Can you believe it?
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Can you build your faith on it?
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The promises of
God's Word are sure!
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They do not fail!
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This book has
stood the test of time.
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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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so wrapped up in
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
thought that something dramatic,
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something unbelievable,
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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 sure to bring an end,
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bring catastrophe,
many things would happen.
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That it would
usher in a millennium.
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Other people said:
"No... 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
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who still 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. You've got to go by
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the Jewish calendar.
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You can't go by our
calendar; you've got to go by
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the Jewish calendar, and
there's a number of years left
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on the Jewish calendar. "
So you find there's a lot of
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different ideas
about the millennium.
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What you and I need to
understand is we need to
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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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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 here
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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. And 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. "
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Just the Latin word
that means thousand years.
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But there's certain things
that you and I need to establish
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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
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thousand years is
going to come to an end?
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I was visiting with a lady
and we were talking about this
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1,000 years and she told me...
She said: "Oh, we already live
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during that thousand years. "
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And I said: "You mean the 1,000
years has already started? "
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And she said: "That's right. "
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And I said: "Well my
Bible tells me that the devil is
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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 he is
it's on a rubber chain
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'cause he gets
around to me quite often. "
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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's going to go on
during that thousand years?
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We need to establish tonight
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where are the
righteous going to be.
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Where are all the saints going
to be during this 1,000 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, and we're going to read
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several verses to 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 a thousand 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
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live and reign for 1,000 years
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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 thousand 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 the 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 thousand years begins
with the first resurrection
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and that it will end -
this thousand years will come
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to an end - also
with a resurrection.
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Now let's take a look at
the scripture and watch as it
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puts it together for us.
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That's the first resurrection.
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"The dead in
Christ will rise first. "
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That's the first resurrection.
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Then if we take a look at
Revelation 20 verse 5 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?
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Following me? Let's
look at another text.
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It 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.
Those two resurrections
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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. 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?
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Has to come because that's
what causes the resurrection
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of the righteous. 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 words:
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So all those people that
have died in the hope of Christ
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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, He
calls all those that have died
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in faith from the grave.
They come out of that grave
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immortal. Never,
never, never, friend, to die.
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Just think... scripture
says that when they come forth
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from the grave 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 be 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
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
that 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
body's 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 to meet the Lord.
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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 of being among those
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that will see Jesus come
or among those that will be
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resurrected from the grave.
You can have that privilege
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by accepting Him.
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That's a promise that He gives
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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 because it says
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"the rest of the dead lived not
again until the thousand years
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were finished. " So
they're not bothered.
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When Jesus comes and He shouts
and His words roll through
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this earth like peals of thunder
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and all the dead in Jesus Christ
in their grave, they hear that
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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
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He's going to come
back in flaming fire
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taking vengeance on
those who have not served Him,
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have not accepted
Him, have not followed Him.
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In fact, the Bible goes on and
describes it 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've run onto some people
who 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
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look around and say
"Where did everybody go? "
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Dear friends, let
me ask you something:
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if mountains start moving
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and islands start disappearing
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and the heavens split
and roll back like a scroll,
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do you think you'll
know something's going on?
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I think I would...
I think I would notice
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something was taking place.
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'Cause it says that
they will literally cry
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for the rocks and the
mountains to fall on them,
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hide them from the face of
Him that sits on the throne
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coming back. It
says that all the wicked
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will be destroyed. Will
be destroyed at the coming
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of Jesus Christ. They
will be slain; they will fall;
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they'll be destroyed.
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Now let me ask
you something tonight:
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if when Jesus comes
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and all the righteous
that are dead are resurrected
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and all the righteous that are
living are caught up with Him...
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caught up into the
air and taken to heaven,
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and all the wicked who
are dead are not disturbed
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and the wicked that
are living are slain,
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then let me ask
you: "Who's left? "
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Nobody. Listen
to this scripture:
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So it say that bound the
devil for a thousand years.
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Now said he had a
great chain in his hand
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and he bound the
devil for a thousand years.
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Do you think a chain
could hold the devil?
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Huh?
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Why I can read to you where
Christ and the disciples went
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over to the shore of the
Gadarenes and talked about these
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two men come
running out of the tombs.
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The scripture said they
had been bound with chains
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and had broken them asunder.
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Now if chains won't hold a man
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they certainly wouldn't
hold the devil, would they?
