If God is so good
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why would He burn
people eternally in hell?
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Is this really true or does the
Bible say something different?
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Does the Bible
teach about a time
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where every
question that you have
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especially about God's character
would be answered fully?
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The answers may be shocking.
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My name is Cami Oetman
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and this is:
Unlocking Bible Prophecies.
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The rise of an
international pandemic...
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polarizing global politics...
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increasingly
disruptive natural disasters...
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Bush fires in Australia are a
warning of what may be to come
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around the world.
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What does it all mean?
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What does the future hold?
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Join international
Speaker Cami Oetman
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on a journey for answers
in unlocking Bible prophecies.
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In her travels around the world,
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she's come face to face
with real-life struggles
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but in the midst of them,
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she's found miracles of hope.
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Join Cami Oetman for:
Unlocking Bible Prophecies
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as she shares how Bible
prophecy is being fulfilled
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faster than ever before.
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Music...
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Welcome to
Unlocking Bible Prophecies
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where we have been on a
most exciting exploration
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of the Bible.
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In yesterday's Presentation
we discovered with real clarity
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that the greatest
rescue mission of all time
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is Christ's second coming.
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The Bible clearly teaches
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that it certainly
is no secret at all
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but it will be a
visible, audible,
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climactic glorious return.
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I'm so looking
forward to that day.
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I hope you are too, Friend.
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There is much curiosity
about the topics of judgment,
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hell and the millennium.
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Would you be shocked to know
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that most
Christians' concept of hell
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originated in Greek Mythology...
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it has nothing to do with
the teaching of the Bible?
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For every Bible truth,
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Satan has his counterfeit.
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Also, remember, you can
watch all previous Presentations
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at: awr. org/bible
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Let's pray together and
get right into: The Desolation.
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"Heavenly Father,
King of the universe...
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King of our hearts.
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Lord, empty me of self...
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fill me with Your Holy Spirit.
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We just adore You Lord
and we want to know Your Word,
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and we know that You adore us
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because of the
sacrifice of Your Son Jesus.
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Thank You... thank
You for loving us so much
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that You made a way to save us.
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In Jesus' precious
powerful name, amen. "
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Let me tell you about Tisalavo.
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My film crew and I traveled
to the dangerous red zones
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of Madagascar
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to document
Tisalavo's shocking life
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and if you like, you
can watch the full story
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on awr. org
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Tisalavo had lived a terrible
life of unspeakable crimes
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murdering more than ten people.
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He took refuse hiding in
the forest like an animal.
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His family had rejected
him and he had nowhere to go.
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Like the prodigal son he decided
there was nothing to lose
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and ventured out of the forest
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and found a
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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An Elder there assured
him that he was always welcome
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and promised to pray for him.
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Now, for fear of
being caught by the police,
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Tisalavo ran
back into the forest
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but this time, he took
a small radio with him.
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This was his only
connection to the outside world
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and he listened eagerly.
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He tuned the channel
to Adventist World Radio
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and found a hope that
he'd never known before.
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The words stirred his soul
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and he began to
fall in love with God
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who would forgive
a sinner like him.
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Excited about his
new friend, Jesus,
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Tisalavo began
inviting other criminals
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that were also
hiding out in the woods
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to listen with him.
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Convinced of their
salvation through Christ,
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Tisalavo and 15 other criminals
walked out of the forest
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seeking baptism into
the Adventist church.
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Today, Tisalavo
lives a free life in Jesus.
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He was a murderer and a criminal
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but today, he leads
others to know Bible truth.
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He has experienced the total
transformation of God's Word...
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the same information
we are studying together
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during this Series.
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Friends, we are living in the
last days of earth's history.
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Life as we know
it is nearly ended.
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This world is
tottering... ready to fall
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with all of the
violence and riots
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we're seeing right now
today around the globe.
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What will come after?
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Soon, Jesus will return
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and we learn from the Bible,
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we only have one period...
one period of probation
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and that is now...
during our present life.
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What does the Bible say happens
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after the
second coming of Christ
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when the righteous
have been taken to heaven
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and those that did
not choose to follow God
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are dead upon the earth?
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In Revelation it talks
about a 1,000-year period
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otherwise known
as the millennium.
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Together we will see the simple
Bible truth about the millennium
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and the events that
mark its beginning and end.
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Jesus explains
in Revelation 22:7,
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"Look, I am coming soon!
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Blessed are those who
obey the words of prophecy
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written in this book. "
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God does not desire us
to be ignorant, Friends.
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He made sure His Word
was written and preserved
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so that anyone can
understand if they want to.
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When studying prophecy,
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the Bible is
its own interpreter.
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It provides its own definitions
for the symbols it uses.
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We do not need to guess.
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We must not ignore parts of
the Bible that do not suit us
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or discard portions of
the Bible as not applicable
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or add our own words to it.
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You see, God's
Word never changes.
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Both the Old and New
Testaments are key...
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they go together
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because God is the same
yesterday, today and forever.
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Let's review our theme together.
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If it's in the
Bible, I believe it
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and if it
disagrees with the Bible,
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it's not for me.
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Revelation chapter 20
states that a mighty angel
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is going to bind
Satan with a great chain
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and cast him into the bottomless
pit for a thousand years.
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Satan resents the fact
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that this damaging
information about his future
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has been made public
knowledge in Scripture.
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Unfortunately today,
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the popular
teachings about the 1,000 years
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is not factual.
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It suspiciously sounds like
something Satan might invent...
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a counterfeit to
trap and deceive people.
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The devil is not
playing games, Friends.
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He does this to
strengthen his own position
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as the leader of those who
choose to rebel against God.
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Satan has one goal...
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your destruction.
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Our only safety is in
staying in God's Word.
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The Bible exposes
the devil's snares.
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So, let's find out tonight what
happens after the second coming.
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Revelation 20 verses 4 and 6,
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"And they lived and reigned with
Christ for a thousand years...
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Blessed and holy is he
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who has part in
the first resurrection.
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Over such the
second death has no power,
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but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ,
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and shall reign with
Him a thousand years. "
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Amen...
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Christ comes...
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the righteous are resurrected
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and rise to meet
Jesus in the air.
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We go to heaven
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marking the beginning
of the 1,000-year period.
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I want to be in
that group, don't you?
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Jesus also speaks of
the second resurrection
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when the wicked will be raised
from sleeping in their graves.
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John 5:28, 29...
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"Marvel not at this:
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for the hour is coming,
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in which all
that are in the graves
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shall hear His voice,
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and shall come forth;
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that they have done good
unto the resurrection of life;
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and they that have done evil,
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unto the
resurrection of damnation. "
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In Revelation 20 verse 5,
we can see when this occurs.
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"But the rest of
the dead lived not again
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until the thousand
years are finished... "
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The wicked dead
remain in their graves
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until after the millennium.
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This is an important fact.
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The millennium is the time
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between the first and
the second resurrections.
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A great event takes place
at the first resurrection...
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the second coming of Jesus.
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We are told in 1st
Thessalonians 4:16,
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"For the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven
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with a shout,
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with the voice of an archangel,
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and with the trumpet of God.
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And the dead in
Christ will rise first. "
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Jesus comes to rescue His people
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who have loved
and followed His ways.
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The saints who have
been raised from the grave
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and the saints who are
alive to see Jesus return
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are instantly given
perfect immortal bodies.
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Can't wait...
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1st Corinthians 15:51 to 52,
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"Behold, I tell you a mystery:
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We shall not all sleep,
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but we shall all be
changed... in a moment,
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in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet.
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For the trumpet will sound,
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and the dead will be
raised incorruptible... "
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meaning indestructible...
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"and we shall be changed. "
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2nd Thessalonians 2 verse 8
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tells us what happens to
the wicked when Jesus returns.
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"And then the
lawless one will be revealed,
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whom the Lord will consume
with the breath of His mouth
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and destroy with the
brightness of His coming. "
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Revelation 20 verse 5,
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"But the rest of the
dead did not live again
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until the thousand
years were finished... "
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The wicked from all
ages remain dead on earth
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till the 1,000
years are finished.
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Let's review how the
Bible lays out the events
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which begin the 1,000 years.
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First: The second
coming of Jesus for His saints
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where the righteous
dead are then resurrected
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and the righteous living
are changed to immortal...
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all the righteous are
caught up into the clouds
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to meet Jesus in the air
finally on their way to Heaven.
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The wicked have been
slain by the Lord's coming...
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and the wicked dead remain dead
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Satan is then bound to
wander the desolate earth.
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Here's Jeremiah's
description of what he saw
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in a vision on earth just
after the coming of Jesus.
