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00:41 Welcome to the 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting:
00:44 The Three Angels' Messages. 00:48 Welcome back to 3ABN Camp Meeting. 00:51 And those of you here... I saw hands while ago 00:53 that says you've been here since the beginning, right? 00:55 Since Wednesday night. And we're getting down 00:58 to just two more sermons. 01:00 And I've been spiritually blessed. 01:02 I haven't got to hear every one of them 01:04 but we get to take DVD's and we'll go home 01:07 later and watch them. But I try to sit here 01:09 but then they say: "Oh, oh, we need this done; 01:11 we need that done. " But sometimes we can... 01:13 There's a little room in the back that's got a monitor 01:15 and I just go in and shut the door and listen. 01:17 So I've been spiritually blessed. 01:21 There couldn't be a more timely - I think - 01:25 a better time for us as a people, as a movement, 01:30 to proclaim the three angels' messages 01:32 to a lost and dying world. 01:34 And I'm just so thankful for each and every one of you. 01:37 I want to thank you for your love and your prayers 01:39 and financial support of 3ABN 01:41 so that we can continue to take this gospel of the kingdom 01:46 into all the world. God has opened up incredible doors. 01:50 We couldn't do it without you: 01:51 those of you here, those of you from watching around the world. 01:54 It's not an easy task 01:56 but who said that anything's supposed to be easy 01:58 on this earth, right? 01:59 But I'm privileged. If I could do anything that I wanted to do, 02:02 be anywhere that I wanted to be in the world, 02:05 I'd be right here doing what I'm doing right now. 02:07 So I made a lot of mistakes and a lot of things have happened 02:10 over the years, but 3ABN has been a lifesaver for me. 02:15 I've been one of the mending broken people 02:17 that they've helped, and so I appreciate that. 02:21 Appreciate again all of you and your love 02:23 and your prayers and for sometimes bearing with us 02:26 when things don't go the way maybe we think they should. 02:29 But you know what? We're just human. 02:30 We're doing our very best and somehow 02:33 that's what each and every one of us... God just expects 02:36 us to do the best we can. 02:38 Commit our lives to Him and then let Him do the rest. 02:41 Right? So anyway it's with great privilege 02:44 today that I'm about to introduce the speaker. 02:47 I could talk to you for hours but I'm going to make it 02:49 real short so he'll have more time. 02:51 This is my brother Kenny. 02:53 And... my older brother Kenny. 02:55 Don't comment... I know he looks younger. 02:57 But Kenny has a gift for preaching the message. 03:03 He's very bold. There's nothing about him 03:06 that says: "Well, I don't know if I should say this or that. " 03:09 If the Lord impresses him, he's going to tell you the truth. 03:11 If you like it, OK. If you don't, he says 03:13 "I'm just a messenger... that's all. 03:15 I'm not here to win a popularity contest. " 03:18 He says: "I'm just here to... I'm not a politician. 03:20 I'm just here to give the message that God has 03:23 called me to give. " 03:24 And Kenny, of course, Behold the Lamb Ministry 03:26 for many many years... his wife Chris. 03:28 And I'm so thankful to have him here tonight 03:32 and to work... We started this together almost 34... 03:35 this fall will be 34 years ago 03:37 since the Lord impressed us to build a television station 03:40 to reach the world with an undiluted three angels' messages 03:43 one that would counteract the counterfeit. 03:45 But before Kenny comes out to preach to you 03:49 I'm also honored to invite my sister Tammy Chance... 03:53 And Tammy was in the beginning, too, 03:56 with 3ABN. So we were all just little kids then, weren't we? 04:00 Yes! Yeah, just about, she said. 04:03 I was in kindergarten. Don't... 04:07 I don't want to bring this up but you're getting ready to sing 04:09 a very spiritual song so let's don't... 04:12 Let's don't go too far with it, but... 04:15 But let's just say we were much younger then. Yes. 04:18 But appreciate Tammy and what she's doing. 04:20 She's always had a gift for music. 04:23 And so I appreciate what you do and Bruce does 04:26 in the Donations Dept. for 3ABN for so many years. 04:29 And praying for you right now. Thank you. 04:47 All to Jesus 04:50 I surrender, 04:54 all to Him I freely give. 05:00 I will ever 05:03 love and trust Him... 05:07 in His presence daily live. 05:13 I surrender all; 05:20 I surrender all. 05:27 All to Thee, 05:30 my blessed Savior: 05:34 I surrender all. 05:50 All to Jesus 05:54 I surrender, 05:57 humbly at His feet I bow. 06:03 Worldly pleasures 06:07 all forsaken... take me Jesus, 06:14 take me now. 06:17 I surrender all; 06:23 I surrender all. 06:30 All to Thee, 06:33 my blessed Savior: 06:37 I surrender all. 06:47 How many surrender all today? 06:53 All to Jesus 06:57 I surrender, 07:01 make me, Savior, wholly Thine. 07:07 May Thy Holy Spirit 07:12 fill me, 07:14 may I know Thy power divine. 07:20 I surrender all; 07:27 I surrender all. 07:33 All to Thee, 07:36 my blessed Savior: 07:40 I surrender all. 07:47 All to Thee, 07:50 my blessed Savior: 07:54 I surrender all... 08:00 I 08:03 surrender 08:07 all... 08:14 I surrender 08:18 all. 08:26 Thank you sister Tammy. Thank you! 08:30 You know we love you. Thank you. 08:32 Awesome! Wow! What a journey we have been on! 08:37 Amen. Amen? 08:39 And we're still not finished yet. 08:41 No. Isn't that beautiful? 08:43 You know, Pastor Bohr said earlier that 08:45 his wife often told him 08:47 that he repeats himself too much. 08:49 Any of you hear that? 08:51 I think I might have said that a couple of times. 08:55 But you know, even going through these 3 angels' messages 08:59 this weekend I realize how much I need to hear it 09:03 over and over again - yes, Amen! because so much we forget. 09:07 Yes. And last night during the singing! 09:10 Was that not an atmosphere of heaven? 09:14 Mercy. Oh... miracles have been taking place. 09:18 So many people took a stand for Jesus 09:20 and I'm looking for... We finished the 3 angels' messages. 09:23 It was all wrapped up. Yes! Now we're going past the 09:27 millennium - um-hmm - and we're going to look at 09:30 the second resurrection - Yes - and hell fire together. 09:33 Oh, pray kids. I said: "There's got to be some love 09:38 in there somewhere, right? " Gotta be some love. 09:40 That's right. 09:42 You know, but before we have opening prayer 09:44 so many years people have said: 09:47 "What about your children? " 09:48 "How many children do you have? " 09:50 And so on and so forth. It was kind of neat because 09:52 our oldest daughter was here and when I came out 09:54 somebody had already recognized her by her pictures. 09:58 But we are so thankful - yeah - 10:00 I think, I can't tell... I think everybody's here. 10:03 Everybody's here. All of our children are here. 10:07 Would you please stand up? Most of our grandchildren... 10:10 Come on now... let's go... everybody up. 10:13 There we go. 10:16 I know I'm a little prejudiced but that's gotta be the most 10:19 beautiful kids in the world... 10:22 and grandchildren. 10:24 We love them so much. That's right. 10:26 In fact, not to put anyone else out, but I pray for them 10:29 more than anybody. Yes. We love them. Amen. 10:32 And I know God's answered many prayers for them 10:34 for protection and guidance 10:36 and they've just been a real blessing. 