Hello, and good evening.
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When I was a youngster, I recall
my mother received a pamphlet
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in the mail about a
series of studies on the
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book of Revelation.
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It contained seven headed
beasts, and dragons, and just
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horrible pictures, and
back in the day we would say,
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it scared her half to death.
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I guess today we'd
say it freaked her out.
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My mother just said, I'm
not going to have anything to do
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with a book in the bible that
has all of this horrible stuff
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in it, and so it retarded her
study of the book of Revelation
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for many, many years.
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But one of the things we've
been finding out in this meeting
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is that the book of Revelation
is not a horrible book.
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Not at all! It is
a message of love,
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and a
revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Can you say Amen? Amen!
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So we have been
having a wonderful time,
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a truly wonderful time with
our friend, pastor, evangelist,
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Lawrence Dorsey, as we have
been looking through the eyes
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of John at the
messages that come to us from
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the book of Revelation.
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We are so glad to be in the
Ambassador Seventh-day Adventist
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Church, and our host
is Pastor Henoc Paulicin.
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I'd like to say good
evening to all of the church
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family at Ambassador.
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And good evening to all of
our friends that are watching
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throughout the world.
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It is so exciting to see
the truth of the Bible as being
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expounded through
the book of Revelation.
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It affirms my faith that the God
that we serve is not only a true
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God, but His Word is true. Amen!
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And so we look forward
to see what the man of God,
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Pastor Lawrence
Dorsey, has to say to us.
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And if you're ever in the Fort
Lauderdale area, please come out
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and visit us at the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in Lauderdale Lakes where, I
believe, we're the friendliest
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church in the area.
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What do you say
about that? Amen, Amen!
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Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
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I don't know if you would
mind praying for us pastor.
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Certainly! Father God,
again tonight as we stand,
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and, as it were, before
the throne of God, we pray that
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Your Spirit would infuse
this place, that You would speak
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with the evangelist.
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That You would touch his mind,
his heart, his lips, and may we
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receive, through him, from You,
words of life and encouragement
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that will help us as together
we seek to walk the road
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that leads to glory.
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Make the Word plain to
us, dear God, this night,
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and give us strength to be
not just hearers of the Word,
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but doers thereof.
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We love You, we praise
You, and we thank You for Your
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promise to answer the prayer
of faith, in Jesus' name, Amen.
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I dreamed of that city called
Glory, so bright and so fair.
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When I entered
the gate I cried Holy!
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The angels all
welcomed me there.
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They led me from
mansion to mansion,
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and Oh the sights I saw!
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But I said, I want to
see Jesus, for He's the
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One who died for all.
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And I bowed on my knees
and cried Holy, Holy, Glory.
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I clapped my hands and sang,
Glory, Glory to the Son of God.
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I thought as I entered
that city all my loved ones,
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you all knew,
you all knew me well.
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They showed me
all around big heaven.
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The scenes were
too numerous to tell.
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Oh I saw Abraham,
Jacob, and Isaiah,
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spoke with Mark and Timothy.
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But I said, I want to see Jesus,
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for He's the
One who died for me.
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And I bowed on my knees
and cried Holy, Holy, Glory.
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I clapped my hands and sang
Glory, Glory to the Son of God.
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I sang Glory to
the Son of God. Amen!
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Glory to the Son of God.
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I think when we see His face,
we're going go shout glory.
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I think when we see
His face, we're going
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to be filled with joy.
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I know when we see His
face, ladies and gentlemen,
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our hearts are
going to skip a beat.
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And in that skipping of a
beat, we will be translated,
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in the twinkling of an eye,
and forever be with our Lord
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and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen!
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Are you doing well tonight?
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Those of you at
home, are you doing well?
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Well, if you're not doing
well, you're going to be well,
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because I have
good news for you today.
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Good news for us
with the message entitled,
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Glimpses of Glory:
Heaven Is A Real Place.
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Shall we pray? Loving Father,
again we are so thankful that
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You love us, and
that You died on the cross
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of Calvary to give us life.
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And even now, tonight,
Lord, as we open Thy Holy Word,
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we ask that Your sweet Spirit
will come into our hearts,
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into our minds, come into
this congregation, to every home
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and place where individuals
are viewing these messages.
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And enlighten us with Your
Word, and draw us unto Yourself.
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Please hide me behind the cross
of Calvary, that You might be
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lifted up, and bless our hearts,
dear Lord, with a Word from You
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about heaven, our
future home, is our prayer.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Glimpses of Glory;
Is Heaven a Real Place?
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I stand before you tonight.
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I stand before you
tonight to declare that
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heaven is a real place. Amen!
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It is not a myth.
It is not a fairytale.
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It is not the figment
of someone's imagination.
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It is not, as some
people call, pie in the sky.
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Heaven is real. I know it's real
because my God is real. Amen!
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For heaven and God go together.
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When we see my sweet
Jesus instructing His disciples
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on now to pray. And if
you would turn with me to this
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scripture in
the book of Matthew.
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And those of you who are
at home, please follow along
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with your Bibles. And if
you don't have your Bible there,
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just jot these texts down, and
then later when you have a more
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convenient time go over
these passages of scripture.
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Matthew chapter 6, beginning
with verse 5, Jesus instructing
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His disciples on
how to pray. He says:
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And here's the key, ladies
and gentlemen, to let us know
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that heaven is as real
as the Father. It says:
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And folks, I want you to
know that the angels delight to
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do the will of our
loving Father in heaven.
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And when we pray to Him, and
you know, I like to just think
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about this sometimes, when we
pray to Him, our prayers ascend
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past the building that we're
praying in, or the open field,
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and they go up past the
sun, the moon, and the stars.
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It crosses with the speed,
or even faster than the speed of
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light, through the heavens, and
it finds it's way through the
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very gates of glory, and
comes before the very throne,
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and heart, and ears of God.
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Oh my goodness, what a wonderful
thing power of prayer is.
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And our Father,
which is in heaven,
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listens to those prayers.
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If I became technical about this
subject on heaven, and we have
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looked at some things
to help us to be technical,
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for we see in our Bibles in
2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Timothy 3:15,
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and we've used this text before,
and you're getting used to them.
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It tells us that
all scripture is what?
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It came from who? God!
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All scripture that is given
to us, ladies and gentlemen,
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it comes from God,
and it is profitable for,
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the first thing it says,
it's profitable for doctrine.
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In other words, when we look
at the subject, or the doctrine
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about heaven, we can go to this
book and find out what this book
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says about heaven.
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It's there for us.
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It's the Word of God.