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Jeremiah 25:33,
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"And at that day
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the slain of the Lord shall
be from one end of the earth
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to even the
other end of the earth.
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They shall not be lamented,
or gathered, or buried;
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they shall become
refuse on the ground. "
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Here Jeremiah sees dead
bodies covering the earth.
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None were being
buried and no one was crying.
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The reason is simple,
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there was no one left alive
to mourn or conduct a funeral
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because during the 1,000 years,
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the righteous are all in heaven
and the wicked are all dead.
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Some have taught that
there will be a second chance
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during the 1,000 years
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but this text states clearly
that there is no second chance.
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All the lost remain
dead during the 1,000 years.
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Dead bodies cover
the face of the earth
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with no one left
to grieve over them.
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Pause...
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Jeremiah 4:23, 25
gives us even more details
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about the conditions of the
earth during the millennium.
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Verse 23, I beheld the earth
and indeed it was without form,
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and void; and the
heavens, they had no light. "
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Verse 25, "I beheld and
indeed there was no man,
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and all the birds of
the heavens had fled. "
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Now let's look in
Isaiah 24 verses 3 and 19,
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"The land shall be entirely
emptied and utterly plundered,
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for the Lord has
spoken this word. "
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Verse 19, The earth
is violently broken,
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the earth is split open,
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the earth is
shaken exceedingly. "
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These verses paint a
vivid picture of desolation
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upon this earth.
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Pause...
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The Bible
describes a bottomless pit
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that the devil is
bound in for a 1,000 years.
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Revelation 20
verses 1 through 3,
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"Then I saw an angel
coming down from heaven,
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having the key to
the bottomless pit
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and a great chain in his hand.
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He laid hold of the dragon... "
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Now, who's the dragon?
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"the serpent of old,
who is the Devil and Satan,
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and bound him
for a thousand years;
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and he cast him
into the bottomless pit,
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and he shut him up,
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and set a seal on him... "
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Comparing these
Scriptures... we can see
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that the bottomless
pit is the earth torn up
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from all the chaos.
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There is total darkness
with no people left alive.
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The Dragon... Satan is bound.
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Revelation 20 verse 3,
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"so that he should
deceive the nations no more
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till the thousand
years were finished. "
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Hmmm...
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"But after these
things he must be released
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for a little while. "
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This is the time when Satan
will remember his evil deeds
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and view all the results.
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Literally
chaining him in his pit
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would not prevent his evil work
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but taking away
all the people would.
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He can no longer
tempt and deceive anyone
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because the
wicked are dead on earth
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and the righteous are in heaven.
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Satan is all alone.
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The chain that
binds him to earth
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is not a metal chain but
a chain of circumstances.
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Now, let's look at what
the righteous will be doing
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in heaven during the millennium.
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Participating in the judgment.
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Revelation 20 verse 4,
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"And I saw thrones,
and they sat on them,
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and judgment was
committed to them.
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Then I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded
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for their witness to
Jesus and for the word of God,
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who had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
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and had not received the mark...
his mark on their foreheads
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or on their hands. "
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This "Mark" is tomorrow
night's topic... don't miss it.
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"And they lived
and reigned with Christ
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for a thousand years. "
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This judgment in
which the saints participate
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takes place in heaven
during the millennium.
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Let's look at a few points
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regarding what the
judgment actually is and isn't.
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First: This judgment does not
pertain to the righteous saved.
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Judgment for all the saved
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takes place prior to
Christ's second coming.
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We see that in
Revelation 22 verse 12,
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"And behold I am
coming quickly" Jesus says,
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"and My reward is with Me,
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to give to every one
according to his work. "
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You see, Jesus brings
the reward of eternal life
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to those who have
already been judged
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and determined as
loyal followers of Christ.
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Secondly: This judgment concerns
only the wicked who are dead
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during the millennium.
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Revelation 20 verse 12 says,
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"And I saw the
dead, small and great,
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standing before God,
and books were opened.
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And another book was opened,
which is the Book of Life.
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And the dead were judged
according to their works,
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by the things which
were written in the books. "
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Those in heaven
will see all the details
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of those who
were lost and why...
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Thirdly: This judgment
decides the degree of punishment
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for all the lost
including Satan and his angels
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and clarifies why some
we love are not in heaven.
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Lastly:
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The purpose of this judgment
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settles the devastating
problem of sin forever.
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Both humans and angels
understand and openly confess
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that God has been loving,
fair and honest the whole time.
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Finally: His
character will be vindicated.
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The judgment in its many phases
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clarifies this for
both humans and angels.
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All of our questions
are thoroughly answered.
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God already
understands everything fully.
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The judgment is not for
His benefit but for ours.
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He is so gracious.
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Pause.
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Let's review: Conditions and
events during the 1,000 years.
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1. Saints participate in the
judgment of the wicked in Heaven
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while the earth is in
devastation and total darkness
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and there are no
people alive on earth
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while Satan and his angels
are forced to remain on earth
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as he is bound.
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Regarding the
close of the 1,000 years,
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John writes in
Revelation 21 verse 2,
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"Then I, John, saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem,
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coming down out
of heaven from God,
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prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband. "
00:18:02.68\00:18:05.75
Now, if you missed last night's
presentation: The Rescue...
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we studied Revelation 21
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with its glimpse of the
Holy City's description.
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Magnificent!
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Did you know that
the Bible even tells us
00:18:16.79\00:18:20.06
where the Holy City
will be located on earth
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after the millennium?
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Zachariah 14 verse 4,
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"And in that day
His... " meaning Jesus...
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"feet will stand on
the Mount of Olives,
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which faces
Jerusalem on the east.
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And the Mount of
Olives shall be split in two,
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from east to west,
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making a very large valley;
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half of the mountain
shall move toward the north
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and half of it
towards the south. "
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Wow Friends,
00:18:46.92\00:18:48.62
my video crew and I
were recently filming
00:18:48.66\00:18:51.33
on the Mount of Olives
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and to think that
that's where the Holy City
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will ultimately reside.
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Pause...
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As the Lord stands
on the Mount of Olives,
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the mountain will spread
out to make a great plain
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as a base for the Holy City.
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Notice, when Jesus
comes the third time
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at the end of the 1,000 years,
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it is with His saints.
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Zechariah 14 verse 5,
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"Thus the Lord my God will come,
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and all the saints with You. "
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Whereas, at His second coming,
00:19:21.82\00:19:25.19
when the 1,000 years begin,
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Jesus comes for His saints.
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Continuing in
Revelation 20 verse 7,
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"Now when the
thousand years have expired,
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Satan will be
released from his prison. "
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Remember that the resurrection
of the wicked takes place
00:19:40.28\00:19:44.01
at the close of the 1,000 years.
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Revelation 20 verse 5,
00:19:45.95\00:19:48.18
"But the rest of the dead
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did not live again until
the 1,000 years were finished. "
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This final
resurrection of all the wicked
00:19:53.42\00:19:56.79
is when Satan is released
from his "quarantine... "
00:19:56.83\00:20:00.46
a long quarantine.
00:20:00.50\00:20:02.06
Released from his
chain of circumstances
00:20:02.10\00:20:04.40
and again deceives people
00:20:04.43\00:20:06.63
convincing them to
attack the Holy City
00:20:06.67\00:20:09.40
and pull God off His throne.
00:20:09.44\00:20:11.54
During this time, Satan shows
00:20:11.57\00:20:15.04
he has not had
any change of heart.
00:20:15.08\00:20:18.08
Revelation 20 verse 8,
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says that he will go
out to deceive the nations
00:20:20.15\00:20:23.82
which are in the
four corners of the earth,
00:20:23.85\00:20:25.72
Gog and Magog,
00:20:25.75\00:20:27.69
to gather them
together to battle,
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whose number is as
the sand of the sea. "
00:20:29.82\00:20:32.96
Pause...
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Satan and his followers
attempt to capture the Holy City
00:20:34.70\00:20:37.83
in Revelation 20 verse 9,
00:20:37.87\00:20:39.63
"They went up on
the breadth of the earth
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and surrounded
the camp of the saints
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and the beloved city.
00:20:44.17\00:20:45.51
And fire came down
from God out of heaven
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and devoured them. "
00:20:49.48\00:20:51.11
Pause...
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Where must my name be written
if I am to escape the fire?
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Revelation 20 verse 15 tells us,
00:20:56.58\00:20:59.45
"And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life
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was cast into
the lake of fire. "
00:21:03.22\00:21:06.23
Friends, we want our
names in the Book of Life.
00:21:06.26\00:21:10.07
What does it take to
be in the Book of Life?