10:38 We've got one grandchild missing, right? 10:40 Two. I don't see Hanna. 10:43 Hanna is missing 'cause he's probably working. 10:45 And Brandon. Brandon's in the service 10:47 in the Navy. So other than that we have them all here. 10:50 Amen! Four children and seven grandchildren. 10:52 So we wanted to bring that because people ask. 10:55 And we're glad they're here. It's a blessing to us. 10:57 Thank you. Well we're going to kneel 10:59 and if you want you can kneel with us. 11:01 But we're going to ask the Lord to continue to be with us, OK? 11:06 Most gracious heavenly Father, we thank you... 11:09 we thank you for repeating these messages 11:12 over and over and over again 11:15 so that they will be written on our hearts and on our minds. 11:18 Father, You promised never to leave us or forsake us. 11:22 So God, we ask one more time that You take this manservant 11:26 of Yours. That You fill him up with Your Spirit. 11:29 That what we see, what we hear, what we experience 11:33 this next hour will be from heaven - Amen - 11:37 from God, from the Holy Spirit Yourself. 11:40 We give You all the praise, all the glory, 11:42 all the honor here tonight. 11:43 In Jesus' lovely and precious name, Amen. Amen. 11:48 Thank you, honey. 11:50 See you in a little bit. 11:53 It's been a good Sabbath, hasn't it? 11:55 Amen! Oh, it's been wonderful. Camp Meeting's been great. 11:58 We praise the Lord for it. 11:59 And to be able to spend just a few moments... 12:01 time flies really fast, you know, when you're having fun. 12:04 And we are having fun. 12:05 So we are enjoying it, especially when we have all... 12:08 We kind of feel like this is our family 12:10 and we certainly want to spend eternity 12:11 with each and every one. 12:13 So if you don't mind do some- thing a little bit different 12:15 as I start out here for you. 12:17 So, you know, don't pay any attention. 12:19 I brought my phone out here. 12:22 Uh-huh. 12:24 Like I see most of you doin' all the time. 12:32 I don't think I ever have taken a selfie. 12:40 Now let's see. My wife said push 12:44 this button twice. 12:49 Well... I got the time. 12:53 I'll push it twice more. 12:58 I still have the time. It's good; it's a minute later 13:00 than it was but it's all good. 13:02 So you... And I thought "Well, if I take a selfie... " 13:05 I've never done that, 'cause I don't like, you know, 13:07 so much lookin' at myself but why not just put 13:11 this baby up right and just look at it and just... 13:14 well I want to make sure my background's right. 13:25 Huh! Well here goes something. 13:31 Hmm... I wonder how that's going to turn out. 13:37 Well it probably only took what was before it, huh? 13:43 You think about that for just a moment. 13:45 There's a reason for that. I've never taken a self... 13:47 I really don't plan on takin' any more 13:51 'cause you know what? Remember it only takes what's there 13:54 whether it be good or bad. 13:56 Revelation chapter 20 verse 15 the Bible says... 14:00 We're going to talk about the second resurrection 14:02 quickly as we can. Once we start we'll move 14:03 very quickly so you might want to jot some things down. 14:06 It's very important that we cover all of the material 14:08 we can. I'll stick as close as I can 14:10 to this, but every once in a while I might get a little bit 14:12 sidetracked. You just call me back if you will, please. 14:14 Revelation chapter 20. We're going to be talking about 14:17 the second resurrection and hell fire. 14:19 You know, what a subject to talk about 14:21 but it's a reality, isn't it? 14:23 It's something that we might have to face. 14:26 We don't want to face the second resurrection. 14:29 We want to face the first resurrection, don't we? 14:31 We want to make it to heaven. We don't want to burn 14:33 in hell fire, let's be honest. Amen! 14:36 The Bible says this. Notice Revelation 20:15. 14:39 The Bible says: "And whosoever was not found 14:42 written... " Where? Ooh, "written in the Book of Life 14:45 was cast into the lake of fire. " 14:47 So whosoever was not what? 14:49 If your name is not written in the Lamb's Book of Life, 14:52 they were cast into the lake of fire. 14:55 I found this quickly in studying for this. 14:57 As I was looking at it again the Lord impressed me. 15:00 Said: "You've done your home- work. What you need is more 15:02 Holy Spirit power. " 15:04 So we prayed for Holy Spirit power to get this message 15:06 across. And one of the things that was 15:08 brought to my mind I thought was very very interesting 15:10 is that in this it sounds like a tough subject, 15:13 and it is, but I found that God is love. 15:16 Amen! I found that God loves you; 15:18 He loves me enough in this message 15:20 that He's going to give you and me exactly what we want. 15:24 He'll give you - oh! the desires of your heart. 15:27 If we want heaven, heaven can be our home. 15:29 If we don't want it, it's not going to be our home. 15:32 But nevertheless, I look at this: God is love. 15:35 He cares for us; He loves us. 15:37 And I say this as I took the little selfie as it were. 15:42 In the books of heaven there's books that are taken. 15:45 There's notes that are written, as it were, every day 15:48 of our life... accurately recorded. 15:52 No mistakes... every day of our life. 15:54 Every deed, every word, every action... 15:56 which I'm ashamed of some things. 15:59 Well now, I guess I'm the only one... the rest of you 16:01 are lookin' good. 16:05 Everybody up here... If we're gonna reveal your life 16:07 up here on the screen, you'd get up and you'd hit the door, 16:10 wouldn't you? Yeah, I hear you. 16:12 Thank God, right? for the blood of the Lamb. 16:14 Isn't that right? Ooh, that's right! 16:16 But our life is recorded. Notice that. 16:18 Every truth that we've heard, every call of mercy 16:22 that God has called us into His fold 16:25 and we have rejected that or we've accepted 16:28 is still written in the Lamb's Book of Life. 16:31 Every time we put off a call of the Spirit 16:34 it's registered in the books. 16:37 No mistakes made... all is going to be recorded 16:40 whether it be good or bad. 16:43 This is the only way: an accurate record of your life. 16:46 And as I took this selfie - 16:49 which I really don't like to see people taking selfies. 16:51 I'll just be honest about it. You'll love me or you'll hate me 16:53 it's up to you. Selfies a lot of times 16:56 says what it says: it's all about self, isn't it? 16:59 Uh-huh! 17:01 You can do that if you want to... I just don't. 17:04 But as I took this selfie I did it for a reason. 17:08 It took exactly what was before the camera. 17:12 So my face, whether it be good or bad, 17:15 right? The picture was taken. 17:18 Just exactly the way day by day that God registers 17:23 in the books of heaven an exact representation 17:27 of our character as the camera took an exact 17:31 right? representation of my face 17:34 whether it be good or bad 17:36 so that we can understand a little bit better about that. 17:39 And remember: there's no mistakes that are made. 17:43 And I'll just add this. If you don't mind, I'll throw this in: 17:46 we are accountable for what we have done. 17:49 We understand that. But we also are accountable for 17:52 those things that we could have done. 17:54 What we could have done. "I could have but I didn't do it. " 17:58 We're accountable for those things. 