Some folks have the idea that
00:00:32.74\00:00:34.93
Heaven is something like
a bunch of cumulus clouds
00:00:34.96\00:00:38.08
painted with rainbows
00:00:38.11\00:00:39.38
where spirits play
hide-and-seek with ghosts.
00:00:39.41\00:00:43.10
It's kind of like a spook world.
00:00:43.13\00:00:44.58
Pie-in-the-sky-by-and-by,
where you float around
00:00:44.61\00:00:47.85
on wispy clouds
playing unearthly music
00:00:47.88\00:00:50.67
on immaterial harps forever.
00:00:50.70\00:00:54.25
Well, you know, if I
believed Heaven was like that,
00:00:54.28\00:00:55.83
I really
wouldn't want to go there.
00:00:55.86\00:00:58.37
I wouldn't be
interested, Would you?
00:00:58.40\00:01:00.34
That would really
be kind of miserable.
00:01:00.37\00:01:03.39
Interesting that
some religions say
00:01:03.42\00:01:05.30
there are three heavens or
even some say seven heavens.
00:01:05.33\00:01:10.77
Others say, well, Heaven is not
really a literal place at all,
00:01:10.80\00:01:13.44
it's just a state of mind.
00:01:13.47\00:01:16.54
Millions believe.
00:01:16.57\00:01:18.24
"Well, eventually, everybody
will end up in Heaven."
00:01:18.27\00:01:21.38
Others argue, well,
no, very few will make it.
00:01:21.41\00:01:26.08
Why are there so
many different opinions
00:01:26.11\00:01:28.15
when God's Word of
prophecy is absolutely filled
00:01:28.18\00:01:31.20
with stupendous
details about Heaven,
00:01:31.23\00:01:34.05
this colossal space station up
00:01:34.08\00:01:35.92
there in the sky under
construction right now.
00:01:35.95\00:01:39.99
And, friends, the
reason God wants us
00:01:40.02\00:01:41.93
to know what Heaven is like,
00:01:41.96\00:01:44.33
is so that we'll
want to be there.
00:01:44.36\00:01:46.86
Heaven is not a secret
God is keeping from us.
00:01:46.89\00:01:51.06
In many buildings,
there are thousands
00:01:51.09\00:01:54.33
of different keys to
fit each of the locks
00:01:54.36\00:01:57.07
in those high-rise
structures to fit each door.
00:01:57.10\00:02:01.42
When we were down
in Caracas, Venezuela,
00:02:01.45\00:02:03.29
we never say a place
with more keys and more locks,
00:02:03.32\00:02:06.11
you got have at
least eight different keys
00:02:06.14\00:02:08.85
to get inside your little
simple apartment building.
00:02:08.88\00:02:12.12
These are pictures
we took down there.
00:02:12.15\00:02:14.30
But usually the
superintendent of the building
00:02:14.33\00:02:16.01
of course has one key
that fits all of those doors,
00:02:16.04\00:02:19.03
called the master key.
00:02:19.06\00:02:21.97
Well, God has one master
key that unlocks the mysteries
00:02:22.00\00:02:25.84
about Heaven,
fits all the doors.
00:02:25.87\00:02:28.62
And that master
key is the Bible.
00:02:28.65\00:02:30.19
And we don't have to be confused
00:02:30.22\00:02:31.43
by human theories or opinions.
00:02:31.46\00:02:33.65
God's Word is a
reliable master source
00:02:33.68\00:02:36.62
of information about the future.
00:02:36.65\00:02:39.64
In fact, 2 Peter 1:21 says,
00:02:39.67\00:02:42.89
"...We have the
prophetic word confirmed,
00:02:42.92\00:02:46.37
which you do well to heed
00:02:46.40\00:02:47.87
as a light that
shines in a dark place,
00:02:47.90\00:02:50.22
until the day dawns
00:02:50.25\00:02:52.23
and the morning star
rises in your hearts."
00:02:52.26\00:02:56.29
Now, it may surprise you,
00:02:56.32\00:02:57.40
but God has
revealed in His Word.
00:02:57.43\00:02:59.97
Where heaven will be?
What heaven will be like?
00:03:00.00\00:03:03.46
Where its capital will
be? What people will do there?
00:03:03.49\00:03:06.86
What people will be like there?
Where the saved will live?
00:03:06.89\00:03:10.44
And what the
capital city will look like?
00:03:10.47\00:03:14.43
So for the next
few minutes tonight,
00:03:14.46\00:03:16.21
let's just have a
little bit of fun together,
00:03:16.24\00:03:18.06
salve and just kind of
stretch our imaginations,
00:03:18.09\00:03:20.96
let's take God's master key,
00:03:20.99\00:03:22.81
the Bible and
discover the truth about
00:03:22.84\00:03:25.25
"The Best That's Just Ahead."
00:03:25.28\00:03:29.56
Two years ago Jeannie
and I were with a group
00:03:29.59\00:03:31.13
of Voice of Prophecy
supporters and we were sailing
00:03:31.16\00:03:33.49
in the Greek Isles in
the Mediterranean Sea.
00:03:33.52\00:03:35.76
We stopped by the beautiful,
beautiful Isle of Patmos,
00:03:35.79\00:03:40.02
that's where the
last living disciple
00:03:40.05\00:03:41.96
John wrote the
Book of Revelation.
00:03:41.99\00:03:45.58
John was a prisoner on this isle
00:03:45.61\00:03:48.30
on this God-forsaken rock
that's about six miles long
00:03:48.33\00:03:52.38
and three miles wide,
00:03:52.41\00:03:53.45
located there in the
bluest of blue Aegean Sea
00:03:53.48\00:03:56.64
that I've ever seen.
00:03:56.67\00:03:58.57
But there God gave him a
vision just before he died,
00:03:58.60\00:04:01.59
a glorious
preview of the future.
00:04:01.62\00:04:05.09
And John wrote
about what he saw here
00:04:05.12\00:04:07.09
in the Book of Revelation.
00:04:07.12\00:04:08.24
We find for example
in Revelation 21:1, 2,
00:04:08.27\00:04:12.21
John said, "Now
I saw a new heaven
00:04:12.24\00:04:16.17
and a new earth,
for the first heaven
00:04:16.20\00:04:17.63
and the first
earth had passed away.
00:04:17.66\00:04:19.65
And also, there was no more sea.
00:04:19.68\00:04:22.07
Then I, John, saw the holy city,
00:04:22.10\00:04:24.52
New Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven from God,
00:04:24.55\00:04:27.62
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband."
00:04:27.65\00:04:33.13
I'm a soft touch on a
couple of things, one is kids.
00:04:33.16\00:04:36.85
I can clear up pretty quick.
00:04:36.88\00:04:39.02
But I also get choked
up at weddings, don't you?
00:04:39.05\00:04:43.09
To me there's nothing
more beautiful and radiant
00:04:43.12\00:04:46.09
than a gorgeous
bride on her wedding day.
00:04:46.12\00:04:50.18
Well, this heavenly city is
like a bride, John tells us.
00:04:50.21\00:04:54.98
And by the way,
Heaven isn't something
00:04:55.01\00:04:56.43
that only John saw
and only John knew about.
00:04:56.46\00:04:59.67
All of God's
prophets through the ages
00:04:59.70\00:05:01.65
have known about Heaven
00:05:01.68\00:05:02.85
because Heaven is a crucial part
00:05:02.88\00:05:04.88
of God's final
plan of restoration.
00:05:04.91\00:05:07.98
In fact, Heaven is His
surprise wedding present
00:05:08.01\00:05:13.02
for His bride, the church.
00:05:13.05\00:05:15.39
Listen, Acts 3:20, 21,
00:05:15.42\00:05:19.86
"And that He may
send Jesus Christ,
00:05:19.89\00:05:22.20
who was preached to you before,
00:05:22.23\00:05:24.17
whom heaven must receive
00:05:24.20\00:05:25.64
until the times of
restoration of all things,
00:05:25.67\00:05:29.34
which God has
spoken by the mouth
00:05:29.37\00:05:31.15
of all His holy
prophets since the world began."
00:05:31.18\00:05:35.84
Restoration it says.
00:05:35.87\00:05:37.18
Now, what is God
going to restore?
00:05:37.21\00:05:40.66
God is going to
restore everything that
00:05:40.69\00:05:43.26
Adam and Eve lost.
00:05:43.29\00:05:46.64
Some of you already
know that I'm a stereo nut.
00:05:46.67\00:05:49.96
I like to listen to good music.
00:05:49.99\00:05:51.66
That great big speakers at home
00:05:51.69\00:05:53.27
and from time to
time when I get a chance,
00:05:53.30\00:05:55.10
I go and turn on a brand new
CD of some symphony orchestra
00:05:55.13\00:05:58.60
and I stretch out
there on the floor,
00:05:58.63\00:06:01.58
and I'll tell you I
cranked the music up big time.
00:06:01.61\00:06:05.26
But there's
nothing more disruptive
00:06:05.29\00:06:07.36
than right in the middle of that
00:06:07.39\00:06:08.61
to hear the doorbell
ring or maybe the power go off
00:06:08.64\00:06:12.88
or suddenly somehow
the music just stops
00:06:12.91\00:06:15.31
right in the
middle of the best part.
00:06:15.34\00:06:18.37
That's a little annoying.
00:06:18.40\00:06:20.65
Well, God's original
music score for this earth
00:06:20.68\00:06:23.99
was like a great big symphony.
00:06:24.02\00:06:26.83
He had the score
all written at creation.
00:06:26.86\00:06:29.57
He was the conductor.
00:06:29.60\00:06:31.04
Everything was in
position and ready
00:06:31.07\00:06:32.74
and the music began to play.
00:06:32.77\00:06:35.22
Gorgeous music there in
Genesis 1 and Genesis 2.
