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Robert Jeffress - Heaven On Earth (Part 2)

April 28, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Heaven On Earth (Part 2)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Heaven On Earth (Part 2) | April 28, 2026
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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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  • After the battle of armageddon and the return of jesus christ,
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  • And why does christ need to rule for 1000 years in the
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  • First place?
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  • I'll answer those questions and more in my message titled heaven
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  • Jeffress: and this idea of a worldwide revival, where
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  • Everybody knows the lord, you know of a time
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  • In history when that's been true?
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  • It certainly wasn't true for the jews.
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  • There was a momentary revival that occurred for a little
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  • While, but just like that, the jews slipped back into apostasy.
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  • There has never been a time when these prophecies of the old
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  • Testament had been fulfilled.
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  • Well, other people say, "well, okay, they're not gonna be
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  • Fulfilled here in earth," but the amillenialists will say,
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  • "well, they're gonna be fulfilled in heaven.
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  • All of these old testament prophecies about the
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  • Perfect world order, justice and righteousness and freedom
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  • From sin, that's a reference to heaven,"
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  • But that doesn't work either.
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  • Turn over to isaiah 65, verses 19 to 21.
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  • These words we've looked at before, they're prophecies about
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  • The kingdom of god.
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  • Isaiah 65:19, "i will also rejoice in jerusalem and be glad
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  • In my people, and there will no longer be heard in her voice the
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  • Weeping and sound of crying.
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  • No longer," verse 20, "will it be, will there be an infant who
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  • Lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his
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  • Days, for the youth will not die at the age of one hundred, and
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  • The one who does not reach the age of one hundred shall be
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  • Thought to be accursed."
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  • Isaiah was looking forward to a period of time when no babies,
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  • No infants would ever die.
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  • He would also look forward to a time when people would live to
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  • Be at least 100.
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  • If they didn't live to be 100, they were thought to
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  • Be accursed.
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  • People will die after the age of 100.
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  • So what period of time is he talking about?
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  • The amillenialist says, "well, this refers
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  • To heaven."
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  • But that doesn't work because there's no death in heaven.
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  • It's not that people live to be 100 or 200 or 1000, they live
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  • Forever and ever, revelation 21:4, "there should no longer be
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  • Any death or mourning or crying or pain, for the first things
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  • Will have passed away."
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  • So, if isaiah isn't talking about a period of time in which
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  • We're living now because we see babies dying all the time and
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  • People dying well before 100, and, if he's not talking about
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  • Heaven, when there is no such thing as death, what period of
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  • Time is he talking about?
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  • He's talking about the millennium, the 1000 year reign
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  • Of christ on the earth.
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  • The coming kingdom of god was also preached throughout the new
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  • Testament as well.
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  • Remember the message of john the baptist in matthew 4:17,
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  • "repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
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  • In matthew 10:7, jesus said to his
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  • Disciples, "as you go, preach, saying,
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  • The kingdom of heaven is at hand."
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  • When jesus came, now get this,
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  • When jesus came the first time
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  • On earth, he offered
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  • To set up his kingdom on earth.
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  • Had the jews received him and acknowledged him as messiah, his
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  • Kingdom could have begun at that time.
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  • You say, "well, now wait a minute.
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  • If they had accepted him instead of rejected him, that would have
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  • Meant no crucifixion.
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  • And, if there was no crucifixion, there would have
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  • Been no salvation."
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  • Exactly.
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  • The theme of scripture in romans 11 is god used israel's
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  • Rejection of messiah to bring about our salvation.
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  • They rejected the kingdom of god when christ came the first time,
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  • They rejected the idea of having messiah rule over us.
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  • We will not have this man rule over us, remember?
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  • They rejected the kingdom of god, god's perfect rule over
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  • The earth.
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  • But the fact that the kingdom was rejected does not mean it
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  • Has been forfeited.
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  • The kingdom of god has simply been postponed.
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  • There is a time coming when christ is going to rule over
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  • This world.
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  • By the way, here would be a good point to clarify what we mean
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  • About the kingdom of god.
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  • What does that mean? we talk about it all the time.
