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00:11 Hi, kids, you want to hear an amazing fact?
00:14 You know, after the discovery of the New World, 00:16 North and South America, 00:18 a lot of Spanish and Portuguese Conquistadors 00:20 went searching, 00:22 and they heard stories of Cities of Gold, El Dorado. 00:26 Many searched through the jungle, 00:27 some never came back. 00:29 Even some of the famous explorers like Ponce de Leon, 00:32 who was looking for the Fountain of Youth, 00:34 was also looking for El Dorado, the City of Gold. 00:37 None of them ever really found the City of Gold, 00:39 but one came very close. 00:42 And that was Francisco Pizarro. 00:44 When he invaded the country of the Inca Indians, 00:47 he captured the young King Atahualpa 00:49 and he saw that they were wearing 00:51 different ornaments of gold. 00:53 He said, "If you bring me enough gold, 00:55 I'll let the king go free." 00:57 Atahualpa sent a word 00:58 to bring the gold and silver to the capital. 01:00 And before long, 01:02 the native porters were bringing in a fortune 01:04 to the town from all corners of the empire, 01:07 laying it at the feet of the invaders. 01:09 So they eventually filled the room 01:12 that was 22 feet long by 17 feet wide, 01:15 and about 8 feet high. 01:17 The Spanish were stunned and quickly accepted the offer. 01:21 Even though the Inca Indians were able to fill a room 01:24 with a king's ransom full of gold, 01:26 it technically was not a golden kingdom. 01:29 But the Bible tells us in the Book of Revelation, 01:32 that God has prepared a golden kingdom 01:34 for those that love Him. 01:35 And the most important thing 01:37 is Jesus Himself will be in that kingdom 01:39 that is paved with streets of gold, 01:41 and you can be there. 01:42 We're gonna tell you how, 01:44 so get on board now and join me for this amazing adventure. 02:05 Good evening, boys and girls. 02:07 Welcome again to Amazing Adventure, 02:09 A Journey for Life with Jesus. 02:12 It has been such a joy for us 02:13 to be able to be with you this past week 02:15 and we've been looking at some very important 02:17 Bible truths together. 02:18 And unfortunately, 02:20 we have come to the end of our time together, 02:22 but hopefully this is not the end 02:23 of your discovery in Bible truth. 02:26 Hopefully the things that you have learned here, 02:28 you'll continue to study even more. 02:30 Well, we're gonna start by singing our theme song. 02:33 Before we sing, we're gonna invite Pastor Doug. 02:35 I forgot to invite Pastor Doug to come out. 02:37 So, Pastor Doug, come on out. 02:39 Hello! 02:40 Good morning, Pastor Doug. 02:43 All right, all hands on deck. 02:45 Welcome to Amazing Adventure. 02:48 All right, come on up. 02:49 Let's stand as we sing our theme song, 02:50 Life is an Adventure. 02:59 Life is an adventure following the King 03:04 Every day with Jesus makes us want to sing 03:09 Walking in the spirit he will lead the way 03:14 With his words to guide us glowing deep inside us 03:20 Nothing can divide us following the King 03:27 Life is an adventure following the King 03:32 Every day with Jesus makes us want to sing 03:38 Conquering with kindness everywhere we go 03:43 Voices we are raising Jesus we are praising 03:49 Life is so amazing following the King 03:56 Life is so amazing 03:59 following the King 04:04 Amen. Good job. You may sit down. 04:07 Well, we have some Bible questions 04:09 that have come in from some children 04:11 around the world. 04:12 And you know, I wish we had more days 04:15 to just go through the Bible questions, 04:16 because we've got lots and lots of Bible questions, 04:19 we just don't have time for them all. 04:21 Yes, we want to thank all of those 04:22 who sent in their Bible questions. 04:24 We had people sending questions all the way from Africa. 04:28 And I guess the Seychelles... 04:29 India. And across India. 04:31 Europe. All over U.S. 04:33 So we appreciate all your good questions. 04:35 Well, let's begin by taking a look at our first question 04:37 for this evening. 04:38 Hi, Pastor Doug Batchelor. 04:40 My name is [inaudible], 04:42 I come from the Seychelles Islands. 04:44 And my question is, 04:47 why are we a chosen generation? 04:50 All right, a question all the way 04:51 from the Seychelles, 04:53 why are we a chosen generation? 04:54 I think he's referring to the verse 04:56 in the New Testament. 04:57 Yes, where Peter says, you are a chosen generation. 05:00 And Peter's actually quoting from Leviticus, 05:03 where the Bible says that we are a kingdom, 05:05 a nation of kings and priests. 05:07 And Peter says, you are a chosen generation. 05:11 Anyone it will... 05:12 Back in the Old Testament, you remember God chose Abraham 05:15 and the descendants of Abraham were especially blessed, 05:18 because Jesus, the Savior was gonna come 05:20 through the family tree of Abraham. 05:22 Once Jesus came, He said, anyone 05:24 who accepts Christ is part of Abraham's seed, 05:28 you become part of that royal chosen generation, 05:32 when you accept Jesus you are adopted 05:35 and grafted into the family of God. 05:39 Okay, and we have another question. 05:41 Hi, my name is [inaudible]. 05:44 I come from Madagascar and my question is, 05:47 why God would like to choose Mary 05:51 to be the mother of Jesus? 05:54 Okay, question all the way from Madagascar. 05:57 Why did God choose Mary to be the mother of Jesus? 06:02 Well, she's actually said to be a blessed woman 06:06 because of her devotion and her dedication. 06:10 Mary was very committed to the scriptures. 06:12 The early training of Jesus in the scriptures 06:16 was at his mother's knee. 06:18 Mary loved the Word of God. 06:19 Jesus knew so much of the Bible when He grew up, 06:23 that when the devil tempted Jesus in the wilderness, 06:25 all three times Jesus was tempted, 06:28 He quoted from the Bible. 06:30 He quoted all three times from the Book of Deuteronomy. 06:33 And Jesus, I think had memorized 06:35 all of the scriptures. 06:37 Ten percent of what Jesus said, 06:39 He was quoting from the Old Testament scriptures. 06:42 I think, Mary was a young girl who loved the Word of God. 06:45 She had memorized it, she was very devoted, 06:47 she loved God. 06:49 When the angel told her she was gonna have a baby. 06:51 She said, let it be unto me according... 06:54 Let it be unto your hand maiden according to your word." 06:57 And she submitted to God and because of her devotion, 07:00 her dedication, her commitment to God, 07:02 she was chosen. 07:04 Okay, our next question. 07:06 Hi, Pastor Doug. My name is Seralini McNulty. 07:09 And my Bible question is, 07:12 why did Jesus like to tell parables? 07:15 All right, great question, 07:17 why did Jesus like to tell parables 07:19 when He was teaching on the earth? 07:22 All right, I want you to close your eyes for a minute. 07:24 You trust me? 07:25 Just close your eyes, 07:27 I'm not gonna do anything to you. 07:28 All right, there's a monkey 07:31 and he's climbing up a barber's pole, 07:34 and he cuts open a lemon 07:36 and he puts the lemon in his mouth 07:38 and he bites down on the lemon 07:40 and he holds it there in his mouth, 07:41 and it looks like a big yellow smile 07:43 on the face of the monkey, 07:45 who just climbed up the barber pole. 07:47 Okay, you can open your eyes now. 07:49 How many of you saw the monkey in your mind? 07:53 You saw him climb up the barber pole. 07:56 What color was the barber pole? 07:59 Red, white, blue. 08:01 Do you know I never told you, did I? 08:03 But you filled in the details in your mind. 08:05 You saw a barber pole and you said red, white, blue, 08:08 which is what's on a barber pole. 08:10 And we think in pictures, 08:12 we've all got a little screen in our minds. 