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Jesus Himself said
it's firmer than the ground
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we're standing on.
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If we get technical, and we pull
out the Bible and we look and
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discover, and study this subject
about heaven, we will find that
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the Bible speaks
about three heavens.
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Now how many knew that?
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Let me see the hands of
those of you that are here.
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I can't see the
hands at home. Hello!
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The Bible speaks
of three heavens.
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Let's look at this.
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The first one is mentioned
in the first book of the Bible.
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The first book of the Bible, the
book of Genesis, Genesis 1:8.
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It says, And God
called the firmament Heaven.
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In the great creation where
God spake, and what He spake
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came into existence, ladies
and gentlemen, by His power.
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His thoughts became audible,
and reticulated into reality.
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I love even the thought of that,
that what God thought about
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doing, He didn't really
have to say it, but He said it.
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Come on now! And He spake
our world into existence. Amen!
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That takes faith to believe.
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You know, I don't have
anything against scientists,
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and scientists, I love
you, too, and so does Jesus,
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but when individuals who talk
about this thing coming about
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through evolution, I
could just take you to one scene
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and show you how our theories
as human beings, and that's the
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only hour on this that we
can agree on, how it could work.
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If you were placed in the
garden of Eden on the very first
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seventh day when Adam and
Eve were there with the Creator,
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and you were asked to take all
of your tools and tell us how
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old everything is, your
numbers wouldn't come out right.
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When you looked at
Adam, with all of his height,
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and in his beauty, and his
majestic body that God gave him,
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straight from the hand of
the Creator, you would not say,
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he looked, if he was in the
prime of his life, we could just
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use what we can relate to,
you wouldn't say he was 21.
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You would probably
say he's 21, or 25.
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He's at the peak of his youth.
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But he's not even a week old!
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He's not even a day old.
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If you cut down one of those
trees in the garden of Eden.
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If you could find a tool
that can cut those trees down,
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and you counted the rings on
the tree, and all of those rings
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as we know today
with our own findings,
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that each ring is a year.
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Isn't that true?
That's what we say.
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You wouldn't say
it's a few days old.
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We wouldn't say that.
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We would be thrown off.
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We have to understand that
God moves, and does things in a
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realm that is far beyond our
thought, and our comprehension.
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But when we come back now, and
just getting back to the point,
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we see that this first
heaven that is talked about in
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Genesis 1:8, it's
the atmospheric heaven
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where the birds fly.
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It's the atmospheric
heaven that you and I fly in.
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When I came from California,
I had a nice smooth ride
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from California to
Florida, and it was nice.
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I was flying in the heaven.
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I hate to say this, but that's
as far as some folks are going
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to get when it
talks about heaven.
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The second heaven, ladies
and gentlemen, it's found in
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Psalms 33. I'd like for
you to turn there and see.
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And this the Bible talks
about is the second heaven.
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This is the heaven that God,
in His majesty and His power,
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His thoughts, again, becoming
audible, and then matriculating
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into reality.
Psalms 33:6. It says:
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In other words, not only the
atmospheric heaven did He make,
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but He made what is the second
heaven, ladies and gentlemen,
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where the sun, and the moon,
and the stars have their place.
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And in perfect harmony these
planets, and stars, and heavenly
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bodies move seamlessly by
the very hand of the Living God.
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And guess what? Some human
beings have had the opportunity
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to live there, and, ladies
and gentlemen, I don't know how
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or where you are, but
we've had people living on the
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international space station
for the last ten years in space.
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And guess what? I read
today that in the year 2013,
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they will be able to have trips
up to the international space
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station, and into outer space,
if you please, for a small fee
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of one plus million dollars.
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I think I'll wait
to go with Jesus. Amen!
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So here we see the first
heaven, the atmospheric heaven.
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The second heaven,
those of you at home,
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it's the starry heavens.
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But then when you look at the
prayer of Jesus in Matthew 6,
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and he's talking about our
Father, which is in heaven,
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he's not in this
atmospheric heaven.
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His home is not in the
starry heaven, it's beyond that.
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How do I know? Well, I
can't use my own interpretation,
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because it tells us in 2
Peter 1, starting with verse 19,
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and it goes on to verse 20.
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It says scripture is not left
to anyone's own interpretation.
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Holy men of God spake as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost,
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so I have to come back to
the book, the book that tells us
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about the doctrine of heaven.
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So I turn now, let's turn
with this scripture found in
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2 Corinthians. Turn with me
to 2 Corinthians 12, looking at
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verse 2. It tells us, and it
is spelled out plain and simple
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for us to see and understand.
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It tells us
about the third heaven.
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Okay? You ready?
2 Corinthians 12:3.
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Not the atmospheric
heaven, not the starry heavens,
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the third heaven. He
says, And I knew such a man,...
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In other words, the Apostle Paul
was caught up into the third
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heaven, where God is, and he
heard the very Majesty and the
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words of God himself.
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He was there in paradise.
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Now folks, I looked up the
word paradise, and it has this
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in its definition.
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It says paradise is
heaven as the final abode
00:23:01.15\00:23:06.86
of the righteous. It says
a place of extreme beauty,
00:23:06.89\00:23:12.29
delight, or happiness.
00:23:12.32\00:23:14.72
And that sounds
pretty good to me.
00:23:14.75\00:23:15.98
Doesn't that sound good to you?
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Now watch this; in the
original language in the Greek,
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it says, and it's used in
the Septuagint translation,
00:23:20.52\00:23:24.90
it says, that paradise is
the same word that is translated
00:23:24.93\00:23:30.95
for the Garden of Eden.
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So paradise, and we
know as paradise lost.
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Are you listening?
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When we lost the Garden of Eden.
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But when we have it restored,
paradise restored, we will see
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tonight, through the
scriptures of the Living God,
00:23:47.25\00:23:49.73
that that tree of eternal life
that was in the Garden of Eden,
00:23:49.76\00:23:55.41
will be restored
to us in heaven. Amen!
00:23:55.44\00:24:00.72
Now the word paradise,
it's only used three times
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in the New Testament.
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The first time it is used
it is not in what we just read,
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2 Corinthians 12:4, but
it is found in Luke 23:43,
00:24:10.81\00:24:18.20
and you all know the
scene as soon as I tell you.
00:24:18.23\00:24:20.74
Jesus is dying on the cross.
00:24:20.77\00:24:22.95
He's dying for your sins, and
my sins, as we have looked at
00:24:22.98\00:24:26.53
last night with the message
entitled, The Lamb of God.
00:24:26.56\00:24:29.82
Because of Jesus being the
Lamb, we can face tomorrow.
