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Good Evening Ambassador,
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I'm Pastor Henoc Paulicin,
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I'm the Pastor of the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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The Ambassador Church is located
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in the lovely city of
Lauderdale Lakes, Florida,
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very close to
Fort Lauderdale Airport
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and about 20 to 30 minutes
away from Miami, Florida,
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we are a friendly
and growing church
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and if you're in the area,
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we'd love to invite you
to come and worship with us.
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I have with me today, one of the
members of my Ministerial Staff
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and let me let
him introduce himself.
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Good night, I am
Elder Dwayne Spence,
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one of the younger
elders in the church
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and we are having
a fabulous time here
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as Pastor Dorsey
unfolds the Revelation
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through the eyes of John.
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If you are in the
South Florida area,
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we encourage you to
come out and fellowship here
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at our ten-acre campus.
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The Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church has
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some of the most
friendly people and...
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and to get the full experience
that these meetings are giving
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to the individuals that
are here in the audience
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and those at home... you need
to be here to experience it.
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It's truly a blessing.
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The pastor has been expounding
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or letting the Word of God
expound upon current events
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and we see as we
watch the news...
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it seems as if the very
things that we are learning
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night after night... are
unfolding right before our eyes.
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I just wanted to
point out something that
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is very important in
the Book of Revelation
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chapter 1 verse 3,
where the Bible says,
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"Blessed is he who reads
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and those who hear
the words of the prophecy,
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and heed the
things which are written,
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for the time is near. "
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Elder: "Amen. "
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I think that Pastor
Dorsey has chosen a great time
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to expound on this Series,
"Through the Eyes of John. "
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Elder:
Absolutely, it's a time...
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not to be frightened
by the things we see.
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It's a time to know that
God has given us an outline,
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a guidebook to understand
what's happening around us
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and so no
Christian should be afraid
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and Pastor Dorsey... through
the messages night to night
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is reassuring us as
the Word has said...
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reassuring us that
God is still in control
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and has a destiny for
each and every one of us.
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Pastor: And for those who may
be watching for the first time,
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Pastor Lawrence Stephen
Dorsey is a Speaker... Director
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of Living Word Ministries
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but before we begin, let us
invite the presence of the Lord
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and I'll ask Elder
Spence to pray for us.
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Elder: Shall we pray?
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"Our kind and
compassionate Father,
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we come before
your presence tonight
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again with our Bibles
in hands to open your words
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and to see what the future holds
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for each and every one of us.
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Lord, the world is
filled with doubt and fear...
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there are people
that are suffering
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and don't know what's
the source of the suffering,
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there are people
that are in despair...
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despondency...
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there are people that are
suffering through depression
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and Lord, as the
Pastor opens the Word tonight,
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we ask that your words would
breathe peace into their lives,
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that they will understand
that you are still in control
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and commanding their lives,
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let those that are
seated at their homes
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get their Bibles
in hand and open it up
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and let you speak to
their hearts, dear Father,
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen. "
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Walking off stage...
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Piano playing...
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O what a
wonderful, wonderful day
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Day I will never forget
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After I
wandered in darkness away
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Jesus the Savior I met
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O, what a tender
compassionate Friend
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He met the needs of my heart
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Shadows dispelling
with joy I am telling
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He made all my darkness depart.
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Heaven came down
and glory filled my soul
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When at the cross
the Savior made me whole
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My sins were washed away
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And my night was turned to day
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Heaven came down and
glory filled my soul.
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My sins were washed away
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and my night was turned to day
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Heaven came down
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and glory filled my
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soul...
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Audience: "Amen... amen... "
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Heaven came down and
glory filled our souls
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and Friends... glory
is "translated peace"
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when Jesus comes into your life.
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Good Evening everyone
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and I'm so glad
to be here once again
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to expound on the Word of God
and to just share the fellowship
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I know that the day that
Jesus came into my life...
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when I knew it was really
Him... that it was real...
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that it was not
something someone told me about
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but I had the
opportunity to say like David,
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"I tasted and I
saw that God is good. "
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It was a day that
really, really changed my life
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and I hope that you
get to experience that
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even as a result
of these meetings
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that the revival that
you feel will be something
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that will build
your relationship
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and make it stronger
in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now tonight we
have a few individuals
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who have again called in
and we can't give all of them,
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so we just take a
few of the highlights
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that come in
every single evening.
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We had a Marion
Chee from Louisiana
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and she said that she hadn't
heard from anyone from Louisiana
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and she just wanted us to know
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that Louisiana was
watching and listening.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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And I have a close piece
of my heart in Louisiana,
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I pastored for one year in
the Monroe Tallulah District
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in Louisiana and it
was a wonderful time
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with the saints down there.
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Then we had a Jeff
Miller from Indiana,
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he wrote and said he
has enjoyed the meetings
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and he is experiencing a
revival within his own heart
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and he said that
he's been watching
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every single one of them
and God has been blessing him.
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Then we heard from Australia,
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Townsville, Queensland...
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a Bob and Elaine
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and they too are
watching these meetings
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and they are
receiving a blessing from them.
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Now, I got a little bad
news from the Cayman Islands,
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I saw that the
transmitter was down...
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the 3ABN transmitter was down
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and that's what
they were telling me
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but I did receive
a special greeting
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from a Anna Kay...
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Anna Kay from the Caymans,
and we got that yesterday...
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most of the mail that we
get comes from either our e-mail
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or it comes by call
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but this is one where
she took the time to write us
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and we received it
at our Post Office Box
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and we want you to know,
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Anna Kay, we received
your very special blessing.
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Folks, I am
looking forward to the day
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when we will be
able to meet one another,
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as we prepare to
meet our Lord and Savior
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and we go up in the
clouds to meet Him in the air
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and we will have all of eternity
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to have an
opportunity to greet one another
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as we greet Jesus,
our Lord and Savior.
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Are you looking
forward to that day?
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Well, tonight is a message
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that will give us
encouragement for that
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for tonight the message
is: 1,000 years of Peace.
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One Thousand Years of Peace.
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How many could use that?
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if you could use that at home
even raise your hand as we pray.
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"Loving Father, we are thankful
that you have promised us
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a thousand years of
peace plus eternity.
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So even now, tonight Lord,
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we ask that you will fill
our hearts with your Spirit,
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let angels be with us
to keep the evil one away
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and from any distractions...
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from taking our minds
from this blessed truth tonight
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and let your Word
even live... is our prayer
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in Jesus' name. Amen. "
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A thousand years of peace...
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turn with me in your
Bibles to the book of Revelation
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chapter 20
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and we will see in this chapter
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a guaranteed
1,000 years of peace
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that will be given to those
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who have been
redeemed from the earth.
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Now Folks, just
stop and think about it,
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1,000 years free
from pain, free from hurt,
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free from disappointment,
free from disillusionment,
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free from doubt,
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free from temptation,
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free from
sickness, free from death,
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free from sin,
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free from that devil
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who has been
harassing us night after night,
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are you all
awake in here tonight?
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Audience: "Yes we are. "
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Free from all of those things...
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my heart longs for the day
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and Folks, even
when we have good days
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those things turn
out to be bitter sweet.
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They're short-lived.
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When we had those good times,
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there's always something
that comes up somewhere
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that casts shadows on
our peace and our happiness
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but we have to look
past the clouds of this life
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and look with faith to
the sunshine that will come
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from a relationship with Jesus
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that will last
throughout eternity.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Now, in our Bible,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
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we have to be careful
that we understand what it says
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because there are
individuals who believe
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that this
thousand years of peace
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or... this doctrine
is called: The millennium
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now that word "millennium"
is not written in the Bible
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but it means a thousand years
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that this
millennium is something
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that will not take
place before Jesus comes
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because we have a lot
of people that believe
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that the world will be converted
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and waiting for
Christ when He comes
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and they will have 1,000 years
of peace... to get it right.
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Now Folks, if that were true,
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then all the signs of the times
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that we have been reading
about night after night...