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In order for our
names to be found there,
00:21:12.87\00:21:16.04
we must have a
personal relationship with Jesus
00:21:16.07\00:21:20.11
and ask Him to
forgive us of our sins
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so that we may
enter the New Jerusalem.
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Here are Biblical events
at the end of the 1,000 years.
00:21:27.08\00:21:32.59
Jesus returns to
earth with His saints.
00:21:32.62\00:21:36.32
The Holy city
descends on Mount of Olives.
00:21:36.36\00:21:39.26
The wicked are then raised
from their graves on earth.
00:21:39.29\00:21:44.17
Satan is unbound from
his chain of circumstances
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and convinces the wicked
to make war on the Holy City.
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They attack the Holy City.
00:21:51.84\00:21:54.51
At that moment, fire from
Heaven destroys all attackers.
00:21:54.54\00:21:59.35
Then the fire purifies
earth and then goes out.
00:21:59.38\00:22:04.95
God creates New
Heaven and New Earth.
00:22:04.99\00:22:09.56
God sets up His new
Kingdom on this earth,
00:22:09.59\00:22:14.03
at that time to be
with those that love Him.
00:22:14.06\00:22:18.53
Many teach that there will
be an opportunity to repent
00:22:18.57\00:22:22.94
during the 1,000 years.
00:22:22.97\00:22:24.37
Some call it a second chance...
00:22:24.41\00:22:26.17
others claim that it
will be a first chance
00:22:26.21\00:22:28.78
or opportunity given to those
00:22:28.81\00:22:30.48
who have never heard
the plan of salvation
00:22:30.51\00:22:32.71
but according to
Scripture, that is impossible.
00:22:32.75\00:22:36.52
Matthew 24 verses 37 to 39
00:22:36.55\00:22:39.65
compares Christ's
second coming to Noah
00:22:39.69\00:22:42.12
and the time of the flood.
00:22:42.16\00:22:43.89
We know they did not
receive a second chance
00:22:43.93\00:22:46.93
to get into the ark of safety.
00:22:46.96\00:22:48.53
Let's look,
00:22:48.56\00:22:49.90
verse 37,
00:22:49.93\00:22:51.33
"But as the days of Noah were,
00:22:51.37\00:22:53.07
so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be.
00:22:53.10\00:22:56.07
For as in the
days before the flood,
00:22:56.10\00:22:58.94
they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage,
00:22:58.97\00:23:02.14
until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
00:23:02.18\00:23:04.81
and did not know
until the flood came
00:23:04.85\00:23:07.92
and took them all away,
00:23:07.95\00:23:09.45
so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be. "
00:23:09.48\00:23:14.02
No, there was no
second opportunity.
00:23:14.06\00:23:17.19
The door to life had closed.
00:23:17.23\00:23:20.36
Those that
rejected God's invitation
00:23:20.40\00:23:22.96
into the ark of safety
00:23:23.00\00:23:24.43
were swept away
and died in the flood.
00:23:24.47\00:23:27.57
The millennium will not be a
1,000 years of glory and peace
00:23:27.60\00:23:32.14
here on earth, Friends.
00:23:32.17\00:23:33.51
It will not be an age
of technological progress
00:23:33.54\00:23:37.05
or a second
chance for the wicked.
00:23:37.08\00:23:39.31
All mankind will not
be converted before it,
00:23:39.35\00:23:43.28
during it or after it
00:23:43.32\00:23:45.15
and neither Christ
nor His redeemed ones
00:23:45.19\00:23:48.22
will be on the earth
during the 1,000 years.
00:23:48.26\00:23:51.03
Pause...
00:23:51.06\00:23:52.96
The truth is that Jesus
will not return to this earth
00:23:52.99\00:23:57.17
until all have heard His
wonderful offer of salvation.
00:23:57.20\00:24:01.34
Each person will either
decide for it or against it.
00:24:01.37\00:24:05.47
Matthew 24:14,
00:24:05.51\00:24:07.81
"And this gospel of the kingdom
00:24:07.84\00:24:10.45
will be
preached in all the world
00:24:10.48\00:24:13.05
as a witness to all the nations,
00:24:13.08\00:24:15.58
and then the end will come. "
00:24:15.62\00:24:18.25
Right now, tonight,
00:24:18.29\00:24:20.89
you are a part of
this prophecy fulfilling.
00:24:20.92\00:24:24.59
This gospel
message is being streamed
00:24:24.63\00:24:27.56
in every time
zone around the world.
00:24:27.60\00:24:30.33
God is doing
something spectacular.
00:24:30.37\00:24:35.00
Pause...
00:24:35.04\00:24:37.17
Now, why does God resurrect the
lost... only to destroy them?
00:24:37.21\00:24:40.91
The lost need to
personally appear
00:24:40.94\00:24:44.45
before the Judgment Seat of God.
00:24:44.48\00:24:46.18
Each need to see the
evidence in heaven's books
00:24:46.21\00:24:50.15
that record the reason
they are outside the Holy City.
00:24:50.19\00:24:53.69
With the facts before them,
00:24:53.72\00:24:56.42
they will acknowledge
God is righteous and true
00:24:56.46\00:25:00.30
in all His judgments.
00:25:00.33\00:25:01.96
Romans 14:10-12 says,
00:25:02.00\00:25:05.27
"But why do you
judge your brother?
00:25:05.30\00:25:07.60
Or why do you show
contempt for your brother?
00:25:07.64\00:25:10.47
For we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ.
00:25:10.51\00:25:14.64
For it is written: 'As
I live,' says the Lord,
00:25:14.68\00:25:18.01
'every... every
knee shall bow to Me,
00:25:18.05\00:25:23.52
and every tongue
shall confess to God. '
00:25:23.55\00:25:26.92
So then each of us shall give
account of himself to God. "
00:25:26.96\00:25:31.36
Revelation 19:2,
00:25:31.39\00:25:34.03
"For true and
righteous are His judgments,
00:25:34.06\00:25:36.60
because He has judged the great
harlot who corrupted the earth
00:25:36.63\00:25:40.50
with her fornication;
00:25:40.54\00:25:41.87
and He has avenged her
00:25:41.90\00:25:43.54
the blood of His
servants shed by her. "
00:25:43.57\00:25:45.91
You don't want to miss
our upcoming Presentation:
00:25:45.94\00:25:48.38
The Harlot.
00:25:48.41\00:25:49.74
The saved will witness that
even when their lost loved ones
00:25:49.78\00:25:55.05
see the evidence of
God's existence and power
00:25:55.08\00:25:57.75
right before them,
00:25:57.79\00:25:59.12
they still choose
to rebel against Him.
00:25:59.15\00:26:02.22
There is nothing more
that can be done to save them.
00:26:02.26\00:26:05.43
This second
resurrection allows the universe
00:26:05.46\00:26:09.23
to see just how far
Satan and sinners will go.
00:26:09.26\00:26:14.10
With full knowledge
that God sits on the throne,
00:26:14.14\00:26:18.17
the wicked still seek to destroy
Him and all His followers.
00:26:18.21\00:26:23.31
It is obvious to all... if
the lost are allowed to live,
00:26:23.35\00:26:28.05
they will
jeopardize life itself.
00:26:28.08\00:26:30.95
With this final demonstration,
00:26:30.99\00:26:33.79
God is merciful and just
to destroy Satan and sinners.
00:26:33.82\00:26:39.46
Now, the redeemed and
the rest of the universe
00:26:39.49\00:26:43.20
will be forever secure as
God promises in Nahum 1:9,
00:26:43.23\00:26:48.90
"affliction will not
rise up a second time. "
00:26:48.94\00:26:52.54
Amen.
00:26:52.57\00:26:53.91
Pause...
00:26:53.94\00:26:55.34
The fire from God
will consume all sin
00:26:55.38\00:26:58.11
thereby cleansing the earth.
00:26:58.15\00:27:00.45
Let's take some time to see what
the Bible says about this fire
00:27:00.48\00:27:05.29
commonly referred to as hell.
00:27:05.32\00:27:07.29
In most graphic language,
00:27:07.32\00:27:09.39
the Bible repeatedly
refers to this Lake of Fire
00:27:09.42\00:27:12.56
and the
punishment of the unsaved.
00:27:12.59\00:27:14.96
In Revelation, Jesus mentions
the Lake of Fire 15 times.
00:27:15.00\00:27:19.27
So, John will know
that the fire is not a fable
00:27:19.30\00:27:22.50
but necessary to
wipe out sin forever.