00:24:29.85\00:24:33.76
He's the Lamb
that was slain from the
00:24:33.79\00:24:36.11
foundation of the world.
00:24:36.14\00:24:37.17
Because of His
death we have life.
00:24:37.20\00:24:39.26
He said He came
that we might have life,
00:24:39.29\00:24:42.05
and have life more abundantly.
00:24:42.08\00:24:44.20
You see, you might think
you're living if you have money,
00:24:44.23\00:24:47.25
and if you have prestige, and
you have people all around you,
00:24:47.28\00:24:50.27
and people doing your bidding,
but you don't have happiness,
00:24:50.30\00:24:53.97
or the peace that comes
from having a relationship
00:24:54.00\00:24:56.65
with Jesus Christ.
00:24:56.68\00:24:57.77
Once you have that then
you have life more abundantly.
00:24:57.80\00:25:01.19
It doesn't matter where you are,
00:25:01.22\00:25:03.17
if you're high,
or if you're low.
00:25:03.20\00:25:05.14
If you have Jesus you
know you have everything,
00:25:05.17\00:25:07.96
and if you can just hold on
and wait, and endure to the end,
00:25:07.99\00:25:11.20
you will have riches
beyond your imagination. Amen!
00:25:11.23\00:25:14.84
The record tells us here that
Jesus was dying on the cross
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in chapter 23 of the book
of Luke, and He was between two
00:25:19.09\00:25:22.71
thieves. You know the story.
00:25:22.74\00:25:24.11
And it says that at
first they were jeering Him,
00:25:24.14\00:25:26.65
and making fun of Him also.
00:25:26.68\00:25:28.35
But then they began to hear
the words of the people saying,
00:25:28.38\00:25:31.72
What did Jesus do?
00:25:31.75\00:25:33.22
All He did was heal!
00:25:33.25\00:25:34.88
What did Jesus do?
00:25:34.91\00:25:35.94
He fed the 5,000.
What did Jesus do?
00:25:35.97\00:25:38.46
He raised the dead.
00:25:38.49\00:25:39.52
What did Jesus do?
00:25:39.55\00:25:40.61
He made the Bible live.
00:25:40.64\00:25:42.95
What did Jesus do
that He deserved this?
00:25:42.98\00:25:45.67
And they were crying, and
they were weeping, and they said
00:25:45.70\00:25:48.01
He was a good man.
00:25:48.04\00:25:49.08
What did Jesus do?
00:25:49.11\00:25:50.14
He healed so many!
00:25:50.17\00:25:51.38
What did Jesus do?
00:25:51.41\00:25:52.79
And the other thief was
listening to what was happening,
00:25:52.82\00:25:56.43
and it just amplifies scripture.
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Scripture says, faith
cometh by hearing. Amen!
00:25:58.57\00:26:02.84
And he started hearing the
things that were being said
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about the man in the
middle, the man next to him.
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Ladies and gentlemen, he looked
at Him and when his eyes met,
00:26:11.44\00:26:15.94
he saw in Jesus not another
dying man, but he saw in Jesus
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his Savior, and he cried
out, ladies and gentlemen.
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And that's all Jesus asks
us to do, to cry out and say,
00:26:24.71\00:26:28.66
Lord, remember me! Amen!
00:26:28.69\00:26:31.40
Oh my brothers and my sisters
wherever you are, if you don't
00:26:31.43\00:26:35.41
hear anything else about
this message, just know if you
00:26:35.44\00:26:38.65
just raise your hand from
your heart, and say, Lord Jesus
00:26:38.68\00:26:42.87
remember me! He
cannot forget you.
00:26:42.90\00:26:45.78
You have been engraved
on the palms of His hands.
00:26:45.81\00:26:49.85
He loves you with a love
that will not let you go.
00:26:49.88\00:26:54.06
He's done everything He can
to make sure that we will have
00:26:54.09\00:26:57.76
salvation. He walked the walk.
00:26:57.79\00:27:00.06
He talked the talk.
00:27:00.09\00:27:01.29
And when He couldn't do anything
more for us, He died the death
00:27:01.32\00:27:04.58
that we deserve, that we might
have the life that He deserves.
00:27:04.61\00:27:08.92
Amen! And then Jesus
said, Today I say unto you,
00:27:08.95\00:27:18.00
Today I say unto you...
00:27:18.03\00:27:21.40
Paradise, divine, as heaven the
final abode of the righteous.
00:27:26.92\00:27:31.40
Heaven defined as the
place of extreme beauty,
00:27:31.43\00:27:35.34
and delight, or happiness.
00:27:35.37\00:27:37.08
Heaven defined as the
Garden of Eden restored.
00:27:37.11\00:27:41.07
Oh my friends, heaven's real!
00:27:41.10\00:27:45.69
Don't let people
tell you it's not real.
00:27:45.72\00:27:48.93
Don't let people say that
religion is just there to cause
00:27:48.96\00:27:52.25
you to be tranquil, and just
accept things the way they are.
00:27:52.28\00:27:55.55
Heaven's a real place because
God's a real person. Amen!
00:27:55.58\00:28:01.67
The third place
the word paradise,
00:28:01.70\00:28:04.98
and you're going to like this.
00:28:05.01\00:28:06.20
The third place the word
paradise is used and found
00:28:06.23\00:28:10.78
in the New Testament, is
in our book that John saw.
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Revelation
chapter 2, Revelation 2:7.
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Folks you know, the more I
study the book of Revelation
00:28:23.38\00:28:25.75
I just get so excited because
people say it's a book that you
00:28:25.78\00:28:29.83
can't understand. And
isn't this thing clear?
00:28:29.86\00:28:33.08
Revelation 2, Revelation 2:7.
00:28:33.11\00:28:38.89
Now listen, it says:
00:28:38.92\00:28:41.06
Now remember, in the Septuagint
translation the word Eden is the
00:28:55.04\00:28:59.75
same word used for paradise.
00:28:59.78\00:29:01.95
It says here, To him that
overcometh will I give to eat
00:29:01.98\00:29:07.37
When you turn back, ladies
and gentlemen, to the book of
00:29:13.67\00:29:18.81
Genesis, back to chapter 2,
and look at what it says there,
00:29:18.84\00:29:23.78
in the very beginning,
chapter 2, verse 8, it says:
00:29:23.81\00:29:28.50
And out of the ground made
the Lord God to grow every tree
00:29:39.29\00:29:43.90
that is pleasant to the
sight, and good for food.