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So what does it mean when
it says "He had a great chain
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in his hand and he bound
the devil for1,000 years? "
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Well, have you ever had
somebody come over to your house
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and said: "Go to town
with me. " And you'd say:
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"Well I really would
like to but I'm tied down. "
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What did you mean?
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Well you meant circumstances
didn't permit you to go.
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The circumstances have bound the
devil; that's what's bound him.
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The righteous are in
heaven; the wicked are dead.
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The devil is
bound for 1,000 years.
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That's what happens here.
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So five events...
five events take place
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at the beginning
of the 1,000 years.
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These are the five events:
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Now what's going to
happen here on earth?
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What's going to take
place during this 1,000 years?
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And why are the righteous
going to spend 1,000 years
00:19:49.10\00:19:52.17
up in heaven? Well let's
look and see what the scripture
00:19:52.37\00:19:55.41
has to tell us.
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God gives him... God
gives him 1,000 years
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to think over all
the sin, all the crime,
00:20:05.99\00:20:09.54
all the degradation and
all the things that he has done
00:20:09.75\00:20:13.38
as part of his punishment.
00:20:13.48\00:20:14.94
A thousand years to
think over what he has done.
00:20:15.14\00:20:18.53
What's the earth like?
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What's the condition of the
earth during this 1,000 years?
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Says the Lord is going
to make this earth empty.
00:20:39.24\00:20:44.36
The righteous are in
heaven; the wicked are dead.
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The earth is empty... all
right. Distorts its surface.
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So it says the whole land is
going to be absolutely empty.
00:21:02.15\00:21:05.69
There won't be anybody here.
00:21:05.89\00:21:07.70
The devil is given that
as part of his punishment.
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In fact, this is what it
says will happen to the wicked:
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So it says that
the coming of Jesus...
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that He will come
as a consuming fire.
00:21:36.28\00:21:39.14
It says the wicked
will fall to the ground.
00:21:39.34\00:21:41.61
They won't be gathered;
they won't be lamented;
00:21:41.81\00:21:44.02
they won't be buried.
00:21:44.22\00:21:45.86
Fall right there.
00:21:46.81\00:21:48.09
That's what's
going to happen to them.
00:21:48.49\00:21:49.96
The earth is
going to be desolate
00:21:50.06\00:21:51.93
during this thousand years.
00:21:52.23\00:21:53.77
Now if the wicked are dead
00:21:54.18\00:21:56.24
and they don't know anything
00:21:56.54\00:21:58.73
what are the
righteous going to do?
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And why would they spend
1,000 years up in heaven?
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What's the purpose of this?
00:22:07.37\00:22:09.40
Well, Revelation 20 verse
6 gives you an idea. Watch:
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So it says the righteous
are going to go to heaven.
00:22:21.67\00:22:24.07
They're going to live and reign
with Him there for 1,000 years.
00:22:24.27\00:22:28.40
What are they going to be
doing during that 1,000 years?
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Verse 4 of the
20th chapter says:
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Hmmm. The righteous
during that 1,000 years
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are going to be
given what? Huh? Judgment.
00:22:46.29\00:22:51.65
When are the
righteous given judgment, folks?
00:22:51.85\00:22:54.86
Come on. During the 1,000 years.
00:22:55.36\00:22:58.21
I just wanted to get that
clear because I run onto some
00:22:58.41\00:23:00.85
saints that think judgment's
been given to them now.
00:23:00.95\00:23:03.03
No... not now.
During the 1,000 years.
00:23:03.43\00:23:06.49
I even have some people
say: "Well I'm not judging.
00:23:06.79\00:23:09.29
I'm just a fruit inspector. "
00:23:09.39\00:23:10.65
No, you're not
even a fruit inspector.
00:23:10.85\00:23:12.25
That's God's responsibility.
00:23:12.55\00:23:15.69
Judgment is given to
them during the 1,000 years.
00:23:15.90\00:23:17.94
Who are they going to judge?
00:23:18.24\00:23:20.17
Who will they judge
during this 1,000 years?
00:23:21.34\00:23:23.84
OK, so it says
they're going to judge
00:23:36.47\00:23:39.99
the world; that
we'll even judge angels.
00:23:40.19\00:23:42.42
Why... why is judgment going
to be given to the righteous?
