Appearing?
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Have you all here in the studio
audience enjoyed yourself,
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as you've heard pastor
Shawn bring these messages?
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I can tell you, it's
pastor Shawn's desire
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and the entire "It Is
Written" team's desire,
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that every single one of you
that have participated in this,
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have drawn a little
closer to Jesus Christ.
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And that you have had
an opportunity to expect
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with great
anticipation the appearing.
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Tonight, the
title of this program
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for this evening
is: The Day After.
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I know you're
going to enjoy this,
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please welcome
pastor Shawn Boonstra.
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Good evening.
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Welcome back to our
fifth and final night
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in this five part series.
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And I know some people are still
thinking it was only five nights
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I would like to study
this just a little bit more,
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and I would too.
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Often, when I
present Bible prophecy,
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I go 20-25-30 nights and I
still haven't hit the end of it.
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And there's so much to study.
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I know a lot of people
saying: OK we went five nights,
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but I have questions,
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and there's so much more,
that I would love to study,
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what's next?
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Well, there are a lot
of things that you can do.
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We talked a little bit
about the book: The Appearing,
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it covers a lot of stuff, I
just haven't had time to cover
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in the last few
nights, as we've been together.
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So the book has a lot
of good information in it,
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plus, wherever you are tonight,
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talk to your
host, your moderator
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right there where you are,
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because wherever you are,
you will have an opportunity,
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to continue
studying Bible Prophecy.
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There will be a group
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there in your area,
home groups in some places,
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or groups that meet in a church,
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that will continue to study
the prophecies of the Bible
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so, you don't have to stop,
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you can keep on going.
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Now, there's
another opportunity,
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that I would love
to tell you about,
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if I could just
slip it in for a moment.
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I am going to do what I call
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the graduate
course in Bible prophecy.
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Come March, it is going
to be twenty-some sessions,
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not all in a row, we'll take
a few breaks along the way, but
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we're going to do it
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live by satellite, again to
audiences across North America,
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and all around the
world beginning in the spring,
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it's called
"Revelation Speaks Peace"
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it is from Phoenix,
Arizona going to the whole world
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all at once, I can't wait.
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I wish we could begin the
graduate course right now,
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but you didn't come
for the graduate course,
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you came for night number 5
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and our subject
tonight is: The Day After.
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Where will you be one
day after the appearing?
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It is my belief again tonight
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that the Bible is
not an ordinary book,
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that God has
inspired people to write it,
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that He is it's genuine author,
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and that we need
to ask His blessing.
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So I ask that you
would bow your heads with me,
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as we look at our
final subject in this series.
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Our gracious Father in heaven,
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how our hearts
long to see Jesus come!
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We wait for the day
when we will look up
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in the eastern sky
and see Him coming.
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We long for The Appearing.
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We long for that day when
we can put this world behind
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and step into the next.
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We would like to hear
the voice of Jesus for real,
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we would like to
see Him for real,
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but tonight you've
given us an avenue, by which
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we can see and hear
Him, it is the Word of God.
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We believe there is power
in this book to change lives,
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and to draw us to Jesus Christ.
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I ask tonight in
a very special way,
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that you would bless my words,
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Father, that
tonight would not be a night
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when we study human opinion,
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but that tonight would be a
night when we hear Your voice,
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the voice of
the Almighty Creator
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speaking to us, reminding
us how much You love us.
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For I ask it in
Jesus' precious name.
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Amen.
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When I was a kid, which
wasn't very long ago at all,
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there was a hole
in my bedroom floor.
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Now, that's because I
lived up on the second story,
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you say: would you mean,
you lived in your bedroom?
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Yeah, just about.
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I spent a lot of time
in there, reading book
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after book, after book.
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And there was a hole
in my bedroom's floor.
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The reason there was a
hole in my bedroom's floor,
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it was a vent that
they had cut in the floor,
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to let the heat
from the wood stove
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come upstairs at night.
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And I got this idea one
time, as I was laying in bed,
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I was thinking to myself:
You know, my mother and father
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are downstairs sitting
by that wood stove, talking.
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And I'll bet as they talk,
they going to talk about me.
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So I crawled out of bed,
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all the way across the floor,
and I put my ear to that vent,
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because I had this
hunch, that when people
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don't know you're listening,
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they're likely to tell the truth
about how they feel about you,
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and I was just a little
worried on the odd occasion
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of how mom and dad
still felt after the day
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that I had blessed
them with all day long.
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So I got out of bed at night and
I would put my ear to that vent,
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and I would listen.
And you know something?
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Most of the time
it wasn't too bad.
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People tell the truth about you
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when they don't
think, you're listening.
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Now, let me ask
you a question tonight:
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What do you think
God thinks about you?
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What would He say about
you if nobody were listening?
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I have good news tonight,
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I know exactly what He
would say, because I heard it.
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What do you mean, preacher?
Are you hearing voices?
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No, not at all.
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I actually eavesdropped
on a sacred conversation
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between God, the
Son and God, the Father.
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It is found in
the Bible, you know,
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they talk about this passage
in the Sermon on the Mount
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being the Lord's prayer, give
us this day our daily bread.
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But that's a pattern that
Jesus gave people to pray by.
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He didn't actually
pray it in that instance,
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but there is a prayer that
he prayed, found in the gospel
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according to John, chapter 17
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and almost down to
the end of that prayer
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listen to what Jesus
says, He says something
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about how He feels about you.
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He's speaking to His Father.
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John 17, in verse 24.
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We get to do a little
bit of sacred eavesdropping.
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"Father", He said...
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"I will that they
also, whom You have given me,
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be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory,
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which You have given me: for You
loved me before the foundation
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of the world. "
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Jesus is saying: "Father,
the thing that I want most
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is to have these people with me,
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where I am. "
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Now, somebody might say:
oh, but he's talking about
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all of His disciples,
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He's talking about the twelve.
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Well, I've read the whole
chapter and in there Jesus says,
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I also mean those
that will believe on me
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through their word.
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That's you and I,
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because we have the
disciple's word in the Bible.
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Jesus said: "Father the
greatest desire of my heart
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is to have those people with me,
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where I am. "
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And as a matter of
fact, the Bible says,
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that at this very moment Jesus
is not on some sort of vacation,
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out in the Universe somewhere
until the second coming,
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He's busy doing something.
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He's busy,
preparing a place for you.
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The Bible tells me so, in
John 14, beginning in verse 2.
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The Bible says: "In my Father's
house are many mansions... "
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How many mansions?
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There are many of them.
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"... if it were not so,
I would have told you. "
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Jesus said, there are a
lot of places in heaven,
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many, many mansions,
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and yet so many of us, as we
talked about the other night,
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believe that somehow God
is trying to keep everybody
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out of heaven.
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He's doing His best
to keep everybody out,
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but if somebody manages
to get enough brownie points
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on their card, He just
has to let him in, because
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that's what the rules say.
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But God doesn't
really want them there.
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I hear so many people
talk about God like that,
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but Jesus reveals
how God really feels.
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Jesus says: "In my Fathers'
house are many mansions... "
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Why? It is because
God is making big plans,
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Jesus' desire is
that many people be there.
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"If it were not so - said
Jesus - I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place
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for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself;
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that where I am,
there ye may be also. "
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Where do we get this
idea, that God's trying
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to keep everybody out of heaven?
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God would not give His
Only Son if His desire was
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to keep you out of heaven.
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He gave the thing that
was the most precious to Him,
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because His desire
is to have you there,
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and to have as many
of us there, as possible.
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Why?
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The Bible reveals
that Jesus wants you
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to enjoy what He has!
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He remembers still what
it was like to be with us.
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Before we sinned, the Bible
indicates in the book of Genesis
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that God Himself would
come in the cool of the evening,
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and walk with Adam and Eve.
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Jesus remembers
what that was like.
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The book of Revelation tells
us that we were created for
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God's pleasure.
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He took delight
in communing with us
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in being a part of our lives,
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in being with us
there day by day.
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He remembers those walks
in the cool of the evening.
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He remembers strolling past
the tree of life in the garden.
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He remembers
walking by the rivers,
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that watered those
trees and He misses it.
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Sin stole God's family.
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And the thing He wants more
than anything in the Universe
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is to have His family back.
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You know, some years ago
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I met a young lady,
she was 15 years old,
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she was coming to
a Prophecy Seminar,
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and as she was
sitting there day after day,
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evening after evening,
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studying the
prophecies of God's Word,
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she suddenly decided:
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"I believe in this
Jesus, who is coming again,
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I want to give my life to Him. "
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So I sat down and I
visited this young lady,
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I said: This is the
most wonderful decision,
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you've ever
made. She said: I know.
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And a tear showed up
in the corner of her eye.
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She said: Preacher I've
got to tell you something.
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My mother kicked
me out of the house,
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when I was 10 years old.
