Participants: John Lomacang (Host), John Stanton
Series Code: HCL
Program Code: HCL100023
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00:01 Hello, friends grab your Bible into front and sit
00:03 back as we explore God's word together on this 00:06 addition of House Calls. 00:23 Welcome to the best place to be at this very moment, 00:25 if you won't so I wouldn't be here. My name 00:28 is John Lomacang, glad to have you joined us for 00:30 another House Calls Program and to my right is 00:33 John Stanton. I'm here again. You know, I turned to 00:36 my right and you're there and we share something, 00:38 we have both the same name, John. That's right. 00:42 But as you can see sitting down and if you knew 00:44 how tall he was you would pray for me, he is 6' 9½". 00:48 I'm just barely scraping 6' 3" on a good day, 00:52 but thank you for tuning into our program that we 00:54 believe a solid based on the word of God and we have 00:56 committed ourselves to following in the footsteps 00:59 of Jesus, but before we even break open the word 01:02 together we always like to pray. So, John would you 01:05 have pray for us? Let's do that. Okay. 01:08 To Gracious Father it's wonderful here again on 01:10 another date to open your word; we pray that all those 01:14 who have joined us today on the program that you would 01:16 touch their hearts in their lives. There are many 01:18 questions in, many people looking for answers today 01:22 and we maybe use this program to providing answers 01:26 to those questions to their burning hearts desire to 01:29 draw closer to Jesus to know his ways and to know 01:32 your truth Lord, especially in these days in which we 01:34 live or may we be a vessel or can't do it to make that 01:37 happen today in Jesus name, amen. Amen. 01:41 Well, friends as you know, this part of the program 01:43 is different from the second part of the program 01:47 and this is where you come in. And many of you listen 01:50 to the program and if you are first time viewer or 01:52 listener, this is where you will get the chance to 01:55 participate with your Bible questions. And so before we 01:58 go to the questions that you have submitted, 02:00 if you have any questions you want to send to us, 02:02 send them housecalls@3abn.org, 02:05 that's housecalls@3abn.org. 02:08 And that is the place where we go to download those 02:11 questions and we have them before us some in hardcopy 02:15 and but we also try to find those questions that 02:18 are really to the point, so try not to make a pages 02:21 in length . Some people like to preach to us and we 02:24 appreciate your enthusiasm, but the shorter the 02:27 question, the more likely it is to get answered. 02:30 So, John what's the question we have for today? 02:32 Well, it's a good question from John, he is writing and 02:35 it's about, it's about fire in hell that will never be 02:40 quenched. And he quotes from Isaiah 22 to 24. 02:45 Okay, let's go there. And so I'm gonna read that first 02:48 for us, Isaiah actually Isaiah 66, chapter 66 verses 02:52 22 to 24. Okay. It says, "For as the new heavens and the 02:58 new earth which I will make shall remain before me," 03:03 says the LORD, "so shall your descendants and your 03:05 name and remain. And it shall come to past that from 03:08 one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to 03:11 another, all flesh will come to worship before me," 03:14 says the LORD. "And they shall go forth and look upon 03:18 the corpses of the man who have transgressed against 03:21 me. For their worm does not die, and their fire is not 03:25 quenched; they shall be in an abhorrence to all flesh." 03:31 The question here is this two groups clearly that are 03:36 being described. One is described as being in heaven 03:40 with God to have them and their descendents remain 03:44 forever and safety to dwell with God, to worship him 03:47 from New Moon to another and from one to another from 03:50 one Sabbath to another and then there is a other 03:53 group, of corpses that are laying on the ground and it 03:57 says, their worm does not die, and also their fire is 04:01 not quenched. And there is actually two things being 04:03 described here the corpses and the worms that eat, 04:07 right, and then there is the fire that catches fire 04:11 and is not quenched. Now, the companion there is a 04:14 verse in the New Testament that Jesus uses, 04:19 actually it's quoted by Mark in Jesus words and he takes 04:22 from the same passage. Alright, Mark. So, I'm going 04:24 to read from Mark chapter 9 and then let's see verse 43. 04:32 Okay, we are there, 43 to 45 it says, "If your hand 04:38 causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to 04:41 enter into life maimed rather than having two 04:44 hands to go to hell into the fire that shall never be 04:47 quenched, "where their worm does not die, and the 04:50 fire is not quenched. And if your foot causes you to sin, 04:55 cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame then 05:00 rather than having two feet to be cast into hell, 05:03 into the fire that shall never be quenched." 05:07 And then he goes on there and describes this in terms 05:10 of, the eye. Yeah, the eye that and plunking that out 05:14 and so forth and look at 49. "For everyone will be 05:17 seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be 05:20 seasoned with salt." So, let's take a look at now 05:25 because clearly we have couple of things going on, 05:28 first of all this thing of the death and the corpses 05:31 lying around me by worms. And there is this picture 05:34 of hell fire that catches fire that cannot be 05:37 quenched. So, we need to add kind of some 05:39 clarification to this is to word its really describing 05:41 there are other scriptures in the Bible that describe 05:43 these things. I'm gonna go first of all to Revelation 05:45 19. Okay, let's to go to Revelation 19. Revelation 19 05:50 and we will begin 17. Now, if you read the first part 05:57 of Revelation 19, it talks about the things leading up 06:01 to the victory that servants of God and the 06:05 great multitude have over the beast over its Mark, 06:09 and how they are called to The Marriage Supper Of The 06:11 Lamb verses 7 to 10, and the second coming of Christ 06:15 ends all things verses 11 to 16 and now 17. 06:19 Read what happens to this other group. 06:21 Because remember words seen described in Isaiah 66, 06:23 two groups. Okay, let's go for it, group of heaven, 06:26 and group on the earth. Now, look at this 17. 06:29 "Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, 06:31 and cried, and he cried out with a loud voice, 06:33 saying to all the birds that fly in midst of heaven, 06:36 "Coming! Gather together for the supper of the great 06:38 God that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of 06:42 captain, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses 06:46 and are those who sit on them and the flesh of all 06:48 people free and free and slave, both small and 06:50 great." And it talks about then the kings of the earth 06:54 and their armies are gather together there to make war 06:57 and what happens to them, but, but notice here as you 06:59 go little further, verse 20. "The beast was captured 07:03 with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his 07:05 presence, by which he deceived those who had 07:08 received the mark of the beast and those who 07:09 worshiped his image." Excuse me. "These two were 07:13 cast alive into the lake of fire burning with 07:16 brimstone." So, two things here also described we 07:20 have the corpses, the flesh of captains mighty men, 07:24 horses, all these things that are strewing around the 07:26 ground