18:01 Dear friend, the accountability is great. 18:03 The second resurrection... Some of the saddest words 18:06 I've ever read in the Bible 18:07 is found in the book of Jeremiah chapter 8 verse 20. 18:11 I'll just read them quickly. The Bible says... 18:13 You know, I love to say "the Bible says" because 18:15 it doesn't matter what Kenny says. 18:17 Does it? May I say this: "It doesn't matter what you say. " 18:23 You know what I'm talking about. When you're looking for truth 18:26 and want to follow the Word. It's what God's Word says 18:28 is truth. The Bible says there in Jeremiah 8:20 18:32 it says: "The harvest is past, the summer is ended 18:37 and we are not saved. " Did you notice that? 18:40 What sadder words could you read? 18:42 It's over with. There'll come a time that it's over with 18:44 that you can never come to Christ. 18:46 Probation will close! 18:48 No one else will ever come to Him, and yet day by day 18:51 we put off doing what we know we should do. 18:53 God have mercy on us. 18:56 In order to understand a little better the second resurrection 18:59 I think - at least in my mind - it's important 19:02 to learn a little bit more about the events 19:04 before you see the second resurrection. 19:07 A little bit more about the millennium 19:11 which many people have confused. The 1,000 year period of time 19:16 is a doctrine which is only found in book of Revelation 19:19 chapters 19 and 20. It covers it well. 19:24 It's something that we need to know because some people say: 19:27 "A thousand years? Oh good, well you know, 19:29 Jesus is going to come. We're going to have a thousand years 19:31 of peace and prosperity. Things are going to go well. " 19:33 You're fooling yourself. 19:35 This is the hour of probation for you and for me. 19:39 But we need to put it in the order that it needs to be 19:41 in God's Word. Notice the Bible says 19:44 there's a resurrection for the just and for the what? 19:47 The unjust, so we know that there's two. 19:51 That's what the Bible says so we have to believe that. 19:53 But notice the resurrection of the righteous 19:56 and the resurrection of the wicked. In between the two 20:00 is a thousand year period. 20:02 How do I know that? Because the Bible says so. 20:05 And we've got people who think they know more than what God 20:08 knows and they start trying to tell us what all of that means. 20:10 There's a resurrection of what? The righteous and of the wicked. 20:13 In between that is a thousand-year period. 20:16 We'll explain that as we go and look at scriptures. 20:19 I think they back that up. 20:20 And we know in the New Testament John chapter 5 verses 28-29 20:25 is the ones I'm sure you always look up. 20:29 Jesus is speaking here. 20:30 I can count on that, how about you? 20:32 Jesus is speaking; I can count on that. 20:34 Jesus says in verse 28: "Marvel not... " 20:37 He starts out. "Marvel not 20:39 at this for the hour is coming that all that are in the... " 20:43 What? "ALL that are in the grave... 20:45 all that are in the grave shall... " What? 20:48 "shall hear His voice. " There's a time coming 20:50 when I'm dead... I'm just going to die. I'm going to be dead. 20:52 One day you're going to come up. 20:54 You're going to come up in the first resurrection 20:56 or you're going to come up in the second resurrection. 20:58 God have mercy on us. We don't want to come up in the second, 21:01 do we? At all in the second? 21:03 That's why we're looking at this subject 21:05 to say: "Oh God, have mercy on us! " 21:08 Jesus said He's called there in verse 29 of John chapter 5 21:13 and - I love this - "they shall come forth, notice: 21:16 they that have done good unto the... " What? 21:19 "the resurrection of life and they that have done evil 21:23 to... " What? "the resurrection of... " What? 21:26 "of damnation" is what the Bible says. 21:28 So we realize you're going to be in one class or the other. 21:31 I always say whether you like it or whether you don't 21:34 it's one or the other. 21:36 Interesting. What was Jesus saying here quickly? 21:38 What was He saying in verse 28? 21:40 Jesus was referring here to the general resurrection. 21:44 He said everybody's going to come up. 21:47 Interesting. But He said they're going to happen 21:49 at the end of the world. 21:51 Resurrection when takes place? 21:53 It says: "At the end of the world. " 21:56 And notice this. He wanted to make this very clear 21:58 but yet some people misunderstood. 22:00 You remember the Sadducees? What did they say? 22:03 Sadducees said there would be no resurrection. 22:07 Huh! Pharisees came along and what did they say? 22:09 "Hah! Oh yeah... oh, there's going to be one. " 22:12 Then you had the other group over here that said something 22:14 different. "Well, it's only going to be a resurrection 22:17 of the righteous. " Another group said... 22:19 See, there were things going on all the time 22:21 in the church. They couldn't get it together. 22:23 Even though Jesus had it together 22:25 they couldn't get it together. 22:26 And you know what? It's no different today. That's right! 22:29 It's no different today. We've got people sitting in the 22:31 church reading the same Bible, 22:32 reading the same verses, right? 22:33 and they come up with something totally different. 22:36 We need to do "line upon line, precept upon precept" 22:38 like we're doing. That's how you learn that what? 22:41 What is truth! 22:43 And so there was a group that said: "Oh, it's going to be 22:45 the righteous and it's going to be the wicked. " 22:47 Jesus makes it clear. He said there'll be two resurrections. 22:51 One of what? Life. The other of damnation 22:54 or judgment or condemnation of the wicked. 22:58 It can be seen in this study... we had more time to point it out 23:02 here that God is going to - be careful with this - 23:05 reward those who are obedient to His commandments. 23:09 He's going to reward those who are obedient. 23:13 He will never reward those who are disobedient. 23:16 Does that make sense? 23:17 You know, disobedient child... you kind of give him a little 23:20 of this once in a while, maybe a little of that. 23:22 And he's going to catch what's going on, isn't that right? 23:25 Sometimes God has to chastise us and give us a little spanking 23:29 to get us corrected. Does that makes sense to us today? 23:31 Yes it does. Thank you. 23:33 But also with the reward 23:35 we find that God's going to do something. 23:37 Those who transgress His law we have to understand 23:41 are going to receive according to their works. 23:45 Revelation chapter 20... I can't go over all of them, 23:47 can't read them all right now. 23:48 Revelation chapter 20 verses 12 and 13. 23:51 Oh, I just wish I could read them. 23:53 But what does it say bottom line? It says He's going to 23:56 reward them according to their what? Their works. 24:00 If you look at II Corinthians 11:15 24:03 He says He's going to reward them according to their works. 24:06 In Romans chapter 2 verse 6 24:09 He says He's going to reward us according to our deeds. 24:14 Revelation 22:12 again according to our works. 24:17 So we see this is how we're going to be rewarded. 24:20 How're your works? Now what does that mean? 24:23 "Oh, I'm going to try to work my way into heaven. " 24:24 You can't work your way into heaven. 24:26 You can't just be obedient and say: "Oh, I'm going to make it 24:28 into heaven. " "I'm going to keep God's commandments 24:29 I'm going to make it to heaven. " 24:31 "I'm going to church on the seventh day 24:32 I'm going to make it to heaven. " Don't fool yourself. 