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Now, I have a little problem because I believe that the book of Daniel costs about 70 weeks 70 weeks are determined upon thy people, which is Israel, and thy holy city, which would be Jerusalem. So when the Antichrist takes over and goes into Jerusalem, then he sits up on the throne in Jerusalem, and he claims that he is God in Jerusalem, and that’s where he plants his palace in the holy city. So I believe that there’s a possibility Jerusalem could be made an international city in the last days, so that they can have peace.

So that everybody, all three major religions, which I don’t like, will be part of a peace treaty. So Jerusalem will be the holy city for all the religions, and that’s why they will have a one-world government and a one-world religion. And all be because of Jerusalem. So is that going to be? And that’s why also in the book of Revelation it talks about that great city, that great city, that great city. And then it says that great city where also our Lord was crucified.

Now I believe He was crucified in Jerusalem. So there’s a good possibility that that great city could be Jerusalem. And when you read the book of Zechariah chapter 13 it talks about it being divided into three parts. exactly what you read right here. But I can’t definitely prove it. That’s a little yank-yology. Remember, when it comes to the gospel, you’ve got to be simple, got to be clear. That’s definite. Salvation is always by grace. No other way. But when it comes to prophecy, you’ve got to be able to give and take a little bit.

I don’t have all the pieces of the puzzle. I got some of them, but a few of them, like I said, I have to get a hammer and try to hammer them in there or try to get some and cut them where they’ll fit. But that’s forcing sometimes a position. And I don’t recommend that. It’s just that I haven’t got all the pieces together that I can say definitely positive, this is it. So anyway, I hope that answers your question just a little bit.

Now, also Revelation chapter 16 verse 21 says, and there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven. Now we’ve gone from the heat to the cold. Out of heaven every stone, when them wait of a talent. Now some believe this could be in between 80, 100. I’ve heard up to 120 pounds. Hellstones, I mean, that’s a lot. What’s the biggest Hellstone you’ve ever seen? I’ve seen some of the size of a baseball in Colorado. I mean, that’s pretty good size.

But when it hit, it would just splatter all over the place. But I mean, a Hellstone that even weighs five pounds or 10 pounds, that would be huge. But how much it weighs, it says the weight of a talent. And men blast him, God, because of the plague of the hill. for the plague thereof was exceeding great. So all this may not have happened exactly on the same day by all 17 says, and the angel went forth and did it, and then this angel went forth, and then this angel.

And so these are angels of God. Now remember, we’re reading what John saw from a heavenly view. He saw what was behind the scenes and the angelic world and what they did. We see things happen, but we don’t see what’s causing it to happen. So there’s another world being lived, the same time ours is being lived. Like right now, look around, you can see yourself and you can see each other, but there might be a lot more in this room than what you know.

You know, the devil might even be here. Now who brought him? But I do believe that you may have a garden angel. I got four or five garden angels. They have to rotate because I just word them to death. All right, well, move right along. The return of Christ. We know Christ is coming back again. Coming back to the year. Revelation 19, 11 says, and I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse and hey that’s settled in him, what’s called faithful and true.

And in righteousness he’d have judged and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire and on his head were many crowns. Now his eyes were a flame of fire. Now you know when we read the book of Revelation chapter 1 that description is also used and it’s a reference to Jesus Christ, remember? And in chapter 1 and verse 7 and 8 is talking about how that, you know, he’s coming back and he was the lamb that was slain and he is the Almighty God, Jesus Christ.

It’s coming back. That’s why the book of Revelation is the book of Revelation. It is not the book of concealing. It’s now being revealed. Even Noah, I mean, I should say Enoch preached about Christ coming with thousands of his saints in the book of Jude. So it’s interesting to know his eyes were a flame of fire known his head were many crowns and he had a name written that no man knew but he himself. Now get this and he was clothed with a vester dipped in blood and his name is called the Word of God.

Got a clue who it might be? Now he’s coming back here on a white horse. There’s another one that came on a white horse in chapter 6. They’re not the same one. Many people put Jesus on that white horse in the book of Revelation chapter 6, the first seal. That is not Christ. That’s the anti-Christ. This is Christ. And He’s coming back in power and great glory. This is not the rapture. The rapture took place when? Before the tribulation.

We’re talking now at the end of the tribulation, Christ comes back. Now, if you look down at the bottom of it, he’s also called King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Of all the kings, he’s the king. Of all the Lord, he’s the Lord. He is. And so that’s why it’s important. Now what happens to the beast and the false prophet? When Christ comes back to the earth in power and great glory, then the Bible says he takes the beast and the false prophet.

The beast is the head of the political and the prophet is the head of the religious system. And so you have the head of two controlled by Satan. They are not Satan. The devil is not either one of these because these two are both cast into the lake of fire. Look where I have it. In the second part that I have in yellow, these both were cast alive into a a lake of fire burning with brimstone. They are placed in here before the devil is cast into the bottomless pit, which this is the end of chapter 19.

