Let's welcome Myrna Matthews-
Haynes and Adrian Westney.
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Over the last few years
I have had the opportunity
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of becoming acquainted
with a very special person.
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This individual is one that as I
have become acquainted with him
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I really have become very
much aware of his sincerity
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of his love for
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And an individual that's
willing to lay it all down
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for Jesus Christ.
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An individual that's
willing to put Christ
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over and above everything else.
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And as a result of that
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I have really
appreciated very much
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his friendship, the opportunity
to get acquainted with him.
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This individual has
written ten #1 hits.
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When he gave his
heart to the Lord
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he decided that he would
just concentrate on songs
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that would uplift
humanity and Jesus Christ.
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Tonight he's going to sing a
song that he's written himself.
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It's entitled: Lord, Help
Me Slow Down This Life Of Mine.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
I'd like for you to welcome
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Mr. Roy Drusky of
the Grand Ole Opry.
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Lord, help me slow down
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this life of mine.
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Help me make better use
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of precious time.
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Let me taste the grapes
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but make me tend the vine...
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Lord, help me slow down
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this life of mine.
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Help me find my purpose
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in this world today.
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Help me help the stranger
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who's lost along the way.
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Someone really needs me...
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make me take the time.
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Lord, help me slow down
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this life of mine.
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Lord, help me slow down
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this life of mine.
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Help me make better use
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of precious time.
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Let me taste the grapes
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but make me tend the vine...
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Lord, help me slow down
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this life of mine.
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Lord, help me slow down
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this life of mine.
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Help me make better use
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of precious time.
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Let me taste the grapes
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but make me tend the vine...
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Lord, help me slow down
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this life of mine...
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Lord, help me slow down
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this life of mine.
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Our heavenly Father,
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just want to take this
opportunity to thank you
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for Your Word that
gives us insight...
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helps us
understand where we are.
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Lord, may we not get so busy
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and so wrapped up in
the things of this world
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that we don't have
time to slow down our lives
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and to spend time with You.
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Give us understanding tonight
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that we may see
and clearly understand
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the events that are before us.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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A lot of individuals
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thought that
something dramatic, something
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unbelievable was
going to take place,
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was going to happen
at the close of 2000.
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As Pastor Melashenko mentioned
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Y2K... they thought this was
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sure to bring it
in, bring catastrophe...
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many things would happen.
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That it would
usher in a millennium.
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Other people said:
"Nah... really the millennium
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doesn't really
begin until 2001. "
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And so there's a lot of people
saying: "No, it really doesn't
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start until 2001. " And so
there's some people that still
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think that come
the end of this year
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that there's going to
be dramatic things that are
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going to happen.
There's other people that say:
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"No... you can't
really go by that...
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you've gotta go by
the Jewish calendar.
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You can't go by our calendar;
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you've gotta go by
the Jewish calendar
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and there's a number of years
left on the Jewish calendar. "
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So you find there's a
lot of different ideas
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about the millennium.
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What you and I
need to understand
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is we need to
understand what God's Word says.
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That's what we
need to understand.
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We need to
understand exactly where we are.
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And by understanding
what God's Word says
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you and I without
question can rest our faith.
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Told you before,
told you the other night:
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you do not... you do not build
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your faith on a church.
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You build your
faith on the Word of God.
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It's by the Word of God
that I know and understand.
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That's why the
Scripture has this to say to us
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here in II Peter
first chapter verse 19:
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So the Scripture says if
there's anything that's sure,
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anything that we can count on,
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it's the Word of God.
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We can count on it. So tonight
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what we need to do
is find out just exactly
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what does God's Word say
about this thousand years.
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That's what we need
to find out tonight.
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Known as the millennium.
No such word in Scripture
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as the millennium...
just a Latin word that means
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thousand years. But
there's certain things
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that you and I need to establish
as we look at it tonight.
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One thing that we
need to establish is:
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When is the thousand
years going to start?
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Will the Scripture tell me
exactly when that 1,000 years
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starts? Will it tell
me when that 1,000 years
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is going to come to an end?
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I was visiting with a lady, and
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we were talking
about this 1,000 years.
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She told me, she
said: "Oh, we already live
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during that 1,000 years. "
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And I said: "You mean the 1,000
years has already started? "
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She said: "That's right. "
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And I said:
"Well my Bible tells me
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that the devil is chained
during that 1,000 years. "
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And she said: "Oh,
that's right! He's chained up. "
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And I said: "If it is
he's on a rubber chain
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'cause he gets
around to me quite often. "
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You know? See? So
what you and I need to know
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is when does that
1,000 years start?
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When does it end?
We need to understand
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what's happening
during that 1,000 years.
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Why does God say
there's a thousand years?
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What going to go on
during that 1,000 years?
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We need to establish
tonight where are the righteous
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going to be? Where are
all the saints going to be
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during this thousand years?
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Where are the wicked going
to be during the 1,000 years?
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Those are things that
we simply need to establish
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in understanding what the Bible
says about the 1,000 years.
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So with that, let's take a look
at Revelation the 20th chapter
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that mentions the 1,000 years.
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And we're going to
read several verses,
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see what God's Word
has to say about it.
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Revelation 20 verse 1:
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So here it talks
about 1,000 years.
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Tells us that the devil's
going to be bound during that
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thousand years. That the saints
are going to live and reign
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for 1,000 years and that
judgment was committed to them.
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Now here in
Revelation 20 verse 6
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it tells us where
this 1,000 years starts
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so watch carefully:
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So it tells us very clearly
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that this 1,000 years is going
to begin with a resurrection.
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That is how the
millennium or the thousand years
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is going to start
is with a resurrection.
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"Blessed and holy is
he that has part in the?
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first
resurrection. " So it tells us
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that the 1,000 years begins
with the first resurrection
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and that it will end... this
1,000 years will come to an end
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also with a resurrection.
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Now let's take a look
at the Scripture and watch
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as it puts it together for us.
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That's the first resurrection.
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That's the first resurrection.