and then we have it's then this group thrown 07:30 also into the lake of fire, that's right, so two 07:32 different things then one on the ground, 07:35 birds having their feast and then the lake of fire. 07:38 Revelation 20, which will get into today in our topic, 07:42 talks also about the lake of fire that is kindle with 07:45 the end of time. So, that's what's being described in 07:49 Isaiah 66. Now, the question is from John, 07:53 he says, does this mean they will burn in hell 07:55 forever. The actually there is, they doesn't talk about 07:59 them burning in hell forever, it talks about the 08:01 fire that cannot be quenched. In other words, 08:02 it can't be put out. So, when this lake of fire is 08:06 kindled to burn these corpses and the dead man 08:09 in the second death, that fire cannot be put out, 08:14 there is nothing, there is no one, nothing will stop 08:16 it, it will consume those who perish, who have died, 08:21 he will consume their bodies. And as Malachi says, 08:23 they will be as ashes under our feet Obadiah says, 08:27 they will be as though they had never been, okay, 08:30 it will consume them, but when the fire does it's work 08:33 then it will go up, to won't be quenched, but when 08:36 the few was gone it will go out. Okay, and one other 08:39 ways I would like to emphasize that in you touch 08:41 on the chapter Malachi, chapter 4 which I want to 08:44 read because the lot of times people know that the 08:47 process. There is a difference between the 08:49 process and the result. The process is in 08:53 unstoppable process that's what John is talking about 08:56 and the Bible makes that clear, it cannot be 08:58 quenched. In the very same way that you come to an 09:01 alarm fire that's out of control or they called it 09:04 out of control, whether its 10 alarm, 12 alarm, 09:07 they try all they can. So, what they do is they just 09:10 let the fire burn itself out by putting break lines as 09:14 in a forest fire. In the same way the fire that God 09:17 candles in not quenchable. You cannot put it out and 09:20 the reason why you will find phrases like whether worm 09:22 does not die, is because the garbage heaps like today in 09:26 some of the rural communities, they went and 09:29 dumb their garbage there and a couple of things 09:31 happened. One there was a fire continuing to burn that 09:35 refuse that could be burned, but in the refuse that 09:38 couldn't be burned, worms will be making mulch out 09:41 of that. And the worms continue to eat whatever 09:43 was there, whether it was, in theirs sense, 09:46 they talking about human flesh. Whatever is there, 09:49 the worms will be continuing to eat it. That's why today 09:52 John, this is something that has been done to help the 09:56 land fields, they have put all the consumable trash 09:59 that could be eaten by worms that could be turn it 10:02 to natural mulch, they allow that to be dumb into 10:05 the land fields, the things like bottles, and plastics 10:08 that cannot be naturally assimilated back into the 10:11 earth. Somebody finally figured it out that, 10:13 but that's not what should be turned into a garbage 10:15 heap. In the very same way all human flesh will be 10:18 consumed that's why the Bible makes it even clear 10:21 and this is something that most people never even 10:23 ask the question about. Well, if you look back to 10:27 the, if you look back to the one that causes the 10:30 sin, you must ask the question will Satan be 10:34 around forever and every question on the planet 10:38 will say, no and we are glad, right. Absolutely not, 10:42 saying will be around forever, he will not exist 10:44 forever, God is gonna destroy him, but then they 10:47 flip over the coin and say, while God is going to 10:50 destroy the reason for the sin, God is gonna punish 10:53 the victims of sin forever and ever and ever. 10:57 So, Satan who has been around for thousands of 10:59 years is gonna be destroyed, but a man who live 11:02 30, 40, 50 even 90 years is gonna be torment 11:06 forever and ever and ever and ever and ever without 11:08 end. Yeah, and. That is the make any sense. 11:10 What you are talking about? It is link about Ezekiel. 11:12 Well, yeah Ezekiel 28, about Satan was gonna having 11:14 in. Speaking him Satan himself verse 18, 11:18 "You need to follows your sanctuaries by the multitude 11:20 of your iniquities, by the iniquity you are trading, 11:22 therefore I have brought fire form your midst, 11:24 it devoured you and turned you to ashes upon 11:28 the earth in the side of all who saw you, 11:30 all who knew you among the people were astonished 11:34 that you, you will become a hoar and shall be no more 11:37 forever." Okay, Ezekiel 28 what? Eighteen and nineteen! 11:41 Okay, there you go. So, the Bible makes a very clear, 11:43 and what's gonna happen, if Satan, Satan will be 11:44 no more forever. So, how could Satan be no more 11:47 forever? How could Satan be consumed from within 11:51 by fire, turned to ashes in the side of all those who 11:55 see him, he will be no more even a abhorrence 11:59 and he will not exist anymore forever, 12:02 how could that happen to Satan to cause of it. 12:04 Yet, his subjects will be tormented forever and ever 12:07 and ever that doesn't match the character of a, 12:10 that doesn't match the character of a loving God. 12:13 He believes in destroying them and that's why 12:16 the Bible says, the end result Malachi 4, 12:20 for behold the day is coming, Malachi chapter 4 12:23 that's the book right before Mathew. 12:25 I will read it for you. "For behold, the day is coming, 12:27 burning like an oven; Isaiah said that, and all the 12:31 proud all who do wickedly shall be stubble, 12:36 the day which is coming shall burn them up." 12:39 Go to Psalm 37, verse 9 and 10 and let's you 12:41 have a different passage. "The day that coming shall 12:45 burned them up, says the LORD of host, 12:48 that will leave them neither root nor branch." 12:51 Notice why not root nor branch because Jesus says, 12:53 I'm the vine you are the branch, Satan is the root, 12:56 we are the branch, Satan is the root of sin, 12:58 those who follow him or the branch of sin God 13:01 is gonna giver the root, Satan and the branch, 13:04 a tree does not have branch as if you burned it 13:06 from the roots up. Right! Okay, let me finish 13:08 the verse here. And it says verse 3 of Malachi 4. 13:12 You shall trample the wicked; for they shall be 13:15 ashes unto the soles of your feet on the day that 13:19 I do these things," says the LORD of host." 13:21 Those denominations had determined to burned your 13:23 forever and ever and ever and ever and ever or 13:26 slamming the character of God making him the worst 13:28 tyrant, worse in Satan and Hitler himself. 