24:34 We've learned in this Camp Meetings it's our relationship 24:37 with whom? With Jesus Christ that makes the difference. 24:40 And when we have that relationship 24:42 we will want to be obedient. 24:44 Amen! We will want to obey God. 24:47 Interesting. When you say deeds or you say those things 24:52 done it's simply in the Greek 24:55 if you look at it it says simply an act. 24:57 It's simply a deed; it's something that you're doing. 25:00 It's something to do about labor. 25:02 It's an effort! According to our efforts we will be rewarded. 25:07 According to our deeds we will be rewarded. 25:09 Over 6,000 years this great controversy's been going on, 25:13 has it not? Heaven has been pleading with us. 25:16 Heaven pleads I think right now at this day and this time 25:19 as never before because time is running out. 25:22 For those of you that say: "Well my daddy said, 25:24 my grandpa said 'He's coming in my day. ' " 25:28 Get over that stuff. 25:30 Is it all right? Get over that stuff! 25:32 Let's not worry about that. 25:33 We're one day closer right now to the coming of Jesus. 25:36 Amen! The time will come the Bible says 25:38 the door of probation closes. Not another person will ever 25:40 come in again. That makes you concerned 25:42 about your loved ones, does it not? It should. 25:46 Jeremiah talks about that. 25:48 Because all will come... there's a day coming 25:50 when every person - God knows this - will 25:53 have made a decision either for or against. 25:55 They could live 20,000 years and they wouldn't change their mind. 25:58 God knows this, you understand. 26:00 They'd never change their mind. 26:01 It's come to that and God calls a halt. 26:04 Why wouldn't He want to call a halt to this mess 26:06 that's going on in this world that we live in? 26:09 Heard a man on the radio say 26:10 "We're living in interesting times. " 26:13 You'd better believe we're living in interesting times. 26:16 You'd better believe it. It's much more than he knows. 26:18 He's talking about the politics of the world. 26:21 We're talking about the spiritual aspects here, 26:23 praise God. Jeremiah chapter 25. 26:26 The Bible says, verse 31... 26:28 Jeremiah knew about this and he wanted to record it. 26:32 God wanted him to record it for us. 26:34 Jeremiah said there was: "A noise... " Notice this: 26:37 "shall come even to the ends of the earth. " 26:40 The noise here in the Hebrew 26:42 simply means it's an uproar. 26:44 There is going to be a horrible noise 26:47 and this implies destruction. 26:50 Isn't this very interesting here? 26:52 Jeremiah said: "There's going to come a day 26:53 when there's going to be some heavy destruction. " 26:55 Heavier than most people realize. 26:58 It's going to come to the ends of the earth. 27:00 "For the Lord has a controversy with the nations. " 27:03 Do you believe God has a contro- versy with the nations today? 27:07 Sure... He's God! 27:10 There's a controversy because He's laid out in His Book - 27:13 the Book of Books - of how we should conduct ourselves, 27:16 the way that we should act. 27:19 And yet we're refusing that. 27:21 God has a controversy with nations; 27:23 He has it with the people. 27:25 That means He has a complaint against us. 27:27 He has a rebuke against us... He said here... "all flesh. " 27:32 And then He says: "I'm going to give the wicked 27:35 to the sword. " What does that mean? 27:37 "The wicked to the sword. " That means to destruction. 27:40 He's going to give the wicked to be slain. 27:42 Huh... the wicked to be laid waste. 27:46 See this we have to get into our head 27:48 when we're talking about the second resurrection 27:50 and hell fire... why it comes to this. 27:52 Why it comes to this. Why did the prophets write about it. 27:56 The Bible says God has a controversy with the nations. 27:59 The Bible says God has a controversy with the people. 28:02 Remember: there's only two classes of people that exist 28:05 at the coming of Jesus Christ. 28:07 Again, it's what? The saved and the lost. 28:10 How do we know the difference between the saved and the lost? 28:14 Can we know that there is a difference? 28:15 Oh, we should know there's a difference. 28:17 Somebody should know that you're a Christian. 28:19 You can't be hiding around and say: "I met a man in service 28:21 one time. We were there for six months together 28:24 and I didn't know it 'cause I went in as a SDA, 28:26 you know, conscientious objector. 28:28 And after we went through training and were sent someplace 28:31 together after six months he finally told me 28:33 "I kept it a secret but I'm a SDA too. " 28:35 I said: "No you're not. " 28:41 How do you keep it a secret? 28:44 How do you keep it a secret? 28:46 He was doing all those things that I refused to do 28:48 on Sabbath. Not trying to criticize or condemn. 28:51 I'm just simply saying: "You can't hide your colors. " 28:54 You can't hide what's inside your heart. 28:57 Saved and the lost. How do we know this mark? 29:00 I've heard it preached here these last several days 29:04 about that God's going to seal His people. 29:05 He's going to put a mark on His people that are obedient to Him. 29:10 Isn't it interesting? Someone even brought up, 29:12 I think this is beautiful. If you haven't read the book 29:14 of Ezekiel lately, please do it... please do it. 29:17 You can know and understand Ezekiel chapter 9 verses 1-6 29:21 because there's a man that's clothed in linen. 29:24 He has a writer's inkhorn, you remember? on his side. 29:26 And God says: "Go through and mark the people. " 29:30 What? The ones that's going to be saved. 29:32 "Mark the people. " "Well, who am I supposed to mark? " 29:35 Said: "Mark those who are sighing and crying. " 29:38 Did you get that? Sighing and crying for what? 29:41 "for the abominations. " 29:43 "for the abominations that be done. " 29:46 5 Testimonies 209-10 says this... 29:48 notice this at this point in time. 29:50 It starts out: "There's a little company... " 29:53 God's people shouldn't be reduced to no little company! 29:58 But a little company it says here: "a little company who are 30:01 standing in the light will be sighing and crying 30:04 for the abominations that be done in the land. " 30:06 I wonder how many of us here have spent a night sighing 30:08 and crying because of the un- merciful things that's going on 30:10 in this world today. 30:12 Things that should hurt us but we've grown to accustomed to it 30:14 over the news and everything that goes on all the time 30:17 where we're just accustomed to people being killed. 30:21 Things that are going on. 30:23 We're not sighing and crying for the abominations. 30:26 But listen: this gets more personal. 30:28 It got personal with me. 30:29 I got a little bit touchy about it 30:30 as I read on. I said: "Oh, my! " 30:32 But more especially will their prayers. 30:35 Here's the little group. 30:37 Here's the ones that God is going to say what? 30:39 They're going to mark. He's going to mark His people. 30:41 These ones here as sighing and crying for the abominations 30:44 that be done. And I'll get deeper in a minute 30:46 but right now I'm going to say this. 30:47 "because... " notice this... most especially are they 30:51 sighing and crying because their prayers are what? 30:54 Huh! "They are rising in behalf of the church. " 30:59 Why? Because its members are doing 31:03 after the manner of the world. 