00:06:35.25\00:06:39.28
But in Genesis 3 the
music suddenly stopped.
00:06:39.31\00:06:42.43
Somebody interrupted,
botched the whole thing up.
00:06:42.46\00:06:46.82
And for 6,000 years
now God's been waiting
00:06:46.85\00:06:50.74
to get started again
His unfinished symphony.
00:06:50.77\00:06:56.28
You see, Heaven is God's
strategic plan for restoration.
00:06:56.31\00:07:01.06
To restore all six of
the precious treasured gifts
00:07:01.09\00:07:04.56
He'd given mankind
in the first place.
00:07:04.59\00:07:06.77
For example, He had given
Adam and Eve a mankind life.
00:07:06.80\00:07:11.50
Eternal Life, without end.
00:07:11.53\00:07:14.03
He'd given them
a righteous nature,
00:07:14.06\00:07:16.23
pure, holy character.
00:07:16.26\00:07:18.66
He'd given them a beautiful,
00:07:18.69\00:07:20.02
beautiful home,
the Garden of Eden.
00:07:20.05\00:07:22.59
Bible says he'd also given them
00:07:22.62\00:07:24.26
dominion over every living thing
00:07:24.29\00:07:27.42
upon the earth that moved."
00:07:27.45\00:07:29.43
In fact, I personally
believe that Adam and Eve
00:07:29.46\00:07:31.73
could communicate with
the animals and the birds
00:07:31.76\00:07:34.67
just like they do at
Disneyland and Sea World.
00:07:34.70\00:07:36.58
I mean, if we
can do it human ways,
00:07:36.61\00:07:37.93
think what they could do.
00:07:37.96\00:07:39.52
Call them by
name, they would come,
00:07:39.55\00:07:41.16
do tricks He had dominion.
00:07:41.19\00:07:45.08
God also gave them
perfect family happiness.
00:07:45.11\00:07:49.79
And face-to-face
communion with God.
00:07:49.82\00:07:53.34
No barriers. Open fellowship.
00:07:53.37\00:07:56.52
God's original Paradise
was His forever symphony,
00:07:56.55\00:08:00.02
His original score.
00:08:00.05\00:08:01.97
And in Genesis
1, God was so proud
00:08:02.00\00:08:04.33
to show it off to
the whole universe,
00:08:04.36\00:08:06.73
because the Creator
Himself had designed
00:08:06.76\00:08:09.19
and decorated
Adam and Eve's home.
00:08:09.22\00:08:11.19
He gave them perfect
health, perfect love,
00:08:11.22\00:08:13.26
perfect happiness, perfect joy.
00:08:13.29\00:08:15.34
Everything was peace,
harmony, total freedom,
00:08:15.37\00:08:20.72
if they chose to obey
God's very simple instructions.
00:08:20.75\00:08:25.44
Now just "Don't eat
of that forbidden tree
00:08:25.47\00:08:28.93
in the Garden of Eden,
00:08:28.96\00:08:30.59
or you'll interrupt the
orchestra and the music."
00:08:30.62\00:08:34.59
But that's exactly
what they chose to do,
00:08:34.62\00:08:37.92
to eat of the tree
rather than listening to God.
00:08:37.95\00:08:42.34
And Heaven's harmony
became the unfinished symphony.
00:08:42.37\00:08:46.62
The most tragic
day in the universe.
00:08:46.65\00:08:49.51
For the first time
in Adam and Eve's lives,
00:08:49.54\00:08:52.07
they felt
guilt, they felt shame,
00:08:52.10\00:08:53.74
they felt fear.
00:08:53.77\00:08:55.32
By their disobedience,
they lost everything,
00:08:55.35\00:08:58.80
they lost their garden home,
00:08:58.83\00:09:00.45
their lost their
dominion of Earth,
00:09:00.48\00:09:02.22
they lost access
to the Tree of Life.
00:09:02.25\00:09:04.38
They lost their
happiness, they lost love,
00:09:04.41\00:09:06.32
they lost
fellowship with the Creator.
00:09:06.35\00:09:08.19
And our world, our perfect world
00:09:08.22\00:09:10.09
became cursed with sin,
sickness, suffering and sorrow.
00:09:10.12\00:09:15.23
Bible says they
were no longer masters,
00:09:15.26\00:09:18.96
which means
they couldn't go down
00:09:18.99\00:09:20.09
and call the
fish by name any more.
00:09:20.12\00:09:22.99
Bible says Adam
and Eve became slaves.
00:09:23.02\00:09:26.31
They chose to throw away
00:09:26.34\00:09:27.69
their freedoms
and they liberties.
00:09:27.72\00:09:29.12
And Paul says in Romans 6:16,
00:09:29.15\00:09:33.53
"Do you not know that
whom you present yourselves
00:09:33.56\00:09:37.47
slaves to obey,
00:09:37.50\00:09:39.40
you are that one's
slaves whom you obey?"
00:09:39.43\00:09:43.67
In other words, they
sold out to the Devil.
00:09:43.70\00:09:46.06
They chose to
separate themselves from God
00:09:46.09\00:09:48.63
and life and
happiness and freedom.
00:09:48.66\00:09:52.19
But I'm so glad a
loving God understood.
00:09:52.22\00:09:57.74
I'm so glad that
God couldn't bear
00:09:57.77\00:09:59.94
to be parted from them forever.
00:09:59.97\00:10:02.91
He'd planned too much.
He'd invested too much.
00:10:02.94\00:10:06.15
He'd risked too much.
00:10:06.18\00:10:07.54
And He loved them so much,
00:10:07.57\00:10:09.08
He couldn't leave His
erring children without hope.
00:10:09.11\00:10:13.47
What could you do?
00:10:13.50\00:10:15.94
As angels sadly
ushered Adam and Eve
00:10:15.97\00:10:19.73
out the gate of the
garden for one last final time,
00:10:19.76\00:10:24.10
God made a
promise to Adam and Eve,
00:10:24.13\00:10:26.09
He promised them something,
that one day His own Son,
00:10:26.12\00:10:31.44
the Seed of the Woman,
would come to die for them
00:10:31.47\00:10:35.39
so that they could be restored
back to the family of God
00:10:35.42\00:10:38.56
and have eternal life again.
00:10:38.59\00:10:40.76
In fact, you find that
first promise right there
00:10:40.79\00:10:42.77
in Genesis 3:15
00:10:42.80\00:10:44.84
where God actually
He spoke to the serpent
00:10:44.87\00:10:48.73
as He talked there
with them and He said,
00:10:48.76\00:10:51.20
"I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
00:10:51.23\00:10:56.01
between your seed and her seed,
00:10:56.04\00:10:59.06
He shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise His heel."
00:10:59.09\00:11:06.06
What a glorious promise.
Jesus Messiah would come.
00:11:06.09\00:11:11.57
But, you know, unfortunately,
as generations passed
00:11:11.60\00:11:14.53
and Homo sapiens
multiplied in earth,
00:11:14.56\00:11:17.52
The Bible tells us that
sin also exponentially exploded
00:11:17.55\00:11:21.46
and the human race
almost completely forgot God.
00:11:21.49\00:11:24.73
People became
corrupt, they became vile,
00:11:24.76\00:11:27.19
they became immoral,
they became depraved.
00:11:27.22\00:11:29.07
Genesis 6:5 says,
00:11:29.10\00:11:31.83
"Then the Lord saw
that the wickedness
00:11:31.86\00:11:33.85
of man was great in the earth,
00:11:33.88\00:11:35.96
that every
intent of His thoughts
00:11:35.99\00:11:37.31
was only evil continually."
00:11:37.34\00:11:41.27
In fact, so abominably evil,
00:11:41.30\00:11:43.63
that we read that it
became necessary for God
00:11:43.66\00:11:46.38
to destroy that
which He had created,
00:11:46.41\00:11:48.70
this world by a flood in
order it says to preserve
00:11:48.73\00:11:53.71
any life on the earth or
we'd have self destructed.
00:11:53.74\00:11:57.49
And we read that only
eight people survived.
00:11:57.52\00:12:02.57
Well, did we learn our lesson?
00:12:02.60\00:12:05.46
No.
00:12:05.49\00:12:07.14
After the flood,
read the account,
00:12:07.17\00:12:09.05
it wasn't many generations
00:12:09.08\00:12:10.30
before people
became corrupt again.
00:12:10.33\00:12:13.76
But this time in
order to preserve
00:12:13.79\00:12:15.73
a holy people on
earth, a remnant,
00:12:15.76\00:12:17.93
a special Church of
God's "called out" ones.
00:12:17.96\00:12:22.19
God called
Abraham and his family
00:12:22.22\00:12:25.79
out of the idolatrous and
corrupt Ur of the Chaldees.
00:12:25.82\00:12:29.76
Have you heard of that
place recently in the news?
00:12:29.79\00:12:32.73
It's right there near Baghdad.
00:12:32.76\00:12:35.24
When our Marines
started moving up
00:12:35.27\00:12:36.96
from Kuwait to
Baghdad, the news reporters
00:12:36.99\00:12:40.13
on CNN and ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC,
00:12:40.16\00:12:43.55
they all said, they're
passing through Ur right now.
00:12:43.58\00:12:47.67
That's where Abraham was.
00:12:47.70\00:12:50.71
And Genesis 12:1,
2, He spoke to Abraham
00:12:50.74\00:12:53.59
and he said, Abraham,
00:12:53.62\00:12:55.72
I want you "Get
out of your country,
00:12:55.75\00:12:57.54
from your family and
from your father's house,
00:12:57.57\00:12:59.97
to a land that I will show you.
00:13:00.00\00:13:01.99
I will make you a great nation,
00:13:02.02\00:13:03.93
I will bless you and
make your name great,
00:13:03.96\00:13:06.11
and you shall be a blessing."