00:27:22.54\00:27:26.07
Many people have
been shocked to read
00:27:26.11\00:27:28.58
that the unsaved will
be tormented day and night
00:27:28.61\00:27:30.98
forever and ever
in Revelation 20:10
00:27:31.01\00:27:33.38
because such words fill the
mind with daunting questions
00:27:33.42\00:27:37.09
about God's mercy and justice.
00:27:37.12\00:27:40.36
Are the wicked punished forever
00:27:40.39\00:27:42.16
regardless of the severity
or number of their sins?
00:27:42.19\00:27:45.26
Does a sinner who
died 3,000 years ago
00:27:45.29\00:27:50.30
receive 3,000 more
years of punishment
00:27:50.33\00:27:54.50
than the one who dies today
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.30
and is lost for
the same exact sin?
00:27:56.34\00:27:58.57
How can God
permanently get rid of sin
00:27:58.61\00:28:02.98
if sinners are kept
alive tormented somewhere
00:28:03.01\00:28:06.21
forever burning and
screaming in a fire?
00:28:06.25\00:28:08.65
Pause...
00:28:08.68\00:28:10.45
When will the wicked
be punished in the fire?
00:28:10.49\00:28:12.42
2nd Peter 2 verse 9,
00:28:12.45\00:28:15.19
"Then the Lord knows
how to deliver the godly
00:28:15.22\00:28:18.66
out of temptations
00:28:18.69\00:28:20.13
and to reserve the
unjust under punishment
00:28:20.16\00:28:23.06
for the day of judgment. "
00:28:23.10\00:28:24.97
When is the judgment day?
00:28:25.00\00:28:26.84
John 12 verse 48,
00:28:26.87\00:28:28.97
"the same shall judge
him in the last day. "
00:28:29.00\00:28:32.21
Matthew 13:40 to 42 mentions
in the end of the world.
00:28:32.24\00:28:37.95
We would not think of
sending a person to prison
00:28:37.98\00:28:41.08
until he was tried or judged.
00:28:41.12\00:28:42.92
Neither will God
punish His people
00:28:42.95\00:28:46.12
till they face Him
in the final judgment
00:28:46.15\00:28:48.66
before His throne at
the end of the world.
00:28:48.69\00:28:51.06
But if the wicked dead
00:28:51.09\00:28:53.50
are already writhing in
the flames of hell today,
00:28:53.53\00:28:56.87
what need is there for
a future judgment then?
00:28:56.90\00:29:00.44
Since the wicked are
not to be punished in hell
00:29:00.47\00:29:04.87
until the judgment day
at the end of the world,
00:29:04.91\00:29:08.21
how many souls
are in hell right now?
00:29:08.24\00:29:11.81
Not even one.
00:29:11.85\00:29:15.22
All wicked dead
are in their graves now
00:29:15.25\00:29:20.12
awaiting the
resurrection of damnation
00:29:20.16\00:29:22.76
at the close of the 1,000 years.
00:29:22.79\00:29:25.36
In my
Presentation titled: The Grave,
00:29:25.39\00:29:28.30
we read in the Bible
that death is called: Sleep
00:29:28.33\00:29:31.10
at least 50 times
like in Daniel 12 verse 2,
00:29:31.13\00:29:35.14
"And many of them that
sleep in the dust of the earth
00:29:35.17\00:29:37.91
shall awake. "
00:29:37.94\00:29:39.27
Psalm 104:29,
00:29:39.31\00:29:41.54
"take away their breath,
00:29:41.58\00:29:43.38
they die and return to dust. "
00:29:43.41\00:29:45.58
And Ecclesiastes 9 verse 5,
00:29:45.61\00:29:48.68
"the dead know not anything. "
00:29:48.72\00:29:51.42
There is no soul
that floats up to heaven
00:29:51.45\00:29:55.76
or is shoved into
the flames of hell.
00:29:55.79\00:29:59.29
No...
00:29:59.33\00:30:00.66
Since the wicked do not
go into hellfire at death,
00:30:00.70\00:30:04.63
where do they go?
00:30:04.67\00:30:06.00
Job 21: 30 and 32,
00:30:06.03\00:30:09.70
"The wicked are reserved
to the day of destruction.
00:30:09.74\00:30:12.97
They shall be brought
forth to the day of wrath. "
00:30:13.01\00:30:16.01
"Yet shall he be
brought to the grave,
00:30:16.04\00:30:18.71
and shall remain in the tomb. "
00:30:18.75\00:30:20.52
Note that the
righteous and wicked receive
00:30:20.55\00:30:24.02
different rewards.
00:30:24.05\00:30:25.69
Romans 6:23,
00:30:25.72\00:30:27.46
"For the wages of sin is death,
00:30:27.49\00:30:30.86
but the gift of
God is eternal life
00:30:30.89\00:30:34.03
in Christ Jesus our Lord. "
00:30:34.06\00:30:35.70
The righteous
receive eternal life
00:30:35.73\00:30:39.30
whereas the
wicked receive death.
00:30:39.33\00:30:42.44
But the reward of the
wicked is not eternal torment.
00:30:42.47\00:30:46.51
They receive the
eternal finality of death
00:30:46.54\00:30:52.11
where there is no resurrection.
00:30:52.15\00:30:54.02
According to God's Word,
00:30:54.05\00:30:56.38
the wages of sin is not
00:30:56.42\00:30:57.99
burning in flames of
hellfire for eternity.
00:30:58.02\00:31:00.86
It is permanent extinction.
00:31:00.89\00:31:05.36
The difference in the
first and second death
00:31:05.39\00:31:08.53
is that there is no resurrection
from the second death.
00:31:08.56\00:31:12.23
It is final.
00:31:12.27\00:31:14.24
The fire comes from above
to devour the wicked on earth
00:31:14.27\00:31:18.34
and not from the popular idea
00:31:18.37\00:31:20.91
that there is a smoldering
hellfire below somewhere.
00:31:20.94\00:31:24.31
No...
00:31:24.35\00:31:25.68
Revelation 20 verse 9,
00:31:25.71\00:31:27.32
let's always have the
Bible give us the answers,
00:31:27.35\00:31:30.02
"and fire came down
from God out of heaven
00:31:30.05\00:31:33.12
and devoured them. "
00:31:33.15\00:31:34.76
Many people say...
the souls never die.
00:31:34.79\00:31:40.53
But what does God say?
00:31:40.56\00:31:42.36
Ezekiel 18 verse 20,
00:31:42.40\00:31:44.77
"The soul who sins shall die. "
00:31:44.80\00:31:47.80
That's clear.
00:31:47.84\00:31:49.87
At the end of the millennium
the Holy City... New Jerusalem
00:31:49.90\00:31:53.81
with all the saints
comes down from heaven
00:31:53.84\00:31:56.71
and settles on
the Mount of Olives.
00:31:56.75\00:31:58.68
The wicked of all ages are
resurrected and Satan leads them
00:31:58.71\00:32:03.62
in a dramatic attempt to capture
the city and God's throne
00:32:03.65\00:32:07.19
and just as he rallies
his armies and Generals,
00:32:07.22\00:32:10.36
the fire comes down
from God out of heaven.
00:32:10.39\00:32:13.33
This is the hellfire
spoken of in the Bible
00:32:13.36\00:32:17.57
that consumes the wicked.
00:32:17.60\00:32:19.87
Revelation 20 verse 9,
00:32:19.90\00:32:22.27
"and fire came down
from God out of heaven
00:32:22.30\00:32:25.04
and devoured them. "
00:32:25.07\00:32:26.98
When sinners are
devoured in the fire,
00:32:27.01\00:32:30.21
they are put out of existence.
00:32:30.25\00:32:32.81
You see, once the
wicked graves open,
00:32:32.85\00:32:35.78
the fire that comes down
makes this earth's surface
00:32:35.82\00:32:39.62
a Lake of Fire
00:32:39.65\00:32:40.99
and completely
destroys the wicked.
00:32:41.02\00:32:43.36
Then the meek shall inherit
a purified beautiful new earth.
00:32:43.39\00:32:48.26
Sin is permanently gone forever.
00:32:48.30\00:32:51.37
God is not unmercifully
punishing wicked people
00:32:51.40\00:32:55.20
in the fire right now.
00:32:55.24\00:32:56.71
Absolutely not.
00:32:56.74\00:32:58.07
The description of the
fire in 2nd Peter 3:10 says,
00:32:58.11\00:33:02.61
"the elements will
melt with fervent heat;
00:33:02.64\00:33:06.31
both the earth and
the works that are in it
00:33:06.35\00:33:10.12
will be burned up. "
00:33:10.15\00:33:11.65
Hellfire will
cover the entire earth
00:33:11.69\00:33:15.49
as everything on the face of
the planet will be burned up.