08:16 And when Jesus told stories, 08:19 you tell me your name I may forget. 08:21 You tell me a story about your life. 08:22 I'm a lot more likely to remember. 08:24 I remember interesting stories. 08:27 Jesus, just like, if you want to remember a scripture, 08:29 you learn a song with a scripture, 08:31 it's easier to remember. 08:33 A story with the scripture 08:35 or a truth is easier to remember. 08:37 The Bible says without a parable, 08:39 He did not teach them. 08:40 He spoke in parables and stories. 08:42 Some of His stories were true, actually. 08:45 And the Bible is a storybook. 08:47 You know what history is? 08:49 His story, 08:51 it's the story of Christ in the Bible. 08:53 It's all these wonderful stories 08:55 that teach the plan of salvation. 08:56 So Jesus used this method to teach, because it works. 09:00 All right, I think that's it 09:02 for the questions this evening, Pastor Doug. 09:03 Thank you very much for your Bible questions. 09:05 Can we say thank you, Pastor Ross. 09:07 He's been helping us sail this ship. 09:10 We have a very important study tonight, 09:13 and I think you're gonna find it pleasant as well. 09:16 We're gonna be talking about the Kingdom of Gold. 09:20 Of course, our memory verse, 09:21 God will wipe away all tears from their eyes, 09:24 there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying. 09:28 Neither will there be any more pain. 09:31 Wouldn't you look forward to a world 09:32 where there's no more sadness, 09:33 no more sorrow, no more crying, no more pain. 09:37 When you see someone else cry, does it make you sad? 09:40 Even if you don't know their language, 09:41 you don't know what their story is, 09:43 no one wants to see someone else suffer. 09:45 God doesn't want to see the suffering in this world. 09:49 You know, the Bible tells us that. 09:51 God, He's all powerful, He's all knowing, 09:55 He's ever present, 09:56 but God is something called Omnipathic. 09:59 Do you know what that means? 10:01 Omnipathic. 10:02 Pathos, sympathy, it means you feel. 10:06 God feels everything you feel. 10:09 I can say, well, I think I know how you feel. 10:11 But I just think I know how you feel. 10:12 God knows exactly what you're feeling 10:14 and it hurts Him when you hurt. 10:16 That's why Jesus said, Matthew Chapter 25, 10:19 "And as much as you do it to the least of these, 10:21 you've done it to Me." 10:22 Anything you do to make any other creature feel better, 10:25 it makes God feel better. 10:27 And if you do something to hurt somebody, 10:29 God feels that too. 10:31 And so God doesn't want any more suffering. 10:33 He wants to take us to a world 10:34 where there's no more pain, no more suffering, 10:36 and it's gonna be a glorious Kingdom of Gold. 10:39 Now on our HMS Adventure, 10:43 we've been going on a little journey. 10:45 One of my dreams growing up, I wanted to travel the world. 10:50 I wanted to do archaeology and explore caves 10:53 and explore caverns, and look for treasure. 10:55 Any of you ever dream about going on a treasure hunt? 10:59 Sometimes I'll go camping with my boys out in the desert. 11:01 We explore in Nevada abandoned gold mines. 11:05 And we've had a lot of fun going into some big gold mines 11:08 where there's no one around for miles 11:10 and all these tunnels in these different directions, 11:12 and we take our lights way back 11:13 you're in the heart of the mountain, 11:14 it's dark, and things are broken down, 11:17 and there's wild animals in the mine, 11:19 and it's dangerous, but it's fun. 11:21 I don't recommend it. 11:23 And I kept thinking maybe there's some gold 11:25 that they missed. 11:26 And we've gone out in the desert 11:28 with our metal detectors looking for gold 11:30 and I've gone panning for gold. 11:31 You know, in California, we're from Sacramento, 11:33 they had a gold rush out there. 11:36 And so, you know, we can dream. 11:39 But the greatest treasure I ever found was in God's Word. 11:42 One of the stories about finding treasure in the Bible, 11:45 it's not the Bible, in history, 11:47 that is very amazing, 11:49 it's the story of Howard Carter, 11:52 who was a famous Egyptologist, 11:54 who studied the ancient history of Egypt. 11:56 And according to the records, and the hieroglyphics, 11:59 and everything he studied, he said, 12:00 "There is a missing King. 12:02 We've never found his tomb, a young king 12:05 and we think he's buried in the Valley of the Kings, 12:07 but not in a pyramid, but a tomb that goes down." 12:10 And he started digging where he thought it 12:12 might be based on the architecture 12:14 and the other evidence. 12:16 And he went in search of this missing King 12:18 and then one day he found a tunnel, 12:20 tunnel had been all filled in with rocks. 12:23 And he had his workers spent a lot of time, 12:24 they pull all the rocks out, they went down a corridor. 12:27 Finally they said, "We found the door." 12:29 And the incredible thing is, he said, 12:31 "We found a door and there is an unbroken seal of a tomb. 12:35 Nobody has entered this for 3,000 years." 12:39 Now that's got to be one of the most 12:40 exciting stories in history, 12:43 when an explorer stands before a door of a tomb 12:47 that has not been opened in 3,000 years. 12:51 Finally, with the news reporters there 12:54 and everyone watching, 12:56 Howard Carter broke the seal 12:58 and he made a little opening in the door, 13:00 they looked in and he stuck a candle in 13:02 and everyone behind him are saying, 13:04 "Do you see anything?" 13:06 He said, there's a long pause. 13:09 He said, "Yes, I see things. 13:12 I see wonderful things." 13:14 The glint of gold was everywhere. 13:18 He had discovered 13:19 the missing tomb of a young king. 13:21 We now know him as King Tut, the name is Tutankhamun. 13:25 And I've been to Egypt 13:26 and I've looked at the treasures of King Tut, 13:28 and it is amazing. 13:29 You would think he was the richest king in the world. 13:31 He was a poor king, 13:33 which means he didn't even get a pyramid, 13:34 he is buried underground. 13:36 The kings who built the pyramids 13:37 must have had mountains of treasure. 13:40 There really have been 13:41 a few cities of gold in history, 13:42 but they are nothing compared to the city 13:44 that God has prepared for us that you can live in. 13:48 Question one, we're gonna go into our lesson 13:50 talking about God's golden kingdom. 13:54 What is God's kingdom like? 13:56 Is it really a Golden City? 13:58 Let's read it from the Bible. 14:00 It says in Hebrews 11:16, 14:01 "God is not ashamed to be called their God, 14:04 for He has prepared for them a city." 14:06 Now I'm not too excited about cities. 14:09 I've lived in cities all over the world. 14:11 Cities are loud and they got a lot of people, 14:14 and there's often a lot of crime, 14:15 and drugs, and pollution. 14:17 And I was born in Los Angeles, big city, 14:21 lived in New York City growing up, 14:24 Boston, Miami, London, Madrid, 14:29 Jakarta, Bombay, 14:31 I live in all those, I've been to them. 14:35 You name it, Paris. I was in Paris this year. 14:38 But you know where I like to go? 14:39 I like the country. 14:41 But the city that God's making 14:43 is not gonna have the problems that our cities have. 14:45 Do you know why our cities have so many problems? 