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I'm just going to say at the 
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have an enormous task today. 
This is a very difficult 

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subject, and it's a very big 
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screen. 
It is entitled The Rapture and 

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the Thousand Year Reign. 
And I'm just going to tell you 

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the reason for the lesson. 
We're going to deviate from our 

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series on the great Sermon on 
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So I can preach this very 
important subject. 

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And the reason that I'm going to
preach this lesson is because in

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all of the Bible discussions 
that I have with people, I would

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say in all the things that come 
up, this is probably the hottest

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topic. 
And that is people talking about

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the second coming of Christ but 
misunderstanding what the Bible 

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teaches and talking about the 
concept of the rapture, the 

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seven years of tribulation, and 
the thousand year reign. 

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So what I'm going to ask you to 
do is this, do me a favor, stay 

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tuned in, and I'm going to do my
part to be very methodical and 

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systematic as we go through 
this. 

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And I'm going to do my very 
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Also not to talk too long, but I
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important subject. 
I will say one more thing by way

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of introduction. 
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unrest in our country or in the 
world, people talk about the 

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rapture and they talk about 
things like like I heard the 

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other day, somebody says, well, 
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Look what's happening in the 
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I want to talk about what the 
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First of all, I want to talk 
about the second coming before I

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say anything. 
We'll say a whole lot later on 

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this, but I want to say this 
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This is very important to the 
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everything to us. 
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revolves around Jesus. 
You've heard me say this many 

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times. 
From the book of Genesis to the 

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book of Malachi, the message is 
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From the book of Matthew to the 
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Jesus is here. 
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Book of Revelation, the message 
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I'm so thankful and I'm so 
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coming back. 
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OK? 
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understand the second coming of 
Christ, many times people in 

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misunderstanding the Book of 
Revelation. 

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And may I just say this too? 
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sarcastically, I'm saying this 
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There's so many people that 
don't know know anything at all 

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about the Bible or about Jesus, 
but they think they know 

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everything about Revelation and 
they know everything about the 

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end of time. 
They got that dialed in, OK. 

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And many people, well meaning 
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understand the figures and the 
symbols in the Book of 

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Revelation, have put together a 
doctrine regarding the second 

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coming of Christ that is not 
scriptural and really is quite 

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blasphemous. 
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premillennialism. 
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that great big word means. 
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We'll get to that in just a 
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But you may have seen, by the 
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rapture or the concept of the 
rapture, we'll talk about what 

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that means too. 
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Rapture, it has a number of 
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when Jesus comes back to take 
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going to happen? 
Jesus Yes, and the second coming

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is going to take his people to 
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But the doctrine of the rapture 
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second coming of Christ. 
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bumper sticker that says this 
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this car will be unoccupied? 
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is this in that bumper sticker, 
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comes back in the rapture, the 
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continuing down the road and 
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behind. 
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the rapture, which is false. 
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premillennialism. 
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we're only going to notice 2 
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the screen. 
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premillennialism are these #1 
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concerning Jesus Christ, his 
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to be fulfilled. 
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premillennialism that is false 
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The rejection of the Messiah by 
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church. 
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But I'm just going to focus on 
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title. 
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And that is this, that only the 
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rapture. 
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reign of Christ will happen at 
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seven years of tribulation, and 
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earthly Kingdom. 
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questions. 
I'm going to put these four 

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questions on the screen, and we 
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our conclusion. 
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rapture #2 will there be 7 years
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years of tribulation? 
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We'll talk about those things in
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we systematically build the case
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OK? 
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further, though, 
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the promise of David's throne. 
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of David's throne. 
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hold to the fact that David's 
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will be established on the earth
someday and it will last 

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forever. 
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otherwise. 
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the throne? 
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Now stay with me on this. 
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Testament, Second Samuel, 
Chapter 7, beginning in verse 

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12. 
When your days are fulfilled and

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you rest with your Father's, I 
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and will come from your body, 
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Kingdom. 
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name, and I will establish the 
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All right, who's going to be the
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be on that throne that was 
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Chapter 9, beginning in verse 6.
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unto us a son is given, and the 
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shoulder, and his name will be 
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Wonderful Counselor, mighty God,
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Peace, of the increase of his 
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be no end upon the throne of 
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order it and establish it with 
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From the time forward, even 
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hosts will perform this. 
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the way. 
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in this room knows exactly who 
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A son is given, a child is born.
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be the one that's going to sit 
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We're going to get to whether 
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we know that Jesus is the one to
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Let's go to the New Testament. 
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He will be great and he will be 
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and the Lord God will give him 
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and he will reign over the House
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Kingdom there will be no end. 
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throne. 
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Christ the following in Hebrews 
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and also in verse eight. 
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his glory and the express image 
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things by the word of his power,
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our sins, sat down at the right 
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But to the Son he says, your 
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ever. 
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the scepter of your Kingdom. 
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happened and when did Jesus sit 
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Notice upholding all things when
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he was buried, when he rose from
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his Father, What happened? 
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we're talking about, and that is
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What does forever and ever mean?
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We've got all kinds of 
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In other words, it's eternal. 
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It's the first time the gospel 
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opportunity to respond in Acts 
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Pentecost. 
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knowing that God had sworn with 
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of His body according to the 
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to sit on his throne. 
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concerning the resurrection of 
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left in Hades, nor did his flesh
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This Jesus God is raised up, of 
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Therefore, being exalted to the 
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received from the Father the 
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poured out this which you now 
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OK, notice please. 
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that throne. 
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It's at the right hand of God. 
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of David now. 
He's reigning now over the 

