Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven,
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what a privilege it
is to call You Father,
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the only, fully
and completely faithful
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Father in the universe.
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Thank you for
being a wonderful Father,
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for giving us Your word.
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A sure guide in the
world that is so confused,
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the religious world
that is so confused.
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We ask as we study the
subject of the millennium
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that Your Holy
Spirit will be here to guide
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our thoughts,
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that we might
understand the message
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that You have for us
in this particular moment.
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We thank You for
the privilege of prayer
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and thank you for answering us
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus,
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amen.
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Revelation 19:11-21
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describes the Second Coming
of Jesus Christ to this earth.
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He is described as a
rider on a white horse,
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followed by all of
the armies of heaven.
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By this time,
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what has happened is
that much of the population
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of the earth has been destroyed
by the seven last plagues.
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When Jesus actually arrives,
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there is only a
small remnant to destroy.
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And this takes us to
the text where we find this,
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Revelation 19:21.
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It says there, "And The Rest..."
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The word "Rest" is
the Greek word loipos,
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which means
those who are leftover,
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it's a remnant word.
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In other words, the
wicked that are left
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after the
devastation of the plagues,
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"...were slain "with
the sword which proceeded
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from the mouth of Him
who sat on the horse."
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So, in other words,
at the Second Coming,
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all of the wicked are destroyed,
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the ones who remain
after the outpouring
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of the seven last plagues,
and the Second Coming of Jesus.
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Now, we find the
millennial passage
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in Revelation 20:1
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through Revelation 21:8.
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And I want to underline
that this passage of scripture,
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this portion of scripture,
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is not in chronological order.
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In other words, even though
the millennium is described
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from Revelation 20:1,
through Revelation 21:8,
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the events that are described
are not in chronological order.
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In fact, we're going to find
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that in this
portion of scripture,
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there are four
repetitive cycles.
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In other words,
the same material
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is repeated four times,
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not in linear fashion
but in cyclical fashion.
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It's kind of like Daniel
2 is repeated in Daniel 7,
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is repeated in Daniel 8 and 9,
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is repeated in Daniel 11 and 12.
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Each time adding details
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that you don't find
in the previous outline.
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So we're gonna find in
our study of this millennial,
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a portion of scripture
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that there are
four repetitive cycles
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that describe
events before, during,
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and after the millennium,
after the thousand years.
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Each of those
cycles has a specific focus
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on specific emphasis.
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Let me mention as we begin
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the verses where
those four cycles are found.
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The first cycle
is Revelation 20:1-3.
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The center of focus or
the emphasis in these verses
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is upon what will
happen with Satan before,
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during, and
after the millennium.
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And what will happen
with the earth before, during,
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and after the millennium.
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So in other words,
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they takes us full cycle before,
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during and after,
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but the center of
emphasis is Satan and the Earth.
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The second
passage, cyclical passage
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is Revelation 20:4-10.
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Once again,
events at the beginning,
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during and at the
end of the millennium
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are described.
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But this time,
the center of emphasis
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is not Satan and the Earth,
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the center of
emphasis is upon the saints,
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upon the righteous.
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What happens with the
righteous at the beginning,
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during and after the millennium?
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The third cycle that we
find in the millennial passage
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is in Revelation 20:1,
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through Revelation 21:1.
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Actually, the
Revelation 20:11, not 20:1,
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it's a misprint on my computer,
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through Revelation 21:1
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is the third cycle.
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And the emphasis in this cycle
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is upon the
judgment of the wicked.
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It also describes
events before the millennium,
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during the millennium,
and after the millennium,
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but the emphasis is upon
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the judgment of
the wicked on Earth.
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The final cycle
is Revelation 21:2-8.
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And the center of focus there
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is upon life in
the holy city with God.
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What will life be like
with God in the holy city,
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the New Jerusalem?
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So those are the
four repetitive cycles,
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each with a different emphasis.
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But, when you put
them all together,
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they complement one another.
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Now, let's go
to our first cycle.
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Revelation 20:1-3.
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It says here in Revelation 20:1,
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that, "A powerful
angel descends from heaven
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with the key to
the bottomless pit
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and a chain in his hand."
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This happens at the
beginning of the millennium.
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And the reason he comes down is
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that he is going to bind Satan
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to this Earth for 1,000 years.
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Now the translation
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of the King James
and New King James,
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which is the bottomless pit,
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is not really
the best translation.
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It's the Greek word "Abussos."
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The equivalent word in
Hebrew is the word "Tehom."
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And we know that in Hebrew,
the equivalent word is Tehom.
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Because in the Greek translation
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of the Old Testament,
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in Genesis 1:2,
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the word is translated Abussos.
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The word that is
translated deep in Genesis 1:2
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is translated Abussos.
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The same word
of Revelation 20:1.
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So, in order to
know what the Abussos is,
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what the Abyss is,
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we need to go
back to Genesis 1:2.
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What was the condition
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of the Earth
before creation week?
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Genesis 1:2 tells us,
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"The Earth was without form,
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and void.
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Void means empty,
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and darkness was on
the face of the deep.
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And the Spirit
of God was hovering
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over the face of the waters."
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Once again, the
Greek translation,
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the word deep, is Abussos,
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the same word that
appears in Revelation 20:1-3.
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That's why we know
that Tehom and Abussos
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are equivalent in
different languages.
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Now, what is it that reduces
the Earth to this condition
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without form and
void and in darkness?
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There are two things
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that are going to return
the Earth to this condition.
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Number 1, the seven plagues
of Revelation Chapter 16.
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You see the plagues are
going to afflict everything
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that God made at creation.
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The planet will
return to darkness,
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because the heavenly bodies
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will be moved
out of their places
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by the voice of God
according to Matthew 24:30.
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The surface of the earth...
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According to Isaiah 24,
will be totally broken up.
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The sun, moon and stars
will be moved from their place.
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Jesus said, the
powers that rule the heavens
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will be moved from their places
in Early Writings, page 41,
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Ellen White states
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that they will be
moved out of their places,
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out of their orbits,
but they will not disappear.
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The intense heat
of the fourth plague
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will destroy all
of the vegetation.
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The water of the seas,
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and of the fresh waters
will be turned into blood.
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All the fish will die.
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All the birds will die.
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All human beings will die.
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And the earth will
return to an empty,
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disorderly and
lifeless condition,
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as it was before creation week.
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That is denoted
by the word Abussos,
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Tehom in Genesis 1:2.
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Now, let's read
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what the Old
Testament prophets tell us
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concerning the
condition of the Earth
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at the Second Coming of Christ.
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Jeremiah 4:19-26.
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Jeremiah 4:19-26
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gives us a
description of the Second Coming
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and what will
happen to the Earth.
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"O my soul, my soul!
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I am pained in my very heart!"
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Jeremiah saying.
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"My heart makes a
noise in me," in other words,
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his heart is beating very fast.
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"I cannot hold my peace,
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because you have
heard, O my soul,
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the sound of the trumpet..."
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There's a trumpet
sound when Jesus comes?
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Yes.
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"...the alarm of war."
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Does Jesus come to
make war on the wicked?
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Yes. In Revelation 19.
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It says, "In
righteousness, He makes war."
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A battle of Armageddon.
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And so it
continues saying in verse 20,
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"Destruction upon
destruction is cried,
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for the whole land is plundered.
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Suddenly my tents are plundered,
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and my curtains in a moment.
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How long will I see the standard
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and hear the
sound of the trumpet?
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For My people are
foolish, they have not known Me.
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They are silly children,
and they have no understanding.
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They are wise to do
evil, but to do good,
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they have no knowledge."
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And then notice He
describes the Earth
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because of the wickedness
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of the inhabitants of the Earth.
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He describes in verse
23, "I beheld the earth,
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and indeed it was without
form, and void, and the heavens,
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they had no light."
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Is that the
condition of the Earth
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before creation week?
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Yes.
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Verse 24, "I
beheld the mountains,
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and indeed they trembled,
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and all the hills
moved back and forth.
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I beheld, and
indeed there was..."
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what?
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"...there was no man,
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and all the birds of
the heavens had fled.
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I beheld, and
indeed the fruitful land
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was a wilderness,
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and all its
cities were broken down
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at the presence of the
Lord, by His fierce anger."
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That's what's gonna happen
as a result of the plagues
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in the Second Coming.
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And yet, the next verse,
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verse 27 tells us
that this is not the end,
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because they're
still 1,000 years
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after the Earth
returns to this condition.
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It says in Jeremiah
4:27, "For thus says the Lord:
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'The whole land
shall be desolate;
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yet I will not make a full end.'
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" Because there are
still events to occur
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during the millennium
and after the millennium.
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Let's read another
passage that describes
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the condition of the Earth
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when Jesus comes and as
a result of the plagues.
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Jeremiah 25:30-38.
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Jeremiah 25:30-38,
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"Therefore prophesy
against them all these words,
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and say to them:
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'The Lord will
roar from on high,
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and utter His voice
from His holy habitation;
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He will roar
mightily against His fold.
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He will give a shout,'"
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does Jesus give a
shout when He comes back?
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He will come with a shout,
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according to
First Thessalonians 4.
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So it says, "He
will give a shout,
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as those who tread the grapes,
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against all the
inhabitants of the earth."
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If you read
Revelation 19, it says,
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that the one on the white horse
comes to trample the winepress.
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That's the connection here.
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Verse 31.
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Verse 31, it says there,
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"A noise will come to
the ends of the earth,
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for the Lord has a
controversy with the nations.
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He will plead His
case with all flesh.
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He will give those who
are wicked to the sword."
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Remember that out of His
mouth comes a sharp sword
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in Revelation 19:21?
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There you have all
kinds of connections
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with the Second Coming passage.