00:13:06.14\00:13:09.49
Do you think that
was easy for Abraham?
00:13:09.52\00:13:12.42
According to what
I read in the Bible,
00:13:12.45\00:13:13.64
Abraham was a very wealthy
00:13:13.67\00:13:15.53
business tycoon
playing the market
00:13:15.56\00:13:18.01
and trading on Wall
Street in downtown Baghdad.
00:13:18.04\00:13:21.08
In fact his friends
in the local Jaycees
00:13:21.11\00:13:23.02
and the Chamber of Commerce
and the Lien's Association,
00:13:23.05\00:13:26.73
they derided him
and said, "Abraham,
00:13:26.76\00:13:29.94
Abraham you're not serious,
you're leaving Babylon?"
00:13:29.97\00:13:33.75
Yep.
00:13:33.78\00:13:34.93
"Where on earth are you going?"
00:13:34.96\00:13:38.30
I don't know. God
said He'll lead me.
00:13:38.33\00:13:41.69
"What will you do
when you get there?"
00:13:41.72\00:13:44.74
Well, I'm gonna
raise up a great nation.
00:13:44.77\00:13:48.45
"What?
00:13:48.48\00:13:50.75
Abraham, you've been
out in the sun too long,
00:13:50.78\00:13:52.24
you don't even have any children
00:13:52.27\00:13:53.34
and you're 75 years old.
00:13:53.37\00:13:56.25
You're gonna raise up a nation.
00:13:56.28\00:13:57.42
Come on, and who is
going to protect you
00:13:57.45\00:13:59.38
in this strange land?"
00:13:59.41\00:14:01.18
Him.
00:14:01.21\00:14:03.07
You know, what a lesson
00:14:03.10\00:14:04.13
for God's faithful people today.
00:14:04.16\00:14:06.06
We've got to learn to trust God,
00:14:06.09\00:14:08.03
even when we don't understand.
00:14:08.06\00:14:09.90
We got to hang on in faith,
00:14:09.93\00:14:11.79
Abraham, even if you
have to leave your friends.
00:14:11.82\00:14:14.74
Not knowing where you're
going, or what the future holds.
00:14:14.77\00:14:17.45
You see, you may not
know what the future holds,
00:14:17.48\00:14:19.87
but you know who
holds the future.
00:14:19.90\00:14:21.44
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:14:21.47\00:14:23.04
Hebrews 11:9, 10,
00:14:23.07\00:14:25.85
"By faith he dwelt
in the land of promise
00:14:25.88\00:14:28.62
as in a foreign
country, dwelling in tents,
00:14:28.65\00:14:30.96
with Isaac and
Jacob, the heirs with him
00:14:30.99\00:14:33.17
of the same
promise, For he waited,
00:14:33.20\00:14:35.96
he looked for the
city which has foundations,
00:14:35.99\00:14:38.93
whose builder and maker is God."
00:14:38.96\00:14:42.83
Now here's what's
important tonight.
00:14:42.86\00:14:45.18
God promised to give Abraham
00:14:45.21\00:14:47.19
and his children all
that Adam and Eve had lost.
00:14:47.22\00:14:51.77
And that's why the
Bible prophets in all the ages
00:14:51.80\00:14:54.34
looked forward to our day
00:14:54.37\00:14:57.44
and the
restoration of all things.
00:14:57.47\00:15:00.67
In fact, you look back
there in the faith chapter,
00:15:00.70\00:15:02.71
it talks about,
it says that Abraham,
00:15:02.74\00:15:06.18
and then it talks about
Enoch, talks about Noah,
00:15:06.21\00:15:10.38
talks about Abel,
Isaac, Rahab, David, Samuel,
00:15:10.41\00:15:15.16
it says they all believed
in God's promise to restore
00:15:15.19\00:15:19.52
what Adam and Eve lost.
00:15:19.55\00:15:22.23
But for them, there
was just one problem
00:15:22.26\00:15:23.99
as it says here
in Hebrews 11:13.
00:15:24.02\00:15:26.99
"These all died in faith,
00:15:27.02\00:15:29.81
not having
received the promises,
00:15:29.84\00:15:31.88
but having seen them afar off,
00:15:31.91\00:15:33.91
were assured of
them, and embraced them.
00:15:33.94\00:15:37.45
But now they desire a better,
that is, a heavenly country.
00:15:37.48\00:15:41.77
Therefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God,
00:15:41.80\00:15:44.60
for He has
prepared a city for them."
00:15:44.63\00:15:49.08
Heaven!
00:15:49.11\00:15:50.79
In fact, Isaiah, the greatest
of all the messianic prophets,
00:15:50.82\00:15:54.97
he gave us a description,
clear back in the Old Testament
00:15:55.00\00:15:58.16
of the
restoration God has prepared
00:15:58.19\00:16:00.46
for His saved people.
00:16:00.49\00:16:01.56
In Isaiah 65:17,
he says, "For behold,
00:16:01.59\00:16:06.32
I create a new
heavens and a new earth,
00:16:06.35\00:16:10.22
and the former shall not be
remembered or come to mind."
00:16:10.25\00:16:14.67
Listen, you folks up
there in Washington D.C.
00:16:14.70\00:16:16.98
where all of those snipers
were shooting this last fall.
00:16:17.01\00:16:20.18
Listen back home in Los Angeles,
00:16:20.21\00:16:21.77
where the news
reported record gang shootings
00:16:21.80\00:16:24.64
all this past winter and spring.
00:16:24.67\00:16:27.18
My friends living
up in San Francisco,
00:16:27.21\00:16:28.97
or whether you're in Chicago
00:16:29.00\00:16:30.09
or Toronto or Sydney, Australia.
00:16:30.12\00:16:32.39
Good news, Isaiah 60:18 says,
00:16:32.42\00:16:35.22
"Violence shall no
longer be heard in your land,
00:16:35.25\00:16:38.30
neither wasting nor
destruction within your borders,
00:16:38.33\00:16:41.56
but you shall call
your walls Salvation,
00:16:41.59\00:16:44.26
and your gates Praise."
00:16:44.29\00:16:47.36
I mean, just
think, no more violence.
00:16:47.39\00:16:51.57
No smart bombs.
00:16:51.60\00:16:53.63
Isn't that
wonderful to think about?
00:16:53.66\00:16:56.01
No need for weapons to
defend and protect ourselves.
00:16:56.04\00:16:59.06
No rapists, no thieves.
00:16:59.09\00:17:00.90
I mean, you can
walk the streets of gold
00:17:00.93\00:17:02.39
not have to worry
about someone coming along
00:17:02.42\00:17:04.17
and jackhammering him
up and hauling him away
00:17:04.20\00:17:06.23
or being attacked or robbed?
00:17:06.26\00:17:10.77
Our Voice of Prophecy
evangelistic team last year
00:17:10.80\00:17:13.44
was in Colonia Tovar,
00:17:13.47\00:17:15.96
which is near
Caracas in Venezuela.
00:17:15.99\00:17:17.82
We held the campaign there
00:17:17.85\00:17:18.90
and we were out in
the country one time
00:17:18.93\00:17:20.52
and Curt and I
happen, Curt Johnson happen
00:17:20.55\00:17:22.41
to be in the
same four-wheel drive
00:17:22.44\00:17:24.28
coming back home to get
ready for the evening meeting.
00:17:24.31\00:17:26.65
But it was so
breathtaking, Curt said,
00:17:26.68\00:17:28.16
hey let's just stop, we
got to get a photograph.
00:17:28.19\00:17:29.85
We went out on little
side road and out of nowhere,
00:17:29.88\00:17:34.45
little did we realized
00:17:34.48\00:17:35.65
that is one of the most
dangerous places in that area.
00:17:35.68\00:17:39.63
Out of nowhere, all of a sudden,
00:17:39.66\00:17:41.77
a white Ford Bronco roared up.
00:17:41.80\00:17:44.22
And the lady went,
"Bang! Bang!Bang! Bang!
00:17:44.25\00:17:47.44
Americans,
dangerous. Bang! Bang!"
00:17:47.47\00:17:51.47
We realized we were nearer,
00:17:51.50\00:17:52.79
we would likely have been
shot to get out of our vehicle.
00:17:52.82\00:17:57.07
Listen, the prophet
tells us in Isaiah 11:6,
00:17:57.10\00:18:02.55
The wolf also shall
dwell with the lamb,
00:18:02.58\00:18:06.81
the leopard shall lie
down with the young goat,
00:18:06.84\00:18:09.03
the calf and the young lion
and the fatling together..."
00:18:09.06\00:18:12.27
And I love this
passage, it says,
00:18:12.30\00:18:14.93
"A little child
shall lead them."
00:18:14.96\00:18:17.80
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:18:17.83\00:18:19.78
See, God restores planet Earth
back to its original beauty,
00:18:19.81\00:18:23.73
Isaiah 33:14 says,
00:18:23.76\00:18:26.74
"And the inhabitant
will not say, 'I am sick."
00:18:26.77\00:18:31.41
My dad back there watching
with your triple heart bypass
00:18:31.44\00:18:35.28
no more heart attacks, dad.
00:18:35.31\00:18:37.52
Lon, no more
cancer, no more AVMs,
00:18:37.55\00:18:42.88
arteriovenous malformations.
00:18:42.91\00:18:44.42
No allergies for you, friend.
00:18:44.45\00:18:46.34
Isn't that great news?
00:18:46.37\00:18:48.17
Isaiah 35:5 says,
00:18:48.20\00:18:50.32
"Then the eyes of the
blind shall be opened."
00:18:50.35\00:18:54.74
I'm listening and talking
to my friend from time to time,
00:18:54.77\00:18:57.68
like Robin and Stephanie Dawn.