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Then if we take a look
at Revelation 20 verse 5
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it says:
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Now if I have all the righteous
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being resurrected in
the first resurrection
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and it says: "But the rest
of the dead did not live again
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until the thousand
years were finished"
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then that has to be
the second resurrection
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or it is referred
to in Scripture as the
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resurrection of condemnation.
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You with me? Follow me?
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Let's look at another text that
puts it all together for us.
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That's the first resurrection.
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"All those that have done good
to the resurrection of life. "
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Watch as it continues:
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That is the second resurrection.
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Those two resurrections
are separated by 1,000 years.
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OK? That's simply
what the Scripture tells us
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about these thousand years.
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So what we need to do now
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is we need to find out
what happens at the beginning.
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What are the events
that all take place here
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at the beginning?
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Well, to begin with
Jesus is going to come.
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Right? Has to come
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because that's what causes the
resurrection of the righteous.
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So Jesus has to come back
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as it says here in
I Thessalonians 4:16:
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So all those people
down through the ages
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who have accepted Jesus
Christ as their personal Savior
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they have looked forward to the
day when He's going to come back
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they're going to be
resurrected from the grave.
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They're going to
come up out of the grave.
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Scripture describes it
with these points, these words:
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So all those people
that have died in the hope
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of Christ accepting
Him as their Savior:
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those people are going to
come out of the grave immortal.
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Changed in a moment...
in the twinkling of an eye.
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They will put on immortality.
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Marvelous promise!
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So when Jesus comes
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He calls all those that have
died in faith from the grave.
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They come out of
that grave immortal
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never, never,
never, friend, to die.
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Just think...
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The Scripture says that when
they come forth from the grave
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there won't be any more sorrow,
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there won't be any more pain,
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there won't be
any more sickness,
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there won't be any more death...
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all those things
will have passed away
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never to be again.
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Marvelous
promise that God gives.
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Also it tells us
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that with Jesus' coming
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and the
resurrection of the righteous
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it tells us that something's
going to happen to the people
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who are living on the earth.
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Those that are living on
the earth when Jesus comes
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the Scripture says that
they're going to be caught up
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with those people
who have been resurrected
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to meet the Lord in the air.
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So they're going to have
the privilege of seeing Jesus
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as He comes in
the clouds of heaven.
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And it says this is
what will happen to them:
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So all those
people who are alive
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waiting for Jesus to come
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they're going to see Him
come in the clouds of heaven
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and in a moment... in a moment
they're going to be changed.
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Just like that their
bodies are going to be changed.
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They'll become immortal,
and with those that have been
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resurrected they will
be caught up in the air
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to meet the Lord. Amen!
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Marvelous promise
to each one of you.
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Let me tell you: I
don't care tonight...
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I don't care where you've been,
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I don't care what you've done,
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the Lord Jesus
Christ promises to you
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that you can have that privilege
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of being among those
that will see Jesus come
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or among those that will
be resurrected from the grave.
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You can have that
privilege by accepting Him.
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That's a promise
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that He gives to every
one of you here tonight.
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What about those
people that are living...
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the wicked that are
living when Jesus comes?
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The wicked that
are dead... what?
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They're not disturbed
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'cause it says: "the rest
of the dead lived not again
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until the thousand
years were finished. "
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So they're not bothered.
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When Jesus comes and He shouts
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and His words roll through
this earth like peals of thunder
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and all the dead in Jesus
Christ that are in their grave
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they hear that
voice and they come out.
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The wicked don't hear that.
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They don't hear it...
they're not disturbed.
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But the Scripture tells us
about the wicked that are living
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here on the earth,
what will happen to them.
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So it says when He comes
back He's going to come back
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in flaming fire
taking vengeance on those
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that have not served
Him, have not accepted Him,
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have not followed Him.
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In fact, the Bible
goes on and describes it
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with these words:
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So it says they
will be destroyed.
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It tells us how
they're going to react.
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Here in Revelation the
6th chapter and verse 14
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it describes it
with these words:
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Now I run onto some people
that tell me that when Jesus
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comes people
aren't going to know it.
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They say that the righteous
are going to kind of be just
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whisked out of here. And
the wicked are going to look
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around and say:
"Where did everybody go? "
00:25:45.31\00:25:46.98
Dear friends, let
me ask you something:
00:25:47.74\00:25:50.01
if mountains start moving
00:25:50.58\00:25:53.25
and islands start disappearing
00:25:53.45\00:25:56.48
and the heavens split
and rolls back like a scroll,
00:25:56.69\00:25:59.72
do you think you'll
know something's going on?
00:25:59.92\00:26:01.72
I think I would.
I think I would know
00:26:03.32\00:26:05.53
that something was taking place.
00:26:05.73\00:26:07.06
'Cause it says that
they will literally cry
00:26:07.20\00:26:09.80
for the rocks and the
mountains to fall on them,
00:26:10.00\00:26:12.07
hide them from the face of
Him that sits on the throne
00:26:12.27\00:26:15.10
coming back. It
says that all the wicked
00:26:16.00\00:26:19.54
will be destroyed... will
be destroyed at the coming
00:26:20.04\00:26:24.88
of Jesus Christ.
They will be slain.
00:26:25.08\00:26:26.92
They will fall...
they'll be destroyed.
00:26:27.12\00:26:29.28
Now let me ask
you something tonight:
00:26:29.58\00:26:31.59
if when Jesus comes
00:26:32.55\00:26:34.36
and all the righteous
that are dead are resurrected
00:26:35.39\00:26:38.19
and all the righteous that are
living are caught up with Him...
00:26:38.39\00:26:41.10
caught up into the
air and taken to heaven...
00:26:41.30\00:26:44.00
and all the wicked who
are dead are not disturbed
00:26:44.70\00:26:48.90
and the wicked that
are living are slain,
00:26:49.10\00:26:50.87
then let me ask
you: "Who's left? "
00:26:51.07\00:26:52.91
Nobody! Listen to the Scripture:
00:26:55.24\00:26:57.31
Revelation 20 verse 10:
00:26:57.51\00:26:59.85
So it says that bound the
devil for a thousand years.