00:29:43.93\00:29:47.14
The tree of life also is
in the midst of the garden,
00:29:47.17\00:29:51.91
and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil.
00:29:51.94\00:29:55.02
So we see a tale of
two trees in Genesis.
00:29:55.05\00:29:59.43
But, thank God, when we
get to the end of the story,
00:29:59.46\00:30:02.30
in the book of Revelation,
and we said all the books
00:30:02.33\00:30:05.02
of the Bible end and meet in
Revelation, for there are 505
00:30:05.05\00:30:09.12
direct, or indirect, quotations
from 39 of the other 65 books
00:30:09.15\00:30:14.18
of the Bible in
the book of Revelation.
00:30:14.21\00:30:16.62
When we get to the end of
the story, ladies and gentlemen,
00:30:16.65\00:30:19.90
we don't have to go to
the testing time anymore,
00:30:19.93\00:30:22.17
we have been passing our
probation, and the only tree
00:30:22.20\00:30:26.37
that we see specified
in the very Eden of God
00:30:26.40\00:30:30.19
will be the tree of life! Amen!
00:30:30.22\00:30:33.87
In other words,
there'll be nobody there to
00:30:33.90\00:30:36.24
mess us up this time.
00:30:36.27\00:30:37.34
Come on now, somebody
ought to say Amen. Amen!
00:30:37.37\00:30:41.48
I come back to this, and
I'm getting excited now because
00:30:41.51\00:30:46.15
the loving God that we
have has told us something
00:30:46.18\00:30:50.39
for us to understand.
00:30:50.42\00:30:52.46
It says in 1 Corinthians 2:9
that eye has not seen, nor ear
00:30:52.49\00:30:57.48
In other words, watch this,
in other words, you and I on our
00:31:07.60\00:31:13.65
best day, on our best day, can't
imagine what God has for us.
00:31:13.68\00:31:20.28
You all don't
sound excited about it!
00:31:20.31\00:31:23.75
You and I on our best day,
we can't comprehend what God
00:31:23.78\00:31:33.88
the Father has prepared
for us who love Him. Amen!
00:31:33.91\00:31:39.50
I mean I've been around the
world, and some places not as
00:31:39.53\00:31:42.93
much as some of you.
00:31:42.96\00:31:43.99
But I have been around, and
I've seen some beautiful places.
00:31:44.02\00:31:46.87
I've seen places
like Nagril, Jamaica.
00:31:46.90\00:31:49.58
And let me tell you about that.
00:31:49.61\00:31:50.64
I thought that was
one of the most beautiful
00:31:50.67\00:31:53.28
places I'd ever been. Amen!
00:31:53.31\00:31:55.36
I mean I got so enamored
with Nagril, when I went there,
00:31:55.39\00:31:59.16
that I stood up on the falls,
and it looked so beautiful
00:31:59.19\00:32:02.71
I even thought I could jump.
00:32:02.74\00:32:04.87
The Lord said,
That's not for you Dorsey.
00:32:04.90\00:32:08.40
I've been to my favorite place
now, because it's a lot closer
00:32:12.56\00:32:16.91
to me from Jamaica
being on the West Coast,
00:32:16.94\00:32:19.57
and that's Hawaii.
00:32:19.60\00:32:21.15
Oh my goodness, you have those
mountains, and you have the
00:32:21.18\00:32:25.79
rain forest, and you have the
beaches, and it's so pristine.
00:32:25.82\00:32:29.41
Two years ago my wife and I
went there for our anniversary,
00:32:29.44\00:32:33.63
and we took one whole
day, from 7:30 in the morning,
00:32:33.66\00:32:38.14
7:30 in the
morning, until after sunset.
00:32:38.17\00:32:42.70
We didn't move from our cabana
except to use the little boys
00:32:42.73\00:32:46.07
and girls room. Ha ha!
00:32:46.10\00:32:48.45
That's all we did!
00:32:48.48\00:32:49.51
It was just so beautiful.
00:32:49.54\00:32:50.57
It was like paradise.
00:32:50.60\00:32:51.63
I just kept
looking at her and smile.
00:32:51.66\00:32:53.27
And she'd look
over at me and smile.
00:32:53.30\00:32:55.29
And they just make everything
so nice, where the folks they
00:32:55.32\00:33:00.02
just come bring your lunch
right out there on the cabana.
00:33:00.05\00:33:03.53
You just sit there all day.
00:33:03.56\00:33:04.71
And I was like
Ah, this is paradise!
00:33:04.74\00:33:08.39
But it's not paradise! No!
00:33:08.42\00:33:11.77
What God has for us,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:33:11.80\00:33:14.31
we can't even comprehend.
00:33:14.34\00:33:16.16
So when you're flying in the
air, and you see all of these
00:33:16.19\00:33:19.08
beautiful sunsets, and
you see all of this green
00:33:19.11\00:33:21.66
when you travel through
Europe, and all of those places.
00:33:21.69\00:33:24.38
And it looks so
majestic and all.
00:33:24.41\00:33:26.27
And folks, some of the
things that we think look good,
00:33:26.30\00:33:28.84
doesn't even look good to
heaven because when we see
00:33:28.88\00:33:31.42
some of these
rocks and mountains,
00:33:31.45\00:33:32.89
and the way they are, that's
not the way the earth was.
00:33:32.93\00:33:35.80
Those are the things that are
the after affects of the flood.
00:33:35.84\00:33:38.82
But we're saying, because
we don't know any better,
00:33:38.85\00:33:40.86
we say, Oh,
that looks beautiful!
00:33:40.90\00:33:43.17
But when we look
at the earth made new,
00:33:43.20\00:33:49.16
and when we see what
God has for us, Oh my!
00:33:49.19\00:33:55.10
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
nor has it entered into the very
00:33:55.14\00:34:05.09
heart, or mind it was, the
things that God has for us.
00:34:05.12\00:34:09.54
Now folks, I want you to know
that in the book of Revelation,
00:34:09.57\00:34:12.41
the book that is not
sealed, that is not closed,
00:34:12.44\00:34:15.01
that is not mysterious, the book
that is often misinterpreted,
00:34:15.04\00:34:19.17
and misrepresented, in this
book of Revelation, it gives us
00:34:19.21\00:34:23.31
the clearest view we could
get on this side of heaven,
00:34:23.35\00:34:26.35
unless you're lucky
enough to see it in vision,
00:34:26.38\00:34:29.23
the best look at heaven
that is presented to mankind.
00:34:29.26\00:34:37.42
I go to my Bible again, and
that's the only place we can go,
00:34:37.45\00:34:40.05
because the Bible is there
for us, ladies and gentlemen,
00:34:40.08\00:34:43.16
that we might
understand its sweet treasures.