00:18:57.71\00:19:01.41
You know, dear
hearts, I want to be there
00:19:01.44\00:19:05.72
when you can open your
eyes and see the face of Jesus.
00:19:05.75\00:19:09.45
What a glorious
day that will be.
00:19:09.48\00:19:12.33
And you folks
watching this Bible lectures
00:19:12.36\00:19:14.27
by sign language.
00:19:14.30\00:19:17.12
That's closed captioning,
many of you don't see that,
00:19:17.15\00:19:19.25
but it's on behind the screen,
00:19:19.28\00:19:20.33
the Bible says this
for you who can't hear,
00:19:20.36\00:19:22.15
Isaiah 35:5, 6,
00:19:22.18\00:19:24.39
"And the ears of the
deaf shall be unstopped.
00:19:24.42\00:19:27.47
The lame shall
leap like a deer..."
00:19:27.50\00:19:30.51
No more
wheelchairs, my friend Jeff,
00:19:30.54\00:19:32.26
whoever this evening or,
Estelita back at our Voice
00:19:32.29\00:19:36.89
of Prophecy where you
had your one leg amputated.
00:19:36.92\00:19:40.40
No more quadriplegics, friend.
00:19:40.43\00:19:42.75
No more crutches.
00:19:42.78\00:19:44.56
Everyone will be absolutely
perfect with perfect body.
00:19:44.59\00:19:48.46
Whoa!
00:19:48.49\00:19:49.68
There goes grandma
on the Sea of Glass,
00:19:49.71\00:19:52.40
sparkling, glittering,
00:19:52.43\00:19:53.60
all kinds of things
shooting up, sensational.
00:19:53.63\00:19:55.64
And she is even
walking on water.
00:19:55.67\00:19:58.40
Isaiah 35:6 says,
00:19:58.43\00:20:00.13
"And the tongue of
the dumb shall sing."
00:20:00.16\00:20:04.95
God used our
imaginations a little bit here.
00:20:04.98\00:20:07.05
Perhaps they will
be given vocal chords
00:20:07.08\00:20:09.74
that can sing in
4-part harmony at one time.
00:20:09.77\00:20:15.14
What a happy day.
00:20:15.17\00:20:16.57
But there's more, Isaiah 35:1,
00:20:16.60\00:20:18.94
"The wilderness
and the wasteland
00:20:18.97\00:20:21.14
shall be glad for them,
and the desert shall rejoice
00:20:21.17\00:20:24.25
and blossom as the rose."
00:20:24.28\00:20:26.73
Near where I live
in southern California,
00:20:26.76\00:20:29.43
a beautiful southern
California golden state,
00:20:29.46\00:20:32.29
that means it's desert.
00:20:32.32\00:20:34.61
But right near where we
live, it is a citrus paradise.
00:20:34.64\00:20:38.40
I have a Chinese friend,
00:20:38.43\00:20:39.65
he is the late
Dr. Philip Chen now,
00:20:39.68\00:20:41.89
but I would go to his home
00:20:41.92\00:20:43.22
and this guy was
an amazing scientist,
00:20:43.25\00:20:45.19
he could grow five different
kinds of citrus on one tree,
00:20:45.22\00:20:49.60
gorgeous grapefruit,
00:20:49.63\00:20:51.11
tangerines,
lemons, all in one tree.
00:20:51.14\00:20:55.02
But I read about the new earth,
00:20:55.05\00:20:57.07
the beautiful new
earth has the Tree of Life
00:20:57.10\00:20:59.52
that has 12
different fruits every month.
00:20:59.55\00:21:02.53
Amen.
00:21:02.56\00:21:04.08
Isaiah 65:21, 22 tells
me something else, it says,
00:21:04.11\00:21:08.00
"They shall build
houses and inhabit them,
00:21:08.03\00:21:10.83
they shall plant
vineyards and eat their fruit.
00:21:10.86\00:21:13.51
They shall not
build, and another inhabit,
00:21:13.54\00:21:15.83
they shall not
plant, and another eat,
00:21:15.86\00:21:18.03
for as the days of a tree,
00:21:18.06\00:21:19.57
so shall be the
days of My people,
00:21:19.60\00:21:21.78
and My elect shall long
enjoy the work of their hands."
00:21:21.81\00:21:26.25
I mean, we'll realize
our wildest dreams up there,
00:21:26.28\00:21:29.64
unrestricted,
limitless innovations.
00:21:29.67\00:21:32.45
creative and
ingenious inventions
00:21:32.48\00:21:35.11
because in Heaven,
folks, there is no lock on earth
00:21:35.14\00:21:38.12
that God won't let us pick.
00:21:38.15\00:21:41.11
Heaven's a real
place with real people
00:21:41.14\00:21:43.04
that's going to do real things.
00:21:43.07\00:21:44.49
The Bible says in fact,
00:21:44.52\00:21:45.87
people will know
us by our own names,
00:21:45.90\00:21:48.45
God will give us
some new names too,
00:21:48.48\00:21:50.59
but we'll even
be known evidently
00:21:50.62\00:21:51.89
by our unique
personal idiosyncrasies.
00:21:51.92\00:21:56.10
Our long nose, maybe
our big ears, big hands,
00:21:56.13\00:22:00.82
of course, there will
be perfect noses there,
00:22:00.85\00:22:02.94
perfect ears, perfect hands.
00:22:02.97\00:22:05.34
Our voice will be similar.
00:22:05.37\00:22:06.62
Our smiles, our
little dimples, laughter.
00:22:06.65\00:22:09.31
Isaiah 66:22, 23 says,
00:22:09.34\00:22:13.25
"For as the new
heavens and the new earth
00:22:13.28\00:22:15.92
which I will make,
shall remain before me,"
00:22:15.95\00:22:17.87
says the Lord, 'so
shall your descendants
00:22:17.90\00:22:20.13
and your name remain.
00:22:20.16\00:22:22.34
And it shall come to pass,
00:22:22.37\00:22:23.57
that from one
new moon to another,
00:22:23.60\00:22:25.53
and from one Sabbath to another,
00:22:25.56\00:22:27.01
all flesh shall come to worship
00:22:27.04\00:22:28.83
before me,' says the Lord."
00:22:28.86\00:22:31.28
Every Sabbath will be one grand
00:22:31.31\00:22:34.34
family reunion party
that will never get tired of.
00:22:34.37\00:22:36.84
In fact, we'll
have such a good time,
00:22:36.87\00:22:38.26
do you know that the
Bible says even God will laugh.
00:22:38.29\00:22:42.07
Amen. Whoa!
00:22:42.10\00:22:43.51
There goes grandma
on the Sea of Glass!
00:22:43.54\00:22:46.47
Isaiah 35:10 says,
00:22:46.50\00:22:48.13
"And the ransomed of
the Lord shall return,
00:22:48.16\00:22:50.72
and come to Zion with singing,
00:22:50.75\00:22:52.89
with everlasting
joy on their heads.
00:22:52.92\00:22:55.55
They shall
obtain joy and gladness,
00:22:55.58\00:22:57.65
and sorrow and
sighing shall flee away."
00:22:57.68\00:23:01.76
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:23:01.79\00:23:02.85
if that doesn't sound
exciting, you're dead.
00:23:02.88\00:23:06.48
Wonderful, joyful celebrations
00:23:06.51\00:23:09.12
as we assemble each
Sabbath from traveling
00:23:09.15\00:23:11.07
all over the four
corners of God's great universe.
00:23:11.10\00:23:13.84
We come back evidently
at the speed of thought,
00:23:13.87\00:23:16.85
back to the Capital
City, the Holy City,
00:23:16.88\00:23:18.97
on Sabbath to praise and
sing and have fellowship.
00:23:19.00\00:23:22.97
And you know what?
00:23:23.00\00:23:24.58
Our Bible says
that at this very moment
00:23:24.61\00:23:28.91
there are the sounds
of construction up there,
00:23:28.94\00:23:32.33
jack hammers, saws
sawing, hammers hammering
00:23:32.36\00:23:35.77
and paint sprayers buzzing,
00:23:35.80\00:23:37.11
because Jesus said He went away
00:23:37.14\00:23:39.84
to personally build
each one of us a mansion.
00:23:39.87\00:23:44.08
Can you imagine
Jesus up there tonight
00:23:44.11\00:23:45.86
with the angels helping Him out,
00:23:45.89\00:23:47.39
building mansions that
are beyond description?
00:23:47.42\00:23:50.42
In fact, Paul says
we wouldn't believe it
00:23:50.45\00:23:53.51
if it was described to us.
00:23:53.54\00:23:55.39
They are so
majestic, so perfect,
00:23:55.42\00:23:57.59
because Jesus
Himself builds that mansion.
00:23:57.62\00:24:01.63
And then Isaiah
surprises me even more it says,
00:24:01.66\00:24:04.11
"Lon, you know, something, Lon,
00:24:04.14\00:24:07.01
you're gonna get
to build a house, too.
00:24:07.04\00:24:09.94
You'll have a second home.
00:24:09.97\00:24:12.20
And Jesus will help you
as the Heavenly Architect
00:24:12.23\00:24:15.22
and Divine Carpenter."
00:24:15.25\00:24:18.91
I try to use my
imagination little.
00:24:18.94\00:24:20.66
Perhaps we'll build that home
00:24:20.69\00:24:23.38
out in the country
or maybe by the water
00:24:23.41\00:24:26.02
or perhaps if
you like a mountain,
00:24:26.05\00:24:27.56
you could have a mountain.
00:24:27.59\00:24:29.01
And each weekend
00:24:29.04\00:24:30.36
we'll go into the
capital city in the New Earth
00:24:30.39\00:24:32.94
and stay in our mansion
that Jesus built us in the city,
00:24:32.97\00:24:36.34
but then we'll have our own home
00:24:36.37\00:24:37.57
that we're
building out in the country.
