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Millions of professing
Christians believe they
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will go to heaven when
they die and experience
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eternal retirement.
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And yet, the Savior of
the world stated a very
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different future for
faithful Christians in His
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Sermon on the Mount.
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He stated in Matthew 5:5...
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“Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the
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earth.” Will you go to
Heaven or will you inherit
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the Earth?
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On today’s program
we'll discuss that vital
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question, and the answer
from your Bible will
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surprise you.
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We'll also be offering you
an inspiring free study
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guide that answers in
depth the question: “What
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Happens When You Die?”
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Be sure to write down the
contact information to
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order your free copy.
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The question of life after
death is one of the most
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controversial
questions in the world.
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But your Bible gives
plain answers to those
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questions.
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There is really good news
for the future of faithful
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Christians, and great
hope for those considered
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spiritually lost.
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You need to know the
truth from your own Bible.
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You need to know your
potential future, and
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where it will be: In
Heaven, Hell, or on a
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glorious and
restored earth?
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Stay tuned!
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♪
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One of the most
fundamental questions of
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life is: What happens
when you die?
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Will you go to Heaven?
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Or will you go to Hell?
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Or, will you simply remain
dead in the grave until
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the Resurrection?
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Pew Research surveyed
Americans on their belief
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in heaven or hell.
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“Nearly
three-quarters of U.S.
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adults say they believe
in heaven.... Roughly a
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quarter of all U.S.
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adults (26%) say that they
do not believe in heaven
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or hell, including 7% who
say they do believe in
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some kind of afterlife and
17% who do not believe in
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any afterlife at all”.
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My friends, what
is the truth?
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Your Bible gives solid
answers to the questions
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of life and death.
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What does the Bible say
about the afterlife?
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How does it answer the
question, “Will you go to
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Heaven or will you
inherit the Earth?”
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On today’s program we'll
discuss the Bible’s answer
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to that question, and
we'll be offering you an
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inspiring free study guide
titled What Happens When
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You Die?
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Be sure to write down the
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your screen to order
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Jesus taught us to pray,
“Your Kingdom come" in
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Matthew 6:10. My friends,
why do we pray
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every day, “Your Kingdom come?”
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Because the world is
suffering from the sins of
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mankind.
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In the 20th century, we
experienced World War I
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and World War II.
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Millions also suffered
from wars in Korea,
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Vietnam, Cambodia, the Middle
East, and other regions
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around the world.
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Right now, in the 21st
century, according to the
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Council on Foreign Relations conflict tracker,
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more than two dozen
civil-war-type conflicts
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are raging around the
world, on five of the
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seven continents.
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Modern warfare, from
the two Gulf wars in the
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Middle East to the recent
clashes in Ukraine, uses
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the latest military
technology with smart
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bombs, guided missiles,
and space communications.
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Jesus said that
there would be Great
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Tribulation.
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And He said, “... unless those days were shortened,
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no flesh would be saved."
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That’s in Matthew 24:22.
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But Christ will intervene
at His Second Coming.
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We pray for God’s Kingdom
to come, to stop mankind’s
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war-like nature.
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Current military trends,
unless God intervenes,
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will eventually lead to
total annihilation, or
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cosmocide.
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Thankfully, God has a
plan to save mankind.
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That plan includes
an awesome future for
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faithful Christians.
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And where will that
future take place?
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Where will faithful
Christians be?
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In Heaven?
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Or on Earth?
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Turn in your Bible to
Revelation 5:10, “And have
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made us kings and priests
to our God; and we shall
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reign [Where?] on the earth.”
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What an awe-inspiring verse.
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Notice two points.
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One: Faithful Christians
are called to become kings
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and priests.
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They will assist the King
of kings in ushering
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lasting peace.
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And where will they reign?
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In heaven?
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No, on earth.
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“We shall reign
on the earth.”
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Yes, my friends, the meek
shall inherit the earth.
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The Kingdom of Heaven, or
the Kingdom of God, will
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reign on earth.
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That’s why we pray, “Your
Kingdom come.” If you have
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your Bible, turn to one of
the most basic scriptures
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in the New Testament,
Matthew 5, what is often
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called “The Sermon on
the Mount.” Be sure to
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carefully read all three
chapters: Matthew 5, 6,
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and 7.
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Let’s read Matthew 5:1.
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“And seeing the
multitudes, He went up on
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a mountain, and when He
was seated His disciples
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came to Him.
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Then He opened His mouth
and taught them, saying:
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‘Blessed are the poor in
spirit, for theirs is the
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kingdom of heaven.
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Blessed are those who
mourn, for they shall be
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comforted.