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Verse 32, "Thus
says the Lord of hosts:
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'Behold, disaster shall go
forth from nation to nation,
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and a great
whirlwind shall be raised up
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from the farthest
parts of the earth.
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And at that day,
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the slain of the Lord
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shall be from
one end of the earth
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even to the
other end of the earth.
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They shall not be lamented,
or gathered, or buried;
00:14:42.54\00:14:46.61
they shall become
refuse on the ground.'
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" No one to bury
those who are destroyed.
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The winepress which
represents the wicked.
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Let's read Isaiah 24:1-6.
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Once again, the Second
Coming is described here.
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"The land shall
be utterly emptied
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and utterly plundered,
00:15:06.94\00:15:08.67
for the Lord has
spoken this word.
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The earth mourns and fades away,
00:15:11.41\00:15:14.41
the earth
languishes and fades away;
00:15:14.44\00:15:17.51
the haughty people
of the earth languish."
00:15:17.55\00:15:20.52
And now notice
why this happened.
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"The earth is also
defiled under its inhabitants,
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because they have
transgressed the laws,
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change the ordinance..."
00:15:30.93\00:15:32.59
I have a whole presentation
just on changing the ordinance.
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It's the same
00:15:35.50\00:15:36.83
as what the
little horn tried to do
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to change the law of
God, particularly the Sabbath.
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You can find it on YouTube.
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"The earth is also
defiled under its inhabitants,
00:15:44.77\00:15:47.28
because they have
transgressed the laws,
00:15:47.31\00:15:48.94
changed the ordinance,
00:15:48.98\00:15:50.31
broken the everlasting covenant.
00:15:50.35\00:15:53.01
Therefore the curse
has devoured the Earth,
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and those who dwell
in it are desolate."
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And now notice.
00:15:58.22\00:15:59.55
"Therefore the inhabitants
of the earth are burned,
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and few men are left..."
00:16:04.03\00:16:07.20
Who are the ones who are left?
00:16:07.23\00:16:10.13
Who are the few that are left?
00:16:10.17\00:16:12.40
The righteous, not the wicked,
00:16:12.43\00:16:15.10
because the Second Coming
destroys all of the wicked.
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Then it continues saying,
"The earth is violently broken,
00:16:18.41\00:16:21.98
the Earth is split open,
00:16:22.01\00:16:24.15
the Earth is shaken exceedingly.
00:16:24.18\00:16:26.75
The Earth shall reel to
and fro like a drunkard,
00:16:26.78\00:16:30.35
and shall totter like a hut;
00:16:30.39\00:16:32.85
its transgression
shall be heavy upon it,
00:16:32.89\00:16:35.52
and it will fall,
and not rise again."
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What condition will the Earth
be in during the millennium?
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It'll be a beautiful paradise
00:16:43.10\00:16:45.73
that everybody will
want to live in, right?
00:16:45.77\00:16:49.64
It will be inhospitable,
00:16:49.67\00:16:53.14
uninhabitable,
00:16:53.17\00:16:55.94
without form, and
void, and darkness broken up.
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Everything that
God made in creation
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will have been destroyed.
00:17:01.48\00:17:04.92
And then what
is God going to do?
00:17:04.95\00:17:06.62
Revelation 20:2-3.
00:17:06.65\00:17:08.86
Now we found the
condition of the Earth.
00:17:08.89\00:17:10.69
Now we're gonna see what's
gonna happen with the devil.
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"He laid hold of the dragon,
00:17:13.86\00:17:16.90
that serpent of old,
00:17:16.93\00:17:19.27
who is the Devil and Satan,
00:17:19.30\00:17:21.47
and bound him for a 1,000 years,
00:17:21.50\00:17:24.57
and cast him into
the bottomless pit,"
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that is the Abussos,
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the Earth without form,
and void, and in darkness.
00:17:27.84\00:17:31.71
"He cast him into
the bottomless pit,
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and shut him up,
00:17:34.08\00:17:36.35
and set a seal on him."
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For what purpose?
00:17:40.12\00:17:41.92
Why is he changed?
00:17:41.96\00:17:43.46
What does it mean
that he's changed?
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Here comes the explanation.
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"So that..."
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What?
00:17:49.50\00:17:51.27
"...He should deceive
the nations no more..."
00:17:51.30\00:17:55.07
So what does that
mean that he's bound,
00:17:55.10\00:17:56.74
that he can't, what?
00:17:56.77\00:17:58.47
That he can't
deceive the nations.
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Till when?
00:18:01.58\00:18:03.04
"...Till the
thousand years were finished.
00:18:03.08\00:18:05.08
But after these
things he must be released
00:18:05.11\00:18:08.95
for a little while."
00:18:08.98\00:18:10.32
God will bind Satan on earth
that is in pre-creation, chaos,
00:18:13.12\00:18:19.13
emptiness and disorder.
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Human beings could not
live here during this period.
00:18:21.83\00:18:25.67
There's no
vegetation, fish are dead,
00:18:25.70\00:18:27.87
all of the birds are dead.
00:18:27.90\00:18:30.57
There's darkness,
it's uninhabitable.
00:18:30.61\00:18:35.34
The heavenly bodies have
been moved out of their places.
00:18:35.38\00:18:39.45
And Satan will be
forced to remain on this Earth.
00:18:39.48\00:18:43.92
Change to this Earth,
00:18:43.95\00:18:45.52
he will not be able to
deceive the nations anymore.
00:18:45.55\00:18:51.39
Now, what does it
mean that he's changed
00:18:51.43\00:18:54.86
and he won't be able
deceive the nations anymore?
00:18:54.90\00:18:58.80
Why won't he be able to
deceive the nations anymore?
00:18:58.83\00:19:02.10
Well, we still have
to take a look at that.
00:19:02.14\00:19:05.04
So the first cycle ends.
00:19:05.07\00:19:07.18
Do we find out
00:19:07.21\00:19:08.54
what the Earth is gonna
be like at the beginning,
00:19:08.58\00:19:10.35
during and at the
close of the millennium?
00:19:10.38\00:19:13.45
Do we find that in this passage?
00:19:13.48\00:19:15.38
Do we find what's gonna
happen with Satan before,
00:19:15.42\00:19:18.39
during and at the
end of the millennium?
00:19:18.42\00:19:20.46
Yes.
00:19:20.49\00:19:21.82
What is the central
focus in these verses?
00:19:21.86\00:19:24.13
The Earth and Satan.
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But questions remain
after you read the first cycle.
00:19:27.96\00:19:32.53
What happened to the
righteous during this period?
00:19:32.57\00:19:35.30
There's no mention.
00:19:35.34\00:19:37.84
Were the righteous in heaven
or on earth during this period?
00:19:37.87\00:19:42.64
What did the righteous do
during the thousand years?
00:19:42.68\00:19:46.78
What does it mean
to bind and unbind?
00:19:46.82\00:19:50.52
What happened to
the wicked persons
00:19:50.55\00:19:52.39
who died at the Second Coming?
00:19:52.42\00:19:55.29
In what sense was Satan
not able to deceive the nations
00:19:55.32\00:19:59.46
after the thousand years?
00:19:59.49\00:20:00.83
And what does it mean
00:20:00.86\00:20:02.20
that he will be
released a little while
00:20:02.23\00:20:03.83
after the thousand years?
00:20:03.87\00:20:05.20
Released to do what?
00:20:05.23\00:20:08.97
When the first cycle ends,
00:20:09.00\00:20:11.54
you have a bunch of
questions that are not answered.
00:20:11.57\00:20:15.41
So now we go to
the second cycle.
00:20:15.44\00:20:18.25
Now we're going to discover
some things about the righteous
00:20:18.28\00:20:22.12
at the beginning,
00:20:22.15\00:20:23.49
during and at the
conclusion of the millennium.
00:20:23.52\00:20:26.09
See, there's something
very important here, folks.
00:20:26.12\00:20:30.33
Studying Daniel, Revelation,
00:20:30.36\00:20:32.39
especially
Revelation is very tricky.
00:20:32.43\00:20:37.00
God's not trying to trick us.
00:20:37.03\00:20:39.73
But God has inspired the prophet
00:20:39.77\00:20:43.27
to compose a masterpiece,
00:20:43.30\00:20:45.64
that you must decode
not only with symbols,
00:20:45.67\00:20:48.61
you must decode the structure,
00:20:48.64\00:20:52.11
how events are organized,
00:20:52.15\00:20:54.38
what the chronological
sequence of those events are.
00:20:54.42\00:20:58.55
I did a series a while ago.
00:20:58.59\00:21:01.36
It's in a syllabus called
"The Wise Shall Understand."
00:21:01.39\00:21:05.03
Where I deal with various
00:21:05.06\00:21:06.39
structural
matters of Revelation,
00:21:06.43\00:21:08.33
where there are cycles,
00:21:08.36\00:21:10.20
where there are
repetitions, etc.
00:21:10.23\00:21:12.77
If you don't grasp that,
you will be so messed up,
00:21:12.80\00:21:15.77
you don't know
what planet you're on.
00:21:15.80\00:21:17.97
And obviously, I'm
speaking, hyperbolically.
00:21:18.01\00:21:22.71
So let's go to the second cycle.
00:21:22.74\00:21:26.05
The second cycle
deals with what will happen
00:21:26.08\00:21:28.02
to the saints before,
during and after the millennium.
00:21:28.05\00:21:31.92
Revelation 20:4,
00:21:31.95\00:21:34.62
"I saw thrones,
and they sat on them,
00:21:34.66\00:21:39.16
and judgment was
committed to them."
00:21:39.19\00:21:40.90
Oh, now we discover
something interesting.