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I have been living on
the streets for five years,
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I don't have a
family, until now.
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She said: I see
it now in the Bible,
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I know why Jesus is coming back,
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He misses me,
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He misses us, family
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and I miss my family, too.
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I'm so excited, when
Jesus comes, I have a family,
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I'm going to see my
older Brother, the Bible
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calls him, I'm going to see
Him face to face, He's preparing
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something wonderful for me.
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Oh, it's true.
The Bible says that
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eye has not seen, ear has not
heard the glories of the place
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that Jesus is preparing.
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You and I have been
steeped, and soaked in sin
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and suffering, and
pain and sorrow so long now,
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that we can't even begin to
imagine, what it will be like
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the day after Jesus comes,
and sin, and suffering, and pain
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will be a thing of the past. Let
me ask you a question tonight:
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What do you think, Jesus is
preparing for you, the day after
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the appearing, what
is He getting ready?
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What is Christ
preparing for you?
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The Bible gives
us a little peek.
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Now, when I was a kid... Let me
back up a little more than that.
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I have this problem
with presents, I really do.
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When I buy my wife a present,
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I can't bear to
wait for her birthday.
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I can't stand it. Once I
have bought that present,
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I want to give it to her.
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And traditionally I give it
to her three, four, five days
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or two weeks before her birthday
- I'm bursting with excitement.
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I have to believe that as
Jesus prepares a place for you,
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for the day after the appearing,
He's bursting with excitement.
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I know so, because He
gives a little glimpse,
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of what He's going to
give you, in the Bible.
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Now, the other problem that
I have with presents is this:
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When my parents would buy
us a present, they did it every
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Christmas they would put out
some presents for us as little
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boys, and I couldn't stand it,
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my brother and I
would get out of bed
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in the middle of the night,
and this is terrible to admit,
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I know my mother is listening
by satellite, and she doesn't
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know this. We would take a
razor blade and we would cut the
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tape and we would opened
the pack, we couldn't stand it.
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And we would look it, what was
in there, then we'd wrap it up
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and then we would
practice our surprised face,
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for Christmas morning.
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We couldn't handle it.
Now, God knows what that's like.
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Jesus wants to give us the
gift, He can wait to give it.
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And we want to get the gift.
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I can't wait to
peek at what's inside.
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God has the answer. In the
Bible He gives us a little peek.
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Revelation 22,
verse 1. Listen to this:
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"And he showed me a
pure river of water of life,
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clear as crystal, proceeding
from the throne of God
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and of the Lamb. In the middle
of its street, and on either
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side of the river,
there was the tree of life,
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which bore twelve fruits... "
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Oh, I can't wait. I love fruit.
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And if there are
twelve fruits on one tree,
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I've got my
stake on three of them.
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There's going to be cherries
and mangoes, and there are
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going to be grapes on
that tree. I know, the grapes
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don't grow on trees,
but listen, this is heaven.
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Jesus can do anything for me.
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And if I could have a
fourth one it would be pumpkins,
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I know pumpkins
don't grow on trees
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either, and it's
technically not a fruit,
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but listen, I know there's
pumpkin pie in heaven. Amen?
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It's going to be
there. All right.
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The Tree of Life which bore 12
fruits, each tree yielding its
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fruit every month. The leaves
of the tree were for the healing
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of the nations. And there shall
be no more curse, but the throne
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of God and the Lamb shall be
in it, and His servants shall
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serve Him. They shall see
His face, and His name shall be
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on their foreheads. "
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Let me ask you again:
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What is Jesus preparing for
us? He can't wait to show us.
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He can't wait to
reveal what it is.
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I'll tell you what Jesus is
doing right now, at this moment.
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He's getting ready to reverse
every mistake we have ever made.
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Jesus is getting ready to
reverse everything, that we
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have done to this
planet. You know something?
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There's an amazing pattern
in the Book of Revelation.
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A matter of fact, there's an
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amazing pattern
in the entire Bible.
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When you and I write an essay,
You remember writing essays?
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Yeah, it's been a while
since I had to write one,
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but do you
remember writing essays?
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Only three of you
ever wrote an essay.
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Do you remember
writing essays? Yeah, I do.
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Right, and I use to
think that a hundred words was
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a terribly long
essay. Now, I have
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to write 30,000 word essays.
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When we write an essay, we make
three points in the conclusion.
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One, two, three conclusion.
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We put the most
important stuff at the end.
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Well, the Bible was written
just a little bit differently.
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The Eastern mind
didn't think like that.
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Here's how they thought:
They made point one, two, three,
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and then they turned around
and made those same points in
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reverse order. Then
they went three, two, one.
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That's exactly what they
did. They didn't put the most
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important stuff at the
end, they put it in the middle.
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They build up to
it, and then went down.
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Some scholars call
it Chiastic structure.
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Because it looks like
the Greek letter "chi".
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And "chi" looks like an X.
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They said, look: they went down
the X like this, to the middle,
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and they came back out. One,
two, three, than three, two one.
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Put the most
important point in the middle.
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Now, this is true
of the whole Bible.
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If you notice an interesting
pattern in the Bible, it's this:
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In the Book of Genesis,
we have the beginning of sin,
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in the Book of Revelation
we have the end of sin.
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The first three chapters,
sin problem erupts on Earth,
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the last three
chapters of the Bible,
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God reverses it completely.
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It's a complete opposite,
and right between those two
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is the cross of Jesus,
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the most important
point in the whole Bible.
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Listen, the Bible begins in a
garden, and it ends in a garden.
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The Bible begins with men
choosing sin, and having a
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curse fall on the earth.
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The Bible ends, we've just read,
by God reversing that curse.
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The Bible begins with death, and
it ends with everlasting life.
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It begins with a
river and a tree,
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and it ends with
a river and a tree.
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The Book of Revelation, is
Jesus undoing every mistake
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we have ever made. The last
three chapters of the Bible,
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are the reverse
order of the first
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three chapters
of the Bible. Why?
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Because Jesus
remembers, what it was like.
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And more than
anything in the world, He wants
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what we had together,
back before we sinned.
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He wants the
Garden of Eden back.
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He wants those walks in
the cool of the evening,
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He wants to be with us,
He remembers what it's like.
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Now in your imagination,
back up with me just
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a little bit in
history, 6,000 years or so.
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And stand with me,
outside the Garden of Eden,
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one or two months,
after Adam has sinned.
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The Bible says this,
in the Book of Genesis.
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Genesis 3:8.
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"And they heard the voice of the
LORD God walking in the garden
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in the cool of the day: and
Adam and his wife hid themselves
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from the
presence of the LORD God
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amongst the trees of the garden.
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And the LORD God called
unto Adam and said unto him,
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Where art thou?
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And he said, I heard
thy voice in the garden,
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and I was afraid, because I
was naked; and I hid myself. "
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Think about this.
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Adam heard Jesus coming,
he knew he had done wrong.
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He knew, that he had sinned,
and so his heart began to thump
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wildly in his chest. It was
the first time, any human being
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had ever felt fear ever.
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He was afraid, if you
can believe it, of his Maker.
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He was afraid of the
One, who created him,
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for a relationship with God.
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He was afraid and God, the Bible
says, came into that garden
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with tears in His voice,
crying: Adam, where are you?
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What have you done?
God just lost His family.
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Have you ever
suffered from a broken family?
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A divorce, a child
that's turned it's back on you.
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God knows exactly,
what it feels like,
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He went through the whole
process, and the desire of
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Christ's heart, is
to turn that all around.
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Adam spoiled the garden.
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Now, my father had a garden.
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I thought that my father had
the biggest garden in the world.
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I thought, it was
about 85 acres of potatoes.
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He had the world's largest
garden and in the summers,
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when I was suppose to have a
vacation, my father would wake
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me up, very very early,
and put on a pancake breakfast.
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And I knew what
he was trying to do,
00:22:40.51\00:22:42.21
he was trying to get my
strength up for the day.
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The pancake breakfast
was always a bad, bad thing.
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After I was done eating, Dad
would pull out a list, and say:
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Listen, I'm on my
way to work right now,
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and I've got a few things,
that I need you to do, and
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after you've done these things,
the rest of the day is yours.
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I said: Dad, okay,
let's see the list.
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He pulled it out, he says:
I want you to cut firewood,
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then I want you to wash the car,
then I want you to mow the lawn,
00:23:01.44\00:23:04.60
and I'll be
waiting, I'll be waiting like
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a condemned man on death
row. I knew what was coming.
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Then I want you to go
into the garden, he said,
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and pull weeds. My heart
sunk, I hated that garden.
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I hated with a passion.
Dad would walk me outside,
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point at that garden, and say:
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See all those weeds,
they all need to be gone,
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and when they are all gone,
the rest of the day is yours.