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Kingdom and that rain or that 
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sitting, that throne is to the 
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OK, there's more. 
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Revelation chapter 3 and verse 
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To him who overcomes I will 
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throne, as I also overcame and 
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my father on his throne. 
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And me, I just suggest this to 
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Revelation because they 
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Many people look to the Book of 
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the things that are found 
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something that is going to 
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something that has already 
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process. 
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Kingdom of Jesus Christ. 
In John chapter 18 and verse 36,

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Jesus answered My Kingdom is not
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In other words, His Kingdom is a
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I'm going to give you another 
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I love this. 
I preached on this recently in 

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our series on the Sermon on the 
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I noticed this passage with you 
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Now when he was asked by the 
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God would come, he answered them
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does not come with observation, 
nor will they say see here or 

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see. 
Therefore indeed the Kingdom of 

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God is within you. 
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There's not going to be a future
Kingdom. 

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He is already reigning. 
It's not going to be on the 

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earth after Jesus comes back. 
He's reigning now. 

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And where's the Kingdom? 
It's within you. 

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What's the Kingdom? 
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Who are the church? 
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members of the body of Christ, 
Christians, those that are doing

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their best to be Christ like 
those that are true learners and

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followers of Jesus, disciples of
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God says you throw all that in. 
We're talking about Christians 

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are in the Kingdom. 
Therefore Jesus is reigning now 

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on his throne at the right hand 
of God. 

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And guess what? 
He's reigning. 

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If you are the Kingdom, he's 
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He's reigning in your heart. 
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It is not a earthly Kingdom. 
Got to say this though. 

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Got to say this. 
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Kingdom, and the church is the 
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heavenly Kingdom. 
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That's beautiful. 
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Jesus failed to set up the 
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Well, let's notice 10 things. 
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things #1 Daniel prophesied that
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Roman Empire. 
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It did check. 
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it was at hand, meaning I like 
my, my, my father-in-law used to

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say it was so close. 
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it, you can touch it. 
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That's how Daryl used to put it.
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is at hand, it's near. 
It's right here. 

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John the Baptizer, the cousin of
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said it was near. 
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heaven was also near or hand. 
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his disciples to preach the very
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The Kingdom was at hand. 
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said that the Kingdom would come
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around had not died. 
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coming in the future. 
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was coming real soon while they 
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in addition to that, it would 
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Mark Chapter 9 and verse #1 
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Jesus said that power would come
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Acts chapter 1 and verse 8. 
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the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 
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the disciples, just as Jesus 
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Next, Jesus said that the 
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His table in the Kingdom. 
Luke 22 and 30. 

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And they did, and we do too. 
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Kingdom. 
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He is the king and He's reigning
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Kingdom is the church. 
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Colossians 1 and 13 says we are 
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God's dear Son when we are 
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our sins. 
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doctrine of the rapture. 
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I believe in the resurrection. 
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don't want Jesus to come back 
and the only reason that I don't

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want him to come back right now,
right this minute, now, there's 

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only one reason you all know 
it's coming, is to give people 

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time that are not ready. 
That's it. 

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Oh, but we longed for that day. 
Wonderful day. 

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What about the Rapture though? 
What's wrong with the doctrine 

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of the rapture? 
Let's talk about that. 

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The doctrine of the Rapture 
believes this, that only the 

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Saints are going to be raised in
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In other words, Jesus is going 
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Saints out of here, but only the
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the rapture. 
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when Jesus will come back to the
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heaven with him. 
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This is what's wrong with the 
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I'm going to prove this, I 
promise. 

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There's going to be a period of 
great tribulation for seven 

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years. 
After the seven years of 

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tribulation, this is the doctor 
of the rapture. 

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The belief is this, that after 
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going to come back to the earth 
and reign on the earthly throne 

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for a literal 1000 years. 
What have we already 

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established? 
He's reigning now. 

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He's on the throne. 
And by the way, I promise you 

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this, I'm going to tell you at 
the end of this lesson what 7 

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represents, what 1000 
represents. 

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And I think it's going to make 
sense, I promise. 

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Or I'm going to try. 
Do my best. 

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OK? 
Here's the problem. 

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When you talk about only the 
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rapture. 
Have you ever seen that video on

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YouTube? 
There's a video on YouTube. 

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And by the way, I've said this 
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laugh about that, but stay off 
YouTube, man. 

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YouTube's killing me. 
They don't know anything about 

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the Bible, boy, they know about 
YouTube. 