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there is something
wrong with those signs
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because those signs that
are given to us by Jesus Himself
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Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21...
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the signs from the
Old Testament prophets...
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the signs that we have seen
in the book of Revelation...
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they all tell us that the world
will be in a horrible state
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before the
second coming of Christ.
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When we look at
1st Thessalonians...
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1st Thessalonians
5... chapter 5 verse 3
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it tells us, "when
they say peace and safety,
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then sudden destruction
shall come upon them. "
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It is nothing more
than a trick from the devil
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to cause us to sit back and say,
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"Everything is
going to be okay...
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that we have plenty of time... "
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and Folks, I'm here
to let us know tonight,
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we don't have plenty of time...
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we have time to
get right with God
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and get right with God now.
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Pause...
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I look at Isaiah
24... Isaiah 24...
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and these Scriptures...
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we looked at this
the other night...
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they stand out in my mind...
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Isaiah 24 verse 1,
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it says...
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and that's... interest.
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This is the condition of
the world before the Lord comes
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so when we look at
this 1,000 years of peace,
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we have to know that it
has to be a specific timeframe
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for us to know
when we start counting
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and again, the
book of Revelation...
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that book that is a revelation
and an unveiling for us
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shows this to us
plainly and simply
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and when we look at it
tonight, Ladies and Gentlemen,
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you'll see how all the other
pieces of the Bible fit together
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to make this one full doctrine
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and this is what I've enjoyed
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night after
night... sharing with you.
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Revelation chapter 20
beginning with verse 1...
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now we can just
stop here for a moment
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and know that if the devil
is chained up... locked up...
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locked down...
for a 1,000 years...
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that's a lot of peace...
somebody ought to say, "Amen. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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If he is locked up,
bound up, chained up,
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we would have peace,
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he couldn't annoy
us, he couldn't tempt us,
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he couldn't make us sick,
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he couldn't try to
do things that hurt us
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and cause us to lose our
friends and our families,
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he wouldn't be able to have
his pestilence and his famines
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and all of these things that
he has done to Planet Earth,
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he would not be
able to harass us
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and harass the angels of
God that are protecting us,
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he would not have people
lying and killing and murdering
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and all of those things
that he suggests that people do,
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
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there would be peace
with the devil locked up.
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Audience: "Amen. "
00:16:09.53\00:16:10.87
Pastor: "Amen. "
Audience: "Amen. "
00:16:10.90\00:16:13.54
My Bible says that
that day is coming.
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It continues to read...
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"And this angel cast him
into the bottomless pit...
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and shut him up and
set a seal upon him...
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that he should
deceive the nations no more,
00:16:25.01\00:16:28.72
till the thousand
years be fulfilled...
00:16:28.75\00:16:32.39
now we know the
book of Revelation
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is a book that is
both literal and symbolic.
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Pause...
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I wish we could lock the devil
up with chains in iron and steel
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it would be nice if we could put
him in that old prison, Alcatraz
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way out in the water...
in the bay... by himself
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but Ladies and Gentlemen,
he is a supernatural being
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and we cannot do that.
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When we look at
this, we have to understand
00:17:10.36\00:17:14.56
that the Bible
is its own expositor
00:17:14.60\00:17:16.77
and even though the
devil has been on our case
00:17:16.80\00:17:19.77
and we know he is
a busy little bee...
00:17:19.80\00:17:22.94
"B" for bad... come on now...
00:17:22.97\00:17:26.44
wake up Church...
00:17:26.47\00:17:27.91
even though he has been
busy all of these years,
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a day will come,
Ladies and Gentlemen...
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a day will come when he will
be arrested by circumstances
00:17:35.38\00:17:41.99
and he will not be
allowed to tempt and destroy
00:17:42.02\00:17:46.90
and cause havoc and
chaos on our lives anymore.
00:17:46.96\00:17:51.73
He will be... as it were...
arrested on the bottomless pit
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which will be Planet Earth
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after the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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Audience: "Amen. "
00:18:02.98\00:18:04.31
You see, when we
look at the starting point
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of the 1,000 years of
peace of the millennium
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it will take place
when Jesus Himself comes.
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What we read in
verses one through three
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about an angel coming
down and chaining him up
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with this great chain in
his hand and laid hold of him,
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he will be
chained by circumstances
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and the Bible will
explain it to us now.
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Turn with me to
1st Thessalonians...
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1st Thessalonians chapter 4,
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1st Thessalonians chapter
4 beginning with verse 16.
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Pause...
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
on the day that Jesus comes
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and friends, that is a
day we have been waiting for,
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that saints of God who
are sleeping in the graves
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will come forth at
the call of the Master
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like we read... it says...
00:19:20.96\00:19:22.62
"The Lord Himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout...
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and with the
voice of the archangel
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and the trump of God
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and the dead in
Christ shall rise first. "
00:19:28.80\00:19:32.00
That tells us...
it reinforces the fact
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that the dead in
Christ are not in heaven...
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pause...
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they are sleeping...
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they are waiting...
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they are waiting the
call of the life-giver.
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if when we die... we
went straight to heaven,
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there would be no need for
Jesus to come back for the dead
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He would just have to
come back for the living.
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Audience: Agreeing.
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And if we knew
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that the dead were
already in heaven when they die
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and all the trouble we
go through down here...
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it would be
advantageous to us to say,
00:20:07.90\00:20:10.97
"Well, let's take
a trip to heaven... "
00:20:11.04\00:20:14.08
by some mass
suicide or Kool-Aid...
00:20:14.14\00:20:17.31
like somebody else
says and has... or have done
00:20:17.35\00:20:21.35
because they were misguided,
00:20:21.38\00:20:23.05
we wouldn't be
worried about sleeping,
00:20:23.08\00:20:25.19
we'd say, "Well
look, I'm tired of here...
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no mortgage and
all of these things,
00:20:27.36\00:20:28.69
I don't have to
deal with that...
00:20:28.72\00:20:30.06
well, I'm just
going to go to heaven... "
00:20:30.09\00:20:31.43
Pause...
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but my Bible tells
me, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:20:32.83\00:20:36.73
that the dead know not anything,
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and we're looking at
Ecclesiastes 9 verse 5
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and it says that
our love and our hate
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and our envy, and
all of those things...
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they are put aside...
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we have nothing to do
with anything under the sun
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when we're
dead... we are sleeping...
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that's what Jesus said.
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Pause...
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So we see that on that day
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when the king of
kings and Lord of Lord comes
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with all of His majesty...
with all of his power...
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He is coming to
awaken the sleeping dead
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and to bring those
who are alive and remain
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to be caught up in
the clouds with Him also
00:21:11.33\00:21:15.20
with those who he has
brought up out of sleep.
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I look at 1st
Corinthians chapter 15
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and again Folks,
00:21:23.21\00:21:24.71
I give you these
texts over and over again
00:21:24.75\00:21:26.58
that it will
become a part of you...
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faith cometh by hearing
and hearing... the Word of God,
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and as we get in these
last days, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:21:31.79\00:21:34.59
you must have a
faith in the Word of God
00:21:34.62\00:21:37.56
that will supersede what
you may see with your eyes,
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pause...
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because in the last days,
there will be signs and wonders
00:21:44.43\00:21:48.17
spiritual
wickedness in high places,
00:21:48.20\00:21:50.74
deceptions that will come to you
00:21:50.81\00:21:53.27
to take you away from your
faith and to steal your crown
00:21:53.31\00:21:56.85
but you have to be able
to stand on the Word of God
00:21:56.88\00:22:00.32
and the Word of God alone
00:22:00.35\00:22:02.58
and believe not what
you see with your eyes
00:22:02.62\00:22:06.05
but what you know in your heart
00:22:06.12\00:22:08.12
that is based on this book.
00:22:08.16\00:22:09.82
Audience: "Amen. "
00:22:09.89\00:22:11.33
1st Corinthians
chapter 15 verse 51...