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I tried to argue
theology with Dad, I said:
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You know Dad, the Bible says,
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let the wheat and the tares
grow together 'till the harvest.
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But that didn't work at all.
I spent every summer morning
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on my knees, shackled to a
garden trowel, digging up weeds.
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I hated gardening.
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Now, I have a
theory, I have a theory.
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I believe that over time,
Adam came to hate gardening too.
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Let me explain why I say that.
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Why did Adam hate gardening?
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Adam hated gardening, because
he knew what the garden had been
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like in Paradise.
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Imagine Adam, two
months after he had sinned,
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pulling the first thorn
out of the palm of his hand.
00:24:01.38\00:24:04.09
Maybe watching that
wound become infected.
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What was it like for Adam to
turn the soil, and understand
00:24:07.26\00:24:11.18
that now, instead of living
forever in Paradise with Jesus,
00:24:11.21\00:24:14.67
somebody was
going to turn that soil
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one day, as they dug his grave.
00:24:16.45\00:24:18.59
What was it like for him
to pick up a handful of dirt,
00:24:18.62\00:24:21.70
to squeeze it and let
it run through his fingers,
00:24:21.73\00:24:25.16
and know that he
was going back to soil.
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"For dust thou art, and
unto dust shalt thou return. "
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Has Adam heard the
first animal being killed?
00:24:30.96\00:24:33.38
He knew, it was his fault, the
00:24:33.41\00:24:35.03
whole order of
things had changed.
00:24:35.06\00:24:36.91
And it all most have
come into great focus,
00:24:36.94\00:24:39.89
when he had to bury his son.
00:24:39.92\00:24:42.10
The first funeral on Planet
Earth was an abnormal funeral.
00:24:42.13\00:24:46.16
It wasn't a child burying their
parent, it was a parent burying
00:24:46.19\00:24:49.46
their child. Now, every
funeral is abnormal, but those
00:24:49.49\00:24:52.40
are the hardest ones.
And Adam didn't have a
00:24:52.43\00:24:54.98
funeral home to go
to, Adam didn't have
00:24:55.01\00:24:57.41
a group of friends
to come to that funeral.
00:24:57.44\00:24:59.54
Adam didn't have
a silk lined casket,
00:24:59.57\00:25:01.52
or flowers, or
cards or anything.
00:25:01.55\00:25:03.20
All he had was
the body of his son,
00:25:03.23\00:25:04.98
and an open hole in the ground.
00:25:05.01\00:25:07.62
And Jesus from heaven
looked down, and looked at that,
00:25:07.65\00:25:10.20
and with tears
in His eyes decided:
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I don't like that either.
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I'm going to do everything
I can, to turn it all around
00:25:13.62\00:25:16.38
and Jesus pledged to us
in the Word of God, He says:
00:25:16.41\00:25:18.96
I'm going to give you everything
back, if you can imagine it.
00:25:18.99\00:25:22.96
We don't even
deserve it. Jesus says:
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I'm going to turn it all around,
I don't want to see those
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kinds of funerals, I want to
be back in the garden, with my
00:25:27.82\00:25:30.92
family, I'm
giving everything back.
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What's He going to give back?
What's He going to give back?
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Eye has not seen, the
Bible says, ears has not heard
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but there are some
things, we know about heaven,
00:25:41.01\00:25:45.17
beyond a shadow of a doubt.
00:25:45.20\00:25:47.22
There are certainties,
that we know for sure,
00:25:47.25\00:25:50.11
would you like to see them?
00:25:50.14\00:25:52.30
Are you sure you
would like to see them?
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You knew, I was going to
tell you anyway, didn't you?
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The first thing we know for
sure is that there's going to be
00:25:58.77\00:26:02.25
a new Earth. Look
at this, Isaiah 65:17.
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The Bible says:
00:26:06.04\00:26:07.72
"For, behold, I create new
heavens and a new earth... "
00:26:07.75\00:26:10.19
He creates new
heavens and a new what?
00:26:10.23\00:26:12.13
Earth!
00:26:12.16\00:26:13.13
And the former shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind.
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Jesus says, it's going to
be so wonderful, you won't even
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remember, what
this place is like.
00:26:19.45\00:26:21.08
You might remember, a few
nights ago, we saw that verse
00:26:21.11\00:26:23.91
where Jesus said, the final
contractions on Planet Earth,
00:26:23.94\00:26:26.70
are just like a woman having
a baby, it's very painful but
00:26:26.73\00:26:29.94
when the child comes, it's so
00:26:29.97\00:26:31.53
joyful you don't
remember the pain.
00:26:31.56\00:26:33.23
Jesus said, this world
is going to be so wonderful,
00:26:33.26\00:26:35.68
you will not remember,
how painful this one was.
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And the other thing He says, is:
00:26:38.90\00:26:40.39
look, there's going to be a new
earth. Now, in the Bible there's
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no question, we're going to
heaven. Jesus said, He made a
00:26:43.36\00:26:46.06
place for us up there, mansions.
I've never lived in a mansion.
00:26:46.09\00:26:48.97
I mean most of my life, I've
lived in a 1.100 square foot
00:26:49.00\00:26:51.75
house, with two kids. No, I
haven't had kids most of my life
00:26:51.78\00:26:54.57
Let me take that back.
00:26:54.60\00:26:56.24
I've lived in tiny places.
I want to live in a mansion.
00:26:56.27\00:26:59.73
I want to see what
Jesus got ready for me, we are
00:26:59.76\00:27:01.84
going to Heaven.
00:27:01.87\00:27:03.09
But the Bible also says in
Revelation 21, that the city
00:27:03.12\00:27:06.00
comes down out of
Heaven, and lands on this Earth
00:27:06.03\00:27:08.37
and God makes a new
Earth. Think about this.
00:27:08.40\00:27:11.50
Heaven is not going to be
sitting on a fluffy cloud,
00:27:11.53\00:27:15.19
strumming a harp through up
the ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:27:15.22\00:27:18.04
I've got nothing
against harp music. It's nice.
00:27:18.07\00:27:20.57
I could only strum a harp
though for about two hours,
00:27:20.60\00:27:23.13
and I'd be fed up. I'd
strum my harp for two hours and
00:27:23.16\00:27:25.75
and I say, now what's next, they
say: keep strumming your harp!
00:27:25.78\00:27:28.60
it goes on, throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:27:28.63\00:27:31.23
Well, can I go somewhere else?
No, you got to sit on a fluffy
00:27:31.26\00:27:34.16
cloud and do it.
That's not Heaven.
00:27:34.19\00:27:35.89
The good news of the
Bible is, Heaven is real.
00:27:35.92\00:27:39.01
It's as solid as the
Planet you stand on now.
00:27:39.04\00:27:41.97
It's a real life,
right here on Earth.
00:27:42.00\00:27:45.97
And the Bible says, on that new
Earth, things are going to be
00:27:46.00\00:27:48.98
a little bit
different. As a matter of fact,
00:27:49.01\00:27:51.17
the Bible points out
some things about that
00:27:51.20\00:27:53.28
new Earth, in
three general categories.
00:27:53.31\00:27:55.29
I wonder, if you
could guess what they are?
00:27:55.32\00:27:57.44
I'll show you what they are.
00:27:57.47\00:27:59.08
First of all, there will be
changes in the Natural World.
00:27:59.11\00:28:02.33
Secondly, there will be
changes in the Political World.
00:28:02.36\00:28:05.95
And thirdly there will be some
changes in the Religious World.
00:28:05.98\00:28:10.39
Now, does that
ring a bell at all?
00:28:10.42\00:28:12.47
It should, if you've been
with me for the last few nights.
00:28:12.50\00:28:15.32
It does ring a bell, because
those are the same areas,
00:28:15.35\00:28:18.02
Jesus told us to watch,
as we wait for Him to come.
00:28:18.05\00:28:21.08
Jesus said, in the world
you live in now, these areas are
00:28:21.11\00:28:24.31
all going to fall apart on you.
00:28:24.34\00:28:26.61
There will be famine, pestilent
plagues, earthquakes, wars,
00:28:26.64\00:28:31.24
bad religion, false
Messiahs, all these problems.
00:28:31.27\00:28:34.57
It's almost is, if Jesus is
saying, Hey, I want to show you
00:28:34.60\00:28:37.94
once and for
all, where sin goes.
00:28:37.97\00:28:40.54
At the end of your
program, it all falls apart.
00:28:40.57\00:28:43.58
And then I'm going to replace
it with God's government,
00:28:43.61\00:28:46.27
where nothing goes
wrong. Look at what Jesus said.
00:28:46.30\00:28:49.88
What is Jesus say, about heaven,
00:28:49.91\00:28:51.92
and how the New Earth is
going to be different from ours,
00:28:51.95\00:28:55.02
in the realm of natural things?