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Dial in YouTube, right? 
I saw a video on YouTube and 

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this is what it was. 
It showed this an auditorium 

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full of people and then all of a
sudden there was a great big 

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booming sound and I don't know 
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there. 
They disappeared and the rest 

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had to stay. 
That is the doctrine of the 

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rapture, that the save get blown
out of here. 

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But then there's a seven-year 
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everybody else has to stay and 
have a second chance. 

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And then when that's over with, 
Jesus will come back and reign 

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on an earthly throne for 1000 
years. 

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All right, it's false to say 
that only the Saints will be 

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raised when Jesus comes back in 
the rapture. 

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That's false. 
And I'm going to give you a 

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Bible and I'm going to give you 
a Bible and I'm going to give 

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you Jesus. 
This is what Jesus said in John 

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chapter 52829 Do not marvel at 
this for the hour is coming in 

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which all I know I put it in all
caps and underlined it but I 

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don't think I needed to do that 
did I? 

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What's all mean all? 
I don't think there's anybody 

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here that doesn't understand 
all, but there's more to the 

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verse to understand who's 
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Do not marvel at this. 
The hours coming in which all 

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that are in the graves will hear
His voice. 

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Those that have done good to the
resurrection of life and those 

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that have done evil to the 
resurrection of damnation. 

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Who are the all? 
The All are the good and the 

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evil. 
In other words, that's everybody

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will be resurrected in the 
resurrection, those that have 

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done good to the resurrection of
life, those that have done evil 

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to the resurrection of 
condemnation. 

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Let me ask you, how many 
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I'm going to get more Bible for 
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It's one in that hour. 
When that comes now, Acts 24 and

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verse 15, I have hope in God, 
which they themselves do accept,

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that there will be a 
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Both of the just and the unjust.
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Singular. 
A resurrection, not plural. 

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OK, Plain teaching of Scripture 
here, all right, There's only 

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going to be 1 resurrection, both
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So what about this? 
What about the period of the 

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seven years of tribulation? 
And what about the literal 1000 

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year reign of Jesus Christ on 
the earth? 

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OK, premillennialism teaches 
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the earth after the period of 
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and when he does this is the 
belief. 

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Here it is. 
He will do it in Jerusalem with 

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all consent of the Jews. 
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all kingdoms of the earth will 
be brought into subjection for 

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1000 years and those that had 
part in the rapture will be able

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to join in and get special 
privileges and special 

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governorships and reign with 
Jesus Christ during that 

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thousand year period. 
That is the doctrine of the 

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rapture. 
Where do they get that teaching?

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This is where I'm going to ask 
you really stay with me. 

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Where do they get the teaching? 
They get that idea from a 

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misunderstanding of this verse 
right here. 

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Revelation 20 beginning in verse
5. 

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But the rest of the dead did not
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were finished. 
This is the first resurrection. 

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Blessed and holy is he who has 
part in the first resurrection 

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over such the second death has 
no power, but there shall be 

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priest of God and of Christ, and
shall reign with him 1000 years.

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So the entire doctrine of the 
rapture, the seven years of 

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tribulation, the thousand year 
literal reign of Christ on the 

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earth is a misunderstanding of 
this passage. 

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And I know you can look in there
all manner of commentaries and 

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all manner of things that you 
can read about and there's all 

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different theories. 
I'm going to present it to you 

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in the simplest way that I 
believe makes the most sense and

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not give you all the other 
interpretations. 

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I'm just going to tell you what 
I believe makes the most sense. 

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OK, first of all, let's talk 
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OK? 
I love what Emzer said. 

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He said when he talks about the 
first resurrection, he's not 

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referring to what he's already 
said. 

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He's referring to what he's 
about to say. 

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In other words, let me read it 
like this because this is what 

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people normally do. 
But the rest of the dead didn't 

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live again until the 1000 years.
We're finished. 

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This is the first resurrection. 
That's how people usually read 

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that. 
Let's read it like this. 

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But the rest of the dead did not
live again until the 1000 years 

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were finished. 
Period. 

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New subject. 
This is the first resurrection. 

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Then he says this blessed and 
holy is he who has part in the 

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first resurrection over such the
second death has no power, but 

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they shall be priest of God and 
of Christ and shall reign with 

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them 1000 years. 
OK, let's notice, please. 

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Let's go to John Chapter 11 when
Jesus was about to raise Lazarus

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from the dead. 
Remember that. 

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And Martha's talking to him. 
And Martha says, Master, if you 

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would have been here, everything
would have been fine. 

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Jesus says this, I am the 
resurrection and the life. 

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He who believes in me, though he
may die, yet shall he live, and 

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whoever lives and believes in me
shall never die. 

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Do you believe this? 
He said I am the resurrection 

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and the life. 
Jesus Christ. 

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Please get this was the first 
one ever resurrected from the 

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dead, never to die again. 
Now there were others that were 

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resurrected from the dead, but 
you know what happened? 

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They had to die. 
Jesus was the first one ever 

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that was resurrected, never to 
die again. 

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And you know what? 
Then he says he who believes in 

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me, though he may die, yet shall
he live. 

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Now notice and whoever lives and
believes in me shall never die. 

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And I got to make a little side 
point here, please. 

