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Robert Jeffress - The Truth About Heaven (Part 1)

May 7, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - The Truth About Heaven (Part 1)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Truth About Heaven (Part 1) | May 7, 2026
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  • Jeffress: today, there is a great deal of interest in our
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  • Culture about the subject of heaven.
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  • You see that interest manifested in some of the best-selling
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  • Books on the bestseller's list that deal with the subject
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  • Of heaven.
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  • Many of these books use so-called near-death experiences
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  • To try to fill in the blanks about what heaven is like.
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  • Why is that necessary, some people feel, to give more detail
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  • About heaven?
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  • Well, some people actually believe the bible short changes
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  • Us on the information that it gives us about heaven, and so
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  • Some people feel called by god to answer questions that
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  • Apparently the bible doesn't answer, which begs the question,
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  • Why doesn't the bible tell us more about the eternal state
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  • For believers?
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  • It's true that the bible mentions heaven more than 550
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  • Times in the old and new testaments, but frankly, many of
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  • The questions we have about heaven aren't found in
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  • The bible.
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  • Perhaps god, knowing our finite minds, realizes we're not
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  • Capable of grasping all of the truths about heaven, or perhaps
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  • God realizes that if we really knew what awaits us as believers
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  • On the other side of the grave, we'd have a very difficult time
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  • Concentrating on our present responsibilities.
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  • We would be like that child seated for dinner with a plate
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  • Of roast beef, carrots, and spinach in front of him, and to
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  • The side of the plate is a bowl of blue bell ice cream with
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  • Chocolate syrup and whipped cream on it.
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  • A child would have difficulty.
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  • I'd have difficulty concentrating on eating my meal
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  • If i saw that dessert right there beside me.
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  • Maybe that's the way it is with god.
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  • Maybe god knows if we really knew all of the great things he
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  • Has planned for us, we couldn't stand to live in this life.
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  • We'd be ready to get to the next life.
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  • But the truth is, god has revealed just enough in the
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  • Bible about heaven to whet our appetite for it.
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  • And as we conclude our series today on bible prophecy, we're
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  • Going to look at what we call the eternal state for believers.
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  • We're going to talk about what the bible reveals to us
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  • About heaven.
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  • Now, in past series we've looked at the subject of heaven in
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  • Different ways, and so i was trying to think today of a
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  • Creative way to present what the bible teaches about heaven.
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  • And so, today what i'm going to attempt to do, and you have on
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  • Your outline, is i'm going to answer the ten most frequently
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  • Asked questions about heaven, and i'm gonna do so very,
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  • Very quickly.
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  • So, get your notes out, get your bibles out, and we're going to
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  • Look at the top ten questions people have about heaven and
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  • What the bible says in answer to those questions.
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  • The first and the foundational question is, is heaven an actual
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  • Place, or is it simply a state of mind?
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  • Is heaven an actual place, or simply a state of mind?
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  • Now, i'm gonna give you some bonus information here, it's not
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  • On your outline but i thought this would be helpful to you.
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  • You know, the bible uses the term "heaven" in three
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  • Different ways.
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  • There are really three different heavens in the bible.
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  • The first heaven is the atmosphere we live in, the air
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  • We breathe, where the birds and the jetliners fly, it is
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  • Our atmosphere.
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  • Isaiah 55:9 uses heaven in that way.
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  • "for as the heavens are above the earth," as the heavens are
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  • Higher than the earth, "so my ways are higher than your ways,"
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  • Says the lord.
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  • He's talking about the heavens are higher than the earth.
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  • He's talking about the atmosphere.
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  • The second heaven is what we would call outer space.
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  • It's where the planets, the stars are.
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  • Psalm 19 uses heaven in that way.
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  • "the heavens are declaring the glory of the lord."
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  • As you look into space and see the sky, and see the sun, and
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  • The moon, and the stars, it's very evident that there is
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  • A creator god who created all those things.
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  • We'll see that when we get to romans chapter 1.
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  • That's the second heaven, outer space, but there is what
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  • The bible calls the third heaven.
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  • Remember in 2 corinthians 12 paul says that he was raptured
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  • Up into the third heaven where he saw things he was commanded
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  • Not to write.
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  • It is this third heaven that is the dwelling place of god.
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  • And so, when we're talking about is heaven a real place or
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  • A state of mind, we're talking about that third heaven, which
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  • Is the dwelling place of god.