00:22:11.36\00:22:15.53
So again, it tells us... the
dead in Christ shall rise first.
00:23:21.23\00:23:25.80
We which are alive
and remain will be changed
00:23:25.83\00:23:30.04
in the twinkling of an eye...
00:23:30.07\00:23:31.84
in other words, before
you can blink you are changed.
00:23:31.87\00:23:33.98
Before you can think
about it, it has happened
00:23:34.04\00:23:37.28
and it has to be that
way, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:23:37.31\00:23:41.32
it has to be that way
for if we were not changed
00:23:41.35\00:23:44.82
in an instant... in
the twinkling of an eye...
00:23:44.85\00:23:48.26
we would be destroyed by the
very brightness of His coming.
00:23:48.29\00:23:53.43
Audience...
00:23:53.50\00:23:55.10
you see the wicked...
00:23:55.13\00:23:56.50
when He is coming in
the clouds of glory...
00:23:56.53\00:23:58.83
when they see Him, they
will melt where they are...
00:23:58.90\00:24:02.10
pause...
00:24:02.14\00:24:03.47
they will be destroyed by
the brightness of His coming...
00:24:03.51\00:24:07.51
they cannot look at the King,
00:24:07.54\00:24:09.48
pause...
00:24:09.51\00:24:10.85
my Bible tells me in
Revelation chapter 1 verse 7
00:24:10.88\00:24:14.22
that when He comes...
behold He cometh with clouds
00:24:14.25\00:24:17.69
and every eye shall see Him
00:24:17.72\00:24:19.89
and they also which pierced Him,
00:24:19.95\00:24:22.12
there will be a
special resurrection
00:24:22.16\00:24:25.09
for those individuals
who crucified Jesus...
00:24:25.16\00:24:28.36
who spat on His face,
00:24:28.43\00:24:29.93
who lacerated His back
with a cat of nail tails...
00:24:29.96\00:24:32.60
who lied on Him
on those Councils...
00:24:32.63\00:24:34.94
who stood up and
proclaimed themselves holy
00:24:35.00\00:24:37.31
when they were unholy and unjust
00:24:37.34\00:24:39.27
and those individuals who
partook of that Kangaroo Court,
00:24:39.31\00:24:42.31
they will be able to come
up and see Him coming live
00:24:42.34\00:24:46.72
in majesty and glory.
00:24:46.75\00:24:48.52
Audience: "Amen. "
00:24:48.55\00:24:50.22
And then they die
again... have mercy...
00:24:50.25\00:24:52.92
I look at this and I'm beginning
to see a picture here...
00:24:52.95\00:24:58.33
the dead in Christ are
coming up from the grave...
00:24:58.36\00:25:01.36
and they're caught up in
the clouds to meet the Lord.
00:25:01.40\00:25:04.33
The saints of God are translated
in an instant... in a moment...
00:25:04.37\00:25:09.40
Planet Earth has been decimated
by the very presence of Christ.
00:25:09.47\00:25:14.48
We saw it in
Revelation chapter 6
00:25:14.51\00:25:17.61
beginning with verse 15,
00:25:17.65\00:25:19.65
"And the kings of the earth,
00:25:19.71\00:25:21.68
and the great
men and the rich men,
00:25:21.72\00:25:23.15
and the chief
captains, and the mighty men,
00:25:23.18\00:25:24.75
and every bondman,
and every free man,
00:25:24.82\00:25:26.15
hid themselves in the dens and
in the rocks of the mountains;
00:25:26.19\00:25:28.72
And said to the
mountains and rocks,
00:25:28.76\00:25:30.53
Fall on us, and hide
us from the face of him
00:25:30.56\00:25:32.56
that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb:
00:25:32.59\00:25:37.00
For the great day
of his wrath is come;
00:25:37.03\00:25:39.67
and who shall be able to stand?
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.64
In other words, Planet
Earth will be destroyed
00:25:41.67\00:25:45.01
at the presence and
power of the majesty of Christ.
00:25:45.04\00:25:49.11
The mountain
chains will bow down...
00:25:49.14\00:25:51.78
islands will flee away...
00:25:51.81\00:25:54.98
I turn to 2nd Peter chapter
3, 2nd Peter chapter 3 verse 10,
00:25:55.02\00:26:01.22
it says, "for the
day of the Lord will come
00:26:01.26\00:26:04.53
as a thief in the night. "
00:26:04.56\00:26:06.09
Now let me just
stop here for a moment,
00:26:06.13\00:26:07.86
this does not mean
Jesus is coming in secret.
00:26:07.90\00:26:12.63
We've already seen Him
coming with a loud voice,
00:26:12.67\00:26:17.37
pause...
00:26:17.41\00:26:18.91
with the trump of God...
00:26:18.97\00:26:20.64
and the commotion of seeing
all of the dead from all time...
00:26:20.68\00:26:26.78
the righteous dead
coming up from the grave
00:26:26.82\00:26:29.85
that is going to be
a spectacular scene.
00:26:29.88\00:26:32.85
Audience: "Amen. "
00:26:32.89\00:26:34.22
Can you imagine
what it would look like
00:26:34.26\00:26:36.66
when you pass all
of these cemeteries
00:26:36.69\00:26:38.89
and you're passing
all of these planes
00:26:38.93\00:26:41.06
and you see people
coming up out of the ocean,
00:26:41.10\00:26:43.43
you see them coming
up out of the grave,
00:26:43.47\00:26:45.50
how can that be a secret?
00:26:45.53\00:26:47.84
pause...
00:26:47.87\00:26:49.64
how could it be a
secret when the sky...
00:26:49.70\00:26:52.41
the eastern horizon...
will be filled with His majesty?
00:26:52.47\00:26:56.44
Pause...
00:26:56.48\00:26:57.81
Angels to the left
and angels to the right...
00:26:57.85\00:26:59.91
and the King of
Kings and Lord of Lords...
00:26:59.95\00:27:02.28
sitting in the middle...
00:27:02.32\00:27:03.79
no longer
wearing a crown of thorns
00:27:03.82\00:27:06.29
but wearing His seven-fold
crown as King of Kings
00:27:06.32\00:27:09.96
and Lord of Lords,
how can that be secret?
00:27:09.99\00:27:13.23
Audience: "Amen. "
00:27:13.26\00:27:14.73
They will see
Him. Audience: "Amen. "
00:27:14.76\00:27:16.77
Those who were slain
or died 2,000 years ago,
00:27:16.80\00:27:20.67
awakened by the
power of the life-giver
00:27:20.70\00:27:23.71
to see the one whom
they had despised and ignored
00:27:23.74\00:27:27.48
and who had caused
people to choose Barabbas
00:27:27.51\00:27:29.98
instead of choosing Jesus...
which is choosing life...
00:27:30.01\00:27:33.82
pause...
00:27:33.85\00:27:35.52
when it says He's coming
like a thief in the night,
00:27:35.55\00:27:39.72
that means, "unexpectedly"
00:27:39.75\00:27:41.99
you don't know when
the thief is coming...
00:27:42.02\00:27:43.89
pause...
00:27:43.93\00:27:45.26
but you need to
be prepared for Him.
00:27:45.29\00:27:48.16
It says here,
00:27:48.20\00:27:50.80
"but the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night
00:27:50.83\00:27:53.87
in which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise. "
00:27:53.90\00:27:56.91
Now the heavens passing
away with a great noise...
00:27:56.94\00:27:59.27
how's that going to be "secret?"
00:27:59.34\00:28:01.34
Pause...
00:28:01.38\00:28:02.94
It continues to say,
00:28:02.98\00:28:05.95
"and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat... "
00:28:05.98\00:28:08.98
noise... heat...
not just regular heat...
00:28:09.02\00:28:17.39
fervent heat... in other words,
00:28:17.43\00:28:18.76
it's going to be mighty
hot in the town that day.
00:28:18.79\00:28:20.93
Pause...