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Sometimes people cherry pick 
scriptures and build an entire 

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foundation or an entire doctrine
or an entire belief system when 

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it comes to their salvation. 
For example, one passage says 

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you got to believe all. 
That's all you got to do. 

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Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and you shall be saved. 

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That's it. 
That's the only one not 

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realizing the Bible also says 
you got to repent. 

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I tell you nay, but accept you 
repent, you will all likewise 

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perish. 
You also have to confess the 

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name of Jesus Christ as the Son 
of God. 

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You also have to be baptized for
the remission of your sins. 

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You got to do all of it and 
people do it like this. 

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They take the Bible, by the way,
and they take the Bible and 

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pluck various things out and 
then draw in a conclusion or an 

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entire religious position and 
belief on cherry picking one or 

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two passages. 
Let's not do that. 

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Anybody here had a job? 
You've had a job. 

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If you've ever had a job, 
chances are you have had an 

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employee handbook. 
What if you went to your 

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employer and you said in your 
employee handbook, I'm just 

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going to look at number line 
number one. 

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I'm going to obey that one. 
Forget the rest. 

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I choose this one. 
You know what happened? 

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If you didn't obey the rest of 
the stuff, you get fired. 

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The Word of God is the employee 
handbook for the child of God. 

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So let's not cherry pick 
passages of Scripture. 

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I said all that to say this, do 
you see this right here? 

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You have to believe, Yes, that's
true. 

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And having the belief to obey, 
that's what that means. 

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When you believe in Jesus, you 
obey Jesus. 

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And part of that's obeying the 
gospel. 

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But notice, after you believe, 
there's so much more you have to

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do. 
What you've got to live. 

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You got to live it. 
You got to live it. 

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OK, back to the Book of 
Revelation chapter 20 verses 

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5:00 and 6:00. 
But the rest of the dead did not

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live again until the 1000 years 
were finished period. 

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This is the first resurrection. 
Blessed and holy is he who has 

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00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:35,360
part in the first resurrection 
over such the second death has 

452
00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:38,680
no power, but they shall be 
priests of God and of Christ and

453
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:43,160
shall reign with Him 1000 years.
Notice first of all this if you 

454
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,200
take part in the first 
resurrection, how do you do 

455
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,320
that? 
First of all, we already said 

456
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,120
it. 
Who's the 1st resurrected Jesus,

457
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,560
the first one resurrected never 
to die again. 

458
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,560
That's the first resurrection. 
How do you have part in the 

459
00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,440
first resurrection when you're 
baptized for the remission of 

460
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,840
your sins? 
Romans chapter 6 beginning in 

461
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,920
verse 3. 
Know ye not that so many of us 

462
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,880
as were baptized in the Jesus 
Christ were baptized into his 

463
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,640
death, therefore we are buried 
with him by baptism into death. 

464
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,440
That like as Christ was raised 
from the dead by the glory of 

465
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,920
the Father, Even so we also 
should walk in newness of life. 

466
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,640
For if we've been planted 
together in the likeness of his 

467
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:28,960
death, we should also be in the 
likeness of his resurrection. 

468
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,720
That's how you take part in the 
first resurrection. 

469
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,120
And guess what? 
The second death, that's the 

470
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,560
death of the lake of fire has no
power. 

471
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,200
Wow, isn't that great? 
But then people get messed up 

472
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,840
about this one. 
Let's look at that last phrase, 

473
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:48,680
please. 
First of all, the word rain here

474
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,360
is not literal. 
This word went rain. 

475
00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:54,720
I'll say it again, is not 
literal. 

476
00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:01,440
The word rain here we know 
cannot be literal because 

477
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:06,360
there's one throne, and Jesus is
occupying that throne as our 

478
00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:08,560
King of Kings and Lord of Lords 
by himself. 

479
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,480
That means that the word rain 
has to be figurative. 

480
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,440
And if the word rain is 
figurative, then the 1000 here, 

481
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,320
this number 1000 also has to be 
figurative. 

482
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,560
Now what I'm going to do is I'm 
going to put Thayer's 

483
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,920
explanation on the screen, and 
if it sounds a little confusing,

484
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:32,520
I wrote one run under it. 
Simple, Thayer says this way. 

485
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,880
John transfers the word to 
denote the supreme moral 

486
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,280
dignity, liberally, liberty, 
blessedness, which is to be 

487
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,120
enjoyed by Christ's redeemed 
ones. 

488
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,520
OK, in other words, these are my
words. 

489
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,520
Under that reigning with Him 
means sharing and enjoying His 

490
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,000
blessings. 
That's what that means. 

491
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,240
If you take part in the first 
resurrection at baptism and you 

492
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,120
live a faithful life, what have 
we already noticed? 

493
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,800
You got to live, you got to 
believe, you got to do both. 

494
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:02,680
You got to live it. 
And when you do, guess what? 

495
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,080
That second death has no power. 
The death of the lake of fire 

496
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,560
has no power. 
Isn't that great? 

497
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:14,280
And when Jesus is reigning on 
that throne, which He is right 

498
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,160
now, and we are alive as members
of the body of Christ, guess 

499
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,440
what? 
We are enjoying His blessings, 

500
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,520
all spiritual blessings in 
Christ Jesus. 