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  • What is the kingdom of god or the kingdom of heaven?
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  • A king's kingdom is that territory over which a king, a
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  • Monarch rules without any opposition.
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  • A king's kingdom is where what the king wants done gets done.
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  • That's a king's kingdom.
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  • It is his real estate over which he rules.
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  • So, when we talk about the kingdom of god, what are we
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  • Talking about?
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  • We're talking about that area over which god's will is
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  • Perfectly done, where god faces no opposition, where what god
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  • Wants done gets done.
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  • So where is that?
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  • Well, now, we all know, in one sense, god is sovereign over all
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  • The universe.
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  • We understand that.
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  • But, in a practical sense, there is only one small corner of this
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  • Universe where god's will is not being done.
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  • It's a little speck, it's a little dirt ball called
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  • Planet earth.
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  • And right now on planet earth, there is a opposition to
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  • God's will, we see it every day, don't we?
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  • People who are defying god.
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  • But that opposition to god's will is only temporary.
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  • One day god is going to subjugate all of those who
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  • Oppose him, and one day god's will will be done on earth as it
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  • Is now being done in heaven.
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  • And that time when god's perfect will is done is called
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  • The millennium.
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  • Just think, just think, what would this world be like if
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  • Everyone, as jeremiah prophesied, knew the lord?
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  • What would this world be like if everybody obeyed god's rules?
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  • No murder, no theft, no adultery, no divorce.
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  • It would truly be heaven on earth, wouldn't it, if everyone
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  • Had a knowledge of god, if everyone reverenced god?
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  • There is a time coming when that's going to happen.
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  • The kingdom of god has not been canceled, it's only been
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  • Postponed for a little while.
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  • But here's the great news, even though the kingdom of god is
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  • Still future, there is a sense in which you and i can
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  • Experience the benefits of the kingdom right now.
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  • In matthew 13, jesus told a series of parables to illustrate
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  • How the kingdom of god is at work right now in the hearts of
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  • Individual believers.
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  • Even though the world as a whole is not submitting to the will of
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  • God, the bible says, when you and i submit to god's will, we
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  • Experience the kingdom in our life.
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  • I mean, to the extent, listen to this, to the extent that you
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  • Obey god, you can experience all the benefits of the kingdom.
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  • You can have peace, you can have contentment, you can have power
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  • Over sin, you can have strength over addictions.
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  • All of those benefits that come to the world when they one day
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  • Will obey god can be yours right now when you submit to the
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  • Kingdom rule of god over your life.
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  • God's kingdom is as big as you are right now.
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  • It involves that area of your life where you submit to god,
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  • Where what god wants done in your life gets done in
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  • Your life.
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  • The kingdom of god is something we can experience now, but it's
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  • Something, one day, the entire world is going to experience
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  • As well.
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  • We have a good illustration of that over in acts chapter 1, i
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  • Want you to turn to acts chapter 1 for a moment.
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  • Obviously, jesus's apostles were clearly expecting a literal
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  • Kingdom on earth.
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  • Remember the setting for acts 1, they're on the mount of olives,
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  • Jesus has already died, he's been resurrected, he spent 40
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  • Days on the earth, he's about to ascend into heaven.
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  • And, in acts 1:6, the disciples say, "lord, haven't you
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  • Forgotten something--" look at this, verse 6,
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  • "so when they had come together, they
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  • Were asking the lord, saying, 'lord, is it at this time you
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  • Are restoring the--'" what-- "'kingdom to israel?'"
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  • Now, i want you to stop here and think for a moment how jesus
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  • Could have corrected their thinking had their understanding
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  • Of the millennium been faulty.
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  • If, in fact, there were no real millennium, no real kingdom
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  • Coming, it was only a spiritual kingdom.
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  • I'll illustrate it for you this way.
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  • Let's suppose, for the last three weeks, i've been promising
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  • Amy that i'm going to repair a leaky faucet in the kitchen.
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  • Again, use your imagination.
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  • I have been promising that i'm gonna fix this leaky faucet.
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  • And every day amy asked me, "now, are you gonna do this?"