00:33:15.52\00:33:20.63
Malachi 4:1
describes hellfire this way,
00:33:20.66\00:33:24.20
"'For behold, the day is coming,
00:33:24.23\00:33:26.60
burning like an oven,
00:33:26.63\00:33:28.34
and all the proud,
yes, all who do wickedly
00:33:28.37\00:33:32.27
will be stubble.
00:33:32.31\00:33:33.71
And the day which is
coming shall burn them up. '
00:33:33.74\00:33:36.75
says the Lord of hosts,
00:33:36.78\00:33:39.01
'That will leave them
neither root nor branch. '"
00:33:39.05\00:33:42.68
Okay... hot as an oven...
00:33:42.72\00:33:46.45
all those that
chose Satan's evil ways
00:33:46.49\00:33:49.79
will be turned to
stubble like dry tinder.
00:33:49.82\00:33:52.49
This fire will burn them up.
00:33:52.53\00:33:54.93
The little word "up" denotes
completion... 100 percent.
00:33:54.96\00:34:00.84
The fire from God does its
work... destroys the wicked
00:34:00.87\00:34:04.97
and they are no more.
00:34:05.01\00:34:06.34
Otherwise, sin would
continue to spread like a cancer
00:34:06.37\00:34:10.58
and jeopardize
the entire universe.
00:34:10.61\00:34:12.58
You see, if I hang on to my sin,
00:34:12.61\00:34:16.79
I will have to be
destroyed with it.
00:34:16.82\00:34:19.02
God cannot permit
sin to be eternal.
00:34:19.05\00:34:24.19
Think about it.
00:34:24.23\00:34:25.63
If there was eternal torment,
00:34:25.66\00:34:27.76
it would keep
sin around forever.
00:34:27.80\00:34:30.67
All former things are gone.
00:34:30.70\00:34:34.90
No exception is
made to keep hell burning
00:34:34.94\00:34:37.97
somewhere in God's universe.
00:34:38.01\00:34:39.34
God's plan is to completely
rid the universe of evil.
00:34:39.37\00:34:44.51
An eternal burning hell
would perpetuate sin and evil...
00:34:44.55\00:34:49.18
a constant
reminder of pain and sadness
00:34:49.22\00:34:52.75
and quite frankly, it
would keep Satan alive.
00:34:52.79\00:34:56.29
Pause...
00:34:56.32\00:34:58.19
In the cleansing flames,
the wicked are at last destroyed
00:34:58.23\00:35:02.66
root and branch.
00:35:02.70\00:35:04.73
Satan the root... his
followers the branches.
00:35:04.77\00:35:08.20
Evil is forever ended.
00:35:08.24\00:35:11.47
Isaiah 47:14,
00:35:11.51\00:35:14.48
"Behold, they
shall be as stubble,
00:35:14.51\00:35:16.68
the fire shall burn them;
00:35:16.71\00:35:18.48
they shall not
deliver themselves
00:35:18.51\00:35:20.45
from the power of the flame;
00:35:20.48\00:35:22.08
it shall not be a
coal to be warmed by,
00:35:22.12\00:35:25.05
nor a fire to sit before!"
00:35:25.09\00:35:26.82
Nobody can escape God's fire
00:35:26.86\00:35:29.76
but when every
evil thing is burned up,
00:35:29.79\00:35:32.29
the fire goes out
00:35:32.33\00:35:34.83
and not even a
coal is left glowing.
00:35:34.86\00:35:37.53
Pause...
00:35:37.57\00:35:39.23
That's God's mercy.
00:35:39.27\00:35:40.60
The fire goes out.
00:35:40.64\00:35:43.07
Malachi 4 verse 3,
00:35:43.10\00:35:45.94
"'You shall trample the wicked,
00:35:45.97\00:35:47.88
for they shall be ashes
under the soles of your feet
00:35:47.91\00:35:51.25
on the day that I do
this,' says the Lord of hosts. "
00:35:51.28\00:35:54.18
Pause...
00:35:54.22\00:35:55.55
Friends, let me pause here.
00:35:55.58\00:35:57.59
Remember, you
can avoid all of this
00:35:57.62\00:36:02.59
because you still have
time to choose God's way
00:36:02.62\00:36:07.20
and be inside the city gates.
00:36:07.23\00:36:09.40
You are not doomed to hell.
00:36:09.43\00:36:12.10
You have the choice
of eternal paradise.
00:36:12.13\00:36:15.64
Take it.
00:36:15.67\00:36:17.64
King David in the Psalm says
00:36:17.67\00:36:20.78
that the wicked
will not be found
00:36:20.81\00:36:22.44
no matter how diligently
one may search for them.
00:36:22.48\00:36:25.51
Psalm 37:10 and 20,
00:36:25.55\00:36:28.52
"For yet a little while and
the wicked shall be no more;
00:36:28.55\00:36:32.32
indeed, you will look
carefully for his place,
00:36:32.35\00:36:35.46
but it shall be no more. "
00:36:35.49\00:36:37.39
Verse 20,
00:36:37.43\00:36:39.06
"But the wicked shall perish;
00:36:39.09\00:36:41.43
and the enemies of the Lord,
00:36:41.46\00:36:43.06
like the
splendor of the meadows,
00:36:43.10\00:36:44.73
shall vanish.
00:36:44.77\00:36:46.10
Into smoke they
shall vanish away. "
00:36:46.13\00:36:49.17
So, the wicked will not be found
00:36:49.20\00:36:52.91
because in flames of
fire they went up in smoke.
00:36:52.94\00:36:56.44
We can plainly see
that the man-made belief
00:36:56.48\00:36:59.75
portraying the wicked screaming
for mercy somewhere in hell
00:36:59.78\00:37:03.62
is a lie.
00:37:03.65\00:37:05.19
Scripture says,
"They are turned to ash
00:37:05.22\00:37:08.99
and disappear
forever in a wisp of smoke. "
00:37:09.02\00:37:12.63
Then it's all over forever...
00:37:12.66\00:37:16.06
done...
00:37:16.10\00:37:18.53
When the devil is
placed in the fire
00:37:18.57\00:37:20.54
mentioned in
Revelation 20 verse 10,
00:37:20.57\00:37:22.37
"The devil, who deceived them,
00:37:22.40\00:37:24.61
was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone
00:37:24.64\00:37:27.71
where the beast and
the false prophet are... "
00:37:27.74\00:37:30.51
What exactly happens to Satan?
00:37:30.55\00:37:33.35
Ezekiel 28:18 and 19 tells us,
00:37:33.38\00:37:36.95
"by the multitude
of your iniquities... "
00:37:36.99\00:37:40.26
meaning sins...
00:37:40.29\00:37:41.82
"by the iniquity
of your trading... "
00:37:41.86\00:37:44.26
your dealings...
00:37:44.29\00:37:45.63
therefore I brought
fire from your midst;
00:37:45.66\00:37:48.86
it devoured you,
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.47
and I turned you to
ashes upon the earth...
00:37:50.50\00:37:53.50
All who knew you
among the peoples
00:37:53.54\00:37:56.81
are astonished at you;
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.44
you have become a horror,
00:37:58.47\00:38:00.64
and shall be no more forever. "
00:38:00.68\00:38:02.58
The wages of sin
are permanent death
00:38:02.61\00:38:06.78
not eternal torment as
Satan would have us to believe.
00:38:06.82\00:38:11.55
You see, Satan wants to
discredit the character of God
00:38:11.59\00:38:15.46
and cause us to
be afraid of God.
00:38:15.49\00:38:18.89
Therefore, he
continues to spread lies
00:38:18.93\00:38:23.06
like in the 1400s when the Roman
pagan invention of purgatory
00:38:23.10\00:38:28.27
was adopted into the
Roman Catholic Church
00:38:28.30\00:38:30.94
to terrify
superstitious multitudes.
00:38:30.97\00:38:34.11
By this heresy, the existence of
a place of torment is promoted.
00:38:34.14\00:38:39.01
Undying souls are
in limbo somehow here
00:38:39.05\00:38:42.92
to suffer
torture for their sins.
00:38:42.95\00:38:45.52
When free from impurity,
00:38:45.55\00:38:47.99
then... only then they
are admitted to heaven.
00:38:48.02\00:38:52.69
It is believed that
the payment of money
00:38:52.73\00:38:55.23
to the Roman
Catholic Church System
00:38:55.26\00:38:57.63
might release
them from these flames.
00:38:57.67\00:39:00.50
A popular book by
Jonathan Edwards is titled:
00:39:00.54\00:39:04.57
Sinners in the
Hand of An Angry God
00:39:04.61\00:39:06.81
views God as the Puppet Master
00:39:06.84\00:39:10.08
who has a grand
plan for humanity.