00:28:20.96\00:28:22.96
dead folks coming
up... brand new...
00:28:23.03\00:28:26.00
I tell you, the news from the
righteous being translated...
00:28:26.03\00:28:29.24
that's going to be enough noise
because I don't know about you,
00:28:29.27\00:28:32.44
when I get those new
hands and those new feet
00:28:32.47\00:28:34.61
and those new lungs and those
new ears and those new eyes,
00:28:34.64\00:28:37.15
I'm going to be
shouting with joy.
00:28:37.18\00:28:39.21
Audience: "Amen. "
00:28:39.28\00:28:40.78
I'm going to say,
00:28:40.82\00:28:42.28
"Lo, this is my God and
I have waited for Him... "
00:28:42.32\00:28:44.19
Audience: "Amen. "
00:28:44.22\00:28:45.55
It's been my heart's desire,
I'm so glad He's there...
00:28:45.59\00:28:48.12
I'm going to do a little dance.
00:28:48.16\00:28:49.76
And then we're going
to take off in the air.
00:28:49.79\00:28:53.73
Pause...
00:28:53.76\00:28:55.66
That can't be done in
secret, Ladies and Gentlemen.
00:28:55.70\00:28:58.47
I continue to read
this and I get excited
00:28:58.50\00:29:01.37
of what's going to
happen and it says,
00:29:01.40\00:29:04.21
"And the elements
shall melt with fervent heat,
00:29:04.24\00:29:06.98
and the earth also and
the works that are therein
00:29:07.01\00:29:09.68
shall be burned up. "
00:29:09.74\00:29:11.08
In other words there
will be fires going everywhere
00:29:11.11\00:29:13.65
"Seeing then that all
these things shall be dissolved,
00:29:13.68\00:29:16.48
what manner of
persons ought you to be
00:29:16.52\00:29:19.02
in all
conversation and godliness,
00:29:19.05\00:29:21.39
Looking for and hasting unto
the coming of the day of God,
00:29:21.42\00:29:26.26
wherein the heavens being
on fire shall be dissolved,
00:29:26.29\00:29:29.90
and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat?"
00:29:29.93\00:29:34.37
So Planet Earth
will be destroyed.
00:29:34.40\00:29:37.67
It will be shaken down
to its very foundation,
00:29:37.71\00:29:41.24
the saints of God,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:29:41.28\00:29:44.58
we will be translated...
we will be resurrected...
00:29:44.61\00:29:50.19
we will be uplifted in
that cloud with the Messiah...
00:29:50.22\00:29:55.59
with Deliverer...
with the Savior...
00:29:55.62\00:30:00.10
with the Son of God.
00:30:00.13\00:30:02.30
Audience: "Amen. "
00:30:02.33\00:30:04.43
And so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
00:30:04.47\00:30:07.57
Audience: "Praise the Lord. "
00:30:07.64\00:30:09.10
That's what we're waiting for.
00:30:09.14\00:30:10.57
Now, when we look at
that and we understand that,
00:30:10.61\00:30:14.44
Ladies and
Gentlemen, it lets us know
00:30:14.51\00:30:17.31
how Satan is
going to be arrested...
00:30:17.35\00:30:20.22
he is arrested
by circumstances...
00:30:20.25\00:30:23.05
because there is no one
there to tempt and harass.
00:30:23.08\00:30:27.29
Audience: "Amen. "
00:30:27.32\00:30:28.76
He has no allegiance
except his own fallen angels
00:30:28.79\00:30:32.09
and they will be
confined to Planet Earth
00:30:32.13\00:30:35.56
to stay there and
await their punishment.
00:30:35.60\00:30:39.00
Pause...
00:30:39.03\00:30:40.37
Now Folks, you need to
understand something...
00:30:40.40\00:30:43.97
we need to be busy with
what we're supposed to do
00:30:44.01\00:30:47.44
because the devil is
busy with what he has to do.
00:30:47.48\00:30:50.78
Pause...
00:30:50.85\00:30:52.35
you look in your Bibles and
turn to Revelation chapter 12,
00:30:52.41\00:30:55.38
Revelation chapter 12 and
read the words of verse 12,
00:30:55.42\00:30:59.62
it says...
00:30:59.65\00:31:00.99
Friends, we looked at
that word "wrath" yesterday...
00:31:18.61\00:31:22.48
that means rage... that
means unrestrained violence
00:31:22.51\00:31:26.35
that means
harm... that means fury...
00:31:26.38\00:31:29.58
pause...
00:31:29.65\00:31:31.69
the devil knows he
has a short time...
00:31:31.72\00:31:33.82
we think we have all
the time in the world,
00:31:33.86\00:31:37.39
we think the church
can't go on without us,
00:31:37.43\00:31:40.93
we think that we're so good
00:31:40.96\00:31:43.80
that Jesus would
really be in trouble
00:31:43.83\00:31:46.53
if we're not there in heaven.
00:31:46.57\00:31:48.37
Pause...
00:31:48.40\00:31:49.84
We think too much of
ourselves, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:31:49.87\00:31:53.51
heaven would go
along without us,
00:31:53.54\00:31:56.51
but because His love
for us is so great...
00:31:56.54\00:32:00.92
because His love
for us goes so deep,
00:32:00.95\00:32:04.45
because His love
for us was really shown,
00:32:04.52\00:32:07.99
by dying on the
cross of Calvary,
00:32:08.02\00:32:10.56
He says that we are His
and He will not let us go.
00:32:10.59\00:32:14.73
Audience: "Amen. "
00:32:14.76\00:32:16.36
We have to
understand that this dragon...
00:32:16.40\00:32:20.24
this devil... this Satan...
00:32:20.27\00:32:21.74
he knows he has
a short time left
00:32:21.80\00:32:24.24
and he is doing
all that he can do,
00:32:24.31\00:32:26.68
Ladies and Gentlemen, to
get us inside of His grasp,
00:32:26.71\00:32:30.75
to get us inside of his trap,
to get us inside of his world,
00:32:30.78\00:32:35.68
my Bible tells us to
be sober and vigilant
00:32:35.72\00:32:38.95
because our
adversary... that's our enemy...
00:32:38.99\00:32:41.72
the devil... is
as a roaring lion
00:32:41.76\00:32:44.99
seeking whom he can devour.
00:32:45.03\00:32:47.13
He's not playing with us.
00:32:47.16\00:32:49.23
Pause...
00:32:49.26\00:32:51.20
If he could take our lives
00:32:51.23\00:32:52.87
before we get a
commitment with Jesus Christ,
00:32:52.90\00:32:54.94
he would be quite happy.
00:32:54.97\00:32:56.34
Pause...
00:32:56.37\00:32:57.71
If he could let you
come into the church
00:32:57.74\00:32:59.71
and have you half in and
half out... by your mindset...
00:32:59.74\00:33:02.94
see, he doesn't care
when you read your Bible,
00:33:02.98\00:33:05.58
he doesn't care
when you come to church,
00:33:05.61\00:33:07.38
he doesn't care if you pray...
00:33:07.42\00:33:09.15
it has not soaked in
00:33:09.18\00:33:11.22
and you have not
allowed the Holy Spirit
00:33:11.25\00:33:13.39
to have complete control,
00:33:13.42\00:33:14.76
he'll let the Lord come
into your heart and your life
00:33:14.79\00:33:17.46
and he will try to
plant his own seeds there
00:33:17.53\00:33:21.30
that if you have two
percent of him... he has you.
00:33:21.33\00:33:25.70
Audience: "That's true. "
00:33:25.73\00:33:27.34
There's a little
book that's given away...
00:33:27.37\00:33:29.27
it's called: Steps to Christ
00:33:29.30\00:33:31.81
and it says, "One sin
persistently cherished
00:33:31.84\00:33:35.84
will nullify all the
power of the gospel. "
00:33:35.88\00:33:39.81
We have to give
everything to Jesus...
