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00:01 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:06 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:18 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪ 00:26 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪ 00:35 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:46 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:10 >> HELLO, I'M SHELL. >> I'M J.D. QUINN. 01:13 >> AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE JOINING US TONIGHT FOR 3ABN 01:19 "TODAY LIVE." >> AND THIS IS LIVE. 01:20 >> YEAH. >> AND WE WANT YOU TO SPEND US 01:24 YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, YOUR PRAISE REPORTS, AND 01:28 QUESTIONS -- >> YES. 01:29 >> -- AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WHAT OUR 01:33 TOPIC IS GOING TO BE. TONIGHT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE 01:37 BLESSED HOPE. AND WE HOPE TO ANSWER THREE 01:40 QUESTIONS. I HAVE TWO EVANGELISTS IN 01:44 PASTORAL DEPARTMENT HERE WITH US, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET 01:48 TO ALL THE QUESTIONS, BU THE QUESTION WE WANT TO ANSWER IS 01:52 WHAT IS THE BLESSED HOPE? WHAT IS ETERNAL LIFE GOING TO BE 01:56 LIKE, AND HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR IT. 01:58 SO WE'LL SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GET. BUT YOU CAN SPEND YOUR QUESTIONS 02:05 TO LIVE@3ABN.TV, OR CALL US AT 618-627-4651. 02:16 HONEY, WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE OUR TEAM. 02:18 >> WE HAVE HIGH-ENERGY GUYS HERE, AND THEY LOVE THE LORD. 02:23 I WANT TO START WITH MY COMPADRES DOWN HERE ON THE END. 02:29 JOE O'BRIEN IN OUR PASTORAL DEPARTMENT. 02:33 HE IS MARRIED TO NANCY. WE HAVE JANELLE'S HUSBAND HERE, 02:37 AND THIS IS DONALD OWEN. AND WE WORK TOGETHER EVERY DAY. 02:40 AND WHAT A BLESSING IT IS. WE GET TO TALK TO HURTING PEOPLE 02:44 ASH THE WORLD, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL -- OUR DEAR BROTHER 02:50 RYAN, RYAN DAY, AND HIS WIFE STEPHANIE. 02:55 SHE IS PRAYING FOR HIM TONIGHT. >> SHE IS. 02:59 >> AND YOU ARE WITH PRAISE HIM MUSIC, AND YOU WORK WITH TIM 03:04 PARTON. >> ABSOLUTELY. 03:06 AND IT'S EXCITING TO BE DOING -THE LORD'S WORK. >> AMEN. 03:13 AND THEN A NEW FACE, WE CALL HIM D-DAY. 03:17 LAST NAME IS DAY, HIS FIRST NAME IS DAKOTA. 03:21 I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BUT COULD GUESS, BUT 03:27 DAKOTA TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF. >> I'M A PUBLIC SPEAKER AND 03:33 EVANGELIST WITH AMAZING FACTS. WE ARE ALSO PREACHING THE THREE 03:38 ANGELS' MESSAGE ALL OVER THE WORLD. 03:39 AND IT IS JUST A BLESSING AND HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY. 03:44 WE SPECIALIZE IN PREACHING THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES, SO IT'S 03:48 A BLESSING AND HONOR TO BE HERE. >> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE 03:53 EACH AND EVERY ONE, AND I KNOW THE LORD IS GOING TO BE 03:57 WONDERFULLY REPRESENTED TONIGHT. AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO 04:02 IS BRING HIM GLORY. BUT FIRST, WE HAVE SOMEONE VERY 04:06 SPECIAL WHO IS GOING TO SING FOR US. 04:09 AND HER NAME IS STEPHANIE DAWN. AND -- JUST A MINUTE. 04:14 STEPHANIE AND DAY, I ALMOST SAID THAT, BUT STEPHANIE DAWN, AND 04:18 SHE IS GOING TO SANG "DAY BY DAY." 04:44 ♪ DAY BY DAY AND WIT EACH PASSING MOMENT ♪ 04:55 ♪ STRENGTH I FIND TO MEET MY FINAL PLEASE ♪ 05:04 ♪ TRUSTING IN MY WISEST MOMENT ♪ [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ♪ 06:34 ♪ >> WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO ALWAYS 08:26 HAVE STEPHANIE DAWN WITH US. SHE HAS SUCH A PRECIOUS SPIRIT 08:33 AND A SWEET AND PURE VOICE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I NOTICED 08:37 SHELLEY, IS WE HAVE DAYS EVERYWHERE. 08:40 THAT WAS "DAY BY DAY" BY STEPH STEPH. 08:43 WE HAVE DAKOTA DAY. WE HAVE RYAN DAY. 08:46 >> DO YOU SEE THE FAMILY RESEMIANCE. 08:50 >> MAYBE SOME. >> AT LEAST THE BEARD. 08:53 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE DO WANT TO SAY -- ONE MORE 08:56 TIME, THIS IS A LIVE PROGRAM, AND YOU CAN SEND YOUR QUESTIONS. 08:59 OUR TOPIC TONIGHT IS THE BLESSED HOPE. 09:02 YOU CAN SEND QUESTIONS OR PR PRIOR -- PRAYER REQUESTS. 09:11 AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE PRAYER REQUESTS? 09:17 >> WE PRAY OVER THEM EVERY DAY. WE TAKE PRAYER VERY SERIOUSLY, 09:23 BECAUSE WE SEE MIRACLES EVERY DAY. 09:27 SO CERTAINLY, PLEASE SEND THOSE PRAYER REQUESTS IN. 09:30 >> AMEN. AND YOU CAN SEND THOSE TO 09:39 LIVE@3ABN.TV OR YOU CAN CALL US AT 618-627-4651. 09:48 ALL RIGHT. WHO'S GOT TITUS 2, AND WE'RE 09:54 GOING TO READ 11-13. >> I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. 10:00 TITUS 2:11-14. FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THAT BRINGS 10:07 SALVATION HAS APPEARED TO ALL MEN, TEACHING US THAT DENYING 10:12 UNGODLINESS AND WORLDLY LUSTS, WE SHOULD LIVE SOBERLY, 10:18 RIGHTEOUSLY AND GODLY IN THE AGE. 10:22 LOOKING FOR THE BLESSED HOPE AND GLORIOUS APPEARING OF OU GREAT 10:26 GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST WHO GAVE HIMSELF FOR US THAT HE 10:31 MIGHT REDEEM US FROM EVERY LAWLESS DEED AND PURIFY FOR 10:37 HIMSELF HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE, JEALOUS FOR GOOD WORKS. 10:41 >> AMEN. THE BLESSED HOPE AND GLORIOUS 10:46 APPEARING OF CHRIST JESUS. LET'S TALK ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, TO 10:51 ME SOMETIMES PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK OF THE BLESSED HOPE AS 10:54 SIMPLY THE RETURN OF CHRIST, OR BEING REUNITED WITH A LOVED ONE. 11:01 BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT BLESSED HOPE. 11:04 I MEAN, WE HAVE GOT IT RIGHT NOW. 11:07 YOU MADE A COMMENT TO ME THIS WEEK, THE BLESSED HOPE HAS BEEN 11:10 AROUND SINCE THE GARDEN OF EDEN, HASN'T IT? 11:14 AMEN. AMEN. 11:16 SO -- LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RETURN OF CHRIST. 