00:39:10.11\00:39:12.91
He believes that
any moment... on a whim
00:39:12.95\00:39:16.48
an angry God
above may destroy us.
00:39:16.52\00:39:18.92
He provides gruesome details
00:39:18.95\00:39:21.12
of a God holding the sinner
over the fiery pit of hell
00:39:21.16\00:39:24.66
and at any
moment, He might let go
00:39:24.69\00:39:27.10
and the sinner would
drop into fiery flames.
00:39:27.13\00:39:30.13
Pause...
00:39:30.17\00:39:31.63
He says, "God holds
you over the pit of hell
00:39:31.67\00:39:35.00
like some loathsome
insect over the fire...
00:39:35.04\00:39:37.61
He abhors you. "
00:39:37.64\00:39:39.27
His man-made concept
was popularized in 1741
00:39:39.31\00:39:45.38
while pastoring in Connecticut.
00:39:45.41\00:39:47.75
His ideology is still used
in religious academic studies.
00:39:47.78\00:39:53.09
This is a doctrine of devils
traced back to the dark ages
00:39:53.12\00:39:57.36
where pagan beliefs found
their way into the church.
00:39:57.39\00:40:00.26
It became very advantageous
00:40:00.30\00:40:02.90
because they found that
fear is a powerful mechanism.
00:40:02.93\00:40:06.33
You can motivate and
increase offerings by fear
00:40:06.37\00:40:09.57
with the false
doctrines of indulgences.
00:40:09.60\00:40:11.81
Many churches keep
their pews packed by fear.
00:40:11.84\00:40:15.71
Friends, as we read our Bible,
00:40:15.74\00:40:20.05
we see that the God in
heaven is not like this.
00:40:20.08\00:40:24.39
Instead, He's all
about love, mercy, peace,
00:40:24.42\00:40:31.13
not fear.
00:40:31.16\00:40:32.83
Pause...
00:40:32.86\00:40:34.96
Satan misrepresents God.
00:40:35.00\00:40:37.13
What a tragedy
00:40:37.17\00:40:38.73
that Jesus is credited with
a teaching of eternal torment
00:40:38.77\00:40:42.37
when He taught
something entirely different.
00:40:42.40\00:40:44.77
Could you stand to see your
child burn for even one hour
00:40:44.81\00:40:50.21
for a terrible crime?
00:40:50.25\00:40:51.61
If your child disobeys,
00:40:51.65\00:40:53.62
you would not dream
of spanking them non-stop
00:40:53.65\00:40:56.22
for a year... a month...
a week or even one hour.
00:40:56.25\00:40:59.32
Yet, men accuse our
loving God the Father
00:40:59.35\00:41:04.13
of burning His disobedient
children for eternity.
00:41:04.16\00:41:07.70
Pause...
00:41:07.73\00:41:09.06
Eternal torment is not a
biblical doctrine but a lie.
00:41:09.10\00:41:14.50
Let me quote a guy who
teaches a disturbing idea
00:41:14.54\00:41:19.44
that the non-stop
burning of the wicked
00:41:19.47\00:41:21.84
will somehow bring joy
00:41:21.88\00:41:23.75
to the saints
throughout all of eternity.
00:41:23.78\00:41:26.05
Dr. Samuel
Hopkins authored this,
00:41:26.08\00:41:29.75
"The sight of hell torments,
00:41:29.78\00:41:32.42
will exalt the
happiness of the saints forever.
00:41:32.45\00:41:35.52
When they see others
who are of the same nature
00:41:35.56\00:41:41.13
and born under the
same circumstances,
00:41:41.16\00:41:43.50
plunged in such misery,
00:41:43.53\00:41:45.30
it will make them sensible
of how happy they are. "
00:41:45.33\00:41:49.10
Hmmm... what?
00:41:49.14\00:41:51.74
That would not make me happy.
00:41:51.77\00:41:53.98
Where in God's Word
is such teachings found?
00:41:54.01\00:41:58.11
Will the redeemed in heaven
00:41:58.15\00:42:00.02
lose their emotions
of pity and compassion
00:42:00.05\00:42:03.05
or even feelings
of common humanity?
00:42:03.08\00:42:05.95
Does God delight in torment?
00:42:05.99\00:42:08.66
No way.
00:42:08.69\00:42:10.03
Ezekiel 33 verse 11 says,
00:42:10.06\00:42:13.33
"'As I live," says the Lord God,
00:42:13.36\00:42:16.67
'I have no pleasure in
the death of the wicked,
00:42:16.70\00:42:20.30
but that the wicked
turn from his way and live. "
00:42:20.34\00:42:24.61
God says, "Turn,
turn from your evil ways!
00:42:24.64\00:42:28.64
For why should you
die, O house of Israel?"
00:42:28.68\00:42:31.65
The doctrine
that the wicked dead
00:42:31.68\00:42:34.72
are tormented
forever in flames of torture
00:42:34.75\00:42:37.32
is inconsistent
with the character of God
00:42:37.35\00:42:40.52
who demonstrated
infinite love for you and me
00:42:40.56\00:42:45.79
in the sacrifice
of His Son Jesus.
00:42:45.83\00:42:48.46
Sadly, many people have
misunderstood these concepts
00:42:48.50\00:42:53.44
and completely reject God
as a result of these lies.
00:42:53.47\00:42:57.41
This is Satan's plan.
00:42:57.44\00:42:59.71
Let's not be
fooled or fool ourselves.
00:42:59.74\00:43:03.01
God has given in His
Word decisive evidence
00:43:03.04\00:43:06.58
that He will punish
those who break His law.
00:43:06.61\00:43:09.28
Those who flatter themselves
that God is too merciful
00:43:09.32\00:43:12.85
to execute justice to the Sinner
00:43:12.89\00:43:14.99
have only to look to
the Cross of Calvary.
00:43:15.02\00:43:18.69
The death of
innocent Jesus testifies
00:43:18.73\00:43:22.16
that the wages of sin is death.
00:43:22.20\00:43:24.87
That every violation of
God's law must receive payment.
00:43:24.90\00:43:28.64
Christ the sinless
became sin for man.
00:43:28.67\00:43:32.07
In no other way could man be
freed from the penalty of sin.
00:43:32.11\00:43:35.84
God's desire for you and me
is that we be eternally saved
00:43:35.88\00:43:40.85
but it is completely our choice.
00:43:40.88\00:43:43.69
The Lord will by no
means clear the guilty.
00:43:43.72\00:43:46.96
It is because God is
loving that justice is a must.
00:43:46.99\00:43:51.49
God's justice is based
upon the freewill choices
00:43:51.53\00:43:55.43
people make after
being fully informed.
00:43:55.46\00:43:57.97
It would be unfair
to impose a lifestyle
00:43:58.00\00:44:01.04
upon a person opposite
to the one he has chosen.
00:44:01.07\00:44:04.04
God loves us enough
to permit us freedom
00:44:04.07\00:44:07.11
to choose the
lifestyle we prefer.
00:44:07.14\00:44:09.54
God's justice simply insists
00:44:09.58\00:44:11.88
that we receive
what we have chosen
00:44:11.91\00:44:14.48
with all its consequences.
00:44:14.52\00:44:16.35
Those who
choose sin choose death
00:44:16.38\00:44:19.45
and God will cry out,
"How can I give you up?
00:44:19.49\00:44:24.13
What more could I
have done than what I did?"
00:44:24.16\00:44:27.70
It will be the most horrible
moment heaven has experienced
00:44:27.73\00:44:31.93
when God's disobedient
children must be destroyed
00:44:31.97\00:44:35.17
because they refuse His love.
00:44:35.20\00:44:37.17
Those who refuse to
follow Jesus here on earth
00:44:37.21\00:44:40.74
would be miserable in heaven...
00:44:40.78\00:44:42.68
a place where
only holiness exists.
00:44:42.71\00:44:45.11
God wants every
person in heaven.
00:44:45.15\00:44:49.28
Not one person needs to be lost.
00:44:49.32\00:44:52.99
There isn't one person that
isn't worthy of forgiveness.
00:44:53.02\00:44:57.36
Heaven is open for you, Friend.
00:44:57.39\00:45:00.40
You still have time to
choose eternity in Paradise.
00:45:00.43\00:45:04.07
No matter what you
have done in your past,
00:45:04.10\00:45:07.10
Jesus has more than
enough mercy to cover you.
00:45:07.14\00:45:12.57
Just surrender to His love.
00:45:12.61\00:45:14.98
This makes me think about
a man we will call: The Ox.