00:23:42.62\00:23:45.60
Have you ever
thought about that?
00:23:46.10\00:23:48.35
Hmmm? Have you ever
given any thought to that?
00:23:49.52\00:23:52.73
Well, let's say...
00:23:54.07\00:23:57.54
Let's say you get to heaven
00:23:58.74\00:24:00.85
and you look around
and somebody you knew
00:24:01.25\00:24:04.58
who you thought was a Christian
00:24:04.78\00:24:06.23
is not there.
00:24:06.43\00:24:07.95
What are you going to do?
00:24:08.98\00:24:10.05
Are you going to go
through eternity saying:
00:24:11.30\00:24:13.17
"I wonder where John is?
00:24:14.19\00:24:15.75
Strange. I thought
he would have been here.
00:24:16.88\00:24:20.25
I wonder why
John didn't make it?
00:24:21.87\00:24:24.10
Oh, I'd better
keep my mouth shut.
00:24:25.17\00:24:27.55
Better not say anything.
00:24:28.97\00:24:30.67
Strange that
John didn't make it. "
00:24:30.97\00:24:32.79
Now let me tell you something:
00:24:33.19\00:24:34.82
God doesn't intend for
you to get 10,000 years
00:24:35.02\00:24:39.57
into eternity and
all of a sudden yell
00:24:39.77\00:24:42.32
"Hey, where's John? "
00:24:42.45\00:24:44.36
No, that's not going to happen.
00:24:45.64\00:24:47.66
So God is going
to open up the books.
00:24:47.97\00:24:51.34
That's why the books are
kept up in heaven, folks.
00:24:51.64\00:24:54.57
He's going to open up the
books and He's going to let you
00:24:54.67\00:24:57.06
look at them and He's going to
let you be absolutely convinced
00:24:57.26\00:25:00.88
in your heart and in your soul
00:25:01.08\00:25:02.77
that God did everything that He
could to save every last soul.
00:25:02.98\00:25:06.98
Let me tell you
something tonight:
00:25:08.03\00:25:09.68
if you don't make it into
heaven it won't be God's fault.
00:25:10.63\00:25:13.56
God's not trying tonight
to keep you out of heaven.
00:25:14.45\00:25:17.61
God's trying to
get you into heaven.
00:25:17.81\00:25:20.01
So He's going to
open up the books.
00:25:21.28\00:25:23.40
The righteous are
going to go through it
00:25:23.60\00:25:24.99
and they're going to be
absolutely convinced in their
00:25:25.19\00:25:27.53
heart and in their soul
that God did everything He could
00:25:27.63\00:25:30.65
to save every person.
00:25:30.85\00:25:32.74
Now, we come down to
the end of the 1,000 years.
00:25:33.04\00:25:36.99
Something begins to happen
00:25:37.29\00:25:39.88
'cause it tell
us that up in heaven
00:25:40.18\00:25:42.85
there's a city
called the New Jerusalem
00:25:43.05\00:25:45.43
that Jesus has made.
00:25:45.63\00:25:47.17
So all of a sudden at
the end of this 1,000 years
00:25:58.25\00:26:00.68
down comes the New Jerusalem.
00:26:00.88\00:26:03.50
Now the righteous, folks...
the righteous were taken
00:26:03.80\00:26:06.80
to heaven at the
beginning of the 1,000 years
00:26:06.90\00:26:08.79
and they have spent 1,000
years in the New Jerusalem.
00:26:09.09\00:26:12.58
But now it's
coming back to this earth.
00:26:13.85\00:26:18.21
Beautiful city...
beyond description.
00:26:19.43\00:26:22.99
And it tells us exactly
where it's going to settle.
00:26:23.49\00:26:26.94
Did you know that?
00:26:27.14\00:26:28.44
So it says here that all
the righteous that have been
00:27:10.10\00:27:13.22
up there in heaven with
Him they're going to come back.
00:27:13.32\00:27:15.97
That New Jerusalem
is going to touch...
00:27:16.17\00:27:18.80
His feet are going to
touch the Mount of Olives.
00:27:20.32\00:27:23.45
It's going to split and
going to become a huge plain,
00:27:23.65\00:27:26.76
and that's where
the New Jerusalem
00:27:26.96\00:27:28.67
is going to come to rest.
00:27:28.77\00:27:30.64
I was over in Israel.