11:18 WHO WANTS TO HIT THAT? >> THE RETURN OF CHRIST. 11:23 >> GO AHEAD, RYAN. >> I'LL JUST JUMP IN THERE, 11:29 ABSOLUTELY. >> 1 THESSALONIANS. 11:31 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1 THESSALONIANS, 4:4, AND THIS 11:37 IS ONE OF HOSE FAMOUS TEXTS -- PROBABLY -- WE OFTEN 11:42 CALL THIS THE LOUDEST TEXTS IN THE BIBLE. 11:45 IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE TEXTS WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 11:49 THE RETURN OF JESUS TO LEAVE THIS TEXT OUT WOULD BE 11:55 BLASPHEMY. SO 1 THESSALONIANS, 4:13, AND I 12:00 LOVE HOW PAUL BEGINS, HE SAYS BUT I DO NOT WAN YOU TO BE 12:07 IGNORANT BRETHREN CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP, 12:14 LEST YOU SORROW AS THOSE WHO HAVE NO HOPE. 12:17 PAUL IS TYING THAT HOPE CONCEPT IN WITH THIS SUBJECT OF THE 12:22 RETURN OF JESUS. AND VERSE 14, FOR MANY WE 12:25 BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO, GOD WILL BRING 12:29 WITH HIM THOSE WHO SLEEP IN JESUS. 12:32 AND I WANT TO PAUSE THERE JUST TO INSERT -- I HAVE HAD PEOPLE 12:36 SAY THAT SHOWS WHEN JESUS COMES BACK FROM HEAVEN HE IS BRINGING 12:41 PEOPLE WITH HIM FROM HEAVEN. BUT THIS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT 12:44 JESUS COMING BACK FROM HEAVEN WITH PEOPLE ACTUALLY THIS IS 12:51 REFERRING TO THOSE WHO ARE ASLEEP IN THE GRAVE. 12:56 HE IS ASSURING PEOPLE THAT HE IS GOING TO BRING THEM WITH HIM 13:01 ALONG WITH THOSE WHO ARE ALIVE. HE GOES ON THE SAY IN VERSE 15, 13:06 FOR THIS WE SAY TO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE WHO 13:10 ARE ARRIVE AND REMAIN UNTIL THE COMING OF THE LORD WILL BY NO 13:15 MEANS PRECEDE THOSE WHO ARE ASLEEP. 13:19 SO WE ALL GET TO MAKE IT HEAVEN TOGETHER. 13:21 >> AND THAT SHOWS THAT NO ONE IS ALREADY IN HEAVEN. 13:24 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND VERSES 16-18, THE LORD 13:29 HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH THE SHOUT WITH THE VOICE OF 13:34 THE ARCHANGEL, WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIS 13:41 WILL RISE FIRST, THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP 13:48 WITH THEM AND THUS SHALL WE ALSO BE WITH THE LORD, AND I HAVE TO 13:53 ADD VERSE 18 IN THERE. I LOVE HOW PAUL ENDS THIS TEXT. 13:59 HE SAYS, THEREFORE, HERE IT IS, COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE 14:03 WORDS. >> AMEN. 14:04 >> HOPE IN THIS MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE CERTAINLY -- THAT'S WHAT 14:07 WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT 14:10 THIS PASSAGE, IS BASICALLY -- YOU SEE THERE'S NO 14:14 RAPTURE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP IN THE GRAVE. 14:18 JOHN 5:28, JESUS SAID THAT ALL WHO ARE IN THEIR GRAVES WILL 14:23 HEAR HIS VOICE, AND SOME WILL COME OUT TO THE RESURRECTION OF 14:29 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS, OTHERS TO THE CONDEMNATION. 14:34 LET'S GO TO REVELATION 20, AND LET'S LOOK AT VERSES 5 AND 6. 14:45 BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THERE ARE TWO 14:52 RESURRECTIONS. THERE IS THE RESURRECTION OF THE 14:55 RIGHT HOUSE AND THE RESURRECTION OF THE CONDEMNED. 14:59 AND THESE ARE SEPARATED BY A THOUSAND YEARS. 15:03 >> THERE BUT THE REST OF THE DEAD LIVE NOT AGAIN UNTIL THE 15:06 THOUSAND YEARS WERE FINISHED. THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION. 15:11 VERSUS 6, BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HAVE PART IN THE FIRST 15:16 RESURRECTION ON SUCH THE SECOND DEATH HATH NO POWER, BUT THEY 15:23 SHALL BE PRIESTS OF GOD AND CHRIST AND SHALL RAIN WITH HIM A 15:28 THOUSAND YEARS. >> DAKOTA WOULD YOU BREAK THAT 15:32 DOWN FOR US. IT'S A PARENTHETICAL STATEMENT 15:36 WHEN HE SAYS THE REST OF THE DEAD DID NOT LIVE AGAIN UNTIL 15:39 THE THOUSAND YEARS. LET'S TALK ABOUT FIRST 15:44 RESURRECTION AND SECOND RESURRECTION. 15:46 >> SURE. YOU QUOTED THE VERSE EARLIER 15:49 WHEN JESUS SAID HIMSELF MARVEL NOT AT THIS. 15:53 IN OTHER WORDS THIS SHOULDN'T SURPRISE US. 15:56 HE SAYS FOR THE HOUR IS COMING -- THAT MEANS IT HASN'T 16:01 COME YET, IN WHICH ALL THAT ARE IN THE GRAVE SHALL HERE HIS 16:05 VOICE. SO THEY HAVEN'T YET HEARD HIS 16:08 VOICE. AND VERSE 29 SAYS THEY SHALL 16:12 COME FORTH AND THEY WHO HAVE DONE GOOD AND THEY WHO HAVE DONE 16:17 EVIL. SO THESE VERSES ARE MAKING IT 16:20 VERY CLEAR THERE ARE IS TWO RESURRECTIONS. 16:25 THE FIRST IS WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES BACK IN THE CLOUDS OF 16:29 HEAVEN WHAT WE JUST READ WHEN IT SAYS FOR THE LORD SHALL ASCEND 16:35 FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT -- >> NO SECRET COMING. 16:38 >> EXACTLY. SOME PEOPLE'S IDEA OF A BLESSED 16:41 HOPE IS A SECRET SILENT COMING, BUT THE WORD OF GOD IS SO CLEAR 16:45 THAT WE HAVE A -- A SHOUT WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES BACK, AND HE 16:51 SAYS HE IS COMING BACK WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD. 16:54 AND IF JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD, IT'S 17:01 A MAN MADE TRUMPET, IMAGINE HOW LOUD THAT IS. 17:12 IMAGINE HOW LOUD THE TRUMP OF GOD WILL BE. 17:16 AND WE WILL MEET HIM IN THE END. >> YOU KNOW WHAT SCRIPTURE I 17:20 JUST THOUGHT OF IS DANIEL 12:2, BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS FIND 17:27 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT. 17:31 DANIEL 12:2 IS SAYING BASICALLY THE SAME THING. 17:34 MANY OF THOE WHO SLEEP IN THE DUST OF THE EARTH SHALL AWAKE. 17:39 SOME TO EVER-LASTING LIFE, SOME TO SHAME AND EVER-LASTING 17:46 CONTENT. >> AMEN. 17:46 >> BUT TO FURTHER THE IDEA THAT WHEN WE COME UP OUT OF THE GRAVE 17:51 IN THAT FIRST RESURRECTION, TO FURTHER THE IDEA THAT WE ARE 17:56 SLEEPING IN THE GRAVE UNTIL CHRIST COMES -- LET'S LOOK AT 1 18:03 CORINTHIANS 15, HOW ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE TO ME THIS IS -- WHEN 18:07 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BLESSED HOPE -- WHY IS IT THAT 18:12 I'M LOOKING -- TALKING AND LOOKING AT THE SAME TIME, I 18:15 CAN'T FIND IT. [ LAUGHTER ] 18:17 >> I CAN CERTAINLY READ THAT -- >> PLEASE. 