00:45:15.01\00:45:20.38
It's an AWR miracle story.
00:45:20.42\00:45:23.35
Pastor Borshaun is one
of our AWR Broadcasters.
00:45:23.39\00:45:28.02
Recently he
received a phone call
00:45:28.06\00:45:30.53
with a very quiet
voice on the other end.
00:45:30.56\00:45:33.50
It whispered, "I
only have two minutes,
00:45:33.53\00:45:36.77
is this the Pastor who sends
the audio messages of hope?"
00:45:36.80\00:45:40.27
The Pastor replied, "Yes. "
00:45:40.30\00:45:43.34
"Well, listen carefully
and don't say anything. "
00:45:43.37\00:45:46.81
The man proceeded to tell the
Pastor that he was the Commander
00:45:46.84\00:45:50.41
in a well organized
anti-Government force
00:45:50.45\00:45:53.85
that has been creating
chaos and terror for many years.
00:45:53.88\00:45:57.49
"I've been listening
to the audio messages
00:45:57.52\00:46:00.76
and I have many questions.
00:46:00.79\00:46:02.12
Would you be
willing to meet with me?
00:46:02.16\00:46:03.99
I will personally guarantee
your safety... " he said.
00:46:04.03\00:46:07.46
Pastor Borshaun was astonished.
00:46:07.50\00:46:10.27
He swallowed hard and
agreed to meet this General.
00:46:10.30\00:46:14.17
The Pastor offered a
prayer for wisdom and protection
00:46:14.20\00:46:17.87
when he entered the room where
this tall, powerful man stood.
00:46:17.91\00:46:21.88
He immediately realized
why they call him: The Ox.
00:46:21.91\00:46:26.61
He was an ox of a man.
00:46:26.65\00:46:28.65
His face was deeply lined
by a life of hate and crime
00:46:28.68\00:46:32.49
and now, at retirement age...
00:46:32.52\00:46:34.72
he had been in this Organization
since he was 17 years old
00:46:34.76\00:46:38.39
and after a few
pointed questions to verify
00:46:38.43\00:46:41.60
that he was
indeed Pastor Borshaun,
00:46:41.63\00:46:44.30
the Commander began to speak
with a quiet voice of authority.
00:46:44.33\00:46:48.40
"I have never
been a religious person
00:46:48.44\00:46:50.97
and I have lived an
active life of crime.
00:46:51.01\00:46:53.91
For most of my adult life,
00:46:53.94\00:46:56.01
I have been unable
to sleep much at night.
00:46:56.04\00:46:58.41
All I do is replay in my mind
the things that I have done.
00:46:58.45\00:47:03.42
I am not a good man. "
00:47:03.45\00:47:05.45
For the next two hours,
00:47:05.49\00:47:08.82
this powerful man
confessed crime after crime
00:47:08.86\00:47:13.53
after crime.
00:47:13.56\00:47:14.96
"Despite all this, when I began
to receive the audio messages,
00:47:15.00\00:47:21.00
I knew for the first time
in my life that God is real
00:47:21.04\00:47:26.21
because as I listened, I
had a strange sense of peace
00:47:26.24\00:47:29.91
and of God's presence.
00:47:29.94\00:47:31.95
I now sleep much better at night
00:47:31.98\00:47:34.98
but I would like
you to pray for me.
00:47:35.02\00:47:37.29
I simply can't believe that
God could fully forgive me. "
00:47:37.32\00:47:42.36
Pastor Borshaun said,
00:47:42.39\00:47:44.73
"Yes, you have
done terrible things
00:47:44.76\00:47:47.80
but God's grace is greater
than all our sins combined.
00:47:47.83\00:47:52.93
He is able and willing to
forgive you if you ask Him.
00:47:52.97\00:47:58.31
He died for you...
even before you were born...
00:47:58.34\00:48:01.74
before you
committed your first crime. "
00:48:01.78\00:48:05.11
They spoke into the
wee hours of the morning
00:48:05.15\00:48:08.45
as the General asked questions
00:48:08.48\00:48:10.15
and received
answers from God's Word.
00:48:10.19\00:48:13.22
A few weeks passed
00:48:13.25\00:48:15.59
and Pastor Borshaun
received another strange call.
00:48:15.62\00:48:18.46
"Do you remember
the man you spoke with
00:48:18.49\00:48:21.73
the last night you were here?"
00:48:21.76\00:48:23.70
And Pastor Borshaun was evasive
not knowing who was calling.
00:48:23.73\00:48:27.90
But the man continued,
00:48:27.94\00:48:29.84
"I'm talking about the
man who said he didn't know
00:48:29.87\00:48:32.64
if God could forgive him.
00:48:32.67\00:48:34.04
Well, he now
believes God has forgiven him
00:48:34.08\00:48:38.68
and wants to be baptized. "
00:48:38.71\00:48:40.72
Music...
00:48:40.75\00:48:43.59
Hallelujah...
00:48:43.62\00:48:45.19
This man chose God's way
00:48:45.22\00:48:46.82
and recently did accept Jesus as
his personal Savior in baptism.
00:48:46.86\00:48:51.26
Heaven is open for
all just like The Ox.
00:48:51.29\00:48:56.20
The record of your life
can be clean... just ask.
00:48:56.23\00:49:01.20
Isn't it wonderful to know
that during the millennium,
00:49:01.24\00:49:04.41
all questions will be answered
00:49:04.44\00:49:06.27
and God's
character will be vindicated.
00:49:06.31\00:49:09.28
There may be those of you...
00:49:09.31\00:49:11.41
those you thought would
not be in heaven... that are
00:49:11.45\00:49:15.45
and some you expected
to be there... and are not.
00:49:15.48\00:49:19.29
The heavenly records
will be open for all to see
00:49:19.32\00:49:22.92
how many times the
Holy Spirit pled and pursued
00:49:22.96\00:49:28.06
and wooed...
only to be rejected.
00:49:28.10\00:49:30.93
You will see that when
they were given the light,
00:49:30.97\00:49:34.17
they refused to follow it.
00:49:34.20\00:49:36.84
The opposite
scenario will also happen
00:49:36.87\00:49:39.97
with a person that we
didn't expect to be in heaven.
00:49:40.01\00:49:42.68
Imagine when Stephen who
was stoned by Paul in Acts 7,
00:49:42.71\00:49:47.92
when he meets the eyes
of Paul his persecutor,
00:49:47.95\00:49:51.79
the books will show
Stephen how Paul repented
00:49:51.82\00:49:55.72
and became a great evangelist.
00:49:55.76\00:49:58.33
The entire history of
the world will be on display
00:49:58.36\00:50:03.43
before all eyes to see.
00:50:03.47\00:50:05.80
Our Mighty God is so merciful
00:50:05.83\00:50:09.27
that He permits Satan
to wander a deserted planet
00:50:09.30\00:50:12.31
for a 1,000 years.
00:50:12.34\00:50:14.28
Satan will have time to review
and think over all the evil
00:50:14.31\00:50:18.81
he has done.
00:50:18.85\00:50:20.38
This is also the time the
whole universe including us
00:50:20.42\00:50:24.09
will see the results
of sin on our planet.
00:50:24.12\00:50:27.02
Absolute desolation...
00:50:27.06\00:50:29.72
forevermore there
will be no more questions
00:50:29.76\00:50:33.23
as to what sin has done.
00:50:33.26\00:50:36.06
After the 1,000
years, the Holy City descends
00:50:36.10\00:50:39.17
made of gold...
transparent like glass
00:50:39.20\00:50:41.94
and rests on
the Mount of Olives.
00:50:41.97\00:50:43.87
Once that happens,
00:50:43.91\00:50:45.94
the wicked who died are
raised and one last time
00:50:45.97\00:50:49.08
to witness all
that they have rejected.
00:50:49.11\00:50:51.41
Satan rounds up
armies for his finale...
00:50:51.45\00:50:54.28
last big last big hurrah.
00:50:54.32\00:50:55.75
Satan knows... these
are his final moments
00:50:55.78\00:50:59.62
because he too
knows Bible prophecy.
00:50:59.65\00:51:02.46
Can you imagine what
the army would look like?
00:51:02.49\00:51:05.86
Because remember...
the wicked are not made new
00:51:05.89\00:51:09.90
and given
perfect immortal bodies.
00:51:09.93\00:51:11.47
How they went
down into the grave
00:51:11.50\00:51:14.04
is exactly how
they come back out.
00:51:14.07\00:51:16.60
This will be quite a scene.
00:51:16.64\00:51:19.04
At this time, all the
righteous will be assured
00:51:19.07\00:51:22.94
that God's
decisions have been just
00:51:22.98\00:51:25.71
because all the wicked still
make the same choice for evil.