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Blessed are the meek, for
they shall inherit the
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earth.’”
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Notice: Did Jesus say the poor in spirit would go to heaven for
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eternity, while the meek would inherit the earth?
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No.
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What Jesus did say, was
that the poor in spirit
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would be blessed with
the Kingdom of heaven.
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Let’s understand, my
friends, the Kingdom of
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Heaven is coming to earth
when Christ returns.
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That is when the saved
inherit the Kingdom.
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That’s the time when
Christ will tell His
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faithful servants, “Come,
you blessed of My Father,
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inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the
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foundation of the world.”
That’s in Matthew 25:34.
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The King of kings will
rule planet Earth, and all
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nations will come up to
Jerusalem to learn the way
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to peace.
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Notice this inspiring
prophecy in Zechariah 14.
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The whole earth will
learn to observe the same
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biblical festivals that
Jesus and the Apostles
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observed.
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Zechariah 14:16, “And it
shall come to pass that
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everyone who is left of
all the nations which came
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against Jerusalem shall
go up from year to year to
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worship the King, the LORD
of hosts, and to keep the
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Feast of Tabernacles.”
Yes, my friends, every
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nation on earth will
worship the King.
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And when will
that take place?
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And when will faithful
dead Christians inherit
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the Kingdom?
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The great resurrection of
faithful Christians takes
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place at Christ’s return
as it tells us in
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1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
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My friends, I hope that most
of you will desire to seek
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that promise of
life after death.
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The greatest goal of a
Christian is to seek first
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the Kingdom of God and
His righteousness as Jesus
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stated in Matthew 6:33.
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Yes, there is life after
death, but not until you
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are resurrected.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5, “For the
living know that they will
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die; but the dead
know nothing....”
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My friends, when you die,
you remain dead until one
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of the general
resurrections.
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In the first part of our
program, we saw that the
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Kingdom of God, also
called the Kingdom of
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Heaven, will come to earth
when Jesus the Savior
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returns.
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Yes, the meek shall
inherit the earth as He
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said.
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Jesus Christ will rule all
nations as King of kings
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and Lord of lords.
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Faithful Christians will
assist Him ruling over
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the nations.
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My friends, God is calling
many individuals to serve
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Him and His Work, to
prepare to serve in His
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coming Kingdom as
kings and priests.
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Let’s read that in
Revelation 20:6,
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“Blessed and holy is he
who has part in
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the first resurrection.
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Over such the second death
has no power, but they
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shall be priests of God
and of Christ, and shall
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reign with Him a thousand
years.” There are many
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scriptures in your Bible
describing Christ’s
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world-ruling kingdom.
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Turn to Daniel 7.
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The setting here in Daniel 7
is end-time prophecy.
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“But the saints of the
Most High shall receive
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the kingdom, and possess
the kingdom forever, even
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forever and ever.”
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Yes, the saints, all
faithful Christians, will
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rule with Jesus Christ
when He returns.
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A Kingdom can be described
with four basic elements.
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A kingdom has a ruler,
territory, subjects, and
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laws.
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The ruler of the Kingdom
of God on earth will be
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Jesus Christ as
King of Kings.
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And the glorified saints
of God will assist Him as
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kings and priests.
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But what territory will
the kingdom rule over?
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The territory of the
Kingdom will be planet
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earth.
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We've already seen that
the saints will rule on
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the earth--Revelation 5:10--and that all nations will go up to
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Jerusalem to worship the
King and to observe the
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Feast of Tabernacles,
Zechariah 14:16.
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But where will the
King of kings rule?
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And where will He dwell?
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Turn in your Bible to
Zechariah 8:3, “Thus says
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the LORD: ‘I will return
to Zion, and dwell in the
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midst of Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem shall be called
the City of Truth, the
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Mountain of the LORD
of hosts, the Holy
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Mountain.’” Jesus Christ
will dwell in Jerusalem.
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He says, “I will return
to Zion, and dwell in the
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midst of Jerusalem.” In
fact, the city will have
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another name.
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The very last verse in the
book of Ezekiel--Ezekiel 48:35,
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states, “the name
of the city from that day
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shall be: THE LORD IS
THERE.” The name of the
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city in Hebrew
is Yahweh Shama.
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The territory of God’s
Kingdom when Christ
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returns will be
planet Earth.
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And who will be the
subjects of that Kingdom?
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All the nations of planet
Earth will be subjects in
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that kingdom.
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As it tells in Zechariah
14:9, “And the LORD shall
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be King over all the
earth.” The subjects
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living under the rulership
of Christ, will be
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physical human beings, the
nations of planet Earth.