14:47 Because they've got so many people, 14:49 and people in this world are sinful, 14:51 but in heaven, will there be any sinful people? 14:54 So the cities will be wonderful in heaven. 14:57 Are we gonna have police stations in heaven? 14:59 No. 15:00 Are we gonna have prisons in heaven? 15:02 No. 15:03 They're gonna be hospitals? No. 15:04 Any cemeteries? No. 15:06 No, it's gonna be very different kind of city there 15:08 and it'll be a lot more room 15:10 because they'll be no golf courses. 15:12 At least that's what I'm hoping for. 15:15 Bible says, "The walls of the city 15:17 were jasper and the city was pure gold, 15:20 like clear glass." 15:22 Now I've never seen it. 15:24 But most gold that you find 15:26 is actually 99% is like the purest they can get it. 15:29 The reason gold looks yellow 15:31 is because of that 1% of impurity. 15:33 They say that if you could make gold 100% pure, 15:38 it would almost look like glass. 15:41 The gold that God makes 15:43 is gonna be like transparent glass 15:45 because it is 100% pure. 15:48 It goes on to say in Revelation 21:18, 15:50 "And the street of the city was that of pure gold 15:54 like transparent glass." 15:55 Gold is an amazing substance. 15:57 It's the most malleable substance in the world. 16:00 Do you know you can take one ounce of gold 16:03 and you can hammer one ounce of gold 16:04 so thin that you're almost down to the atomic level. 16:08 One ounce of gold can be 16:09 flattened out with a little hammer 16:11 so that you can cover a tennis court 16:14 with one ounce of gold. 16:16 It's an amazing substance. 16:18 Sometimes you say, this is gold plated 16:20 and you think gold plated. 16:21 It doesn't take much gold to plate something, 16:24 because you can make gold very thin. 16:27 And this city is gonna be pure gold. 16:30 Some people are sacrificing eternity 16:32 for a little bit of gold here. 16:34 You'll be able to walk on gold in heaven. 16:37 Sometimes people wear the gold around their neck, 16:39 they wear the gold on their ears, 16:41 and they say, "I've got gold." 16:43 In heaven gold is the asphalt, you're gonna walk on it. 16:49 Twelve gates, angels look down here, 16:51 they see people wearing jewelry 16:52 and they see each other, why are they wearing asphalt? 16:56 It says, "The city had 12 gates, 16:59 which were 12 pearls, each gate was a pearl." 17:02 Now think about this. 17:03 I'm gonna tell you about the walls in just a minute, 17:04 but the walls are ginormous. 17:07 So if the walls are like 144 cubits wide, 17:11 and 375 miles around, and you only got 12 gates, 17:16 the city walls are as big as the State of Oregon. 17:18 Only 12 gates, those gates have got to be huge 17:22 and each gate is made of how many pearls? 17:24 One pearl. 17:26 Now where's the pearl come from? 17:27 Oyster. 17:29 If the pearls are that big, 17:30 how big are the oysters in heaven? 17:33 Had something to think about, huh? 17:35 Now, I'll tell you a true story about pearls. 17:38 A man in Rhode Island, a few years ago, 17:40 his name was Alan Golash. 17:44 He was looking through... 17:45 They had an antique store. 17:46 They had some baskets 17:48 of what they called costume jewelry. 17:49 It's a cheap jewelry people use for dressing up. 17:51 And he was digging through a basket of costume jewelry 17:54 at this antique store and he found this brooch 17:58 and he went up to the propriety and he said, 17:59 "How much do you want for this brooch?" 18:02 The guy looked at over and he said, "$14." 18:05 He said, "Thank you. I'll take it." 18:08 But Alan had a good eye. 18:10 He knew it was not costume jewelry. 18:12 The brooch was an 18th century work of art 18:16 made out of two very, very rare, 18:19 they're called Quahog Pearls. 18:21 They're purple pearls, they're genuine pearls, 18:24 and they were perfect. 18:26 And it's surrounded with diamonds, and real gold. 18:30 They sold it to him for $14. 18:33 In reality, it's worth millions. 18:37 Now how do you think the store owner felt 18:38 when he said, 18:40 "I just sold millions of dollars for $14?" 18:45 Wouldn't he feel terrible? Yes. 18:47 I think I just hit my head so hard, 18:49 I left the handprint on my head. 18:51 The guy was thinking about 18:52 losing millions of dollars for $14. 18:54 Some people are trading eternal life, 18:57 the pearl of great price for even more. 18:59 In heaven, you're gonna have infinite riches. 19:04 You know, astronomers tell us 19:07 that in the southern hemisphere 19:08 in the Constellation of Centaurus, 19:11 there is a collapsed dwarf star, 19:15 that when it imploded, 19:17 it condensed the carbon so it turned 19:20 into a one huge crystallized carbon, 19:24 which we call a diamond as big as the moon. 19:29 One diamond as big as the moon, can you imagine that? 19:34 So when we say that God has pearls 19:36 big enough to make a gate, even atheists believe 19:39 there's diamonds out there as big as the moon. 19:42 So can God make pearls that big? 19:44 Yes. Absolutely. 19:46 Next question. 19:48 What will happen to all of the sin 19:50 and the evil that is on earth? 19:52 Bible tells us, "The heavens will pass away 19:55 with a great noise, when Jesus comes. 19:58 The elements will melt with fervent heat, 20:02 the earth and the things 20:03 that are in it will be burned up." 20:06 So when Christ comes again, the people who are alive, 20:10 they're caught up to meet the Lord in the air. 20:12 They're given glorified bodies, 20:13 the people who are dead, what happens? 20:15 They're resurrected, they're raised up, 20:17 they meet the Lord. 20:19 The wicked who are alive are destroyed 20:21 by the brightness of His coming, 20:23 behind the angels. 20:24 When they go around the planet, they're gonna vacuum up all. 20:27 Bible says, "He'll send forth His angels to gather together 20:30 His elect from the four corners of heaven 20:32 from one end of the earth to the other." 20:33 All the good angels are gonna gather together, 20:35 all of God's saved 20:36 were caught up to meet Jesus in the air, 20:38 and behind the Bible says, 20:40 "The earth is in just total chaos 20:41 and destruction." 20:43 Mountains are swallowed up, great earthquakes 20:44 such as there's never been before. 20:46 Heavens are on fire, hailstones coming down, 20:49 devastation. 20:50 So world's in bad shape, but Jesus takes us up, 20:54 and that's when you and I 20:55 go on one of the greatest adventures, 20:57 I can't wait to do this. 20:59 Bible says, "He's gonna take us back to the mansions 21:02 He's prepared." 21:03 We get to go on that journey through the stars. 21:06 Talk about an adventure. 21:08 I don't know about you, but when I get to heaven, 21:10 I can't wait to go exploring. 21:11 I mean, I just might spend the first few thousand years 21:14 thanking Jesus, 21:15 but then I'll say excuse me, Lord, I want to go see 21:17 what You've made out there. 21:18 And I'm gonna take off 21:20 and I'm gonna travel through space. 21:21 That'll be me right there. No, I will need a space suit. 21:24 Will I? 21:26 You see, I've got a theory. 21:29 When God made Adam and Eve... 21:32 Aren't there a lot of beautiful things underwater? 21:35 Mrs. Batchelor, and I, and our boys, 21:37 we all scuba dive and there are so many 21:40 beautiful things underwater. 21:41 We've gone in the oceans around the world seen wonders, 21:43 it's like flying. 21:45 I like scuba diving because you're weightless. 21:47 So you're just, you under the water, 21:49 you get what they call neutral buoyancy. 