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  • "well, yeah, i'm gonna do it. i'm gonna get around to it."
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  • And so, after about three weeks, one day, i've got my bags, i'm
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  • Getting ready to leave to go out of town, and she says, "robert,
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  • Aren't you going to fix the leaky faucet?
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  • After all, you promised you would."
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  • And imagine i said to amy, "oh, amy, i was just
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  • Speaking figuratively.
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  • I didn't mean i was actually gonna repair this faucet."
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  • How do you think that would go over with her?
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  • I mean, the fact is, i've been very clear that i was going to
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  • Fix this faucet, and here i'm getting ready to leave town.
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  • She has every right to ask, "aren't you gonna fulfill your
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  • Promise to me?"
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  • That's exactly what the disciples were saying to jesus.
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  • For three years, jesus had been preaching the kingdom of god,
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  • That he was going to fix this broken world.
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  • And now here is jesus getting ready to take the ultimate out
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  • Of town trip to go back into heaven, and his disciples say to
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  • Him, "lord, wait a minute.
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  • Didn't you forget something?
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  • Aren't you going to restore the kingdom like you promised?"
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  • But, listen, had the disciples misunderstood the kingdom, if
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  • They had made it a physical literal kingdom when, in fact,
  • 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:14.490
  • God simply meant a spiritual kingdom, wouldn't that have been
  • 00:12:14.490 --> 00:12:16.759
  • A great time for jesus to clarify the wrong thinking?
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  • Wouldn't that have been a great time for jesus to say, "boys,
  • 00:12:20.262 --> 00:12:22.932
  • You got it all wrong.
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  • You misunderstood these last three years.
  • 00:12:24.266 --> 00:12:25.901
  • I didn't mean i was gonna fix this broken world.
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  • That's not what i was talking about.
  • 00:12:29.004 --> 00:12:30.339
  • I was speaking spiritually, figuratively."
  • 00:12:30.339 --> 00:12:33.309
  • But he didn't do that, did he?
  • 00:12:33.309 --> 00:12:34.643
  • In verse 7, he didn't correct their thinking.
  • 00:12:34.643 --> 00:12:36.712
  • He simply said, "it is not for you to know the time or the
  • 00:12:36.712 --> 00:12:39.882
  • Epochs that these things are to take place in."
  • 00:12:39.882 --> 00:12:42.952
  • He said, "it's not that you don't understand the nature of
  • 00:12:42.952 --> 00:12:45.588
  • The kingdom, you just don't understand the timing of it."
  • 00:12:45.588 --> 00:12:48.691
  • The disciples, jesus taught, that there was a kingdom coming.
  • 00:12:48.691 --> 00:12:52.995
  • Revelation 11, verse 15, we talked about it last week.
  • 00:12:52.995 --> 00:12:56.165
  • John looked forward to that day when he said, "and i heard the
  • 00:12:56.165 --> 00:12:58.901
  • Seventh angel sounded, and a loud voice arose, saying, 'the
  • 00:12:58.901 --> 00:13:02.204
  • Kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our god and of
  • 00:13:02.204 --> 00:13:07.376
  • His christ, and he will reign forever and ever.'"
  • 00:13:07.376 --> 00:13:12.047
  • Now, you say, "well, pastor, this is all interesting.
  • 00:13:12.047 --> 00:13:14.216
  • But, so what?
  • 00:13:14.216 --> 00:13:16.118
  • What difference does this make to me?
  • 00:13:16.118 --> 00:13:17.820
  • What do i really need to know about the kingdom of god?"
  • 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:22.258
  • In these last few minutes, i want you to write down four
  • 00:13:22.258 --> 00:13:25.294
  • Things that every christian needs to understand about
  • 00:13:25.294 --> 00:13:28.397
  • The millennium.
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  • Number one, only christians will enter into the millennium.
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  • Only christians will enter into the millennium.
  • 00:13:34.003 --> 00:13:36.672
  • At the end of the tribulation, there will be many people who
  • 00:13:36.672 --> 00:13:40.676
  • Became christians in the tribulation who will
  • 00:13:40.676 --> 00:13:42.578
  • Be martyred.
