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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Final Judgment (Part 1) | April 29, 2026
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- Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church
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- Of dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory"
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- With dr. robert jeffress.
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- Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress, and welcome
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- Again, to "pathway to victory."
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- People enjoy hearing stories about god's love
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- And forgiveness.
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- And while it's true that he provides a means for our
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- Salvation, we can't fully appreciate god's mercy until we
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- Fully revere his holiness.
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- The fact is while god will forgive those who ask for
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- Forgiveness, he will also judge those who reject his gift
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- Of salvation.
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- And today, we're going to tackle a sobering passage in
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- Revelation, chapter twenty, that describes the future judgment of
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- All unbelievers.
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- My message is titled, "final judgment," on today's edition of
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- "pathway to victory.
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- Jeffress: warren wiersbe tells the story about a frontier town
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- In which, wagon being pulled along by a horse suddenly bolted
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- Away as the horse began to run, carrying the wagon that in turn
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- Had a small boy in it.
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- A young man seeing the danger the young child was in suddenly
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- Got on a horse and put his own life at risk to rescue the
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- Little boy.
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- That little boy grew up to be a ruthless criminal.
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- And one day he found himself standing before a judge awaiting
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- Being sentenced for a murder he had committed.
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- And as the young criminal looked up at the judge, he recognized
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- The judge as the man who had saved his life many
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- Years earlier.
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- And so he made a plea for mercy to the judge based on what the
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- Judge had done for him many years earlier.
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- But the judge silenced the plea of mercy with the these words.
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- He looked at the young criminal and he said, "son many years
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- Ago, i was your savior, but today i am your judge.
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- And therefore, i sentence you to be hanged."
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- More than two thousand years ago, jesus christ came to be
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- Our savior.
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- He lived a humiliating life.
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- He died an excruciating death in order to provide for us the
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- Forgiveness of our sins.
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- But the bible says one day jesus christ is coming back to earth,
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- Not as the savior of the world, but as the judge of the world.
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- And it's that second coming of christ, when he comes to judge
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- All unbelievers, that we're going to look at today.
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- It is a judgment that takes place at an event we often call
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- "the great white throne judgment."
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- If you have your bibles, turn to revelation, chapter 20.
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- Revelation, chapter 20.
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- Let me remind you where we are in our study of bible prophecy.
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- We've looked at the next great event that is to happen, that is
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- The rapture of the church in which christians are caught up
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- To meet the lord in the air, followed by the seven year time
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- Of tribulation in which god pours out his wrath on
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- Unbelievers in the earth.
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- And of course, the climax of that seven year tribulation is
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- The battle of armageddon and the second coming of jesus christ,
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- When we, who to christ, return with christ to set up his
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- Kingdom upon the earth.
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- And that time when christ rules over this earth is the time we
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- Looked at last time called "the millennium," the thousand-year
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- Reign of christ on earth.
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- When we return with christ, remember what happens?
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- The beast and the false prophet, revelation nineteen says, are
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- Cast into the lake of fire.
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- There are also judgments: matthew 25, in which
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- The lord jesus christ will judge the sheep and the goats; he will
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- Separate believers from unbelievers.
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- Many people will survive the great tribulation, both
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- Believers and unbelievers.
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- Unbelievers are fled away, they are taken away into judgment.
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- Believers enter into this thousand-year rule of christ.
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- And it's during that thousand-year rule of christ
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- That we are with christ and we judge with christ,
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- The earth.
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- And not only are we judging, so will be the twelve apostles, and
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- So will be the believing jews.
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- But there is another group that john sees who are present during
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- That millennial time, and he describes them in verses 4 to
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- 6 of revelation 20: "and i saw thrones, and they that sat
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- Upon them, and judgment was given to them.
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- And i saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the
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- Testimony of jesus and because of the word of god, and those
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- Who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not
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- Received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand;
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- And they came to life and they reigned with christ for a
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- Thousand years.
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- The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand
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- Years were completed.
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- This is the first resurrection.
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- Blessed and holy is the one who is apart in the first
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- Resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but
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- They will be priests of god and of christ and will reign with
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- Him for a thousand years."