21:51 You adjust your air and stuff so that 21:52 you just like you're floating in the water, 21:55 and it's got to be warm water. 21:56 If it's cold, it's no fun. 21:57 But if you're in warm water, and you just kind of float 21:59 and you can roll around, 22:01 look up at the sun through the water twinkling, 22:03 you go like this, 22:04 then you swim over to the coral reef. 22:06 And there're these clouds 22:07 of iridescent different colored fish, 22:08 and you swim through and they just part for you. 22:10 Then you see the turtles going by 22:12 and you're having a wonderful time, 22:13 and then you see the sharks, and you go, 22:15 ahh, I gotta get out of here. 22:18 Now actually, we see sharks, 22:20 but they don't bother you 22:21 most of them in oceans of the world. 22:24 But it's like flying, I love flying. 22:26 I'm a pilot. I like to fly planes. 22:29 When I'm on a motorcycle, I want to jump. 22:32 When I'm on skis, I want to jump. 22:33 I like that sensation of flying. 22:35 You know, I think the reason 22:36 God placed that desire within us. 22:38 How many of you like to fly? 22:39 Any of you scared of flying like on a plane? 22:41 No. There're a couple, yeah. 22:44 You want to keep your feet on the ground. 22:47 But oh, I love flying. 22:48 I think God gave us that desire 22:49 because we will be able to fly. 22:51 I'll read you a verse about that in just a few moments. 22:55 Will we need to take a spaceship 22:57 to go back to the... 22:59 Is God, is Jesus coming in a UFO? 23:01 No. No. 23:03 So, I mean, God's gonna have a beautiful city 23:07 that will go through space. 23:09 And then how long do we spend 23:10 with Jesus in heaven before we come back? 23:12 A thousand years. 23:14 A thousand years, Revelation 20, 23:16 we will live and reign with Christ in heaven. 23:18 So it's like from the time of Adam. 23:21 You've got 2,000 years and you got Abraham. 23:24 You had 2,000 years, you got Jesus. 23:26 You got 2,000 years, and now I think 23:28 Christ gonna come pretty soon, then we spend 7,000th year 23:32 like a Sabbath resting with the Lord 23:36 and then at the end of that He's gonna make 23:37 a new heavens and a new earth. 23:39 At the end of the 1,000 years, we spent 1,000 years 23:43 with Jesus in the New Jerusalem, 23:45 the City He's prepared that Golden City, 23:48 but God did not make Adam and Eve 23:50 to live in the city, did He? 23:52 Had Ryan's, city, did he? 23:55 No, He made them to live in the garden. 23:58 So the Golden City is gonna be the capital of the universe, 24:02 is gonna come down from God out of heaven. 24:04 Think about that, 24:05 God is moving the capital of his universe to our world. 24:10 Where's the capital of Michigan? 24:12 Lansing. Lansing. 24:13 You know, the capital of California? 24:15 Sacramento. Sacramento. 24:17 Capital of the United States? Washington D.C. 24:20 And what is the capital of the world? 24:25 There is no capital. 24:27 Some people think its New York City, 24:28 because that's where the United Nations is. 24:30 Where is God moving the capital of the universe? 24:34 To our planet. 24:35 How many different unfallen worlds 24:36 does God have out there? 24:39 Lots of them. 24:40 But He is gonna move to our world with us. 24:43 So when the New Jerusalem comes down to earth, 24:46 Jesus comes out of the city. 24:49 His feet touch the ground and at that point, 24:52 there is a great resurrection, 24:53 all the lost who have ever lived, 24:56 come out of their graves. 24:58 At that point, the Bible tells us 25:00 there is a great white throne judgment 25:03 and you realize there's gonna be a time then, 25:05 this is at the end of the 1,000 years, 25:07 all of us will meet again saved or lost, everybody there. 25:11 The good angels and the saved are in the city, 25:14 the bad angels, and the devil, 25:15 and the lost are outside the city. 25:17 Jesus is in the city. 25:19 And this is when Jesus like a shepherd, 25:21 He separates the sheep from the goats 25:22 and everybody's there. 25:24 And they'll say to the saved, well done good and faithful 25:27 servants enter into the joy of the Lord." 25:30 And then they'll say to the lost, 25:31 depart from me, you cursed. 25:33 And so there'll be two groups. 25:35 There's only saved or lost. 25:36 There's no Switzerland, there's no neutral ground. 25:39 Jesus said, you're with me or you're against me. 25:42 You're either his friend or you live like his enemy. 25:45 The Bible tells us that after that judgment, 25:48 those who have rejected Jesus, 25:50 they basically are self destructing 25:52 because of the rejection of Christ, 25:54 they can't abide the presence of God. 25:56 They will not be happy in the presence of God 25:58 and God in His mercy, 26:00 it says they're going to be destroyed. 26:02 "All who do wickedly," Malachi 4:1, "will be stubble. 26:07 And the day that is coming will burn them up." 26:09 And after their judge, 26:11 fire comes down from God out of heaven, 26:12 and it says it devours them. 26:14 Now why doesn't it hurt us? 26:17 I need two volunteers. 26:22 And you know what I want, 26:24 if I can get a couple that are friends. 26:27 You guys, friends? We are twins. 26:28 You're twins? All right. 26:30 Come on. I can't let this pass. 26:33 Oh, be happy for them. 26:35 And what's your name? 26:36 Kendall. Kendall. 26:38 Landon. 26:39 Kendall and Landon, all right, hang on a second here. 26:50 All right, don't be a spoiler. 26:54 So you guys trust each other? 26:58 Yes. No. 26:59 Yes. 27:05 I don't want to push my luck here. 27:09 Some people tell me 27:11 this is what my head looks like. 27:15 All right, you will hold that for me. 27:17 Just hold it by the end there. 27:20 And stand where people can see you here. 27:24 Come over, you guys can stand side by side here. 27:26 You want to light that for me? I think it's gonna pop... 27:29 Yeah, what do you think? Is it gonna pop? 27:31 Yes. If it doesn't, I'll scream. 27:33 You're gonna scream, you can scream. 27:34 It's all right. 27:36 Go ahead and push and squeeze that real tight. 27:38 Put it underneath the balloon. I'm just, it's an experiment. 27:40 In the interest of science let's find out what happens. 27:45 Go ahead. 27:47 You got there, click it again and see? 27:49 Go ahead. Go for it, be brave. 27:52 Most people live through it. Wait. 27:55 You gotta put it on there. 28:01 Okay, you're brother and sister now, right? 28:05 Do you guys trust each other? 28:07 Yeah, I see that. All right. 28:09 Yeah, that's a lit balloon for special effects. 28:12 Okay. Do you trust your brother? 28:16 I guess. You think so. 28:17 Okay, why don't you sit just on the step there? 28:18 You can just sit, put your feet on the first step there. 28:22 Okay. 28:24 Go there, hold that by the... 28:27 I want you to go and sit down, have a seat. 28:30 Hold that over your sister's head. 28:33 Don't shake it now. 28:50 Why didn't it pop? 28:53 All right, thank you very much. 28:55 You want to thank them? 28:57 Y'all catch. 29:00 You know, the most important decision 29:02 a young person can make is that decision 29:04 to follow Jesus and begin that 29:06 amazing adventure to eternity. 29:08 That's why we're so excited to tell you about 29:10 the new Amazing Adventure programs that are available. 29:13 During these nearly 10 hours 29:15 of exciting high definition programs, 29:17 the young people will do science experiments, 29:19 learn about history, nature, encounter some wild animals, 29:23 and most of all, they'll learn about Jesus 29:25 from the Word of God. 29:27 There's a beautifully illustrated Bible Study Guide 29:29 to go along with 29:30 each of the video presentations. 