  • 00:13:42.578 --> 00:13:44.113
  • Likewise, there'll be many non-christians who will be
  • 00:13:44.113 --> 00:13:47.049
  • Killed because of the natural disasters.
  • 00:13:47.049 --> 00:13:49.018
  • But there will be both christians and non-christians
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  • Who survive and are alive when christ returns at the
  • 00:13:51.587 --> 00:13:54.957
  • Second coming.
  • 00:13:54.957 --> 00:13:56.325
  • And, when christ returns at the second coming, there will be a
  • 00:13:56.325 --> 00:13:59.528
  • Judgment to separate the believers from the unbelievers
  • 00:13:59.528 --> 00:14:02.898
  • Because only believers will be invited to be a part of the
  • 00:14:02.898 --> 00:14:06.702
  • Millennial reign of christ.
  • 00:14:06.702 --> 00:14:08.570
  • Now, i want you to turn over to matthew 24, and i'm gonna show
  • 00:14:08.570 --> 00:14:11.507
  • You something that's gonna blow your mind because it's gonna
  • 00:14:11.507 --> 00:14:15.110
  • Correct something that you have probably misunderstood for
  • 00:14:15.110 --> 00:14:18.314
  • Many years.
  • 00:14:18.314 --> 00:14:19.949
  • People have challenged me, i've waited till today to answer
  • 00:14:19.949 --> 00:14:22.651
  • This question-- they said, "no, wait a minute.
  • 00:14:22.651 --> 00:14:25.354
  • You said jesus never mentioned the rapture.
  • 00:14:25.354 --> 00:14:26.956
  • What about matthew 24?
  • 00:14:26.956 --> 00:14:28.290
  • Two are grinding at the mill.
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  • One is taken, one's left behind, and so forth.
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  • Two in the field. one taken, one left behind."
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  • Look at matthew chapter 24.
  • 00:14:35.297 --> 00:14:37.199
  • Remember, matthew 24 and 25 outlined the end times?
  • 00:14:37.199 --> 00:14:41.570
  • Jesus begins by describing the tribulation in verses 1 to 28.
  • 00:14:41.570 --> 00:14:45.975
  • And then he describes his second coming in verses 29 to 31.
  • 00:14:45.975 --> 00:14:50.145
  • Now, look at verses 36 to 42,
  • 00:14:50.145 --> 00:14:53.048
  • "but of that day and of that
  • 00:14:53.048 --> 00:14:54.683
  • Hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor his son,
  • 00:14:54.683 --> 00:14:58.654
  • But the father alone.
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  • For the coming of the son of man will be just like the days
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  • Of noah.
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  • For in those days which were before the flood, they were
  • 00:15:04.760 --> 00:15:07.796
  • Eating and drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage,
  • 00:15:07.796 --> 00:15:11.633
  • Until the day that noah entered the ark, and they did not
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  • Understand until the flood came and--" now underline this--
  • 00:15:14.870 --> 00:15:18.741
  • "took them all away, so shall the coming of the son of man be.
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  • Then there will be two men in the field, one will be--"
  • 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:28.050
  • Underline it-- "taken and one will be left.
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  • Two women will be grinding at the mill, one will be taken and
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  • One will be left.
  • 00:15:35.858 --> 00:15:37.226
  • Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your
  • 00:15:37.226 --> 00:15:40.396
  • Lord is coming."
  • 00:15:40.396 --> 00:15:41.964
  • Now, where is the one taken who is taken from the field?
  • 00:15:41.964 --> 00:15:45.601
  • It's not that he's taken to heaven.
  • 00:15:45.601 --> 00:15:47.436
  • He's taken into judgment.
  • 00:15:47.436 --> 00:15:50.239
  • The same word, the flood came, in verse 39,
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  • And took them all away.
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  • That same word is used to describe that person who is in
  • 00:15:55.310 --> 00:15:58.480
  • The field who was taken away.
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  • The person grinding at the mill who is taken away is taken away
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  • Into everlasting judgment.
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  • The one who is left is the one who is left to enter into the
  • 00:16:06.955 --> 00:16:10.793
  • Kingdom of god on earth, the millennium.