00:34:43.19\00:34:46.71
I turn to chapter 21, chapter
21 of the book of Revelation,
00:34:46.74\00:34:51.70
and I begin reading
with verse 1, and John says:
00:34:51.73\00:34:55.38
Again, again, John saw it.
00:34:56.04\00:34:59.83
He was not just
moved with inspiration.
00:34:59.86\00:35:02.74
He did not go to
sleep and have a vision.
00:35:02.77\00:35:05.93
Jesus showed up and gave
him the vision of all of these
00:35:05.96\00:35:13.08
which must shortly to come
to pass for you and I today,
00:35:13.11\00:35:16.66
to give us inspiration, to give
us hope, to give us the desire
00:35:16.69\00:35:22.30
to go forward. It says
faith cometh by hearing,
00:35:22.33\00:35:24.77
and hearings comes by
reading the Word of God.
00:35:24.80\00:35:26.55
And as we read the Word
of God we can see it's real.
00:35:26.58\00:35:30.29
He says, I saw as it were,
00:35:30.32\00:35:33.20
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is an insight that we need
00:35:39.47\00:35:42.25
to understand. This old world
is going to pass away. Amen!
00:35:42.28\00:35:45.93
I don't care
where you're living.
00:35:45.96\00:35:47.89
I don't care what you have.
00:35:47.92\00:35:50.32
I don't care what
you think you have.
00:35:50.35\00:35:53.29
It cannot
compare to heaven! Amen!
00:35:53.32\00:35:57.12
You can have a
40,000 square foot home.
00:35:57.15\00:36:01.00
That is nothing to compare with
what God has for us in Glory.
00:36:01.03\00:36:06.16
Amen! Down here
folks will break in.
00:36:06.19\00:36:09.72
I don't care how
many guards you have.
00:36:09.75\00:36:12.50
I don't care how
many bars you have.
00:36:12.53\00:36:14.11
And, folks, what good
is having a beautiful home
00:36:14.14\00:36:16.40
if you have to
look through bars?
00:36:16.43\00:36:18.17
It becomes your own prison.
00:36:18.20\00:36:21.27
Come on now, isn't that true?
00:36:21.30\00:36:23.29
You could have termites
in your million dollar home,
00:36:25.55\00:36:28.88
or eight million dollar home, or
your forty million dollar home.
00:36:28.91\00:36:32.74
Or as we see lately on the
news, a storm can come through
00:36:32.77\00:36:36.95
and there can be a mudslide,
and it can wash away. Amen!
00:36:36.98\00:36:40.77
Or fires can come
through and it can burn up.
00:36:40.80\00:36:43.67
Or, folks, you can do what
most people do in California,
00:36:43.70\00:36:48.12
and that is we pray
that no earthquake comes,
00:36:48.15\00:36:51.02
and even takes
your little house.
00:36:51.05\00:36:52.72
We live in that kind of world.
00:36:52.75\00:36:56.31
If you live in some places
you have to watch out because
00:36:56.34\00:37:00.61
your relationship with God
has to be ready to go any time.
00:37:00.64\00:37:03.49
Folks we have to be
ready to die at any time.
00:37:03.52\00:37:06.11
A tornado could come through
in the middle of the night
00:37:06.14\00:37:09.33
and you don't hear the sirens,
and we see the devastation
00:37:09.36\00:37:13.33
that is happening
more, and more, and more,
00:37:13.36\00:37:15.39
these natural disasters.
00:37:15.43\00:37:17.12
And they are
crying out and telling us,
00:37:17.16\00:37:19.05
don't put your faith
in these things on Earth,
00:37:19.08\00:37:21.89
but put your
faith in Jesus! Amen!
00:37:21.92\00:37:25.39
You've got to understand that.
00:37:25.42\00:37:28.55
You have to know that.
00:37:28.58\00:37:29.75
Time is running out, and
these signs are telling us that.
00:37:29.78\00:37:33.67
I look at the scriptures, and it
says, And I, John, saw a new...
00:37:33.70\00:37:39.00
And I want you to remember this.
00:37:54.36\00:37:55.65
It's saying that heaven is going
to open up, and a heavenly city,
00:37:55.68\00:38:01.35
the new Jerusalem, or should I
say the capitol, or new capitol
00:38:01.38\00:38:05.67
will be coming
down to planet Earth.
00:38:05.70\00:38:08.32
And it says, in verse 3,
And I heard a great voice out of
00:38:08.35\00:38:11.80
heaven saying, Behold...
00:38:11.83\00:38:13.52
We can count on it church!
00:38:45.37\00:38:48.57
Don't let anybody tell you
that heaven is pie in the sky.
00:38:48.60\00:38:52.72
Don't let anyone tell you
that religion is just there
00:38:52.75\00:38:56.86
to quell your conscience.
00:38:56.89\00:38:58.33
Don't let anyone tell you that
it is something that they are
00:38:58.36\00:39:02.85
just giving you to keep you
passive, or keep you in line.
00:39:02.88\00:39:06.47
Heaven is a real place!
00:39:06.50\00:39:09.23
The book says it! Amen!
00:39:09.26\00:39:11.87
Look at the key. The key
that will make this heaven,
00:39:11.90\00:39:18.25
this new earth, a greater place
is because Jesus, and the Father
00:39:18.28\00:39:24.94
are going to move here
on planet Earth with us.
00:39:24.97\00:39:28.59
Jesus said, Now pray, in Matthew
6:9, to pray to your Father
00:39:28.62\00:39:33.78
which art in heaven.
00:39:33.81\00:39:35.27
But folks, when you start
reading this, and interpreting
00:39:35.30\00:39:38.55
this, it is saying that
the Father and the Son are
00:39:38.58\00:39:41.92
going to move in the midst
of new Jerusalem, right here on
00:39:41.95\00:39:45.84
planet Earth with us! Amen!
00:39:45.87\00:39:48.08
So that means this planet Earth,
third planet from the sun,
00:39:48.11\00:39:51.39
fifth largest in the solar
system, the only place that
00:39:51.42\00:39:54.44
allowed Satan to have a
foothold. the only place where
00:39:54.47\00:39:56.73
The only place where the
rebellion that spread in heaven
00:39:56.76\00:39:59.01
was able to flourish
right here on planet Earth.
00:39:59.05\00:40:02.06
Where Jesus came as
a baby, and He grew up,
00:40:02.09\00:40:04.82
and He was nurtured.