501
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,000
So the number don't get limited 
to the number. 

502
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,760
The number is not literal in the
Bible. 

503
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,320
The Bible does not limit itself 
to mathematics. 

504
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,200
These are symbols here. 
So all statements about a 

505
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:45,040
resurrection that is to occur 
before the 2nd coming of Christ 

506
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,920
must also be declared as 
figurative. 

507
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,760
How do you know, by the way, if 
you should interpret a Bible 

508
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,400
passage literally or 
figuratively? 

509
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,360
It's very simple. 
This came up in a in a private 

510
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:03,280
Bible study just the other day. 
When you interpret scripture, 

511
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,720
the Bible must be interpreted 
literally. 

512
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:11,840
Until a literal interpretation 
is impossible, then it must be 

513
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,960
figurative. 
For example, in the Old 

514
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,120
Testament talks about 300 foxes.
There were literal foxes. 

515
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:21,480
Then another man was called a 
fox. 

516
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,480
Even a literal fox. 
It was it was a figurative 

517
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:28,440
phrase recalling him a fox. 
So when something is impossible 

518
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,800
to be interpreted literally, 
then it must be figurative. 

519
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:38,200
That's how we know, all right? 
Nowhere in plain teaching of 

520
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,120
Scripture does it ever say that 
Jesus Christ will ever set foot 

521
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,600
on this earth ever again. 
In fact, the opposite is true. 

522
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,200
Now let's talk about what I 
believe in, what we all believe 

523
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:53,200
in, and that's the resurrection.
First Thessalonians chapter 4 

524
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:58,120
and verse 17. 
Then we who are alive and remain

525
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,920
shall be what? 
Caught up together with Him in 

526
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:07,240
the clouds to meet the Lord? 
Where to meet the Lord in the 

527
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,840
air. 
That sounds like the Lord's 

528
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,840
coming back to the earth. 
Sounds to me. 

529
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:17,200
When he comes back, we're going 
to meet Him in the air, because 

530
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,440
that's what it says. 
We're going to meet Him in the 

531
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:25,160
air, and thus we shall always be
with the Lord. 

532
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,400
How about this second Peter 
chapter 3, beginning in verse 

533
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,600
10? 
But the day of the Lord will 

534
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,520
come as a thief in the night, in
the which the heavens will pass 

535
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,240
away with a great noise, and the
elements will melt with fervent 

536
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,640
heat, Both the earth and the 
works that are in it will be 

537
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,120
burned up. 
Therefore, since all these 

538
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,560
things will be dissolved, what 
manner of persons ought you to 

539
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,720
be in all holy conduct and 
godliness, looking for and 

540
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:51,680
hastening the coming of the day 
of God? 

541
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,480
Because of which the heavens 
will be dissolved, being on 

542
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,040
fire, and the elements will melt
with fervent heat. 

543
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,720
Nevertheless, we, according to 
His promise, look for new 

544
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,360
heavens and a new earth in which
dwells righteousness. 

545
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,120
First of all, let's notice 
what's going to happen to the 

546
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,560
earth. 
Jesus will not be back on this 

547
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,680
earth ever again. 
What's going to happen to it? 

548
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,040
Notice, first of all, the 
heavens. 

549
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,240
What's the heavens? 
I preached on this recently. 

550
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,360
I'll be very brief. 
There are three heavens. 

551
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,400
There is the aerial expanse of 
the sky. 

552
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:23,880
That's where the rain is 
produced. 

553
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,280
That's where the clouds are. 
You look up, that's it. 

554
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,520
Above that is the Siberia or 
starry heavens. 

555
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:34,440
That's where the planets are. 
And above that is the 3rd heaven

556
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,880
and that's where God is. 
What this is talking about is 

557
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:41,720
Peter says the heavens, meaning 
the aerial expanse of the sky 

558
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,280
and the stars and all that place
it's going to what? 

559
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,120
Pass away? 
What else? 

560
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,120
The elements. 
What's that? 

561
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,120
That's the elements that even 
made-up the universe. 

562
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,040
What's going to happen to that? 
It's going to melt with fervent 

563
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,080
heat. 
What about the earth? 

564
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:03,080
The earth is going to be burned 
up and dissolved. 

565
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:13,600
Gone, burned up and dissolved. 
Pass away, melt, burned up, 

566
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:15,120
dissolved. 
But what? 

567
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,560
Let's look at verse 13 though. 
What about this phrase here? 

568
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,880
Nevertheless, we that's faithful
Christians, according to his 

569
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,120
promise, look for new heavens 
and a new earth in which 

570
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,640
righteousness dwells. 
OK, first of all, the word new 

571
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,360
means uninhabited. 
It doesn't mean refurbished. 

572
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,080
It doesn't mean restored. 
It doesn't mean redeemed. 

573
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,840
It means something brand new 
that we have never been to ever 

574
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,800
before. 
Where's that? 

575
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,160
Jesus says in my Father's house 
are many mansions. 