00:33:39.85\00:33:42.32
all to Jesus I surrender
all to Him I truly give...
00:33:42.35\00:33:47.49
you have to give Him everything.
00:33:47.56\00:33:49.39
Audience: "Amen. "
00:33:49.42\00:33:50.76
He says, "If you love me,
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.13
you have to give me all
your heart and all your soul
00:33:52.16\00:33:54.30
and all your mind... "
00:33:54.33\00:33:55.66
He wants it all
so He can protect us
00:33:55.70\00:33:57.67
because, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:33:57.70\00:33:59.07
if we allow sin to
have reign in our body,
00:33:59.10\00:34:02.07
no matter how small it is,
if we continue to hold on to it,
00:34:02.10\00:34:05.17
it will nullify all
the power of the gospel
00:34:05.21\00:34:08.44
and if you don't believe
that, just look at Satan...
00:34:08.48\00:34:11.98
on how covetousness and
envy ended up in jealousy
00:34:12.01\00:34:15.45
and hatred and murder...
00:34:15.48\00:34:17.95
Audience: Agreeing.
00:34:17.99\00:34:19.79
Those things begin to
grow and expound inside of you
00:34:19.82\00:34:25.66
and that's why you have to
come to Jesus... not just once
00:34:25.69\00:34:28.93
but you have to
come to Jesus every day.
00:34:28.96\00:34:30.93
Audience: Agreeing.
00:34:30.97\00:34:32.30
And that's why you have
to pray all through the day.
00:34:32.33\00:34:34.70
My Bible says to
pray without ceasing...
00:34:34.74\00:34:37.84
it doesn't mean you have to walk
around with King James English
00:34:37.87\00:34:41.54
all your day...
but you have to have
00:34:41.58\00:34:44.08
the very atmosphere
of heaven around you.
00:34:44.11\00:34:47.58
In other words, you are living
in the sphere of heaven...
00:34:47.62\00:34:51.99
you understand that heaven sees
you and heaven cares about you
00:34:52.02\00:34:55.66
and heaven is there to help you
00:34:55.69\00:34:57.49
you must go through your day
00:34:57.53\00:34:59.23
as if you are in the
very presence of God,
00:34:59.26\00:35:01.53
because we are...
00:35:01.56\00:35:03.20
Audience: "Amen... amen... "
00:35:03.23\00:35:04.83
pause...
00:35:04.87\00:35:06.53
not because we're afraid
but because we need help.
00:35:06.57\00:35:10.51
Pause...
00:35:10.54\00:35:11.87
When we think we
can do it ourselves,
00:35:11.91\00:35:14.58
Ladies and Gentlemen,
that's when we have the problem.
00:35:14.61\00:35:16.91
My Bible says, "Take
heed lest you fall... "
00:35:16.95\00:35:21.65
and when we understand
00:35:21.68\00:35:23.79
that we need the help of
Jesus Christ in our lives...
00:35:23.82\00:35:27.39
then we put
ourselves in a position
00:35:27.42\00:35:29.66
where he can help
us and influence us
00:35:29.69\00:35:31.89
and we can be victorious.
00:35:31.93\00:35:33.66
It tells us in
Revelation chapter 12 verse 11,
00:35:33.70\00:35:36.80
it says, "And they overcame him
00:35:36.83\00:35:39.13
by the blood of the Lamb
00:35:39.17\00:35:41.10
and by the word
of their testimony;
00:35:41.17\00:35:43.34
and they loved not
their lives unto the death. "
00:35:43.37\00:35:46.11
In other words, it's because
of the blood of Jesus Christ...
00:35:46.14\00:35:48.94
it's nothing you
can do to save yourself.
00:35:48.98\00:35:51.15
Pause...
00:35:51.18\00:35:52.81
Now Folks, I know we have
a problem with this sometimes
00:35:52.85\00:35:57.15
because some of us
think we're so good...
00:35:57.19\00:35:58.72
but all of our righteousness
is like filthy rags.
00:35:58.75\00:36:03.26
some of us
modify our behavior...
00:36:03.29\00:36:06.19
we change our diet...
those things we ought to do...
00:36:06.23\00:36:09.76
all that we know to do good
to give us an edge, we should do
00:36:09.80\00:36:14.07
but don't count
it as righteousness.
00:36:14.10\00:36:16.50
Audience: "Amen. "
00:36:16.57\00:36:17.91
Pause...
00:36:17.94\00:36:19.47
Jesus is Lord... and
we are saved by His grace
00:36:19.51\00:36:27.85
extended to us everyday...
it's new every morning...
00:36:27.88\00:36:32.82
and Folks, you have to keep
praying all through the day.
00:36:32.85\00:36:37.76
Audience: "Amen. "
00:36:37.79\00:36:39.26
Pause...
00:36:39.29\00:36:40.76
He says we are saved
by the blood of the Lamb,
00:36:40.80\00:36:43.50
we're saved by the
word of their testimony,
00:36:43.53\00:36:45.83
"and they love not
their lives unto the death. "
00:36:45.87\00:36:47.70
In other words,
00:36:47.74\00:36:49.07
we don't do what we want
to do... the natural man...
00:36:49.10\00:36:51.91
we do what God
expects us to do by faith.
00:36:51.97\00:36:55.58
Pause...
00:36:55.61\00:36:57.15
There are some days...
00:36:57.18\00:36:58.51
there are some days
00:36:58.55\00:36:59.88
when you will not feel
like doing the right thing...
00:36:59.91\00:37:02.32
there are some days like that.
00:37:02.35\00:37:04.85
There are some
days... me... as a preacher...
00:37:04.89\00:37:07.26
I don't feel like
doing what I need to do.
00:37:07.32\00:37:10.23
But Folks, guess
what? I want to be saved
00:37:10.26\00:37:13.13
and I want God's smile upon me
00:37:13.16\00:37:17.03
and I can't let things
that bother me in this life...
00:37:17.07\00:37:20.40
I have to understand
that in this life, Jesus says,
00:37:20.44\00:37:23.20
in the world... you're
going to have tribulation
00:37:23.27\00:37:26.01
in the world,
00:37:26.04\00:37:27.38
things are not going to
always go the way you want.
00:37:27.41\00:37:29.24
In the world, folks are going
to get on your very last nerve
00:37:29.28\00:37:32.71
and they will step on
it with spiked shoes...
00:37:32.78\00:37:35.08
pause...
00:37:35.12\00:37:36.69
but you cannot retaliate.
00:37:36.72\00:37:38.85
In the world you
will have tribulation,
00:37:38.89\00:37:42.32
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:37:42.36\00:37:43.69
in the world you're
going to have disappointments,
00:37:43.73\00:37:45.73
in the world, you're
going to be disillusioned,
00:37:45.76\00:37:47.96
in the world, you're
going to have betrayal...
00:37:48.00\00:37:50.20
in the world, you're
going to have heartbreak...
00:37:50.23\00:37:52.40
in the world, you're
going to have sickness
00:37:52.43\00:37:54.37
and in the world, you're
going to lose loved ones,
00:37:54.40\00:37:56.84
in the world, you're
going to go through a lot
00:37:56.87\00:37:59.24
where you think
that God is not there
00:37:59.27\00:38:01.71
but the darker it
is, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:38:01.74\00:38:04.48
you have to know that
Jesus is closest to you.
00:38:04.51\00:38:07.18
Audience: "Amen. "
00:38:07.22\00:38:08.55
By faith you have to look at
it, by faith you have to see it,
00:38:08.58\00:38:12.55
by faith you see yourself
00:38:12.59\00:38:14.56
living in the very
atmosphere of heaven
00:38:14.59\00:38:17.03
and you bring this text to mind
00:38:17.06\00:38:19.43
to give you courage and strength
00:38:19.46\00:38:21.93
and it gives you
the power to go on
00:38:21.96\00:38:24.37
you know that all
things work together for good
00:38:24.40\00:38:27.17
for those who love the Lord
00:38:27.24\00:38:29.37
who are called
according to His purpose...