18:19 >> EVERYBODY GOT IT. >> START WITH VERSE 51 THROUGH 18:24 55. >> OKAY. 18:25 BEHOLD, I'LL TELL YOU A MYSTERY. SHE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE 18:30 SHALL ALL BE CHANGED IN A MOMENT AND A TWINKLING OF AN EYE AND AT 18:36 THE LAST TRUMPET, FOR THE TRUMPET WILL SOUND AND THE DEAD 18:39 WILL BE RAISED INCORRUPTEDABLE, AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED. 18:44 FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION AND THIS MORTAL HAS 18:59 PUT ON IMMORTALITY. THEN DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN 19:06 VICTORY. OH, HADES, WHERE IS YOUR 19:15 VICTORY? >> THE BIBLE TOLD US THAT ONLY 19:17 GOD IS IMMORTAL. SO WHEN DO WE PUT ON 19:23 IMMORTALITY. >> WHAT THE BIBLE JUST TELLS US 19:25 THAT CORRUPTIBLE PUTS ON INCORRUPTION AND THIS MORE TALL 19:29 PUTS ON IMMORTALITY. VERSE 52 SAYS IN THE MOMENT OF A 19:35 TWINKLING OF AN EYE AT THE LAST TRUMP, AND THAT'S WHEN CHRIST IS 19:42 REVEALED. >> THIS IS THAT LOUD TRUMPET. 19:44 BUT PART OF THE BLESSED HOPE -- LET ME ASK YOU THIS. 19:49 IF YOU ARE IN A WHEELCHAIR. IF YOU HAVE -- I HAVE A FRIEND 19:54 WHO HAS SPINAL -- SPINA BIFIDA, AND SHE IS SO TWISTED AND SHE 20:00 CAN HARDLY LIFT HER HEAD. SHE CAN'T REACH ANYTHING. 20:04 AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE BLESSED HOPE, IT'S NOT JUST -THE RETURN OF CHRIST, BUT WHAT 20:10 IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN HE RETURNS. 20:12 I MEAN, IT'S EXCITING TO THING ABOUT HIM RETURNING. 20:15 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> YES, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE 20:18 WHO HAS BEEN PROMISED THE LAMB HAS BEEN SLAIN FROM THE 20:23 FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH.-BUT WHEN HE COMES BACK, WHEN HE PUT ON IMMORTALITY, ALL OF THESE 20:30 DISEASES, ALL OF THIS CORRUPTION IS GONE. 20:33 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> UH-HUH. 20:35 >> AND HERE WE ARE -- I THINK -- YOU KNOW, IN PSALMS 20:43 17:15 WHEN HE SAID AS FOR ME, I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN I AWAKE 20:51 IN YOUR LIKENESS. >> AMEN. 20:53 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE CHANGED IN 20:56 THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. >> YES. 20:59 >> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT IMPORTANT TO AK SEARCH WAIT 21:03 THAT, THE CHANGE IN THE TWINKLE OF AN EYE IS THE BODY. 21:06 IT'S NOT THE CHARACTER. >> UH-HUH. 21:08 >> IT'S TRUE. >> AMEN. 21:10 >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. BUT WHAT DOES JOHN SAY? 21:15 NOW WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD. NOW WE ARE. 21:18 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> I LOVE THAT BEAUTIFUL PROMISE 21:22 IN 3:20, WHEN PAUL WRITES, FOR OUR CONVERSATION IS IN HEAVEN 21:31 FROM WHEN WE LOOK FOR THE SAVIOR, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 21:36 WHO SHALL CHANGE YOUR VIAL BODY THAT IT SHALL BE FASHIONED LIKE 21:41 HIS GLORY BODY WHERE HE IS ABLE EVEN TO SUBDUE ALL THINGS UNTO 21:46 HIMSELF. I ALSO THINK OF 21:48 THAT -- THAT -- THAT SCRIPTURE, AND I FORGET THE PARTICULAR 21:51 REFERENCE AT THE MOMENT, BUT EYES HAVE NOT SEEN, EARS FROM 21:56 NOT HEARD, WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR US. 21:59 THAT BLESSED HOPE. IT'S LIKE A PACKAGE DEAL. 22:02 >> AMEN. >> IT'S THIS INCREDIBLE PACKAGE 22:06 DEAL THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. 22:10 WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT GOD'S WORD. 22:12 >> AND YOU KNOW -- GO AHEAD, HONEY. 22:15 >> TODAY WE HAD A BLESSED LADY THAT CALLED IN. 22:19 AND SHE IS SUFFERING FROM HEAD TO TOE, AND SHE WAS BECOMING SO 22:24 DISCOURAGED TO THE POINT THAT SHE TALKED TO PASTOR CLAUDE 22:28 WHICH IS JUST ABSOLUTE -- ONE OF OUR PRECIOUS PRAYER WARRIORS. 22:33 WILL YOU JUST PRAY FOR ME TODAY THAT WILL GET ME INTO TOMORROW. 22:38 AND PASTOR CLAUDE SAID, OH, YES, AND IT IS GOING TO BE BETTER 22:42 THAN THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE PRAYING TODAY 22:45 AND TOMORROW. BUT WHAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR IS 22:47 THAT BLESSED HOPE. >> AMEN. 22:49 >> AND BLESS HER HEART -- TO ME AS I WAS LISTENING TO THIS, MY 22:54 HEART MELTED. BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE 22:58 OUT THERE THAT HAVE SERIOUS, SERIOUS ISSUES. 23:01 THERE ARE SOME THAT JUST ARE READY TO -- THEY ARE TIRING OF 23:04 THIS WORLD. AND THEN THERE'S OTHERS THAT 23:07 THEY HAVE GO MAJOR ISSUES. AND THAT'S THE BLESSED HOPE. 23:11 THAT'S THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT GOES WITH THE SCRIPTURE. 23:15 IT'S AN INSPIRING SCRIPTURE THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE READING. 23:19 >> HOW MANY -- I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS. 23:22 PROBABLY ALL OF US, WE HAVE LOST SOMEONE THAT WE LOVED VERY MUCH. 23:26 >> YES. >> YOUR PRECIOUS MOTHER WAS 53 23:30 YEARS OLD. AND JUST -- IT HAD ONLY BEEN A 23:34 FEW WEEKS. WHEN DID SHE PASS? 23:36 >> ACTUALLY IT WAS A MONTH AGO. I THINK IT WAS A MONTH AGO, 23:41 JUST -- JUST A FEW DAYS AGO -- THREE OR FOUR DAYS AGO. 23:45 >> SO PART OF THE BLESSED HOPE IS KNOWING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO 23:49 BE REUNITED. >> UH-HUH. 23:52 >> AMEN. >> ISN'T IT? 23:54 >> AMEN. >> KNOWING WHEN YOU COME 23:57 UP -- IF YOU ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME 24:01 WHEN JESUS RETURNS WHO AREN'T GOING TO DIE -- I MEAN THEY 24:05 WON'T BE DEAD, AND THEY WILL BE TRANSLATED, BUT THEN THERE ARE 24:10 THOSE WHERE NOT ANYONE IS GOING TO PROCEED INTO THE PRESENCE OF 24:15 THE LORD BEFORE THE OTHER. SO THE DEAD COME OUT -- AND I 24:19 JUST THINK HOW PRECIOUS THAT IS TO KNOW THAT -- YOU KNOW, THIS 24:23 IS HOW THIS TOPIC EVEN CAME A FEW WEEKS AGO. 24:26 WE WERE TALKING, AND I SAID HOW DOES ANYONE WHO HAS LOSTED A 24:34 LOVED ONE, OR HAS A CHILD IN A CANCER WARD OR IN THE ICU -- 24:41 >> UH-HUH. >> -- HOW DO THEY HANDLE THIS 24:44 WITHOUT THE BLESSED HOPE? >> I KNOW. 24:46 >> BECAUSE YOU KNOW -- YOUR MOTHER WAS A CHRISTIAN. 