576
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:48,160
If it were not so, I would have 
told you, I go to prepare a 

577
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:52,840
place for you and if I go to 
prepare a place for you, I will 

578
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,920
bring you into myself that where
I am, where is he? 

579
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,680
He's up there. 
There you may be also. 

580
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,440
So that's what the word new 
means. 

581
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,120
What about this place right 
here? 

582
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,120
Now notice please, this is very 
important. 

583
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,080
I'm wrapped. 
I'm getting close to being dumb,

584
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:14,040
but you got to stay with me. 
This place, when Jesus comes 

585
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:18,719
back is going to be a place 
where righteousness dwells. 

586
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,920
Very important, where 
righteousness dwells. 

587
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,000
There's no wickedness there at 
all at all. 

588
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,159
Yet premillennialism teaches 
that the wicked will remain 

589
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:38,360
during the 1000 year reign. 
Notice also about all the people

590
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:42,719
that say, see, man, it's coming.
Heard some kids say the same 

591
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,760
thing the other day. 
Oh yeah, it's coming Signs. 

592
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:49,920
Look what's going on, You know, 
it's going to thief, thief. 

593
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,600
It's going to come as a thief in
the night. 

594
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,000
People are going to be saying 
peace and safety and then the 

595
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:03,880
end. 
We can't see it because there 

596
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,520
are no signs. 
It's going to be as a thief in 

597
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:12,080
the night, and many people 
misunderstand Matthew 24 when 

598
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,120
the destruction of Jerusalem and
try to bind that to the end of 

599
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,640
time, and that's when they get 
all out of whack. 

600
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,760
That's happened a long time ago.
It's going to be as a thief in 

601
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,480
the night. 
Little side note here. 

602
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,440
You know why? 
I believe that God is the only 

603
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:28,400
one, and I believe that God is 
the only one. 

604
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:33,840
I have a reason for believing 
that Jesus says the only one 

605
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,560
that knows when the Father's 
coming, when the Father puts an 

606
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,640
end to everything and sends 
Jesus back, the only one that 

607
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,840
knows that is God. 
He said my Father only. 

608
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:47,160
He said not even the angels in 
heaven, but my Father only. 

609
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,760
Now the Bible doesn't say why 
God is the only one that knows 

610
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,760
that. 
So take it for what it's worth. 

611
00:35:54,760 --> 00:36:00,320
This is me. 
I believe that perhaps, and it 

612
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:05,040
makes sense, that the only 
reason that God is the only one 

613
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,600
that knows when that'll be is 
because God hasn't decided when 

614
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,240
that will be yet. 
Because God is still waiting for

615
00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:14,680
people that are lost with good 
honest hearts to come to Jesus. 

616
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:20,600
Maybe you know why. 
Going to throw some Bible on 

617
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:24,040
that the long-suffering of God 
is salvation, not willing that 

618
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:28,440
any should perish, but that what
all should come to repentance. 

619
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,520
So just maybe God hasn't 
determined that day yet and 

620
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:37,480
therefore nobody else knows. 
And by the way, if you look at 

621
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:42,640
Bible history, when God got a, 
when he got AI don't know when 

622
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:47,560
he had enough, he had enough. 
When he had enough, he destroyed

623
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:51,360
it in the Old Testament. 
Guess what? 

624
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:56,320
He doesn't have enough yet. 
He's still patient and loving 

625
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,760
and waiting and long-suffering 
because there's still people 

626
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,200
with good, honest hearts that 
are left. 

627
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,600
Don't ever think that there's 
not people any good anymore. 

628
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,440
That's not true. 
Don't think it's more wicked 

629
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,440
than it's ever been. 
That is not true. 

630
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,480
Genesis 6 was as bad as it'll 
ever get. 

631
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,360
The thoughts of man's heart were
ever evil continually. 

632
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,240
That was Genesis 6. 
So what did God do? 

633
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,680
He destroyed the world with the 
flood, Sodom and Gomorrah. 

634
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,560
They couldn't even find 10 
righteous. 

635
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:23,760
God destroyed it. 
Guess what? 

636
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,440
God hasn't destroyed anything 
here. 

637
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,200
You know why? 
They're still good and they're 

638
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,080
still good and honest hearts 
that want the gospel. 

639
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,240
But when it comes and God puts 
an end to it, it will be as a 

640
00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:35,920
thief in the night. 
There's not going to be 

641
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,200
righteous people disappearing in
the in the seven-year in the 

642
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,600
rapture and then, you know, for 
seven years of tribulation and 

643
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,280
then come back and reign on the 
earth. 

644
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:46,720
All right, let's look at verse 
14. 

645
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,240
Therefore, beloved, looking 
forward to these things, be 

646
00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:54,400
diligent to be found by him in 
peace without spot and 

647
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,560
blameless. 
OK, if there's going to be a 

648
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,920
period of tribulation which some
people believe for a second 

649
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,960
chance, why in this passage does
it say make sure that we live 

650
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,600
our life without spot and 
blameless? 

651
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,040
Why would it matter if we're 
going to get another shot during

652
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:14,160
the period of tribulation? 
There is no other shot. 