00:27:32.85\00:27:36.12
Had gone over to
the Dome of the Rock...
00:27:37.55\00:27:41.21
top of Mount Moriah.
00:27:41.61\00:27:44.31
And there on the Dome of
the Rock or there on the top
00:27:44.71\00:27:48.56
is the Dome of the Rock
which is a Muslim shrine.
00:27:48.76\00:27:52.08
There's nothing in that
shrine, folks, except a rock.
00:27:52.58\00:27:56.10
That rock is very
very - how should I say? -
00:27:56.92\00:28:01.42
sacred in a sense to the Jews
00:28:01.62\00:28:04.63
and to Muslims
and to Christians.
00:28:04.83\00:28:07.32
You see, they believe
that it was upon that rock
00:28:08.67\00:28:12.79
that Abraham was
going to offer Isaac.
00:28:13.09\00:28:17.08
The Muslim believes it
was on that rock that Abraham
00:28:18.01\00:28:20.71
was going to offer Ishmael.
00:28:20.81\00:28:23.78
The Christians believe
it was on that rock where
00:28:25.03\00:28:28.03
Abraham was
going to offer Isaac.
00:28:28.23\00:28:30.36
They also believe that that
rock was the threshing floor
00:28:30.86\00:28:34.80
of Nathan the Jebusite and
they believe it was on that rock
00:28:35.00\00:28:38.19
where the temple
altar of sacrifice was.
00:28:38.22\00:28:41.37
So that rock is very
very special to them.
00:28:41.88\00:28:45.26
And so I had gone
there and I was just inside
00:28:45.56\00:28:48.30
the shrine looking when this
guide that I became very well
00:28:48.41\00:28:53.09
acquainted with - a Jew -
came up to me and he said:
00:28:53.19\00:28:56.10
"Would you like
to see something? "
00:28:56.20\00:28:57.65
And I said: "Sure. "
00:28:57.85\00:28:58.99
And so he took me around
00:28:59.19\00:29:00.92
to the other side of it.
And here he opened a door
00:29:01.12\00:29:03.53
and turned on a light,
and here was a stairway
00:29:03.63\00:29:05.80
going down under the rock.
00:29:06.00\00:29:07.21
He walked down the
stairway and I followed him.
00:29:08.17\00:29:10.33
Got down there, and I realize
now that this rock I had been
00:29:10.83\00:29:14.14
looking at now was
the ceiling of this room.
00:29:14.24\00:29:17.53
And there was nobody in
there but the guide and myself.
00:29:17.86\00:29:20.39
And he said to me... he said:
00:29:20.59\00:29:22.45
"What do you see? "
00:29:22.75\00:29:24.34
I looked around and I
said: "Just a vacant room. "
00:29:24.84\00:29:28.39
I said: "That's all I see. "
00:29:28.70\00:29:29.77
He said: "You need to
look a little closer. "
00:29:30.07\00:29:31.73
So I tried to look
closer but I couldn't figure out
00:29:32.14\00:29:35.62
what he was talking about.
00:29:35.72\00:29:36.81
Finally he said:
"Let me show you. "
00:29:37.11\00:29:38.29
And he went over to the edge
of it and he pointed up to the
00:29:38.39\00:29:40.35
ceiling and he said:
"You see that crack? "
00:29:40.45\00:29:42.55
Followed it
clear across the room.
00:29:42.96\00:29:46.44
He said: "We've only
had one earthquake here. "
00:29:47.66\00:29:52.16
And he said: "That
took place in 31 AD. "
00:29:53.77\00:29:58.25
And he picked up a Bible
and he turned over to Matthew
00:29:59.37\00:30:02.02
the 27th chapter and
read verse 51 where it says
00:30:02.23\00:30:04.93
that when Jesus
died the earth quaked
00:30:05.03\00:30:07.48
and the rocks split.