00:40:04.85\00:40:05.88
And He became this man who
was the preacher who preached
00:40:05.91\00:40:09.13
and showed a true revelation
of God, who came with the
00:40:09.16\00:40:12.47
salvation of God in
His life, and in His blood,
00:40:12.51\00:40:15.19
and who has
reconciled us back to God,
00:40:15.23\00:40:17.83
for God was in Christ
reconciling us unto Himself.
00:40:17.87\00:40:21.90
And, ladies and
gentlemen, on this planet Earth
00:40:21.94\00:40:25.94
where He died, and then was
resurrected, He has promised
00:40:25.97\00:40:29.84
in His book, that He's coming
back to restore not only us,
00:40:29.87\00:40:34.54
as new creatures, but He's
going to make this place the
00:40:34.57\00:40:38.00
center of the Universe. Amen!
00:40:38.03\00:40:40.68
Paradise is where God is.
00:40:40.71\00:40:46.35
I continue to read.
00:40:46.38\00:40:49.40
It says and God, back to verse
4, And God shall wipe away all
00:40:49.43\00:40:53.01
tears from their eyes.
00:40:53.04\00:40:54.07
You can't be sad when
Jesus is present. Hello!
00:40:54.10\00:40:56.35
You can't be
brokenhearted in His hand.
00:40:56.38\00:40:59.99
He heals broken hearts.
00:41:00.02\00:41:01.82
You can't be
despondent or suicidal, No!
00:41:01.85\00:41:05.38
He is life, Ladies and
gentlemen. if you are here
00:41:05.42\00:41:07.16
If you are here and your
heart is heavy, things are bad,
00:41:07.19\00:41:10.00
and there's
financial difficulties...
00:41:10.04\00:41:11.93
And folks, those
things eat us up.
00:41:11.97\00:41:13.80
Or someone has hurt
you, or someone has left you,
00:41:13.83\00:41:16.01
and you feel alone.
00:41:16.05\00:41:17.08
Someone has betrayed you.
00:41:17.11\00:41:18.24
You're sitting in your house
and you're wondering what to do.
00:41:18.27\00:41:20.64
You went through
the channels flipping.
00:41:20.67\00:41:22.35
God had you STOP that you
might know somebody cares,
00:41:22.39\00:41:27.52
and someone loves
you, and someone wants you,
00:41:27.56\00:41:29.58
and someone has died for
you, and someone has prepared
00:41:29.61\00:41:32.05
for you, and someone is willing
and able to do far more than
00:41:32.08\00:41:35.65
give you lip service. Amen!
00:41:35.68\00:41:39.21
He has heart service! Amen!
00:41:39.24\00:41:42.64
He saw you when you
were in your mother's womb.
00:41:42.67\00:41:44.98
It tells me that in Psalms 139:
When we were in our mother's
00:41:45.01\00:41:48.06
womb, He knew us there.
00:41:48.10\00:41:49.69
They are marked in His
book, in the book of life,
00:41:49.72\00:41:52.85
ladies and gentlemen.
00:41:52.89\00:41:54.00
And He's coming back for us. and
He's allowed these times for us
00:41:54.04\00:41:57.69
And He's allowed these
times for us to come together,
00:41:57.72\00:42:01.73
and study His Word that we might
be ready to meet Him in peace.
00:42:01.76\00:42:06.33
He says there will be no
more tears flowing from eyes.
00:42:06.37\00:42:10.83
There will be no more
death, and no more sorrow,
00:42:10.86\00:42:13.20
and no more crying, neither
shall there be any more pain,
00:42:13.23\00:42:16.02
for the former
things are passed away.
00:42:16.05\00:42:18.13
And He said, underlined
it, for these things are true
00:42:18.16\00:42:21.14
and faithful. Amen!
00:42:21.17\00:42:23.09
Then it says in verse 6, And
He said unto me, It is done,...
00:42:23.12\00:42:26.14
Now folks
there's a condition here.
00:42:42.03\00:42:44.31
He says we have to overcome,
but He doesn't leave it to us to
00:42:44.34\00:42:50.80
do it in our own strength.
00:42:50.83\00:42:52.49
He says He will come in
and do what needs to be done,
00:42:52.52\00:42:56.84
if you just surrender
your will to Him. Amen!
00:42:56.87\00:43:00.60
Isn't that easy? Amen!
00:43:00.63\00:43:03.10
The record goes on to say, but
the fearful, and the unbelieving
00:43:03.13\00:43:07.25
And there came unto me one of
the seven angels which had the
00:43:19.40\00:43:22.72
seven vials full of
the seven last plagues,
00:43:22.75\00:43:25.09
and talked with me,
saying, Come hither,
00:43:25.12\00:43:27.55
I will show thee the
bride, the Lamb's wife.
00:43:27.58\00:43:31.02
And he carried me away in
the spirit to a great and high
00:43:31.05\00:43:34.41
mountain, and showed me...
00:43:34.44\00:43:35.86
Wait a minute! Did
you see what I read here?
00:43:59.67\00:44:03.92
It said at the
gate twelve angels.
00:44:03.95\00:44:05.97
It doesn't say anything
about Peter at the gate.
00:44:06.00\00:44:08.14
Uh oh, the Bible clarifies it's
good for doctrine, for reproof,
00:44:08.17\00:44:16.80
for correction, and
righteousness, that we might
00:44:16.83\00:44:20.21
understand what
the Bible really says.
00:44:20.24\00:44:22.79
If I'm reading this
correctly, ladies and gentlemen,
00:44:22.82\00:44:25.74
it's saying that there are
twelve gates, twelve gates.
00:44:25.77\00:44:32.00
And that the gate has twelve
angels, and the names written
00:44:32.03\00:44:37.91
there are the names
of the twelve tribes...
00:44:37.94\00:44:40.75
Well, that is where Peter's name
is, but it didn't say he was
00:44:55.25\00:45:00.63
taking any tolls or
anything there at the gate.
00:45:00.66\00:45:02.91
Now did it say it? No!
00:45:02.94\00:45:04.55
That makes it clearly.
00:45:04.58\00:45:06.65
It says, And he that talked
with me, had a golden reed
00:45:06.68\00:45:10.76
to measure the city.
And ladies and gentlemen,
00:45:10.79\00:45:12.11
the city, it's
in a perfect square:
00:45:12.14\00:45:14.03
15,000 square miles.
00:45:14.06\00:45:16.02
It says that the walls, the
jasper walls of the city are
00:45:16.05\00:45:20.67
216 feet high of clear
jasper, clear as crystal
00:45:20.70\00:45:24.95
you can see through.