24:50 YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY SEPARATION, AND IF YOU-GUYS STAY ON TRACK, AND I'M 24:57 GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU DO -- [ LAUGHTER ] 24:59 >> BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNITY TO SPEND WITH HER. 25:04 >> I THINK THE CORE ISSUE HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS 25:11 SUBJECT, AND I HAVE SHARED THIS WITH YOU GUYS. 25:14 AND DAKOTA KNOWS THIS, THE LAST MONTH HAS JUST BEEN HARD. 25:19 AND I KNOW MANY OF US -- A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE 25:24 LOST CLOSE LOVED ONES, BUT JUST WHAT YOU SAID, HOW DO YOU -- MY 25:30 HEART BREAKS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THAT HOPE. 25:32 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> -- WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN THESE 25:36 PROMISES, AND NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE PROMISES 25:39 OF GOD'S WORD, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. 25:42 I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH THESE LAST FEW WEEKS IF 25:47 I DIDN'T HAVE THESE PROMISES. YOU KNOW, JOHN 11:25 AND 26, AND 25:54 THESE WORDS JUST RING IN MY EARS, JESUS SAYS I AM THE 25:59 RESURRECTION IN LIFE. HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, THOUGH HE 26:03 MAY DIE, HE SHALL LIVE, AND WHOSOEVER LIVES AND BELIEVES IN 26:08 ME SHALL NEVER DIE, AND THEN HE ASKS THIS QUESTION, DO YOU 26:11 BELIEVE IN THIS? DO YOU BELIEVE THIS, HE SAYS? 26:18 AND THERE IS ANOTHER TEXT I HAVE TO SHARE REAL QUICKLY, OR I'LL 26:23 FORGET IT. IT'S IN 1 PETER 3: -- 1 PETER 26:33 1:3-6, EXCUSE ME. AND NOTICE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS 26:38 ON THIS BLESSED HOPE TOPIC. REALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY 26:42 BEFOREHAND, THE BLESSED HOPE WE HAVE BEFORE HAPPENED IN THE 26:44 PROMISE OF THE EVENTS AND THE THINGS WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO, 26:48 BUT ULTIMATELY, THE CORE OF THE BLESSED HOPE IS THE PROMISE THAT 26:52 WE HAVE IN THE WORK THT CHRIST HAS ALREADY COMPLETED. 26:56 >> AMEN. >> AND THIS IS WHAT THIS 26:59 PARTICULAR TEXT TESTIFIES TO. 1 PETER 1:3-6, BLESSED BE THE 27:05 GOD AND FATHER OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO HIS GREAT 27:09 MERCY. HE HAS CAUSED US TO BE BORN 27:12 AGAIN, AND HERE IT IS, TO A LIVING HOPE, THROUGH, NOTICE, 27:17 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THAT EVENT. 27:21 WITHOUT THAT EVENT, THE SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE DIED, BUT HAD 27:28 HEED NO RESURRECTED WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE HAVING THIS 27:33 CONVERSATION. UNDEFILED AND UNFADING, HE GOES 27:38 ON TO KEEP IN HEAVEN FOR YOU, WHO BY GOD'S POWER ARE BEING 27:42 GUARDED THROUGH FAITH FOR A SALVATION READY TO BE REVEALED 27:46 IN THE LAST TIME. AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, IN THIS 27:51 YOU REJOICE -- IT BECOMES PERSONAL -- IN THIS YOU REJOICE 27:56 FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IF NECESSARY, YOU HAVE BEEN GRIEVED 28:01 BY VARIOUS TRIALS -- AND WE ALL HAVE -- SO THAT THE TESTED 28:07 GENUINOUS OF YOUR FAITH MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD, THOUGH IT IS 28:11 TESTED BY FIRE. AND I TELL YOU IF YOU LOST A 28:14 CLOSE LOVED ONE, IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE WALKING THROUGH A FIREY 28:21 DESERT HEAT LIKE NO OTHER AND TO GO ON IN PRAISE AND HONOR AT THE 28:27 RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST. PRAISE GOD FOR THAT HOPE. 28:29 >> AMEN. >> IF I COULD ADD SOMETHING TO 28:32 THAT. WHEN YOU EMPHASIZED SO SERIOUSLY 28:35 THERE, THAT CHRIST WAS RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD, THE 28:39 IMPORTANT POINT THERE IS THAT THAT PROVES CHRIST HAS 28:42 POWER -- AND YOU MENTIONED THE WORD POWER -- OVER DEATH. 28:46 >> AMEN. >> AND THE KEY IS WHEN WE'RE IN 28:50 CHRIST. A LOT OF THESE THINGS DON'T MAKE 28:54 SINCE. WHAT IS IN CHRIST? 28:56 WELL, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW. BEING IN CHRIST MEANS YOU ACCEPT 29:00 HIM AS A SAVIOR, BECAUSE HE HAS POWER OVER DEATH, AND THAT'S 29:06 WHAT WE NEED SOME HELP. AND SO BE IN CHRIST. 29:09 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND IF HE HAS POWER OVER 29:12 DEATH, HE HAS POWER IN OUR EVERY DAY ACTIVITIES ALSO. 29:15 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO GO BACK TO THIS PRECIOUS 29:18 LITTLE LADY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, GOD IS PRESENT. 29:24 AND, YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGE -- ASK HIM INTO YOUR 29:27 HEART. INTO YOUR LIFE. 29:29 ASK HIM TO BE A STEP AHEAD OF YOU. 29:31 TO COVER YOUR BACK. TO BE ON EACH SIDE OF YOU. 29:35 LORD, INCREASE YOUR FAITH. CAN I TELL YOU A STORY REAL 29:40 QUICK. THIS IS A LIVE STORY -- IT WILL 29:41 TAKE ABOUT THREE MINUTES, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN 29:45 PRAYING FOR, FOR THREE OR FOUR WEEKS. 29:47 THERE IS A LITTLE BOY BY THE NAME OF ZANDER. 29:51 AND I WANT TO PRAY ABOUT HOW GOD IS WORKING IN SANDER'S LIFE. 29:57 HIS PRECIOUS MOTHER RUTH, SHE HAS TO BE A WORD CLASS WRITER, 30:02 BECAUSE SHE SENDS THIS OUT BY FACEBOOK. 30:09 ANYWAY DR. FALCO WALKS IN AND HE SAYS, WOW, I HAD NEVER SEEN 30:13 ANYBODY QUITE LIKE THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE BOY HERE HOLDING ON TO 30:18 LIFE. AND HE SAYS I HAVE GOT -- I HAVE 30:21 GOT -- I HAVE GOT SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THAT I 30:24 HAVE BEEN HOLDING UP, BECAUSE I JUST KEPT THINKING ZANDER WAS 30:30 GOING TO GET BETTER, BUT HE SAYS -- THERE IS SOMETHING 30:33 MEDICAL THAT YOU CAN COMBINE THESE DIFFERENT TESTS AND IT 30:36 GIVES YOU MARKERS OF HOW ZANDER IS DOING. 