00:30:07.68\00:30:09.48
And he said: "That
earthquake split this rock. "
00:30:09.98\00:30:12.37
Well... there wasn't anybody
down there but me and this guide
00:30:12.77\00:30:16.57
who was a Jew. And I
thought: "This is a good time
00:30:16.77\00:30:19.44
to ask him a question. "
00:30:19.54\00:30:20.97
And so I said to him... I said:
00:30:21.27\00:30:23.20
"Are you going to
re-build the temple? "
00:30:24.19\00:30:26.00
"Oh, " he said, "absolutely. "
00:30:26.30\00:30:28.49
And I said: "I
don't understand. "
00:30:28.69\00:30:31.58
I said: "Next to Mecca
this is probably the most sacred
00:30:31.88\00:30:34.94
spot to the Muslim. All
you and I would have to do
00:30:35.05\00:30:38.90
is do one thing to this
to deface it or destroy it
00:30:39.00\00:30:43.07
and we'd be in trouble.
We'd be in the biggest war
00:30:43.27\00:30:45.50
you've ever seen. "
00:30:45.61\00:30:46.92
He said: "Oh, we
aren't going to do that. "
00:30:47.32\00:30:49.54
Then he picked up his Bible
00:30:49.94\00:30:52.53
and turned over to Zechariah
that I just read to you
00:30:52.93\00:30:56.03
to the 14th chapter
00:30:56.36\00:30:58.11
and he read that text to
me that we just read, see?
00:30:58.31\00:31:01.48
And he said: "Oh... " he said:
"The Messiah's coming back.
00:31:01.68\00:31:04.85
His feet are going to
touch the Mount of Olives. "
00:31:05.35\00:31:07.74
He said: "You see that crack? "
00:31:07.85\00:31:09.35
He said: "That didn't
just crack that rock. "
00:31:09.55\00:31:11.36
He said: "That's a fault line. "
00:31:11.56\00:31:12.82
He said: "It not only
runs through here. It crosses
00:31:13.13\00:31:15.21
the valley of Jehosephat and
it splits the Mount of Olives
00:31:15.31\00:31:18.30
in two. " And he said:
"When the Messiah comes back
00:31:18.50\00:31:21.27
His feet will
touch this" and he said:
00:31:21.47\00:31:23.35
"It'll split
this place wide open"
00:31:23.55\00:31:25.60
and he said: "Then we
will rebuild the temple. "
00:31:25.80\00:31:27.91
And I said: "I have
one problem with that. "
00:31:30.49\00:31:32.79
And he said: "What's
your problem with that? "
00:31:33.20\00:31:35.57
And I said: "The
problem I'm having with that is
00:31:35.77\00:31:37.84
you tell me that that rock there
was split at the crucifixion
00:31:38.04\00:31:42.01
of Jesus Christ. "
And he looked at me
00:31:42.11\00:31:47.06
and I said: "And I believe
He's the One coming back. "
00:31:47.37\00:31:51.05
And he turned and
walked up the steps.
00:31:52.35\00:31:54.28
You see... but what I'm trying
to get across to you tonight
00:31:55.70\00:31:58.32
as far as I can
tell that rock split,
00:31:59.26\00:32:02.39
that mountain has a
fault line right though it
00:32:02.59\00:32:05.08
waiting... waiting for
the feet of Jesus Christ.
00:32:05.28\00:32:09.00
When He comes
it's going to split
00:32:09.50\00:32:11.96
and that New
Jerusalem that Jesus made
00:32:12.26\00:32:14.79
is going to come and it's going
to settle right here on this
00:32:14.99\00:32:17.27
old earth. What about the dead?
00:32:17.38\00:32:21.65
What about all the
wicked that have been dead?
00:32:22.15\00:32:26.00
Scripture says this about them:
00:32:26.21\00:32:28.49
Didn't live again until the
thousand years were finished.
00:32:37.10\00:32:39.14
Oh friend, let me tell
you something: there's so much
00:32:39.34\00:32:41.70
difference between
those two resurrections.
00:32:41.80\00:32:43.89
The resurrection
of the righteous...
00:32:45.01\00:32:47.12
Over here I read to you it
says that when they come forth
00:32:47.32\00:32:49.85
they are "changed in a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye. "
00:32:50.05\00:32:53.08
It says that "this mortal
must put on immortality. "
00:32:53.28\00:32:56.96
It means that if that
person was blind when he died
00:32:57.26\00:33:00.08
he comes out seeing!
00:33:00.18\00:33:01.57
It means if he went into
that grave with one arm missing
00:33:01.78\00:33:04.94
he comes out with both arms.
00:33:05.15\00:33:06.77
It means if he went into
that grave crippled he comes out
00:33:07.07\00:33:09.51
whole. Do you understand that?