00:21:40.93\00:21:44.63
What are God's
people gonna be doing?
00:21:44.67\00:21:47.67
Judgment was committed to them.
00:21:47.70\00:21:51.57
"Then I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded
00:21:51.61\00:21:54.38
for their witness to
Jesus and for the Word of God,
00:21:54.41\00:21:57.51
who had not worship
the beast or his image,
00:21:57.55\00:21:59.75
and had not received his mark
00:21:59.78\00:22:01.12
on their foreheads
or on their hands."
00:22:01.15\00:22:03.55
So these are dead people, right?
00:22:03.59\00:22:05.15
They died during
the trial of beast,
00:22:05.19\00:22:07.76
his image and his mark,
00:22:07.79\00:22:09.22
and then it says,
"And they lived..."
00:22:09.26\00:22:12.63
So are they gonna resurrect?
00:22:12.66\00:22:15.50
Are the righteous
going to resurrect?
00:22:15.53\00:22:17.20
Yes.
00:22:17.23\00:22:18.57
"And they lived..."
00:22:18.60\00:22:19.93
And what did they do?
00:22:19.97\00:22:21.30
"...they reigned with
Christ for thousand years."
00:22:21.34\00:22:24.71
So what's gonna
happen with the righteous
00:22:24.74\00:22:26.27
during the thousand years?
00:22:26.31\00:22:28.68
They're gonna be...
00:22:28.71\00:22:31.18
Judgment is gonna
be committed to them,
00:22:31.21\00:22:33.62
and they are going to
live and reign with Christ
00:22:33.65\00:22:37.39
for thousand years.
00:22:37.42\00:22:39.25
Now, verse 6 of Revelation 20
00:22:39.29\00:22:42.19
refers to this resurrection
of those who were beheaded
00:22:42.22\00:22:45.86
because of their
trials over the beast,
00:22:45.89\00:22:47.50
the image and his mark,
00:22:47.53\00:22:49.33
calls this resurrection
the first resurrection.
00:22:49.36\00:22:53.90
It says there
in Revelation 20:6.
00:22:53.94\00:22:56.50
"Blessed and holy
00:22:56.54\00:22:57.94
is he who has part in
the first resurrection."
00:22:57.97\00:23:00.94
So who resurrects in
the first resurrection,
00:23:00.98\00:23:02.91
the righteous or the wicked?
00:23:02.94\00:23:05.01
The righteous.
00:23:05.05\00:23:06.38
Do they resurrect
before the millennium,
00:23:06.41\00:23:08.12
or during the millennium,
or after the millennium?
00:23:08.15\00:23:11.45
They resurrect before...
00:23:11.49\00:23:12.82
Well, they reign
with Jesus thousand years,
00:23:12.85\00:23:14.22
so they must have
resurrected before.
00:23:14.26\00:23:16.93
And they've given
a work of judgment,
00:23:16.96\00:23:18.43
so they must
have been resurrected
00:23:18.46\00:23:19.86
before they were
committed the judgment.
00:23:19.89\00:23:22.93
So the first resurrection
is before the thousand years.
00:23:22.96\00:23:25.30
So it says, "Blessed and holy
00:23:25.33\00:23:27.00
is he who is part of
the first resurrection.
00:23:27.04\00:23:29.37
Over such the second
death has no power..."
00:23:29.40\00:23:32.31
Over whom does the
second death have power?
00:23:32.34\00:23:35.34
Over the wicked.
00:23:35.38\00:23:36.75
And when do they
suffer second death?
00:23:36.78\00:23:39.18
After the
millennium, we're gonna notice.
00:23:39.21\00:23:42.25
And then it says, "...but
they shall be priests of God..."
00:23:42.28\00:23:45.72
that's
significant, "...and of Christ,
00:23:45.75\00:23:47.92
and shall reign
with Him thousand years."
00:23:47.96\00:23:52.16
Now, let's go to 1st
Thessalonians 4:16-17.
00:23:52.19\00:23:57.93
And will notice that
at the Second Coming,
00:23:57.97\00:23:59.57
Jesus does not touch the Earth.
00:23:59.60\00:24:01.44
He is going to take
His people to heaven,
00:24:01.47\00:24:03.44
which means that they
are going to reign, where?
00:24:03.47\00:24:07.01
In heaven.
00:24:07.04\00:24:08.71
And the judgment
they are going to perform
00:24:08.74\00:24:10.61
is gonna be performed where?
00:24:10.65\00:24:12.95
In heaven.
00:24:12.98\00:24:14.32
Because the Earth
00:24:14.35\00:24:17.29
is not a place
that can be inhabited,
00:24:17.32\00:24:19.52
according to what we noticed.
00:24:19.55\00:24:21.72
Is Jesus gonna take His people
to heaven at the Second Coming?
00:24:21.76\00:24:25.26
Yes.
00:24:25.29\00:24:26.63
1st Thessalonians 4:16.
00:24:26.66\00:24:28.36
"For the Lord
Himself will descend
00:24:28.40\00:24:29.73
from heaven with a shout,
00:24:29.76\00:24:31.10
with the voice of an archangel,
and with the trumpet of God.
00:24:31.13\00:24:34.17
And the dead in
Christ will rise first."
00:24:34.20\00:24:36.91
See, first resurrection,
the dead in Christ rise first.
00:24:36.94\00:24:41.71
"Then we who are
alive and remain..."
00:24:41.74\00:24:44.51
some people aren't
gonna die before Jesus comes,
00:24:44.55\00:24:46.82
"...shall be caught up..."
00:24:46.85\00:24:48.18
See, these doesn't come down.
00:24:48.22\00:24:49.55
"...shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
00:24:49.58\00:24:51.99
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:24:52.02\00:24:54.92
And thus we shall
always be with the Lord."
00:24:54.96\00:24:58.29
So does Jesus come down
all the way down to the Earth,
00:24:58.33\00:25:00.60
that is Second Coming?
00:25:00.63\00:25:02.23
No.
00:25:02.26\00:25:03.60
His people are caught up.
00:25:03.63\00:25:05.77
Did Jesus
promised to take His people
00:25:05.80\00:25:07.34
to His Father's house?
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.20
Where does the Father live?
00:25:09.24\00:25:11.64
We pray Our Father
which art everywhere.
00:25:11.67\00:25:14.94
That's not what we pray.
00:25:14.98\00:25:16.54
We pray Our Father
which art in heaven.
00:25:16.58\00:25:20.45
God, the Father lives in heaven.
00:25:20.48\00:25:21.82
We already noticed
that He's not coming
00:25:21.85\00:25:23.18
at the Second Coming.
00:25:23.22\00:25:24.55
He's gonna welcome us
at the gates to the city.
00:25:24.59\00:25:28.59
We studied that.
00:25:28.62\00:25:31.09
And so in John
14:1-3, once again,
00:25:31.13\00:25:33.63
we're told that the righteous
will be taken to heaven
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.83
at the Second Coming.
00:25:35.86\00:25:37.20
They're not gonna
be living on the Earth,
00:25:37.23\00:25:39.00
they're gonna be in heaven.
00:25:39.03\00:25:41.07
John 14:1-3 says,
00:25:41.10\00:25:42.44
"Let not your heart be troubled;
00:25:42.47\00:25:43.97
you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
00:25:44.01\00:25:46.01
In My Father's
house are many mansions;
00:25:46.04\00:25:48.14
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:25:48.18\00:25:50.21
I go to prepare a place for you.
00:25:50.25\00:25:53.01
And if I go..."
00:25:53.05\00:25:54.42
He's going to happen, right?
00:25:54.45\00:25:55.95
"And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
00:25:55.98\00:25:58.35
I will come again and receive
you to Myself that where I am,
00:25:58.39\00:26:02.49
there you may be also."
00:26:02.52\00:26:03.86
And He said to
Peter, where I'm going,
00:26:03.89\00:26:05.59
you can't follow Me now,
but you will follow Me later.
00:26:05.63\00:26:10.67
Obviously, the
righteous are taken to heaven
00:26:10.70\00:26:13.34
at the Second Coming.
00:26:13.37\00:26:14.70
They're gonna reign in heaven
00:26:14.74\00:26:16.07
and they are going
to judge in heaven.
00:26:16.10\00:26:17.84
Is that clear?
00:26:17.87\00:26:19.27
The Bible is
clear on that point.
00:26:19.31\00:26:22.11
Notice
Revelation 20:4, once again.
00:26:22.14\00:26:27.18
"I saw thrones, and
they sat on them..."
00:26:27.22\00:26:30.02
These are judgment
thrones, by the way.
00:26:30.05\00:26:32.72
"...and judgment
was committed to them.
00:26:32.75\00:26:35.92
Then I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded
00:26:35.96\00:26:38.13
for the witness to
Jesus and for the word of God,
00:26:38.16\00:26:40.40
who had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
00:26:40.43\00:26:42.40
and had not received
his mark on their foreheads
00:26:42.43\00:26:44.07
or on their hands.
00:26:44.10\00:26:45.43
And they lived and
reigned with Christ
00:26:45.47\00:26:47.60
for a thousand years."
00:26:47.64\00:26:48.97
So, now the question is,
00:26:49.00\00:26:50.81
who are the
righteous going to judge
00:26:50.84\00:26:53.58
while they are in heaven?
00:26:53.61\00:26:55.78
Obviously, they cannot
be judging the righteous
00:26:55.81\00:26:58.11
because the writers have
already been judged before
00:26:58.15\00:27:00.28
the Second Coming,
00:27:00.32\00:27:01.65
and Jesus came to get
them and they are in heaven.
00:27:01.68\00:27:05.42
They cannot be judging
the loyal, faithful angels,
00:27:05.45\00:27:08.99
because the faithful
angels don't need any judgment.