00:24:37.60\00:24:40.18
Now, it may surprise you
that all this is going on
00:24:40.21\00:24:44.08
and it's going to take
place eventually right here
00:24:44.11\00:24:47.71
on this re-created Earth,
00:24:47.74\00:24:50.66
this is going to be the
future home of the saved,
00:24:50.69\00:24:53.22
because Jesus
said in Matthew 5:5,
00:24:53.25\00:24:56.91
"Blessed are the meek, for
they shall inherit" a star.
00:24:56.94\00:25:01.61
What did He say?
00:25:01.64\00:25:03.65
We would inherit "the earth."
00:25:03.68\00:25:06.60
Amen.
00:25:06.63\00:25:07.71
While the meek don't
have much of it today,
00:25:07.74\00:25:09.43
most of it's in the
hands of finance companies.
00:25:09.46\00:25:12.68
But listen, God as we've learnt
00:25:12.71\00:25:14.78
on previous nights is
going to restore Planet Earth
00:25:14.81\00:25:17.44
to its original perfection,
a glorious New Earth.
00:25:17.47\00:25:21.81
By the way, this
is another reason
00:25:21.84\00:25:23.28
why no one is in
Heaven yet today,
00:25:23.31\00:25:24.81
because Jesus says
00:25:24.84\00:25:27.60
this earth is where God
00:25:27.63\00:25:30.56
is going to
finally re-create Heaven.
00:25:30.59\00:25:34.14
This earth will be our
final ultimate home, recreated.
00:25:34.17\00:25:35.35
I want you to repeat out loud
00:25:35.38\00:25:37.53
with me one of Jesus'
most wonderful promises,
00:25:37.56\00:25:40.33
it's on the screen, John 14:1-3,
00:25:40.36\00:25:42.70
"Let not your heart be troubled,
00:25:42.73\00:25:46.09
you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
00:25:46.12\00:25:48.79
In My Father's
house are many mansions,
00:25:48.82\00:25:51.77
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:25:51.80\00:25:55.17
I am going there to
prepare a place for you.
00:25:55.20\00:25:58.14
And if I go to
prepare a place for you,
00:25:58.17\00:26:02.16
I will come again to
receive you to Myself,
00:26:02.19\00:26:05.28
that where I am,
there you may be also."
00:26:05.31\00:26:07.30
The only reason
Jesus is coming, friend,
00:26:07.33\00:26:10.99
is because He doesn't have
a one of us with Him tonight.
00:26:11.02\00:26:12.79
And Jesus taught us
in the Lord's Prayer,
00:26:12.82\00:26:15.04
to pray that day of
restoration come soon
00:26:15.07\00:26:18.48
in Matthew 6:10,
we should pray, Lord,
00:26:18.51\00:26:21.64
"Your kingdom come.
00:26:21.67\00:26:24.84
Your will be done on
earth as it is in heaven."
00:26:24.87\00:26:26.73
We're not up there yet.
00:26:26.76\00:26:30.37
So, friend, we need to pray
that prayer every single day.
00:26:30.40\00:26:32.66
But now, for the
grand finale of the story,
00:26:32.69\00:26:35.29
let's go back once
again to that Isle of Patmos
00:26:35.32\00:26:38.05
and consider the
details of that magnificent city
00:26:38.08\00:26:39.93
which John saw in vision.
00:26:39.96\00:26:43.40
And poor John, it
seems like as a prophet
00:26:43.43\00:26:45.54
he had a hard time
finding the right words
00:26:45.57\00:26:48.48
to express the
grandeur of that Holy City.
00:26:48.51\00:26:51.08
As gorgeous as
pictures are on the screen are,
00:26:51.11\00:26:53.54
as mind-boggling
any visualization,
00:26:53.57\00:26:56.89
as crazy and preposterous
as our zany imaginations
00:26:56.92\00:26:58.97
try to picture
Heaven, Paul says,
00:26:59.00\00:27:02.50
Lon, you aren't even close.
00:27:02.53\00:27:04.88
1 Corinthians 2:9 says,
00:27:04.91\00:27:08.14
"Eye has not
seen, nor ear heard,
00:27:08.17\00:27:09.74
nor have entered
into the heart of man,
00:27:09.77\00:27:11.49
the things
which God has prepared
00:27:11.52\00:27:13.52
for those who love Him."
00:27:13.55\00:27:14.62
But wait a minute.
00:27:14.65\00:27:17.77
Most people don't
read the next few verses.
00:27:17.80\00:27:22.41
1 Corinthians 2:10 says,
"But God has revealed them
00:27:22.44\00:27:25.48
unto us through His Spirit."
00:27:25.51\00:27:29.79
Enough information to
give us a little sneak preview.
00:27:29.82\00:27:32.06
Now, if He described
what it was really like,
00:27:32.09\00:27:34.29
Paul said we'd be so
absolutely astonished
00:27:34.32\00:27:37.90
and blown away, we
wouldn't believe it.
00:27:37.93\00:27:40.06
So, as we read the Bible
it's kind of looking through
00:27:40.09\00:27:43.07
a dark pair of sunglasses.
00:27:43.10\00:27:45.02
We got to use our
imaginations a bit.
00:27:45.05\00:27:48.26
There goes grandma
on the Sea of Glass.
00:27:48.29\00:27:49.93
But he says,
you can imagine that
00:27:49.96\00:27:52.04
but the half of
it hasn't been told.
00:27:52.07\00:27:56.20
I mean, if Peter could
walk on water, so can we.
00:27:56.23\00:28:01.19
So say John and Isaiah
and all of the prophets
00:28:01.22\00:28:03.19
that it's all true.
00:28:03.22\00:28:04.77
And John tries real hard
00:28:04.80\00:28:07.24
to unfold the
details of this Holy City.
00:28:07.27\00:28:10.54
But then he just
kind of puts his pen down,
00:28:10.57\00:28:13.56
takes a deep
breath and he says, Wow!
00:28:13.59\00:28:16.00
"It's just too
fabulous to be true."
00:28:16.03\00:28:18.13
But we have God's Word for it.
00:28:18.16\00:28:22.57
John continues over
there in Revelation 21:1, 2,
00:28:22.60\00:28:25.76
"I saw a new
heaven and a new earth
00:28:25.79\00:28:27.76
and there was no more sea."
00:28:27.79\00:28:30.28
At least not big
oceans like we have here.
00:28:30.31\00:28:33.56
"And then I, John, saw
the Holy City, New Jerusalem,
00:28:33.59\00:28:35.79
coming down out
of heaven from God,
00:28:35.82\00:28:39.58
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband."
00:28:39.61\00:28:41.57
And then he kind of
struggles with his attempt
00:28:41.60\00:28:42.79
to use human language
00:28:42.82\00:28:46.84
to tell us about the
city in Revelation 21:11.
00:28:46.87\00:28:49.58
"Her light was like
a most precious stone,
00:28:49.61\00:28:53.14
like a jasper
stone, clear as crystal."
00:28:53.17\00:28:55.50
Revelation 21:17,
00:28:55.53\00:28:59.54
"Then he measured
the wall: 144 cubits."
00:28:59.57\00:29:04.69
That's 66 meters
high Revelation 21:21,
00:29:04.72\00:29:10.01
"The 12 gates, wow,
there were twelve pearls."
00:29:10.04\00:29:12.26
So there are pearly gates,
00:29:12.29\00:29:15.01
on which are written
the names of the 12 tribes
00:29:15.04\00:29:18.25
of the children of
Israel, Verses 21-22 it says.
00:29:18.28\00:29:22.08
"The streets and
the city are pure gold,
00:29:22.11\00:29:24.28
transparent as glass.
00:29:24.31\00:29:27.26
Verse 16 gives the
measurements of this city.
00:29:27.29\00:29:29.99
"The city is laid out on
a square, the Bible says,
00:29:30.02\00:29:33.15
its length is as
great as its breadth.
00:29:33.18\00:29:35.69
And he, that's the angel
00:29:35.72\00:29:38.41
measured the city
00:29:38.44\00:29:42.20
with the reed:
twelve thousand furlongs.
00:29:42.23\00:29:45.44
And then it adds: The
length and the breadth
00:29:45.47\00:29:48.31
and the height of it are equal.'
00:29:48.34\00:29:49.82
' Or we might think, well,
maybe that means proportionate.
00:29:49.85\00:29:52.94
Let's do some mathematics.
00:29:52.97\00:29:57.15
A furlong is
one-eighth of an English mile
00:29:57.18\00:29:59.61
or for our Canadian friends,
one-fifth of a kilometer.
00:29:59.64\00:30:02.04
So translated into
everyday arithmetic
00:30:02.07\00:30:08.72
that makes that
city somewhere around
00:30:08.75\00:30:14.64
1,500 miles around or
375 miles on each side.
00:30:14.67\00:30:15.88
But maybe what we just
read, maybe it's a perfect cube?
00:30:15.91\00:30:18.10
Maybe we don't know how to think
00:30:18.13\00:30:23.76
in the third dimension.
00:30:23.79\00:30:26.83
This would mean that
city is also 375 miles high!
00:30:26.86\00:30:28.75
Will it be big enough?
00:30:28.78\00:30:30.93
Well, you know, Tokyo has nearly
00:30:30.96\00:30:33.61
35 million people last I heard.
00:30:33.64\00:30:35.29
New York, about
20 million people.
00:30:35.32\00:30:37.40
Seoul, Korea and Mexico City,
00:30:37.43\00:30:40.12
they each have
nearly 20 million each.