31:06 We should be sighing and crying going after the world. 31:08 The world's enmity, right? against God. 31:11 God said "You can't love Me and love the world. " 31:13 We can't be in the world doing all the things in the world 31:15 and say: "Oh, we're godly. " 31:16 He said we're godless. 31:18 There has to be a separation here. 31:20 The sealed ones, the marked ones: 31:23 how are they distinguished? 31:25 Oh, notice: 5 Testimonies 210 says: 31:27 "They will be distinguished from the rest of the world 31:29 by their soul anguish. " How long has it been 31:32 since we've had some soul anguish about what's going on 31:35 among us as a people? 31:38 How long has it been since you've had anguish over anybody 31:41 but yourself? 31:45 Most generally that's where it's at, right? 31:47 Me, my, and I. 31:49 But God's going to mark the people 31:52 that's concerned about their neighbor. 31:56 That are concerned about things that are going on in the world 31:58 and they're sighing and crying - notice - over those things 32:01 their soul anguish which is expressed in lamentations. 32:05 You know what lamentations? 32:06 Lamentations? You say: "Yeah, that's... " 32:08 Lamentations is the thing that maybe we might experience, 32:12 Sr. Debbie, when we lose someone like your mother this last week. 32:16 The soul anguish: lamentations. That there's a feeling inside, 32:20 there's a sickness inside, something died inside. 32:22 You're hurting inside. 32:23 How long has it been since we hurt because of the things 32:26 that are going on in the world? Going on in the church? 32:28 Going on among us? 32:30 How long has it been since it upset us enough 32:33 to drive us to our knees? 32:35 Interesting. 32:37 Weeping and reproofs and warning. 32:40 Most times when you get warnings and reproof 32:42 most of the time you're rebuked by your own. 32:45 Well I'll just go and sit down then. 32:50 You know how it is. You try to share something 32:53 and they say: "Oh man, enough warnings, man. 32:54 We've heard enough doom and gloom. " 32:57 We realize we live in an hour which God is sending messages, 33:00 you know, from the very throne room of God 33:03 to His people whoever they might be around the world. 33:05 And some of them will be messages of rebuke 33:09 to get us squared away before He shall come 33:12 because He wants us ready for that great day. 33:14 Warnings will come. 33:16 But at the same time the article goes on and says 33:18 there's a group: one's trying to warn that Jesus is coming. 33:22 Our life has to be hid in Christ. 33:24 We have to gain victory over sin in our life, 33:26 and it's possible through Jesus Christ, our Lord and our Savior. 33:29 How do I know that it's possible? 33:31 Because Jesus gained that victory. 33:32 Jesus didn't have an edge over you or me. 33:35 There's nothing He exercised that we cannot exercise today. 33:38 That's beautiful! 33:40 And there's all this stuff. People say: "Well He had 33:43 an edge on me. " Let somebody get real. 33:45 Let's get in the scripture, shall we? 33:46 Let's look at what the scripture has to tell us today. 33:49 I believe this with all my heart. 33:51 There's one group that's sighing and crying. 33:53 You've got the other group here that's trying to throw... 33:55 we read the article... trying to throw a cloak over sin. 33:58 They're trying to hide it, you see, 34:00 'cause they don't want it exposed you know. 34:03 You know some of the group you might try to talk to and say 34:05 "Let's not talk about these issues; let's just move on. " 34:09 I believe tonight that the Lord would teach us a lesson, 34:13 a lesson that you might be... 34:16 This might shock some of you. 34:18 If you jump out of your seat or you fall out of your seat 34:20 it's all right as long as you get back up. 34:26 And it may not, but I think it's so interesting 34:30 as we look at it. It says here - notice - 34:32 no... it doesn't matter. Warning, though: 34:34 "Though we are united in church capacity 34:37 he is not saved until the seal of God 34:40 is placed on his forehead. " 34:42 Name is on the book? 34:44 That doesn't mean you're going to be saved. 34:46 "I belong to the Adventist church. " So what? 34:49 Doesn't mean you're going to be saved. 34:53 Is your name written in the Lamb's Book of Life? 34:55 No one's going to enter heaven unless he bears the sign of God. 35:00 Sign and seal of God 35:02 is those who keep His command- ments including the seventh day. 35:05 I hope you're with me. Notice again: 35:07 3 Testimonies 267. 35:11 Mark this point with care please tonight. 35:15 "Those who receive the pure mark of truth... " 35:19 brought in by the power of the Holy Spirit - 35:22 the Holy Ghost - which is represented by this 35:26 mark that's placed by the man in linen. 35:29 "are those... " A little bit deeper with you here. 35:31 Some of you don't want to hear it. 35:33 Well... it doesn't matter. Going to hear it anyway. 35:39 I like to agitate in a good way. 35:43 Because we're to agitate because there's too much 35:45 soft pedaling going on. 35:47 There's not enough shaking going on in the church. 35:50 And we need that in order to say: "Wait a minute! 35:53 This guy's out of his mind. " 35:55 Well, get in the Word and see whether it is. 35:56 If you're not going to do that, then don't challenge it. 35:59 If you can't get into the Word of God. 36:01 You've got to have something written from the Word of God 36:03 here. Article says, notice this: 36:07 "that man is sighing and crying for the abominations 36:11 that be done in the church. " 36:13 Did you get that? 36:15 Sighing? Are we sighing and crying for the abominations 36:18 that be done in the church? 36:20 That's what 3 Testimonies 267 says. 36:23 Why? "Because they have so clear a view of the exceeding 36:27 sinfulness of sin... " Huh! "that they are represented 36:32 as being in agony. " Do we have a clear concept 36:37 or conception of what sin has cost? 36:40 Do we really understand the sinfulness of sin? 36:44 The ones who are sighing and crying and in agony 36:47 because they understand what it cost. 36:49 What it's doing to this world; doing to our family; 36:52 doing to our friends. We have to have that 36:54 in our hearts and our minds. 36:56 But you know what? Worldlings seem to have a clear 36:58 view of things. What do you mean by that? 37:02 Well they seem to have an awful clear view you know of... 37:05 of things that are going on in the world. 37:08 They seem to have a clear view of what's going on in Hollywood. 37:12 They seem to have a clear view of what's going on 37:14 in the theaters. 37:16 They seem to have a clear view of things that are going on 37:18 as it were in the dance halls. 37:20 They seem to have a clear view of all the things that the devil 37:23 has thrown out there for us not only to look 37:26 but to listen to and to taste. 37:29 They seem to have a clear view of that. 37:31 We should have a clear view of the spiritual work. 37:35 Oh... time's going by. 37:39 I love the promise that's given. 37:41 Let's just skip over real quick. I've got off of that box, 37:43 I'll get on another one and I may jump back on. 37:45 Don't worry about it... just... 37:49 I Thessalonians 4:16-17. 37:51 You all have this in your heart and in your mind 37:53 because... Second resurrection. We've gotta figure out 37:56 what's gonna happen at the coming of Jesus. 