00:27:21.90\00:27:26.01
Now said he had a
great chain in his hand
00:27:27.18\00:27:29.54
and he bound the
devil for a thousand years.
00:27:30.05\00:27:32.15
Do you think a chain
would hold the devil?
00:27:32.35\00:27:34.15
Huh?
00:27:35.12\00:27:36.45
Why I can read to you
where Christ and the disciples
00:27:36.48\00:27:38.82
went over the shore of the
Gadarenes. And it talks about
00:27:39.02\00:27:41.12
these two men come
running out of the tombs.
00:27:41.32\00:27:43.02
The Scripture says they
had been bound with chains
00:27:43.43\00:27:46.23
and had broken them asunder.
00:27:46.43\00:27:48.00
Now if chains won't hold a man
00:27:48.20\00:27:50.13
they certainly wouldn't
hold the devil, would they?
00:27:50.33\00:27:52.20
So what does it mean when
it says he had a great chain
00:27:53.17\00:27:55.30
in his hand and he bound
the devil for a thousand years?
00:27:55.50\00:27:58.21
Well, have you ever had
somebody come over to your house
00:27:59.07\00:28:02.11
and said: "Go to town with me. "
00:28:02.31\00:28:05.08
And you would say:
"Well, I really would like to
00:28:05.28\00:28:06.82
but I'm tied down. "
00:28:07.02\00:28:08.35
What did you mean?
00:28:08.65\00:28:09.98
Well you meant circumstances
didn't permit you to go.
00:28:10.55\00:28:13.59
The circumstances
have bound the devil...
00:28:13.99\00:28:16.12
that's what's bound him.
00:28:16.32\00:28:17.66
The righteous are in heaven;
00:28:17.79\00:28:19.13
the wicked are dead;
00:28:19.19\00:28:20.53
the devil is
bound for 1,000 years.
00:28:20.56\00:28:23.80
That's what happens here.
00:28:24.00\00:28:25.47
So five events...
five events take place
00:28:25.67\00:28:29.17
at the beginning
of the thousand years.
00:28:29.37\00:28:30.81
These are the five events:
00:28:31.01\00:28:32.94
Now what's going to
happen here on earth?
00:29:01.00\00:29:04.31
What's going to take place
during this thousand years?
00:29:05.27\00:29:07.64
And why are the righteous
00:29:07.84\00:29:09.38
going to spend
1,000 years up in heaven?
00:29:09.58\00:29:12.51
Well let's look and see what
the Scripture has to tell us.
00:29:12.71\00:29:15.02
God gives him... God
gives him 1,000 years
00:29:19.99\00:29:24.69
to think over all the sin,
00:29:24.89\00:29:27.13
all the crime,
all the degradation
00:29:27.33\00:29:30.00
and all the things that he has
done as part of his punishment.
00:29:30.20\00:29:33.67
A thousand years to
think over what he has done.
00:29:34.07\00:29:37.31
What's the earth like?
00:29:39.71\00:29:41.04
What's the condition of the
earth during this 1,000 years?
00:29:41.41\00:29:44.51
Says the Lord is going
to make this earth empty.
00:29:58.43\00:30:02.90
Righteous are in
heaven; wicked are dead.
00:30:03.83\00:30:06.17
The earth is empty.
00:30:06.37\00:30:08.77
All right.
Distorts it's surface.
00:30:08.97\00:30:11.07
So it says the whole land is
going to be absolutely empty.
00:30:20.85\00:30:24.49
There won't be anybody here.
00:30:24.89\00:30:26.76
The devil is given that
as part of his punishment.
00:30:26.96\00:30:30.03
In fact, this is what it
says will happen to the wicked:
00:30:30.23\00:30:33.16
So it says that
the coming of Jesus...
00:30:52.71\00:30:54.78
that He will come
as a consuming fire.
00:30:54.98\00:30:57.99
It says the wicked
will fall to the ground.
00:30:58.19\00:31:00.36
They won't be gathered;
they won't be lamented;
00:31:00.56\00:31:02.79
they won't be buried.
00:31:03.19\00:31:04.63
Fall right there.
00:31:05.36\00:31:07.10
That's what's going to happen
to them. The earth is going
00:31:07.83\00:31:09.70
to be desolate
during this thousand years.
00:31:09.90\00:31:12.27
Now if the wicked are dead
00:31:12.67\00:31:14.80
and they don't know anything,
00:31:15.90\00:31:17.47
what are the
righteous going to be doing?
00:31:18.21\00:31:20.14
And why would they spend
1,000 years up in heaven?
00:31:21.01\00:31:26.15
What's the purpose of this?
00:31:26.35\00:31:28.18
Well, Revelation 20 verse
6 gives you an idea. Watch:
00:31:29.15\00:31:33.79
So it says the righteous
are going to go to heaven.
00:31:40.60\00:31:42.93
They're going to live and reign
with Him there for 1,000 years.
00:31:43.13\00:31:46.90
What are they going to be
doing during that 1,000 years?
00:31:47.20\00:31:50.24
Verse 4 of the
20th chapter says:
00:31:50.44\00:31:52.47
Hmm. The righteous
during that thousand years
00:32:00.35\00:32:04.92
are going to be given what? Huh?
00:32:05.12\00:32:09.36
Judgment.
00:32:09.66\00:32:10.99
When are the
righteous given judgment, folks?
00:32:11.03\00:32:13.46
Come on. During
the thousand years.
00:32:14.53\00:32:16.90
I just wanted to get that clear
because I run onto some saints
00:32:17.10\00:32:19.93
that think judgment's
been given to them now.
00:32:20.14\00:32:21.97
No... not now...
during the thousand years.
00:32:22.47\00:32:25.57
I even have some people
say: "Well, I'm not judging...