  • 00:16:10.793 --> 00:16:13.662
  • You see, remember the context?
  • 00:16:13.662 --> 00:16:15.230
  • The tribulation has already occurred.
  • 00:16:15.230 --> 00:16:17.066
  • Christ is coming back at the second coming.
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  • These are the judgments that will occur.
  • 00:16:19.668 --> 00:16:22.471
  • You know, people say, "well, i always thought that was about
  • 00:16:22.471 --> 00:16:24.740
  • The rapture."
  • 00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:26.075
  • You know why you think that?
  • 00:16:26.075 --> 00:16:27.409
  • There was a song written back in the '70s, i think it was larry
  • 00:16:27.409 --> 00:16:30.045
  • Norman, i "wish we'd all been ready."
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  • ♪ two men in the fields, one taken, one left behind. ♪
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  • ♪ i wish we'd all been ready. ♪
  • 00:16:36.518 --> 00:16:37.853
  • Remember that?
  • 00:16:37.853 --> 00:16:39.221
  • See the guitar strumming there, and the long hair, and all that,
  • 00:16:39.221 --> 00:16:41.590
  • Singing that.
  • 00:16:41.590 --> 00:16:42.925
  • That's a great song but lousy theology because it's not
  • 00:16:42.925 --> 00:16:46.795
  • Talking about the rapture.
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  • This is talking about the second coming.
  • 00:16:48.263 --> 00:16:50.299
  • When christ returns, there's going to be a judgment, just
  • 00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:53.368
  • Like the flood came as a judgment.
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  • The one that is taken is swept away into judgment.
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  • The one who is left is left to enter into the kingdom of god.
  • 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:01.777
  • Matthew 25, we don't have time to look at it, verses 31 to 34,
  • 00:17:01.777 --> 00:17:06.014
  • Verse 41, talks about the judgment of the sheep and the
  • 00:17:06.014 --> 00:17:09.284
  • Goats, believers and unbelievers, at the
  • 00:17:09.284 --> 00:17:11.653
  • Second coming.
  • 00:17:11.653 --> 00:17:12.988
  • Number two, christians will rule with christ during
  • 00:17:12.988 --> 00:17:15.691
  • The millennium.
  • 00:17:15.691 --> 00:17:17.025
  • The bible says the twelve apostles will be delegated
  • 00:17:17.025 --> 00:17:19.428
  • Some authority.
  • 00:17:19.428 --> 00:17:20.796
  • Some will be given to christians who were martyred during the
  • 00:17:20.796 --> 00:17:23.365
  • Tribulation, revelation 24, and some authority will be given to
  • 00:17:23.365 --> 00:17:27.136
  • You and to me, 2 timothy 2:12.
  • 00:17:27.136 --> 00:17:29.605
  • We'll talk about that more when we talk about the judgment seat
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  • Of christ.
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  • Number three, jerusalem will be the center of the
  • 00:17:34.443 --> 00:17:37.846
  • Millennial kingdom.
  • 00:17:37.846 --> 00:17:39.515
  • Over and over again, the old testament prophets said
  • 00:17:39.515 --> 00:17:42.284
  • Jerusalem, the real city of jerusalem, will be the center
  • 00:17:42.284 --> 00:17:45.687
  • From which messiah will rule.
  • 00:17:45.687 --> 00:17:48.190
  • And, even though the city is gonna go through some great
  • 00:17:48.190 --> 00:17:50.626
  • Topological changes at the second coming, it's going to
  • 00:17:50.626 --> 00:17:53.428
  • Enjoy enhanced fertility, it is going to be jerusalem from where
  • 00:17:53.428 --> 00:17:57.733
  • Messiah rules.
  • 00:17:57.733 --> 00:17:59.234
  • And i believe, ladies and gentlemen, that explains a lot
  • 00:17:59.234 --> 00:18:01.603
  • Of the conflict that is going on right now in the middle east.
  • 00:18:01.603 --> 00:18:04.706
  • Jerusalem is ground zero for the battle in the middle east.