30:40 NORMAL IS 5 AND BELOW. YES, WE HAVE LITTLE BOYS IN THIS-FACILITY HERE THAT -- THAT THERE 30:48 NUMBER IS TEN. >> AND THEY ARE VERY SICK AT 30:52 TEN. >> VERY, VERY SICK, JUST HOLDING 30:56 ON. AND THERE ARE LITTLE BOYS THAT 30:57 THEIR NUMBERS OR 15, AND 20 -- THE HIGHST NUMBER WE HAVE 31:00 HAD IN THI HOSPITAL HERE THAT WAS CRITICALLY ILL THAT WE 31:04 DIDN'T KNOW HE WOULD GO FROM HOUR TO HOUR WAS 34. 31:09 LET ME SHARE YOU MY LITTLE PRECIOUS RUTH. 31:12 YOUR SON IS AT 93. >> WOW. 31:15 >> 93. THERE IS NO HOPE. 31:17 PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S MAYBE 31:20 THE LAST MINUTE THEY ARE GOING TO SEE THIS LITTLE BOY. 31:24 NOW LET ME TELL YOU, TALKING ABOUT THE FAMILY OF THIS BELIEF 31:28 AND WHO THIS JESUS IS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT ROSE FROM 31:31 THE DEAD -- >> AMEN. 31:34 >> OKAY. AND THAT HAS A PLAN FOR EACH ONE 31:37 OF OUR LIVES. I NEED TO STRESS THAT GOD IS -- 31:40 >> IT STARTS OFF BY SAYING GOD -- 31:44 >> GOD IS SO GOOD. >> HE IS IMPROVING. 31:47 SO SHE SAYS GOD IS GOOD. >> SO THEN SHE GOES ON AND 31:51 THIS -- HOLD ON, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO TOUCH YOUR HEART. 31:54 I NEED TO STRESS THAT GOD IS NOT GOOD BECAUSE ZANDER SURVIVED, 32:03 HORRIBLE THINGS ALL THE TIME. BUT GOD IS ALWAYS GOOD. 32:07 HAD ZANDER NOT LIVED, GOD IS GOOD. 32:10 >> AMEN. >> IF ZANDER SURVIVED BUT WAS 32:14 PROFOUNDLY BRAIN DAMAGED, GOD IS GOOD. 32:16 IF HE LOSES HIS FEET AND HE CANNOT WALK. 32:19 IF HIS KIDNEYS NEVER COME BACK AND HE NEEDS A TRANSPLANT, GOD 32:24 IS GOOD. IF ZANDER GETS A SECONDARY 32:30 INFECTION AND HIS HEART ISN'T ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PUMP, AND WE 32:33 LOSE HIM, GOD IS GOOD. HE IS GOOD, AND WHILE WE ARE SO 32:38 THANK. TO ANSWER YES FOR THE THOUSANDS 32:40 OF PRAYERS THAT HAVE GONE OUT FOR ZANDER ALL OVER THE WORLD, 32:45 EVEN THEN THE ANSWER IS GOD IS GOOD. 32:49 NOW LET'S JUMP UP THE THREE WEEKS SINCE THAT WAS WRITTEN. 32:53 ZANDER HAS IMPROVED. THANK YOU, JESUS. 32:56 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE KIDS THAT WE JUST MENTIONED HERE 33:01 THAT THEY ARE NOT AS FORTUNATE. GOD IS GOOD ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE 33:06 DON'T KNOW HIS PLAN. BUT LITTLE ZANDER IS DOING 33:10 BETTER. AND THEY WERE GETTING READY TO 33:13 MOVE HIM -- >> THEY MOVED HIM FROM THE 33:17 PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT TO THIS STEP-DOWN INTENSIVE CARE 33:22 UNIT. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 33:24 BLESSED HOPE. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A BLESSED HOPE 33:28 IF WE DON'T HAVE A POWERFUL GOD. >> AMEN. 33:31 >> AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS -- JUST SHARE WHAT YOU SAID 33:35 TO ME THE OTHER DAY AS YOU WERE STUDYING, DONALD, YOU SAID THAT 33:39 YOU REALIZED THE BLESSED HOPE -- GENESIS 3:15 IS THE 33:44 BEGINNING OF THE BLESSED HOPE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 33:46 >> AND THIS IS WRITTEN BY A WOMAN OF FAITH WHO KNOWS NO 33:52 MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE, GOD IS GOOD, AND SHE HAS GOT THAT 33:55 BLESSED HOPE. YOU COULDN'T -- NO MOTHER COULD 33:59 WRITE THAT IF SHE DIDN'T. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING ABOUT 34:02 GENESIS 3:15. >> THE IDEA -- THE ENEMY -- I 34:06 GUESS WE CAN TURN THERE. GENESIS 3:15. 34:09 THAT'S THE BLESSED PROMISE RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING OF SCRIPTURE. 34:12 THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GO BACK TO THE 34:16 FOUNDATION. I'M SURE MOST OF US CAN QUOTE 34:20 THIS BY HEART. I WILL PUT 'EM NANTY BETWEEN THE 34:33 SERPENT AND THE WOMAN. AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 34:36 LOOKING FOR A MESSIAH A REDEEMER. 34:42 THEY THOUGHT LIKE WHEN KANE SLEW ABLE, THEY THOUGHT HERE COMES 34:49 THE MESSIAH. >> AMEN. 34:56 AND REVELATION 13, WE KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN PROMISED AND HE IS 35:00 THE BLESSED HOPE. JOE, I DON'T WANT TO THROW YOU 35:04 OFF, BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHEN WEARE EITHER RESURRECTED 35:10 OR TRANSLATED AND WE'RE REUNITED WITH OUR FAMILY, ONCE WE SEE 35:17 JESUS FACE-TO-FACE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO PAIL BY 35:20 COMPARISON, I THINK. >> UH-HUH. 35:22 >> WHAT IS THE FIRST QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU WANT 35:27 TO ASK JESUS OR WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY TO HIM. 35:32 >> WHAT TOOK SO LONG? >> AND HE IS GOING TO SAY MY 35:35 CHURCH COULDN'T GET IT TOGETHER. [ LAUGHTER ] 35:40 >> THERE YOU GO. >> YOU KNOW, TO ME THAT'S PART 35:43 OF THE BLESSED HOPE. THIS ONE WHO HE WAS WRITING 35:50 ABOUT WHEN SHE IS TALKING ABOUT ZANDER THIS ONE WHO WAS 35:56 PROMISED, THIS ONE WHO DIED FOR US, AND WAS RESURRECTED, WE'RE 36:02 GOING TO GET TO SEE FACE-TO-FACE. 36:08 >> AMEN. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18, JUST TO 36:15 ATTEST TO THOSE PEOPLE AT HOME WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING. 36:18 YOU MAY BE DEALING WITH WHATEVER SITUATION YOU ARE DEALING WITH, 36:22 WHETHER IT BE -- YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A BAD REPORT. 36:25 MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD YOU HAVE SO LONG TO LIVE. 36:30 MAYBE, LIKE MYSELF, YOU RECENTLY LOST A LOVED ONE. 36:33 ALL OF THOSE THINGS BRING PAIN, SORROW, AND DESPAIR. 36:40 NOTICE, I LOVE THIS PROMISE HERE, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL 36:44 COUNSEL AS WELL. THEREFORE, WE DO NOT LOSE HEART. 