13:32 There is gonna accommodate when they will be no 13:34 more sin and no more sinners that's the only 13:36 thing that will make the new heavens and the new 13:38 earth new. Now, read Psalm 37 verse 10, 13:42 verse 9 and 10. Verse 37:9, "For evil do or shall 13:46 be cut off, but those who wait on the LORD they 13:49 shall inherit the earth. For it a little while, 13:52 and the wicked shall be no more; indeed you will 13:55 look carefully for his place, but it shall be no more." 13:59 Okay, so what's gonna happen to the wicked, 14:01 he will be no more even his house, no more, 14:03 even his deeds no more. So, the Bible makes it very 14:07 clear and thank you so much John. We could go more 14:10 and more onto the passages that talk about how 14:13 man will eventually be burned up. The Bible also 14:16 says, I think Psalm 104, verse 35. "Into smoke shall 14:20 they consume away." Well, of course there is 14:23 gonna be smoke ascending up forever and ever 14:26 and ever as long as there is something to burn. 14:28 And friends when we talk about the world being on 14:30 fire that's a long, that's a huge fire is gonna have 14:35 some duration of fire ascending I mean John saw 14:37 this picture, it look like just never had an end. 14:40 You know, it's also true that that fire also purifies 14:44 the earth from sin. Okay. So, when this fire comes 14:47 upon the world and it consumes all in the world it 14:51 is not just consuming them, it's consuming all the works 14:53 that had been done throughout history in the 14:55 world. So, the world then becomes a, what do you 14:59 call when you have a new fresh you know, 15:03 parchment, but canvas, is a fresh canvas to begin 15:07 pain on, that's what God will have, so he can recreate 15:10 the earth and make a new earth for both all of us to 15:15 dwell on and along with him forever and ever, so. 15:18 And John now you are a Californian and I don't know 15:20 if you have notice the Sacramento Valley, 15:22 but sometimes you are driving least to live in 15:24 California Tomb, we drive up high we five or 99 15:29 and the back way to the airport and we would see 15:34 this billowing smoke, I mean black smoke. 15:40 And that would always remind us that the harvest 15:43 is passed. Get the, get the application that the 15:48 harvest has done that now what's being consumed are 15:52 the, are the tear and the chaff. After the farmers 15:58 have cleared all the fields and all this chaff and tares 16:02 are left, what they do as they set it on fire and 16:05 burns itself and it looks like. Sometimes if you are 16:09 driving on the highway, you drive with this black 16:11 smoke and you come out the other side I mean it is 16:14 not terribly dangerous for the traffic because it's 16:17 once in a while, but you drive to this big all cloud 16:20 of smoke and come out the other side. And you 16:22 think from the distance as you see this that this 16:24 smoke will never go out. Well, that's the same way 16:27 that it looks in the Bible, but just imagine the world 16:29 being on fire, it's gonna be quite a deluge, quite a 16:32 Billow of Smoke, but Psalms 104,verse the verse 16:39 35 says as this way. "May sinners be consumed from 16:44 the earth and let the wicked be no more." 16:48 That's what the Bible says, you consider that all 16:50 the New Testament, sinnners will be consumed 16:53 from the earth and it will be no more because Satan 16:56 himself is gonna be destroyed from existence. 16:59 A short quick question, the person just high I have 17:03 been a Seventh-day Adventist, since I was a 17:05 child and understand many of the teachings of 17:08 prophecy. However, there are something that puzzle 17:11 me first I understand the 2300 day starts in 457 BC, 17:17 but Daniel 9, verse 25 says, "From the time to rebuild 17:23 Jerusalem are these not two different things 17:26 rebuilding and governing." In other words, 17:28 what they said, they believe that the 2300 day start 17:30 in 457 BC, when Ezra began to govern, but Daniel 17:34 9:25 says, "From the time to rebuild Jerusalem." 17:39 You missed the portion of the scripture, 17:40 here is the Daniel 9, verse 25 says, this is the exact 17:43 time of the beginning of, of the 1200 or the 2300 17:47 a prophecy. Daniel says in 9:25, "Know therefore, 17:53 and understand, that, from the going forth of the 17:56 command." That's the beginning, not the time that 17:59 as restarts to rain and govern because Ezra was 18:02 send, if you read the Ezra, he was sent, 18:05 Nehemiah was sent, they were all sent to rebuild 18:07 the city and to finish the job, where Nehemiah was 18:10 sent. It's from the time the decree starts that's the 18:14 2300 days. Yeah,. is in its inception stage. 18:19 So, remember that part, not from the time to 18:21 rebuild, but from the time to command to goes out. 18:25 Okay, I want to be on them. Yeah, let me give a 18:28 quick verse to that, Ezra 6:14. Okay, read that verse. 18:33 It says, "So the elders of the Jews build. 18:36 Now, that here is the building. And they 18:38 prospered to the prophesying of Haggai the 18:40 prophet and Zechariah, son of Iddo. 18:43 And they built and finished it according to the 18:45 commandment of the God of Israel." 18:48 There you go and according to the command of Cyrus, 18:52 Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia. Okay. 18:56 So, all three, which means the last one has got to 19:00 include the last one is provides that last one to 19:03 finish the walls from the rebuilding of Jerusalem is 19:06 Artaxerxes. Right. And it has been prove in the 19:08 Artaxerxes commandments in 457 BC. 19:10 Right and he is the one, see one Darius was the 19:13 temple, Cyrus was the walls, and Artaxerxes is the 19:16 entire thing including the establishment of it's 19:19 government. He sent the Jews back to actually 19:22 inhabit. Dividing all their wealth of he needed. 19:25 Yes, we have another questions that pretty 19:26 interesting today John. Yeah, I do and it poured 19:29 up here. This one is from Chamuel. Okay. 19:34 And subject Revelation 9 help. Revelation 9 19:38 help, could you please explain Revelation 9 19:40 including your explanation; who it is in verse 11, 19:44 the angel of the Abyss, Abaddon, Apollyon. 19:47 Okay. You know, I think what will do maybe is 19:49 focused on defining more specifically verse 11. 19:57 We don't have a lot of time to go into the whole 19:58 passages what I'm saying; right the verse, 20:00 but we will cover pieces of it. Okay. 20:03 And end with that. Okay, okay sure you want to 20:04 go and start that? Yeah, let me get to Revelation 20:07 9 here. You are not in Revelation, you are not in 20:10 Revelation. No, I'm not there yet. Turned your 20:12 Revelation chapter 9, we are gonna look at some 20:14 pieces of it to help us he, who that king that angel 20:19 is? Let's talk about in verse 11. "Then the fifth 20:24 angel sounded, and I saw a star fallen from heaven 20:28 to the earth." This is verse 1 now. " 20:30 To him was given the key of the bottomless pit, 20:34 and he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arouse 20:37 out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; 20:40 so the sun and the air were darkened because 20:42 of the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke 20:47 locusts came upon the earth and to them was given 20:49 power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 20:53 They were commanded not to harm that grass of 20:55 the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, 20:59 but only those men who do not have the seal of 21:02 God on their foreheads." That's right. 21:04 And then he goes onto describe how they were 21:06 given authority, not to kill them, but a torment 21:09 them for five months." And it talks, we describes 21:13 them a little bit as far as these locusts, 21:15 they shouldn't look like horses in verse 7 and like 21:18 they had hair like woman's here and they had wings, 21:21 sound of chariots, when they run, verse 9 and then 21:24 look at verse 11. "And they had as king over them 21:29 the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew 21:33 is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon." 21:37 One woe is past; behold, two woes are coming after 21:41 these things." So, this is the first woe, 21:44 the sixth are the fifth trumpet of Revelation. 