  • 00:18:04.706 --> 00:18:09.344
  • Who's going to control jerusalem?
  • 00:18:09.344 --> 00:18:11.380
  • The muslims want it, they have a portion of it right now, which
  • 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:15.317
  • Is really fascinating when you look at history.
  • 00:18:15.317 --> 00:18:17.753
  • You know, for 3500 years, god's people have been the ones, the
  • 00:18:17.753 --> 00:18:21.890
  • Israelites, who have maintained a presence in israel.
  • 00:18:21.890 --> 00:18:26.061
  • Since 1852, jews have been the majority of residents in
  • 00:18:26.061 --> 00:18:30.199
  • Jerusalem, yet the muslims want it.
  • 00:18:30.199 --> 00:18:32.634
  • Now, why i find that interesting is, did you know the koran does
  • 00:18:32.634 --> 00:18:35.737
  • Not mention jerusalem one time?
  • 00:18:35.737 --> 00:18:38.807
  • There's not one mention of jerusalem in the koran, and yet
  • 00:18:38.807 --> 00:18:41.543
  • You find 667 mentions of jerusalem in the old testament,
  • 00:18:41.543 --> 00:18:45.581
  • You find 144 references to it in the new testament.
  • 00:18:45.581 --> 00:18:48.817
  • Jerusalem belongs to the jews.
  • 00:18:48.817 --> 00:18:52.187
  • And, because of that, it is going to be, i believe, maybe,
  • 00:18:52.187 --> 00:18:55.390
  • The catalyst that sparks the great war of armageddon, the
  • 00:18:55.390 --> 00:18:58.527
  • Control over jerusalem.
  • 00:18:58.527 --> 00:19:00.762
  • Number four, satan will be temporarily bound during the
  • 00:19:00.762 --> 00:19:04.533
  • Millennium, he will be bound.
  • 00:19:04.533 --> 00:19:06.535
  • Remember in revelation 20, verses 1 through 3, john says,
  • 00:19:06.535 --> 00:19:10.105
  • "i saw the angel coming down, having the key of the abyss and
  • 00:19:10.105 --> 00:19:13.041
  • A great chain.
  • 00:19:13.041 --> 00:19:14.376
  • And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the
  • 00:19:14.376 --> 00:19:17.045
  • Devil and satan, and he bound him for a thousand years, and
  • 00:19:17.045 --> 00:19:21.617
  • Threw him into the abyss," verse 3, "and he shut it and he sealed
  • 00:19:21.617 --> 00:19:25.621
  • It over him, so that he should not deceive the nations any
  • 00:19:25.621 --> 00:19:29.358
  • Longer, until the thousand years were completed, after these
  • 00:19:29.358 --> 00:19:33.562
  • Things he must be released for a short time."
  • 00:19:33.562 --> 00:19:39.568
  • Since the beginning of history, satan has tried to deceive the
  • 00:19:39.568 --> 00:19:43.472
  • World with this thought: life apart from god is both possible
  • 00:19:43.472 --> 00:19:51.079
  • And it's really preferable.
  • 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:53.582
  • And, because of that, people have followed that lie and
  • 00:19:53.582 --> 00:19:56.652
  • Created the world in which we live today.
  • 00:19:56.652 --> 00:19:59.721
  • But the bible says there's coming a period in history when
  • 00:19:59.721 --> 00:20:03.258
  • Satan will not be thrown into the lake of fire, that comes
  • 00:20:03.258 --> 00:20:05.927
  • Later, but he's going to be bound for 1000 years, and this
  • 00:20:05.927 --> 00:20:09.464
  • World is going to get to see what life on earth would be like
  • 00:20:09.464 --> 00:20:12.501
  • If everyone submitted to the will and the word of god.
  • 00:20:12.501 --> 00:20:17.506
  • But then notice something interesting, verse 3, it says,
  • 00:20:17.506 --> 00:20:20.075
  • "after that time, satan is going to be released for a little
  • 00:20:20.075 --> 00:20:23.979
  • While longer."
  • 00:20:23.979 --> 00:20:25.347
  • And, if you read further, you'll find that he's actually going to
  • 00:20:25.347 --> 00:20:27.883
  • Deceive some people into following him.