36:47 >> AMEN. >> EVEN THOUGH OUTWARD MAN IS 36:53 PARRISHING, YET THE INWARD MAN IS BEING RENEWED DAY BY DAY, FOR 36:59 OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION -- AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T WANT TO THINK 37:02 OF IT THAT WAY, BUT FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION, WHICH IS BUT 37:08 FOR A MOMENT IS WORKING FOR US A FAR MORE EXCEEDING AND ETERNAL 37:13 WEIGHT OF GLORY, WHILE WE DO NOT LOOK AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE 37:18 SEEN, BUT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN. 37:21 >> YES. >> IT SAYS FOR THE THINGS WHICH 37:23 ARE SEEN ARE TEMPORARY. BUT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT 37:27 SEEN ARE ETERNAL. >> AMEN. 37:29 GLORY TO GOD. >> COME, LORD, COME. 37:33 >> AND PART OF THE BLESSED HOPE TO ME IS THAT THE WICKED ARE 37:38 GOING TO BE DESTROYED. >> UH-HUH. 37:41 >> TALK ABOUT THAT. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WICKED, 37:47 DAKOTA? >> THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 37:53 THESSALONIANS 2:8, WE READ ABOUT THE COMING OF JESUS AND IT SAYS 38:03 HERE AND THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED WHOM THE LORD SHALL 38:08 CONSUME WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS MOUTH, AND SHALL DESTROY WITH 38:12 THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING. SO THE WICKED AND ALL OF THOSE 38:16 THAT ARE ALIVE ON THAT EARTH DOING THAT TIME, ARE GOING TO BE 38:22 DESTROYED BY THE BRIGHTNESS OF JESUS CHRIST SECOND COMING. 38:26 AND SIN CANNOT LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 38:29 >> AMEN. >> AND IT'S NOT CHRIST'S FAULT 38:34 IF WE CHOOSE SIN OVER HIM AND ALLOW IT TO CORRUPT OUR MINDS 38:38 AND HEARTS WHEN HE COMES BACK. HE HAS GIVEN US EVERY WARNING. 38:45 WE SHALL BE CAUGHT UP WITH OUR LOVED ONES, AND SO SHALL WE EVER 38:49 BE WITH THE LORD THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, SO WE KNOW THE WICKED IS 38:53 GOING TO ULTIMATELY BE DESTROYED. 38:56 AND SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THE WICKED ARE GOING TO BE BURNING 39:02 THROUGHOUT ETERNITY, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S SO. 39:05 >> WE KNOW MATTER OF FACT IF WE LOOK AT REVELATION 20 -- WELL, 39:12 REVELATION 3:11, I THINK, LET'S LOOK AT THAT. 39:17 JOE, YOU WANT TO READ THESE FOR US. 39:21 LOOK AT REVELATION 20:4 -- YEAH -- REVELATION 39:31 20:4 -- IS THAT THE ONE? YES. 39:37 >> YEAH. OKAY. 39:43 LET'S SEE HERE. >> REVELATION -- ARE YOU THERE? 39:47 >> I'M IN 20, BUT I'M LOOKING FOR 4 HERE. 39:50 OKAY. I'M READY. 39:52 >> ALL RIGHT. 4 AND 5. 39:53 >> ALL RIGHT. AND I SAW THRONES AND THEY SAT 39:55 ON THEM, AND JUDGMENT WAS COMMITTED TO THEM. 40:00 THEN I SAW THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN BEHEADED FOR THEIR 40:05 WITNESS TO JESUS AND FOR THE WORD OF GOD. 40:09 >> KEEP GOING THROUGH VERSE 6. >> WHO HAD NOT WORSHIPPED THE 40:13 BEAST OR HIS IMAGE OR RECEIVED HIS MARK ON THEIR FOREHEAD OR ON 40:18 THEIR HANDS, AND THEY LIVED AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST FOR A 40:22 THOUSAND YEARS. >> NOW READ VERSE 14. 40:29 AND HE SAID HERE IN VERSE 6, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND 40:33 DEATH, NOW LOOK AT VERSE 14. >> THEN DEATH AD HADES WERE 40:38 CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. I LIKE THAT DEATH WAS CAST INTO 40:41 THE LAKE OF FIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH, AND 40:45 ANYONE NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE 40:49 LAKE OF FIRE. >> LET'S LOOK AT REVELATION 40:56 21:8. >> 21:8. 40:59 BUT THE COWARDLY MURDERS, ADULTERS, AND ALL LIARS SHALL 41:09 HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNS WITH FIRE AND 41:15 BRIMSTONE, WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH. 41:17 IT DOESN'T SAY LIFE. >> YEAH, SO WE SEE HERE IN 41:20 REVELATION 20:6, IT TALKS ABOUT THE SECOND DEATH. 41:24 REVELATION 20:14 TALKS ABOUT THE SECOND DEATH, AND REVELATION 41:30 21:8 TALKS ABOUT THE SECOND DEATH. 41:33 >> UH-HUH. >> SECOND RESURRECTION, SECOND 41:36 DEATH. AND WE KIND OF JUMPED AHEAD JUST 41:39 A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING BACK TO THAT, BECAUSE IT 41:44 IS AN EXCELLENT POINT. GO AHEAD. 41:47 >> I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT GOD IS LOVE, SO WHAT IS HE DOING 41:51 THIS FOR? HE COULD HAVE SAVED EVERYBODY. 41:54 BUT HERE IS THE THING YOU GOT TO THINK OF. 41:57 TWO-THIRDS OF THE ANGELS HAD FAITH. 42:01 THEY DIDN'T HAVE PROOF. THEY HAD FAITH THAT GOD'S WAYS 42:04 WERE RIGHT. THEY HAD AN ADVERSARY OF GOD WHO 42:09 SAID YOU CAN PLAY AROUND, MESS UP -- 42:11 >> WHO WAS THAT? >> THAT WAS LUCIFER. 42:14 >> OKAY. >> ONE OF THE HIGHEST ANGELS, IF 42:18 NOT THE HIGHEST. AND HE SAID, WE ARE SMART. 42:22 WE'LL DO FINE WITHOUT YOUR LAW, AND SO HERE GOD IS WATCHING THIS 42:29 ANGEL WHO THOUGHT HE WAS SMARTER THAN HE IS DESTROY THE WORLD. 42:33 I WILL AS THE MOST HIGH WORSHIPPED, WHATEVER. 42:37 SO HE IS BEING GOD TEMPORARILY AND WRECKING THE WORLD, AS GOD 42:43 IS OVER HERE RESPONSIBLE AS THE JUDGE. 42:47 RESPONSIBLE AS THE ONE WHO PLAYS OUT THE BLESSING FOR RIGHTEOUS 42:54 CHOICES AND THE PRICE FOR SIN. AND HE HAD TWO-THIRDS OF THE 43:00 ANGELS SAYING WE CAN'T HAVE THIS. 43:04 AND GOD SAYS THE UNIVERSE WILL BE CLEANSED. 43:08 SO AS THE JUDGE, HE HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO FOR THESE 43:14 TWO-THIRD FAITHFUL ANGELS WHAT THEY DESERVE, AND THAT IS TO 43:18 HAVE A CLEAN UNIVERSE. >> I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID, THAT 43:21 SIN CANNOT LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 43:23 YOU KNOW HOW I LOOK AT THIS, SIN CANNOT LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF 43:28 LOVE. LOVE CONSUMES SIN, AND GOD IS 43:31 LOVE. >> AMEN. 43:34 >> J.D. HAS -- HAS A -- I CALL IT HIS BURN PIT -- ANYWAY IN OUR 43:44 BACKYARD, WE HAVE A BURN PIT. AND HE PUTS IN ALL OF THE DRIED 43:50 LEAVES AND TWIGS AND HE LIGHTS A MATCH AND IT JUST GOES UP IN 43:56 SMOKE. THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN 43:59 IN THE END OF THE SECOND RESURRECTION. 