21:47 Now, we have got to start by defining first of all 21:52 verse 1 and that is this fifth angel that sounds and 21:57 then what it seen as a star that, the head fallen from 22:01 heaven to earth, passed chance it has fallen from 22:04 heaven to earth t o him was given the key to the 22:06 bottomless pit. Now, John let's just open this for 22:10 dialogue, I know that. Okay. And I will both like to wait 22:13 on this, but I want to say just as, we open this up 22:16 is that there has been a lot of study and discussion 22:18 on this passage over the last you know, 22:21 recent years and what we are finding is that several 22:25 individuals, in fact leaders in, high places, yeah, 22:30 and the study of prophecy and other things have 22:33 come now to the conclusion that this passage has 22:37 a fulfillment yet to be in the future pertaining to 22:42 Satan and his work, Satan and his host of 22:45 demons. When they come to that conclusion 22:48 by some other things that we are gonna share 22:49 here with you now and we are talking about those 22:52 within Andrews at the seminary there, we have got 22:56 BRI also that has arrived to the same conclusion, 22:59 so this is the, the think tank if you have heard 23:02 of Adventism has is now arriving at an 23:05 understanding, a better understanding of this 23:07 passage then maybe we have understood it in the 23:10 past. So, I shared that with you because we will 23:14 begin it to find now from this passage, 23:17 what this angel or the stars the angel because 23:21 a star represents an angel, a star that had 23:24 fallen from heaven to earth who has given the key 23:27 to the bottomless pit, who that is? Okay. 23:31 So, anyway I already looked at the kind of 23:32 background on one thing that we are talking about 23:34 Satan and his host, but let see how we arrive 23:37 with that conclusion because you know, 23:39 when you read about a star and some of the other 23:41 symbols there is a clear instruction, 23:43 clear definition in the Bibles to what those stars 23:47 are referred to, as being angels. As a matter of fact, 23:52 you can find that reference, do you have 23:53 that reference? Sure, not a problem at all. 23:54 Okay, but first what I want to point out because 23:57 the character here is Satan that who is, 24:00 let me just show you how we come to that 24:01 conclusion, the character talk about here Satan, 24:03 first of all let's go to Isaiah 14 verse 12, 24:06 I want to show you the components, how you 24:08 come to that conclusion and one of the most 24:10 important things that we have to do is we have to 24:12 make sure that the Bible is it's own interpreter, 24:15 when you have the Bible as it's own interpreter 24:18 you don't fallen under the trap of private 24:20 interpretation. As a mater of fact Peter says, 24:23 I think it's in First Peter he says, no prophecy of 24:27 scripture is of any private interpretation. 24:30 First Peter chapter 1, I think verse 19 and 20. 24:34 First Peter may, Peter says no prophecy of 24:36 scripture is any private interpretation, so now if 24:39 you in Isaiah 14, are you there John? Yes. 24:42 Read verse 12 for us, once again you will see, 24:44 you will see almost the same language, 24:46 let me reader it. Revelation 9, a star fallen from 24:49 heaven, no Isaiah 14. Isaiah 14, verse 12. 24:54 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, 24:57 son of the morning." Okay, there you go, 25:00 by the way, so son of the morning for what was 25:03 his name? Lucifer, Lucifer, okay Lucifer means 25:07 morning star, a star fallen from heaven, 25:14 Morning Star. So, you can come to any other 25:17 conclusion when the Bible speaks for itself, 25:19 but now let's go to another passage in scripture. 25:21 Let's go to Luke 10 and verse 18, Morning star, 25:27 how you are fallen from heaven? And so John says, 25:31 I saw a start fallen from heaven to the earth and 25:33 then it gives a gender then it gives a qualification to 25:37 him not to it, not refer to his an object like the first 25:42 4 trumpets, but to him was given a key to the 25:46 bottomless pit, okay. So, when you see that clearly 25:49 there and the when you go to the other definitions 25:52 we will look at Luke chapter 10 verse 18, 25:54 you have that one John? Yeah, I don't have yet, 25:57 I was looking some down, okay, so, okay, 25:59 have to go there. Okay, let me go ahead and go 26:00 there very quickly, turn with us to Luke chapter 26:02 and verse 18. And Jesus now registers in on this 26:05 very same, very same description here. Luke 10 26:10 verse 18 and by the way you see some of the very 26:12 same language talked about here because under 26:15 this trumpet you see that in verse 3 of Revelation 9 26:19 it says, "Unto them was given power, as the 26:22 scorpions of the earth have power." Look at 26:25 Revelation 10 and we are gonna begin verse 18 26:28 down to verse, verse 17, down to verse 20, it says, 26:34 "Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, 26:37 even the demons are subject to us in your name. 26:41 " Notice the introduction, they said the demons. 26:44 Now, notice how Jesus connects? In verse 18 and 26:47 he said to them "I saw Satan fall like lightning from 26:52 heaven, fall from heaven again." Not even you don't 26:57 even have to stretch that is just so in your pocket 27:00 just like the pitcher was pitching there will a pipe, 27:03 down the pipe strike, right? That's right. That's the 27:06 three point started the end of the game. 27:07 You don't even have to come up with the imagination 27:09 Jesus says, Satan fall from heaven. So, when you see 27:13 a star Lucifer, son of the morning fell from heaven. 27:17 Well, let's continue to go on because you will see 27:18 some of the language here in verse 19 that you find 27:21 in Revelation 9. Here it is, "Behold, I give you the 27:26 authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, 27:29 and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing 27:32 shall by any means hurt you." Get this now, 27:35 if you go to Revelation 9 now and verse 5, 27:38 it sees, it talks about these angels which are Satan's 27:42 angels, and they were not give an authority, 27:45 but now you to the disciples in Luke 10 verse 19. 27:50 Jesus says, Behold, I give you authority, right. 27:53 So, who has the authority those who follow the 27:55 Lord, Satan doesn't have the authority to kill 27:58 because, God has not given the angels of Satan 28:00 that authority, but he is given us the authority to 28:02 do what, to trample on serpents and scorpions. 28:06 So, is it any coincidence or is a providential that 28:10 when these locusts these things that are apparently 28:15 described as locusts are described here in 28:19 Revelation. It talks about, they have the power as 28:23 scorpions of the earth have power and Jesus 28:25 associated demons and Satan with scorpions in 28:29 Luke chapter 10. Very clear, but then there is one 28:32 more component that shows you unequivocally 28:36 that this power is described as, now we are gonna 28:40 go to verse 11 because it says, " And they had a 28:44 king over them." So, obviously the king is the 28:47 him talked about in Revelation chapter 9 28:51 verses 1, Him and then Revelation 9 verse 2 He, 28:55 and then Revelation 9 verse 4 They will be 29:00 commanded so somebody is commanding. 29:02 So, in other words, they are able to be commanded, 29:04 so there is a king who is the commander that's 29:07 why it says, they are the commanded, he is the king 29:10 that command earth, alright very clear language. 29:13 Verse 11 and they had a king over them the angel. 29:16 Okay, now let's get the three components Star, 29:19 King, and Angel. Satan was an angel which kind 29:24 was he? He was the covering cherub an angel. 