00:33:09.61\00:33:12.03
That is not promised on
this resurrection of the wicked.
00:33:12.24\00:33:16.32
If that person's blind and
they don't know Jesus Christ
00:33:17.34\00:33:20.89
and they died blind
they come out blind.
00:33:21.09\00:33:23.39
They come out
just like they went in.
00:33:24.36\00:33:26.78
Nothing promised
here... no change.
00:33:27.81\00:33:30.25
No immortality.
00:33:30.55\00:33:32.12
Are you telling me tonight?
Are you telling me tonight
00:33:32.42\00:33:36.10
that you'll give that
up for this old world?
00:33:36.30\00:33:38.49
That you'll give it up?
00:33:39.73\00:33:41.17
No way... no way.
00:33:41.98\00:33:44.68
They come forth from the grave
thick as the sands of the sea.
00:33:46.67\00:33:52.08
Enoch - 7th from Adam
- prophesied about it.
00:33:53.07\00:33:56.74
Jude the first chapter verse 14.
00:33:57.77\00:34:00.06
So it says He's coming
back to execute judgment.
00:34:30.80\00:34:33.91
Well, the devil has been
given 1,000 years to think over
00:34:35.19\00:34:39.96
all the trouble and all
the crime and everything.
00:34:40.16\00:34:42.95
But all of a sudden, here
at the end of the 1,000 years
00:34:43.25\00:34:46.09
all the wicked are resurrected.
00:34:46.29\00:34:49.27
He now has people.
00:34:49.67\00:34:51.68
That's why it says
when the thousand years
00:34:52.62\00:34:55.14
have expired, Satan will
be released from his prison.
00:34:55.45\00:35:00.01
You see, he's no longer bound
because now he has people to
00:35:00.31\00:35:03.79
work with, he
has people to tempt.
00:35:03.89\00:35:05.62
He has something to do.
00:35:05.92\00:35:07.00
And let me assure you
that during that 1,000 years
00:35:07.20\00:35:10.91
he hasn't been sitting
there twiddling his thumbs.
00:35:11.11\00:35:13.96
He has a plan. He knows
exactly what he's going to do.
00:35:14.26\00:35:17.92
Watch very carefully
because he has a plan.
00:35:18.23\00:35:20.86
So it says that he
goes out to deceive
00:35:34.63\00:35:37.08
all the wicked.
And he gathers them.
00:35:37.28\00:35:39.66
They're as thick as
the sands of the sea.
00:35:39.86\00:35:41.74
And it says here in
Revelation 20 verse 9:
00:35:41.84\00:35:44.24
Now why?
00:35:55.33\00:35:57.26
Why would that happen?
00:35:57.56\00:35:59.51
Why don't the wicked just go
over on the other side of the
00:35:59.75\00:36:02.71
earth and say
"We'll stay over here
00:36:02.82\00:36:05.01
and let the
righteous stay over there.
00:36:05.21\00:36:07.04
And we won't bother them and
maybe they won't bother us. "
00:36:07.24\00:36:10.06
Why go up and surround
the city and try to take it?
00:36:11.43\00:36:16.13
Why do that?
00:36:16.77\00:36:18.34
The devil has a master plan.
00:36:19.57\00:36:23.63
You see, when they
came forth from the grave -
00:36:24.13\00:36:29.40
the wicked -
they're not immortal.
00:36:29.60\00:36:32.77
They're mortal...
they're subject to death.
00:36:32.97\00:36:35.99
Back when God created
man in the Garden of Eden
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He put something in
the Garden of Eden called
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the Tree of Life.
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Listen to what it
says here... Genesis 3:22:
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He said "lest man
take... " He put an angel there!
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Put an angel guarding the tree.
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So God made it
impossible for man
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to eat of the Tree of Life.
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You know where the
Tree of Life is now?
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Hmmm? It's in the New Jerusalem.
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And at the end of the
1,000 years the New Jerusalem
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comes back to this earth.
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The devil convinces the wicked
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that if they can
just storm the city,
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get inside, and
eat of the Tree of Life
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they'll live... they'll not die.
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So they go up. Great,
great masses of humanity
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and they surround
the New Jerusalem.
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This is where the scripture
says that the Great White Throne
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Judgment takes place.