29:32 These beautiful illustrated study guides 29:34 are full of pictures, and puzzles, and Bible stories. 29:37 They'll lead your kids through an incredible journey 29:40 with Jesus. 29:41 And for me, the most exciting thing 29:42 is this new Amazing Adventure series 29:45 goes along with the Amazing Facts Adventure Bible. 29:47 The Bible, the study guides, the DVDs are all designed 29:51 to lead your young person 29:52 on a Journey for Life with Jesus. 29:55 Call the number on your screen 29:56 or contact us at afbookstore.com. 30:01 Why could Shadrach, Meshach, 30:03 and Abednego walk through a fiery furnace 30:06 without being burned? 30:08 Jesus said, "When you go through the fire, 30:10 I will be with you 30:11 and the flame will not kindled upon you." 30:15 He says, "When you go through the waters, 30:16 I'll be with you." 30:17 If you've got the Holy Spirit in you, 30:21 the presence of God, 30:22 you know, the Bible says, the presence of God 30:24 is a consuming fire. 30:26 But why aren't the righteous burn? 30:27 If God appeared to us right now, 30:29 we could not stand it, it would destroy us. 30:31 When God gave 30:32 the Ten Commandments to the Israel, 30:34 they told Moses, don't let God talk to us anymore. 30:37 It'll kill us. 30:38 You speak to God and tell us what He says, 30:41 but we don't want to speak to Him anymore, 30:43 because the glory of God terrified them. 30:45 When Isaiah saw the glory of God, 30:47 he fell down and said, "Woe is me, I am undone." 30:52 When John saw the Spirit of God or presence of God, 30:56 when Daniel saw the presence of God, 30:58 the glory was too much and these were holy men. 31:01 So what Jesus does is, He makes us holy, 31:05 He makes us pure, and through that 31:07 we are able to abide the presence of God 31:10 and the glory of God will not hurt us. 31:12 But the world and all the wicked 31:13 will be destroyed. 31:15 You know, fire is a good means for cleaning things. 31:18 All around the planet, 31:19 God is going to purify the earth. 31:22 But what does God promise to do next? 31:25 You read in 2 Peter Chapter 3, "We, according to His promise, 31:30 look for," what? 31:32 "A new heavens and a new earth 31:35 where in dwells righteousness, for the first heavens 31:38 and the first earth had passed away." 31:42 Now what did God have us in original plan? 31:49 Did God plan for us to live in the city or in the garden? 31:51 Garden. 31:53 Did God plan for man to die or live forever? 31:55 Live forever. 31:56 Did He want us to feel pain or no pain? 31:58 No pain. 32:00 The devil messed up God's plan. 32:01 Did the devil mess up God's plan forever? 32:04 No. 32:06 Or is He going to bring things back the way they were? 32:10 God is gonna restore everything to its original condition. 32:12 All right, I need somebody. Yeah. 32:18 Let me, I will come around here. 32:21 Okay, your friends are telling me to pick you. 32:23 Come on, you. Come on up here. 32:26 You don't know anybody. 32:28 What's your name? What's your name? 32:31 Julian. Julian, you know what that is? 32:38 Come here, come here. You don't know what that is? 32:40 Who knows what that is? Boomerang. 32:42 Boomerang, I'll let you, 32:44 well trained you raise your hands. 32:46 That's very good. 32:47 You know what a boomerang is for? 32:49 You throw and it will come back at you. 32:50 Yeah, if you know what you're doing, 32:52 most boomerangs that they sell in the tourist stores 32:54 are not made right. 32:56 It's got to be made 32:57 with the right angle or it won't work. 32:58 But Mrs. Batchelor and I were in Australia 33:00 where an actual native was throwing one 33:02 and it was going around... 33:05 It came back and he caught it. 33:06 So they really do work if they're made right. 33:08 This is a real boomerang. 33:11 You know, the whole thing is we learned 33:14 from the Bible the boomerang effect. 33:17 It's what goes around, comes around. 33:19 What that means is you do unto others 33:21 as you would have them do unto you. 33:24 What you give, you will get. 33:27 Says if you give generously to others, 33:30 they will give to you. 33:31 Good measure, press down, shaken together, running over. 33:36 If you dig a pit to trap someone, 33:37 you'll fall in your own pit. 33:40 Haman was hung on the gallows 33:41 that he built for Mordecai, boomerang. 33:44 But it's also true that God's original plan 33:48 is gonna be completed. 33:50 God originally had a perfect plan 33:52 for humanity and the planet and He's gonna finish His plan. 33:55 We've taken a little boomerang journey 33:58 through the plan of salvation, 33:59 so the whole world would see that God is good. 34:01 But God is gonna come back to His original plan, 34:03 except it's gonna be what you call an upgrade. 34:07 It's even better than He planned. 34:09 You can take that with you. Let's give him a hand there. 34:11 Thank you. 34:12 That's you gotta keep, that's a real boomerang. 34:14 Yeah. Thank you. 34:15 You're welcome. Thank you for thanking me. 34:19 You know, sometimes Pastor Doug travels 34:21 and I have a rented car, 34:23 I reserve a car and I get there and they say, 34:25 "Oh, there's a convention in town. 34:27 I'm sorry, your economy car, your midsize car you rented, 34:31 they're all gone." 34:33 And I go, "Oh, no." 34:35 And they said, "But don't worry. 34:37 We're gonna give you one of the executive cars." 34:40 You get an upgrade. 34:42 Do you know God is gonna give our whole planet an upgrade, 34:44 not only is He gonna accomplish His original plan, 34:47 it is gonna be better. 34:49 And I remember one time 34:50 driving out of the car rental place and they said, 34:53 "We don't have your car 34:54 because all the others are gone, 34:56 but we're giving you a Cadillac for the same price." 34:59 I thought, wow, I felt pretty good 35:02 until I had to pull into the church 35:03 where I was preaching. 35:04 I thought, oh man, they're gonna all see me 35:06 driving this car. 35:07 What are they gonna think? 35:08 Amazing Facts is spending money on Cadillacs. 35:11 But God's gonna give us an upgrade. 35:13 Number four, will this Golden City 35:16 be in heaven or be on earth? 35:18 What was His original plan? 35:20 People say, "You die and you go to heaven," 35:22 but us living in heaven forever was never God's plan. 35:26 Blessed are the meek, they will inherit what? 35:29 The earth. The earth. 35:31 God is gonna restore the earth. 35:33 He's gonna give you a new body 35:34 and He's gonna make the planet new. 35:36 You remember we studied last night, 35:38 what was our subject last night? 35:40 We talked about baptism. 35:41 The Bible says before you're born again, 35:45 you need to be born of the water, 35:46 born of the spirit. 35:47 You know, our planet was born of the water, 35:50 it was washed in water in the Days of Noah. 35:52 It's gonna be washed in fire 35:54 when Jesus comes back and then 35:55 God's gonna make a new earth. 35:56 You must be baptized in the water and the fire, 35:58 water and spirit baptism. 36:00 Children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt, 36:03 went through the sea, 36:05 pillar of fire into the Promised Land. 36:07 So we kind of need both. 36:09 Our world is gonna go through the same thing. 36:12 The meek will inherit the earth. 36:13 "I, John, saw the holy city, the New Jerusalem, 36:17 coming down from God out of heaven 36:19 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." 36:21 Now, when the New Jerusalem comes down, 36:25 does God need a special city spaceship? 