00:45:24.98\00:45:26.51
I continue to read and it tells
me in verse 18, And the building
00:45:26.54\00:45:32.23
of the wall of it was of jasper:
00:45:32.26\00:45:34.42
Now folks that's pretty!
00:45:38.82\00:45:42.20
It says, And the foundations
of the wall of the city were
00:45:42.23\00:45:44.25
were garnished with all...
00:45:44.28\00:45:46.54
And it goes through here
between verses 19 through 20,
00:45:48.63\00:45:52.46
and it tells us all of the
different stones that are used.
00:45:52.49\00:45:55.93
And if you would look at them,
if you put a color contrast
00:45:55.96\00:45:58.88
of the jewelry, the precious
stones that are used for the
00:45:58.91\00:46:02.20
foundation of the
city, it will look like the
00:46:02.23\00:46:05.11
colors of the rainbow.
00:46:05.14\00:46:06.58
So no matter where you come
from in God's great universe,
00:46:06.61\00:46:11.12
and you see the
capitol, new Jerusalem,
00:46:11.15\00:46:13.77
Somebody ought to say I'm
going to be there, not Amen.
00:46:13.80\00:46:16.44
I'm going to be there because by
faith the Christian sees himself
00:46:16.47\00:46:20.41
in possession of the
things he has been promised.
00:46:20.44\00:46:24.47
By faith we come to God, for
faith is the substance of things
00:46:24.50\00:46:29.21
hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.
00:46:29.24\00:46:32.46
He that cometh to God
must believe that He is,
00:46:32.49\00:46:35.32
and He is the rewarder of
them that diligently seek Him.
00:46:35.35\00:46:39.38
Hebrews 11:6. We see ourselves
there going through the gates.
00:46:39.41\00:46:43.97
I don't know which
one, but out of those twelve
00:46:44.00\00:46:46.11
we can figure it out.
00:46:46.14\00:46:47.54
It says, And I saw no temple.
00:46:47.57\00:46:52.75
Verse 22 there,
no no, I can't skip.
00:46:52.78\00:46:54.79
I've got to go to 21. It says:
00:46:54.82\00:46:56.70
Pearls are made with affliction.
00:47:02.51\00:47:05.59
Something gets
inside of the oyster.
00:47:05.62\00:47:07.37
The oyster can't put it out.
00:47:07.40\00:47:08.74
He has no hands, he has no legs.
00:47:08.77\00:47:10.11
He has to deal with it.
00:47:10.14\00:47:11.56
And when he deals with it, this
substance that comes around it,
00:47:11.59\00:47:14.76
that comes around it,
and it makes it smooth,
00:47:14.79\00:47:16.46
and then it doesn't
irritate him anymore.
00:47:16.49\00:47:18.75
And at the end of that process
you have a perfect pearl.
00:47:18.78\00:47:22.19
Ladies and gentlemen, in
our lives we're going to have
00:47:22.22\00:47:23.80
tribulations. We're
going to have problems.
00:47:23.83\00:47:25.44
Things that are
going to be with us that we
00:47:25.47\00:47:27.08
have to deal with.
00:47:27.11\00:47:28.16
Jesus said, In the world
you shall have tribulation,
00:47:28.19\00:47:31.08
but be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world.
00:47:31.11\00:47:34.21
And if we can just hold on
and be patient, and wait for our
00:47:34.24\00:47:37.08
Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, He's going to come,
00:47:37.11\00:47:39.35
and guess what? We will
be those precious pearls,
00:47:39.38\00:47:42.95
those jewels that He will
redeem for His treasure chest
00:47:42.98\00:47:48.23
through eternity. The
record goes on to tell us,
00:47:48.26\00:47:52.18
ladies and gentlemen,
that He Himself shall be there
00:47:52.21\00:47:54.62
in the midst of us, and
the Father shall be there.
00:47:54.65\00:47:56.70
And in verse 3 of chapter
22 it says, And there shall be
00:47:56.73\00:47:59.45
no more curse: but the throne
of God and of the Lamb shall
00:47:59.48\00:48:02.69
be in it; and His
servants shall serve Him:...
00:48:02.72\00:48:05.85
Ladies and Gentlemen, it says,
And they shall see His face;
00:48:05.88\00:48:08.61
That's Revelation 22:4.
00:48:08.64\00:48:10.30
And they shall see His
face; and His name shall
00:48:10.33\00:48:12.96
be in their foreheads.
00:48:12.99\00:48:14.33
And verse 5: And there
shall be no night there;
00:48:14.36\00:48:16.92
and they need no candle,
neither light of the sun;
00:48:16.95\00:48:19.73
for the Lord God giveth
them light: and they shall
00:48:19.76\00:48:22.67
reign for ever and ever...
and ever, and ever, and ever,
00:48:22.70\00:48:27.02
and ever. And He said unto
me, These sayings are faithful
00:48:27.05\00:48:29.97
and true: and the Lord God of
the holy prophets sent his angel
00:48:30.00\00:48:33.27
to show unto his
servants the things which
00:48:33.30\00:48:36.08
must shortly be done.
00:48:36.11\00:48:38.02
Behold, I come quickly:
blessed is he that keepeth
00:48:38.05\00:48:42.80
the sayings of the
prophecy of this book.
00:48:42.83\00:48:45.13
In other words,
it's not a sealed book.
00:48:45.16\00:48:47.23
It's open for us to know that
Jesus is real, heaven is real,
00:48:47.26\00:48:52.89
our home there is real,
and if we can just hold on
00:48:52.92\00:48:56.81
we will really see it. Amen!
00:48:56.84\00:48:59.98
The Father and the Son, the
Father and the Son will move
00:49:00.01\00:49:08.14
their throne,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:49:08.17\00:49:10.18
right down here on planet Earth.
00:49:10.21\00:49:13.28
It will be a brand new
city, and a brand new world.
00:49:13.31\00:49:20.54
When you look at this beautiful
city with its golden mansions,
00:49:20.57\00:49:24.62
and it says each one us is
going to have our own mansion,
00:49:24.65\00:49:28.22
that's what it says.
00:49:28.25\00:49:29.30
John wrote in John 14, Let not
your heart be troubled, verse 1,
00:49:29.33\00:49:36.27
believe in God,
believe also in Me.
00:49:36.30\00:49:37.92
In My Father's house are many
mansions, and if it were not so,
00:49:37.95\00:49:40.82
I would have told you.
00:49:40.85\00:49:41.88
I go to prepare a place
for you, and where I go,
00:49:41.91\00:49:46.17
there ye may be also.