44:02 IT IS LOVE'S JUSTICE. PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT, HOW LONG 44:07 ARE YOU GOING TO LET THIS GO ON, OH, LORD. 44:11 AND PEOPLE WHO LIKE PORNOGRAPHY AND ALL OF THIS, THEY WOULDN'T 44:14 BE HAPPY IN HEAVEN, AND THEY WILL HAVE -- GOD IS NOT GOING TO 44:18 RETURN -- I MEAN THE BILE SAYS THAT HE WANTS ALL MEN TO BE 44:22 SAVED. THAT'S HIS HEART, BUT IT IS 44:25 LOVE'S JUSTICE THAT WILL DESTROY EVIL, AND IF THEY HAVEN'T -- IF 44:31 YOU ARE STILL HANGING ON TO EVIL, THAT'S IT. 44:34 SO WE'RE KIND OF JUMPING AHEAD. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT ETERNAL 44:39 LIFE WILL BE LIKE -- >> CAN I SAY -- 44:42 >> SURE. >> I WANT TO SHOW GOD'S LOVE 44:48 BEFORE WE LEAVE IT. FOR THE LORD SHALL RISE UP. 44:54 HE SHALL BE ROTH IN THE VALLEY OF GIVEN THAT HE MAY DO HIS -pWORK, HIS STRANGE WORK, DO HIS 45:06 ACT HIS STRANGE ACT. WHAT IS THE STRANGE ACT. 45:10 THE REASON GETTING RID OF EVIL IS BECAUSE GOD LOVES EVERYONE. 45:17 HE LOVED WHO YOU WERE GOING TO BE. 45:21 AND LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS IN EZEKIEL 33:11, AS I LIVE SAITH 45:28 THE LORD, I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED, BUT 45:33 THAT THE WICKED WOULD TURN FROM THEIR WAY AND LIVE. 45:37 WHY WILL YOU DIE IN WHAT IS IT? I WANT YOU HOME FOR ETERNITY TO 45:44 ENJOY FRIENDSHIP? WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? 45:47 I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF HIM THAT DIETH SAITH THE 45:54 LORD, THEREFORE TURN YOURSELVES AND LIVE YE. 45:57 HE IS BEGGING THEM. THIS IS A LOVING GOD. 46:01 AND WELL -- WELL, THAT'S ENOUGH, GO AHEAD. 46:07 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I CAN GO ON AND ON. 46:09 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT -- THE 46:12 WRATH OF GOD WAS ALL THAT WAS EVER PREACHED TO ME AS A CHILD, 46:16 SO TO FIND OUT THAT GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE -- AND I SPENT A LOT OF 46:22 TIME STUDYING AND RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS BECAUSE OF HIS 46:25 LOVE. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS, AND AS 46:28 YOU SAID, WE -- IT IS HIS STRANGE ACT, BECAUSE GOD IS 46:34 MERCIFUL. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THERE IS 46:37 THIS BEAUTIFUL WORD THAT IS USED CHESED, THAT IS THE GRACE OF GOD 46:48 MAGNIFIED. IT IS LIKE TAKING GRACE AND 46:53 MERCY, AND IT IS USED LIKE 280 TIMES TALKING ABOUT GOD. 46:58 HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GOD OF -LOVE. AND THOSE WERE OLD TESTAMENT 47:03 SCRIPTURES THAT YOU READ. >> AMEN. 47:05 >> SO THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. NOW, DON, WHY DON'T YOU READ 47:11 REVELATION 21:2, BECAUSE WE HAVE-pJUMPED INTO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 47:18 THE BLESSED HOPE IN THE BOTTOM LINE TO ME IS ETERNAL LIFE AND 47:22 ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD. >> AMEN. 47:24 >> SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT -- FROM REVELATION 20, 47:27 THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A THOUSAND YEARS IN HEAVEN, THE 47:32 FIRST -- THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESURRECTED FIRST, GOD IS GOING 47:36 TO BE OPENING UP THE BOOKS. WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND HIS 47:41 JUDGMENT AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE -- WHEN WE SEE GOD'S BOOKS, 47:46 THE ONE WHO NEW FROM THE BEGINNING, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN 47:51 LEAD ANY OTHER WAY THAN HOW HE LEAD US HERE. 47:55 BUT AFTER THAT THOUSAND YEARS -- YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE 47:59 BELIEVE THAT HEAVEN -- THAT WHEN WE DIE, ETERNAL LIFE, YOU CAN 48:04 GOING TO BE FLOATING AROUND ON CLOUDS, AND PLAYING A HARP. 48:09 THAT ISN'T IT. SO LET'S LOOK AT REVELATION 48:14 21:2. WE HAVE GOT -- BEFORE THE SECOND 48:17 DEATH, BEFORE THE HADES, WE HAVE REVELATION 21:2. 48:21 >> BEFORE I READ THAT, I WANT TO SHARE A QUICK TESTIMONY. 48:25 A YOUNG LADY CALLED ME EARLIER, AND STARTED TELLING ME ABOUT 48:30 SOME OF HER PROLEMS, AND THEN HE SAID I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT 48:34 THE RAPTURE AND THE THOUSAND YEARS. 48:36 AND I THOUGHT THAT IS SUCH A COINCIDENCE -- NO, IT'S NOT. 48:40 IT'S A DIVINE APPOINTMENT. >> HANG ON JUST A SECOND, I WANT 48:45 TO SPRINGBOARD OFF OF THAT. THIS IS A LIVE PROGRAM. 48:49 YOU CAN SPEND YOUR QUESTIONS TO US AT LIVE@3ABN.TV, OR CALL US 48:58 AT 618-627-4651. WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO 49:02 CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. >> IT WAS JUST AMAZING HOW SHE 49:05 ASKED ME THAT. AND I SAID WE ARE GOING TO BE 49:09 TALKING ABOUT THIS TONIGHT, SO TUNE IN. 49:11 SO PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. BUT CHAPTER 21:2 HAS A BEAUTIFUL 49:17 PROMISE FOR US. I, JOHN, SAW THE HOLY CITY NEW 49:21 JERUSALEM COMING DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN PREPARED AS A 49:26 BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND. WHAT A POWERFUL THOUGHT, COMING 49:31 DOWN AND PREPARED. >> YOU HAVE GOT TO READ VERSE 3 49:35 WITH THAT. >> WELL, THEN WE HAVE TO GO TO 49:39 VERSE 4. AND I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OUT OF 49:46 HEAVEN SAYING HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY 49:53 ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES, AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATHS, 49:58 NOR CRYING, FOR ANYMORE PAIN, FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED 50:03 AWAY. AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY STICKS 50:08 OUT TO ME HERE, WHEN JESUS COMES BACK TO ME -- WHEN I READ THIS, 50:13 HIS EARTH IS GOING TO BE THE CAPITOL OF THE UNIVERSE.-pTHAT JUST BLOWS MY MINE. 50:20 THIS SINFUL WORLD WILL BE WATCHED. 50:23 >> ALL RIGHT. EVANGELISTS, LET'S EXPAND ON 50:26 THIS IDEA. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE UP IN 50:29 HEAVEN FLOATING ON CLOUDS, PLAYING HARPS. 50:33 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DESCENT AND WHAT HAPPENS KIND OF IN 50:39 SEQUENCE. >> ABSOLUTELY. 