00:38:29.40\00:38:31.97
in other words, no
matter how bad it is,
00:38:32.01\00:38:34.48
don't give up... your
blessing is just on the edge.
00:38:34.54\00:38:38.38
Audience: "Amen. "
00:38:38.41\00:38:39.75
Pause...
00:38:39.78\00:38:41.12
My Bible tells me that
the devil... he's busy,
00:38:41.15\00:38:44.65
and he hates us and he
knows he has a short time
00:38:44.72\00:38:48.09
but we have to know
that we have a short time
00:38:48.12\00:38:51.06
and we must fortify
ourselves with His Word.
00:38:51.09\00:38:54.00
Pause...
00:38:54.03\00:38:55.56
I come back to this
1,000 years of peace
00:38:55.60\00:38:59.50
and I see now... the
dead in Christ had gone up,
00:38:59.53\00:39:02.50
those individuals who have
been alive or translated...
00:39:02.54\00:39:08.71
and they've gone up.
00:39:08.74\00:39:10.08
The earth is decimated at
the second coming of Christ.
00:39:10.11\00:39:14.55
My Bible tells us that
there are two resurrections.
00:39:14.58\00:39:19.25
It continues in...
let's go to Daniel... first
00:39:19.32\00:39:23.56
Daniel chapter 12...
Daniel chapter 12 and you know,
00:39:23.59\00:39:26.80
I love the Bible because
it all says the same thing
00:39:26.86\00:39:29.96
and Folks, when you let
the Bible be its own expositor,
00:39:30.00\00:39:33.07
it lets us know that
it is a smooth transition
00:39:33.10\00:39:36.94
and you can count on it
and Daniel chapter 12...
00:39:36.97\00:39:40.78
Daniel 12 verse 1... it says,
00:39:40.81\00:39:42.64
"And at that time
shall Michael stand up,
00:39:42.68\00:39:44.71
the great prince which standeth
for the children of thy people
00:39:44.75\00:39:47.28
and there shall
be a time of trouble,
00:39:47.32\00:39:48.98
such as never was
since there was a nation
00:39:49.05\00:39:51.55
even to that same time:
00:39:51.59\00:39:52.92
and at that time thy
people shall be delivered,
00:39:52.95\00:39:55.16
every one that shall be
found written in the book. "
00:39:55.19\00:39:57.56
And Folks, that's
not the Yellow Pages,
00:39:57.59\00:39:59.39
that's the Lamb's book of life.
00:39:59.43\00:40:00.86
And then it says...
00:40:00.90\00:40:03.33
In other words, two
separate resurrections.
00:40:16.68\00:40:20.12
When I turn to the book
of John, what book did I say?
00:40:20.15\00:40:23.89
John chapter 5,
Jesus makes it so clear
00:40:23.92\00:40:27.92
so we would understand
it... beginning with verse 25.
00:40:27.96\00:40:30.93
So when we look at this
00:41:18.71\00:41:20.11
and we come back now
to Revelation chapter 20,
00:41:20.14\00:41:23.11
Revelation chapter 20... let's
continue to see what happens
00:41:23.14\00:41:27.42
after the devil is arrested.
00:41:27.45\00:41:29.15
What we will be doing in
heaven for those 1,000 years...
00:41:29.18\00:41:32.42
it said in verse 4...
00:41:32.45\00:41:34.52
So you want to know the agenda
00:41:57.31\00:42:00.45
for the first
1,000 years in heaven?
00:42:00.52\00:42:04.42
It's right here...
look at Revelation...
00:42:04.45\00:42:08.32
it's not a sealed book...
00:42:08.36\00:42:09.76
it's there for
you and me to know
00:42:09.79\00:42:12.09
what we're going to see
and what we're going to do.
00:42:12.13\00:42:14.40
Audience: "Amen. "
00:42:14.43\00:42:15.76
If you notice, the
controversy is not over yet.
00:42:15.80\00:42:19.40
Pause...
00:42:19.43\00:42:20.84
Jesus comes which
starts the millennium...
00:42:20.87\00:42:23.47
it starts the clock...
00:42:23.51\00:42:24.84
the dead in Christ
rise up from the grave,
00:42:24.87\00:42:28.31
the saints of God who are living
00:42:28.34\00:42:31.28
are translating in
the twinkling of an eye.
00:42:31.31\00:42:34.35
The earth is shaken
down to its very core.
00:42:34.38\00:42:37.32
Satan is bound by circumstances,
there's nobody there to tempt...
00:42:37.39\00:42:44.33
no one to harass, no
one to seduce into sin,
00:42:44.36\00:42:48.13
he is there for
1,000 years to sit around
00:42:48.16\00:42:51.40
and think about what
he has to think about...
00:42:51.43\00:42:54.40
his destruction...
00:42:54.44\00:42:57.01
When I was a kid,
00:42:57.04\00:42:59.51
my dad and my mom...
when they chastised us,
00:42:59.54\00:43:06.92
they did it with love.
00:43:06.95\00:43:10.15
My dad was one...
00:43:10.19\00:43:13.56
and I know he's watching
so I'm being very careful,
00:43:13.59\00:43:16.02
Dad was one that...
he would talk to us...
00:43:16.06\00:43:21.60
he'd say, "You know,
you shouldn't do that... "
00:43:21.66\00:43:24.57
and we'd go on and
sometimes in talking
00:43:24.60\00:43:27.04
we'd be able to get out of it
and you know... we'd reason...
00:43:27.07\00:43:29.60
but my mom... she was
instant judgment sometimes
00:43:29.67\00:43:33.27
she'd just... you know...
Moms... they don't play...
00:43:33.31\00:43:36.58
that was Mom's
word, "I don't play... "
00:43:36.61\00:43:39.61
but when there
were some things we did
00:43:39.65\00:43:42.58
that my mother was like...
00:43:42.65\00:43:44.15
she was too
through... too done...
00:43:44.19\00:43:45.75
she wouldn't even bother us,
00:43:45.79\00:43:48.06
she would have that
private conversation with my dad
00:43:48.09\00:43:50.89
and they would
have that conversation
00:43:50.93\00:43:53.63
and then he would give
me the look and he'd say,
00:43:53.66\00:43:55.63
"Well, you just go
upstairs and you just wait. "
00:43:55.66\00:43:57.30
Pause...
00:43:57.33\00:43:58.73
Now Folks, I would
rather the instant judgment...
00:43:58.77\00:44:02.80
than when I had to
sit up there and wait.
00:44:02.84\00:44:07.24
I'd sit up there in my
room... me and my brother,
00:44:07.28\00:44:10.95
knowing we did it
wrong, we did something,
00:44:11.01\00:44:12.61
we know we deserve it
00:44:12.65\00:44:13.98
and we'd sit in
there... we'd sit... and oh
00:44:14.02\00:44:15.55
we wish it was a
time... "time out"
00:44:15.58\00:44:17.15
like you kids got today...
00:44:17.19\00:44:18.52
you didn't get that...
00:44:18.55\00:44:20.26
and we'd sit in there
00:44:20.29\00:44:22.12
and every time you would
hear them move downstairs,
00:44:22.16\00:44:25.39
every time you
hear the steps creak,
00:44:25.43\00:44:29.53
every time your
heart... it's just going...
00:44:29.56\00:44:31.83
it's going... it's
going... it's gone...
00:44:31.87\00:44:35.14
Folks, can you
imagine... can you imagine...
00:44:35.17\00:44:38.41
we can imagine...
00:44:38.44\00:44:40.58
the devil knows God is real...
00:44:40.61\00:44:43.95
he's seen His
majesty for how many years...
00:44:43.98\00:44:47.42
we don't even
understand... or how long
00:44:47.45\00:44:50.82
that that controversy in heaven
before it became open warfare
00:44:50.89\00:44:54.86
that it talks about
in Revelation 12:7 and 8,
00:44:54.89\00:44:56.96
before it got to that...