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- This phrase, "the first resurrection," introduces us to
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- A concept that we have to understand if we're going to
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- Understand the end times.
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- And it's the concept of two resurrections.
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- Now, that word "resurrection" comes from the greek
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- Word "anastasis."
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- It's a word that is used 40 times in the greek
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- New testament.
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- And it always refers to the raising of a person's
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- Physical body.
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- You see, the bible says when we as christians die, it doesn't
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- Matter when it is, our spirits, the essence of who we really
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- Are, goes immediately into the presence of jesus.
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- To be absent from the body is to be present with the lord
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- 2 corinthians 5:8.
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- Likewise, when a non-christian dies, his spirit goes to a place
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- Called hades.
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- We'll look at it in a couple of weeks.
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- That is the waiting place of the unsaved dead; it is a place
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- Of torment.
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- When we as christians die, our spirit goes to heaven.
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- Our bodies are left behind in the grave.
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- When the non-christian dies, his spirit goes to hades.
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- His body is left behind in the grave.
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- But both the bodies of christians and non-christians
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- Will be raised at some future time.
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- The body of christians will be raised so that we can experience
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- Everlasting blessing.
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- The body of non-christians will be resurrected so that they
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- Can experience everlasting judgment.
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- These are the two resurrections.
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- The first resurrection is for eternal life.
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- The second resurrection is for eternal death.
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- That's why john says blessed is he who has a part in the
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- First resurrection?
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- Because over him, the second death has no power.
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- Now, let's look at each of these resurrections in more detail; i
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- Have it there, on your outline.
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- The first resurrection is called, very creatively, "the
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- First resurrection."
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- That makes sense, doesn't it?
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- The first resurrection is "the first resurrection."
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- It is the resurrection of all christians.
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- But here's the concept you need to understand: the first
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- Resurrection doesn't happen all at the same time.
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- The first resurrection happens at four different times
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- In history.
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- That is, every christian goes immediately into the presence of
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- Christ when he dies, but his body is raised at a particular
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- Time in history, and it's not the same for all believers.
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- The best way to understand that is through a concept you moms
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- Understand or remember, and it's the concept of a carpool.
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- You know what a carpool is.
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- You know, you arrange with other parents if you're the designated
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- Carpool driver, that you go around and pick up the little
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- Urchins at different houses, and you know, your car, the
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- Population gets bigger and bigger and bigger at each pickup
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- Point until you deposit all of them at one location--the
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- Soccer field or school.
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- That is a carpool.
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- I want you to think of the first resurrection as a heavenly
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- Carpool, okay?
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- Different christians are picked up at different points
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- In history.
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- That is, their bodies are raised up and changed into
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- The resurrection body.
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- Where do we find that?
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- Hold your place here, and turn over to
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- 1 corinthians chapter 15.
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- Remember, this is the great resurrection chapter of the
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- Bible, and in the first nineteen verses, paul explains the truth
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- Of christ's resurrection; from history, why we know christ was
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- Physically raised from the dead.
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- Now, interestingly, some of the corinthians, they accepted the
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- Fact that christ was raised from the dead, but they didn't
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- Believe that you and i would be raised in the same way.
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- But paul corrects their understanding.
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- Look at 1 corinthians 15, verse20: "but now
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- Christ has been raised from the dead, he is the first fruits of
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- Those who are asleep."
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- Now, that verse is meaningless to most of us because we don't
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- Have a jewish background; we don't understand what the term
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- "first fruits" means.
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- But in the israeli culture, in the old testament, remember it
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- Was an agricultural community.
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- When they would harvest crops, when the time of the harvest
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- Came, before farmers would harvest the entire crop, they
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- Would harvest a sampling of it and they would bring that sample
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- To the priest and offer it as an offering.
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- It was called the offering of the first fruits
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- Leviticus 23:10.
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- Now, this sample harvest wasn't all the harvest, it was just a
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- Sample of a greater harvest that was yet to come.
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- And what paul is saying, is as magnificent as the resurrection
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- Of jesus christ was, it's not the whole story.