00:27:09.02\00:27:11.53
You don't have to
examine their lives
00:27:11.56\00:27:13.70
to see if they're
worthy to be in heaven.
00:27:13.73\00:27:16.36
So that doesn't
leave us very many options.
00:27:16.40\00:27:19.63
The Apostle Paul in
1st Corinthians 6:1-3...
00:27:19.67\00:27:23.54
1st Corinthians 6:1-3
00:27:23.57\00:27:26.31
tells us
explicitly whom the righteous
00:27:26.34\00:27:30.38
will judge during
the thousand years.
00:27:30.41\00:27:33.45
Apostle Paul here
speaking about church members
00:27:33.48\00:27:35.78
suing church members,
which should never happen,
00:27:35.82\00:27:39.99
but it happens, unfortunately.
00:27:40.02\00:27:42.92
1st Corinthians 6:1
says, "Dare any of you,
00:27:42.96\00:27:47.63
having a matter against another,
00:27:47.66\00:27:49.53
go to law
before the unrighteous,
00:27:49.56\00:27:51.50
and not before the saints?"
00:27:51.53\00:27:54.37
Do you not know that the
saints will judge the world?
00:27:54.40\00:27:58.44
Excuse me.
00:27:58.47\00:28:00.21
This...
00:28:00.24\00:28:01.58
I thought God was
gonna judge the world.
00:28:01.61\00:28:03.95
The saints will judge the world.
00:28:03.98\00:28:07.08
The word World here refers
00:28:07.12\00:28:08.78
to the wicked
inhabitants of the world.
00:28:08.82\00:28:12.89
We say we're not
supposed to be worldly.
00:28:12.92\00:28:16.73
That means that we're not
supposed to have the lifestyle
00:28:16.76\00:28:19.53
and we're not supposed to
live as world things live.
00:28:19.56\00:28:22.43
So when it says though,
00:28:22.46\00:28:23.80
the saints will judge the world,
00:28:23.83\00:28:25.23
it speaking about the
wicked people in the world,
00:28:25.27\00:28:27.34
but not only will
God's people judge the world,
00:28:27.37\00:28:30.64
the wicked who have
remained on earth, dead.
00:28:30.67\00:28:34.11
They continue saying,
00:28:34.14\00:28:35.78
"Do you not know that the saints
00:28:35.81\00:28:37.15
will judge the world?
00:28:37.18\00:28:38.51
And if the world
will be judged by you,
00:28:38.55\00:28:40.95
are you unworthy to
judge the smallest matters?"
00:28:40.98\00:28:42.98
In other words,
00:28:43.02\00:28:44.35
if you can't settle
your little differences here,
00:28:44.39\00:28:46.05
how do you think
you're gonna judge the world?
00:28:46.09\00:28:49.06
Verse 3, "Do you not know
that we shall judge angels?
00:28:49.09\00:28:54.93
How much more, things
that pertain to this life?"
00:28:54.96\00:28:58.33
Wow!
00:28:58.37\00:29:00.04
God's saints are
gonna judge, what?
00:29:00.07\00:29:02.74
Angels.
00:29:02.77\00:29:04.11
Which angels?
00:29:04.14\00:29:06.78
The good angels?
00:29:06.81\00:29:08.58
It has to be the wicked angels.
00:29:08.61\00:29:11.21
So Revelation 20 says
00:29:11.25\00:29:13.08
that judgment is
committed to God's people.
00:29:13.11\00:29:15.65
The Apostle Paul
explains, who's gonna be judged,
00:29:15.68\00:29:19.52
the wicked and angels
who have been left behind.
00:29:19.55\00:29:25.29
Now known as in Revelation 20:6.
00:29:25.33\00:29:28.66
It says, "Blessed and holy
00:29:28.70\00:29:31.07
is he who has a part
in the first resurrection.
00:29:31.10\00:29:33.77
Over such the
second death has no power,
00:29:33.80\00:29:36.07
but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ,
00:29:36.10\00:29:38.24
and shall reign with
Him for a thousand years.
00:29:38.27\00:29:42.98
Now, if you read verse 4,
00:29:43.01\00:29:49.48
through verse 6,
00:29:49.52\00:29:51.09
you're gonna find a problem.
00:29:51.12\00:29:54.36
You're gonna find that
you give the impression
00:29:54.39\00:29:58.16
that it's the wicked
00:29:58.19\00:30:00.03
who resurrect in
the first resurrection.
00:30:00.06\00:30:05.60
You read that passage,
00:30:05.63\00:30:06.97
it appears to
say that the wicked
00:30:07.00\00:30:09.24
are the ones that are raised
in the first resurrection.
00:30:09.27\00:30:12.04
But we already
noticed in verse 4,
00:30:12.07\00:30:14.11
that it's the
righteous that are raised
00:30:14.14\00:30:15.64
in the first resurrection.
00:30:15.68\00:30:17.71
And we've noticed in
verse 6 that it's the righteous
00:30:17.75\00:30:20.58
who resurrected
the first resurrection.
00:30:20.62\00:30:23.22
So what do you do
00:30:23.25\00:30:24.75
with the little
parenthetical remark that says,
00:30:24.79\00:30:29.72
but the rest of the
dead did not leave again
00:30:29.76\00:30:33.19
until the thousand
years were finished.
00:30:33.23\00:30:35.16
Who are the rest of the
dead that do not live again
00:30:35.20\00:30:39.83
until the thousand
years are finished?
00:30:39.87\00:30:42.80
It has to be the wicked.
00:30:42.84\00:30:45.17
The reason I already gave you.
00:30:45.21\00:30:48.48
Incidentally, that expression,
00:30:48.51\00:30:50.15
but the rest of the
dead did not live again
00:30:50.18\00:30:51.75
until the thousand
years were finished,
00:30:51.78\00:30:53.55
that needs to be
put in parentheses.
00:30:53.58\00:30:56.72
It breaks the flow of thought.
00:30:56.75\00:30:59.62
And when you understand
that, it's an explanatory note,
00:30:59.65\00:31:02.39
you don't read it consecutively
00:31:02.42\00:31:03.96
with what comes in those verses.
00:31:03.99\00:31:05.79
Immediately, you
understand that John is saying,
00:31:05.83\00:31:08.50
"Well, let me tell
you something about
00:31:08.53\00:31:09.86
what's gonna happen
with the rest of the dead
00:31:09.90\00:31:11.23
who don't resurrect in
the first resurrection."
00:31:11.27\00:31:15.80
We have a punctuation problem.
00:31:15.84\00:31:17.17
You say, "Well, Pastor,
00:31:17.21\00:31:18.54
you're changing the
punctuation of the Bible."
00:31:18.57\00:31:20.98
Well, punctuation,
00:31:21.01\00:31:22.34
there is no
punctuation in the originals.
00:31:22.38\00:31:25.11
So the
translators put punctuation
00:31:25.15\00:31:26.92
where they feel
that it's needed.
00:31:26.95\00:31:28.32
And by the way, the
New International Version
00:31:28.35\00:31:31.09
places parentheses
00:31:31.12\00:31:32.45
around the rest of
dead did not live again
00:31:32.49\00:31:34.29
until the thousand
years were finished.
00:31:34.32\00:31:36.56
They recognized that there
is a parenthetical statement.
00:31:36.59\00:31:40.30
Now let's understand
what second death is.
00:31:40.33\00:31:43.50
Very simple.
00:31:43.53\00:31:45.90
Everyone in this
world has lived once, right?
00:31:45.93\00:31:52.77
If before Jesus comes, we die,
00:31:52.81\00:31:56.58
that will be our first death.
00:31:56.61\00:32:00.02
When Jesus comes,
00:32:00.05\00:32:01.45
if we receive
Jesus as Savior and Lord,
00:32:01.48\00:32:04.49
we will resurrect in
the first resurrection,
00:32:04.52\00:32:08.32
and we will not
suffer second death.
00:32:08.36\00:32:11.89
In other words,
once we resurrect,
00:32:11.93\00:32:13.93
we will live forever
not so with the wicked.
00:32:13.96\00:32:18.47
The wicked also live their life,
00:32:18.50\00:32:20.57
here, in first
line, so to speak.
00:32:20.60\00:32:23.54
Before the
Second Coming, they die,
00:32:23.57\00:32:25.21
or at the Second
Coming, they die.
00:32:25.24\00:32:27.71
After the
millennium, they resurrect,
00:32:27.74\00:32:33.25
and then they're judged
and after their judgment,
00:32:33.28\00:32:38.25
they suffer second death.
00:32:38.29\00:32:40.72
So it's the wicked
who suffers second death.
00:32:40.76\00:32:43.66
It's not the righteous
who suffer second death.
00:32:43.69\00:32:46.49
Are you following me or not?
00:32:46.53\00:32:49.23
Now, let's go
to Revelation 27:8.
00:32:49.26\00:32:53.20
At the end of the millennium,
Satan is going to be what?
00:32:53.23\00:32:57.01
Oh, he's gonna be released.
00:32:57.04\00:32:59.81
Let's read the verses and
then we'll see what that means.
00:32:59.84\00:33:03.45
"Now when the
thousand years have expired,
00:33:03.48\00:33:06.82
Satan will be
released from his prison."
00:33:06.85\00:33:11.22
And what will he be able to do
00:33:11.25\00:33:12.59
now that he's been
released from his prison?
00:33:12.62\00:33:15.79
"And will go out
to deceive the nations
00:33:15.82\00:33:18.19
which are in the
four corners of the earth,
00:33:18.23\00:33:20.46
Gog and Magog,
00:33:20.50\00:33:21.83
to gather them
together to battle,
00:33:21.86\00:33:24.20
whose number is as
the sand of the sea."