00:32:25.97\00:32:28.11
I'm just a fruit inspector. "
00:32:28.31\00:32:29.64
No, you're not even a
fruit inspector, you know.
00:32:29.68\00:32:31.48
That's God's responsibility.
00:32:31.68\00:32:34.45
Judgment is given to them
during the thousand years.
00:32:34.65\00:32:36.75
Who are they going to judge?
00:32:36.95\00:32:38.89
Who will they judge
during this thousand years?
00:32:39.49\00:32:42.62
OK?
00:32:49.76\00:32:51.10
OK, so it says they're
going to judge the world.
00:32:55.40\00:32:59.77
That we'll even judge angels.
00:32:59.97\00:33:01.31
Why is judgment going to
be given to the righteous?
00:33:01.48\00:33:04.61
Have you ever
thought about that?
00:33:05.11\00:33:07.18
Hmm? Have you ever
given any thought to that?
00:33:08.12\00:33:11.79
Well, let's say...
00:33:12.95\00:33:16.59
let's say you get to heaven
00:33:17.63\00:33:19.43
and you look around
and somebody you knew
00:33:20.36\00:33:23.33
who you thought was a Christian
00:33:23.53\00:33:24.87
is not there.
00:33:25.07\00:33:26.53
What are you going to do?
00:33:27.70\00:33:29.04
Are you going to go
through eternity saying
00:33:30.17\00:33:32.01
"Wonder where John is. "
00:33:33.07\00:33:34.44
"Strange... I thought
he would have been here. "
00:33:36.18\00:33:39.08
"I wonder why
John didn't make it. "
00:33:40.68\00:33:42.88
"Oh, I'd better
keep my mouth shut. "
00:33:44.45\00:33:46.22
"Better not say anything. "
00:33:47.82\00:33:49.29
"Strange that
John didn't make it. "
00:33:49.79\00:33:51.59
Now let me tell you something:
00:33:51.99\00:33:53.46
God doesn't intend
00:33:53.66\00:33:56.06
for you to get
10,000 years into eternity
00:33:56.26\00:33:59.63
and all of a sudden
yell: "Hey! Where's John? "
00:33:59.83\00:34:02.54
No... that's
not going to happen.
00:34:04.84\00:34:06.34
So God is going
to open up the books.
00:34:06.54\00:34:10.18
That's why the books are
kept up in heaven, folks.
00:34:10.85\00:34:13.31
He's going to open up the books
00:34:13.52\00:34:14.85
and He's going to
let you look at them
00:34:14.88\00:34:16.69
and He's going to let
you be absolutely convinced
00:34:16.89\00:34:19.62
in your heart and in your soul
00:34:19.82\00:34:21.69
that God did
everything that He could
00:34:21.89\00:34:23.66
to save every last soul.
00:34:23.86\00:34:25.89
Let me tell you
something tonight:
00:34:26.76\00:34:28.33
if you don't make it into
heaven it won't be God's fault.
00:34:29.53\00:34:32.37
God's not trying tonight
to keep you out of heaven.
00:34:33.03\00:34:36.37
God's trying to
get you INTO heaven.
00:34:36.77\00:34:39.01
So He's going to
open up the books.
00:34:40.48\00:34:42.34
The righteous are
going to go through it
00:34:42.54\00:34:44.11
and they're going to
be absolutely convinced
00:34:44.31\00:34:46.08
in their heart and in their soul
00:34:46.28\00:34:47.62
that God did everything He
could to save every person.
00:34:47.72\00:34:51.39
Now, we come down to the
end of the thousand years.
00:34:52.22\00:34:55.69
Something begins to happen
00:34:56.56\00:34:58.29
'cause it tells
us that up in heaven
00:34:58.69\00:35:01.53
there's a city
called the New Jerusalem
00:35:01.73\00:35:04.17
that Jesus has made.
00:35:04.37\00:35:05.77
So all of a sudden at the
end of this thousand years
00:35:17.01\00:35:19.21
down comes the New Jerusalem.
00:35:19.61\00:35:22.22
Now the righteous, folks...
00:35:22.62\00:35:24.29
the righteous were taken
to heaven at the beginning
00:35:24.49\00:35:26.76
of the thousand years and
they have spent 1,000 years
00:35:26.96\00:35:30.46
in the New Jerusalem.
00:35:30.66\00:35:31.99
But now it's
coming back to this earth.
00:35:32.99\00:35:36.97
Beautiful city!
00:35:38.17\00:35:39.77
Beyond description!
00:35:39.97\00:35:42.07
And it tells us exactly
where it's going to settle.
00:35:42.27\00:35:45.81
Did you know that?
00:35:46.01\00:35:47.34
So it says here that all
the righteous that have been
00:36:29.05\00:36:32.09
up there in heaven with Him
00:36:32.29\00:36:33.62
they're going to come back.
That New Jerusalem is going to
00:36:33.79\00:36:36.83
touch... His feet are going
to touch the Mount of Olives.
00:36:37.03\00:36:41.93
It's going to split;
going to become a huge plain
00:36:42.13\00:36:45.53
and that's where the New Jeru-
salem is going to come to rest.
00:36:45.73\00:36:49.50
I was over in Israel.
00:36:51.87\00:36:54.61
Had gone over to
the Dome of the Rock.
00:36:55.84\00:36:59.81
Top of Mount Moriah.
00:37:00.22\00:37:03.15
And there on the Dome of
the Rock, there on the top
00:37:03.79\00:37:07.46
is the Dome of the Rock
which is a Muslim shrine.
00:37:07.66\00:37:10.79
There's nothing in that
shrine, folks, except a rock.
00:37:11.66\00:37:15.16
That rock is very
very... how should I say?
00:37:15.80\00:37:20.14
sacred in a sense to Jews and
to Muslims and to Christians.
00:37:20.44\00:37:26.37
You see, they believe
00:37:27.41\00:37:29.44
that it was upon that rock
00:37:29.84\00:37:31.71
that Abraham was
going to offer Isaac.