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  • So, what does the bible say about the reality of that place
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  • Called heaven?
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  • Turn over to john 14 and look at verses 2 and 3, the passage we
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  • Read just a few moments ago.
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  • Now, this is jesus teaching.
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  • He said, "in my father's house are many dwelling places.
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  • If it were not so, i would have told you.
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  • For i go to prepare a place for you, and if i go and prepare
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  • A place for you, i will come again and receive you to myself,
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  • That where i am, there you may be also."
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  • Notice in these two verses, jesus uses the word "place"
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  • Three times.
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  • In my father's house are many places.
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  • I go to prepare a place.
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  • I will come again and take you unto myself, that where i am,
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  • There you may be also.
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  • That word "place" is the greek word tópos, tópos, and it means
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  • A geographical location.
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  • It's as if jesus were going out of his way to say heaven is
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  • An actual place.
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  • I'm going to prepare not a state of mind for you but a place
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  • For you.
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  • In heaven there are many places, and one day i'm going to take
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  • You to that place.
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  • And jesus went on to say, "if this were not true, i would have
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  • Told you."
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  • Jesus said heaven is a place.
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  • You see an illustration of that in acts chapter 1, verses 9
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  • To 11.
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  • Remember, the setting for acts 1 is 40 days after jesus was
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  • Raised from the dead, and jesus is now getting ready to ascend
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  • Into heaven from the mount of olives.
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  • Many of us have stood there before and read this passage
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  • Of scripture.
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  • His disciples were around him, and after reminding them of
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  • Their mandate, look at what luke records happened.
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  • "after jesus had said these things, he was lifted up while
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  • They were looking on, and a cloud received him out of
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  • Their sight.
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  • And as they were gazing intently into the sky while he was
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  • Departing, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside
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  • Them, and they said, 'men of galilee, why do you stand gazing
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  • Looking at the sky?
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  • This jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come
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  • Just the same way as you've watched him go into heaven.'"
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  • Now, here's a very simple point, jesus left an actual
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  • Geographical location, the mount of olives.
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  • You can stand there today right in the spot where jesus was.
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  • He left a geographical location, the mount of olives,
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  • To go where?
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  • Into a state of mind?
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  • Did jesus leave an actual place and go into a state of mind?
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  • And the angel said, furthermore, one day jesus is coming from
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  • Heaven back to this very real earth.
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  • Does it make sense to say jesus is gonna come out of a state of
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  • Mind back to a geographical location?
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  • No, it only makes sense to treat this location just like you
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  • Treat that location.
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  • Both are real places.
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  • The bible doesn't stutter on this subject.
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  • Heaven is an actual place, not just a state of mind.
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  • Well, that leads to a second question, well, where do
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  • Christians go then when they die?
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  • Where do we go when we die?
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  • We often say, well, when a christian dies he goes
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  • To heaven.
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  • Well, that is partly true and it's partly untrue.
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  • Let me explain what i mean by that.
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  • Second corinthians 5:8 is very clear that when a christian
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  • Dies, to be absent from the body, 2 corinthians 5:8 says is
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  • To be at home with the lord.
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  • There's no such thing as a soul going to sleep and waiting until
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  • The final judgment.
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  • The moment a christian dies, his spirit goes immediately into the
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  • Presence of jesus, and in that sense, he is in heaven, but the
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  • Heaven that a christian immediately goes to is not his
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  • Final and eternal home.
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  • The bible says in 2 peter chapter 3, verse 10 that one day
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  • This present heaven and earth are going to be destroyed by
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  • Fire, and then what happens?
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  • Revelation 21, verse 1 says, john says, "i saw a new heaven
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  • And a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth
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  • Passed away, and there is no longer any sea."
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  • We go immediately when we die to be with the lord, but that is
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  • Not our final and eternal dwelling place.
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  • Ultimately, we will inhabit the new heaven and the new earth
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  • That are yet to be constructed.
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  • Well, that leads to a third question, are you saying then,
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  • Pastor, that when people die, they go to a kind of purgatory
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  • Until the end of time?
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  • Not at all. not at all.
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  • Turn over to luke chapter 16 for a moment to this passage we
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  • Looked at a few weeks ago, the story of the rich man
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  • And lazarus.
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  • Remember, both of these men died, and remember, lazarus,
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  • Because of his righteousness, his dependence upon god, was
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  • Taken into the presence of the lord, abraham's bosom.