36:27 No. 36:29 Can God make a city that goes through space? 36:32 Yes. 36:33 People believe right now that man can build a city in space. 36:37 Don't we have an international space station? 36:40 God's city must be a real big good example 36:42 of that much, much bigger. 36:44 But, obviously God can do it, we know that. 36:47 Now when you think of heaven, when you say you know 36:49 I want to go to heaven. 36:51 What do you think of? 36:52 You know what a lot of the world thinks of 36:53 when they think of heaven. 36:55 They see all these medieval paintings like naked babies 36:58 on clouds playing harps and they think, 37:02 I don't know if I want to go to heaven. 37:03 I don't want to sit as a naked baby on a cloud 37:06 and play a harp, be a cherub. 37:08 And they say that wouldn't be very much fun. 37:12 But is that what we're gonna do? 37:13 No. 37:15 Are we doing real things in heaven? 37:17 What is the most wonderful thing 37:19 about God's new kingdom that He's gonna make? 37:22 When you think about heaven, 37:25 what do you think is the most exciting thing? 37:32 Some people say, "I can't wait to slide down 37:34 the neck of a giraffe." 37:35 Other say, "I want to pet a lion." 37:37 Or people say, you know, "I want to be able to fly," 37:41 and like I just said. 37:43 The most exciting thing really, trust me, 37:45 way more than anything else 37:47 is being in the presence of God. 37:51 It will be just overwhelming, unimaginable bliss. 37:54 When we talk about heaven, the Bible says, 37:56 "Your eye has not seen, your ear has not heard, 37:59 neither has your imagination even conceived the things 38:02 that God has prepared for those that love Him." 38:06 We will be in the presence of God. 38:08 "I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, 'Behold, 38:10 the tabernacle, the house of God is with men.'" 38:13 Can you imagine having God as a neighbor? 38:16 "And He will dwell with them, 38:18 and they himself will be His people. 38:21 God Himself will be with them and be their God." 38:24 You want to hear an incredible story 38:27 about Clancy, cute dog. 38:29 His family are called the Millers. 38:31 They lived in Buffalo, New York, true story. 38:34 I'm just giving them an anonymous name. 38:36 They had a dog. His real name was Clancy. 38:39 They got him as a puppy, they had him for six months 38:41 and then father had a job change 38:44 and he had to move to Michigan, Indiana. 38:46 I know it's a city called Michigan, Indiana, 38:49 which was 370 miles away. 38:52 But because of the move 38:54 and because the puppy was still only six months old, 38:56 they said, you know, 38:57 we'll give Clancy to a neighbor, 38:59 but Clancy had become very attached his first six months 39:01 all he knew is his family. 39:02 He loved the Miller Family. 39:04 So they gave Clancy to the neighbor 39:06 in Buffalo, New York, 39:07 and then they moved to Michigan, Indiana. 39:10 Six months later, even though he had never traveled, 39:16 Clancy showed up scratching 39:18 on their screen door in Michigan, 39:20 Indiana, 372 miles away. 39:23 Wow! He's now a year old. 39:27 He was thin, he looked tired, his fur was a little dirty, 39:32 his paws look raw. 39:34 But somehow for six months he had tracked them, 39:37 they don't know how, they wish he could talk 39:39 and tell them what in the world happened. 39:43 But he escaped the neighbor's yard 39:44 and all he could think about, he didn't care about the house. 39:48 All he could think about was the family he loved. 39:50 He wanted to be with them. 39:51 They open the door incredulous, in disbelief, 39:54 Clancy looked up at them, 39:56 whimpered a little bit, walked inside, 39:58 and laid down on a familiar carpet 39:59 he used to lay on when he was a puppy. 40:03 He wanted to be with his family. 40:06 Why should we want to be in heaven? 40:09 Because we want to be with Jesus, 40:11 it's who we love. 40:13 It's not what we want. 40:14 It's who we want 40:15 that's gonna make the difference. 40:17 "The Throne of God and of the lamb will be in it, 40:19 and they will see his face." 40:21 That's a wonderful thing. 40:22 And then it says, "Those who wait on the Lord 40:25 will renew their strength. 40:26 They will mount up with wings like eagles." 40:31 Have you wondered if you'll fly in heaven? 40:34 Here's a verse, 40:37 you'll be able to run 40:38 and not be weary, walk and not faint. 40:41 Furthermore, what other wonderful things 40:43 does God have planned for His new kingdom? 40:46 Question six. 40:48 New heavens and a new earth, and there was no more sea. 40:53 Now, it's not because there's no more water. 40:55 When we say sea, 40:56 we're thinking of the salty briny water. 40:58 There'll be no big expanse 41:00 of salty water to separate people. 41:02 There will be water because there's a crystal fountain 41:04 that flows from the Throne of God. 41:07 The Bible says, "Even the most deserted place 41:09 will blossom like the rose in heaven 41:12 and there'll be no more curse." 41:15 All right, I need to bring somebody up here. 41:18 I'm gonna come around here. 41:19 Pastor Doug, can we please come up? 41:24 Okay, there you. 41:25 Here your friends have elected you. 41:27 Come on up, what's your name? Rachel. 41:28 Rachel, I have got a daughter named Rachel. 41:30 How do you spell it? R-A-C-H-E-L. 41:33 Yeah, it's like my little girl. 41:35 Look behind the captain's wheel here 41:36 and see what you find. 41:39 Behind the wheel, keep going. There you go. 41:41 It's kind of heavy, see if you can pick that up. 41:43 Bring it out here for us. Oh, it's a little heavy. 41:45 Get your hand under it too. 41:46 Get a hand under it, because I know that's heavier. 41:49 And what are these? What are these? 41:51 Flowers. 41:52 Hey, why don't you set them up here, 41:54 cause it gonna be a little easier for you. 41:57 What kind of flowers? 42:00 You know what they are? Smell them. 42:05 Rose. Roses. 42:07 Now let me see here. 42:13 Why do you have to be careful with roses? 42:15 They can have thorns. They can have thorns on. 42:17 Now I clipped all the thorns off of this one. 42:20 Why are there thorns on roses? 42:23 You remember because of sin in the Garden of Eden. 42:26 It's said that the land 42:29 will bring forth thorns and thistles because of sin. 42:32 You know, they've got a special variety 42:34 of thorns right now. 42:35 Do you notice that you don't really find 42:37 any thorns on this one? 42:38 They're pretty safe. 42:40 I looked it over, but I want to grab that one, 42:42 it could draw blood. 42:43 And isn't that sad you got something so beautiful, 42:46 but it could hurt you. 42:48 So you can look at the thorns and you can look at the roses, 42:51 but in heaven will there be any more thorns? 42:53 No. 42:54 Bible says there will be no more curse. 42:56 The effects of the curse people will not sweat when they work, 43:01 you know, God said to Adam and Eve 43:02 because of your sin. 43:04 You can keep that Rachel, that's for you. 43:05 That one is safe. Thank you very much. 43:10 No more curse. 43:13 In the middle of the street 43:14 and on either side of the river. 43:16 Now what river is this? 43:19 It's a river clear as crystal 43:21 that flows from the Throne of God 43:23 and on either side of that one huge river. 43:26 Now when you think about a river, 43:27 don't think little river. 43:28 Think bigger than the Mississippi. 43:31 You know, the Amazon River is like 20 miles 43:33 across at the mouth. 