37:58 False teachings out there. Well, He's gonna come. 38:01 He's gonna walk around here and He's gonna do mighty miracles 38:03 and wonders and all. My Bible says: 38:05 I Thessalonians 4:16-17, right? 38:07 The Bible says "The dead in Christ shall... " Do what? 38:10 "rise first. " That doesn't mean second' that doesn't mean third. 38:13 Anybody says that Jesus has come, He's working miracles, 38:16 He's running to and fro and over here 38:18 well then I want to go out to the cemetery. 38:20 I want to look at all of them 'cause every little town 38:22 and every little village there's always a cemetery. 38:24 I want to see it look like popcorn goin' on out there. 38:27 Are you still with me? 38:28 Because my Bible says the dead in Christ rise. 38:31 They don't rise... they pop out of the graves. 38:33 Think about it! 38:37 If they've not come out of the graves like popcorn - 38:39 the graves are empty out there - the righteous anyway coming 38:42 forth, that means the real Jesus has not come. 38:44 And the false one will come before the real one. 38:47 Dead in Christ rise first. 38:49 We which are alive and remain will what? 38:51 Will be caught up to meet Him in the air. 38:53 So shall we ever be with the Lord. 38:55 So what do you remember about that? 38:56 What's going to happen when Jesus comes? Right? 39:00 The righteous who have died in Him come out of the grave. 39:04 They what? The living righteous are caught up to meet Him 39:07 in the air. Simply saying what? 39:09 His feet do not touch the ground at His second coming! 39:13 Most people don't realize the third coming. 39:15 We'll get into it in a minute. 39:18 How awesome that is! 39:21 But what happens? There's only one group that's left. 39:24 It's the wicked. II Thessalonians 2 verse 8 39:27 says what? They're struck dead by the brightness 39:30 of His coming. OK... you have the righteous in the grave, 39:32 right? That's died. They come out. 39:35 Ooh! We'll have bodies like Jesus! 39:37 Wouldn't you like to have one of those? I'm sick and tired 39:38 of this old mug... I don't know about you. 39:40 You look pretty good, but I'm not looking that good. 39:47 So if the righteous come out - come on, say it with me - 39:50 the living still alive caught up to meet Him in the air. 39:54 Then the wicked are struck dead by the brightness of His coming 39:57 is what it says. Destroyed by... Why? 39:59 Because the wicked can't stand in the presence of God. 40:02 Sin, right? Sinners just can't stand in the presence of God. 40:06 That's why God said many times in the... 40:08 You know, Moses wanted to look at Him. 40:10 What'd He say? "You can only look at My back. " 40:12 Couldn't look at the face of God and live. 40:15 Sin! So we see that righteous group 40:20 Christ takes back to the City of God. 40:23 Ooh! How wonderful that is! 40:25 The other group we said were destroyed. 40:27 So what does the earth look like? 40:28 We have to understand these issues. Isaiah saw it clearly. 40:32 God gave him prophecy: "Write this down. " 40:35 In Isaiah 24 verses 1 and 3 and 5 and 6 40:41 "Write this down. " Now notice this: people say: 40:43 "Well when He comes things will kind of go on as usual. 40:46 We're going to go ahead and we're going to do this. " 40:48 NOT what the Bible says! 40:49 That's not what the Bible says. 40:51 Isaiah said it... notice what he said: 40:54 "Behold, He maketh the earth empty. " 40:57 Well, that didn't... He didn't say half full. 40:59 He said He's going to make it empty. 41:02 "He maketh it waste. " 41:05 In the Hebrew you know what that means? 41:07 "He makes it waste? " He makes it DEAD! 41:09 That's pretty... It's destroyed! 41:12 Huh! "He turneth it upside down. 41:15 He scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. " 41:19 Notice this: "The land shall be utterly emptied. " 41:24 That doesn't mean it's going to be a partial. 41:26 "Utterly emptied. " It's going to be utterly spoiled 41:29 is what the Bible said: "For the Lord hath spoken this. " 41:32 Why did He do that? 41:34 Why has it come to this? 41:36 "Because they have transgressed the law 41:38 and changed the ordinances. " 41:41 They've broken as we heard about today the everlasting covenant. 41:44 Huh! "Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth. 41:49 They that dwell therein are desolate; therefore, 41:52 the inhabitants of the earth are burned. " 41:57 Wow! So that means there's what? 42:00 There's no one here. 42:02 Does that make sense? There's no one here. 42:05 The righteous come out of the grave, right? 42:07 Living rise to meet Him in the air. 42:10 The dead - living, right? - they're supposed to be alive 42:12 but they're struck dead by the brightness of His coming. 42:16 The earth, then, is desolate. There's no one here 42:19 is what the Bible says. 42:20 Interesting. John the Revelator tells us 42:23 about Satan. He said Satan's going to be imprisoned. 42:26 Right? There's going to be a seal set on Satan during this 42:29 thousand years after Jesus comes, 42:31 after this takes place. Then He said to the old devil: 42:34 "You can't go. " There's nothing left here on this earth, 42:36 on this planet. He's sealed up. 42:38 He's going to be... There's going to be a private mark 42:40 as it were on the enemy here. 42:43 There's going to be a security set over the enemy. 42:47 Hmm. That he'll not be able to go out and deceive the nations 42:51 any more until what? Until the thousand years are? 42:54 Are finished. Isaiah the Prophet says about the enemy... 42:58 This might be a shock if you've never read it before 43:01 but I want you to think with me on this. 43:03 Isaiah chapter 14 verses 12 through 17. 43:07 Can't read all the verses but notice what it says. 43:09 This is at the end... notice what it says. 43:13 They're talking about looking upon Satan, 43:17 right? Looking upon Satan. It says this: 43:19 "They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee 43:24 and they're going to consider thee. " 43:26 They're going to look upon the old devil 43:27 that's done all these things and say: 43:28 "Saying: 'Is this the man that made the earth tremble? 43:32 That did shake the kingdoms? ' " Notice this: 43:36 "That made the world a wilderness... " 43:38 Hmm. "and destroyed the cities thereof? " 43:42 Interesting. See, during the thousand years 43:46 between the first and second resurrections 43:48 there is a judgment. And people try to be... 43:50 Oh, be careful: they want to be smart sometimes 43:52 and say: "There's no use because... " What happens? 43:55 The righteous are already there and the wicked if that be true, 43:57 right? The wicked struck dead. 44:00 So why talk about a judgment? 44:02 Aren't you glad that God is good? 44:03 Aren't you glad that God loves you? 44:05 Because I guarantee you right now: you make it to the 44:07 kingdom of God you're going to want to know why your mate's 44:09 not there or is there or maybe you're not there. 44:11 You're going to want to know why Mama's not there 44:13 because you thought, you know, so on and so forth. 44:15 We're going to have the opportunity to be able to spend 44:17 that time going over the records of those that are not there 44:20 so that we will be settled that God is right. 44:24 Isn't He wonderful? Isn't that love? 44:26 He doesn't have to do that. 44:28 The righteous go over the books and they can see 44:31 that the decisions that have been made are right on target. 