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  • But look at what happened to the rich man, verse 23.
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  • "and in hades the rich man lifted up his eyes, being in
  • 00:12:20.763 --> 00:12:24.967
  • Torment, and saw abraham far away and lazarus in his bosom."
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  • Remember, this passage says that when an unbeliever dies,
  • 00:12:30.739 --> 00:12:33.909
  • He doesn't just go to some way station waiting until the
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  • Final judgment.
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  • An unbeliever immediately begins to experiment the torment of
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  • Being separated from god as he awaits the white throne
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  • Judgment, after which he will be permanently sent into the lake
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  • Of fire, gehenna, which is the final dwelling place of all of
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  • The unsaved.
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  • He goes to this temporary place of torment, hades, and
  • 00:12:57.066 --> 00:13:00.035
  • Ultimately he will be cast into the lake of fire.
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  • In the same way when a christian dies, he goes immediately into
  • 00:13:03.172 --> 00:13:07.109
  • The presence of jesus and experiences blessing while he
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  • Awaits the new heaven and the new earth that will be his
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  • Ultimate dwelling place.
  • 00:13:13.883 --> 00:13:15.517
  • Now, there are some bible scholars who believe that this
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  • Word "hades" is a general term that simply refers to the unseen
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  • World, and these people believe that hades used to be and still
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  • Is divided into two compartments, abraham's bosom,
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  • Which is the place of believers and the presence of god, and
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  • Then what we call hades, the place of torment
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  • For unbelievers.
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  • And some people believe that when christ was raised from the
  • 00:13:41.377 --> 00:13:44.213
  • Dead, he went to hades and he delivered those who were in
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  • Abraham's bosom, believers, and took them to be with
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  • Him forever.
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  • And therefore today, hades has been emptied of all believers
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  • And only retains unbelievers in it.
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  • We can't be dogmatic about any of this, but what we can say
  • 00:14:00.129 --> 00:14:05.067
  • With absolute certainty is this, when a christian dies, he
  • 00:14:05.067 --> 00:14:10.205
  • Immediately begins experiencing the blessings of being in the
  • 00:14:10.205 --> 00:14:13.275
  • Lord's presence, and when a non-christian dies, he
  • 00:14:13.275 --> 00:14:17.179
  • Immediately begins experiencing the agony of being separated
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  • From god.
  • 00:14:21.684 --> 00:14:23.619
  • Question number four, what is the difference between the
  • 00:14:23.619 --> 00:14:27.456
  • Millennial kingdom and the new heaven and new earth described
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  • In revelation 21 and 22?
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  • Some people get the millennium and heaven mixed up.
  • 00:14:33.495 --> 00:14:36.398
  • What is the difference?
  • 00:14:36.398 --> 00:14:37.967
  • Remember that revelation 20 tells us that after christ comes
  • 00:14:37.967 --> 00:14:43.205
  • Back to earth at his second coming, remember, he bound satan
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  • For a thousand years, and he reigns on the throne of david
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  • For a thousand years.
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  • It is during this time that the earth experiences a renovation.
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  • Not a recreation, a renovation.
  • 00:14:58.354 --> 00:15:00.622
  • Because satan has been bound, much of the curse of the earth
  • 00:15:00.622 --> 00:15:03.525
  • Will be lifted.
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  • Those who are living in their natural bodies during the
  • 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:07.096
  • Millennium will live longer than they live right now.
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  • The earth's vegetation will increase.
  • 00:15:10.265 --> 00:15:12.835
  • It will be a better earth, it will be a renovated earth, but
  • 00:15:12.835 --> 00:15:16.372
  • It is still this present earth that has been improved somewhat.
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  • But then as 2 peter 3 says, after the millennium, and after
  • 00:15:21.577 --> 00:15:25.981
  • The white throne judgment, god will destroy this present heaven
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  • And earth.
  • 00:15:30.085 --> 00:15:31.453
  • And look at revelation 21, verses 1 to 3, john says, "and i
  • 00:15:31.453 --> 00:15:35.891
  • Saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and
  • 00:15:35.891 --> 00:15:40.396
  • The first earth passed away and there is no longer any sea.
  • 00:15:40.396 --> 00:15:44.266
  • And i saw the holy city, new jerusalem, coming down out of
  • 00:15:44.266 --> 00:15:49.471
  • Heaven from god, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband."