29:27 So, the Bible is making a very, very clear 29:29 redundantly and repetitiously that the king 29:32 here described is, is the angel of the bottomless pit. 29:36 Another component as I wind this up. 29:38 The bottomless pit is first introduced in Revelation 9 29:42 in the Book of Revelation; it's talked about twice 29:45 in verse 2 and in verse 11 and when you follow 29:48 that pattern all of the way through Revelation you will 29:50 discover that every junction at every point was 29:54 talked about there is satanic activity. 29:56 He comes out of the bottomless pit; he is 29:58 released for short season. As a matter of fact 30:01 Revelation 12 says, Satan knows that he has, 30:03 but a short time and I would suggest you that this 30:06 is describing his release. So, all we close it up in 30:10 the last component of Revelation 9 verse 11 that 30:13 king is Satan himself and to get the reference to 30:15 that by the way he has subjects what subjects does 30:19 he have? Revelation 12 and verse 3, 30:23 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, 30:25 a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, 30:29 and seven diadems on his heads." Now, I want to 30:31 gets out, you are gonna see this John this is gonna 30:34 pop out like a Groundhog on Groundhog's Day. 30:40 You are gonna be standing over the hole and see 30:42 this come together because I just introduce something 30:44 else into the picture here that you are gonna see 30:46 the Bible associates together, I said bottomless 30:48 pit and then I later on says, a great red dragon 30:52 having seven heads and ten horns, right? 30:54 Notice and how do you connected together? 30:56 I will do that in just a moment, but let's see who 30:58 this dragon is with seven heads and seven horns. 31:01 Verse 4 or Revelation 12, "His tail drew a third of 31:04 the stars of heaven and through them to the earth. 31:07 And the dragon stood before the woman who was 31:09 ready to give birth to devour her child as soon as 31:11 he was born." Well, who is this dragon? 31:13 Let's go down to verse 7, "Remember whoever this 31:17 great fiery red dragon, he causes one-third of the 31:19 stars of heaven." What are the stars of heaven that 31:22 were thrown onto the earth? Angels. There is the 31:25 association between stars and angles, okay. 31:29 Let's go now to verse 7, "Then a war broke out in 31:31 heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the 31:34 dragon, and the dragon and his angels association 31:38 again," stars in verse 4 angels in verse 7, 31:43 but they did not prevail Noah was a place found for 31:46 them in heaven any longer way because they were cast 31:48 out of heaven, alright. Now, verse 9, "So, the 31:52 great dragon was cast down, that serpent of old, 31:54 called the Devil and Satan who deceives the whole 31:56 world, he was cast to the earth and his angels were 31:59 cast out with him," but let's end on this note. 32:02 We saw bottomless pit then we saw beast with 32:05 seven heads and ten horns or great Red Dragon, 32:07 does the Bible associate them together at all? 32:11 Go with me to Revelation chapter 17, 32:13 you'll see them associated together one verse right 32:16 after the other. Okay, here is where we are gonna 32:19 wind upon this particular thought, alright? 32:22 Now, verse 7 or Revelation 17, "But the angel said 32:29 to me, why did you marvel? I will tell you the 32:32 mystery of the women and of the beast that 32:35 carries her, which has what? Seven heads and 32:38 ten horns, if you peak back in Revelation 12, 32:41 you see the dragon seven heads and ten horns as 32:44 described as Satan and verse 9 that dragon was 32:47 cast out that serpent of old called the devil and 32:49 Satan that great fiery dragon having seven heads 32:52 and ten horns is Satan. Look at verse 7 at the end 32:56 of a Revelation 17 verse 7, "And good thing you 32:59 recording this, because you have to rewind this, 33:01 alright to get it clearly." And it says, I will tell you 33:06 the mystery the middle of verse 7 of the women and 33:09 of the beast that carries her, which has the seven 33:12 heads and the ten horns. "The beast that you saw 33:16 was, and is not and we will ascend out of what?" 33:22 The bottom, the bottom, what beast? The beast 33:24 with seven heads and the ten horns ascends out 33:26 of the bottomless pit and what's his and, and we 33:29 will go into predation and we will go to predation 33:34 and those who dwell on the earth were marvel 33:36 whose names are not written in the Book of Life 33:39 from the foundation of the world when they see 33:42 the beast that was, and is not and yet is. 33:47 That Satan, Satan is was, is not and yet is, 33:52 Jesus is was and is and is to come, that's the 33:55 comparison there. And so that's kind of a huge 33:58 nutshell, but you clearly see that the angel in 34:01 Revelation that king that they are talking about and 34:04 the last component Abaddon and Apollyon 34:07 those are the Hebrew and Greek names for the 34:10 destroying angel and the angel of destruction and 34:13 when you follow Hebrew literature those are the 34:16 names of Satan when you follow Greek literature 34:18 those are the names are describing Satan. 34:21 Unequivocally that angel that's talked about in 34:23 Revelation 9 and 11 that king is Satan himself. 34:26 There we had it. Alright, alright. Our topic for today 34:30 is the continuation and by the way, if we have 34:32 open the door and questions have come to 34:34 the forefront, send those questions to 34:36 housecalls@3abn.org that's 34:38 housecalls@3abn.org. And we will try 34:42 our best to continue answering them by the Bible 34:44 and John did you notice something very unusual? 34:48 When I say unusual in this day and age is 34:51 everything, every answer we just gave us from 34:53 the Bible itself. Right. We didn't use any 34:57 external literature at all and the Bible is its own 35:01 interpreter, don't ever allow somebody to tell 35:03 you that you need external books to interpret 35:05 the Bible. When you build the bridge about a 35:07 kingdom or country or culture and the Bible 35:10 describes who that culture where that country 35:12 is like Daniel said, you are Babylon or you are 35:15 the king of Babylon then you can go to the history 35:17 of Babylon and see what it says about Babylon, 35:20 but you never read a passage and go out of the 35:22 history books, you got to get the bridge to build 35:25 to understand that it's only when the bridge is 35:27 built, do we go to the external sources. 35:30 Alright, Got it,. We are gonna go to the millennium 35:33 now John and I let you dive in since I have been 35:35 talking about a 150 miles an hour. My new year 35:38 came out. So, stay with us. Well, we are 35:40 transitioning here now to our topic, which is on 35:43 the Millennium and I think last time in the last 35:46 program we made, we sets some good ground 35:48 work here for what precedes the Millennium, 35:51 but what begins the Millennium when we talk 35:52 about the return of Jesus, we talk about his return 35:56 of resurrection, that's right, of the saints those 35:59 who sleep in Jesus occurs. We have also talked 36:03 about the end of the tribulation is what happens, 36:06 the tribulation before his returned, that's right, 36:09 and so we have clearly establishes structure 36:11 for the premillennial, post tribulation coming 36:16 of Christ, that's right, okay, the appearance of 36:19 Jesus at that time. So, now what we want to do 36:23 is talk a little bit about the two resurrections 36:27 because we can have just opened up that just a 36:30 little bit we have crack the nut sort of speak, 36:32 but we haven't opened it up fully to eat it. 36:35 And so let's dive into it because we, we did read 36:38 from John chapter 5, and we can read it again 36:40 as we spring. Verse 28 to 29 and by the way as 36:42 you turn there what we are gonna do and we are 36:44 gonna try to break this down, so that it could be 36:46 digestible, what we are gonna do is concentrate 36:49 on this program talking about events that 36:50 happened at the beginning of the thousand years. 