00:28:55.05\00:28:57.26
Listen to, what the
Bible says. Isaiah 35:1
00:28:57.29\00:29:00.83
The Bible says:
00:29:00.86\00:29:02.53
"The wilderness and the solitary
place shall be glad for them;
00:29:02.56\00:29:05.68
and the desert shall rejoice,
and blossom as the rose. "
00:29:05.71\00:29:10.68
Now I live here in
Southern California,
00:29:10.71\00:29:12.53
I have to water my
grass eight times a day,
00:29:12.56\00:29:15.20
to keep it from turning brown.
00:29:15.23\00:29:16.71
In heaven I'm not going to have
a water bill, the Bible says:
00:29:16.74\00:29:19.61
All the deserts
starts to blossom.
00:29:19.64\00:29:21.24
And you know
what Jesus is saying?
00:29:21.27\00:29:22.93
If the deserts start to blossom,
00:29:22.96\00:29:24.48
there will never
be a shortage again.
00:29:24.51\00:29:26.27
How can anybody in the world
go hungry, if everything is
00:29:26.30\00:29:29.00
abundant and blooming.
00:29:29.03\00:29:31.40
Blossom as a rose. Blossom how?
00:29:31.52\00:29:34.17
Abundantly. We will
need nothing ever again.
00:29:34.21\00:29:37.32
...and rejoice even with joy and
singing: the glory of Lebanon
00:29:37.35\00:29:40.64
shall be given unto it, the
Excellency of Carmel and Sharon,
00:29:40.67\00:29:44.34
they shall see
the glory of the LORD,
00:29:44.37\00:29:46.65
and the excellency of our God.
00:29:46.68\00:29:48.58
Strengthen ye the weak hands,
and confirm the feeble knees.
00:29:48.61\00:29:52.26
Say to them that are of
a fearful heart, Be strong,
00:29:52.29\00:29:55.43
fear not: behold, your
God will come with vengeance,
00:29:55.46\00:30:00.36
even God with a recompense...
00:30:00.39\00:30:02.06
Wait a minute, said somebody.
00:30:02.09\00:30:03.65
Why is there
vengeance and recompense?
00:30:03.68\00:30:05.28
I thought this
would going to be nice.
00:30:05.31\00:30:07.23
It is.
00:30:07.26\00:30:08.23
We need to start to understand
what God is angry about.
00:30:08.24\00:30:10.95
He is not angry about you.
00:30:10.98\00:30:12.21
He is angry about
what has happened to you.
00:30:12.24\00:30:14.27
He is angry about the kind
of suffering you've had to live
00:30:14.30\00:30:17.43
with the kind of
pain you had to live with.
00:30:17.46\00:30:19.24
That's why when Jesus comes
He wipes out every trace of sin.
00:30:19.27\00:30:22.36
It is because of
what it has done to you.
00:30:22.39\00:30:24.21
What is Jesus
taking vengeance on?
00:30:24.24\00:30:25.90
He's taking vengeance on the
pain you've had to go through.
00:30:25.93\00:30:28.74
He's taking vengeance on the
suffering you've been through.
00:30:28.77\00:30:31.61
He's taking
vengeance on every funeral
00:30:31.64\00:30:33.58
and he gives a recompense.
00:30:33.61\00:30:35.16
God is going to give everything
back. He will come and save you.
00:30:35.19\00:30:38.21
The Bible says.
00:30:38.24\00:30:39.21
"Then the eyes of the
blind shall be opened".
00:30:39.24\00:30:42.01
Many for the first time, the
first thing they see is Jesus.
00:30:42.04\00:30:44.97
"The ears of the
deaf shall be unstopped".
00:30:45.00\00:30:47.44
Many for the first time,
the first thing they hear
00:30:47.47\00:30:49.82
is the trumpet blast
00:30:49.85\00:30:50.83
"Then shall the lame man
leap as a hart". That's a deer.
00:30:50.86\00:30:53.56
Oh, I can't wait for that.
00:30:53.59\00:30:55.01
When I get to heaven
and I have my big mansion,
00:30:55.04\00:30:57.28
and I have a place on
the New Earth all of my own,
00:30:57.31\00:30:59.76
I'm going to build a fence
around it. Do you know why?
00:30:59.79\00:31:02.28
I don't need a fence in heaven.
00:31:02.31\00:31:03.83
There won't be criminals
and there won't be animals
00:31:03.86\00:31:06.30
that will come in and
steal my stuff or rip me up.
00:31:06.33\00:31:08.80
That's not going to happen in
heaven but I still want a fence.
00:31:08.83\00:31:11.78
Do you know why?
00:31:11.81\00:31:12.82
Because I'm the clumsiest
kid on the face of the planet.
00:31:12.85\00:31:15.58
I can't jump over a fence now
00:31:15.61\00:31:17.06
but when I get to
heaven I'm building a fence
00:31:17.09\00:31:18.09
and you're all going to
come over you're going to
00:31:18.12\00:31:19.09
watch me jump right over.
00:31:19.12\00:31:22.25
I'm going to leap like a heart.
00:31:22.29\00:31:23.60
The lame man is going to
leap and the tongue of the dumb
00:31:23.63\00:31:25.06
will sing, I
can't sing a note now.
00:31:25.09\00:31:28.02
But you come, as
soon as I jump my fence
00:31:28.05\00:31:30.09
I'm going to sing you a song
and I'm going to be in heaven.
00:31:30.12\00:31:32.75
"For in the wilderness
water shall break out,"
00:31:32.78\00:31:35.02
"and streams in the desert".
00:31:35.05\00:31:36.65
God says: "You can't
even begin to imagine"
00:31:36.68\00:31:38.80
"what I'm about to hand you".
00:31:38.83\00:31:41.10
"Oh", said God, "I
know there are blind people"
00:31:41.13\00:31:43.63
"I know there are deaf
people, I know there are lame",
00:31:43.66\00:31:46.26
"I know that
you've been suffering".
00:31:46.29\00:31:48.10
Some people think that
God doesn't notice our tears.
00:31:48.13\00:31:50.62
He says: "I notice I'm
going to give you so much"
00:31:50.65\00:31:52.95
"that you will never
remember how much that hurt".
00:31:52.98\00:31:55.49
The Bible says in Psalm 56
00:31:55.52\00:31:56.94
that God has been collecting
our tears in a bottle.
00:31:56.97\00:32:00.26
He saw every single
one and His promises
00:32:00.29\00:32:03.43
"I'm going to make up
every one of those tears
00:32:03.46\00:32:05.76
you ever shed".
00:32:05.79\00:32:07.05
"Because Jesus has
bought a new world for you
00:32:07.08\00:32:09.96
and that new world is
completely different".
00:32:09.99\00:32:12.18
Isaiah 65:21
00:32:12.21\00:32:13.58
"The wolf and the lamb shall
feed together, and the lion will
00:32:13.61\00:32:17.02
eat straw like the bull and dust
shall be the serpent's meat.
00:32:17.05\00:32:21.25
They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain,
00:32:21.28\00:32:24.93
saith the LORD."
00:32:24.96\00:32:25.93
It's going to be different.
00:32:25.94\00:32:26.91
Jesus is giving us more that
we could ever, ever imagine.
00:32:26.92\00:32:30.36
But not only will there be
changes in the natural world.
00:32:30.39\00:32:33.30
The Bible says
there will be changes
00:32:33.33\00:32:35.08
in the political
world, too. Now...
00:32:35.11\00:32:37.69
In college, I
studied political science.
00:32:37.72\00:32:40.06
Before I became a Christian, the
only thing I wanted out of life
00:32:40.09\00:32:43.24
it was to run for public office.
That's all I wanted out of life.
00:32:43.27\00:32:46.41
God corrected me and He
can save the least of us. Amen?
00:32:46.44\00:32:49.38
I gave that up. I
felt I got to follow you.
00:32:49.41\00:32:52.11
No offense to all
of our people who I do
00:32:52.14\00:32:54.25
treasure those who volunteered
to run for public office.
00:32:54.28\00:32:56.93
But I got to say this to those
who are watching out there.
00:32:56.96\00:32:59.78
But do you know what I've
discovered as I've studied
00:32:59.81\00:33:02.29
there for four
years at the university?
00:33:02.32\00:33:04.26
Politics boils
down to one thing:
00:33:04.29\00:33:06.28
Politics boils
down to a decision.
00:33:06.31\00:33:08.12
Who gets what, when and where.
00:33:08.15\00:33:10.22
That's all politics is about.
00:33:10.25\00:33:11.90
Who gets what, when and where.
00:33:11.93\00:33:13.45
And that's
what's fueled movements
00:33:13.48\00:33:15.19
like the communist revolutions.
00:33:15.22\00:33:16.74
"Who gets what, when
and where", people said.