44:35 You say: "What? " Paul points... In the New Testament 44:38 Paul points to the events of the judgment 44:40 following the second coming of Jesus. 44:43 I Corinthians 4:5... say it with me quick. 44:45 It says: "Judge nothing before the time. " Do what? 44:49 "Judge nothing... " Come on, church; somebody help me. 44:51 "Judge nothing before the time until the Lord comes. " 44:55 Judge nothing what? "before the time 44:57 until the Lord comes. " Notice how it goes on and says: 45:00 "who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness 45:05 and will make manifest the counsels of the heart. " 45:08 Everything is going to be laid open. 45:11 That's what Paul said. 45:13 You know what Daniel has to say about it? 45:14 In Daniel 7:22 he says: 45:16 "When the Ancient of Days comes... " 45:18 Who is the Ancient of Days? 45:20 It's God! "When the Ancient of Days came... " Notice it: 45:23 "judgment was given to the saints on high. " 45:26 People say: "Well the judgment's not given to them. " 45:28 The Bible says the judgment will be given to the what? 45:31 "The saints of the Most High God. " 45:34 There's a reason for that. Notice: 45:36 John joins in again. John chapter 20 verses 4 and 6. 45:40 John said this. I believe he's a prophet of God, 45:43 don't you? John said this in the Word. 45:45 He said: "I saw thrones... " Ooh, glory! 45:47 and they that sat upon them and judgment was given to them 45:51 that they shall be priests of God and Christ... " 45:53 Notice this: "and they shall reign with Him... " How long? 45:56 "one thousand years. " 45:58 They shall reign with Him what? One thousand years. 46:00 You know you say, "Well, we're going back to the righteous. " 46:02 You know that eternity's more than a thousand years, 46:04 don't you? Sure you do. 46:07 So there's something about this here it's talking about. 46:11 They reign at this point in time for a thousand years 46:13 between the two resurrections. 46:16 Interesting. Paul says in I Corinthians 6:2. 46:20 Time's going down here. I Corinthians 6 verse 2... 46:23 jot it down, I'll read as fast as I can... 46:25 It says: "The saints shall judge the world. " 46:29 The saints together with Christ judge the what? 46:32 The wicked, comparing their deeds to this Book, the Bible. 46:37 Interesting. This is it right here. 46:41 This is what's telling whether it's good or it's bad. 46:44 There's no "I think somebody said" 46:46 and "Joe said down the road. " 46:48 It's what God says we know in His Word. 46:50 This is the statute book; this is the book of righteousness. 46:54 And the wicked will meet their works because the penalty 46:58 has to be paid because God said that's the way 47:00 it's going to work because the wages of sin is what? 47:03 Death! The wages of sin: that's what the Bible says. 47:05 "The wages of sin is death. " 47:07 You say: "Well I don't know about the Bible 47:08 'cause we're worried about keeping the law, 47:10 worried about doing all of this... " 47:11 The Bible says - what is it? in James 2:12 47:14 "So speak ye and so do as they that shall be judged 47:17 by the law of liberty. " 47:19 We'll be judged out of those things written in this Book. 47:22 Makes it so clear for us. 47:25 Satan's evil angels are also judged. 47:28 Did you get? I Corinthians 6 verse 3. 47:30 "Know ye not that ye shall judge angels? " 47:33 Well I know I'm not going to be judging the good angels 47:35 because they've never fallen, they have no sin. 47:38 So it must be the evil angels here that we will be able 47:40 to look and judge according to their deeds and their works. 47:45 Jude even talks about it. 47:47 It's not like reading one pass- age and this is the way it is. 47:49 Jude verse 6 tells us this: 47:52 "The angels which kept not... " What? "their first estate... " 47:56 Notice this: "but left their own habitation 47:59 He hath reserved into everlasting chains 48:03 under darkness unto the judgment on the great Day. " 48:06 People talk about hell fire going on. 48:08 That's not what the Bible teaches. 48:10 They're reserved. If anybody needs to be in hell fire, 48:12 it may be the evil angels. Anybody to go to hell fire 48:15 should be Satan should it not be? 48:17 Man, we need to look at this thing and say: "What is it 48:20 talking about? " 48:22 At the close of the thousand years the second resurrection 48:26 takes place. The wicked are going to be raised back 48:31 to life again. They're going to appear before God 48:34 for the execution. Man, that's something you don't want to 48:37 really talk about, but that's what the Bible says. 48:39 That's why it's important to come up and plan on the 48:41 first resurrection, isn't that right? 48:42 Second resurrection... you don't want to come back in that. 48:45 That's what the Bible says. 48:46 Revelation chapter 20 verse 5 the Bible is clear. 48:49 It says: "The rest of the dead lived not again until the 48:51 thousand years were finished. " 48:53 That makes it pretty clear, isn't that right? 48:55 They're struck dead when He comes. It says: 48:56 "The rest of the dead. " Hi, Sweetie. 48:58 "Lived not again until the thousand years are finished. " 49:01 You know that. 49:02 See, that's good from scripture. 49:05 Not only did John know it - the Revelator. 49:07 Isaiah confirms it. Isaiah chapter 24 verse 22. 49:11 Notice this. Some of you may have not read this 49:13 lately... maybe you've forgotten, but it says: 49:15 "They shall be gathered together as prisoners are 49:17 gathered in the pit and shall be shut up in the prison... " 49:21 Notice this: "and after many days they shall be visited. " 49:26 After what? After the thousand years 49:27 are going to be visited again. 49:29 Interesting. The close of the thousand years 49:32 what? Christ returns to this earth. 49:35 He descends with that New Jerusalem. Praise God! 49:38 Somebody wants to be in there, isn't that right? 49:40 And with the saints that are coming and it lands on 49:42 the Mount of Olives. Is that right? 49:44 The Mount of Olives it says right there, right? 49:46 It splits from the north and goes to the south. 49:49 That New Jerusalem just rests there upon the earth. 49:52 There's something that's going on. 49:54 And then Christ does what? He raises the wicked back up. 49:58 But what happens? Huh? The enemy sees multitudes. 50:01 Millions and billions come up in that second resurrection. 50:04 How sad! The devil still thinks this earth is his. 50:07 He still thinks there's a chance 50:09 that somehow he can win it back 50:11 'cause he sees this, as it were, small city. 50:13 And the Bible talks about what they do. 50:15 They surround that city. 50:17 Oh, we have to realize what happens. 50:19 Zechariah talks about it. 50:21 It says in Zechariah 14:5: "The Lord my God 50:25 shall come and all the saints with Him. " 50:28 People read that and they'll say: "See, when you die 50:30 you go to heaven; you come back. " 50:31 That's talking about when Christ comes back the third time. 50:36 Did you get it? First time He walked the earth, 50:38 right? Second time His feet did not touch the earth. 50:40 The third time that He comes He comes with the New Jerusalem. 50:43 Isn't that wonderful? Amen! 50:44 And all the saints that are in it! 50:47 And it lands right here on this earth. 50:48 It's going to be the capitol of the universe! 50:51 Whoo! The throne room of God; 50:53 how wonderful that's going to be! 50:55 No other nation, no other people have been involved 50:57 in anything like this. This is the only blight in the universe 51:00 and God's going to put that out. 51:03 And how does He do it? How do you purify? 