00:37:32.41\00:37:35.95
The Muslim believes
it was on that rock that
00:37:36.82\00:37:39.09
Abraham was
going to offer Ishmael.
00:37:39.29\00:37:42.62
The Christians
believe it was on that rock
00:37:43.79\00:37:46.56
where Abraham was
going to offer Isaac.
00:37:46.76\00:37:48.90
They also believe that that
rock was the threshing floor
00:37:49.76\00:37:53.60
of Nathan the Jebusite.
And they believe it was on that
00:37:53.80\00:37:56.50
rock where the temple
altar of sacrifice was.
00:37:56.71\00:38:00.11
So that rock is very
very special to them.
00:38:01.08\00:38:04.15
And so I had gone
there, and I was just inside
00:38:04.31\00:38:07.15
the shrine looking when this
guide that I became very well
00:38:07.35\00:38:11.82
acquainted with - a Jew -
came up to me and he said:
00:38:12.02\00:38:14.82
"Would you like
to see something? "
00:38:15.02\00:38:16.46
And I said: "Sure. "
00:38:16.66\00:38:17.99
And so he took me
around to the other side of it
00:38:18.03\00:38:20.86
and here he opened a
door, here he turned on a light,
00:38:21.06\00:38:23.60
and here was a stairway
going down under the rock.
00:38:23.80\00:38:25.90
He walked down the
stairway and I followed him.
00:38:26.67\00:38:29.20
Got down there
and I realized now
00:38:29.80\00:38:31.94
that this rock I
had been looking at
00:38:32.14\00:38:33.64
now was the
ceiling of this room.
00:38:33.84\00:38:36.24
And there was nobody in
there but the guide and myself.
00:38:36.64\00:38:39.21
And he said to me, he said:
00:38:39.41\00:38:41.25
"What do you see? "
00:38:41.85\00:38:43.18
I looked around and I
said: "Just a vacant room. "
00:38:44.09\00:38:47.19
I said: "That's all I see. "
00:38:47.39\00:38:48.72
He said: "You need to
look a little closer. "
00:38:48.76\00:38:50.53
So I tried to look closer,
but I couldn't figure out
00:38:51.16\00:38:54.53
what he was talking about.
00:38:54.73\00:38:56.06
Finally he said:
"Let me show you. "
00:38:56.10\00:38:57.43
And he went over to the
edge of it and he pointed up
00:38:57.47\00:38:58.93
to the ceiling. He
said: "You see that crack? "
00:38:59.13\00:39:01.14
Followed it
clear across the room.
00:39:02.20\00:39:05.31
He said: "We've only
had one earthquake here. "
00:39:06.44\00:39:11.08
And he said: "That
took place in 31 AD. "
00:39:12.81\00:39:16.92
And he picked up a Bible
and turned over to Matthew
00:39:18.15\00:39:20.79
the 27th chapter
and read verse 51
00:39:20.99\00:39:22.96
where it says
that when Jesus died
00:39:23.16\00:39:25.19
the earth quaked
and the rocks split.
00:39:25.39\00:39:28.13
And he said: "That
earthquake split this rock. "
00:39:29.06\00:39:31.40
Well, there wasn't anybody
down there but me and this guide
00:39:32.07\00:39:35.54
who was a Jew. And I
thought: "This is a good
00:39:35.74\00:39:38.07
time to ask him a question. "
00:39:38.27\00:39:39.64
And so I said to him... I said:
00:39:40.28\00:39:42.14
"Are you going to
re-build the temple? "
00:39:42.94\00:39:44.71
"Oh, " he said, "absolutely! "
00:39:45.61\00:39:47.38
And I said: "I
don't understand. "
00:39:47.78\00:39:50.45
I said: "Next to Mecca
this is probably the most sacred
00:39:50.65\00:39:53.62
spot to the Muslim. All
you and I would have to do
00:39:53.82\00:39:57.73
is do one thing to this
to deface it or destroy it
00:39:57.93\00:40:01.93
and we'd be in trouble.
We'd be in the biggest war
00:40:02.13\00:40:04.37
you've ever seen. "
00:40:04.57\00:40:05.90
He said: "Oh, we
aren't going to do that. "
00:40:06.27\00:40:08.40
Then he picked up his Bible
00:40:09.14\00:40:11.27
and turned over to Zechariah
that I just read to you
00:40:12.17\00:40:15.24
to the 14th chapter.
00:40:15.44\00:40:17.31
And he read that text to
me that we just read, see.
00:40:17.51\00:40:20.22
And he said: "Oh... " he said:
00:40:20.42\00:40:22.02
"the Messiah's coming back.
00:40:22.22\00:40:23.82
His feet are going to
touch the Mount of Olives. "
00:40:24.42\00:40:26.52
He said: "You see that crack? "
00:40:26.72\00:40:28.09
He said: "That didn't
just crack that rock. "
00:40:28.29\00:40:30.19
He said: "That's a fault line. "
00:40:30.39\00:40:31.93
He said: "It not
only runs through here.
00:40:32.13\00:40:33.46
It crosses the
Valley of Jehosephat
00:40:33.63\00:40:35.46
and it splits the
Mount of Olives in two. "
00:40:35.66\00:40:37.70
And he said: "When
the Messiah comes back
00:40:37.90\00:40:40.04
His feet will touch this.
" And he said: "It'll split
00:40:40.24\00:40:42.84
this place wide open. "
And he said: "Then we will
00:40:43.04\00:40:45.67
re-build the temple. "
00:40:45.87\00:40:47.21
And I said: "I have
one problem with that. "
00:40:49.18\00:40:51.65
And he said: "What's
your problem with that? "
00:40:52.05\00:40:54.38
And I said: "The problem
I'm having with that is you
00:40:54.58\00:40:56.82
tell me that that rock there
was split at the crucifixion
00:40:57.02\00:41:00.79
of Jesus Christ. "
00:41:00.99\00:41:02.59
And he looked at me and I said:
00:41:04.86\00:41:07.66
"And I believe He's
the One coming back. "
00:41:07.86\00:41:09.83
And he turned and
walked up the steps.