00:33:16.77\00:33:18.95
They have lots, we have none,
00:33:18.98\00:33:20.35
we're going to force
them to spread it around.
00:33:20.38\00:33:22.58
It's who gets
what, where and when.
00:33:22.61\00:33:24.30
God says: we don't have to
worry about that in Heaven,
00:33:24.33\00:33:26.91
because He owns it all
and gives it abundantly.
00:33:26.94\00:33:29.46
And have as much as you
need. Listen to God's promise
00:33:29.49\00:33:32.09
The Bible says in
Isaiah 65:21. Listen to this.
00:33:32.12\00:33:34.68
"And they shall build
houses, and inhabit them;
00:33:34.71\00:33:37.23
and they shall plant vineyards,
and eat the fruit of them.
00:33:37.26\00:33:39.74
They shall not
build, and another inhabit;
00:33:39.77\00:33:42.05
they shall not
plant, and another eat:
00:33:42.08\00:33:44.08
for as the days of a tree
are the days of my people,
00:33:44.11\00:33:46.84
and mine elect shall long
enjoy the work of their hands.
00:33:46.87\00:33:50.75
Now, wait a minute, preacher.
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.15
The Bible says we're
going to work in heaven?
00:33:52.18\00:33:54.29
We're going to work in heaven?
I thought I got some time off
00:33:54.32\00:33:57.14
when I got there. You're going
to work in heaven, all right?
00:33:57.17\00:33:59.84
But it's going to be
completely different.
00:33:59.87\00:34:01.74
Listen to the difference.
You're going to enjoy your work.
00:34:01.77\00:34:04.36
I refuse to believe when
Mozart composed a symphony
00:34:04.39\00:34:06.90
that he really thought of
it as work. It was sheer joy.
00:34:06.93\00:34:09.66
God says: "You're
going to create stuff".
00:34:09.69\00:34:11.68
You're going to get to
do stuff that has meaning,
00:34:11.71\00:34:14.08
your life's going to mean
something you're not going
00:34:14.11\00:34:15.94
to punch a clock.
00:34:15.98\00:34:16.95
I'm going to turn you
loose in that new Earth,
00:34:16.96\00:34:19.36
to go out and do
what means most to you.
00:34:19.39\00:34:21.32
The Bible says in the
garden of Eden that Adam and Eve
00:34:21.35\00:34:24.10
we're tending and keeping
that garden, doing things that
00:34:24.13\00:34:26.79
brought them great
joy and in the new Earth
00:34:26.82\00:34:28.66
we're going to do that
again, things that bring us joy.
00:34:28.69\00:34:31.31
They shall not labor in vain,
nor bring forth for trouble;
00:34:31.34\00:34:35.24
for they are the seed
of the blessed of the LORD,
00:34:35.27\00:34:37.87
and their offspring with them. "
00:34:37.90\00:34:38.87
In the kingdom of heaven
no one will ever cheat you
00:34:40.15\00:34:42.61
out of your paycheck.
00:34:42.64\00:34:43.86
In the kingdom of heaven
nobody's ever going to default
00:34:43.89\00:34:46.51
on a contract.
00:34:46.54\00:34:47.51
Because the only
contract up there is God says
00:34:47.54\00:34:49.93
"I will be your God
and you will be My people".
00:34:49.96\00:34:52.39
And He never
breaks that contract.
00:34:52.42\00:34:54.01
No one is going to break into
your house and steal your stuff.
00:34:54.04\00:34:56.87
God said: "I'm
giving you another world".
00:34:56.90\00:34:58.89
What you create, you can enjoy.
00:34:58.92\00:35:00.40
You're not going to punch the
clock, you're not going to work
00:35:00.43\00:35:03.11
for anybody else.
00:35:03.14\00:35:04.11
Everything we do up here is
for the honor and glory of God.
00:35:04.14\00:35:06.95
That's what we do up here.
00:35:06.98\00:35:08.21
Wait a minute, if it's
all for God's honor and glory,
00:35:08.24\00:35:10.76
am I going to
enjoy it? Absolutely.
00:35:10.79\00:35:12.50
The Bible says that God
created you for His pleasure.
00:35:12.53\00:35:15.06
And what brings Him
pleasure is when you have joy.
00:35:15.09\00:35:17.48
That's the best
scenario you can imagine.
00:35:17.51\00:35:19.52
In heaven, the whole
political realm changes.
00:35:19.55\00:35:21.77
And not only does the political
realm change, the Bible teaches
00:35:21.80\00:35:25.06
us the whole
religious world changes, too.
00:35:25.09\00:35:26.99
And I can't wait for this one.
00:35:27.02\00:35:28.42
In the new Earth, you won't ever
have to worry about your kids
00:35:28.45\00:35:31.92
burning in a compound in Waco.
00:35:31.95\00:35:33.53
In the kingdom of
heaven, there will be no cults.
00:35:33.56\00:35:36.06
In the kingdom of heaven, there
will be no strange religions,
00:35:36.09\00:35:38.99
there will be no
books that lead you astray,
00:35:39.02\00:35:41.41
there will be no movies
with bad religious ideas,
00:35:41.44\00:35:43.98
there will be nobody
lying about who God is,
00:35:44.01\00:35:46.48
or whether or not He loves you,
00:35:46.51\00:35:48.10
because you will be with
God and if you have a question,
00:35:48.13\00:35:51.26
you can walk right up
to Jesus Himself and ask it
00:35:51.29\00:35:53.89
and get the
answer from God Himself.
00:35:53.92\00:35:56.31
There will never be
another mistake in religion,
00:35:56.34\00:35:58.65
you will be with God.
00:35:58.68\00:36:01.06
Jesus gives it all back.
Everything we threw away,
00:36:01.21\00:36:04.31
He hands back to you.
00:36:04.34\00:36:05.67
We will be with God.
00:36:05.70\00:36:07.45
And then comes my favorite
passage in all of the Bible.
00:36:07.48\00:36:11.72
Revelation 21:1 it says:
00:36:11.75\00:36:14.47
"And I saw a new
heaven and a new earth:
00:36:14.50\00:36:18.51
for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away;
00:36:18.54\00:36:21.12
and there was no more sea.
00:36:21.15\00:36:23.85
And I John saw the
holy city, new Jerusalem,
00:36:23.88\00:36:26.63
coming down from
God out of heaven,
00:36:26.66\00:36:28.57
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
00:36:28.60\00:36:30.78
And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying,
00:36:30.81\00:36:33.11
Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
00:36:33.14\00:36:36.50
and he will dwell with them,
and they shall be his people,
00:36:36.53\00:36:40.08
and God himself shall be
with them, and be their God. "
00:36:40.11\00:36:43.19
Can you see it? It's
all what Jesus wanted.
00:36:43.24\00:36:46.53
He wanted that
relationship back.
00:36:46.56\00:36:49.17
He wanted the
garden of Eden back
00:36:49.20\00:36:51.31
and the day after the Appearing
we step back into Eden.
00:36:51.34\00:36:56.28
We get it all back.
We will be with God.
00:36:56.31\00:36:59.06
And the Bible says:
00:36:59.09\00:37:00.13
"... God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes;
00:37:00.16\00:37:02.58
and there shall be no more death
neither sorrow, nor crying,
00:37:02.61\00:37:06.09
neither shall
there be any more pain:
00:37:06.12\00:37:08.17
for the former
things are passed away.
00:37:08.20\00:37:10.50
And he that sat upon
the throne said, Behold,
00:37:10.53\00:37:12.68
I make all things
new. And he said unto me,
00:37:12.71\00:37:15.59
Write: for these words
are true and faithful. "
00:37:15.62\00:37:18.62
God says you can "take
these words to the bank",
00:37:18.66\00:37:20.84
you can write this down
in this world a contract
00:37:20.87\00:37:23.79
might not be worth
the paper it's written on,
00:37:23.82\00:37:25.97
but what I say is the truth.
00:37:26.00\00:37:28.33
It's always been
about God's Word.
00:37:28.36\00:37:30.11
In the garden of Eden,
the devil came and said:
00:37:30.14\00:37:32.54
"Has God really said
not to eat of that tree"?
00:37:32.57\00:37:35.32
"Has God really said
you will die if you sin"?
00:37:35.35\00:37:38.52
God said: "I have
always told you the truth".
00:37:38.55\00:37:40.94
Write down these words:
"Everything I say is the truth
00:37:40.97\00:37:43.87
and if I say I'm coming
again, I'm coming again.
00:37:43.90\00:37:46.54
And if I say I'm going
to wipe away all tears,
00:37:46.57\00:37:48.69
I'm going to
wipe away all tears".
00:37:48.72\00:37:53.20
What have you shed tears over?
00:37:53.78\00:37:56.08
What have you shed tears over?
00:37:56.11\00:37:58.94
Some people listening
tonight have broken families,
00:37:58.97\00:38:02.91
ruined marriages.