43:35 Can you imagine one river coming from the Throne of God 43:37 that's 50 miles across, 43:39 clear river going like a great big cataract 43:42 from the Throne of God, irrigating the whole planet. 43:45 From the Garden of Eden, 43:46 four rivers came out of the Garden of Eden 43:47 is what the Bible says. 43:49 One of them was Euphrates, and I don't remember them, 43:53 Chidekel, forget what the others are. 43:55 Anyway, they have these beautiful crystal clear rivers 43:59 that were flowing and it says, and there's a tree 44:03 that grows on either side of the river, evidently, 44:05 because it's one tree on either side of the river. 44:07 That must be a big tree. 44:09 If the river is 50 miles wide, 44:12 how many people are gonna eat from this tree? 44:13 All. 44:15 All the people that are saved are gonna eat from that tree. 44:18 And it says, it will have its fruit 44:20 12 different kinds of fruit yielding its fruit every month. 44:25 So we're gonna have a food supply 44:27 and a water supply. 44:29 Will the water be polluted? No. 44:32 No. 44:33 Everything is gonna be perfectly pure 44:36 in the Kingdom of God. 44:37 And the Bible tells us the streets of the city 44:40 will be full of boys and girls playing. 44:43 So is it okay to play? 44:45 People think oh, I'm Christian, I'm not allowed to have fun. 44:50 But are there gonna be children in heaven? 44:51 Yes. 44:53 And does God want us to enjoy life 44:55 and have abundant life? 44:56 Yeah, there'll be pure, innocent things 44:59 that children will be able to do 45:00 and this to me as I think a wonderful part. 45:02 It tells us, "The wolf and the lamb will feed together 45:07 and the lion will eat straw like an ox." 45:11 And the Bible says, "A little child will lead them 45:14 and a cow and a bear will graze." 45:17 In heaven, the lion and the lamb 45:20 will be able to sit down together. 45:22 I don't know if it'll work in this world, 45:23 but we brought a lion. 45:27 I'm not sure who our lion tamer is, 45:29 but wherever that lion is, here comes the lion. 45:41 I didn't say how big the lion was. 45:45 Yeah, we were in South Africa a couple years ago. 45:48 Pastor Ross will tell you Mrs. Batchelor 45:50 was attacked by a lion. 45:52 It is absolutely true. 45:56 Of course, lion was about this big, 45:58 but it did attack her, it bit her legs. 46:00 So I love to tell people, 46:01 Mrs. Batchelor was attacked by a lion, little lion. 46:05 But she came away with a bruise. 46:08 So the little kit he seems calm enough, 46:11 I wonder how the lamb is gonna do. 46:12 Are we ready for our lamb? 46:21 So here we have the lion and the lamb. 46:24 Now in heaven, in this world, 46:26 we had to get a small lion 46:27 or it might try and eat the lamb. 46:31 In heaven, the lions will eat the lamb, but... 46:36 No, here the lions eat the lamb, 46:38 but in heaven I think the little lion is scared too. 46:43 Two kids can come up here. 46:46 You got cowboy boots on, come on up. 46:49 You look like you could gentle, 46:50 you can go pet the lamb real quick, 46:52 gently and we'll get one from the aisle, 46:55 you can come up. 46:56 Come on, come here. 46:59 And you can both pet the lion and pet the lamb. 47:11 How did you end up here? 47:13 I don't remember picking you. 47:14 Well, you go back to your seat? 47:16 No, no, no go sit down. Go sit down. 47:18 I need to play... No, you can't do that. 47:23 Is there a policeman here who can fine him? 47:27 So thank you very much. 47:28 Hey, I was gonna give you guys something, 47:30 come on back for coming up and participating. 47:32 We'll give them a hand. 47:34 You know what this is? This is a water purifier. 47:39 You can... 47:40 This is like the crystal water comes from the Throne of God. 47:42 You can put this in water 47:44 and you might have some question 47:45 about they put these out around the world. 47:47 You suck on it, it's called a LifeStraw, 47:48 it purifies the water. 47:50 So if you're out hiking, you're on an adventure, 47:52 you see a creek you don't know if the water is clear. 47:54 You can suck on this and drink it, 47:56 it'll purify the water. 47:57 All right, let's give them a hand 47:59 and say thank you very much. 48:05 All right, the lion will lay down with a lamb 48:08 and it says they will not hurt. 48:10 "The nursing child will play by the cobra's hole." 48:14 All right, now I want you to be perfectly honest with me. 48:17 Anyone here that is six years old? 48:22 Six year old? No. 48:24 Six. Anyone five? 48:28 All right, if you're a six year old, 48:29 come on, six year old. 48:30 If you're six, come up here. 48:32 One, six year old, you're six? 48:33 Okay, come on up here. 48:39 Now you know what that verse says there. 48:41 It says a nursing child will play 48:43 by the cobra's hole. 48:44 You know what a cobra is? Cobra is... 48:47 Well here. 48:51 Would that scare you? No. 48:57 Will children play with snakes in heaven? 48:59 Yes. 49:01 And it says they will not hurt 49:02 or destroy in all my holy mountain. 49:05 So you get to pet snakes in heaven, 49:06 you're not gonna... 49:08 Your mom won't even be afraid. 49:09 Okay, you can take that with you. 49:13 "They shall not hurt 49:14 or destroy in all of my holy mountain," 49:17 says the Lord. 49:18 You want to hear a great story. 49:20 You may have heard this story, true story by little Tyke. 49:23 There was a small African lion 49:27 that was rejected by his mother. 49:28 The mother in the zoo had a really bad attitude. 49:31 She killed all of her cubs and one time she gave birth, 49:34 and she was getting ready to kill this cub 49:36 and someone reached through the cage 49:37 and they rescued the cub. 49:39 And this poor little Tyke 49:41 nearly got killed by his mother. 49:43 And they gave little Tyke to a family 49:46 that had a ranch with a lot of strange animals 49:49 in Oregon or near Seattle rather, 49:53 and the Westbow Family. 49:56 And they took Tyke and they give it milk 49:58 and they tried to nurse it back. 49:59 It started gaining strength and like most lions, 50:02 they've been tried to give it some, 50:03 you know, ground beef or something. 50:05 They could not get it to eat any meat. 50:09 And they thought, well lion's natural food, 50:11 it's gotta eat meat. 50:12 So they kept putting meat in front of it, 50:14 it turned up its nose in disgust. 50:17 It would eat vegetables, it would eat fruits, 50:20 it would eat cornmeal, 50:22 it would eat grain with great relish. 50:24 People said, you're gonna have to teach that cat to eat meat. 50:26 And they try and put a little blood in this milk, 50:28 it wouldn't touch it, 50:29 it smelled it wanted nothing to do with it. 50:32 So they kept feeding it vegetables, 50:34 and fruits, and grains, and things like that 50:36 and lion just kept getting bigger and bigger, 50:38 so that's the impossible. 50:40 And they kept trying to sneak at meat. 50:42 They tried to color the meat 50:45 with different flavors and things, 50:46 and if it was meat lion always knew it, 50:49 would not touch it. 50:50 It was a vegetarian lion. 50:53 And the Westbows didn't know what to think of this 50:55 until someone showed them 50:56 the verse in the Bible that says, 50:58 the lion will eat straw like the ox 51:00 and all the lions in the Garden of Eden were vegetarians 51:02 and they will be vegetarians in heaven. 51:04 They felt much better. 51:06 They just kept feeding little Tyke a vegetarian diet 51:09 and it got along great with all the other animals. 