00:49:46.20\00:49:48.27
Ladies and gentlemen, we're
going to have our own mansions
00:49:48.30\00:49:51.89
in glory. There'll be no
mortgage bill, no electricity.
00:49:51.92\00:49:58.06
The Bible says there's
no need of lights there.
00:49:58.10\00:50:00.71
No need of lights
there because He's going to
00:50:00.74\00:50:02.86
be the light of it.
00:50:02.89\00:50:03.92
There'll be no water bill.
00:50:03.95\00:50:05.45
We don't have to
worry about that.
00:50:05.48\00:50:07.02
We see that the
throne of God is there.
00:50:07.05\00:50:10.20
The throne of Christ is there.
00:50:10.23\00:50:11.87
The river of life is
there, and it runs through the
00:50:11.90\00:50:14.58
midst of the city.
00:50:14.61\00:50:15.64
It says that tree of life
will be there, and each month
00:50:15.67\00:50:20.90
it will bear twelve manner
of fruit, and it says the leaves
00:50:20.93\00:50:24.64
are for the
healing of the nations.
00:50:24.67\00:50:26.56
I don't know, this
is just my speculation.
00:50:26.59\00:50:28.47
Maybe we can make
some tea out of that.
00:50:28.50\00:50:30.01
I don't know how it
works, but it's going to be
00:50:30.04\00:50:31.95
sweet to find out. Amen!
00:50:31.98\00:50:35.87
And that's just in the city.
00:50:35.90\00:50:38.52
When you compare
scripture with scripture,
00:50:38.55\00:50:41.45
and line upon line,
and precept upon precept,
00:50:41.48\00:50:43.72
ladies and gentlemen, you'll
find in the book of Isaiah,
00:50:43.75\00:50:46.32
Isaiah 65, it tells us that
we're going to build houses,
00:50:46.35\00:50:49.69
in the country. Oh my goodness,
that means I'm going to have
00:50:49.72\00:50:52.04
a mansion in the city,
and I'm going to have a
00:50:52.07\00:50:54.49
country house, too. Amen!
00:50:54.52\00:50:56.53
Halleluiah! Amen!
00:50:56.56\00:50:59.15
It's promised to us,
ladies and gentlemen.
00:50:59.18\00:51:01.31
He cannot lie, He is all true.
00:51:01.34\00:51:03.94
His Word is
something we can count on.
00:51:03.97\00:51:06.17
It's more firm than
the ground that we're on.
00:51:06.20\00:51:08.14
He says we'll build houses,
and we will inhabit them.
00:51:08.17\00:51:11.14
We will have vineyards,
and we'll be able to have
00:51:11.17\00:51:13.38
the fruit thereof.
00:51:13.41\00:51:14.44
We're not going to
study war anymore. Amen!
00:51:14.47\00:51:18.27
The lion and the lamb
will play together. Amen!
00:51:18.30\00:51:23.48
And when we go through a
thousand years we'll keep on
00:51:23.51\00:51:28.52
singing, ladies and gentlemen,
Amazing Grace, because each
00:51:28.55\00:51:32.14
day will feel like a new day.
00:51:32.17\00:51:34.47
But in order to be there...
00:51:34.50\00:51:37.23
Folks listen to me.
00:51:37.26\00:51:38.57
You at home listen to me.
00:51:38.60\00:51:40.48
It's not hard. It's not hard,
but you have a made up mind,
00:51:40.51\00:51:47.04
a made up mind in Jesus.
00:51:47.07\00:51:50.24
With a made up
mind, with a made up mind,
00:51:50.27\00:52:00.61
I'm willing to
go the way through.
00:52:00.64\00:52:14.31
If it cost my life, I'll
be willing to pay the price.
00:52:14.34\00:52:26.76
You see, I've got
heaven in my view.
00:52:26.79\00:52:39.22
If it means that I
have to walk alone,
00:52:39.25\00:52:49.78
Oh that my
friends, they may leave you.
00:52:49.81\00:53:00.90
I am not going to worry
about what others may say or do,
00:53:00.93\00:53:12.69
because I've got
heaven in my view.
00:53:12.72\00:53:23.49
With a made up
mind, with a made up mind,
00:53:23.52\00:53:34.16
there's no trial that
He won't bring me through.
00:53:34.19\00:53:44.39
And if it costs my life, I'll
be willing to pay that price.
00:53:44.42\00:53:55.81
You see, I've got
heaven in my view.
00:53:55.84\00:54:06.83
With a made up mind,
I've got a made up mind.
00:54:06.86\00:54:17.48
Every day I can say, Hallelu
hallelu, hallelu, hallelau,
00:54:17.51\00:54:28.53
hallelau, and all of my
burdens, they may weigh me down,
00:54:28.57\00:54:39.56
but I've got heaven in my view.
00:54:39.59\00:54:50.49
With the made up mind,
I've got a made up mind.
00:54:50.53\00:55:00.46
I'm willing, I'm willing,
I'll go, I'll go all the way
00:55:00.49\00:55:07.38
with Christ. And if it costs
my life, I'll be willing to pay
00:55:07.41\00:55:21.21
that price. I've
got heaven in mind.
00:55:21.24\00:55:29.27
I've got heaven in mind.
00:55:29.30\00:55:34.55
I've got heaven in my view.
00:55:34.58\00:55:47.41
Thank you, Sarah.
00:55:47.44\00:55:48.47
Can you see it church?
00:55:48.50\00:55:50.88
Can you see it,
those of you at home?
00:55:50.91\00:55:53.77
Heaven is a real place.
00:55:53.80\00:55:57.05
And we've had a
glimpse of glory tonight.
00:55:57.09\00:56:01.12
And friends, the only thing we
have to do is make a reservation
00:56:01.15\00:56:06.18
without a credit
card. Come on now!
00:56:06.22\00:56:09.82
Because Jesus paid it
all on Calvary's cross.
00:56:09.85\00:56:14.29
And if it's your desire
to make heaven your home,
00:56:14.33\00:56:18.70
won't you stand and come
down for special prayer tonight?
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Men, women, boys, and
girls, just stand and come down.
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And those of you who are
at home, I pray too that you
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would just close your
eyes, and open your heart
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to the King of Glory,
that He might come in.
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And when we get to heaven,
heaven, that eternal home
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that is there for you and
I, the one that Jesus paid for.
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We can meet somewhere on
the right side of the throne
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of the Living God.
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If that's your heart's desire,
just say Amen where you are,
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for Amen means so be it. Amen!
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Good night, and God bless you.
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