00:38:02.94\00:38:04.76
Some people have children that
have turned their back on them.
00:38:04.88\00:38:08.22
Some people have suffered
with disease, heart ache,
00:38:08.25\00:38:12.47
a lot of pain.
00:38:12.50\00:38:13.91
Some people have
been desperately lonely.
00:38:13.94\00:38:16.62
God says: "In a heartbeat,
just a moment from now
00:38:16.65\00:38:19.92
I'm going to hand you a miracle.
00:38:19.95\00:38:21.72
I'm going to give you everything
your heart has ever desired
00:38:21.75\00:38:24.69
and you will
live in My presence.
00:38:24.72\00:38:26.86
The tree of life will heal you.
00:38:26.89\00:38:28.87
You will be in My company
00:38:28.90\00:38:30.72
and My family will
never be broken again".
00:38:30.75\00:38:33.63
God says: "I'm about
to hand you a miracle".
00:38:33.66\00:38:36.30
Let me ask you a question.
00:38:36.33\00:38:38.15
Do you need a miracle?
00:38:38.18\00:38:40.65
Do you need a
miracle in your life?
00:38:40.82\00:38:43.92
Her name was Tessie.
00:38:43.95\00:38:45.88
She was just a little girl and
one day as she was walking past
00:38:45.91\00:38:49.10
the kitchen she
overheard a conversation
00:38:49.13\00:38:51.31
her mother and
father were having together.
00:38:51.34\00:38:53.82
Mommy said: "Daddy, I don't know
where we going to get the money.
00:38:53.85\00:38:58.42
We don't have money
for that kind of thing".
00:38:58.45\00:39:00.59
"Well, we need to get the money"
he said, "because if we don't"
00:39:00.62\00:39:03.67
Andrew is not going
to get the operation.
00:39:03.70\00:39:05.75
He won't make it".
00:39:05.78\00:39:06.76
"We will get it, but
that is not an option.
00:39:06.79\00:39:08.89
We just don't have the money".
00:39:08.92\00:39:10.39
Tessie heard that and she
thought about it for a moment
00:39:10.42\00:39:13.13
she ran to her
bedroom into her closet,
00:39:13.16\00:39:15.02
pulled out a jelly jar,
that had some change in it.
00:39:15.05\00:39:17.46
She said: "I got
to help my brother".
00:39:17.49\00:39:19.20
She poured the change out
in her hand counting it out
00:39:19.23\00:39:22.53
methodically it was one
dollar and eleven cents.
00:39:22.56\00:39:25.83
She thought: "I
wonder if that will do it.
00:39:25.86\00:39:27.91
I wonder if it will do it".
00:39:27.94\00:39:29.29
She bunched it up in her
hand, she ran out the back door
00:39:29.32\00:39:32.18
when mommy and
daddy weren't looking,
00:39:32.21\00:39:34.02
she ran down the street six
blocks to the Rexall drugstore.
00:39:34.05\00:39:36.91
She walked inside, the
pharmacist was standing
00:39:36.94\00:39:38.44
behind the counter talking
to a well dressed gentleman.
00:39:38.47\00:39:41.94
And the conversation
went on, and on, and on.
00:39:41.97\00:39:44.59
And Tessie got impatient,
she tapped her little foot,
00:39:44.62\00:39:47.46
she counted her change,
00:39:47.49\00:39:48.79
she cleared her
throat a few times
00:39:48.82\00:39:50.85
to try and get his
attention, but couldn't.
00:39:50.88\00:39:52.93
So finally, in desperation,
she took one quarter
00:39:52.96\00:39:55.27
and she plunked it down on the
glass counter top, very loudly.
00:39:55.30\00:39:58.14
And the pharmacist
turned around and said:
00:39:58.17\00:40:00.13
"What do you think
you're doing, little lady?
00:40:00.16\00:40:02.36
My brother came all the way
from Chicago to visit with me,
00:40:02.39\00:40:05.23
I haven't seen him in a long
time and you're interrupting us"
00:40:05.26\00:40:08.26
"Oh", said Tessie, "I
didn't mean to do that.
00:40:08.29\00:40:11.13
But this is an emergency.
00:40:11.16\00:40:13.38
My mommy says there
is something growing
00:40:13.41\00:40:15.69
inside my brother's head.
00:40:15.72\00:40:17.15
And that we need a miracle.
00:40:17.18\00:40:19.57
And I'm wondering:
How much is a miracle?
00:40:19.60\00:40:23.12
Can I buy one"?
00:40:23.15\00:40:25.47
He softened up a little bit.
00:40:25.79\00:40:28.11
He said: "Young lady, we
don't sell miracles here.
00:40:28.14\00:40:31.48
We can't do that".
00:40:31.51\00:40:33.29
"But I have all this money.
00:40:33.32\00:40:34.76
If it's not enough,
I'll find some more".
00:40:34.79\00:40:37.09
"We don't sell miracles here".
00:40:37.12\00:40:39.66
Just as Tessie collected
her change, the well dressed man
00:40:39.69\00:40:42.56
stopped her and said:
00:40:42.59\00:40:44.01
"What exactly is wrong"?
"My mommy said something's
00:40:44.04\00:40:47.40
growing in his head". He said:
"I just might have your miracle"
00:40:47.43\00:40:51.20
He was dr. Carlton
Armstrong, one of the prominent
00:40:51.23\00:40:55.34
neuro-surgeons in the country.
00:40:55.37\00:40:57.91
He said: "You send you
mommy and daddy to talk to me".
00:40:57.94\00:41:01.60
And they took Andrew to Chicago
00:41:01.63\00:41:03.66
they performed surgery, they
saved the little boy's life.
00:41:03.69\00:41:06.60
The bill was one
dollar and eleven cents.
00:41:06.63\00:41:12.52
Tessie's mommy and
daddy gathered in the kitchen
00:41:13.26\00:41:15.74
one night and they said:
00:41:15.77\00:41:17.01
"Wow, I wonder what
that would have cost.
00:41:17.04\00:41:19.07
What's a miracle worth"?
00:41:19.10\00:41:20.60
Let me ask you a
question tonight.
00:41:20.63\00:41:23.04
What does your miracle cost?
00:41:23.07\00:41:25.61
Jesus said He's going
to hand it all back to you.
00:41:25.64\00:41:28.65
He's going to
give you your miracle.
00:41:28.68\00:41:30.77
What did it cost?
00:41:30.80\00:41:33.12
It cost Him everything He had.
00:41:33.19\00:41:36.06
Because between
that garden in Genesis
00:41:36.09\00:41:38.58
and that garden in Revelation,
00:41:38.61\00:41:40.64
is the Son of God
hanging on a cross.
00:41:40.67\00:41:43.21
And He said: "I
want you to have it all
00:41:43.24\00:41:46.44
because I miss you desperately".
00:41:46.47\00:41:50.14
Let me ask you a question.
00:41:51.13\00:41:52.74
God leaves you with a choice.
00:41:52.77\00:41:55.89
He says: "I'm
gathering the whole world
00:41:56.31\00:41:58.83
on the mountain of Megiddo.
00:41:58.86\00:42:01.15
I'm calling you to make a
decision just before I come.
00:42:01.18\00:42:04.46
I bought you Paradise.
00:42:04.49\00:42:07.91
It cost me everything.
00:42:08.09\00:42:10.23
I knew all you had was a
dollar and 11 cents to your name
00:42:10.26\00:42:13.44
so I paid it all.
00:42:13.47\00:42:15.85
What decision are you going
to make before Jesus comes?
00:42:15.89\00:42:20.68
Tonight it's time to
get out Lesson number 5
00:42:20.71\00:42:23.42
as we think about the
day after the Appearing,
00:42:23.45\00:42:25.96
and now we're going to study
00:42:25.99\00:42:27.41
what the Word of God says about
00:42:27.44\00:42:29.15
what God has in store for us.
00:42:29.18\00:42:32.55
Well, if you're still with us
by satellite and right here in
00:43:24.26\00:43:27.20
Southern-California, we're
handing out lesson number 5 and
00:43:27.23\00:43:29.96
my good friend, Dan Houghton
is going to come and lead us
00:43:29.99\00:43:31.91
through this final study
in this five-part series.
00:43:31.95\00:43:34.98
But it's not the last study!
00:43:35.01\00:43:36.32
You can keep
studying wherever you are.
00:43:36.35\00:43:38.23
Dan, take us
through this lesson.
00:43:38.26\00:43:39.80
Thank you, pastor Shawn!
00:43:39.83\00:43:42.45
It's time to take
out lesson number 5.
00:43:45.53\00:43:48.15
The last one in this series,
00:43:48.18\00:43:49.80
although just
like pastor Shawn said,
00:43:49.83\00:43:51.97
this is just the
beginning, not the end.