00:41:10.83\00:41:13.13
You see... But what I'm trying
to get across to you tonight
00:41:14.20\00:41:17.21
as far as I can
tell that rock split.
00:41:18.07\00:41:21.08
That mountain has a fault line
00:41:21.28\00:41:23.14
right through it
waiting... waiting
00:41:23.35\00:41:25.88
for the feet of Jesus Christ.
00:41:26.08\00:41:27.98
When it comes
it's going to split
00:41:28.82\00:41:30.85
and that New
Jerusalem that Jesus made
00:41:31.05\00:41:33.46
is going to come
and it's going to settle
00:41:33.66\00:41:35.26
right here on this old earth.
00:41:35.46\00:41:36.79
What about the dead?
00:41:38.39\00:41:40.63
What about all the
wicked that have been dead?
00:41:41.46\00:41:44.70
The Scripture
says this about them:
00:41:45.00\00:41:47.04
Hmm... didn't live again until
the 1,000 years were finished.
00:41:54.24\00:41:57.98
Oh, friend, let me
tell you something:
00:41:58.18\00:41:59.61
there's so much difference
between those two resurrections!
00:41:59.81\00:42:02.85
The resurrection
of the righteous...
00:42:03.75\00:42:05.89
Over here I read to you
it says that when they come
00:42:06.09\00:42:08.36
forth they are changed in
a moment, in the twinkling
00:42:08.56\00:42:11.59
of an eye. It says that
this mortal must put on?
00:42:11.79\00:42:14.36
immortality. It means
that if that person was blind
00:42:14.56\00:42:18.20
when he died he
comes out seeing.
00:42:18.40\00:42:20.44
It means if he went into
that grave with one arm missing
00:42:20.64\00:42:23.77
he comes out with both arms.
00:42:23.97\00:42:25.67
It means if he went
into that grave crippled
00:42:25.87\00:42:27.68
he comes out whole!
00:42:27.88\00:42:29.34
Do you understand that?
00:42:29.74\00:42:31.08
That is not promised on
this resurrection of the wicked.
00:42:31.41\00:42:35.42
If that person's blind and
they don't know Jesus Christ
00:42:36.18\00:42:39.72
and they died blind
they come out blind.
00:42:39.92\00:42:42.19
They come out
just like they went in.
00:42:43.06\00:42:45.56
Nothing's
promised here... no change.
00:42:46.49\00:42:49.16
No immortality.
00:42:49.36\00:42:50.93
Are you telling me tonight...
00:42:51.83\00:42:53.77
are you telling me
tonight that you'll give that up
00:42:53.97\00:42:56.00
for this old world?
00:42:56.20\00:42:57.64
That you'll give it
up? No way... no way.
00:42:58.47\00:43:03.24
They come forth from the grave
thick as the sands of the sea.
00:43:05.41\00:43:11.05
Enoch, 7th from
Adam, prophesied about it.
00:43:11.99\00:43:15.56
And so it says He's
coming back to execute judgment.
00:43:49.52\00:43:52.99
Well... the devil has
been given a thousand years
00:43:53.40\00:43:58.10
to think over all the
trouble and all the crime
00:43:58.30\00:44:01.20
and everything.
But all of a sudden
00:44:01.40\00:44:03.41
here at the end
of the thousand years
00:44:03.61\00:44:05.21
all of the
wicked are resurrected.
00:44:05.41\00:44:08.04
He now has people.
00:44:08.98\00:44:10.65
That's why it says
when the thousand years...
00:44:11.48\00:44:13.92
You see, he's no longer
bound because now he has people
00:44:19.15\00:44:22.52
to work with... he
has people to tempt.
00:44:22.72\00:44:24.46
He has something to do.
00:44:24.66\00:44:25.99
And let me assure you
that during that thousand years
00:44:26.19\00:44:29.83
he hasn't been sitting
there twiddling his thumbs.
00:44:30.03\00:44:32.83
He has a plan. He knows
exactly what he's going to do.
00:44:33.40\00:44:36.74
Watch very carefully
because he has a plan.
00:44:37.14\00:44:39.84
So it says that he
goes out to deceive
00:44:53.49\00:44:55.96
all the wicked
and he gathers them.
00:44:56.16\00:44:58.53
They're as thick as the
sands of the sea. And it says
00:44:58.73\00:45:01.06
here in Revelation 20 verse 9:
00:45:01.26\00:45:03.10
Now why? Why would that happen?
00:45:14.08\00:45:18.61
Why don't the wicked
just go over on the other side
00:45:19.01\00:45:21.35
of the earth and
say: "We'll stay over here
00:45:21.55\00:45:23.72
and let the
righteous stay over there.
00:45:23.92\00:45:25.79
And we won't bother them and
maybe they won't bother us. "
00:45:25.99\00:45:29.29
Why go up and surround
the city and try to take it?
00:45:30.86\00:45:34.56
Why do that?
00:45:35.56\00:45:37.17
The devil has a master plan.
00:45:38.80\00:45:42.47
You see, when they
came forth from the grave,
00:45:43.37\00:45:47.91
the wicked,
they're not immortal.
00:45:48.11\00:45:51.51
They're mortal...
they're subject to death.
00:45:51.91\00:45:54.85
Back when God created
man in the Garden of Eden
00:45:55.95\00:45:59.72
He put something in the Garden
of Eden called the Tree of Life.
00:45:59.92\00:46:03.22
Listen to what it
says here: Genesis 3:22:
00:46:03.63\00:46:06.23
He said: "Lest man
take... " He put an angel there.
00:46:27.65\00:46:30.75
Put an angel guarding the tree.
00:46:31.05\00:46:32.95
So God made it impossible
00:46:42.90\00:46:45.57
for man to eat
of the Tree of Life.
00:46:45.77\00:46:48.00
You know where the
Tree of Life is now?
00:46:50.41\00:46:52.54
Hmm?