  • 00:15:49.471 --> 00:15:53.375
  • Verse 3, "and i heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
  • 00:15:53.375 --> 00:15:56.812
  • 'behold, the tabernacle of god is among men and he shall dwell
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  • Among them, and they shall be his people, and god himself
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  • Shall be among them.'"
  • 00:16:07.022 --> 00:16:09.691
  • John says after the present heaven and earth were destroyed,
  • 00:16:09.691 --> 00:16:12.795
  • He looked up and he saw this heavenly city, the new
  • 00:16:12.795 --> 00:16:16.298
  • Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven to earth, and it's very
  • 00:16:16.298 --> 00:16:23.105
  • Clear from the language used here, john saw a city that had
  • 00:16:23.105 --> 00:16:27.743
  • Already been constructed.
  • 00:16:27.743 --> 00:16:29.445
  • Did you know right now in that heaven, wherever god is, this
  • 00:16:29.445 --> 00:16:34.016
  • City, the heavenly jerusalem, is under construction?
  • 00:16:34.016 --> 00:16:37.186
  • That's what jesus meant when he said in john 14, "i'm going to
  • 00:16:37.186 --> 00:16:40.389
  • Prepare a place for you."
  • 00:16:40.389 --> 00:16:44.193
  • Being a carpenter would come in handy for jesus.
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  • He's building a place for us.
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  • He knows how to do it.
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  • Right now, that place called the new jerusalem is under
  • 00:16:50.966 --> 00:16:55.370
  • Construction, and one day it is going to come down out
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  • Of heaven.
  • 00:16:59.074 --> 00:17:00.409
  • I've often called the new jerusalem the ultimate in
  • 00:17:00.409 --> 00:17:01.743
  • Prefab housing.
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  • That's what it's gonna be.
  • 00:17:03.112 --> 00:17:04.446
  • It's being prepared right now.
  • 00:17:04.446 --> 00:17:05.814
  • John says i saw it coming down out of heaven to earth.
  • 00:17:05.814 --> 00:17:09.384
  • And what i want you to understand, we've been over this
  • 00:17:09.384 --> 00:17:11.887
  • Before, but some people still don't get it is, our ultimate
  • 00:17:11.887 --> 00:17:15.457
  • Dwelling place is not up there.
  • 00:17:15.457 --> 00:17:18.360
  • It's not some place in outer space.
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  • Our ultimate dwelling place is here on earth.
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  • The new heaven and the new earth is gonna be our dwelling place.
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  • We are gonna have--jerusalem is coming down here to earth.
  • 00:17:28.937 --> 00:17:33.008
  • Don't you see that in verse 3?
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  • The eternal state is not our dwelling with god,
  • 00:17:35.777 --> 00:17:38.614
  • But what does it say?
  • 00:17:38.614 --> 00:17:39.982
  • "god is among men, and he will dwell with them."
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  • We are not going up there someplace to dwell with god,
  • 00:17:45.654 --> 00:17:49.258
  • God is coming down here to dwell with us.
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  • That's emanuel, the word means god with us.
  • 00:17:51.860 --> 00:17:56.165
  • How many times in the old and new testaments do you find the
  • 00:17:56.165 --> 00:17:59.268
  • Meek, the godly, the righteous shall inherit the what,
  • 00:17:59.268 --> 00:18:03.071
  • Outer space?
  • 00:18:03.071 --> 00:18:04.439
  • No, they shall inherit the earth.
  • 00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:07.342
  • Now, the center place of this new heaven and new earth is this
  • 00:18:07.342 --> 00:18:11.113
  • City called the new jerusalem, and john gives two chapters,
  • 00:18:11.113 --> 00:18:15.484
  • Chapters 21 and 22 of revelation, to describing what
  • 00:18:15.484 --> 00:18:18.987
  • This city is going to be like.
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  • It has 12 gates, it has a great wall, it has foundation stones.
  • 00:18:20.689 --> 00:18:25.027
  • There'll be no night any longer.
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  • There'll not be any sea any longer.
  • 00:18:27.229 --> 00:18:29.598
  • There'll be a tree of life that provides healing for
  • 00:18:29.598 --> 00:18:31.700
  • The nations.
  • 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:33.035
  • I don't know what that means, but it's described there.
  • 00:18:33.035 --> 00:18:35.237
  • That's what heaven is going to be like.