00:33:24.23\00:33:29.24
So when he's
released, what is he able to do?
00:33:29.27\00:33:32.97
To deceive the nations.
00:33:33.01\00:33:37.58
So the question is,
00:33:37.61\00:33:38.95
what does the
binding of Satan mean?
00:33:38.98\00:33:41.95
It means that he
can't deceive the nations.
00:33:41.98\00:33:44.75
Why can't he
deceive the nations?
00:33:44.79\00:33:47.39
Because all of the wicked
power base of his has died.
00:33:47.42\00:33:51.73
He has no power base.
00:33:51.76\00:33:53.90
All of the nations are dead.
00:33:53.93\00:33:56.73
But after the thousand years,
00:33:56.77\00:33:58.13
the rest of the dead
raise after the thousand years,
00:33:58.17\00:34:01.94
and now Satan has nations back,
00:34:01.97\00:34:04.54
and he can
deceive them once more.
00:34:04.57\00:34:07.41
So the binding and
unbinding of Satan has to do
00:34:07.44\00:34:10.81
with whether the
nations are alive or dead.
00:34:10.85\00:34:14.48
When his followers
are alive, he's loose.
00:34:14.52\00:34:18.59
When his followers
are dead, he's bound,
00:34:18.62\00:34:21.79
because he doesn't have
anybody to do his bidding.
00:34:21.82\00:34:26.49
So the condition of
the wicked, dead or alive
00:34:26.53\00:34:30.33
determines whether the
devil is bound or loose.
00:34:30.37\00:34:35.40
Now let's go to
Revelation 20:9-10.
00:34:35.44\00:34:39.57
"They went up on
the breadth of the earth
00:34:39.61\00:34:40.98
and surrounded the
camp of the saints."
00:34:41.01\00:34:42.78
You say, "Well, this passage
talks about the devil too."
00:34:42.81\00:34:45.41
But who is the
center of focus here?
00:34:45.45\00:34:47.75
The devil now is gonna
surround the camp of the saints.
00:34:47.78\00:34:49.98
So who is still the
center of focus here?
00:34:50.02\00:34:53.19
It's the saints.
00:34:53.22\00:34:54.56
Satan is going to
try and attack the city
00:34:54.59\00:34:56.06
where the saints are.
00:34:56.09\00:34:58.49
"They went up on
the breath of the Earth
00:34:58.53\00:35:00.26
and surrounded
the camp of the saints
00:35:00.30\00:35:03.10
and the beloved city..."
00:35:03.13\00:35:06.33
with an intention
of attack in the city.
00:35:06.37\00:35:09.20
"...and fire came down
00:35:09.24\00:35:10.64
from God all of
heaven and devoured them.
00:35:10.67\00:35:13.64
The devil will deceive them,
00:35:13.68\00:35:15.01
was cast into the lake of fire
00:35:15.04\00:35:16.48
and brimstone where the beast
and the false prophet are..."
00:35:16.51\00:35:19.65
That is probably
better translations
00:35:19.68\00:35:21.45
where the beast and
the false prophet were cast
00:35:21.48\00:35:24.69
before the millennium,
00:35:24.72\00:35:26.05
"...and they will be tormented
day and night forever."
00:35:26.09\00:35:30.63
So after the thousand years,
Satan will rally the wicked.
00:35:30.66\00:35:35.06
They've all resurrected.
00:35:35.10\00:35:37.27
He's loose now.
00:35:37.30\00:35:38.77
He has his power base back.
00:35:38.80\00:35:41.27
He organizes them to battle
00:35:41.30\00:35:43.04
against the Holy City.
00:35:43.07\00:35:48.08
But he's not able to prevail.
00:35:48.11\00:35:50.15
If you read Ezekiel 28,
00:35:50.18\00:35:52.25
it says that the wicked
instead of following his orders
00:35:52.28\00:35:54.88
and attacking the city,
00:35:54.92\00:35:56.72
when they see that God is right
00:35:56.75\00:35:58.42
and Satan has been the deceiver,
00:35:58.45\00:36:01.26
they will turn on
Satan and his angels
00:36:01.29\00:36:03.96
with the intention
of destroying them.
00:36:03.99\00:36:07.36
So, here, you
have the second cycle.
00:36:07.40\00:36:10.03
Who is the center of
focus in the second cycle?
00:36:10.07\00:36:13.54
The righteous.
00:36:13.57\00:36:15.40
They resurrect in
the first resurrection.
00:36:15.44\00:36:18.07
They reign with
Christ for thousand years.
00:36:18.11\00:36:20.78
They perform a work of judgment,
00:36:20.81\00:36:23.28
there in the city
that Satan wants to attack.
00:36:23.31\00:36:27.05
So the center of focus
00:36:27.08\00:36:28.68
in the second
cycle is the saints.
00:36:28.72\00:36:33.39
Now we need to go
to the third cycle.
00:36:33.42\00:36:36.39
The center of the
third cycle is the wicked.
00:36:36.42\00:36:41.03
We don't find
anything other than, say,
00:36:41.06\00:36:42.80
the rest of the dead
will not live in, again,
00:36:42.83\00:36:44.53
until thousand
years are finished,
00:36:44.57\00:36:46.20
we need to know
more about the wicked.
00:36:46.23\00:36:50.77
And this cycle is found
00:36:50.81\00:36:52.14
in Revelation 20:11 though 21:1.
00:36:52.17\00:36:56.51
The third cycle, the
central focus once again,
00:36:56.54\00:36:59.21
is upon the wicked.
00:36:59.25\00:37:02.62
So after the thousand years
00:37:02.65\00:37:03.99
that rest of
the dead live again.
00:37:04.02\00:37:07.52
Satan has his
power base back again.
00:37:07.56\00:37:11.36
But there's an
event that takes place...
00:37:11.39\00:37:15.36
There's an
event that takes place
00:37:15.40\00:37:17.47
in Revelation 20:11,
00:37:17.50\00:37:20.37
that takes us back to
before the millennium,
00:37:20.40\00:37:23.24
because we're
gonna begin a new cycle.
00:37:23.27\00:37:26.61
Have you noticed that
you have in the first cycle,
00:37:26.64\00:37:28.54
it starts with the
beginning of the millennium
00:37:28.58\00:37:29.91
takes you to the end.
00:37:29.94\00:37:31.41
The second cycle
begins at the end of the...
00:37:31.45\00:37:33.72
beginning of
Millennium takes you to the end.
00:37:33.75\00:37:35.48
Well, the same happens
00:37:35.52\00:37:36.85
with this cycle
about the wicked.
00:37:36.89\00:37:38.39
It takes you to the
beginning of the millennium,
00:37:38.42\00:37:40.36
an event at the
beginning of the millennium,
00:37:40.39\00:37:42.36
once again to the
end of the millennium.
00:37:42.39\00:37:43.79
And you say, what is the event
00:37:43.83\00:37:45.16
at the beginning
of the millennium
00:37:45.19\00:37:46.63
in this third cycle?
00:37:46.66\00:37:48.46
Revelation 20:11,
00:37:48.50\00:37:51.53
"Then I saw a great white throne
00:37:51.57\00:37:55.20
and Him who sat on it,
00:37:55.24\00:37:57.97
from whose face the
heaven and the earth fled away
00:37:58.01\00:38:00.81
and there was
found, no place for them."
00:38:00.84\00:38:05.61
That is a description of
the Second Coming of Christ.
00:38:05.65\00:38:09.75
The white throne, and
heaven and earth flee away,
00:38:09.78\00:38:13.49
and no place is found
for the heaven and the earth.
00:38:13.52\00:38:15.59
You say, "How do
you say that that refers
00:38:15.62\00:38:16.96
to the Second Coming?
00:38:16.99\00:38:18.33
Doesn't Jesus
come back on a horse?
00:38:18.36\00:38:20.70
So, how is He
sitting on the throne
00:38:20.73\00:38:22.06
of the Second Coming?"
00:38:22.10\00:38:24.47
We need to understand
folks that when the Bible says
00:38:24.50\00:38:26.84
that Jesus is
gonna sit on a throne,
00:38:26.87\00:38:29.60
or He's coming on a horse,
00:38:29.64\00:38:31.54
those are symbols that
represent functions of Christ.
00:38:31.57\00:38:36.28
The fact that He's
sitting on a throne
00:38:36.31\00:38:38.01
means that He's coming back
00:38:38.05\00:38:39.38
as King of Kings
and Lord of Lords.
00:38:39.41\00:38:42.12
The fact that He's
coming back on a horse,
00:38:42.15\00:38:44.02
a conquering horse,
00:38:44.05\00:38:45.39
is because He's a warrior
00:38:45.42\00:38:46.76
that's gonna defeat the
enemies of God's people.
00:38:46.79\00:38:51.06
So in other words, the symbols
00:38:51.09\00:38:53.40
describe the function of Jesus.
00:38:53.43\00:38:56.56
By the way, do you
know that another passage
00:38:56.60\00:38:58.60
describes Jesus as
sitting on the thrown
00:38:58.63\00:39:00.47
at His Second Coming?
00:39:00.50\00:39:02.34
Revelation 6:14-17.
00:39:02.37\00:39:05.21
Revelation 6:14-17,
00:39:05.24\00:39:08.21
"Then the sky
receded as a scroll
00:39:08.24\00:39:10.41
when it is rolled up,
00:39:10.45\00:39:11.95
and every mountain and
island was moved on its place."
00:39:11.98\00:39:15.05
Does that sound
similar to what we just read?