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You think
tonight. All of a sudden
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right there, this particular
moment in history or in time
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right there
inside the New Jerusalem
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are all the
righteous that have ever lived.
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Outside the city are all
the wicked that have ever lived.
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So standing there
before God now is all mankind.
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And all of a
sudden God is lifted up
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and the Great White
Throne Judgment takes place.
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Here they stand... all mankind.
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Oh dear friend, tonight
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if your name is in
the Book of Life...
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At this point, if your
name's in the Book of Life,
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Jesus has already
pleaded your case up in heaven
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and you have been
marked as having eternal life.
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They read through the books.
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If you have given
your heart to Jesus Christ,
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Christ has stood up and
said: "Father, I plead My blood
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in behalf of this person.
Give them life eternal. "
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And you have come
forth from the grave immortal
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as the scripture says.
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The wicked?
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The wicked get
up off their knees
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and they try to take the city.
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The wicked go up;
they surround the city.
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Fire is rained down out
of heaven... devours them.
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That New Jerusalem
will ride those flames
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just like the
ark rode the flood.
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Because it says that
this old earth of ours
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will be burned. It says:
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You see, if you know Jesus
Christ tonight as your personal
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Savior, if you've
given your heart to Him,
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then you will only die once.
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You may not die at all
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if you live long
enough to see Jesus come.
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But if you don't,
you will only die once.
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But if you don't
accept Jesus Christ,
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you'll die twice
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'cause you will be resurrected
in the second resurrection
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and you will be
destroyed at the end.
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You will die twice.
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Offers to you
tonight life in Jesus Christ.
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This old earth that
you and I have lived in
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referred to as being
burnt like a lake of fire...
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And the Bible describes
this old earth and its condition
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'cause it talks about it
here in II Peter 3 verse 12:
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So the old earth's
going to be burned, and then
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when it's through
burning the Lord Jesus Christ
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is going to make it brand new.
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And so the Bible tells you and I
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that there are things that
are waiting for the righteous.
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That you and I have a
new world to look forward to.
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Oh, how marvelous it will be!
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Listen... this is
what it tells us about it:
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Brand new earth.
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So you find that
there are five events
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that close the millennium
or the thousand years.
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Those five events are:
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'Cause the
scripture says in Matthew 5:5
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"Blessed are the meek for
they shall inherit the earth. "
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So God gives us a
marvelous promise.
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Time is here. As a boy
as I have mentioned to you
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I was born here. Lived
here until I was 9 years of age.
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My parents told me of an
incident that happened here
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in Chicago. There was a salesman
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from out of town
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that had come here to Chicago.
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Evidently had had a busy day.
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And he checked into a
hotel down on the loop.
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Went to bed tired.
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But about 2 in the morning
he was shaken out of sleep
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by the sound of a siren.
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Jumped up to realize
that the hotel he was in
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was on fire.
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He could hear the sirens.
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He could smell
the smoke and all.
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And he grabbed the
telephone and by some chance
00:45:14.91\00:45:18.31
was able to get an outside
line and called his boss.
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And he told his boss
that he was in this hotel,
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it was on fire, and
he was going to give him
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a moment-by-moment
account of what it was like
00:45:31.87\00:45:35.49
to be in a hotel on fire.
00:45:35.69\00:45:37.83
He said: "This is a
chance for me to give a story
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like no one's ever heard. "
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His boss said: "You get
out of there and you get out
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of there now. "
And he said: "No. "
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He said: "My escape's OK.
I've got it all figured out.
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I'm all right. " And he
began to describe to him
00:45:51.27\00:45:54.06
about the horrors
of a hotel on fire.
00:45:54.26\00:45:56.86
He talked about how the
fire evidently had broken out
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on the second floor
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and how the smoke was
making its way up the stairways
00:46:02.86\00:46:07.45
and up the elevator shafts
and up the laundry chutes.
00:46:07.65\00:46:09.94
He talked about hearing
people run down the hall
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screaming and yelling.
And he said that there were
00:46:14.20\00:46:17.56
people piled up at the
stairway and at the elevator
00:46:17.66\00:46:20.31
shaft where they
had run over one another
00:46:20.41\00:46:22.29
trying to get out of the hotel.
00:46:22.39\00:46:24.08
He talked about how the smoke
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was so bad as it
went down the halls
00:46:27.63\00:46:30.28
and people were
suffocating from the smoke.