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- Jesus christ was just the first of many who would be raised from
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- The dead.
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- He was the "first fruits."
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- He was the sample of a greater resurrection yet to come.
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- Look at verses 22 and 23 of
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- 1 corinthians 15: "for as in adam all die, so also in
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- Christ all shall be made alive."
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- It's not just christ who was raised from the dead, but every
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- Follower of christ will also be raised from the dead.
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- Verse twenty-three: "but each in his own order."
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- Translation: but everybody has to wait their turn.
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- That's what he's saying.
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- We're all gonna be raised, but each according to
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- A specific order.
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- Now, underline that word "order."
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- It's the greek word "tagma," t-a-g-m-a.
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- And it's a word that refers to a military parade.
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- How many of you have ever seen a military parade before?
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- Okay.
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- This is what he's alluding to a military parade.
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- Just imagine a parade that is going down a long stretch of a
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- Boulevard, with everybody watching, and at different
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- Points along the parade, different core of the military
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- Fall into their place in the parade.
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- And as the parade continues, it gets larger and larger
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- And larger.
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- Now, that is the word picture paul is painting here.
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- Think of the resurrection.
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- If you don't like the idea of a carpool, think of it as a
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- Heavenly resurrection parade.
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- Who's in that parade?
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- Well, he tells us in verse twenty-three.
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- He says, in verse twenty-three, first of all, in that order is
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- Christ, the "first fruits."
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- Now, i've given you a chart on your outline to help you
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- Understand this.
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- I've helped you understand the four pickup points in that
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- Military parade or heavenly carpool, which different
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- Christians throughout history are going to join-in with their
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- Resurrected bodies.
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- First of all, christ, the "first fruits," he's the leader of
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- The parade.
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- He's the guy out front.
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- He is the one leading the parade.
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- That's what ephesians 4:8 says, "when he ascended on high, he
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- Led captive, a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men."
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- Christ is at the head of that military parade.
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- Now, i don't wanna get off into the weeds here, but did you know
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- Christ was not the only one who was raised at that time?
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- In matthew, chapter twenty-seven, verses fifty-two
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- And fifty-three: [when christ died, that friday afternoon,
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- Some of the tombs were open and some people were actually raised
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- From the dead at that time, they didn't appear until after the
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- Resurrection, make themselves known in jerusalem].
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- So, christ actually had several, uh, people around him.
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- The "first fruits," the harvest of the resurrection following
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- The lord jesus christ.
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- Notice the next group in the parade route that will receive
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- Their resurrection body.
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- After that, verse twenty-three, "those who belong to christ at
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- His coming."
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- Now we saw that word "coming," "parousia" in greek, is a word
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- That is used both to refer to the rapture and seven years
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- Later to the second coming of christ.
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- So, when he says, "some will receive the resurrection bodies
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- At his coming," is paul talking about the rapture or the
- 00:14:12.141 --> 00:14:14.610
- Second coming?
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- Well, actually, he's talking about both.
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- The next group after jesus to receive their resurrection body
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- Will be you and i, the church, and we get our bodies at
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- The rapture.
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- 1 thessalonians 4: "and we who are alive and remain
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- Shall be caught up together to meet the lord in the air.
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- The dead in christ will rise first.
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- Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together to
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- Meet the lord in the air."
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- 1 corinthians15 says, "at that time, we will all be
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- Changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye."
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- We get our resurrection bodies at the rapture.
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- But also, it refers to another group.
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- Thirdly, it says one "c" on your chart there, "those who will
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- Receive their resurrection bodies at the second coming
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- Of christ."
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- There's a third group who receives their
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- Resurrection bodies.
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- It is those who belong to christ at his second coming.
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- Who would that be?
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- John just talked about it in revelation twenty-four: "it is
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- The souls of those who were martyred during
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- The tribulation."
- 00:15:11.633 --> 00:15:12.968
- That group of christians who were killed for their faith,
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- They would not receive the mark.
- 00:15:15.971 --> 00:15:18.040
- Of course, their soul immediately went to heaven.
- 00:15:18.040 --> 00:15:20.409
- But john says, "i saw them come to life at that time."