00:30:40.15\00:30:42.91
One mathematician has estimated
00:30:42.94\00:30:47.96
the New Jerusalem, if
you calculate it carefully,
00:30:47.99\00:30:51.07
could easily
house 2 billion people
00:30:51.10\00:30:52.73
in the first dimension only.
00:30:52.76\00:30:54.36
In other words,
folks, there is going to be
00:30:54.39\00:30:55.79
more than enough
room for everyone
00:30:55.82\00:30:57.01
and anyone who
wants to be there.
00:30:57.04\00:30:59.94
Amen.
00:30:59.97\00:31:03.64
says also,
00:31:03.67\00:31:06.70
"The city does not need the
sun nor the moon to shine on it,
00:31:06.73\00:31:09.86
for the glory of
God gives it light."
00:31:09.89\00:31:11.83
Then I read something else
that the twelve foundations,
00:31:11.86\00:31:14.49
they have the names
of the apostles on them,
00:31:14.52\00:31:17.75
and they are
garnished with precious stones
00:31:17.78\00:31:20.38
precisely the
colors of the rainbow,
00:31:20.41\00:31:23.28
so from a distances
as we come zooming in,
00:31:23.31\00:31:25.92
the city looks like
it's sitting on a rainbow.
00:31:25.95\00:31:29.96
And, Revelation 22:1, 2 says,
00:31:29.99\00:31:33.02
"A pure river of water
of life, clear as crystal,
00:31:33.05\00:31:34.09
proceeds from the
throne of God and of the Lamb."
00:31:34.12\00:31:37.84
This is interesting.
00:31:37.87\00:31:40.92
"On each side of the
river is the tree of life,
00:31:40.95\00:31:42.92
bearing twelve kinds of fruit."
00:31:42.95\00:31:46.48
A different fruit each month.
00:31:46.51\00:31:50.44
I can picture this
sort of a trunk of the tree
00:31:50.47\00:31:52.80
is on each side of the river,
and perhaps joining together,
00:31:52.83\00:31:54.85
kind of like a banyan
tree like you'd have in Hawaii
00:31:54.88\00:31:57.19
or somewhere overseas.
00:31:57.22\00:31:59.89
And then Revelation 22:5 says,
00:31:59.92\00:32:01.49
"There shall be no night there."
00:32:01.52\00:32:03.37
Revelation 22:4,
00:32:03.40\00:32:04.93
"And there shall
be no more curse,
00:32:04.96\00:32:07.79
but the throne of God
00:32:07.82\00:32:09.30
and of the Lamb shall be in it."
00:32:09.33\00:32:12.19
And then the
most wonderful promise
00:32:12.22\00:32:16.37
found in Revelation 21:4,
00:32:16.40\00:32:19.99
"And God shall wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
00:32:20.02\00:32:21.81
there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying.
00:32:21.84\00:32:24.37
There shall be no more pain,
00:32:24.40\00:32:25.47
for the former
things are... What?"
00:32:25.50\00:32:28.80
"Passed away."
00:32:28.83\00:32:31.97
I can't wait for that, can you?
00:32:32.00\00:32:34.21
I never get used to a funeral.
00:32:34.24\00:32:35.57
But what will we
do to keep us busy
00:32:35.60\00:32:36.71
in such a wonderful place?
00:32:36.74\00:32:39.46
I mean, there's
gonna be no crime,
00:32:39.49\00:32:42.00
we don't need any policemen,
there will be no sickness,
00:32:42.03\00:32:44.97
all the hospital
employees will be out of work,
00:32:45.00\00:32:47.17
there will be no
hunger, no disease,
00:32:47.20\00:32:49.87
no regular jobs
like we have here.
00:32:49.90\00:32:52.16
Just peace and
harmony and happiness forever.
00:32:52.19\00:32:56.04
Well, what will we do?
00:32:56.07\00:32:58.00
Listen, friend, we'll
get to do all of the things
00:32:58.03\00:33:01.23
that we ever
dreamed of doing here
00:33:01.26\00:33:03.49
in this world
only zillions more.
00:33:03.52\00:33:06.24
We'll build our dream
home in the Alps if we want.
00:33:06.27\00:33:08.32
We'll plant our vineyards
over there on the Riviera.
00:33:08.35\00:33:09.88
Jesus, the Creator,
will be there to open to us
00:33:09.91\00:33:13.05
the mysteries of creation.
00:33:13.08\00:33:16.67
We'll never quit
learning new things, science,
00:33:16.70\00:33:18.97
astronomy, astrophysics,
mathematics, geometry.
00:33:19.00\00:33:22.13
We'll be able to
travel any time we wish.
00:33:22.16\00:33:24.67
"Whoa, there goes grandma
again on the Sea of Glass."
00:33:24.70\00:33:26.20
We'll have forever-time
to be with our friends
00:33:26.23\00:33:27.70
and our loved ones.
00:33:27.73\00:33:29.77
I want to go home
and be there with you.
00:33:29.80\00:33:30.87
Don't you want
to be there with me?
00:33:30.90\00:33:37.04
I want to spend a couple
00:33:40.15\00:33:41.32
of thousand
years with you there.
00:33:41.35\00:33:45.50
I want to go there and be there
00:33:45.53\00:33:49.46
with all of these wonderful
people from West Columbia.
00:33:49.49\00:33:51.54
I want to spend a couple
of thousand years with you be.
00:33:51.57\00:33:56.46
God's gonna say
let's you two off
00:33:56.49\00:33:59.89
to some part of my universe
and share your testimony.
00:33:59.92\00:34:06.45
You'll play back this moment,
00:34:06.48\00:34:07.66
and you too, Barry,
Leslie, each of you.
00:34:07.69\00:34:10.32
I see people here
from night to night,
00:34:10.35\00:34:11.42
I haven't got a chance to
get acquainted with them all.
00:34:11.45\00:34:14.41
I want to spend a little time
00:34:14.44\00:34:17.01
with you up there in
Heaven, and with you.
00:34:17.04\00:34:19.41
God's gonna show us back
in videotape, remember, Lon,
00:34:19.44\00:34:21.77
you guys stopped
together, you folks,
00:34:21.80\00:34:23.68
you wanted to go
to Africa with us.
00:34:23.71\00:34:27.17
We gonna get to travel
some big time up there.
00:34:27.20\00:34:28.78
All of these young people
back there, each one of you.
00:34:28.81\00:34:30.61
How about it?
00:34:30.64\00:34:32.02
Can we plan out some
big time travel up there?
00:34:32.05\00:34:34.87
Amen. Amen.
00:34:34.90\00:34:37.82
I'll never forget you.
00:34:37.85\00:34:41.63
Everyone of you dear
hearts and gentle people.
00:34:41.66\00:34:48.00
Heaven's gonna be real
place. We gonna get to go there.
00:34:52.29\00:34:56.91
I'm looking forward
to being there with you.
00:34:56.94\00:34:58.74
You know, every weekend in
Heaven after we've traveled,
00:34:58.77\00:35:01.84
gone out into space somewhere,
00:35:01.87\00:35:04.13
Bible says we gonna return
back at the speed of thought
00:35:04.16\00:35:06.22
to spend Sabbath
in our city home,
00:35:06.25\00:35:08.29
praising God and
singing with the angels
00:35:08.32\00:35:12.73
and Jesus, can you
imagine hearing that
00:35:12.76\00:35:14.58
great big deep rich resident
baritone voice of Jesus,
00:35:14.61\00:35:17.37
our special time
of fellowship with Him
00:35:17.40\00:35:18.96
and our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:35:18.99\00:35:21.21
Well, someone asks,
00:35:21.24\00:35:23.48
"Lonnie, it almost
sounds too good to be true.
00:35:23.51\00:35:27.32
Sound so glorious.
00:35:27.35\00:35:30.46
Can I be certain
that I can make it there?"
00:35:30.49\00:35:34.23
The answer is simple.
00:35:34.26\00:35:37.89
And yet, friends, many people
try to make that so complex.
00:35:37.92\00:35:41.99
Jesus turns our
master key in the lock
00:35:42.02\00:35:45.42
to get every one of us
inside those pearly gates.
00:35:45.45\00:35:50.46
Tonight, He's
your ticket to Heaven.
00:35:50.49\00:35:52.92
Galatians 3:29 says,
"And if you are Christ's,
00:35:52.95\00:35:55.78
then you are Abraham's seed,
00:35:55.81\00:35:59.53
and heirs
according to the promise."
00:35:59.56\00:36:01.67
In other words, if you accept
Jesus as your Lord and Savior,
00:36:01.70\00:36:03.84
that means He's Boss.
00:36:03.87\00:36:05.41
Then the same
promise made to Abraham
00:36:05.44\00:36:07.12
is your promise, too.
00:36:07.15\00:36:10.03
Paul calls this
something kind of different,
00:36:10.06\00:36:12.38
in the writings of Paul,
you read his writing sometimes,
00:36:12.41\00:36:15.04
it's called the
"in Christ" motif.
00:36:15.07\00:36:16.96
See how many
times it says in Christ.
00:36:16.99\00:36:20.23
That's kind of like if you
put a little piece of paper
00:36:20.26\00:36:21.97
here in this Bible, it
becomes part of that Bible,
00:36:22.00\00:36:23.91
and it is one with that Bible.
00:36:23.94\00:36:27.51
When you become
Christ when you're in Christ,
00:36:27.54\00:36:29.41
all the promises made
through Christ to any of us
00:36:29.44\00:36:30.52
on Planet Earth are yours.
00:36:30.55\00:36:33.75
They are yours.
00:36:33.78\00:36:37.04
You have the title
deed to your crown of life
00:36:37.07\00:36:39.15
and your home in Heaven forever.
00:36:39.18\00:36:41.70
That's why today God
wants you and me to know
00:36:41.73\00:36:44.08
the best is yet to come.