00:44:56.99\00:44:58.43
we don't know how
many eons passed...
00:44:58.49\00:45:00.56
pause...
00:45:00.60\00:45:02.03
we don't know... he
knows the power of God,
00:45:02.06\00:45:06.40
he knows he has
fought against Him,
00:45:06.43\00:45:08.90
he knows he was instrumental
00:45:08.94\00:45:11.57
in having His Son
nailed to the cross,
00:45:11.61\00:45:14.31
pause...
00:45:14.34\00:45:15.91
he's been busy with his plots
and his plans all this time
00:45:15.94\00:45:20.18
but now, he is asked to
just sit no he's not asked...
00:45:20.22\00:45:24.02
he's told to just sit and
wait till a 1,000 years...
00:45:24.05\00:45:27.62
he knows what's going to happen.
00:45:27.66\00:45:29.22
Audience: "Amen. "
00:45:29.26\00:45:30.59
He has said he would
be like the most High God
00:45:30.63\00:45:36.03
and that he would sit on
the throne of the congregation
00:45:36.06\00:45:38.70
and that everyone
would look up to him
00:45:38.73\00:45:40.37
and Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:45:40.40\00:45:41.74
the Lord has given
him... watch this...
00:45:41.77\00:45:43.34
the Lord has
given him 1,000 years
00:45:43.37\00:45:46.24
to do what he did in six days...
somebody ought to say, "Amen. "
00:45:46.27\00:45:49.44
Audience: "Amen. "
00:45:49.48\00:45:50.81
In six days the Lord
made the whole world brand new
00:45:50.85\00:45:53.25
out of the abyss, He
made it to what it is
00:45:53.28\00:45:55.28
and the devil
will have a 1,000 years
00:45:55.32\00:45:57.09
to see if he can make
one flower but he can't.
00:45:57.12\00:46:00.16
Audience: "Amen. "
00:46:00.19\00:46:01.52
He can make artificial turf
00:46:01.56\00:46:03.63
but he can't make
one blade of grass
00:46:03.66\00:46:08.20
because he is not a Creator.
00:46:08.23\00:46:11.30
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:46:11.33\00:46:13.57
the record says that we
will judge the wicked...
00:46:13.64\00:46:17.34
you see, the judgment for
the righteous is going on now
00:46:17.41\00:46:19.87
and we're going to deal
with that tomorrow evening,
00:46:19.91\00:46:22.38
1st Peter 4 verse 17 says,
00:46:22.41\00:46:24.15
"The judgment must
begin at the house of God... "
00:46:24.18\00:46:26.31
and that's why the
saints are the saints...
00:46:26.35\00:46:28.58
and the saints are resurrected
and the saints are translated
00:46:28.62\00:46:31.49
but the wicked
will be dealt with
00:46:31.55\00:46:33.39
and we will see,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:46:33.42\00:46:35.76
and when I say, "we" I'm
talking about the faithful,
00:46:35.79\00:46:37.76
we will see why they are lost.
00:46:37.79\00:46:40.03
Pause...
00:46:40.06\00:46:41.66
Look at it...
00:46:41.70\00:46:43.03
"And I saw the thrones,
and they that sat upon them,
00:46:43.06\00:46:44.73
and judgment
was given unto them:
00:46:44.80\00:46:46.13
and I saw the souls of
them that were beheaded
00:46:46.17\00:46:48.44
for the witness of
Jesus, and for the word of God,
00:46:48.47\00:46:50.74
and which had not worshipped
the beast, neither his image,
00:46:50.81\00:46:53.31
nor received his mark upon their
foreheads, or in their hands;
00:46:53.38\00:46:55.84
and they lived and reigned
with Christ a thousand years.
00:46:55.88\00:46:58.58
And when the thousand years...
verse 7... were expired...
00:47:14.96\00:47:17.47
Satan shall be loosened
out of his prison... " why?
00:47:17.50\00:47:20.27
Because the Lord
will wake up the wicked.
00:47:20.30\00:47:23.64
Audience: Agreeing.
00:47:23.67\00:47:25.04
The wicked are not going
to come up from their graves
00:47:25.07\00:47:27.71
like we came up...
brand new and perfect...
00:47:27.74\00:47:29.81
they're going to come up
the same way they went down
00:47:29.84\00:47:33.35
with the ravages of sin
and disease and sickness,
00:47:33.38\00:47:37.62
they're going to come up
with minds that are demented...
00:47:37.65\00:47:40.52
they're not brand new like
our minds will be brand new
00:47:40.56\00:47:43.39
to understand the
mysteries of eternity
00:47:43.43\00:47:45.99
and to be able to
behold the glory of God
00:47:46.03\00:47:48.43
it says that they
shall come up and it says...
00:47:48.46\00:47:50.97
God and Magog... and
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:47:55.20\00:47:56.71
and that just symbolic of
all the Systems of evil...
00:47:56.74\00:47:59.24
"to gather them
together to battle:
00:47:59.27\00:48:01.34
the number of whom is
as the sand of the sea... "
00:48:01.38\00:48:04.28
And Ladies and Gentlemen,
Satan will get all of the wicked
00:48:04.31\00:48:07.55
who have joined
him in this rebellion
00:48:07.58\00:48:11.15
and they will form
this one massive army...
00:48:11.19\00:48:14.49
that same army,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:48:14.52\00:48:17.59
continuing that
battle of Armageddon
00:48:17.63\00:48:20.60
that stopped last night
what we saw in Revelation 16
00:48:20.66\00:48:24.30
when the hailstones
came down from heaven
00:48:24.33\00:48:27.87
and destroyed them
00:48:27.90\00:48:29.37
before the
second coming of Christ
00:48:29.40\00:48:32.44
and they will come
together in this massive army
00:48:32.47\00:48:36.51
and my Bible tells me
that the new Jerusalem...
00:48:36.54\00:48:40.58
the city of God...
it will come down...
00:48:40.62\00:48:42.85
it says in verse 8...
00:48:42.88\00:48:44.22
"And they went up on
the breadth of the earth,
00:48:44.25\00:48:46.99
and compassed the
camp of the saints about,
00:48:47.02\00:48:49.86
and the beloved city:
and fire came down from God
00:48:49.89\00:48:53.90
out of heaven,
and devoured them. "
00:48:53.93\00:48:55.76
In other words,
00:48:55.80\00:48:57.13
as the Lord brings the
Holy City down with us in it...
00:48:57.17\00:49:00.54
praise God... we
are inside the City...
00:49:00.60\00:49:04.64
golden streets
and golden mansions...
00:49:04.67\00:49:08.48
looking through
those jasper walls
00:49:08.54\00:49:12.31
remember the messages, Folks,
00:49:12.35\00:49:13.68
all of these
things are connected.
00:49:13.72\00:49:16.58
We're on the
inside... looking out...
00:49:16.62\00:49:19.32
and they're on the
outside... looking in...
00:49:19.35\00:49:23.22
and as the Holy City comes down,
00:49:23.26\00:49:26.06
they are looking
with wonder and amazement
00:49:26.09\00:49:28.66
at the glory and
grandeur of the redeemed,
00:49:28.70\00:49:31.23
seeing those individuals
whom they really killed,
00:49:31.27\00:49:33.34
seeing those
individuals they had persecuted,
00:49:33.37\00:49:35.37
seeing those individuals whom
they had slain in this world...
00:49:35.40\00:49:38.47
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:49:38.51\00:49:39.94
I'm talking about
the wicked of all time
00:49:39.97\00:49:42.51
and the righteous of all
time looking eyeball to eyeball.
00:49:42.54\00:49:47.32
Pause...
00:49:47.35\00:49:49.18
The saints are inside the city
00:49:49.22\00:49:52.25
they're looking at the scene
00:49:52.29\00:49:55.26
wicked... the number...
as the sands of the sea...