00:39:15.08\00:39:18.72
"And the kings of the
earth, and the great men,
00:39:18.75\00:39:20.49
the rich men, the
commanders, the mighty men,
00:39:20.52\00:39:23.22
every slave and every free man,
00:39:23.26\00:39:24.96
hid themselves in the caves
00:39:24.99\00:39:26.56
and in the rocks
of the mountains,
00:39:26.59\00:39:27.93
and said to the
mountains and rocks,
00:39:27.96\00:39:29.83
'Fall on us and hide us
00:39:29.86\00:39:31.93
from the face of
Him...'" who what?
00:39:31.97\00:39:34.44
"...who sits on the throne..."
00:39:34.47\00:39:39.14
Everyone agrees that
this is the Second Coming.
00:39:39.17\00:39:42.11
And Jesus is
sitting, what? On the throne.
00:39:42.14\00:39:44.51
Because it says,
00:39:44.55\00:39:47.68
"...Hide us from the face of Him
00:39:47.72\00:39:49.32
who sits on the throne and
from the wrath of the Lamb!
00:39:49.35\00:39:54.32
For the great day
of His wrath has come,
00:39:54.36\00:39:56.79
and who is able to stand?"
00:39:56.83\00:40:01.63
So Revelation 20:11,
00:40:01.66\00:40:03.20
is describing the
Second Coming of Christ
00:40:03.23\00:40:05.97
at the beginning
of the millennium.
00:40:06.00\00:40:08.37
Revelation 20:12,
the very next verse
00:40:08.40\00:40:11.67
is describing the judgment
of a wicked death in heaven
00:40:11.71\00:40:14.78
during the thousand years.
00:40:14.81\00:40:18.81
Are you following or not?
00:40:18.85\00:40:22.22
Verse 11, sitting on the throne,
00:40:22.25\00:40:24.52
Second Coming,
great day of His wrath.
00:40:24.55\00:40:27.39
Verse 12, now the dead
are going to stand before His,
00:40:27.42\00:40:30.83
look before His throne.
00:40:30.86\00:40:32.79
How can dead people
stand before the throne of God?
00:40:32.83\00:40:36.60
They're standing
there through their records.
00:40:36.63\00:40:39.43
Are God's
people going to examine
00:40:39.47\00:40:40.80
the records of the wicked
during the thousand years?
00:40:40.84\00:40:43.14
Now we're gonna
find a description here
00:40:43.17\00:40:45.41
of how the judgment
during the thousand years
00:40:45.44\00:40:47.78
was done by the righteous.
00:40:47.81\00:40:50.38
It says in verse 12,
00:40:50.41\00:40:52.98
"And I saw the
dead small and great."
00:40:53.01\00:40:55.72
Doesn't say here
are the resurrected,
00:40:55.75\00:40:57.09
that the dead
are standing there.
00:40:57.12\00:40:59.22
"I saw the dead small and
great standing before God,
00:40:59.25\00:41:03.39
and books were opened,
00:41:03.43\00:41:05.69
and another book was opened,
which is the Book of Life.
00:41:05.73\00:41:08.46
And the dead,"
00:41:08.50\00:41:09.83
doesn't say that
they resurrected,
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.20
it says "the dead, were judged
00:41:11.23\00:41:13.60
according to their
works by the things
00:41:13.64\00:41:16.10
which were
written in the books."
00:41:16.14\00:41:19.67
Those are the ones
00:41:19.71\00:41:21.04
that the
righteous are gonna judge,
00:41:21.08\00:41:22.41
judgment is committed to them.
00:41:22.44\00:41:24.15
This is an
additional description
00:41:24.18\00:41:26.48
of the judgment of the wicked.
00:41:26.51\00:41:28.52
You see, that the Second Cycle
00:41:28.55\00:41:30.52
doesn't tell us who
the righteous judged.
00:41:30.55\00:41:33.19
It simply says
judgment was committed to them,
00:41:33.22\00:41:35.22
here, now we know that
they're judging the wicked,
00:41:35.26\00:41:38.69
who are dead,
00:41:38.73\00:41:40.06
but they're coming through
their records to be judged.
00:41:40.10\00:41:43.26
Are you with me?
00:41:43.30\00:41:45.20
Verse 13, describes the
resurrection of the wicked
00:41:45.23\00:41:50.11
after the millennium.
00:41:50.14\00:41:53.27
Verse 13, says,
00:41:53.31\00:41:55.94
"The sea gave up a
dead who are in it,"
00:41:55.98\00:42:00.78
the dead who were examined,
00:42:00.82\00:42:02.18
who went stood
before the throne of God,
00:42:02.22\00:42:03.85
they were dead.
00:42:03.89\00:42:05.22
But now it says,
00:42:05.25\00:42:06.59
"The sea gave up
the dead who were in it,
00:42:06.62\00:42:09.36
and Death and Hades."
00:42:09.39\00:42:10.73
Hades means the grave.
00:42:10.76\00:42:12.09
"Death and Hades
delivered up the dead
00:42:12.13\00:42:14.13
who were in them."
00:42:14.16\00:42:17.13
And now the wicked are gonna see
00:42:17.17\00:42:19.03
their judgment
after the millennium.
00:42:19.07\00:42:21.90
After the sea gives up the dead,
00:42:21.94\00:42:23.87
after death and the
grave give up their dead.
00:42:23.91\00:42:27.78
It says, "They
were judged each one
00:42:27.81\00:42:29.61
according to his works."
00:42:29.64\00:42:31.11
There will be a
judgment of the weekend
00:42:31.15\00:42:32.71
after thousand years
while they are alive,
00:42:32.75\00:42:34.85
they will see the
record of their lives.
00:42:34.88\00:42:37.25
Read Great
Controversy, the last chapter.
00:42:37.29\00:42:39.45
Ellen White
explains this in a simple,
00:42:39.49\00:42:42.42
easy to understand way.
00:42:42.46\00:42:45.23
By the way, you're
probably wondering about this,
00:42:45.26\00:42:47.30
the sea giving up the dead
00:42:47.33\00:42:49.40
and Death and Hades
delivering up the dead.
00:42:49.43\00:42:52.47
A parallel verse
would be Isaiah 26:19,
00:42:52.50\00:42:56.20
Isaiah 26:19.
00:42:56.24\00:42:58.64
It says, "Your dead shall live,
00:42:58.67\00:43:02.11
Together with my dead
body they shall arise.
00:43:02.14\00:43:05.88
Awake and sing, you
who dwell in the dust,"
00:43:05.91\00:43:10.05
that's the dead.
00:43:10.09\00:43:11.69
"For your dew is
like the dew of herbs,
00:43:11.72\00:43:14.22
And the earth shall," what?
00:43:14.26\00:43:16.83
"Shall cast out the dead."
00:43:16.86\00:43:21.30
Does that sound similar
00:43:21.33\00:43:22.70
to what we read
in Revelation 20:13?
00:43:22.73\00:43:27.70
The sea gave up the
dead who were in it,
00:43:27.74\00:43:30.44
and death and the grave
00:43:30.47\00:43:33.27
gave up the dead
that were in them?
00:43:33.31\00:43:34.64
That's the
resurrection of the wicked
00:43:34.68\00:43:36.75
after the thousand years.
00:43:36.78\00:43:41.12
And then notice
verses 20, chapter 20:14-15.
00:43:41.15\00:43:46.29
So I don't know if
you're understanding
00:43:46.32\00:43:47.86
what we're saying.
00:43:47.89\00:43:49.52
But this third cycle
begins with the Second Coming,
00:43:49.56\00:43:53.33
the one sitting on the throne.
00:43:53.36\00:43:55.33
Then the dead stand before God,
00:43:55.36\00:43:58.47
the righteous
are judging the dead
00:43:58.50\00:44:00.14
during thousand years.
00:44:00.17\00:44:02.24
After that the
sea gives up the dead.
00:44:02.27\00:44:04.81
Death and the
grave gives up the dead.
00:44:04.84\00:44:06.34
That's the
resurrection of the wicked
00:44:06.37\00:44:07.74
after the thousand years.
00:44:07.78\00:44:11.38
And when the
wicked surround the city
00:44:11.41\00:44:13.28
and they're
destroyed with a fire,
00:44:13.31\00:44:15.55
Revelation 20:14-15.
00:44:15.58\00:44:19.35
"Then Death and
Hades," there is a grave,
00:44:19.39\00:44:22.62
"were cast into
the lake of fire.
00:44:22.66\00:44:25.33
This is the second death.
00:44:25.36\00:44:29.73
And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life
00:44:29.76\00:44:32.27
was cast into the lake of fire."
00:44:32.30\00:44:35.47
Does this reach the same climax
00:44:35.50\00:44:37.17
that the...that
cycle number two reached?
00:44:37.21\00:44:40.91
Did cycle number two say
that the devil and his angels
00:44:40.94\00:44:43.35
and the wicked would be
casted into the lake of fire
00:44:43.38\00:44:45.58
when they surrounded the city?
00:44:45.61\00:44:47.18
Yes.
00:44:47.22\00:44:48.58
So there's gonna
be two lakes of fire.
00:44:48.62\00:44:51.32
No, this is a
repetition of the first leg,
00:44:51.35\00:44:56.12
adding details centering
00:44:56.16\00:44:58.86
on what's gonna
happen with the wicked.
00:44:58.89\00:45:01.80
Are you with me?
00:45:01.83\00:45:04.03
Some of you are glassy eyed.
00:45:04.07\00:45:05.53
Now, something
I need to explain.
00:45:09.54\00:45:14.11
Sometimes in the Bible,
00:45:14.14\00:45:16.34
the chapter divisions
are where they should not be.
00:45:16.38\00:45:22.05
You see, the original
writers did not divide the Bible
00:45:22.08\00:45:25.09
into chapters and verses.