But in the beginning of chapter 20, the book of Revelation, the Bible says they took the devil, that old Satan, and what did they do to him? Well, they took care of him all right. Put him in chains. And I So an angel come down from heaven, heaven the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent which is called the devil in Satan and bound him for how long?

A thousand years. So that’s why doing the thousand year reign which is now going to be set up, the beast and the false prophet are in the lake of fire and the devil is in a bottomless pit in chains. So the devil is not free during the thousand years upon the earth. And he says, and cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set his seal upon him that he should deceive the nations no more. Notice the next part, till the thousand years should be fulfilled.

And after that, he must be loosed in a little season and that’s when he takes the last group of people that have not believed on the Lord and he will deceive them and they will be a rebellion against Jerusalem and fire come down and God takes care of that and it’s not mentioned much at all about that. But that’s what’s going to take place. Now we know that one day the Lord is going to come, the Lord, there’s going to be a great white-thrown judgment.

And so one day he’s going to show up, we are going to face God, eyeball to eyeball. We’re going to see the Lord. Just think we have lived our whole lives wondering whether there is a God and then those who believe that there is a God wonder, I wonder what it looks like. What is it going to be like to actually see God face to face? Yes sir. Is that the second group? Is that rebellion after a thousand years?

Yeah, it happens right at the end of the 20th chapter in the 20th chapter. That is called the The battle of God can make God. Now there’s two battles of God can make God. One that we believe at the beginning of the tribulation period. And then there’s another one. So I do believe myself personally that it could be a move by Russian and Iran and Iraq against Israel that God takes care of. And because of that, they will make a peace treaty with Israel.

Because see, there’s got to be something happen that caused them to make a treaty with Israel. And I believe this is one of the possibilities. I could be wrong on that, but that’s just prophecy. But at the end of the 20th chapter of the book of Revelation, it talks about Gog and Maygog, which once again will be a battle, but not much of a battle, it’s just one verse on it. Now here we have the lost of all the ages shall stand before the judge.

The lost of all the ages are going to be standing before God Almighty. And this is the judgment of God. Now the Judgement City of Christ has already taken place. We’re in heaven, we’re there. Now this is all these years later, a thousand, seven years later, the great white throne judgment. And remember, there are those who believed that, well, I don’t need to trust Christ as Savior. I’m gonna trust my works. Well, God’s gonna Entered850, according to His works.

So God keeps the books. He has all the evidence. Just think, God has all the evidence He needs and all the world and all He has to do, and God has to because He’s gotta prove that whatever He does, it is just when He condemns the unjust. And He has all the facts and every case concerned and every individual and would you like to go into court trying to prove to God you never sinned? Because that’s what it’s gonna have to bowl down to.

Because if you didn’t, your work can’t pay for your sins, all God got to do is prove you did sin. But what about all the people throughout their lifetime witnessed to them or gave them tracks and heard the gospel on the radio and saw that there was a God because God gave the evidence and they would not believe it. So this is going to be a great white throne judgment. The books are going to be open. And that’s why we talk about the books.

The books were the records are kept. And this is, I believe, a judgment on the loss, and if they’re going to be judged out of the book, they cannot be judged out of the book of life. Why? They’re not in the book of life. He says, everyone whose names are not found written in the book of life will be cast into the lake of fire. Well, he’s not judging him out of that book because their names are not in that book so it must be in the other book.

So the lost, I believe, is the book of the living. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The book of life is the Lamb’s book of life. And I believe that’s the book where when you trust Christ as your Savior, your names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. This is why when they came back that was out by 2 by 2, about 70 of them, they came back rejoicing, they were they would cast out, they would, he says, rejoices your names are written in the Book of Life.

Because that’s the one thing God cannot block your name out of the Book of Life. Now you can be blotted out of the Book of the Living. Moses talked about to the Lord in Deuteronomy, in chapter 32, but by being blotted out, but not the Book of Life. It might be numbered, but now it’s this. Revelation chapter 20 verse 12, he says, and I saw that it small and great stand before God in the books were open. And another book was open, which is the book of life.

And so he says, and the sea gave up the dead, which were in it. Death and hell delivered up the dead, which were in them, and they were, get this, judged every man according to their works. Do you ever hear people think that you’ve got to do good works to go to heaven? All right, they’re going to be judged by the works. And so I don’t want to be judged by my works. I’m glad that I just trusted Christ as my Savior and saved by grace.

But they’re going to be judged by the works called God must be just when he condemns the unjust when they’re cast into hell. And so judge every man according to their works. Now this is ay He says, and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works. He says it over again. And this is why people who believe that they? they’re good enough to go to heaven, would never trust the crisis saviors.