00:43:52.00\00:43:54.57
You're going to have
opportunity to continue studying
00:43:54.60\00:43:57.02
and I hope you make it a
life-long journey as you study.
00:43:57.05\00:44:00.04
But The Day After...
00:44:00.07\00:44:01.70
did your heart thrill tonight
00:44:01.73\00:44:04.32
as you heard pastor Shawn
describe from the Scripture
00:44:04.35\00:44:07.18
what the day after the
appearing is going to be like?
00:44:07.21\00:44:11.02
Can you say
'yes' to me about that?
00:44:11.05\00:44:12.74
Isn't that going
to be wonderful? Amen.
00:44:12.77\00:44:15.06
I love the idea of
a conversation between
00:44:15.09\00:44:20.78
Jesus and His Father.
00:44:20.95\00:44:23.21
Have you ever thought about what
it would be like to actually
00:44:23.24\00:44:26.18
listen in on that conversation,
00:44:26.21\00:44:29.27
as He's talking about how
much He loves you and wants you
00:44:29.30\00:44:33.30
and me to be with Him?
00:44:33.33\00:44:35.12
I love the way that our
study started tonight, but
00:44:35.15\00:44:37.63
we want to ask that question:
00:44:37.66\00:44:40.53
And we're going to
look at John 17:24,
00:44:42.46\00:44:44.98
where we get a chance
to look at that or actually
00:44:45.01\00:44:48.20
peek in on that
conversation and listen
00:44:48.23\00:44:50.54
overhear it if you will.
00:44:50.57\00:44:51.88
"Father", Jesus says,
"I will that they also,
00:44:51.91\00:44:55.86
whom thou hast given
me, be with me where I am;
00:44:55.89\00:45:00.16
that they may behold my
glory, which thou hast given me:
00:45:00.19\00:45:04.18
for thou lovedst me before
the foundation of the world.
00:45:04.21\00:45:09.02
So, what do we discover
about why Christ is coming back?
00:45:09.20\00:45:13.16
He wants us
with Him where He is.
00:45:13.19\00:45:18.02
Does it feel good
to be wanted tonight?
00:45:18.11\00:45:20.87
He wants each
and every one of us.
00:45:20.90\00:45:24.05
Now... Many times people have
portrayed the end of the world
00:45:24.08\00:45:27.12
and other apocalyptic themes
in very frightening terms.
00:45:27.15\00:45:33.57
Have you ever been
afraid when you hear about
00:45:33.90\00:45:36.15
some other signs that
we've talked about during this
00:45:36.18\00:45:38.64
seminar?
00:45:38.67\00:45:39.64
Like earthquakes
00:45:40.02\00:45:41.52
or potential nuclear
disaster or other things?
00:45:41.55\00:45:44.06
Have you ever
been afraid of that?
00:45:44.09\00:45:45.43
What is Jesus' advice to
us as we watch the world move
00:45:45.46\00:45:48.77
towards its conclusion?
00:45:48.80\00:45:50.48
We're going to
look at John 14:1.
00:45:50.53\00:45:53.89
"Let not your heart be troubled:
00:45:53.92\00:45:56.47
ye believe in God,
believe also in me. "
00:45:56.50\00:46:00.48
What is He saying?
00:46:00.75\00:46:02.80
What advice does
Jesus give to us as we watch
00:46:02.94\00:46:05.36
the world move
towards its conclusion?
00:46:05.39\00:46:09.51
"Let not your heart be troubled"
00:46:09.54\00:46:11.02
One of the reasons why we have
00:46:11.05\00:46:12.50
'The appearing' seminar for you
00:46:12.53\00:46:15.24
is to give you a
little insight into what God's
00:46:15.27\00:46:17.86
plan is so that your heart
will not need to be troubled as
00:46:17.89\00:46:20.93
we move down towards that grand
finale called the appearing.
00:46:20.97\00:46:25.80
Now... What is Christ
accomplishing for us right now
00:46:25.83\00:46:30.32
as we wait for Him to come?
00:46:30.35\00:46:32.85
Two passages of Scripture.
00:46:33.15\00:46:34.58
The first one is
in Hebrews 4:15, 16.
00:46:34.61\00:46:38.88
For we have not an high priest
which cannot be touched with
00:46:38.91\00:46:43.00
the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points
00:46:43.03\00:46:47.14
tempted like as we
are, yet without sin.
00:46:47.17\00:46:50.60
Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that
00:46:50.63\00:46:53.59
we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need. "
00:46:53.62\00:46:58.30
He is there as our high priest,
00:46:58.60\00:47:01.10
representing us in
the heavenly courts.
00:47:01.13\00:47:04.22
And He's doing that
from the basis of experience,
00:47:04.39\00:47:07.28
because He knows what
it's like to be like us.
00:47:07.31\00:47:10.32
So number 1, we'll get
to it in just a moment,
00:47:10.35\00:47:12.63
as He is our high priest.
But lets look at John 14:2, 3.
00:47:12.66\00:47:17.13
"In my Father's house are many
mansions: if it were not so,
00:47:17.16\00:47:22.63
I would have told you. I
go to prepare a place for you.
00:47:22.66\00:47:25.64
And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again,
00:47:25.67\00:47:29.75
and receive you unto
myself; that where I am,
00:47:29.78\00:47:32.68
there ye may be also. "
00:47:32.71\00:47:34.16
He's preparing a
special place for us,
00:47:34.38\00:47:36.91
so we want to put that...
00:47:36.94\00:47:38.53
What's He
accomplishing for us right now?
00:47:38.56\00:47:40.83
He is both preparing a place
for us, and representing us as
00:47:40.86\00:47:45.81
as High Priests in Heaven
- as Someone who understands
00:47:45.84\00:47:50.25
what life is like here on Earth.
00:47:50.28\00:47:51.84
So make sure you
write down in your lesson,
00:47:52.03\00:47:54.42
that He is
preparing a place for us
00:47:54.45\00:47:56.65
and He is our High Priest
00:47:56.68\00:47:59.38
in the courts of Heaven above.
00:47:59.41\00:48:02.28
Tell you what!
00:48:02.31\00:48:03.28
I think about Him preparing a
place for me and for my family.
00:48:03.31\00:48:07.45
I think about Him preparing a
place for you and your family.
00:48:07.48\00:48:10.78
That's very personal!
00:48:10.81\00:48:12.67
Our God is interested in us
at a very-very personal level.
00:48:12.70\00:48:17.12
He's interested in you
in a personal level tonight.
00:48:17.15\00:48:20.09
What are some of the things we
know for sure about what Jesus
00:48:20.12\00:48:22.94
is preparing for us?
00:48:22.97\00:48:24.05
Pastor Shawn took
us through this list.
00:48:24.13\00:48:26.06
I want you to go to the
list again and we're going to
00:48:26.09\00:48:28.53
put it down in your lesson.
00:48:28.56\00:48:30.03
Okay?
00:48:30.06\00:48:31.03
The blind receive
their... what? Their sight.
00:48:31.04\00:48:35.13
Have you ever been
around someone who is blind?
00:48:35.18\00:48:37.60
Have you ever had
someone that you know that
00:48:37.63\00:48:39.57
does not have their sight?
00:48:39.60\00:48:41.66
You know,
00:48:41.69\00:48:42.66
I have had to be the
eyes for a friend of mine
00:48:42.69\00:48:45.66
at one or another time,
00:48:45.69\00:48:47.50
when we were
looking at something
00:48:47.53\00:48:49.41
and I would describe it for him.
00:48:49.44\00:48:52.54
I just know that he is
going to be so ecstatic,
00:48:52.57\00:48:55.22
whenever the time comes,
00:48:55.25\00:48:56.79
that he is able to see
what he's only heard about.
00:48:56.82\00:49:00.35
And there are literary thousands
of those kinds of people,
00:49:00.38\00:49:03.25
that are going to
have their sight restored.
00:49:03.28\00:49:06.85
What else did
pastor Shawn tell us about?
00:49:06.88\00:49:08.86
He read from Scripture.
00:49:08.89\00:49:09.88
The deaf receive their hearing.
00:49:09.91\00:49:12.79
Have you ever thought
what it would be like to be
00:49:12.83\00:49:15.25
in a world where you
cannot hear a single thing?
00:49:15.28\00:49:18.36
Totally quiet,
00:49:18.39\00:49:19.91
without having any
of the noises or the
00:49:20.15\00:49:22.85
joyful sounds
of children playing
00:49:22.88\00:49:25.52
going on around you?
00:49:25.55\00:49:26.70
There are going to be
many that receive their
00:49:26.73\00:49:29.04
hearing at that time.
00:49:29.07\00:49:30.15
And the lame are
going to be able to walk.
00:49:30.18\00:49:33.00
That's another thing
that's going to happen
00:49:33.09\00:49:35.10
when Jesus comes and
what He's preparing for us.