  • 00:20:27.883 --> 00:20:31.987
  • Is it possible that, you and i, after becoming christians, after
  • 00:20:31.987 --> 00:20:35.557
  • Having made it this far, having gone through the millennium,
  • 00:20:35.557 --> 00:20:38.427
  • That, at the last moment, we could be deceived and make an
  • 00:20:38.427 --> 00:20:42.297
  • Irreversible mistake and follow satan and be lost forever?
  • 00:20:42.297 --> 00:20:46.201
  • And, if it's not possible that that would happen to us, who is
  • 00:20:46.201 --> 00:20:49.204
  • It that is going to be deceived by satan in these last days
  • 00:20:49.204 --> 00:20:53.608
  • Before the earth is destroyed?
  • 00:20:53.608 --> 00:20:55.477
  • We're gonna look at that next time.
  • 00:20:55.477 --> 00:20:58.613
  • But let me say this, a lot of people are confused about
  • 00:20:58.613 --> 00:21:02.150
  • The millennium.
  • 00:21:02.150 --> 00:21:03.518
  • They say, "well, what is the difference between the
  • 00:21:03.518 --> 00:21:04.986
  • Millennium, the 1000 years that christ is here on earth, and
  • 00:21:04.986 --> 00:21:08.490
  • That new heaven and that new earth promised in revelation 21
  • 00:21:08.490 --> 00:21:12.060
  • And 22?
  • 00:21:12.060 --> 00:21:13.395
  • What's the difference between the millennium and the new
  • 00:21:13.395 --> 00:21:15.731
  • Heaven and new earth?"
  • 00:21:15.731 --> 00:21:17.099
  • The best way to understand the difference between the two is to
  • 00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:21.336
  • Understand the difference between the word renovate and
  • 00:21:21.336 --> 00:21:25.841
  • The word recreate.
  • 00:21:25.841 --> 00:21:28.243
  • And we have a great illustration of the difference right here at
  • 00:21:28.243 --> 00:21:30.879
  • Our own church, first baptist dallas.
  • 00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:33.582
  • Remember, about six years ago, we decided that we needed to
  • 00:21:33.582 --> 00:21:38.387
  • Renovate our children's facility over in the old truitt building.
  • 00:21:38.387 --> 00:21:42.457
  • It had fallen into disrepair, it wasn't an inviting place for
  • 00:21:42.457 --> 00:21:46.294
  • Children or their parents to come.
  • 00:21:46.294 --> 00:21:47.863
  • So we invested some money to renovate the truitt building.
  • 00:21:47.863 --> 00:21:51.900
  • Now, we knew, in the years to come, eventually we were gonna
  • 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:54.403
  • Recreate our campus, but we needed a temporary solution.
  • 00:21:54.403 --> 00:21:57.839
  • So we repainted the walls and re-carpeted the floors, and we
  • 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:01.143
  • Brought in some 3d theming, and we spent some money over there,
  • 00:22:01.143 --> 00:22:05.414
  • And people really enjoyed it because that renovated
  • 00:22:05.414 --> 00:22:08.717
  • Children's area was certainly better than what had been
  • 00:22:08.717 --> 00:22:11.853
  • There before.
  • 00:22:11.853 --> 00:22:13.455
  • But that was just a temporary fix.
  • 00:22:13.455 --> 00:22:16.291
  • You remember the day three years ago when we basically blew up
  • 00:22:16.291 --> 00:22:19.628
  • This entire campus, and then, with god's faithfulness and your
  • 00:22:19.628 --> 00:22:25.066
  • Generosity, we created a brand new campus, and we created a
  • 00:22:25.066 --> 00:22:30.238
  • Brand new facility for our children, from the ground up.
  • 00:22:30.238 --> 00:22:34.943
  • And, although that renovated facility we had in the truitt
  • 00:22:34.943 --> 00:22:37.879
  • Building was much better than what had been here for 50 years,
  • 00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:41.183
  • It paled in comparison to that brand new recreated children's
  • 00:22:41.183 --> 00:22:45.353
  • Space that we have.