God’s going to show them why they’re going viability judged. Because I believe that it determines the amount of suffering that they receive in hell. He makes a statement. statement in the book of Matthew in chapter 11. He says, for if this had been done there, saw to me more, he says they would have repented. It will be more tolerable for them than for you. More tolerable means that there’s going to be a judgment according to light that you have.

Does God know how much light every man has? The knowledge that he has. In order to make the right decision. Remember, God can do no wrong. He makes no mistakes. He cannot sin. Whatever he does, it is right. And if a man goes to hell, it will be right. It’s just that God had grace that was available. If all of us who believe on Christ, if we had gone to hell, that would have been right. But by the mercy of God, He provided away for us so that we could have eternal life as a free gift.

Now this is important. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. Death and hell simply means that people who have already died, bodies are in the grave, dead, soul is in hell. the rich man had died and in hell he lifted up his eyes, been in tournament and see if they were him afar off and Lazarus and his bosom and he cried out Father Abraham sin, Lazarus, they mean he may come and dip his finger in water and cool my tongue for I am tormented in this flame.

You see he was in a place. Now those people that are in hell the Bible says they will be resurrected and they will have a resurrected body and they’re going to stand before God and then that’s why it’s call the second death. They’re going to be separated from God for all eternity. It’s like that’s the worst thing that could ever happen. So the best thing that could ever happen is to be with the Lord for all eternity. If the worst thing is to be separated, the greatest thing should be, I am God’s, and I’m going to see God, and I’m going to be with God for all eternity.

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast where? Into the lake of fire. So every one of these that were judged at the great white throne judgment. Now you and I may be there, but we will be there as witnesses. And I don’t know exactly all of it and how it’s going to work, but I do know this. The Bible says, and God will take all of those who know Him, and God will wipe away all tears from our eyes.

But why are there tears in our eyes? Now I can kind of, you know, imagine a little bit of seeing people that we knew and loved our families or people that we could have witnessed to it and we didn’t. I don’t know, but God’s going to have to wipe away all tears from our eyes, although I would cry all eternity. And God says also to think about memory, things will not be remembered anymore. Now you do not miss those children that were never born into your family.

Don’t that make sense? You don’t miss those that have never been born into your Well, in heaven, it’s the second birth. That’s the new family. So we may after a while, we may never miss those who have never been born into the family. And so how God’s going to do all that? I don’t know. I don’t care. I know He says in the form of things, we’ll be remembered no more. Now let me show you this. Because when all of this is all over with, and the thousand year reign is over, and there’s this great white throne judgment.

And then like John says, He says, And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. That is awesome. He says, and I saw a new heavens and a new earth for the first heaven and the first of a past away, and there was no more sea. Now in the book of Peter, it makes a statement that the first time God destroyed the earth by water, but now it’s been reserved to be destroyed by what?

By fire. the earth is going to be renovated by fire and there will be a new heavens and a new earth. I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like, but I really don’t care as long as I’m there. And so he says, the heaven shall pass away with a great noise and the element shall melt with fervent heat. The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up and this whole world is going to be changed.

There’s going to be a new heaven. Now I’ve seen some of those pictures by a Hubble telescope and goin’ on into space. And I think, man, this is awesome. This is awesome. And then God’s gonna make something new better. And I’ll say, man, I haven’t even seen all of this yet. I don’t know how money gets to see it. Maybe God’ll take us, when we go to heaven, it’ll take a real slow. We’ll get a nice view all the way up.

I don’t know. We could be changing the moment in Twickenlin and I, but I wanna see stuff. But anyway, there’s gonna be The new heavens, new earth. Jesus Christ becomes the ruler of the new heavens and the new earth, Revelation 21 and 22. It all boils around him. Why won’t there be a new son? Well, I want to be a son. Cause he will be the light of the city. And he talks about the holy city that comes down from God out of heaven.

And this holy city is about 1500 miles high, 1,500 miles wide, 1,500 miles long. That’s over half the size of the United States, a city. And it says, and I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and there was no more sea. You know when John was writing this on the Alapatmon, I guess he saw enough water. Maybe that stuck into his mind. There won’t be any more water.

Remember when John was up there in heaven, he wrote from a heavenly view. You could see into the future. And he was like, like he was there. And then he gets to write it and then we get to read it. He got good. As Freddy Quall will say, isn’t that good? Isn’t that good? That sounds really good. I don’t think Freddy Quall invented that, but I think it’s still good though. But get this. And I saw a new heavens that are new earth, the first heaven and the first server passed away and there was no more same.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven. Wouldn’t it be something to be upon you and see that coming down. I wonder how it would look. I wonder if anybody’s going to say, you know, we’re being invaded from outer space. Somebody’s asked me some time. Other people on other planets, well, I don’t know about planets, but I know there’s people in another place and they’re supernatural people. They live forever. Of course, I’m talking about heaven.

Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. See, I believe that the Holy City is where we’re going to live. We’ve been promised a heavenly situation seated into heavenlies. God promised the nation of Israel, the earth, and a landmass that they’re supposed to have. And then after He says, and the increase of His kingdom, there will be no end. That sounds like it’d be a long time, wouldn’t it? No end to it. Now, this Holy city and I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them.

Now listen, this is the culmination. This is why I made the statement to you the other day. If you didn’t have the book of Revelation, all the prophecies in the Old Testament, all the promises made in the Gospels, even what Paul talked about, there would be no conclusions. There wouldn’t be no ending. How did it end? If there wasn’t for the book of Revelation. That’s why the book of Revelation is just the perfect closing of God’s Holy Word because it tells us who wins, how was going to happen, and isn’t that wonderful to know?

When you get through studying the book of Revelation you ought to be thrilled to death that you’re a part of all of this and that you got in on it. Why don’t you glad you got in on it? And you got in on it just because somebody told you about Christ and you trust He will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himself shall be with them and be their God. That’s why when they said, I go to prepare a place for you, there where I am, there you shall be also.

In my father’s house are many. That’s something like that’s 1500 mile high, you’ve got a lot of rooms. I hope I got a window. I want a window view. of end of you. And then way back on the other side, that’s where Bob Gilbert can have. He can have on the backside someplace. When I was a kid, you know, we used to sing a song and I never thought about it until I got old enough. I trust, you know, I trust the Lord.

Lord, build me just a cabin in the corner of glory land and I have some other parts, I don’t even think I know what it is. Lord, build me just a cabin in the corner of glory land. Not anymore. I want on Main Street, Hallelujah, Ava-nu, and I want to put gold us between my toes. You know, if there’s gold us, you know. I wonder if we’ll go skating around on that stuff. Just think we’re walking on a gold that’s like transparent glass, how God described him.

And he talks about the walls of Jasper Gates of Pearl, and we’re going to live in a place like that. People are down here killing each other to get some gold and up there I’m gonna walk on it. That’s awesome. Now, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. There shall be no more death. Why? Why can’t there be any more death? No more sin. No sorrow, no crying. There shall be no more pain for the former things are passed away.

The old flesh is gone. That old sinful nature is gone. And that’s why I think it is so important. And we will end it right there. And so let me make sure a one little thing before we wrap it up here. Just in case somebody out there is watching, and this is so important. This hand represent. You and me, this wallet represent sin. We all have sin on us. God, He loves us. He wants us to be part of all of this.

He loves us. He wants us to go to heaven. He said, I want to be your God and I want you to be my people. I want you to be with me. But because of sin, you can’t be with the Lord. The wages of sin is death. And because we’ve all sinned, we’re all condemned. Eternal separation from God. And to go to heaven, we have to be perfect as righteous God. See, there’s no sin that can enter this. What’s that verse that says, there shall not know why it’s enter into it.

Anything? Revelation 21, 27. It’s amazing. These seniors know that. I bet Con you knew that didn’t you? He knew that. So there’s a perfect place and you got to be perfect to go there and we’re not. And so the Bible says because of sin we got to pay for it. We’re guilty. We’re condemned. So we can’t save ourselves. This hand represents Jesus Christ. He’s the Lord God in the flesh. God, He did something for us. He came into the world as a child.

It’s a baby born into this world, lived a perfect life. Never sin didn’t have to die, but because He loved us, He hated our sin, because our sins separate us from God. We can’t get together. The sin keeps Him from me and me from Him. So He came into this world and He became a man without a sinful nature, innocent, perfect so He could take our sins and pay for them. How many did He pay for? See, if He paid for most of them, He didn’t help us.

If He paid for all of your sins but one, He didn’t help you. I paid for all of your sins, came back from the dead. So He said, the only thing He wanted us to do is, well, you believe I love you that much, where you believe I did this for you. And when you believe that, He puts that payment your account, you get to go to heaven. I did that 57 years ago. Do I ever have to do it again?

How many times can he give me eternal life? Only one time. You don’t get saved once. And once you trust Christ as Savior, he gives you eternal life and you can know that you’re going to heaven whenever you die. Let’s pray, shall we? It has bow nice clothes, no one looking around. If you have never trusted Christ as your Savior, or if you’re watching, I pray that if you haven’t, you would trust the Lord. And right on the screen it says, yes, I’ll trust Christ as my Savior.

That’s your way of telling me, yes, I believe that. Now, if you’ve already trust the Lord, you don’t have to do it. But I just want those who are trusting the Lord right now. Our Father, we thank you so much for loving us, for giving us the free gift of everlasting life. We’re thankful for the the opportunity you’ve given us to teach a word. It’s such an exciting, wonderful ministry to spend one’s life telling people what you said. Giving people this confidence, this hope of eternal life to live in heaven forever and ever.

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