51:11 There you see a picture of it lying down with the lamb. 51:14 You could see that they're trying 51:15 to handle little Type some meat there, 51:16 and he's turning up his nose. 51:18 He wouldn't have anything to do with meat. 51:20 In heaven, yes, you'll be able to go up to the lions 51:24 and some of the wolf and the lamb, 51:27 who are natural enemies 51:28 in this life are gonna be friends. 51:30 And you know what? 51:32 Not only will the animals be vegetarians, 51:34 you're gonna be vegetarian there too, aren't you? 51:35 Yes. 51:37 You might want to start practicing now. 51:39 What are some of the other blessings 51:41 of heaven? 51:43 It says, "We will receive the crown of life, 51:46 which the Lord has promised to those who love Him." 51:49 God is gonna let all of those 51:52 who love him can get this beautiful crown 51:54 and we will cast our crowns at Jesus' feet. 51:57 Not only do we get crowns, 51:59 we get these glorious robes of light, 52:01 that the Lord is gonna give us, His white robes. 52:04 The Bible says, "The eyes of the blind 52:06 will be opened and the ears..." 52:08 I'm sorry. 52:09 The eyes of the blind will be opened 52:11 and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped." 52:12 The lame, someone who's disabled that limps, 52:15 that can't walk, they'll be able to leap. 52:17 The dumb will sing. 52:18 People who can't speak now, they're gonna sing. 52:19 God's gonna compensate in heaven. 52:22 You know what I mean by that. 52:24 If you can't sing here, 52:25 you're gonna sing beautifully there. 52:27 If you can't see here, 52:29 you're gonna see like an eagle there. 52:30 If you have a trouble smelling now, 52:32 you'll smell like a basset hound. 52:34 Of course, you don't want to smell like a basset hound. 52:36 You know, what I mean by that? 52:37 But you could smell with your nose 52:39 like a basset hound. 52:41 In heaven, you're not gonna recognize 52:44 we gonna have long flowing hair 52:46 as it can go down, like Samson, huh. 52:51 The lame, the disabled person will leap, 52:53 the dumb shall sing. 52:55 And God is gonna just give us 52:57 all these supernatural abilities. 52:59 What will not be in heaven and in the new earth? 53:04 Bible tells us well, there's no pain, no tears, 53:08 "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes 53:11 and there will be no more death." 53:13 Oh, that'll be so nice. How long will you live? 53:17 A million years go by 53:19 and you're gonna invite me over for a birthday. 53:21 And so, I'll bring it back for my next birthday 53:23 in another million years, because a million years. 53:25 Can you imagine if you live a zillion years, 53:26 every million years, 53:28 it's gonna seem like you have birthday 53:29 every million years. 53:30 It'd be too frequent. 53:32 Can you imagine living for eternity? 53:34 It never ends. 53:35 You'll never have to be afraid of the future 53:38 and you'll have glorified powerful bodies. 53:41 You'll continue to grow. 53:42 Malachi Chapter 4 says, "We'll go forth and grow up." 53:45 If you're a child, when Jesus comes 53:46 you're not gonna stay a child forever, 53:48 just grow more slowly. 53:50 No more sorrow or crying. 53:52 Neither will there be any more pain. 53:54 God will wipe away all tears from our eyes. 53:56 What else will not be in heaven? 53:59 That's very important. 54:01 There will by no means enter into it anything that defiles, 54:06 or an abomination, or a lie. 54:09 God must cleanse us from sin and make us holy. 54:12 So it says there's nothing that comes in that will defile. 54:15 What is gonna set us free? 54:17 Jesus and His Word, the key is in the Bible. 54:21 Now, does Jesus want me to be in that kingdom? 54:26 You think that Jesus made heaven 54:29 and it's like, well, if they make it, they make it, 54:31 but if they don't, they don't. 54:33 How much does the Lord want you to be there? 54:37 He gave His life for you to be there. 54:39 He said, "I go to prepare a place for you. 54:43 In my Father's house, there're many mansions, 54:45 there's room for you." 54:47 You want to hear a sad story? No. 54:49 Yeah, well, let me tell you. 54:52 Gonna tell you anyway. 54:54 There's a man named Walker McCune. 54:56 He's an oil millionaire. 54:59 He married a beautiful young bride, 55:00 he loved very much. 55:02 So he went to Paradise Valley, 55:04 Arizona and he built her a mansion. 55:07 Now Mrs. Batchelor 55:08 and I live in a house with about 2,000 square feet. 55:11 He built a house for his wife 55:13 with 53,000 square foot mansion. 55:18 It had a theater in the house with 150 seats in it, 55:24 had a skating rink in the house, 55:27 had an Olympic swimming pool in the house, 55:30 that's just a big beautiful mansion. 55:34 Do you think that anybody would want? 55:36 She walked in and looked around said, 55:38 "I don't like it. I don't want to live here." 55:41 It broke his heart. 55:43 He built this incredible mansion, 55:44 because he loved her so much. 55:46 He wanted to be so happy. 55:47 She turned up her nose and walked away 55:48 and never moved in. 55:50 It's kinda sad. 55:51 Though there might be other reasons. 55:53 Maybe she didn't like Arizona, 55:54 maybe she wanted something smaller. 55:56 It's hard to clean a 53,000 square foot house. 56:01 But you know, somebody's paid an enormous price 56:04 so that you could be in their kingdom. 56:07 Jesus has bought a mansion for you 56:09 and He made it. 56:10 He knows you're gonna like it. 56:12 You need to trust Him, because He knows you, 56:14 it's gonna be perfectly designed for you. 56:15 You'll not only have a city home that Jesus made, 56:18 you get to build a country home. 56:20 The Bible says that we will go forth, 56:21 we will build houses and inhabit them. 56:24 We will plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them, 56:26 and My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 56:30 You will love what's there in the kingdom. 56:33 Jesus said, "I stand at the door and knock 56:37 and if anyone hears My voice and open the door, 56:40 I will come into them." 56:41 He has prepared a place for us. 56:44 Do you believe that God has that place prepared for you? 56:47 Do you? 56:49 He says, "I go to prepare a place for you. 56:51 "If you believe in Jesus, trust in His Word. 56:54 In His Word is the key that will set you free 56:56 and unlock the chains, 56:58 and if you have faith all things are possible 57:01 to those who believe. 57:29 You know, the most important decision 57:31 a young person can make is that decision 57:33 to follow Jesus and begin 57:35 that amazing adventure to eternity. 57:37 That's why we're so excited 57:39 to tell you about the new Amazing 57:40 Adventure programs that are available. 57:43 During these nearly 10 hours 57:44 of exciting high definition programs, 57:47 the young people will do science experiments, 57:49 learn about history, nature, encounter some wild animals, 57:52 and most of all, 57:54 they'll learn about Jesus from the Word of God. 57:56 There's a beautifully illustrated Bible Study Guide 57:59 to go along with each of the video presentations. 58:02 These beautiful illustrated study guides 58:04 are full of pictures, and puzzles, and Bible stories. 58:07 They'll lead your kids 58:08 through an incredible journey with Jesus. 58:10 And for me, the most exciting thing 58:12 is this new Amazing Adventure series goes along 58:14 with the Amazing Facts Adventure Bible. 58:17 The Bible, the study guides, 58:18 the DVDs are all designed to lead your young person 58:22 on a Journey for Life with Jesus. 58:24 Call the number on your screen 58:26 or contact us at afbookstore.com. |
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