00:36:44.11\00:36:45.82
Are you homesick for Heaven?
00:36:45.85\00:36:48.60
I am.
00:36:48.63\00:36:50.43
Friend, don't
you want to be there?
00:36:50.46\00:36:53.09
I do.
00:36:53.12\00:36:55.78
God gives us an
invitation tonight.
00:36:55.81\00:36:57.35
The last verses of
Book of Revelation.
00:36:57.38\00:37:02.43
Most beautiful in
all of the Scriptures,
00:37:02.46\00:37:04.55
in Revelation
22:16-18 right at the very end.
00:37:04.58\00:37:05.79
Jesus speaks if you
have a red letter edition,
00:37:05.82\00:37:08.63
it's in red type, it says,
00:37:08.66\00:37:11.85
"I, Jesus, have sent My angel
00:37:11.88\00:37:13.82
to testify to you
these things in the churches.
00:37:13.85\00:37:15.90
I am the Root and
the Offspring of David,
00:37:15.93\00:37:18.77
the Bright and Morning Star.
00:37:18.80\00:37:21.20
And the Spirit and
the Bride say, 'Come.'
00:37:21.23\00:37:23.33
And let him who
hears say, "Come!"
00:37:23.36\00:37:24.66
Let him who is thirsty come.
00:37:24.69\00:37:27.56
Whoever desires,
00:37:27.59\00:37:30.13
let him take the
water of the life freely.
00:37:30.16\00:37:32.82
For I testify to
everyone who hears the words
00:37:32.85\00:37:35.30
of the prophecy of this book."
00:37:35.33\00:37:38.10
It is true, friend.
00:37:38.13\00:37:41.42
You can be a part of
God's fabulous tomorrow
00:37:41.45\00:37:45.28
if you invite Him
into your heart today.
00:37:45.31\00:37:47.79
Revelation 22:20, 21,
he continues and says,
00:37:47.82\00:37:51.26
"He who testifies
these things says,
00:37:51.29\00:37:52.40
'Surely I am coming quickly.'
00:37:52.43\00:37:54.07
Amen.
00:37:54.10\00:37:55.24
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
00:37:55.27\00:37:57.74
And then the Bible ends,
00:37:57.77\00:38:00.32
"The grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ
00:38:00.35\00:38:04.00
be with you all."
00:38:04.03\00:38:05.78
Amen. Amen.
00:38:05.81\00:38:09.07
There is a series of
books, most of you probably have
00:38:09.10\00:38:10.80
at least one of them called
"Chicken Soup for the Soul"
00:38:10.83\00:38:12.60
or "Chicken Soup
for the Golfer's Soul
00:38:12.63\00:38:16.68
or whatever they are.
00:38:16.71\00:38:18.07
One of those books has
the most touching story
00:38:18.10\00:38:20.95
from Seattle, Washington.
00:38:20.98\00:38:25.79
And it's about the
100 yard dash competition
00:38:25.82\00:38:26.87
in the Seattle Special
Olympics for the disabled.
00:38:26.90\00:38:28.85
I hope I can
tell you this story,
00:38:28.88\00:38:30.99
I get all choked up.
00:38:31.02\00:38:33.90
Nine little kids, contestants,
00:38:33.93\00:38:36.22
all physically or
mentally disabled,
00:38:36.25\00:38:39.31
and they position themselves
there at the starting line
00:38:39.34\00:38:40.94
in that huge
stadium, 16,000 people there.
00:38:40.97\00:38:43.30
And the gun
fires and off they go
00:38:43.33\00:38:46.13
with their arms
flailing in a half-sprint.
00:38:46.16\00:38:49.74
One little boy, however,
he's barely out off the blocks,
00:38:49.77\00:38:50.87
he trips and he falls
face down into the asphalt.
00:38:50.90\00:38:54.82
And as he tumbles to the ground,
00:38:54.85\00:38:57.93
he lets out a mournful
wail and begins to cry.
00:38:57.96\00:38:59.78
Hearing the forlorn sobs
from well up the track now
00:38:59.81\00:39:04.07
those other eight runners,
00:39:04.10\00:39:06.57
they reduce their
already slow pace.
00:39:06.60\00:39:09.97
And they all turn around.
00:39:10.00\00:39:13.52
And all eight of
them, they go back
00:39:13.55\00:39:16.48
and they pick up their fallen
athlete friend to his feet.
00:39:16.51\00:39:21.97
Then the entire group links arms
00:39:22.00\00:39:27.89
and together they
walked to the finish line,
00:39:27.92\00:39:34.06
to the thunderous
standing ovation of 16,000 fans
00:39:34.09\00:39:37.10
cheered for 15 minutes
for all nine gold medalists.
00:39:37.13\00:39:43.10
It was so
refreshing. It was so innocent.
00:39:43.13\00:39:45.50
So unhuman-like to
give an opponent a break.
00:39:45.53\00:39:48.02
Folks, that's
what Jesus has done.
00:39:48.05\00:39:51.68
Luke 6:32-36 says
00:39:51.71\00:39:56.36
that's why He came down
to the race track of life
00:39:56.39\00:39:59.16
because we've all fallen
down, we've become disabled.
00:39:59.19\00:40:01.42
We were damaged goods
and He came to pick us up,
00:40:01.45\00:40:03.53
set us free from our
problems and our sins
00:40:03.56\00:40:07.75
and our
self-centered broken lives,
00:40:07.78\00:40:10.53
and to link arms with
us and go marching to Zion
00:40:10.56\00:40:13.18
right to the
finish line together.
00:40:13.21\00:40:15.05
And the best news of
all is those golden crowns,
00:40:15.08\00:40:17.03
those Olympic gold medals,
00:40:17.06\00:40:21.79
they won't be
given to just one winner
00:40:21.82\00:40:24.90
but to everyone who finishes
the race with Jesus Christ.
00:40:24.93\00:40:27.42
You know, He is on
that race track right now.
00:40:27.45\00:40:30.35
He's here. He has come.
00:40:30.38\00:40:33.98
And He is reaching
down around each one of us.
00:40:34.01\00:40:37.89
He's lifting us up,
giving us another chance.
00:40:37.92\00:40:40.94
And tonight He
offers to pick us up,
00:40:40.97\00:40:45.46
put His arms around
us, and walk us all the way
00:40:45.49\00:40:48.52
to the finish line
and give us Heaven.
00:40:48.55\00:40:50.84
Would you close your
eyes for just a moment
00:40:50.87\00:40:54.06
wherever you are, I
just want to bow your head
00:40:54.09\00:40:56.11
and use your imagination
and think about Heaven.
00:40:56.14\00:40:59.72
Imagine that it's
evening up there tonight
00:40:59.75\00:41:01.85
and there's two
lone figures Christ
00:41:01.88\00:41:03.01
and you recognize the
other one must be Gabriel,
00:41:03.04\00:41:06.35
they are walking silently
00:41:06.38\00:41:08.17
in the gathering
dusk of the city.
00:41:08.20\00:41:12.65
They're all alone,
and they are passing
00:41:12.68\00:41:14.47
huge sections
filled with mansions.
00:41:14.50\00:41:15.83
Can you see them
there as they walk along
00:41:15.86\00:41:18.00
those silent streets,
00:41:18.03\00:41:20.47
it's Gabriel who
breaks the silence,
00:41:20.50\00:41:22.55
and he says, "Master!
00:41:22.58\00:41:26.01
They're so lovely, so perfect,
00:41:26.04\00:41:33.54
and so wonderful as
only You can make them."
00:41:33.57\00:41:36.62
"Yes Gabriel, they are. If
only they weren't so empty."
00:41:36.65\00:41:39.58
"But, Master, didn't You
plan sometime ago to go down
00:41:39.61\00:41:45.58
and receive Your people?"
00:41:45.61\00:41:49.72
"Yes, Gabriel, but not yet."
00:41:49.75\00:41:54.19
"But, Master, I look
down and see the people
00:41:54.22\00:41:56.06
in Toronto, in Los
Angeles, in Sydney, Columbia,
00:41:56.09\00:42:01.14
they seem so content like
00:42:01.17\00:42:05.72
they don't even want
to come to this place."
00:42:05.75\00:42:07.90
"Yes, Gabriel, I know."
00:42:07.93\00:42:10.22
And they walk in
silence and tears begin to flow.
00:42:10.25\00:42:12.05
And again it's Gabriel who
finally breaks the silence.
00:42:12.08\00:42:15.20
And he turns
with tears in his eyes
00:42:15.23\00:42:16.93
and he says, "Jesus."
00:42:16.96\00:42:19.81
And Jesus loves to
be called that name
00:42:19.84\00:42:25.01
because that's his human name.
00:42:25.04\00:42:27.87
"Jesus, when are
You going to get them?"
00:42:27.90\00:42:31.23
"Not yet. A little longer."
00:42:31.26\00:42:33.69
See, Jesus realizes
that so few are ready
00:42:33.72\00:42:34.76
if He would come.
00:42:34.79\00:42:35.82
And they walk
just a little further.
00:42:35.85\00:42:38.28
Can you see them there?
00:42:38.31\00:42:41.06
And this time it's Jesus
who finally breaks the silence
00:42:41.09\00:42:46.19
and through tear-dimmed
eyes He turns to Gabriel
00:42:46.22\00:42:51.40
and He says, "Gabriel,
00:42:51.43\00:42:55.74
"Gabriel, don't
they want to come home?"
00:42:55.77\00:42:57.92
Do we?
00:42:57.95\00:43:01.42
I ask you, friend,
to look into your heart.
00:43:01.45\00:43:08.08
Would you be happy
if He'd come tonight?
00:43:10.05\00:43:14.75
Do you really want to go Home?