36:53 In another program we are gonna talk about what 36:58 happens during the thousand years and one 36:59 final program what happens at the end of the 37:01 thousand years. This is a very vast subject, 37:03 very easy to understand, but so many people 37:06 have been confused by what they have heard 37:08 and all these circles of mediocrity, so we are 37:11 gonna slipped at the Bible, lead us to a John. 37:14 Alright, here we go John chapter 5 verse 28, 37:18 "Do not marvel at this: for the hour is coming in 37:21 which all who are in the grace will hear his voice 37:25 and come forth, those who have done good, 37:28 to the resurrection of life, and those who have 37:30 done evil, to the resurrection of 37:32 condemnation." That's right. So, here we are 37:35 finding that there are two resurrections, 37:37 the timing as I mentioned before in the last 37:39 program, the timing element is not giving here. 37:42 It only as describing the two resurrections, 37:45 the first is the resurrection unto life, 37:47 which we had read from First Thessalonians 37:49 chapter 4 and then also First Corinthians chapter 15 37:55 and then of course the resurrection of 37:57 condemnation, which will occur after the millennium 38:00 and we will get to that in a future program, 38:02 but we should at least touch on that I think 38:04 at least it's lay the ground work for the resurrections 38:07 to show that there are two. Okay, do that. 38:09 So, let's turn then to Revelation chapter 20. 38:13 Okay, we are on our way. It's fascinating 38:17 book, but by the way when we talk about 38:18 prophecy there are prophecies then there are 38:21 apocalyptic prophecies. Revelation is apocalyptic 38:25 in nature and very mannered respect, 38:28 it takes you to the past and it takes you to the 38:30 future, about things that are going to occur and 38:33 things and things that have occurred. 38:34 Now, what verse are we in now? I'm gonna read 38:36 from verse 4. Revelation chapter 20! Yes, 38:39 okay verse 4. Alright it says that "I saw thrones 38:46 and they sat on them and judgment was committed 38:48 to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had 38:52 been beheaded for the witness to Jesus and for the 38:56 word of God who had not worshiped the beast or 38:58 his image and had not received his mark on their 39:01 foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and 39:05 reigned with Christ for how long? 39:08 A thousand years. A thousand years. 39:10 "Now, I'm gonna read verse 5 because we need 39:12 to bring it in here. The rest of the dead, but, 39:17 yeah the, but the rest of the death did not live again 39:21 until the thousands years were finished. 39:23 This is the first resurrection, that's right. 39:26 But some people are confused by tying the end 39:30 of the thousands years and it's finished to a first 39:32 resurrection that's not what this passage is 39:33 saying? He is saying what's? If I able to use 39:36 conversational language with you John, 39:38 I would be the describing or if I would be 39:40 explaining this, I would say to you, when Jesus 39:44 comes back to raise the sleeping saints in the 39:46 resurrection. He will then take them back and give 39:52 them a seed of judgment and they will live in 39:55 reigned with him for a thousand years and the rest 39:58 of dead though because we are talking about the 40:00 resurrection, the first one, the rest of the dead didn't 40:02 live again until the thousands years were 40:04 finished. That's the key. But this is the first 40:06 resurrection. Right, the verse, verse 4 describes 40:08 the first resurrection. So, conversationally I have 40:11 shifted now, the resurrection of the saints, 40:13 the sleeping saints living with the thousands years, 40:16 they live in reigned with him, but the rest of dead 40:18 they don't live, but we are talking about the first 40:20 resurrection. It's exactly. That's what he is 40:22 saying is shifting, it's telling you, it's explaining 40:25 really what the events were in the First 40:27 Resurrection, but in there it inserting the fact that 40:30 the rest of the dead don't live again, they are 40:32 not raised, which is what is described in First 40:36 Thessalonians 4 and First Corinthians 15, 40:39 the dead are not raised, only those who sleep in 40:41 Jesus. That's why we reading verse 6 pulls it 40:43 back into context. It says, in verse 6 blessed 40:48 and holy is he, who has part in the first 40:51 resurrection. Right! Over such the second death 40:54 has no power, but they shall be priest of God and 40:57 have Christ then shall reigned within the thousand 40:59 years. So, it shows you right there in verse 6 is 41:02 reiterating what was talked about in verse 4, 41:05 right, and in the middle of that he says, 41:06 well let's pause for a moment, the rest of the 41:08 dead not gonna live again to the thousands of 41:10 done, but we are talking about the first resurrection 41:12 announce, so let's continue on that note 41:14 because they are blessed in holy, right, 41:16 okay so clearly, so if you set that up go back to 41:19 that putting that into Rupp in the proper place. 41:22 So, then what we saw from the Bible is that Jesus 41:25 at his appearing his visible appearing, 41:28 his visible appearing, he raises the saints, 41:29 who sleep in Jesus and those who are his saints 41:32 who are alive are caught up to meet him in the air 41:36 and from that point on says, Revelation 20, 41:39 the living reigned with him for the thousand years, 41:42 that's right, millennium. The living reigned with him 41:45 where, this is the key. Okay, in heaven. 41:49 Now, okay we need you can break this open 41:51 because this is the most common misconception 41:54 about the millennium that exist today even with in 41:58 and especially within Christendom, right. 42:02 Because people are teaching that the thousand years 42:05 or a thousand years of peace on this earth, 42:07 but the millennium the thousand years is the 42:09 thousand years that the saints are reigning with 42:12 Christ in heaven while the wicked who perish by 42:15 the brightness of Christ coming when he returns 42:17 to resurrect the saints, they are still dead bodies 42:22 laying on the earth, they are not resurrected until 42:25 after the thousand years. And you know, what this is 42:29 the portion of the passage that makes it clear that 42:31 so many people just run over, they pass it by like 42:34 a hundred mile an hour car racer, is they live and 42:38 reign with Christ, he doesn't live and reign with 42:42 us, they live in reign with him that's all together 42:47 clear when you understand that, when you understand 42:50 that you remember what John, when Paul makes 42:53 clear in the Book of the First Corinthians 15. 42:56 "Jesus is the first fruits after that those who are 43:00 Christ's at his coming, then he delivers up the 43:03 kingdom to the father. The father is not delivering 43:06 the kingdom down here to us, the kingdom is 43:09 being delivered to the father and so this kingdom 43:12 that is ascending to heaven Jesus makes a clear in 43:15 Matthew chapter 26 and 25 that matter of fact 43:18 Matthew 25, he talks about he will send his angels 43:22 together his elect from the four corners of the earth 43:25 and what he is gonna do to them? He made this promise 43:27 very clear in John 14, verse 23, read it first John 43:31 let me not preempt that. Yeah, I want to read 43:33 this, it's from John 14 verses 1 through 3, 43:37 "Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in 43:39 God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are 43:43 many mansions: if it were not so, I would have 43:45 told you. I go to prepare a place for you." 43:49 Notice here, Jesus in the previous passage, 43:54 which is connected to this, there is no, 43:56 there is no break here in Revelation from the 43:58 end, in John from the end of 13 to 14. 