  • 00:22:45.353 --> 00:22:47.322
  • Now, it's the same way for us.
  • 00:22:47.322 --> 00:22:49.825
  • There's going to be a time when this world goes through a
  • 00:22:49.825 --> 00:22:53.261
  • Renovation, a time when the curse is partially, not
  • 00:22:53.261 --> 00:22:57.065
  • Completely but partially, lifted.
  • 00:22:57.065 --> 00:22:58.700
  • People will live longer.
  • 00:22:58.700 --> 00:23:00.368
  • It will be a time when there'll be perfect peace in the world.
  • 00:23:00.368 --> 00:23:03.138
  • People will marvel at how much better the renovated earth is
  • 00:23:03.138 --> 00:23:06.775
  • Than the world beforehand.
  • 00:23:06.775 --> 00:23:08.743
  • But that renovated earth during the millennium will pale in
  • 00:23:08.743 --> 00:23:12.514
  • Comparison to the superiority of the recreated, the new heaven
  • 00:23:12.514 --> 00:23:17.752
  • And the new earth that we will enjoy forever and ever.
  • 00:23:17.752 --> 00:23:23.325
  • Jeffress: there's much more we need to learn from this passage
  • 00:23:27.529 --> 00:23:30.265
  • In revelation 20, and we'll continue our discussion about
  • 00:23:30.265 --> 00:23:33.935
  • Biblical prophecy next time.
  • 00:23:33.935 --> 00:23:36.705
  • Now, let me close today with an encouraging word from gregory
  • 00:23:36.705 --> 00:23:40.509
  • Who listens from arizona.
  • 00:23:40.509 --> 00:23:42.777
  • He wrote, "pastor jeffress, in 2007 i chose to run away
  • 00:23:42.777 --> 00:23:47.215
  • From god.
  • 00:23:47.215 --> 00:23:48.550
  • My niece pointed me to your bible teaching, and i was
  • 00:23:48.550 --> 00:23:51.720
  • Completely convicted about the state of my relationship
  • 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:54.990
  • With god.
  • 00:23:54.990 --> 00:23:56.324
  • Once again, he has reached out and touched me and set my feet
  • 00:23:56.324 --> 00:24:00.228
  • On a path back home to him."
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  • Well, we rejoice with you, gregory.
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  • Announcer: with everything happening in our world today.
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  • It's natural to wonder, are we living in the end-times?
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  • In his brand-new book "ask dr. jeffress about the end times,"
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  • Dr. robert jeffress answers the 20 questions people ask the
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  • Most about the future.
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  • Jeffress: in my 40+ years as a pastor, i've answered countless
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  • Questions about the end-times, and that's why i wrote this
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  • Book, to give you clear, biblical answers that will fill
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  • Your life with peace, joy, and excitement as we look forward to
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  • Our lord's return.
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  • Jeffress: the end-time events are going to be
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  • Very frightening.
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  • It's going to consist of economic turmoil.
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  • There'll be wars, there'll be unprecedented persecution.
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  • But fortunately christians don't have to fear that period
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  • Of time.
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  • Jeffress: there's a time coming when christ is going to rule
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  • Over this world, a time when god's will is perfectly
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  • Accomplished, a time when everyone knows the lord and
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  • Obeys his rules.
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  • Doesn't that truly sound like heaven on earth?
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  • Well, earlier, i mentioned that there are people who are going
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  • To go through the millennium, but at the last will be deceived
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  • By satan and lost forever.
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  • So, exactly who are these people, and what will be
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  • Their fate?
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  • I'll explain that next time as we turn our attention to the
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  • Great white throne judgment, that is, the future judgment of
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  • All unbelievers.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next in our
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  • Series, "perfect ending."
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  • Jeffress: more than 2000 years ago, jesus christ came to be
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  • Our savior.
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  • He lived a humiliating life, he died an excruciating death in
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  • Order to provide for us the forgiveness of our sins.
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  • But the bible says, one day jesus christ is coming back to
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  • Earth, not as the savior of the world, but as the judge of
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  • The world.
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