00:45:25.12\00:45:27.86
And in some
places in Revelation,
00:45:27.89\00:45:29.62
the chapter is
divided in the wrong place.
00:45:29.66\00:45:34.26
belongs with chapter 20.
00:45:34.30\00:45:40.24
And you say, Pastor Bohr,
you're changing the Bible.
00:45:40.27\00:45:41.97
No, I'm not.
00:45:42.00\00:45:43.41
Chapters and
verses were not put there
00:45:43.44\00:45:45.14
by the original writers.
00:45:45.17\00:45:47.41
And I'm gonna prove to you now,
00:45:47.44\00:45:49.94
that Revelation 21:1
00:45:49.98\00:45:51.88
is the climax
to the third cycle.
00:45:51.91\00:45:57.02
What does Revelation 21:1 say?
00:45:57.05\00:45:59.92
After the wicked are
cast into the lake of fire,
00:45:59.95\00:46:05.19
and Death and Hades are
cast into the lake of fire,
00:46:05.23\00:46:08.76
and those who are not
found in the Book of Life
00:46:08.80\00:46:11.00
are cast into the lake of fire.
00:46:11.03\00:46:12.93
Then in verse 1 it says,
00:46:12.97\00:46:15.37
"Now I saw a new
heaven and a new earth,
00:46:15.40\00:46:19.97
for the first
heaven and the first earth
00:46:20.01\00:46:22.28
had passed away.
00:46:22.31\00:46:23.88
Also there was no more sea."
00:46:23.91\00:46:26.48
Is that the
climax to chapter 20?
00:46:26.51\00:46:28.58
After the wicked are destroyed,
00:46:28.62\00:46:30.19
God is gonna make a new heavens
and a new earth, yes or no?
00:46:30.22\00:46:32.85
Absolutely.
00:46:32.89\00:46:34.52
So verse 1
belongs with chapter 20.
00:46:34.56\00:46:36.76
Now if I had
time, I would show you
00:46:36.79\00:46:38.13
other places in Revelation
00:46:38.16\00:46:39.73
where the chapter
division is in the wrong place.
00:46:39.76\00:46:43.47
There are several places
00:46:43.50\00:46:45.47
and the reason is
because the people,
00:46:45.50\00:46:48.14
the people who made
the chapter divisions,
00:46:48.17\00:46:50.21
they didn't have
the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:46:50.24\00:46:53.61
which gives us a clue
00:46:53.64\00:46:54.98
as to where we need
to divide the chapters.
00:46:55.01\00:46:59.08
They didn't have all the light.
00:46:59.11\00:47:00.45
They did the best they could.
00:47:00.48\00:47:04.25
Now 2nd Peter 3:10-13
00:47:04.29\00:47:08.39
describes the
destruction of the wicked.
00:47:08.42\00:47:11.49
It says, "But
the day of the Lord
00:47:11.53\00:47:12.86
will come as a
thief in the night,
00:47:12.89\00:47:14.66
in which the
heavens will pass away
00:47:14.70\00:47:16.16
with great noise,
00:47:16.20\00:47:17.60
and the elements will
melt with fervent heat,
00:47:17.63\00:47:20.40
both the Earth and
the works that are in it
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.37
will be burned up.
00:47:22.40\00:47:24.44
Therefore,
since all these things
00:47:24.47\00:47:25.81
will be dissolved,
00:47:25.84\00:47:27.44
what manner of
persons ought you to be
00:47:27.48\00:47:29.78
in holy conduct and godliness,
00:47:29.81\00:47:32.65
looking for and hastening
the coming of the day of God,
00:47:32.68\00:47:35.78
because of which the
heavens will be dissolved,
00:47:35.82\00:47:38.49
being on fire, and the elements
will melt with fervent heat?
00:47:38.52\00:47:43.32
Nevertheless we,
according to His promise,
00:47:43.36\00:47:47.30
look for new
heavens and a new Earth
00:47:47.33\00:47:50.93
in which righteousness dwells."
00:47:50.97\00:47:55.74
That's a third cycle.
00:47:55.77\00:47:58.94
But we wanna know
what is gonna be like
00:47:58.97\00:48:00.74
to live in the city
in the presence of God.
00:48:00.78\00:48:04.71
So we have a
fourth cycle that tells us
00:48:04.75\00:48:07.55
what life is gonna
be like in the north,
00:48:07.58\00:48:10.49
and what life
is going to be like
00:48:10.52\00:48:12.15
in the city living with God.
00:48:12.19\00:48:15.49
You see, when we
finish the second,
00:48:15.52\00:48:18.29
the last, the third
cycle, we asked the question,
00:48:18.33\00:48:22.23
why did God allow the righteous
00:48:22.26\00:48:23.90
to come into the
city and not the wicked?
00:48:23.93\00:48:27.04
What is it that
the books contain
00:48:27.07\00:48:29.00
that condemned the wicked?
00:48:29.04\00:48:33.14
What will life be
like in the holy city?
00:48:33.17\00:48:36.61
What will God be like?
00:48:36.64\00:48:39.01
We come to the last
millennial cycle number four,
00:48:39.05\00:48:41.75
Revelation 21:2-8,
00:48:41.78\00:48:45.92
it begins in verse 2
00:48:45.95\00:48:48.79
with the descent
of the Holy City.
00:48:48.82\00:48:50.76
This is...this
is the clear reason
00:48:50.79\00:48:52.43
why we know that verse
1 belongs with chapter 20.
00:48:52.46\00:48:54.76
Let me ask you,
00:48:54.80\00:48:56.13
when the wicked
surround the holy city,
00:48:56.16\00:48:58.60
is a city on the Earth
00:48:58.63\00:48:59.97
when the wickets
surround the city?
00:49:00.00\00:49:04.01
Let me ask you,
is the city on Earth
00:49:04.04\00:49:06.21
when the wickets surround it?
00:49:06.24\00:49:08.18
Yes.
00:49:08.21\00:49:10.28
If you read verse 2.
00:49:10.31\00:49:12.65
As coming after verse 1,
you've got a serious problem.
00:49:12.68\00:49:15.82
Because verse 1 says,
00:49:15.85\00:49:17.19
"God makes the new
heavens in the north,"
00:49:17.22\00:49:18.65
and then it says
that the city descends.
00:49:18.69\00:49:22.82
Are you with me?
00:49:22.86\00:49:24.53
But when you
realize that verse 1
00:49:24.56\00:49:25.89
is the climax to the chapter 20
00:49:25.93\00:49:28.50
and verse 2
begins the fourth cycle,
00:49:28.53\00:49:30.80
it makes all the sense.
00:49:30.83\00:49:32.27
So it says,
00:49:32.30\00:49:33.64
"That John sees the
holy city, New Jerusalem,
00:49:33.67\00:49:37.47
coming down out
of heaven from God,
00:49:37.51\00:49:41.04
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband."
00:49:41.08\00:49:46.92
And then we find a description
of what it's gonna be like,
00:49:46.95\00:49:49.28
verses 3 and 4.
00:49:49.32\00:49:52.09
And I heard a loud voice.
00:49:52.12\00:49:53.46
And notice here, by the way,
00:49:53.49\00:49:54.96
notice that all
the verbs are future.
00:49:54.99\00:49:58.36
At this point,
that city has descended,
00:49:58.39\00:50:01.56
but the wicked has
not been destroyed yet,
00:50:01.60\00:50:03.37
because it's the
beginning another cycle.
00:50:03.40\00:50:04.83
I don't know if
your understanding
00:50:04.87\00:50:06.20
what I'm saying.
00:50:06.23\00:50:07.84
In the fourth cycle,
00:50:07.87\00:50:09.20
the wicked have
not been destroyed yet.
00:50:09.24\00:50:12.67
You're gonna see that clearly.
00:50:12.71\00:50:14.04
"I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
00:50:14.08\00:50:17.05
'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
00:50:17.08\00:50:21.25
and He will dwell with them,
00:50:21.28\00:50:24.35
and they shall be His people.
00:50:24.39\00:50:27.49
God himself will be
with them and be their God.
00:50:27.52\00:50:31.56
And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
00:50:31.59\00:50:35.70
and there shall
be no more death."
00:50:35.73\00:50:39.10
Are all these
things real at the moment
00:50:39.13\00:50:40.90
when this is taking place?
00:50:40.94\00:50:42.87
No, its future.
00:50:42.90\00:50:46.37
"And there shall
be no more death,
00:50:46.41\00:50:48.08
nor sorrow, nor crying.
00:50:48.11\00:50:49.84
There shall be no
more pain, no more pain,
00:50:49.88\00:50:53.62
for the former
things that passed away."
00:50:53.65\00:50:56.99
So this is describing the moment
00:50:57.02\00:50:58.65
when God's people
are in the Holy City.
00:50:58.69\00:51:02.82
And God is promising them
00:51:02.86\00:51:04.99
that when the
wicked are destroyed,
00:51:05.03\00:51:07.33
none of these
things are going to exist.
00:51:07.36\00:51:10.57
Are you with me?
00:51:10.60\00:51:12.03
You're gonna see it in a minute.
00:51:12.07\00:51:14.04
Notice verse 6.
00:51:14.07\00:51:16.60
"And He said to me, "It is done!
00:51:16.64\00:51:20.34
I am Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End."
00:51:20.38\00:51:24.91
Now comes what
God is going to do.
00:51:24.95\00:51:26.68
"I will give of the fountain
00:51:26.72\00:51:28.88
of water of life
freely to him who thirsts."
00:51:28.92\00:51:35.59
Better than Evian
water, which is so expensive.
00:51:35.62\00:51:40.30
This is true sweet water,
00:51:40.33\00:51:43.00
that God is
gonna give His people.