00:49:55.29\00:50:01.16
surrounding the very city of God
00:50:01.20\00:50:05.00
angels are no longer...
00:50:05.03\00:50:06.90
these wicked angels
are no longer invisible,
00:50:06.94\00:50:10.14
they are plain so
everyone can see...
00:50:10.17\00:50:12.44
Satan is at the helm of
them and they're saying,
00:50:12.47\00:50:15.61
"Take the city... take the city"
00:50:15.64\00:50:17.91
pause...
00:50:17.98\00:50:19.78
the shimmering gates
of the city are closed,
00:50:19.81\00:50:22.52
the saints of
God are watching...
00:50:22.55\00:50:25.69
and then, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Jesus Christ Himself...
00:50:25.72\00:50:30.09
appears in the sky above...
00:50:30.13\00:50:32.63
Ladies and Gentlemen,
above the blessed city of God.
00:50:32.66\00:50:35.40
The wicked... when
they look at Him...
00:50:35.46\00:50:39.17
Ladies and Gentlemen,
it tells me in the book:
00:50:39.20\00:50:41.24
"The Great Controversy"
and in "Early Writings"
00:50:41.27\00:50:43.27
it says that when
they look at Jesus,
00:50:43.30\00:50:45.34
they get a full remembrance of
every sin they ever committed.
00:50:45.37\00:50:50.15
They look at Him
in wonder and awe...
00:50:50.21\00:50:54.22
and they know they
have made the wrong choice
00:50:54.25\00:50:57.62
but it's too late... too late...
too late for salvation...
00:50:57.65\00:51:00.79
they made up their minds
a 1,000 years too late...
00:51:00.82\00:51:04.23
pause...
00:51:04.26\00:51:06.09
Satan gives a cry,
00:51:06.13\00:51:09.76
he says, "Attack the city... "
00:51:09.80\00:51:13.03
and nobody moves...
00:51:13.07\00:51:16.10
nobody moves,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:51:16.14\00:51:19.77
because they
understand that it is hopeless
00:51:19.81\00:51:22.44
and he himself realizes
that this is the end of the road
00:51:22.48\00:51:25.91
and my Bible tells me...
"he too will bend the knee
00:51:25.95\00:51:29.22
and his tongue shall
confess that God is love. "
00:51:29.25\00:51:32.49
But again, it's
too late, too late,
00:51:32.52\00:51:36.09
too late for salvation...
00:51:36.12\00:51:37.83
and then his envy and his
jealousy and his hatred of God,
00:51:37.89\00:51:42.80
it will come up once again...
00:51:42.83\00:51:46.10
and he will stand up in defiance
00:51:46.13\00:51:49.34
and my Bible tells me,
you read it, you've seen it,
00:51:49.37\00:51:53.38
it says it right there...
00:51:53.44\00:51:54.78
"and fire shall
reign down from heaven...
00:51:54.81\00:51:58.65
and devour
him... and his host...
00:51:58.68\00:52:02.15
and every man,
woman, boy and girl
00:52:02.18\00:52:05.62
that made the
devil their choice. "
00:52:05.65\00:52:08.99
Oh my friends, we
will behold that scene
00:52:09.02\00:52:12.53
and it will be also
where we will be grateful
00:52:12.56\00:52:17.07
that we
surrendered all to Jesus Christ
00:52:17.10\00:52:20.87
and when that fire
purifies the earth,
00:52:20.90\00:52:24.61
God will make it brand new again
00:52:24.67\00:52:27.71
and my friends, when He
makes it brand new again,
00:52:27.74\00:52:31.81
that will be glory for me.
00:52:31.88\00:52:35.15
Audience: "Amen. "
00:52:35.18\00:52:38.02
Piano playing...
00:52:38.05\00:52:40.86
Marvelous message we bring,
00:52:40.89\00:52:48.43
Glorious heralds we sing,
00:52:48.46\00:52:56.14
Wonderful words of the King,
00:52:56.17\00:53:03.85
Jesus is coming again!
00:53:03.88\00:53:11.35
Coming again,
00:53:11.39\00:53:18.23
Coming again...
00:53:18.26\00:53:23.60
May be morning,
00:53:23.63\00:53:27.84
may be noon,
00:53:27.87\00:53:31.57
May be evening,
00:53:31.64\00:53:35.44
and may be soon!
00:53:35.48\00:53:40.22
Coming again,
00:53:40.28\00:53:45.85
Coming again...
00:53:45.92\00:53:51.46
O what a
wonderful day it will be...
00:53:51.49\00:53:59.27
Jesus is coming again.
00:53:59.30\00:54:05.91
The King is coming,
00:54:05.94\00:54:11.65
This King is coming!
00:54:11.68\00:54:17.29
I just heard the
trumpet sounding,
00:54:17.32\00:54:22.79
And now His face I see,
00:54:22.82\00:54:28.56
The King is coming,
00:54:28.60\00:54:34.30
O the King... He is coming,
00:54:34.34\00:54:40.18
Praise God,
00:54:40.21\00:54:43.51
He is coming for me!
00:54:43.55\00:54:52.22
Praise God,
00:54:52.25\00:54:54.86
He is coming for me!
00:54:54.89\00:55:00.16
Audience: "Amen. "
00:55:00.20\00:55:05.40
My friends, I want to
be ready for that day.
00:55:05.43\00:55:07.57
Audience: "Amen. "
00:55:07.60\00:55:08.94
And Folks, you can't get
ready the day of our flight...
00:55:08.97\00:55:12.74
we have to put
in reservations...
00:55:12.77\00:55:15.74
and the reservations...
you don't need a credit card
00:55:15.78\00:55:19.55
because Jesus paid it all.
00:55:19.58\00:55:21.22
The reservation is a willing
heart... a willing spirit,
00:55:21.25\00:55:25.25
a mind that says,
00:55:25.29\00:55:27.46
"I need you Jesus to
let your mind be in me
00:55:27.49\00:55:31.59
that I might be
able to do all things,
00:55:31.63\00:55:35.40
I need your will,
00:55:35.43\00:55:36.77
I need your Spirit
00:55:36.80\00:55:38.53
I need you to keep
me moment by moment
00:55:38.57\00:55:41.47
because without
you I can't make it
00:55:41.50\00:55:44.47
and when we have
that type of spirit,
00:55:44.51\00:55:47.41
Ladies and Gentlemen,
our reservation is made...
00:55:47.48\00:55:49.94
our names are written
in the Lamb's Book of Life
00:55:49.98\00:55:52.71
and He will guide us
and protect us and keep us
00:55:52.78\00:55:55.48
that we would never fail.
00:55:55.52\00:55:57.45
Friends, today if you're at home
00:55:57.49\00:56:00.99
and your heart has
been touched by this message
00:56:01.02\00:56:03.89
and you want to be ready
00:56:03.93\00:56:05.26
I want you to just
ask the Lord right now
00:56:05.29\00:56:09.26
in the quietness of your home,
in the quietness of your mind,
00:56:09.30\00:56:12.37
and those of you
who are here live,
00:56:12.40\00:56:14.94
say, "Lord Jesus,
please let me be ready,
00:56:14.97\00:56:21.91
help me to be ready,
00:56:21.94\00:56:24.98
make sure that I'm ready
00:56:25.01\00:56:27.98
and as we contemplate
00:56:28.02\00:56:31.15
on our readiness
00:56:31.19\00:56:32.59
and do the things
that we need to do,
00:56:32.65\00:56:34.56
Jesus... in His love for us...
00:56:34.62\00:56:38.36
will fulfill the
desires of our heart
00:56:38.39\00:56:41.56
and we will be ready.
00:56:41.60\00:56:45.13
Tonight, keep looking up...
00:56:45.17\00:56:48.50
the King is coming...
00:56:48.54\00:56:50.57
and He's coming soon.
00:56:50.61\00:56:52.64
God bless you.
00:56:52.67\00:56:54.64
Audience: "Amen. "
00:56:54.68\00:56:56.64