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He talked about how the fire,
the heat, was sucking the oxygen
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out of the air and how you
had to bend over just to be able
00:46:37.52\00:46:40.23
to breathe. Described all of
the horrors of a hotel that was
00:46:40.33\00:46:44.32
on fire. Finally the
telephone lines were gone.
00:46:44.42\00:46:48.76
And he went over to the window
to make his way out on the
00:46:49.16\00:46:52.27
fire escape to
take it down to safety.
00:46:52.37\00:46:55.12
Opened the window,
only to find out that
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the fire escape was red hot.
00:46:59.37\00:47:01.09
He shouted to the firemen
below to stretch out their nets,
00:47:02.59\00:47:05.76
that he was going to jump.
00:47:06.06\00:47:07.44
They stretched out
their nets and he jumped...
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but missed the net.
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Dear friend, let
me tell you something.
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I run onto a lot of people
that think they're going to
00:47:17.71\00:47:20.29
hang onto this old
world to the last moment
00:47:20.39\00:47:23.12
and then they're going to jump.
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I have people say:
"Oh, not right now. "
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Let me tell you
something: the Bible says "today
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is the day. "
There's going to be people
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who are going to say:
"Oh, the summer is ended,
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the harvest is
past, we are not saved. "
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Tonight Jesus is inviting you.
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Accept Him as your Savior.
00:47:41.86\00:47:44.36
Give your heart to
Him; prepare for His coming
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as Maddy sings.
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Years have come
and years have gone
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since Jesus went away
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leaving us this promise
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that He'd come again
00:48:04.12\00:48:07.83
some day.
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If you would
take that white card
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that you receive each
evening as you come in...
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If you don't have
one, would you please
00:48:20.61\00:48:23.96
hold up your hand. Our
ushers will give you one.
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We'd like everybody to have it.
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Three questions I'd like for
you to look at with me tonight.
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First question says:
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Dear friend, if you've
been with me from night to night
00:48:40.22\00:48:42.90
we've gone down
through the prophecies
00:48:43.00\00:48:44.86
and you've seen how we've
moved right down to the end
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of time. Certainly
in your heart tonight
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you should
believe that we're living
00:48:49.95\00:48:52.47
at the time of Christ's return.
00:48:52.77\00:48:55.00
Put a check by #1.
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Second question says:
00:48:57.68\00:48:59.58
Tonight if you do not know Jesus
Christ as your personal Savior
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I would like to
invite you to accept Him.
00:49:06.82\00:49:09.12
Just to reach
out in faith tonight
00:49:09.32\00:49:11.04
and accept Him as
your personal Savior.
00:49:11.25\00:49:13.20
Put a check by #2 on that card.
00:49:13.30\00:49:16.05
Third question says:
00:49:17.04\00:49:18.58
If you have given
your heart to Jesus Christ
00:49:23.30\00:49:25.74
and you need to follow Him
in baptism, check that card.
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If you'd like to be
re-baptized check that card.
00:49:30.06\00:49:32.36
Take that step
following Him in baptism.
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Put your name,
your address on it.
00:49:37.63\00:49:40.12
Fill it out as Maddy sings.
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What if this would be the year
00:49:42.47\00:49:48.10
that Jesus comes?
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The year that we've been
00:49:53.44\00:49:56.26
waiting for so long.
00:49:56.46\00:50:02.39
We wouldn't have much time
00:50:02.69\00:50:07.98
to get our
00:50:08.28\00:50:09.95
loved ones won
00:50:10.15\00:50:15.67
if this would be
00:50:16.26\00:50:19.37
the year that Jesus
00:50:19.57\00:50:24.70
comes.
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Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
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Father, we thank you so much
00:50:34.69\00:50:36.39
for Jesus, for His love and
for His care over our lives.
00:50:37.35\00:50:41.44
We pray that You
will bless each one here
00:50:42.28\00:50:44.81
that their hearts
may be surrendered to You
00:50:45.64\00:50:48.12
and that they might be
among those that will look up
00:50:48.52\00:50:53.43
into the heavens and will
say: "Lo, this is our God.
00:50:53.53\00:50:56.97
We have waited for
Him and He'll save us. "
00:50:57.27\00:50:59.88
For all the things that
You do for each one of us
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we give to You honor and glory
and praise in Christ's name.
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