00:43:14.78\00:43:20.01
If your life so full of duties
00:43:20.04\00:43:26.54
That your Lord is crowded out
00:43:27.36\00:43:31.17
Do you neglect to
study and to pray?
00:43:31.20\00:43:36.22
Or would your heart be ready
00:43:36.25\00:43:42.06
And with glory fill your soul
00:43:44.75\00:43:49.34
If Jesus would
come for you today
00:43:49.37\00:43:53.73
Do you really want Jesus
00:43:53.76\00:43:55.34
Your Lord to appear?
00:43:55.37\00:44:01.19
Do you long
00:44:01.22\00:44:05.47
For your Savior's return?
00:44:05.50\00:44:09.67
Your lips praise His name
00:44:11.20\00:44:14.22
Does your light show us today?
00:44:14.25\00:44:20.23
Do you really
00:44:23.06\00:44:24.78
Want Jesus to come?
00:44:24.81\00:44:29.65
Let us bow our heads as we pray.
00:44:29.68\00:44:33.57
Lord, precious Jesus,
00:44:33.60\00:44:36.22
thank You for the wonderful
promise of a place in Heaven.
00:44:36.25\00:44:41.52
For the assurance
that Jesus is coming soon.
00:44:41.55\00:44:44.60
Would you help us to
be ready moment by moment
00:44:44.63\00:44:47.14
by surrendering to You everyday.
00:44:47.17\00:44:50.11
Everything, our
all, our broken dreams,
00:44:50.14\00:44:52.53
our failures,
our disappointments,
00:44:52.56\00:44:54.89
our frustrations.
00:44:54.92\00:44:58.34
Lord, tonight we have a
wonderful little glimpse
00:44:58.37\00:45:01.10
of the best that's yet to come.
00:45:01.13\00:45:03.03
And we want to make a decision.
00:45:03.06\00:45:04.42
Want the row
captains to pass please
00:45:04.45\00:45:08.23
those containers right now,
00:45:08.26\00:45:09.53
we'd like to have you
take your response card.
00:45:09.56\00:45:13.21
I'd like to go
through this with you
00:45:13.24\00:45:14.31
because this is an
eternal commitment tonight.
00:45:14.34\00:45:17.35
Take one of those
00:45:17.38\00:45:18.71
and we'll go over this together.
00:45:18.74\00:45:21.29
Thank you for passing them down
00:45:21.32\00:45:24.22
in the downlink
locations, row captains,
00:45:24.25\00:45:27.14
thank you for
servicing all of our guests.
00:45:27.17\00:45:31.21
The first one says, I understand
00:45:31.24\00:45:33.48
what Heaven is like
and we'd like to be there.
00:45:33.51\00:45:35.26
I hope everyone will
check that first one.
00:45:35.29\00:45:37.57
Thank you for
checking that off right now.
00:45:37.60\00:45:39.02
I see many of you doing that.
00:45:39.05\00:45:40.51
Secondly there
maybe someone here
00:45:40.54\00:45:43.28
who like to say I want to accept
00:45:43.31\00:45:44.85
Jesus Christ as
my personal Savior,
00:45:44.88\00:45:48.45
please check that tonight,
00:45:48.48\00:45:50.02
that's the most
important decision you can make.
00:45:50.05\00:45:51.75
Number three,
there may be individuals
00:45:51.78\00:45:54.56
who need to take
the step of baptism
00:45:54.59\00:45:55.79
we've talked about from
night to night, not tonight
00:45:55.82\00:45:59.62
but somewhere
in the near future,
00:45:59.65\00:46:00.96
please check number three,
I want to be baptize soon.
00:46:00.99\00:46:02.99
Our staff will
be in touch with you
00:46:03.02\00:46:04.09
at all of your
downlink locations
00:46:04.12\00:46:06.48
will help you prepare
00:46:06.51\00:46:08.37
for that wonderful
and glorious event.
00:46:08.40\00:46:10.62
Then number four,
maybe you've come recently
00:46:10.65\00:46:12.29
and you have some question,
you'd like to have someone come
00:46:12.32\00:46:13.88
and visit you or talk with you.
00:46:13.91\00:46:15.20
You check that and
we'll try to arrange it
00:46:15.23\00:46:16.92
in your community.
00:46:16.95\00:46:18.98
Number four, make your decisions
00:46:19.01\00:46:21.97
and mark your cards
and then pass them down
00:46:22.00\00:46:25.76
to the baskets
as the row captains
00:46:25.79\00:46:30.37
continue to
service you as Joey sings.
00:46:30.40\00:46:35.20
Do your lips
say come Lord Jesus?
00:46:35.23\00:46:37.02
Yet if He would come today
00:46:37.05\00:46:42.49
His lovely face
00:46:42.52\00:46:46.44
You could not stand to see
00:46:46.47\00:46:51.24
So many things unpardoned
00:46:51.27\00:46:53.46
Cherished sins
you've held to dear
00:46:53.49\00:46:58.05
Would you tremble
00:47:00.08\00:47:04.86
To face the eternity?
00:47:04.89\00:47:09.48
Do you really want Jesus
00:47:09.51\00:47:11.24
Your Lord to appear?
00:47:11.27\00:47:15.65
Do you long
00:47:17.68\00:47:22.34
For your Savior's return?
00:47:22.37\00:47:27.02
Your lips praise His name
00:47:27.91\00:47:30.83
Does your life show the same?
00:47:30.86\00:47:36.29
Do you really
00:47:39.24\00:47:42.37
Want Jesus to come?
00:47:42.40\00:47:49.26
Do you really
00:47:53.00\00:47:57.16
Want Jesus to come?
00:47:57.19\00:48:00.70
Thank you, Lord, as we
close this prayer season.
00:48:00.73\00:48:02.75
Lord, I want to thank You
for every sincere decision,
00:48:02.78\00:48:07.05
and help us all to
fix our eyes on that
00:48:07.08\00:48:09.86
glorious tomorrow,
the best is yet to come.
00:48:09.89\00:48:14.45
And hasten the day when
all of our wars and strife
00:48:14.48\00:48:18.01
and pain and sickness,
old age will be no more.
00:48:18.04\00:48:24.33
May we all meet at
last to enter our heavenly
00:48:24.36\00:48:25.51
and our eternal
home, in Jesus' name, amen.
00:48:25.54\00:48:26.57
Amen.
00:48:26.60\00:48:28.71
We have a discover lesson
00:48:28.74\00:48:29.82
for all of you in
our downlink locations.
00:48:29.85\00:48:31.87
It's one of the most beautiful
00:48:31.90\00:48:34.38
in the entire
discover Bible lesson series.
00:48:34.41\00:48:35.48
If by chance you
haven't signed up yet,
00:48:35.51\00:48:37.91
tonight's your chance
00:48:37.94\00:48:39.92
to take a discover
lesson, get started.
00:48:39.95\00:48:42.26
You'll get all 26 of
these beautiful lessons,
00:48:42.29\00:48:45.33
there are some advance
course lessons as well,
00:48:45.36\00:48:47.78
they will now
called "Focus on Prophecy.'
00:48:47.81\00:48:49.39
Be sure you take that
as you go home tonight.
00:48:49.42\00:48:51.36
Also in your
downlinks locations,
00:48:51.39\00:48:53.85
make sure you find out
like you're in Columbia
00:48:53.88\00:48:54.92
where your
continuing class is going to be
00:48:54.95\00:48:57.33
the next time I'll be with you.
00:48:57.36\00:48:59.48
Remember, next
Wednesday evening,
00:48:59.51\00:49:01.01
we're moving
with our meetings now
00:49:01.04\00:49:02.83
to just Wednesday nights.
00:49:02.86\00:49:05.61
Next Wednesday
night, our subject
00:49:05.64\00:49:07.30
"The Mark of the Beast."
00:49:07.33\00:49:09.41
How do you avoid
receiving the Mark of the Beast?
00:49:09.44\00:49:10.48
What is it?
Does anybody have it?
00:49:10.51\00:49:12.70
Don't miss.
00:49:12.73\00:49:14.73
Forever Marked
next Wednesday 7:15
00:49:14.76\00:49:15.79
at all of our
downlink locations.
00:49:15.82\00:49:17.20
We'll see you there of course.
00:49:17.23\00:49:19.33
But now, we want
to close our meeting
00:49:19.36\00:49:20.77
just a little different tonight.
00:49:20.80\00:49:22.11
All of the folks
here in Columbia,
00:49:22.14\00:49:24.17
maybe wherever you are located,
00:49:24.20\00:49:27.47
I want to invite my
staff to come on the platform.
00:49:27.50\00:49:31.65
We want to sing a song
about being in Heaven together.
00:49:31.68\00:49:34.69
Song that was made famous
in the Christian gospel world,
00:49:34.72\00:49:36.67
"Side by side we
stand, awaiting God's command.
00:49:36.70\00:49:40.73
Worshiping the saving King,
00:49:40.76\00:49:43.49
Living by His grace
and moving forth in grace."
00:49:43.52\00:49:44.55
Brothers and
sisters, I'll be there.
00:49:44.58\00:49:47.57
Meet me in Heaven.
00:49:47.60\00:49:50.93
Stand together, move
across the aisles everybody.
00:49:50.96\00:49:52.25
Take someone's hand
and let's sing it together,
00:49:52.28\00:49:54.48
all of us, all right?
00:49:54.51\00:49:59.63
Come on up and join me.
00:49:59.66\00:50:05.00
As we go, remember, friend,
God really does love you.
00:50:05.03\00:50:06.54
Let's sing.
00:50:06.57\00:50:13.94
All together.
00:50:13.97\00:50:20.75
Side by side we stand
Awaiting God's command
00:50:20.78\00:50:24.26
Worshiping the saving King
00:50:24.29\00:50:28.67
Living by His grace
00:50:28.70\00:50:34.16