653
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:19,000
There is no second chance. 
You know what I love? 

654
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,040
I'm just going to add this. 
I love this. 

655
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:30,240
While you're living, you can 
change your life an A number 

656
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:34,760
amount of times. 
You can fix it, you can change 

657
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,160
it, you can repent, you can get 
up from your mistakes, and you 

658
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:42,040
can get it right while you're 
still living. 

659
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,080
When you're gone, it's too late 
and there is no second chance. 

660
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:51,520
That's why the whole thing is be
diligent that we live our life 

661
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,280
without spot and blameless. 
And by the way, blameless 

662
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,160
doesn't mean I've never done 
anything wrong. 

663
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:58,720
Blameless means no sustainable 
charge. 

664
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,800
In other words, if you've got a 
sustainable charge against you 

665
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,960
from God, get rid of it, ask for
forgiveness and make it right. 

666
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,240
That's it. 
All right, let's look at verse 

667
00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:11,160
16, say Peter 316, as also in 
all of your epistles, speaking 

668
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,000
in them of these things in which
are some things hard to 

669
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,560
understand, which untaught and 
unstable twist to their own 

670
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,400
destruction, as they do also the
rest of the Scriptures. 

671
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,920
You know what this verse means? 
This verse is a warning. 

672
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,840
People are going to twist the 
Scriptures with reference to the

673
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,520
second Coming, just like they do
with reference to the other 

674
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:36,280
Scriptures. 
That's what the Bible says, and 

675
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:42,880
that happens even today. 
First Corinthians chapter 1523 

676
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,440
and 24. 
What's going to happen at the 

677
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:49,760
resurrection? 
But each one in his own order. 

678
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,480
Christ the first fruits 
afterward, those that are Christ

679
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,160
at his coming. 
You know this is beautiful when 

680
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,480
I said that Jesus Christ was the
first one to be resurrected or 

681
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:02,880
raised from the dead, never to 
die again. 

682
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:07,480
That's why he is the first 
fruits of them that slept. 

683
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:13,280
But guess what, in the 
resurrection afterward, those 

684
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,320
that are Christ, those that are 
his at his coming. 

685
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:20,040
When Jesus comes back, guess 
what, We too will be raised, 

686
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:24,720
never to die again. 
Then comes the end, when He 

687
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:28,520
delivers the Kingdom to the. 
Kingdom to God the Father when 

688
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:33,640
he puts on an end to all rule 
and all authority and all power.

689
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:38,240
No rapture, no tribulation. 
OK, what comes next? 

690
00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:41,480
Paul? 
Notice the end. 

691
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,360
What's the end mean? 
We know what all means, right? 

692
00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:48,920
Simple. 
Don't let somebody explain that 

693
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:53,760
away. 
End is end, then comes the end, 

694
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:57,200
and what's going to happen? 
He's going to deliver to God the

695
00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,800
Father, the Kingdom. 
Not going to be a rain on the 

696
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:05,320
earth after that. 
When he comes back, it'll be at 

697
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:10,120
the end and he'll give the rain 
back over to God and he'll step 

698
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:15,240
down from his rain. 
OK, when's that going to happen?

699
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,800
And we're almost finished. 
It's going to happen when death 

700
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:24,240
is destroyed. 
King James or Death is 

701
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:26,720
conquered. 
New King James, First 

702
00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:32,320
Corinthians 1554 and 55 S When 
this corruptible has put on 

703
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,320
incorruption and this mortal has
put on immortality, then shall 

704
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,960
be brought to pass the same that
is written. 

705
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,920
Death is swallowed up in 
victory. 

706
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:45,120
Oh Death, where's your sting? 
Oh Hades, where is your victory?

707
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,920
The Kingdom of of Jesus Christ 
will be delivered back to God. 

708
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,400
He'll put down all rule and all 
authority, and it'll happen at 

709
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,680
the same time time that death is
destroyed. 

710
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:58,560
You know when that is. 
We already read it at the end. 

711
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,360
And then nothing. 
And Peter says what's going to 

712
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:08,640
happen to the earth? 
Nothing is gone, all right? 

713
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:13,080
The last thing that's going to 
ever happen on the earth is the 

714
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:17,040
resurrection. 
And Jesus will not set foot on 

715
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:20,760
this earth ever again. 
Those that have done good to the

716
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,880
resurrection of life, those that
have done evil to the 

717
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:28,240
resurrection of damnation. 
One final more encourage, one 

718
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:31,520
final encouraging passage. 
What about those that have died 

719
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:33,680
in Christ and those that are 
still remaining and still 

720
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,080
living? 
What if the Lord came back right

721
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:39,440
now? 
The Bible says that those that 

722
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:44,280
have died in Christ will be 
raised first, then the living 

723
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:47,440
Saints, which would be all of us
if the Lord came back right this

724
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:51,280
minute and we would be changed 
and then we would ever go be 

725
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,000
with the Lord. 
So those that have died in 

726
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,720
Christ, don't think for a minute
they're going to miss out. 

727
00:42:55,720 --> 00:42:56,920
They're not going to miss out on
anything. 