00:51:43.03\00:51:45.93
Revelation 21:7,
"He who overcomes..."
00:51:45.97\00:51:49.84
Oh, now we know
00:51:49.87\00:51:51.21
why the
righteous are in the city.
00:51:51.24\00:51:52.67
Why are the
righteous in the city?
00:51:52.71\00:51:55.38
Oh, they overcame.
00:51:55.41\00:51:58.08
"He who overcomes shall," what?
00:51:58.11\00:52:01.62
"inherit all things," the
earth with everything in it.
00:52:01.65\00:52:05.45
So it says, "He who overcomes
shall inherit all things,
00:52:05.49\00:52:09.02
I will be his God
and He shall be My son."
00:52:09.06\00:52:14.50
Do you notice
that it's still future?
00:52:14.53\00:52:17.57
Because the wicked had
not been destroyed yet.
00:52:17.60\00:52:20.90
But when we come to verse 8,
00:52:20.94\00:52:22.90
you have the
final step in the cycle,
00:52:22.94\00:52:25.97
the destruction
of the wicked again,
00:52:26.01\00:52:28.04
in the lake of fire.
00:52:28.08\00:52:29.41
Are there three lakes of fire?
00:52:29.44\00:52:32.11
No, it's the same lake of fire.
00:52:32.15\00:52:35.02
But it's another cycle.
00:52:35.05\00:52:37.59
It's says in Revelation 21:8.
00:52:37.62\00:52:41.76
Those who are outside, the one,
00:52:41.79\00:52:43.12
once inside are over comers.
00:52:43.16\00:52:47.63
"But the cowardly,"
00:52:47.66\00:52:51.63
now we know it was
written in the books
00:52:51.67\00:52:53.03
that were examined
during the thousand years.
00:52:53.07\00:52:55.50
Now we have some of the
works that were written there.
00:52:55.54\00:52:58.87
"But the cowardly, unbelieving,
abominable, murderers,
00:52:58.91\00:53:02.61
sexually immoral, sorcerers,
idolaters, and all liars
00:53:02.64\00:53:07.78
shall have
their part in the lake
00:53:07.82\00:53:09.15
which burns with
fire and brimstone,
00:53:09.18\00:53:11.22
which is the second death."
00:53:11.25\00:53:12.75
Once again, the
verbs are future.
00:53:12.79\00:53:14.96
God's people are in the city,
00:53:14.99\00:53:16.59
and God is making
this promise to them,
00:53:16.62\00:53:19.33
they're over
comer's and he says,
00:53:19.36\00:53:21.20
"I'm gonna wipe your tears away,
00:53:21.23\00:53:23.03
there's not gonna
be any more death,
00:53:23.06\00:53:25.13
and the wicked
will be destroyed."
00:53:25.17\00:53:29.57
In other words,
00:53:29.60\00:53:31.11
Revelation 21:8,
00:53:31.14\00:53:33.68
brings us back to the point
00:53:33.71\00:53:38.81
where the cycle
ends for the fourth time.
00:53:38.85\00:53:43.59
Now, Revelation 22:14-15
00:53:43.62\00:53:45.89
is not part of
the millennial passage
00:53:45.92\00:53:49.42
but it tells us who's
inside and who's outside.
00:53:49.46\00:53:53.96
"Blessed are those
who do His commandments
00:53:54.00\00:53:57.50
that they may have the
right to the tree of life
00:53:57.53\00:53:59.90
and may enter through
the gates into the city."
00:53:59.93\00:54:04.37
So those in,
00:54:04.41\00:54:05.74
those who enter
through the gates
00:54:05.77\00:54:07.11
are commandment keepers.
00:54:07.14\00:54:09.34
What about those outside?
00:54:09.38\00:54:11.38
"But outside are
dogs and sorcerers
00:54:11.41\00:54:16.48
and sexually immoral
00:54:16.52\00:54:18.82
and murderers, and idolaters
00:54:18.85\00:54:23.02
and whoever loves
and practices a," what?
00:54:23.06\00:54:27.76
"Practices a lie."
00:54:27.80\00:54:31.87
Now why is this topic important
00:54:31.90\00:54:33.70
as we deal with
the issue of futurism?
00:54:33.74\00:54:39.21
The Bible tells us
and we're gonna study this
00:54:39.24\00:54:41.28
in our next two lectures.
00:54:41.31\00:54:42.64
The title of the
next two lectures
00:54:42.68\00:54:44.75
is A Judas in the Church,
00:54:44.78\00:54:48.25
part one and part two.
00:54:48.28\00:54:51.32
We are going to find
00:54:51.35\00:54:53.56
that those who
believe in futurism teach
00:54:53.59\00:54:58.23
that Jesus is going
to reign on this earth
00:54:58.26\00:55:01.43
for thousand
years with the saints,
00:55:01.46\00:55:06.40
they come back after seven years
00:55:06.43\00:55:08.20
of being in
heaven, after the rapture.
00:55:08.24\00:55:11.11
So they're gonna
come back with Jesus
00:55:11.14\00:55:13.24
and they're gonna live
here for a thousand years,
00:55:13.27\00:55:15.48
and Jesus is gonna
rule with a rod of iron.
00:55:15.51\00:55:17.95
And he's gonna, you know,
00:55:17.98\00:55:19.45
He's gonna heal the diseases
of people and everything.
00:55:19.48\00:55:21.88
Let me ask you, if you believe
00:55:21.92\00:55:25.42
that Jesus is
gonna come to this earth
00:55:25.45\00:55:27.56
at His glorious coming,
00:55:27.59\00:55:29.56
to walk upon the
Earth during the millennium,
00:55:29.59\00:55:32.93
could you be deceived by the,
00:55:32.96\00:55:34.96
by the counterfeit
Second Coming of Jesus?
00:55:35.00\00:55:39.73
Are you following me?
00:55:39.77\00:55:43.44
You see, if you
believe that Jesus
00:55:43.47\00:55:45.44
and His glorious coming,
00:55:45.47\00:55:46.91
is gonna establish Himself here.
00:55:46.94\00:55:48.84
Ellen White says that
the devil's gonna come,
00:55:48.88\00:55:50.68
He's gonna heal the
diseases of the people,
00:55:50.71\00:55:52.65
He's gonna speak real beautiful,
00:55:52.68\00:55:54.32
pretty things, and He's gonna...
00:55:54.35\00:55:56.05
You know, He's
going to bless the people,
00:55:56.08\00:55:58.15
raise His hands and everything.
00:55:58.19\00:55:59.79
Those who are
expecting Jesus to come,
00:55:59.82\00:56:01.82
to be here will be deceived
00:56:01.86\00:56:04.76
by the
counterfeit of Second Coming.
00:56:04.79\00:56:06.19
That's why you need to know
00:56:06.23\00:56:10.13
where God's people will
be during the thousand years.
00:56:10.17\00:56:14.50
Less people accept the
counterfeit Second Coming
00:56:14.54\00:56:17.61
and be among the lost.
00:56:17.64\00:56:20.51
Are all these things important?
00:56:20.54\00:56:23.61
Folks, these are things
00:56:23.65\00:56:24.98
that are hardly ever even
touched anymore in the church.
00:56:25.01\00:56:28.68
And we are
living in those times.
00:56:28.72\00:56:31.72
The world needs to know.
00:56:31.75\00:56:33.09
Ellen White says
00:56:33.12\00:56:34.46
that those who don't
know who the beast is,
00:56:34.49\00:56:37.46
will end up
worshipping the beast.
00:56:37.49\00:56:41.80
Those who don't know
what the mark of the beast is,
00:56:41.83\00:56:44.37
will eventually
receive the mark of the beast.
00:56:44.40\00:56:47.97
And we live in a time
00:56:48.00\00:56:49.34
when people
say, "Well, you know,
00:56:49.37\00:56:50.71
you don't wanna
traumatize people.
00:56:50.74\00:56:53.71
You wanna be nice,
00:56:53.74\00:56:55.88
and we're gonna nice
them right into hell."
00:56:55.91\00:57:01.12
They need to know.
00:57:01.15\00:57:03.72
And the Everest Church is
the only church in the world
00:57:03.75\00:57:06.65
that has it straight.
00:57:06.69\00:57:09.66
And we shouldn't
get proud about that
00:57:09.69\00:57:11.79
because great knowledge
requires great responsibility
00:57:11.83\00:57:16.53
of letting people know.
00:57:16.56\00:57:19.40
What a message we have,
00:57:19.43\00:57:21.94
that the world needs right now.
00:57:21.97\00:57:24.41
You need to go
back to your churches
00:57:24.44\00:57:27.18
and light a fire
under your pastors
00:57:27.21\00:57:30.85
and say, you know,
we need present truth.
00:57:30.88\00:57:33.15
We need the
Three Angels' Message.
00:57:33.18\00:57:35.98
We need to know what's
happening in the world,
00:57:36.02\00:57:37.72
how we can prepare for
the coming of the Lord.
00:57:37.75\00:57:41.96
None of this
evangelical soft talk,
00:57:41.99\00:57:44.06
you know, Jesus loves me this,
00:57:44.09\00:57:45.49
I know, where the
Bible tells me so.
00:57:45.53\00:57:47.70
Yeah, that's
okay for kindergarten,
00:57:47.73\00:57:51.13
for little kids.
00:57:51.17\00:57:53.23
We know Jesus loves us.
00:57:53.27\00:57:56.27
But He tells us
what's gonna happen
00:57:56.30\00:57:57.87
because He loves us,
00:57:57.91\00:58:00.08
so that we choose
to be on the right side
00:58:00.11\00:58:03.14
in the final controversy.
00:58:03.18\00:58:04.55