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- That is, they received their resurrection bodies at the
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- Beginning of the millennium, when christ returns.
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- Not only that, daniel 12:1-2 says the old testament saints
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- Will receive their bodies...
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- Adam and eve and, and, uh, jonah and esther and david--all will
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- Receive their resurrection bodies.
- 00:15:41.797 --> 00:15:43.565
- They're with christ now, but they receive their resurrection
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- Bodies at the second coming.
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- And then there's one final group, the fourth pick up point
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- In the resurrection parade.
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- Then comes the end when he delivers up the kingdom.
- 00:15:53.375 --> 00:15:57.112
- That is the end of the millennium, the thousand-year
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- Reign of christ, there is one final group to receive their
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- Resurrection bodies.
- 00:16:03.385 --> 00:16:04.753
- Who are these people?
- 00:16:04.753 --> 00:16:06.255
- It will be those christians who have gone into the thousand-year
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- Reign of christ in their natural bodies.
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- We'll talk about that more in a moment.
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- Not every christian will be slaughtered during the
- 00:16:15.264 --> 00:16:17.800
- Tribulation, some will survive.
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- They will enter the millennium in their natural bodies.
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- They will give birth to other people during the millennium.
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- Those children will die during the millennium.
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- They'll live longer than they do now, but they will die.
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- They receive their resurrection bodies at the end of
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- The millennium.
- 00:16:36.885 --> 00:16:38.220
- So do you get the concept?
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- The first resurrection doesn't happen at a single point
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- In time.
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- Instead, it's a reference to all believers who all will receive
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- Their resurrection bodies, but at various points in history.
- 00:16:47.763 --> 00:16:51.400
- John says, "blessed is the person who is a part of [this
- 00:16:51.400 --> 00:16:55.671
- Military parade, this heavenly carpool], the first resurrection
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- Over him, the second death has no power."
- 00:16:59.808 --> 00:17:02.444
- And then notice in revelation 25, it says, "the rest of the
- 00:17:02.444 --> 00:17:05.581
- Dead didn't come to life until the thousand-years
- 00:17:05.581 --> 00:17:08.884
- Were completed."
- 00:17:08.884 --> 00:17:10.252
- Who are the rest of the dead?
- 00:17:10.252 --> 00:17:11.887
- It is the unsaved who will be resurrected.
- 00:17:11.887 --> 00:17:15.424
- And that leads to what is on your chart, number two: the
- 00:17:15.424 --> 00:17:18.460
- Second resurrection.
- 00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:20.696
- It's referred to in revelation 20, verse 13: "and the sea gave
- 00:17:20.696 --> 00:17:25.467
- Up the dead which were in it, and death in hades gave up the
- 00:17:25.467 --> 00:17:29.805
- Dead which were in them."
- 00:17:29.805 --> 00:17:32.508
- Unlike the first resurrection that takes place over a period
- 00:17:32.508 --> 00:17:36.111
- Of time, the second resurrection of the unsaved occurs all at the
- 00:17:36.111 --> 00:17:40.048
- Same point.
- 00:17:40.048 --> 00:17:41.383
- It happens after the thousand-year reign of christ.
- 00:17:41.383 --> 00:17:45.554
- And the purpose of the second resurrection is to raise the
- 00:17:45.554 --> 00:17:48.924
- Bodies of all unbelievers so they can experience the final
- 00:17:48.924 --> 00:17:52.628
- Judgment we're talking about today, the great white
- 00:17:52.628 --> 00:17:55.931
- Throne judgment.
- 00:17:55.931 --> 00:17:57.466
- However, john says before that final judgment, one last thing
- 00:17:57.466 --> 00:18:02.171
- Has to occur and he describes it in verses 7 to 9. one evening, i
- 00:18:02.171 --> 00:18:10.579
- Was awakened in the middle of the night by the chirping sound
- 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:14.750
- Of a cricket and i decided i'd try to sleep through it.
- 00:18:14.750 --> 00:18:19.021
- But after about twenty minutes of tossing and turning, i
- 00:18:19.021 --> 00:18:21.557
- Realized i could not sleep through it.