  • 00:18:35.237 --> 00:18:38.073
  • The truth is, heaven is gonna be large enough, the new heaven and
  • 00:18:38.073 --> 00:18:40.943
  • New earth, to contain anybody and everybody who wants to
  • 00:18:40.943 --> 00:18:44.680
  • Be there.
  • 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:46.014
  • And that leads to a fifth question, what kind of bodies
  • 00:18:46.014 --> 00:18:48.450
  • Will we inhabit in the new heaven, and will we know one
  • 00:18:48.450 --> 00:18:52.254
  • Another in heaven?
  • 00:18:52.254 --> 00:18:53.989
  • Paul answers that question in 1 corinthians chapter 15 to tell
  • 00:18:53.989 --> 00:18:58.660
  • Us what our heavenly bodies are going to be like, and he uses
  • 00:18:58.660 --> 00:19:02.364
  • An agricultural analogy to illustrate this truth.
  • 00:19:02.364 --> 00:19:05.367
  • There were some in the corinthian church who said
  • 00:19:05.367 --> 00:19:08.070
  • Resurrection makes no sense.
  • 00:19:08.070 --> 00:19:10.105
  • How can something that has died be brought to life again?
  • 00:19:10.105 --> 00:19:14.676
  • How can you bury a body and expect it to rise again and
  • 00:19:14.676 --> 00:19:18.247
  • Become a living object again?
  • 00:19:18.247 --> 00:19:20.449
  • And paul says that's very simple if you understand anything
  • 00:19:20.449 --> 00:19:22.951
  • About agriculture.
  • 00:19:22.951 --> 00:19:24.319
  • Look at verses 35 and 36.
  • 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:26.021
  • Paul says, "but somebody will say, 'how are the dead raised
  • 00:19:26.021 --> 00:19:29.391
  • And with what kind of body do they come?'
  • 00:19:29.391 --> 00:19:32.027
  • You fool."
  • 00:19:32.027 --> 00:19:34.096
  • You know, paul wasn't always patient with people.
  • 00:19:34.096 --> 00:19:37.065
  • You know, sometimes i'd like to answer questions like that but i
  • 00:19:37.065 --> 00:19:40.135
  • Couldn't, but paul gets away with it.
  • 00:19:40.135 --> 00:19:42.537
  • He says, "you fool, that which you sow does not come to life
  • 00:19:42.537 --> 00:19:47.109
  • Unless it dies."
  • 00:19:47.109 --> 00:19:48.477
  • He says look at agriculture.
  • 00:19:48.477 --> 00:19:49.845
  • What do you do with a seed?
  • 00:19:49.845 --> 00:19:51.280
  • You put it in the ground.
  • 00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:52.648
  • What happens to that seed?
  • 00:19:52.648 --> 00:19:53.982
  • It dies, part of agriculture involves the dying of a seed,
  • 00:19:53.982 --> 00:19:59.054
  • But then it comes to life, and in fact it comes to life to
  • 00:19:59.054 --> 00:20:02.691
  • Something much better than what was buried.
  • 00:20:02.691 --> 00:20:04.693
  • Look at verses 37 and 38, "and that which you sow, you do not
  • 00:20:04.693 --> 00:20:09.064
  • Sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat
  • 00:20:09.064 --> 00:20:12.734
  • Or something else.
  • 00:20:12.734 --> 00:20:14.069
  • But god gives it a body just as he wished, and to each of the
  • 00:20:14.069 --> 00:20:17.406
  • Seeds a body of his own."
  • 00:20:17.406 --> 00:20:19.174
  • Here's what paul is saying.
  • 00:20:19.174 --> 00:20:20.909
  • When you plant a seed into the ground, that what you end up
  • 00:20:20.909 --> 00:20:24.313
  • With is better than that which you planted.
  • 00:20:24.313 --> 00:20:27.316
  • The harvest is superior to the seed.
  • 00:20:27.316 --> 00:20:30.252
  • Isn't that an amazing thing when you think about it?
  • 00:20:30.252 --> 00:20:32.220
  • You take a little watermelon seed, you put it in the ground,
  • 00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:36.058
  • And what happens?
  • 00:20:36.058 --> 00:20:37.426
  • It becomes this huge watermelon, all from that tiny seed.
  • 00:20:37.426 --> 00:20:43.198
  • Think about it on a hot day in august in dallas.
  • 00:20:43.198 --> 00:20:46.768
  • Which would you rather chew on, a watermelon seed or
  • 00:20:46.768 --> 00:20:50.806
  • A watermelon itself?