44:01 None at all. And in 13 and 31 to 35, 44:04 Jesus announces his departure from earth, 44:06 he is saying, I'm leaving you, but you can't come 44:08 with me now. Right. That's it, that's how he opens 44:11 up, so when he saying here "Don't be troubled" 44:14 he is saying "Don't be troubled" by the fact that 44:16 I'm leaving, right because one day after I go to 44:19 prepare a place for you, verse 3 it says, 44:22 "That I will prepare a place for you, 44:24 I will come back again and receive you to myself, 44:28 not I will come to you, but I will come and receive 44:31 you to myself that where I am there you maybe also." 44:37 Where I am, where I departed too there you will 44:40 be with me also. And I want to reiterate what 44:43 John just said because we are, we are in the zone 44:45 right now, praise the Lord for this, but Jesus as 44:48 he is ending John chapter 13, John just said this 44:51 but I want to shift and so you can get this that the 44:53 stick he said to his disciples where I am going, 44:58 you cannot follow me now. Yep, you can't where 45:02 I am going, you cannot come; you can't be there, 45:06 where he is going? He made it, I go to prepare a 45:09 place for you. If I go where he is going? 45:13 In my father's house, in Revelation 3 verse 21, 45:16 even emphasized to further remember, 45:18 he said in Revelation 20 they lived in reigned with 45:22 Christ to thousands years, when you live in reign, 45:25 the work reign there is a, is a royal term. 45:28 And look what Jesus says, in Revelation 3 verse 21, 45:31 so that we know it's not on the earth, 45:34 to him who overcomes I will grant to sit with me 45:40 on my throne as I also overcame and sat down with 45:46 my father on his throne. His throne is in heaven, 45:51 the earth is his foot's toe, okay his thrown is in 45:56 heaven, the earth is his foot's toe Satan said, 46:01 I will sit upon the mount of the congregation. 46:05 He was, he was determent to sit on God's thrown 46:09 and that's not on the earth and so when they live 46:10 in reign with Christ understand that Bible, 46:14 not Bible teach us false teachers, I go to make it 46:17 clear say to you that Jesus comes to reign with us, 46:21 that's why these Millennialists that believe 46:24 that we got a get the earth together, we got a fix 46:27 up Jerusalem in the Middle East, you got, 46:30 okay say it again. Therefore a thousand years 46:32 of peace here on earth, they are claiming that that 46:35 even in opposition to First Thessalonians chapter 5, 46:37 when they says, peace in safety sudden destruction 46:40 comes, so when people are saying they will be a 46:42 thousand years of peace and save, there is the Lord 46:44 reigns with us then First Thessalonians 5 says, 46:47 at that moment sudden destruction comes upon 46:50 them as labor pains, come upon a pregnant women. 46:53 And they shall not escape, but you are children 46:56 of the live, you are not of darkness, so we have to 46:59 understand this clearly. The other thing I want to 47:02 say to, and I establish catch phrases sometimes. 47:07 We meet the Lord in the air, he is coming, 47:10 but he receives us, right, meet and receive we meet 47:15 Jesus he receives us, right, it's a reception by Jesus 47:19 of us, we go to meet him in the air and notice 47:24 this in the same theme the wedding reception, 47:29 okay, is in Revelation 19 verse 9 blessed are those 47:33 who are called to the marriage supper of the lamb. 47:35 The wedding reception is on heaven, that's right. 47:38 So, we are receive by Christ assured into the 47:40 kingdom and he sits down with us at the reception 47:44 to be received officially into the kingdom with a, 47:48 with a meal. Here is the invitation, come he blessed 47:51 of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you 47:55 from the foundation of the world. That's the reception 47:58 you know, our mind is so gelled right now, 48:00 I know the Lord connected this, I'm ready 48:03 to say and he is already there and, he is ready to 48:04 say it I'm already there because this topic is so 48:07 clear and when you pray for divine guidance who 48:09 begin to see, what are we doing friends? 48:11 We have given you the Bible, that's the house 48:13 calls moral, the Bible and the Bible only. 48:15 And so when people are walking around saying 48:16 peace, peace don't forget Jeremiah 6 verse 14, 48:19 Lord says, you have healed their hurt of my 48:23 people slightly saying peace, peace when there 48:27 is no peace. The Middle East is not a place of 48:31 peace, the New Jerusalem is a place of peace, 48:35 that's right, the New Jerusalem is not on earth, 48:38 the New Jerusalem is not in Middle East, 48:41 we are not fighting over the Palestinians and the 48:43 West Bank and the Temple Mount and it's 48:46 that's now where the battle is, the Lord is going 48:49 to consume all of that and at the end of the thousand 48:52 years we are not gonna talk about that today, 48:56 years the New Jerusalem is gonna come down 48:58 from God out of heaven, right because that's 49:01 where it is, that's where, that's where it is, 49:03 preparing a place for us. That's right, 49:05 praise God for that. Okay, but now, the beginning 49:07 of the thousand years. You know, I want, 49:09 I want to mention this because as we should 49:10 discuss this you know, we talked about the common 49:12 teaching today is this millennial reign of peace by 49:16 Christ on the earth. And the Christians had received 49:18 him, the reverse of what happens? Will they receive 49:21 him to reign on the earth, but the other added 49:26 component to that and the reason why they say that 49:28 is because of the rapture. Oh! Yeah, 49:31 secret rapture theory. It is the secret rapture 49:33 theory that is thrown all of the stuff of course, 49:36 a theory that was introduced just a few 49:39 hundred years ago has been so taught and so 49:43 propagated that people are not waiting, 49:45 they are not expecting Christ visible returned at 49:48 the last trumpet for him to receive or to, 49:52 to raise his saints and called up his saints who 49:54 are alive to meet him and go to heaven. 49:57 They are thinking that he is coming with heaven 50:00 with his saints that area already there another false 50:02 teaching to establish a millennial reign on the 50:05 earth and that reign occurs after the rapture 50:11 because the rapture has put us aware. In heaven, 50:14 in heaven see you know, this is all reverse, 50:17 it's all mixed up by these, these raptures really, 50:22 this false teachings that the devil is introduce to 50:25 get our minds alL confused and unless your 50:27 searching the word of God you cannot tell truth 50:29 from error. And the danger of the rapture is 50:31 the second there is the second chance theology, 50:34 if you miss the first trip you go to next time up 50:36 after this seven years have done. You see they teach 50:38 that the saints are caught before the tribulation, 50:41 this why we are post tribulation. They are 50:45 pre-tribulation, pre-millennialists, right. 