728
00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,960
They'll be raised before living 
Saints or change. 

729
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:04,160
So in conclusion, I said we're 
going to notice these four 

730
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:05,480
questions. 
Here they are. 

731
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:11,720
Will there be a rapture? 
That is, will there be something

732
00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:14,960
that happens where only the 
saved are plucked out of here 

733
00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:18,920
and other people stay behind? 
Answer to that, No. 

734
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,120
Number 2. 
Will there be a seven years of 

735
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:27,320
tribulation after the rapture? 
No. 

736
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:30,480
So what? 
Well, let me let me answer all 

737
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,880
of them, then I'm back up. 
Will Jesus then establish an 

738
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,640
earthly Kingdom after the seven 
years of tribulation? 

739
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:40,240
No. 
And will will he reign a literal

740
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:44,000
1000 years on the earth? 
The answer is no. 

741
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:48,440
OK, So what is the seven years 
of tribulation? 

742
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:55,360
What is tribulation to us today?
Tribulation, First of all, the 

743
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,240
word 7 is a number of 
completeness. 

744
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,800
It is not a literal number. 
That's number one. 

745
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:10,120
The period of tribulation is the
period of your life when Jesus 

746
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,480
in the seven churches of Asia to
Smyrna, the persecuted church. 

747
00:44:13,720 --> 00:44:16,960
He said you're going to have 
tribulation as a long time ago. 

748
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:19,400
How long? 
10 days. 

749
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:21,200
Literal 10 days. 
No. 

750
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,840
Another figure, Another symbol 
of what, 1 short lifetime? 

751
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:27,800
You're going to have 
tribulation. 10 days. 

752
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,440
But be faithful and I'll death 
and I'll give you a crown of 

753
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:33,880
life. 
The period of tribulation is 

754
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,080
right now, not after Jesus comes
back. 

755
00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:40,000
It's right now. 
And it also existed all through 

756
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,680
the Kingdom, going all the way 
back to Acts chapter 2. 

757
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:44,280
It is all through the New 
Testament. 

758
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,800
It's the period that you're 
going through in your life while

759
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,160
you're living. 
That's the period of 

760
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,240
tribulation. 
All right, what about this then?

761
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:57,400
What about the thousand year 
reign Thousand? 

762
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,800
As I said, the word rain is 
figurative. 

763
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,520
So the word, the number 1000 is 
also figurative. 

764
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:06,280
It is a number of completeness. 
It is describing the period of 

765
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:11,400
time while Jesus is reigning. 
So when is Jesus reigning? 

766
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:16,320
Right now. 
So when's the 1000 years? 

767
00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:21,320
Right now. 
It's right now. 

768
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:28,240
Not literal, but figurative. 
I don't know about you. 

769
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,400
I don't want all that stuff 
that's being taught. 

770
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:35,840
I want to go to heaven. 
I want to be in the Kingdom now 

771
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:40,560
because I want to go to heaven. 
And when Jesus comes back and 

772
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:44,800
says he will do it at the end, 
He will deliver the Kingdom back

773
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,640
over to His Father. 
That's what I want to do. 

774
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:49,480
So how do you get in the Kingdom
as we offer the invitation? 

775
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:50,920
How do you get in the Kingdom? 
Very simple. 

776
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:54,080
Here's the invitation. 
You got to hear the word of God.

777
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:58,280
Romans 10/17 So then faith comes
by hearing, and hearing by the 

778
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,920
word of God. 
After you hear the word of God, 

779
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,400
you got a choice to make. 
Hebrews 11 and six says you got 

780
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,880
to believe with all your heart. 
Without faith it's impossible to

781
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,200
please Him, for he who comes to 
God must believe that He is and 

782
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,760
that He is a rewarder of those 
who diligently seek Him. 

783
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:14,760
Then what? 
I got to repent. 

784
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:17,280
I got to repent of my sins. 
I got to change my life. 

785
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,400
Acts 17 and 3rd. 
And truly these times of 

786
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,560
ignorance God overlooked, but 
now commands all men everywhere 

787
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:26,360
to repent. 
What else am I do I need to do? 

788
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,240
I need to confess the greatest 
thing I will ever say and 

789
00:46:29,240 --> 00:46:31,520
confess Jesus Christ as the Son 
of God. 

790
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,560
Acts 837 Then Philip said if you
believe with all your heart you 

791
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:36,280
may. 
And he answered and said, I 

792
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,520
believe that Jesus Christ is the
Son of God. 

793
00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:42,720
Upon taking those steps of 
obedience we're now a fit 

794
00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:46,440
candidate to go to the point of 
salvation and that is baptism. 

795
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:48,480
Remember I said that's how you 
take part, the first 

796
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:49,840
resurrection. 
Here it is. 

797
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,360
He who believes and is baptized 
will be saved, but he who does 

798
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:57,600
not believe will be condemned. 
If you've never taken those 

799
00:46:57,600 --> 00:46:59,680
steps of obedience, we would 
love to assist you in that 

800
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,320
today. 
Just step out in obedience. 

801
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:03,360
We'll take. 
We'll take care of that today.