  • 00:20:50.806 --> 00:20:52.841
  • I mean, the harvest is superior to the seed.
  • 00:20:52.841 --> 00:20:56.178
  • And he's saying the same is true with the resurrection.
  • 00:20:56.178 --> 00:20:58.680
  • Our bodies are gonna be planted into the ground and they are
  • 00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:02.351
  • Going to bring forth something much better than they
  • 00:21:02.351 --> 00:21:05.787
  • Originally were.
  • 00:21:05.787 --> 00:21:07.155
  • Our new bodies, our resurrected bodies, are going to be superior
  • 00:21:07.155 --> 00:21:10.659
  • In many ways to that old body that was planted in the ground.
  • 00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:14.496
  • But then paul adds a second truth.
  • 00:21:14.496 --> 00:21:16.131
  • Yes, the harvest is superior to the seed, but the harvest is
  • 00:21:16.131 --> 00:21:20.736
  • Also similar to the seed.
  • 00:21:20.736 --> 00:21:22.871
  • Look at verse 38.
  • 00:21:22.871 --> 00:21:24.272
  • "but god gives it a body just as he wished, and to each of the
  • 00:21:24.272 --> 00:21:28.477
  • Seeds a body of its own."
  • 00:21:28.477 --> 00:21:30.946
  • What paul is simply saying is this, you don't plant
  • 00:21:30.946 --> 00:21:34.316
  • A watermelon seed and harvest a kumquat, okay?
  • 00:21:34.316 --> 00:21:38.854
  • What you plant is what you get.
  • 00:21:38.854 --> 00:21:42.290
  • The harvest in some ways resembles that which was
  • 00:21:42.290 --> 00:21:46.228
  • Planted, and it's the same thing with you and with me.
  • 00:21:46.228 --> 00:21:49.631
  • Our resurrected bodies, why they're gonna be so much better
  • 00:21:49.631 --> 00:21:52.267
  • Than what we have right now, and aren't you glad that's gonna be
  • 00:21:52.267 --> 00:21:54.403
  • True, amen?
  • 00:21:54.403 --> 00:21:56.571
  • Aren't you glad we've got a body coming that's gonna be free from
  • 00:21:56.571 --> 00:21:59.508
  • Sickness and death?
  • 00:21:59.508 --> 00:22:01.109
  • All of that is coming, but still our bodies are not gonna be
  • 00:22:01.109 --> 00:22:04.579
  • Uniform, we're not gonna all look like one another.
  • 00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:07.215
  • Our resurrected bodies are going to in some ways be similar to
  • 00:22:07.215 --> 00:22:11.820
  • Our current bodies.
  • 00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:13.622
  • I was on a radio program friday, and the host was asking me all
  • 00:22:13.622 --> 00:22:16.258
  • Kind of questions about the resurrection.
  • 00:22:16.258 --> 00:22:18.326
  • "well, pastor, what are our resurrected bodies
  • 00:22:18.326 --> 00:22:19.861
  • Gonna be like?
  • 00:22:19.861 --> 00:22:21.229
  • Are we gonna have birthmarks if we have birthmarks in this life?
  • 00:22:21.229 --> 00:22:23.899
  • Are those birthmarks gonna carry over?
  • 00:22:23.899 --> 00:22:25.834
  • What about if you've lost a limb?
  • 00:22:25.834 --> 00:22:27.702
  • Are you gonna be handicapped in the next life?
  • 00:22:27.702 --> 00:22:31.006
  • I mean, are we gonna know one another in heaven?"
  • 00:22:31.006 --> 00:22:34.643
  • All the answers to those questions come when we look at
  • 00:22:34.643 --> 00:22:39.748
  • The resurrected body of jesus christ.
  • 00:22:39.748 --> 00:22:42.117
  • Remember in luke chapter 24 we find an occurrence of jesus's
  • 00:22:42.117 --> 00:22:46.054
  • Post-resurrection experiences, and the same thing is gonna be
  • 00:22:46.054 --> 00:22:49.157
  • True for us.
  • 00:22:49.157 --> 00:22:50.492
  • You say, well, that was jesus, why do you think that's
  • 00:22:50.492 --> 00:22:52.027
  • Gonna be true of us?
  • 00:22:52.027 --> 00:22:53.361
  • Because colossians 1:18 says, remember, jesus is
  • 00:22:53.361 --> 00:22:56.932
  • The prototokos.