50:49 They believe that Jesus is coming before the 50:51 tribulation secretly and then before the millennium 50:56 visibly, right. That's the danger, but we are post 50:59 tribulation, pre-millennialists, which 51:01 only makes one arriving event. Right, that's the 51:05 second advent, they have four the secret rapture, 51:09 only the saints are taken away then he comes again 51:12 visibly to bring those saints back with him, 51:15 then he sets upon the earthly reign and then at 51:17 the very end he comes back, you are confused, 51:22 so am I. The point of the matter is, if you follow the 51:25 Bible you don't get confused, so there is no 51:28 earthly millennial reign, I will tell you why in one 51:32 of our up coming programs but we have to kind hint 51:34 on this program. And the reason why there is no 51:37 upcoming, okay John tells us why is there no earthly 51:41 activity that's gonna be happening during the 51:44 thousand years? Well, let's look at Revelation 19, 51:46 okay, have you got there? Let's look at the returned 51:48 of Jesus from Revelations perspective, alright, 51:51 we just read about the marriage supper of the lamb 51:54 and the reception of God's kingdom and then of 51:58 course his saints being received into heaven, 52:00 but look what happens to bring that about, 52:03 verse 11 in Revelation 19. Okay, go ahead. 52:06 "Now, I saw heaven opened, and behold, 52:09 a white horse. And He who sat on him was called 52:12 Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and 52:15 makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 52:19 and on His head were many crowns. He had a name 52:21 written that no one knew except Himself. He was 52:24 clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is 52:27 called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, 52:31 clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him 52:33 on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp 52:36 sword, that with it He should strike the nations. 52:39 And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. 52:42 He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness 52:47 and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His 52:51 robe and on His thigh a name written: 52:53 KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." 52:55 That's the return of Christ, the visible second coming 52:58 of Jesus. Now, I found interesting here that his 53:01 name is called The Word. And that he comes with 53:04 the sword because it is the word of God that he 53:07 judges by. In fact, scripture says, that when Jesus 53:12 says I didn't come to judge the world, I came to save 53:16 the world. In John 17. Yeah, and then he goes 53:19 onto say that those who do not believe my word 53:23 have that already which judges them, the word will 53:27 judge them in the last day, it's the word of God, 53:30 it's the fact that they follow the word or didn't 53:32 follow the word of God that's ends a judging those 53:35 in the last day. And so I commission to you the word 53:39 again the word of God, but let's, but let's go on, 53:42 you ask the question how do we know that there is no 53:44 activity on the earth at this point in time. And so let's 53:48 read verse 17. Okay, " Then I saw an angel standing in 53:53 the sun, and he cry with the loud voice saying to all 53:55 the birds that fly in the midst of heaven "Come! 53:57 And Gather together for the supper of the great God that 54:01 you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of 54:02 captains, the flesh of might even the flesh of 54:04 horses and of those who sit upon them and the 54:07 flesh of all people free and free and slave, 54:08 both small and great." Here we have those who 54:12 perish by the brightness of his coming who have 54:15 died or stunned all over the earth and they are as 54:18 far as the wicked is concern, a smorgasbord for 54:21 the birds of the earth. Well said. It's, it's, it's a 54:26 dinner you see, look at the comparison we are 54:29 having a marriage supple with the lamb, but the 54:34 birds of heaven will having a supper with the kings 54:38 of the earth, all those who have rejected the grace 54:40 and the mercy of God. John something came out 54:43 when you are reading that passage, which kind of 54:45 throw is back to one of the questions we did 54:47 earlier, and I just add this in as a little side-bar 54:50 or little asterisk right here, but Jesus is king of 54:54 King And King of Kings and Lord of Lord's 54:57 and Lucifer is only king small "k". 55:00 So, when it says, Revelation 9 they had a 55:02 king over them that's the little "k", when you look 55:04 at Jesus in Revelation "K" altogether different. 55:09 You see, one is a contender, right, he is only an 55:12 alleged king, exactly, the other one is the true 55:14 king. King of king, now I want to end because, 55:16 sure go ahead, I want to read one verse here from 55:19 Jeremiah chapter 4 and you know where I'm going 55:21 here. Oh! Yeah. Description of the earth at the 55:23 Lord's returned, so this is what is happening on 55:25 the earth. So, someone tells you peace and safety 55:28 or millennial reign on the earth, this is how the 55:30 Bible describes that and you can tell me, 55:32 if you like to be there. Okay, verse 23, verse 23. 55:35 "I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, 55:38 and void; And the heavens, they had no light. 55:41 I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, 55:43 And all the hills moved back and forth. 55:45 I beheld, and indeed there was no man, 55:48 And all the birds of the heavens had fled. 55:51 I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a 55:53 wilderness. And all its cities were broken down, 55:55 at the presence of the LORD, By His fierce anger. 55:58 For that says, the LORD, The whole land shall be 56:00 desolate; yet will I not make a full end, see it's 56:03 not the total angia," right exactly, and have something 56:06 that come at the end of the millennial reign, 56:07 so and by the way that's in heaven again. Verse 28, 56:11 "For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens 56:16 above be black because I have spoken, 56:18 I have purposed, and will not relent, 56:19 nor will I turn back from it, if the whole city shall 56:22 flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; 56:24 they shall. go into thickets, and climb up upon 56:26 the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, 56:29 again it says not a man shall dwell in it." Exactly, 56:32 no one go be here unless they are dead and just 56:36 scattered. And we are gonna talk about how they 56:38 will not be gathered, nor mourned, nor buried because 56:42 when Jesus comes, if you are not in the ascension 56:45 that is if you are not on the first resurrection or if 56:47 you not caught up with those who are living saints 56:50 then you will be destroyed by the brightness of the 56:52 coming of the Lord and laying upon the ground of 56:55 the earth. What do you say? Yeah, absolutely you 56:58 know, it tarred did not to get into all this, 56:59 and just how. We just touch, couple programs on it, 57:02 but clearly then at the beginning at this millennial 57:04 reign what's going on, on this earth during that time 57:07 is nothing. Right. Except when we will get to this 57:10 Satan is here with his angels. For a thousand 57:12 years, for a thousand years, so we get into that part 57:14 as we continue on in our next program. 57:16 You know, I was so exciting about this topic is 57:18 that I'm not looking forward to being on the 57:19 earth for a thousand years, dead laying on the ground, 57:22 I'm looking forward to being in the kingdom made 57:24 new what the Lord Jesus Christ. That's our 57:25 commitment here at House Calls, and so if you got 57:28 anything out of this, commit your life to Jesus 57:30 Christ today to get ready for that 57:31 glorious event, God bless you, amen. |
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