- 00:18:21.557 --> 00:18:23.759
- So, i threw off the covers, got out of bed.
- 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:26.662
- I could tell it was coming from the bathroom.
- 00:18:26.662 --> 00:18:28.964
- Turned on the light in the bathroom and around our bathtub,
- 00:18:28.964 --> 00:18:31.733
- There were these planters with these fake flowers in them.
- 00:18:31.733 --> 00:18:36.238
- And as i got closer and closer, the cricket sound got louder
- 00:18:36.238 --> 00:18:39.541
- And louder.
- 00:18:39.541 --> 00:18:40.876
- And finally, i saw one of those, uh, fake plants start to move.
- 00:18:40.876 --> 00:18:45.480
- We grow big crickets in texas, those of you who are wondering
- 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.417
- About that.
- 00:18:48.417 --> 00:18:49.751
- But it actually started to move a little bit.
- 00:18:49.751 --> 00:18:51.486
- So i jumped into the bathtub, i yanked that fake plant out, and
- 00:18:51.486 --> 00:18:58.126
- There was that cricket scrambling around for its life.
- 00:18:58.126 --> 00:19:01.430
- I reached down, grabbed it by its hind leg, and i took it over
- 00:19:01.430 --> 00:19:06.134
- And was about to deposit it into the watery grave of the commode,
- 00:19:06.134 --> 00:19:11.640
- When suddenly, i was overwhelmed with compassion.
- 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:17.379
- I thought, "you poor little cricket.
- 00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:20.182
- You can't help yourself.
- 00:19:20.182 --> 00:19:22.017
- I'm willing to go through the rest of the night sleepless, in
- 00:19:22.017 --> 00:19:24.886
- Order to allow you to chirp away."
- 00:19:24.886 --> 00:19:26.755
- And i let that cricket go.
- 00:19:26.755 --> 00:19:30.025
- Do you think i did that?
- 00:19:30.025 --> 00:19:33.528
- Of course not!
- 00:19:33.528 --> 00:19:34.963
- With great glee, i dropped it into the water below, and i
- 00:19:34.963 --> 00:19:39.134
- Flushed it away into all eternity.
- 00:19:39.134 --> 00:19:44.239
- Now, that incident is why i have such a hard time understanding
- 00:19:44.239 --> 00:19:50.579
- Revelation 20, verses 7 to 9, because the bible says,
- 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:54.983
- At the beginning of the millennium, god grabs
- 00:19:54.983 --> 00:19:57.519
- Hold of satan, he bounds him for a thousand years.
- 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:02.724
- And for a thousand years, the earth experiences what god
- 00:20:02.724 --> 00:20:06.061
- Intended this world to be without satan's presence.
- 00:20:06.061 --> 00:20:09.598
- So what happens after the thousand years?
- 00:20:09.598 --> 00:20:11.700
- This just absolutely blows my mind...
- 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:14.236
- God chooses to let satan go, instead of dropping him into the
- 00:20:14.236 --> 00:20:19.308
- Lake of fire.
- 00:20:19.308 --> 00:20:20.676
- Notice the reality of satan's being released at the end of the
- 00:20:20.676 --> 00:20:24.079
- Thousand years.
- 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:25.414
- Revelation 20, verse seven:
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- "and when the thousand years are
- 00:20:26.782 --> 00:20:28.183
- Completed, satan will be released from his prison and he
- 00:20:28.183 --> 00:20:32.087
- Will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four
- 00:20:32.087 --> 00:20:37.125
- Corners of the earth, gog and magog, to gather them together
- 00:20:37.125 --> 00:20:39.261
- For the war; the number of them is like the sand of the
- 00:20:39.261 --> 00:20:42.998
- Seashore;" that is, those who are deceived into making war
- 00:20:42.998 --> 00:20:46.068
- Against god.
- 00:20:46.068 --> 00:20:47.436
- "and they, [that is, the opponents of god, verse nine],
- 00:20:47.436 --> 00:20:49.938
- Came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the
- 00:20:49.938 --> 00:20:53.008
- Camp of the saints and of the beloved city,"
- 00:20:53.008 --> 00:20:55.844
- That is jerusalem,
- 00:20:55.844 --> 00:20:57.546
- "and fire came down from heaven and devoured them."