51:05 Certainly has to be with fire, does it not? 51:06 "I'm going to visit after many days" He says. 51:10 Promise of His return. Zechariah 14 verse 5. 51:13 "The Lord my God shall come and the saints with Him. " 51:15 Zechariah 14 verse 4 says: "And His feet shall stand 51:18 in that day on the Mount of Olives. " 51:20 You think we're just making it up? 51:22 We're even told where that city's going to land, 51:24 isn't that right? On the Mount of Olives right here. 51:27 And it even says right here - ooh! 51:29 "And that mountain shall be removed toward the north 51:31 and half of it toward the south. " 51:34 We can know where it's going to be! 51:36 We need to be prepared for that. 51:37 Zechariah 14:9 says: "And the Lord shall be King 51:40 over all the earth. In that day 51:44 there will be one Lord and His name one. " 51:47 Isn't that wonderful? See, the enemy still sees 51:50 an opportunity here. He sees all the evil angels 51:53 and the wicked dead who are raised to life 51:56 at the third coming of Jesus after the thousand years. 52:00 Satan sees this vast multitude. 52:03 They're still looking... Let me tell you this: remember, 52:06 the wicked when they get in the graves, isn't that right? 52:08 When they come out of the grave they look just like 52:11 when they went into the grave. 52:14 That's going to be a mess in some situations. 52:17 You know that. 52:19 But praise God, when those righteous come out, ooh they're 52:21 changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye 52:23 at the last trump. They're going to have bodies 52:25 and minds like Jesus Christ! Isn't that wonderful? 52:27 Amen! You want that mind, you want that body of Jesus. 52:30 But the wicked come up just the way they went down in that. 52:33 But you know what? And what does Satan do? 52:35 He continues his lies. 52:37 He continues lying to them! 52:39 "I raised you up! " 52:41 "I raised you up! " 52:43 "You see that city? How glorious it is? " 52:45 Look at the mess that they're standing in. 52:47 We read what the earth is going to be like. 52:49 Isn't it? There's nothing here! 52:51 And they look around and they say: "Oh man, 52:53 this is a mess! " They look at the New Jerusalem 52:54 and say: "Wow! I want that. " I would, too! 52:57 "I want to be in that place! " And the devil lies to them 53:00 again. Says: "That should be your place 53:02 but while you were dead Christ came and they took it 53:05 away from us. Let's go get it. " 53:07 There's a mob action once again. 53:08 "Let's go get that city; let's take that city! " 53:12 Wow! What awesome thoughts! 53:15 All of them then surround that city 53:20 and they think somehow we're going to take that city. 53:25 The enemy works... he still has power. 53:27 He works wonders... 53:29 he gives them strength to do what needs to be done. 53:32 They believe that he can still do it. 53:35 New Jerusalem sitting on the Mount of Olives 53:38 now surrounded by Satan and all of his followers. 53:42 Revelation 20 verse 9 talks about that. 53:45 It says: "And they surround that Holy City. " 53:47 They still think they can take it. 53:51 There's a force of evil here 53:53 from the very beginning of ages all down through the... 53:56 Billions surround that city. 54:00 I want you to remember this: 54:02 before they're "put out" I'm going to say of their misery 54:05 they're going to have an opportunity to see their life 54:10 and what could have been. 54:12 That's quite a sermon title: What Could Have Been. 54:16 I look at my own life and I say: "Lord what could have been. " 54:21 What could have been for our young people today. 54:23 Don't make it say "Oh, it can't be because 54:25 I got off track. " What could have been... 54:29 What could have been if we stayed right on the track 54:32 with Jesus Christ? How He'd be able to use us! 54:36 But they realize they're without excuse. 54:39 There's no one to help them right now. 54:41 Sentence has been pronounced upon them: death. 54:44 And you know what Great Controversy talks about 54:46 on page 668? It says: "It's now evident... " 54:49 Notice quickly... a few minutes left... 54:50 "It is now evident that all the wages of sin 54:54 is not independence... " Ha! Ha! Did you get it? 54:56 It's not independence. Huh! 55:01 And it's not eternal life 55:03 but it's slavery, ruin, and death. 55:08 The second death. You don't want to come up... 55:10 I'm telling you right now: every person that's ever been born 55:12 on this planet and every one of you sitting in here 55:14 will face one or the other. 55:16 I will face one or the other. 55:18 You have to decide what it's going... 55:20 Is the world more important or is serving God? 55:24 Do you realize the old enemy? I'm going to read this quickly. 55:26 Ezekiel 28:18-19 talks about the enemy. 55:30 God says: "Therefore I will bring forth a fire 55:33 from the midst of thee. It shall devour thee 55:36 and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth 55:38 in the sight of all men. " 55:40 The devil is going to be brought to what? 55:42 Ashes. To ashes in the sight of men. 55:45 So about this, people say: "burning forever and ever 55:47 and ever" just does not make sense 55:49 for just the person who comes and lives a few years 55:51 and does what they do and they don't find Jesus 55:52 and they burn. Why should they burn eternally 55:54 over and over and over and the devil himself 55:56 is going to be burned to ashes? 55:58 The Bible says the righteous "will tread upon the ashes 56:00 of the wicked; they'll be brought to an end. " 56:03 "All that know thee among the people shall be astonished 56:06 at thee. Thou shalt be a terror 56:09 and never shall thou be any more. " 56:12 The day is coming there's going to be an end to the old enemy, 56:14 praise God. Isaiah 9:5. 56:16 "Every battle the warrior is with confused noise and garments 56:19 rolled in blood but shall be with burning 56:23 and fuel of fire. " 56:25 Friend, "Behold the day cometh... " the last minute... 56:28 "Behold the day cometh that shall burn... " Malachi 4:1... 56:31 "as an oven. All the proud, yea, all that do wickedly 56:34 shall be stubble. That day shall come shall burn them up 56:37 saith the Lord of Hosts that it shall leave them neither root 56:40 nor branch. " Isn't that? Do we know how final that is? 56:44 The day's going to come. Here's going to be in this world... 56:46 It's just like it was the time of the flood. 56:48 When the flood was there the world seemed to be 56:50 one great big... just water all over. 56:52 One big ball of water. 56:53 It's going to be that way one of these days with fire 56:55 that Peter talks about. 56:57 On fire. It's going to purify, but you know 56:59 God's going to make sure that that New Jerusalem 57:01 and the saints that are in it are protected from that 57:03 great big ball of fire that purifies the earth. 57:07 How wonderful that is. 57:09 Cleansing of the wicked. 57:11 We talk about the cleansing flames I mean. 57:13 Destroys the wicked and the world: 57:14 "neither root nor branch" it says. 57:17 Now the full penalty of the law has been reached. 57:20 The demand of justice has been met. 57:22 God is declared righteous. 57:24 May God help each and every one. You choose 57:26 which resurrection you're going to come up in. 57:29 Shall we pray together? |
Revised 2018-10-17