00:46:53.27\00:46:54.74
It's in the New Jerusalem.
00:46:56.14\00:46:57.78
And at the end of the
thousand years the New Jerusalem
00:46:58.55\00:47:00.72
comes back to this earth.
00:47:00.92\00:47:03.72
The devil convinces the wicked
00:47:21.97\00:47:24.67
that if they can
just storm the city,
00:47:24.87\00:47:27.24
get inside and eat
of the Tree of Life
00:47:27.44\00:47:30.65
they'll live... they'll not die.
00:47:30.85\00:47:32.55
So they go up - great
great masses of humanity -
00:47:33.98\00:47:38.85
and they surround
the New Jerusalem.
00:47:39.05\00:47:42.16
This is where the Scripture
says that the great white throne
00:47:42.56\00:47:46.80
judgment takes place.
00:47:47.00\00:47:48.33
You think
tonight all of a sudden
00:47:49.43\00:47:52.30
right there, this
particular moment in history
00:47:53.54\00:47:56.04
or in time, right there
inside the New Jerusalem
00:47:56.24\00:48:00.48
are all the
righteous that have ever lived.
00:48:00.68\00:48:02.91
Outside the city are all
the wicked that have ever lived.
00:48:04.08\00:48:07.58
So standing there
before God now is all mankind.
00:48:08.48\00:48:13.76
And all of a
sudden God is lifted up
00:48:14.16\00:48:17.03
and the great white
throne judgment takes place.
00:48:17.23\00:48:21.36
Here they stand... all mankind.
00:48:32.94\00:48:36.61
So dear friend, tonight
00:48:50.89\00:48:52.69
if your name's in
the Book of Life...
00:48:52.89\00:48:55.36
at this point, if your
name's in the Book of Life
00:48:56.46\00:48:59.70
Jesus has
already pleaded your case
00:48:59.90\00:49:03.87
up in heaven and
you have been marked
00:49:04.07\00:49:07.38
as having eternal life.
00:49:07.58\00:49:09.44
They read through the books.
00:49:11.18\00:49:12.78
If you have given
your heart to Jesus Christ
00:49:14.25\00:49:17.29
Christ has stood up and
said: "Father, I plead My blood
00:49:17.49\00:49:20.26
on behalf of this person.
Give them life eternal. "
00:49:20.46\00:49:24.33
And you have come
forth from the grave immortal
00:49:24.53\00:49:27.33
as the Scripture says.
00:49:27.53\00:49:28.86
The wicked...
00:49:29.76\00:49:31.13
The wicked get
up off their knees
00:49:36.87\00:49:41.01
and they try to take the city.
00:49:41.21\00:49:44.01
The wicked go up...
they surround the city.
00:49:56.42\00:49:58.83
Fire is rained down out
of heaven; devours them.
00:49:59.69\00:50:04.47
That New Jerusalem
will ride those flames
00:50:04.67\00:50:08.20
just like the
ark rode the flood.
00:50:08.40\00:50:10.84
Because it says that
this old earth of ours
00:50:11.77\00:50:13.94
will be burned. It says:
00:50:15.18\00:50:16.85
You see, if you know
Jesus Christ tonight as your
00:50:26.02\00:50:30.19
personal Savior, if
you've given your heart to Him,
00:50:30.39\00:50:34.16
then you will only die once.
00:50:35.20\00:50:37.10
You may not die at all
00:50:38.00\00:50:39.60
if you live long
enough to see Jesus come.
00:50:39.80\00:50:42.04
But if you don't,
you will only die once.
00:50:42.87\00:50:45.44
But if you don't
accept Jesus Christ,
00:50:47.28\00:50:49.88
you'll die twice
00:50:50.85\00:50:52.51
'cause you will be resurrected
in the second resurrection
00:50:53.62\00:50:57.15
and you will be
destroyed at the end.
00:50:57.35\00:51:01.39
You will die twice.
00:51:01.59\00:51:02.92
He offers to you
tonight life in Jesus Christ.
00:51:03.22\00:51:08.40
This old earth that
you and I have lived in
00:51:08.60\00:51:11.43
is referred to as being
burnt like a lake of fire.
00:51:12.33\00:51:15.60
And the Bible describes
this old earth and its condition
00:51:23.41\00:51:27.58
'cause it talks about it
here in II Peter 3 verse 12:
00:51:27.78\00:51:31.82
So the old earth's
going to be burned.
00:51:53.78\00:51:55.78
And then when it's through
burning the Lord Jesus Christ
00:51:55.98\00:51:58.98
is going to make it brand new.
00:51:59.18\00:52:01.62
And so the Bible tells you and I
00:52:02.02\00:52:03.95
that there are things that
are waiting for the righteous.
00:52:04.15\00:52:07.69
That you and I have a
new world to look forward to.
00:52:08.09\00:52:12.39
Oh... how marvelous it will be!
00:52:13.33\00:52:16.83
Listen, this is what
it tells us about it:
00:52:17.13\00:52:19.23
Brand new earth.
00:52:31.05\00:52:33.11
So you find that
there are five events
00:52:33.52\00:52:36.05
that close the millennium
or the thousand years.
00:52:36.25\00:52:39.62
Those five events are:
00:52:39.82\00:52:41.36
'Cause the
Scripture says in Matthew 5:5:
00:53:10.42\00:53:13.46
"Blessed are the meek, for
they shall inherit the earth. "
00:53:13.66\00:53:18.16
So God gives us a
marvelous promise.
00:53:18.93\00:53:21.26
Time is here.
00:53:32.64\00:53:34.31
As a boy as I
have mentioned to you
00:53:34.51\00:53:37.65
I was born here. Lived
here until I was 9 years of age.
00:53:38.58\00:53:43.75
My parents told me of an
incident that happened here
00:53:44.95\00:53:48.42
in Chicago. There was a salesman
00:53:48.62\00:53:51.86
from out of town
00:53:52.99\00:53:54.83
that had come here to Chicago.