- 00:20:57.546 --> 00:21:01.850
- What is the purpose of satan's release?
- 00:21:01.850 --> 00:21:04.086
- Why does god choose to let him go?
- 00:21:04.086 --> 00:21:06.188
- What it says in the text here, in order that he might deceive
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- The nations.
- 00:21:10.092 --> 00:21:11.626
- That is, in spite of the previous thousand years of the
- 00:21:11.626 --> 00:21:15.497
- Perfect rule of jesus on the throne in jerusalem, some people
- 00:21:15.497 --> 00:21:19.701
- At the final moment, when given the chance, will choose to
- 00:21:19.701 --> 00:21:23.472
- Follow satan.
- 00:21:23.472 --> 00:21:25.440
- Now, of course, that brings up a number of questions: who are
- 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:29.511
- These people who decide, who have survived the millennium,
- 00:21:29.511 --> 00:21:32.981
- Who have lived under the perfect grain of christ?
- 00:21:32.981 --> 00:21:34.716
- Who are these people that would choose to follow after satan?
- 00:21:34.716 --> 00:21:38.320
- Is it possible that you and i, having trusted in christ as our
- 00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:42.324
- Savior, could, at the last moment, be deceived and
- 00:21:42.324 --> 00:21:45.494
- Lost forever?
- 00:21:45.494 --> 00:21:47.162
- And why does it say that god must release satan for a
- 00:21:47.162 --> 00:21:52.000
- Little while?
- 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:53.535
- Well, let's identify those who are deceived by satan's release.
- 00:21:53.535 --> 00:21:57.739
- Let's make something very, very clear.
- 00:21:57.739 --> 00:22:00.809
- It is impossible for somebody who is a genuine christian to
- 00:22:00.809 --> 00:22:05.046
- Ever be lost.
- 00:22:05.046 --> 00:22:06.848
- John 10:28, jesus said, "i give eternal life to them and they
- 00:22:06.848 --> 00:22:12.220
- Shall never perish.
- 00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:13.688
- No man shall snatch them out of my hands."
- 00:22:13.688 --> 00:22:16.958
- When god gives you eternal life, it's eternal.
- 00:22:16.958 --> 00:22:21.296
- If salvation can be lost, then it's not eternal.
- 00:22:21.296 --> 00:22:25.133
- God is the author, hebrews says, of eternal salvation.
- 00:22:25.133 --> 00:22:29.838
- In romans 11, verse 29, paul said, "for the gifts and the
- 00:22:29.838 --> 00:22:33.241
- Calling of god are irrevocable."
- 00:22:33.241 --> 00:22:36.378
- God does not rescind his offer of eternal life.
- 00:22:36.378 --> 00:22:39.915
- So, these are not genuine christians who are deceived
- 00:22:39.915 --> 00:22:43.485
- By satan.
- 00:22:43.485 --> 00:22:45.821
- Jeffress: aren't you grateful to know that god has secured our
- 00:22:50.025 --> 00:22:52.928
- Eternal destiny when we place our faith in jesus christ?
- 00:22:52.928 --> 00:22:57.232
- As christians, we don't need to fear the future.
- 00:22:57.232 --> 00:23:00.302
- We can live with complete confidence, knowing that god has
- 00:23:00.302 --> 00:23:04.439
- Prepared the way to heaven for us.
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- I've been there before, and every time i witness those
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- Massive glaciers and towering mountains, i'm reminded of how
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- Incredibly creative our god is.
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- Announcer: picture this, waking up to snow-capped peaks outside
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- Your window, then heading to your refreshing breakfast,
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- Knowing that all your meals are prepared for you.
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- The world class service means that you can truly relax.
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- Jeffress: we'll explore charming villages together,
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- We'll stroll alongside the still waters of the mountain stream,
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- And, yes, we'll see god's artistry at every turn.
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- Announcer: reserve your spot on the 2026 pathway to victory
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