00:51:25.75\00:51:30.59
Their hearts have not changed.
00:51:30.62\00:51:32.92
They charge the Holy
City as their last act of sin
00:51:32.95\00:51:37.79
to try to overtake God's throne.
00:51:37.83\00:51:40.50
Because our God is
faithful and does not change,
00:51:40.53\00:51:44.97
He keeps His promise
that sin will never rise again
00:51:45.00\00:51:48.90
and how can God
keep this promise?
00:51:48.94\00:51:52.01
All sin must be destroyed.
00:51:52.04\00:51:54.98
God is like a burning fire.
00:51:55.01\00:51:57.48
Sin cannot exist
in God's glory...
00:51:57.51\00:52:00.22
therefore, the fire
burns up sin in God's mercy.
00:52:00.25\00:52:04.55
Since God promised there will
never be another world flood,
00:52:04.59\00:52:09.62
this time, He uses
fire to cleanse the earth.
00:52:09.66\00:52:12.96
How merciful...
because fire consumes quickly.
00:52:12.99\00:52:17.80
It burns like a match...
00:52:17.83\00:52:19.73
it burns up completely...
00:52:19.77\00:52:21.40
then extinguishes forever
00:52:21.44\00:52:24.11
as it will be on this
earth's final pages...
00:52:24.14\00:52:27.14
only ashes
remain under our feet.
00:52:27.18\00:52:30.08
Music...
00:52:30.11\00:52:31.81
Isn't it amazing
that in the millennium
00:52:31.85\00:52:34.25
we actually
judge God's judgment.
00:52:34.28\00:52:38.15
Pause...
00:52:38.19\00:52:39.75
Think about that for a moment.
00:52:39.79\00:52:41.49
The God who created
the entire universe,
00:52:41.52\00:52:46.03
wants your relationship with Him
00:52:46.06\00:52:48.83
to be on such a level
00:52:48.86\00:52:50.57
that He is willing to
spend a thousand years
00:52:50.60\00:52:54.14
making sure all
questions are answered.
00:52:54.17\00:52:58.14
Can you picture in your mind
00:52:58.17\00:53:00.51
sitting down with God
00:53:00.54\00:53:02.14
and asking Him
about a particular subject
00:53:02.18\00:53:04.88
or event in your life?
00:53:04.91\00:53:06.41
Friend, that is
a God we can trust.
00:53:06.45\00:53:10.09
Let me pray for you.
00:53:10.12\00:53:12.39
Music...
00:53:12.42\00:53:13.76
Heavenly Father,
00:53:13.79\00:53:15.12
I pray for a special blessing
on each listener tonight.
00:53:15.16\00:53:19.39
You know each heartache...
00:53:19.43\00:53:22.40
each struggle...
00:53:22.43\00:53:23.77
You care deeply for each one.
00:53:23.80\00:53:26.84
I pray for those that
are in the valley of decision
00:53:26.87\00:53:30.24
on whether to choose You fully
00:53:30.27\00:53:32.51
and walk in your footsteps.
00:53:32.54\00:53:34.38
I pray that each will
experience the love for truth
00:53:34.41\00:53:39.05
and gladly serve Jesus
for the rest of their lives.
00:53:39.08\00:53:43.25
In Jesus' precious
powerful name, amen. "
00:53:43.28\00:53:48.02
Thank you for
spending this time with me.
00:53:48.06\00:53:52.53
Meet me back here tomorrow night
00:53:52.56\00:53:55.10
for the Mark...
yes... The Mark of the Beast
00:53:55.13\00:53:58.67
on: Unlocking Bible Prophecies.
00:53:58.70\00:54:01.67
Choose God's way.
00:54:01.70\00:54:03.57
Good night Friends.
00:54:03.61\00:54:05.31
As a special bonus
for our 3ABN Viewers,
00:54:05.34\00:54:10.18
we want to share this story
00:54:10.21\00:54:11.95
featuring one of
God's incredible miracles
00:54:11.98\00:54:14.45
before we end this Program.
00:54:14.48\00:54:16.18
Thank you for your
prayers and support
00:54:16.22\00:54:18.32
of Adventist World Radio.
00:54:18.35\00:54:19.85
Every day, lives like these
are being changed for eternity.
00:54:19.89\00:54:24.73
Music...
00:54:24.76\00:54:30.20
I used to hate the Adventists.
00:54:30.23\00:54:33.20
Music...
00:54:33.23\00:54:35.37
If they had Evangelistic Series,
00:54:35.40\00:54:37.07
I would throw
stones on the roof.
00:54:37.11\00:54:39.54
Music...
00:54:39.57\00:54:49.08
One day Sialavo watched as
many young beautiful ladies
00:54:49.12\00:54:54.96
walked into the
Adventist meetings.
00:54:54.99\00:54:56.76
An idea popped into his head.
00:54:56.79\00:54:59.26
"I need a good
wife... " he thought,
00:54:59.29\00:55:01.70
"maybe I can find one here. "
00:55:01.73\00:55:04.00
Music...
00:55:04.03\00:55:08.34
He entered the meeting
00:55:08.37\00:55:09.90
and sitting in the
back surveyed his options.
00:55:09.94\00:55:12.67
One girl stood out to him
00:55:12.71\00:55:14.48
and after the
meeting, he introduced himself.
00:55:14.51\00:55:17.08
I didn't tell
her about my bad past
00:55:17.11\00:55:21.38
and I started
praying to impress her.
00:55:21.42\00:55:24.72
We were married soon after
00:55:24.75\00:55:26.12
but instead of marriage
00:55:26.15\00:55:27.92
and a beautiful
wife fixing my problems,
00:55:27.96\00:55:30.23
things got worse.
00:55:30.26\00:55:32.23
Sialavo had a criminal
record which caught up to him
00:55:32.26\00:55:36.16
and after being
found guilty of murder,
00:55:36.20\00:55:39.07
he was placed on
the Most Wanted List.
00:55:39.10\00:55:41.64
Realizing his situation,
Sialavo fled to a remote forest.
00:55:41.67\00:55:47.81
Music...
00:55:47.84\00:55:52.71
He lived here for four years.
00:55:52.75\00:55:55.98
"I was living like
an animal in the woods.
00:55:56.02\00:56:01.56
I had made a mess of my life
00:56:01.59\00:56:03.73
and felt like there
was no hope for me. "
00:56:03.76\00:56:06.70
Music...
00:56:06.73\00:56:09.86
Like the prodigal son who
realized he had nothing to lose,
00:56:09.90\00:56:13.13
Sialavo ventured
out of the forest
00:56:13.17\00:56:15.54
knowing his family
had surely abandoned him,
00:56:15.57\00:56:18.74
he went to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:56:18.77\00:56:20.94
An Elder met him
and assured Sialavo
00:56:20.98\00:56:23.91
that his place was in the Church
00:56:23.95\00:56:25.58
and he was always welcome.
00:56:25.61\00:56:27.58
These words brought a
glimmer of hope to his heart.
00:56:27.62\00:56:30.82
Though the church
Elder was very welcoming,
00:56:30.85\00:56:34.86
the other members avoided me.
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My past began to haunt me again
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and in fear, I
returned to the woods.
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Music...
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But this time, Sialavo took
something with him to the woods,
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a radio.
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This was his only
connection to the outside world
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and he listened
eagerly to different programs.
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Pause... radio...
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One day, he stumbled
across an AWR Broadcast.
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The words stirred his soul
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and he began to fall in love
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with the Jesus who would
forgive a sinner like him.
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Radio...
00:57:23.97\00:57:28.21
Excited about his
new friend, Jesus,
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Sialavo began inviting
other thieves and criminals
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in the area... to come
and hear the AWR Programs too.
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Convinced of their salvation
through the blood of Jesus,
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Sialavo and 15
other Ex-Criminals
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came out of the woods
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and were baptized into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Together with my
friends who were once thieves,
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we built a church where we all
worshipped together on Sabbath.
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Music.
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Today, Sialavo also leads
out in a small group study
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where they
listen to AWR Programs
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and pray together.
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Music...
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Sialavo preaches
like John the Baptists
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wherever he goes and
is often called "Apostle"
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by those who know him.
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AWR changed my life.
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Through it, I found
forgiveness and hope.
00:58:27.84\00:58:32.17
Music...
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Thank you so much
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for your support of
Adventist World Radio.
00:58:36.75\00:58:38.81
Truly, great
things are happening
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even in the
remotest parts of the earth.
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And together, we are making
waves from Broadcast to Baptism.
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This is AWR 360.
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