00:53:55.13\00:53:56.90
Evidently had had a busy day
00:53:57.40\00:54:02.20
and he checked into a
hotel down on the Loop.
00:54:02.70\00:54:06.47
Went to bed tired.
00:54:07.88\00:54:09.61
But about 2 in the morning
he was shaken out of sleep
00:54:10.68\00:54:14.85
by the sound of a siren.
00:54:15.05\00:54:16.69
He jumped up to realize
that the hotel he was in
00:54:17.79\00:54:21.46
was on fire.
00:54:21.66\00:54:23.12
He could hear the sirens.
00:54:27.53\00:54:30.40
He could smell
the smoke and all.
00:54:30.80\00:54:33.10
And he grabbed the telephone
00:54:33.60\00:54:35.44
and by some chance was
able to get an outside line
00:54:35.84\00:54:38.84
and called his boss.
00:54:39.24\00:54:41.14
And he told his boss
00:54:42.34\00:54:44.45
that he was in this
hotel and it was on fire.
00:54:44.65\00:54:48.05
And he was going to give
him a moment-by-moment account
00:54:48.45\00:54:52.69
of what it was like
to be in a hotel on fire.
00:54:53.09\00:54:56.66
He said: "This is a
chance for me to give a story
00:54:57.16\00:54:59.39
like no one's ever heard. "
00:54:59.59\00:55:00.93
His boss said: "You get out of
there and you get out of there
00:55:01.40\00:55:04.07
now. " And he said: "No. "
00:55:04.27\00:55:06.90
He said: "My escape's OK;
I've got it all figured out.
00:55:07.10\00:55:09.94
I'm all right. " And he
began to describe to him
00:55:10.14\00:55:12.84
about the horrors
of a hotel on fire.
00:55:13.04\00:55:15.64
He talked about how the
fire evidently had broken out
00:55:16.58\00:55:19.58
on the second floor
00:55:19.78\00:55:21.12
and how the smoke was
making its way up the stairways
00:55:21.82\00:55:26.15
and up the elevator shafts
and up the laundry chutes.
00:55:26.35\00:55:28.86
He talked about hearing
people run down the hall
00:55:29.79\00:55:32.86
screaming and yelling.
00:55:33.06\00:55:35.53
He said that there were
people piled up at the stairway
00:55:35.73\00:55:38.47
and at the elevator shaft where
they had run over one another
00:55:38.67\00:55:41.20
trying to get out of the hotel.
00:55:41.40\00:55:42.97
He talked about how the smoke
00:55:44.11\00:55:46.27
was so bad as it
went down the halls
00:55:46.68\00:55:49.11
that people were
suffocating from the smoke.
00:55:49.31\00:55:51.48
He talked about
how the fire, the heat
00:55:52.35\00:55:54.92
was sucking the
oxygen out of the air
00:55:55.12\00:55:57.05
and how you had to bend
over just to be able to breathe.
00:55:57.25\00:55:59.62
Described all the horrors
of a hotel that was on fire.
00:56:00.52\00:56:03.73
Finally the
telephone lines were gone
00:56:05.33\00:56:07.76
and he went over to the window
00:56:08.70\00:56:10.03
to make his way
out on the fire escape
00:56:10.07\00:56:12.07
to take down to safety.
00:56:12.27\00:56:14.07
Opened the window only to
find out that the fire escape
00:56:14.77\00:56:18.77
was red hot.
00:56:18.97\00:56:20.31
He shouted to the firemen below
00:56:21.38\00:56:23.28
to stretch out their nets...
that he was going to jump.
00:56:23.48\00:56:26.11
And they
stretched out their nets
00:56:27.32\00:56:29.12
and he jumped
but missed the net.
00:56:29.62\00:56:33.39
Dear friend, let
me tell you something:
00:56:35.09\00:56:36.42
I run onto a lot of people
that think they're going to
00:56:36.49\00:56:39.36
hang on to this old
world till the last moment
00:56:39.56\00:56:41.96
and then they're going to jump.
00:56:42.36\00:56:43.70
I have people say:
"Oh... not right now. "
00:56:44.67\00:56:46.97
Let me tell you
something: the Bible says
00:56:47.37\00:56:49.17
"Today is the day. "
00:56:49.37\00:56:51.31
There's going to be
people going to say:
00:56:52.07\00:56:53.41
"Oh the summer is
ended, the harvest is past
00:56:53.54\00:56:55.34
and we're not saved. "
00:56:55.54\00:56:56.88
Tonight Jesus is inviting you
00:56:57.11\00:57:00.42
to accept Him as your Savior,
00:57:01.18\00:57:02.72
give your heart to Him,
00:57:03.32\00:57:04.75
prepare for His coming
00:57:04.95\00:57:06.29
as Maddy sings.
00:57:06.52\00:57:07.86
Years have come
and years have gone
00:57:10.03\00:57:14.16
since Jesus went away
00:57:14.56\00:57:19.33
leaving us this promise
00:57:19.53\00:57:22.80
that He'd come again
00:57:23.20\00:57:26.68
some day.
00:57:26.88\00:57:32.28
OK... let's bow our
heads for a word of prayer.
00:57:33.21\00:57:35.15
Father, we thank you so much
00:57:35.75\00:57:37.52
for Jesus, for His love and
for His care over our lives.
00:57:38.72\00:57:42.56
We pray that
You'll bless each one here
00:57:43.39\00:57:45.63
that their hearts
may be surrendered to You
00:57:46.76\00:57:49.10
and that they
might be among those
00:57:49.50\00:57:52.83
that will look
up into the heavens
00:57:53.77\00:57:55.80
and will say:
"Lo, this is our God!
00:57:56.47\00:57:58.31
We've waited for
Him and He'll save us. "
00:57:59.01\00:58:01.08
For all the things that
You do for each one of us
00:58:02.01\00:58:04.31
we give to You honor
and glory and praise.
00:58:04.91\00:58:08.02
In Christ's name, Amen.
00:58:08.22\00:58:10.19