  • 00:22:56.932 --> 00:22:58.633
  • He is the prototype of those who are gonna be raised from
  • 00:22:58.633 --> 00:23:02.037
  • The dead.
  • 00:23:02.037 --> 00:23:03.405
  • He is the first born, the prototokos of all creation.
  • 00:23:03.405 --> 00:23:06.475
  • When i was ten years old, my dad took me to seattle, washington.
  • 00:23:06.475 --> 00:23:10.378
  • And we went on a tour of the boeing aircraft facility, and i
  • 00:23:10.378 --> 00:23:14.149
  • Remember as a little boy walking through with my dad that vast
  • 00:23:14.149 --> 00:23:16.985
  • Assembly line of jetliners.
  • 00:23:16.985 --> 00:23:18.587
  • I mean, it's a huge factory there, and one jetliner after
  • 00:23:18.587 --> 00:23:22.290
  • Another on the assembly line.
  • 00:23:22.290 --> 00:23:24.226
  • But you know, before the first airplane was made, there was a
  • 00:23:24.226 --> 00:23:26.895
  • Prototype that was made of that plane, a model, a sample after
  • 00:23:26.895 --> 00:23:31.733
  • Which every other plane was patterned.
  • 00:23:31.733 --> 00:23:35.303
  • Jesus's resurrection body is the first, it is the prototokos.
  • 00:23:35.303 --> 00:23:39.641
  • It is the prototype of all of our bodies who belong to christ.
  • 00:23:39.641 --> 00:23:45.714
  • Jeffress: the bible doesn't reveal everything we wanna know
  • 00:23:49.885 --> 00:23:52.621
  • About heaven, but it reveals just enough to whet our appetite
  • 00:23:52.621 --> 00:23:56.424
  • For heaven, and i for one am eager to see what god has in
  • 00:23:56.424 --> 00:24:00.562
  • Store for us in the next life.
  • 00:24:00.562 --> 00:24:02.831
  • I suspect you are as well.
  • 00:24:02.831 --> 00:24:04.933
  • Now, in closing today, let me mention how much i appreciate
  • 00:24:04.933 --> 00:24:08.169
  • Those of you who have stepped forward to support
  • 00:24:08.169 --> 00:24:10.739
  • This ministry.
  • 00:24:10.739 --> 00:24:12.073
  • "pathway to victory" has been through another record season of
  • 00:24:12.073 --> 00:24:15.143
  • Exponential growth, using every platform to reach people with
  • 00:24:15.143 --> 00:24:19.347
  • Bold and biblical teaching, including television, radio, the
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  • Internet, our mobile app, and so many other platforms, and our
  • 00:24:23.952 --> 00:24:28.023
  • Growth is directly linked to friends like you, including our
  • 00:24:28.023 --> 00:24:32.093
  • Valued pathway partners.
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  • Thank you so much for partnering with us to pierce the darkness
  • 00:24:34.229 --> 00:24:38.133
  • With the light of god's word.
  • 00:24:38.133 --> 00:24:40.602
  • Now, stay right there, i'll be back with more "pathway to
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  • Victory" in just a moment.
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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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  • Proclaim the hope of christ's return through television,
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  • Radio, and online streaming to people across the country and
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  • Around the world.
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  • Together we're piercing the darkness with the light of
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  • God's word.
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  • Jeffress: we've covered a lot of ground during today's
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  • Half-hour program, but there's still so much more to discover
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  • About heaven.
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  • As i mentioned earlier, the bible mentions heaven more than
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  • 550 times in the old and new testaments, and while we won't
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  • Have enough time to answer all of your questions, i'll address
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  • A few of the big ones next time, so be sure to join us again when
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  • I answer questions like, will there be marriage in heaven?
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  • What will we do in heaven?
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  • Are christians in heaven aware of what's happening right now?
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  • And a few others as well.
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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: god will give us responsibilities to carry out
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  • Throughout all eternity, and we will find fulfillment in
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  • Doing that.
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  • And remember, all of the impediments that keep us from
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  • Enjoying work in this life, tired body, strained
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  • Relationships, government regulations, all those things
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  • Will be removed in the next life so that we can enjoy work as god
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  • Intended us to enjoy it.
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  • Announcer: set your dvr and join us next time for part two of the
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  • Message, "the truth about heaven," here on
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  • "pathway to victory."
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