00:49:35.13\00:49:38.35
Those who cannot
speak... The mute will speak!
00:49:38.38\00:49:41.40
Here's another thing.
00:49:41.46\00:49:42.99
You heard about the work
that pastor Shawn was talking
00:49:43.02\00:49:45.63
about in the garden. How
many of you have a garden?
00:49:45.66\00:49:48.15
You know, I can
remember the same things.
00:49:48.18\00:49:50.29
Shawn, I think our dads
must have known each other,
00:49:50.32\00:49:52.75
because I can remember
00:49:52.78\00:49:54.10
whenever I was a
little boy, I also,
00:49:54.13\00:49:56.61
with my brother, were
given the assignment to
00:49:56.64\00:49:58.92
go out and work in the garden.
It was not my favorite thing!
00:49:58.95\00:50:02.42
Some people love their gardens.
00:50:02.45\00:50:05.68
But all of our work will
be fulfilling and productive.
00:50:05.71\00:50:09.76
Shawn, pastor Shawn,
you and I will even enjoy
00:50:09.79\00:50:11.98
working in a garden up there.
00:50:12.01\00:50:13.46
Isn't that good?
00:50:13.49\00:50:14.99
Nature will be at peace.
00:50:15.02\00:50:17.40
We don't have to be afraid of
00:50:17.43\00:50:18.74
wild animals
00:50:18.77\00:50:19.75
or even the neighbor's dog,
00:50:19.78\00:50:21.50
or anything else. We
don't have to be afraid
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because in
heaven nature is going
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to be at peace.
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This is Isaiah 35:5, 6.
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Then the eyes of the
blind shall be opened,
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and the ears of the
deaf shall be unstopped.
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Then shall the lame man
leap as an hart, and the tongue
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of the dumb sing:
for in the wilderness
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shall waters break out,
and streams in the desert.
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Sounds like a
beautiful, beautiful place.
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"And they shall build
houses, and inhabit them;
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and they shall plant vineyards,
and eat the fruit of them.
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They shall not
build, and another inhabit;
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they shall not plant, and
another eat: for as the days
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of a tree are the days
of my people, and mine elect
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shall long enjoy
the work of their hands.
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They shall not labor in vain,
nor bring forth for trouble;
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for they are the seed
of the blessed of the LORD,
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and their offspring with them.
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The wolf and the lamb shall
feed together, and the lion
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shall eat straw like the
bullock and dust shall be
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the serpent's meat. They
shall not hurt nor destroy
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in all my holy
mountain, saith the LORD."
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Now, what is going to be missing
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after Jesus returns? What is it?
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Look at number 5 in
your lesson. Number 5.
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What is going to be missing?
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Turn to Revelation 21:4, 5.
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Death, sorrow, crying and pain.
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All of those things
will no longer exist.
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So whenever you've
cried from a broken heart
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or you have experienced
deep-deep sorrow and pain.
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All that's going to be
gone. That's not going to exist.
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Can you imagine a
world without pain?
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It's going to be wonderful. Now!
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What will be
restored after Christ appears?
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We're going to look
at Revelation 22:2, 3
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and than also Genesis 3:17.
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Okay?
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The Paradise we enjoyed in the
garden of Eden will be restored,
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complete with the River of Life.
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Paradise and river.
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I put down this to summarize,
because that's a long answer on
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that spot.
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The garden of Eden paradise
is going to be restored,
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and there's going to be a River
of Life and also a Tree of Life,
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according to Revelation 21: 3.
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What is the whole
purpose of Christ's return?
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What does He want to
come back for anyway?
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You know,
sometimes whenever I see
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the condition of our world,
00:52:48.83\00:52:50.49
I wonder why He
would want to come back.
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But He does! Aren't you
glad that He wants to come back?
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The whole purpose of Christ's
return is that so God can
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dwell with His people and
enjoy a relationship with them.
00:53:00.08\00:53:05.99
He wants to have a
relationship with you.
00:53:06.17\00:53:09.71
He wants to invite
you over for dinner.
00:53:09.74\00:53:12.60
There's something special
00:53:12.63\00:53:13.96
about having an opportunity
to go out to dinner or
00:53:13.99\00:53:16.98
being invited
over to someone's home
00:53:17.01\00:53:18.75
for dinner. He wants to
00:53:18.78\00:53:20.50
come over to
your house for dinner.
00:53:20.53\00:53:22.62
He wants to talk
about your deepest,
00:53:22.65\00:53:24.75
darkest secrets,
00:53:24.78\00:53:25.95
the things that are the
most difficult in your life.
00:53:25.98\00:53:28.44
He's longing to have a special
relationship with His people.
00:53:28.47\00:53:33.05
Today Jesus is knocking at your
heart's door and He invites you
00:53:33.08\00:53:40.95
to be a part of His eternity.
00:53:40.98\00:53:43.38
You know, it's
popular in some...
00:53:44.51\00:53:47.02
You've heard the kids saying,
when they like something,
00:53:47.05\00:53:50.26
they say: 'Oh,
this is really good. '
00:53:50.29\00:53:52.27
What do the kids say?
00:53:52.30\00:53:54.20
You hear them say:
'Oh, this is really good. "
00:53:54.23\00:53:56.44
What do they say?
00:53:56.47\00:53:57.45
Yesss! Have you all heard that?
00:53:57.48\00:53:59.38
I want to know,
00:53:59.41\00:54:00.88
what is your answer going to be?
00:54:01.16\00:54:04.37
Can you say it with me?
Yes, we want to be with Jesus,
00:54:04.45\00:54:08.49
we want Him to be
a part of our lives.
00:54:08.52\00:54:12.51
Little while ago
pastor Shawn, as he ended
00:54:13.12\00:54:16.95
number 5,
00:54:16.98\00:54:18.00
the title 'The Day After'.
00:54:18.32\00:54:21.22
He was inviting each and
every one to make a commitment
00:54:21.52\00:54:24.98
to follow Jesus Christ.
00:54:25.01\00:54:27.22
And I want to end this study-
session with that same thing.
00:54:27.25\00:54:31.39
His hands of invitation are open
00:54:31.42\00:54:33.88
to each and every
one of us tonight.
00:54:33.91\00:54:36.87
That means you
and that means me!
00:54:36.90\00:54:39.07
And Ma'am and
Sir, wherever you are,
00:54:39.10\00:54:42.35
in whatever city you
are with this satellite
00:54:42.38\00:54:44.67
broadcast,
00:54:44.70\00:54:45.77
is coming to you.
00:54:46.00\00:54:47.55
He's making that same appeal
00:54:47.58\00:54:49.20
to you. He's making
that special invitation.
00:54:49.23\00:54:51.96
He's asking you to be
His. He's telling you tonight
00:54:51.99\00:54:55.15
that He wants to come back
especially for you. In fact,
00:54:55.18\00:54:59.59
if you were the only person
that would make the decision,
00:54:59.62\00:55:03.46
He would come back
especially for you.
00:55:03.49\00:55:07.01
I don't know about
you, but I want to be there
00:55:07.04\00:55:10.59
for His appearing.
00:55:10.62\00:55:12.27
I want to say: 'Thank you Jesus,
00:55:12.30\00:55:14.73
for thinking about me,
00:55:14.76\00:55:16.20
for thinking about my family,
for thinking about all of your
00:55:16.23\00:55:19.15
family and rescuing us
00:55:19.18\00:55:21.58
from this planet
that has gone crazy.
00:55:21.61\00:55:24.65
I want to invite you
right now, while we pray,
00:55:24.68\00:55:27.57
to just in your heart,
00:55:27.60\00:55:29.00
say: 'Yes, Lord, I want to
be there at that appearing and I
00:55:29.03\00:55:31.98
accept your invitation.
' Please pray with me.
00:55:32.01\00:55:35.61
Heavenly Father,
00:55:35.64\00:55:37.12
tonight your invitation
is ringing in our hearts.
00:55:37.15\00:55:41.28
We hear it so clearly,
00:55:41.31\00:55:42.67
that voice, that melodious
voice of love that says:
00:55:42.70\00:55:45.77
Come unto me
00:55:45.80\00:55:47.17
and I will give you rest.
00:55:47.73\00:55:49.60
I pray that each
one of us tonight will
00:55:49.63\00:55:52.06
choose again
00:55:52.09\00:55:53.42
and decide right now
that we're going to be there
00:55:53.71\00:55:56.34
for Your appearing,
00:55:56.37\00:55:57.55
with a smile on our face,
00:55:57.58\00:55:59.77
and ready to say: 'Thank
you Jesus, for coming to take
00:55:59.80\00:56:02.36
us home with You. '
00:56:02.39\00:56:03.91
I pray this in
Your precious name,
00:56:03.94\00:56:06.29
Amen.
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