50:39 SO IF I WAS GOING TO DO A BIBLE STUDY ON THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO 50:44 SHOW FROM A CHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, AND I JUST WANT TO 50:47 SAY UP FRONT, WHEN YOU ARE GETTING TO CHAPTER 20 AND 21, 50:52 YOU HAVE TO BE KIND OF CAREFUL, BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING IS IN A 50:57 SPECIFIC CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. IT IS ALMOST LIKE THE LORD IS 51:00 SPEAKING ON SOMETHING, AND THEN BACK TRACES, AND THEN SKIP 51:05 FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. 51:07 SO YOU HAVE TO DIVIDE THE TREAT WHEN YOU GET TO THESE NEW 51:11 CHAPTERS. SO THE NEW JERUSALEM HAS 51:14 ASCENDED FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN, AND WE KNOW HIS PEOPLE THERE 51:17 WITH THE NEW JERUSALEM AND THE CITY ALL ENCOMPASSED IN ONCE 51:23 HAVE COME DOWN, AND THE BIBLE GOES ON TO SAY HERE -- NOTICE 51:27 WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN REVELATION 20:8-9, THE BIBLE 51:34 SAYS -- AND THIS IS OF COURSE -- SATAN HIMSELF, HE 51:38 SHALL GO OUT AND DECEIVE THE NATIONS TO GATHER THEM TOGETHER 51:43 TO BATTLE THE NUMBER OF WHOM IS THE SAND OF THE SEA, AND AT THIS 51:48 PARTICULAR TIME, THE DEVIL HAS CONVINCED -- THIS IS THAT 51:54 SETTING RESURRECTION WE TALKED ABOUT, ALL OF THE DEAD ARE 52:00 RESURRECTED AND THE DEVIL DECEIVES THESE PEOPLE ONE MORE 52:03 TIME THAT THEY CAN TAKE THE CITY OF GOD. 52:06 AND BY THE TIME YOU GET TO REVELATION 20:11-12, YOU SEE AN 52:14 INTERESTING JUDGMENT SCENE HERE, WHERE ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT GOD 52:17 HAS EVER CREATED FROM THE BEGINNING OVERTIME IS RIGHT HERE 52:21 IN ONE PLACE, THE RIGHTEOUS ON THE INSIDE OF THAT HOLY CITY, 52:25 AND THE UPRIGHT CHOOUS, THE WICKED ARE ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THE ONLY 52:33 THING THAT IS SEPARATING THEM IS A TRANSPARENT WALL. 52:38 AND NOTICE WHAT VERSE 11 AND 12 SAYS, AND I DON'T WANT TO KEEP 52:42 RAMBLING ON, AND TAKE SOMEONE'S TIME, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS AND I 52:48 SAW A GREAT WHITE THROWN AND HIM WHO SAT ON IT, FROM WHOSE FACE 52:54 THE EARTH AND HEAVEN FELL AWAY, AND THE BOOKS WERE OPEN, AND 53:00 ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPEN, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE, AND THE DEAD 53:04 WERE JUDGED OUT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS 53:08 ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS, AND OF COURSE AT THIS MOMENT, AFTER THE 53:11 GREAT -- THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE GREAT WHITE THROWN 53:17 JUDGMENT, AFTER THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT EVERY 53:23 EYE WILL SEE HIM, EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, THAT HE IS, INDEED 53:31 LORD. AND VERSE 8 AND 9, 53:34 CHRONOLOGICALLY AFTER THAT CITY COMES DOWN AND THIS JUDGMENT HAS 53:37 TAKEN PLACE, NOW THE EXECUTIVE PART OF THIS JUDGMENT, WHICH 53:41 SAYS THEY WENT UP ON THE BREATH OF THE EARTH AND CAMPUSED AROUND 53:46 THE SAINTS AND THE BELOVED CITY, AND FIRE CAME DOWN FROM GOD OUT 53:53 OF HEAVEN AND IT DEVOIRED THEM. AND I WANT TO ADD HERE REALLY 53:57 QUICKLY, BACK TO THAT SUBJECT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT VERY BRIEFLY, 54:03 THAT, YOU KNOW, GOD IS LOVE, AND HE HAS SET THIS UP -- I DON'T 54:06 KNOW, GOD DOES NOT KINDLE HELL FIRE FOR PEOPLE. 54:12 IT WAS NEVER HIS INTENTION. HE HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS SIN 54:16 PROBLEM. AND WE SEE THAT IT JUST HAPPENS 54:18 TO BE THE REALITY THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR LIFE, 54:23 BECAUSE THEY LOVED THEIR SIN MORE THAN THEY LOVED THEIR GOD. 54:28 >> AND DAKOTA REMINDED ME THIS, A FRIEND, JORDAN MOORE SAID 54:34 SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, BUT VERY PROFOUND, AND THAT WAS WHY WOULD 54:38 YOU WANT TO DIE FOR YOUR SIN, WHEN JESUS HAS ALREADY DIED FOR 54:44 US. >> THAT IS PROFOUND. 54:45 >> AND THE WICKED ARE DEVOURED, SOMEONE ELSE WANT TO PICK UP 54:51 REVELATION -- I THINK NOW WE'RE INTO -- OBVIOUSLY VERSES 14 AND 54:56 15 TELLS US THAT DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST TO THE LAKE OF FIRE. 55:02 I THINK WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING OF REVELATION 21 NOW. 55:06 >> COUPLE OF POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT. 55:12 IT SAYS HERE -- ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME WHEN I WAS 55:16 TRAVELING TO HAWAII, THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND IT SAYS HERE THAT 55:23 THE WICKED WAS AS THE NUMBER OF THE SAND OF THE SEA. 55:27 >> UH-HUH. >> NOW -- 55:29 >> A LOT. >> -- I NEVER REALLY 55:33 UNDERSTOOD -- THAT IS ONE OF THOSE SCRIPTURES YOU SOMETIMES 55:38 READ RIGHT OVER. BUT WHEN YOU AREON A BEACH, AND 55:42 YOU SEE THE SAND, IT'S JUST OVERWHELMING. 55:47 WE KNOW THE BOOK OF REV NATION WAS HIGHLY SYMBOLIC, BUT WHAT A 55:53 CY CY 55:56 CYMBAL -- SIMBLO TO USE. THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE 56:19 SEARCHING EVEN MORE TO GET TO KNOW HIM. 56:22 AND IN VERSE 10, CHAPTER 20, IT SAYS THE DEVIL THAT DECEIVED HIM 56:28 WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. 56:32 THE DEVIL IS GOING TO BE THROWN INTO HELL TOO. 56:35 HE IS NOT IN CHARGE OF IT. THINK OF IT, WHAT KIND OF GOD 56:40 WOULD GOD BE THAT SAYS, I'M GOING TO PUT MY ENEMY IN CHARGE 56:45 OF BURNING YOU. >> WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH 56:53 REVOLUTION 21, BUT I GREW UP IN BELIEVING IN A HELL FIRE THAT 56:58 WAS ETERNAL TORTURE, NEVER ENDING, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND 57:04 OUT THAT JUST AS GOD FLOODED THE EARTH AND DESTROYED THE EARTH 57:08 WITH WATERS, WHEN THE NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN, HE IS 57:12 GOING TO TURN THE EARTH, NOT INTO A LAKE OF WATER, BUT A LAKE 57:16 OF FIRE, AND THEN HE IS GOING TO RECREATE THE EARTH. 57:27 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> HELL IS A PUNISHMENT |
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