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Again, consider that a
kingdom has four basic
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elements: A kingdom
has a ruler, territory,
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subjects, and laws.
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Now, what laws will
govern in the Kingdom?
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The prophet Isaiah gives
an inspiring vision of
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Tomorrow’s World.
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Isaiah 2:2, “Now it shall
come to pass in the latter
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days that the mountain of
the LORD’s house shall be
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established on the top of
the mountains, and shall
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be exalted above the
hills; and all nations
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shall flow to it.”
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Yes, the Kingdom of God will rule over all nations.
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Isaiah 2:3, “Many people
shall come and say, ‘Come,
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and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, to
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the house of the God of
Jacob; He will teach us
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His ways, and we shall
walk in His paths.’ For
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out of Zion shall go forth
the law, and the word of
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the LORD from Jerusalem.”
Yes, God’s laws will be
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taught and administered
from Jerusalem.
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Not man’s often
contradictory and unjust
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laws.
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Jesus taught us to keep
the Ten Commandments.
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Remember Matthew 19:17.
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Jesus said, “But if you
want to enter into life,
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keep the commandments.”
Jesus then stated several
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of the Ten Commandments.
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He also magnified the
commandments in the Sermon
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on the Mount.
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He actually made
them more binding.
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We need to observe them
in the spirit, not just in
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the letter.
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And what will God’s
government produce?
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Isaiah 2:4, “He shall
judge between the nations,
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and rebuke many people;
they shall beat their
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swords into plowshares,
and their spears into
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pruning hooks; nation
shall not lift up sword
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against nation, neither
shall they learn war
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anymore.” My friends, that
is the “gospel,” the good
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news of the
Kingdom of God.
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Yet, how many professing
Christians really
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understand?
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And when will you inherit
the Kingdom if you are a
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faithful Christian?
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Millions believe they
go to the place of their
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reward when they die.
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But is that true?
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We'll answer that question
in the next part of our
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program, but first I'd
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What happens to billions
of people who are
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non-Christian?
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What happens to your
relatives whom you feel
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are lost forever?
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This study guide answers
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Bible.
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There is hope for billions
who have lived and died
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without hearing
the gospel.
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They will have their first
opportunity in the White
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Throne Judgment period
described in
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Revelation 20:11-13.
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When you read the history
of the true Christian
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Church, what do you find?
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You see a major emphasis
on seeking a resurrection
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from the dead.
15:35.100 --> 15:38.170
One example is the Apostle
Paul’s passionate desire
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of a future resurrection
from the dead.
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Turn to Acts 23
in your Bible.
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The Apostle Paul was
confronted by the
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Jerusalem Sanhedrin.
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And what did he say?
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Acts 23:6, “But when Paul
perceived that one part
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were Sadducees and the
other Pharisees, he cried
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out in the council, ‘Men
and brethren, I am a
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Pharisee, the son of a
Pharisee; concerning the
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hope and resurrection
of the dead I am being
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judged!'"
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Paul was being judged.
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Yet he did not yet
have immortal life.
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Let’s understand.
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We do not already
have immortality.
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It is a gift from God.
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Read Romans 6:23, “For the
wages of sin is death; but
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the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ
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our Lord.” That's the King James Version. Notice that the
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scripture does not state, “The wages of sin is immortal life
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in hell-fire.” The wages of
sin is not immortal life,
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but death: the
absence of life.
16:42.434 --> 16:44.837
If you already have an
immortal soul, if you
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already have eternal life,
you don't need it as a
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gift from God.
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My friends, a
soul can die.
16:51.677 --> 16:56.215
The prophet Ezekiel tells
us in Ezekiel 18:4,
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“The soul who sins shall die.”
The Hebrew word for soul
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is “nephesh” which means
physical or natural life.
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And the same word
“nephesh” also refers to
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animal life in
Genesis 1:21.
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Now, what does the New
Testament tell us about
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souls?
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Turn in your Bible to
Matthew 10:28 where Jesus
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is speaking.
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Matthew 10:28, “And do not
fear those who kill the
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body but cannot
kill the soul.
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But rather fear Him who is
able to destroy both soul
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and body in hell”
or Gehenna fire.
17:32.017 --> 17:33.852
Do you believe your Bible?
17:33.919 --> 17:36.121
Do you believe
what Jesus said?
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God is able to
destroy--yes, destroy--both
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soul and body in Gehenna.
17:42.661 --> 17:44.997
Now, the Bible does teach
us there is a human
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spirit, the spirit in man
mentioned in 1 Corinthians
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2:11, for example.
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But it is not an
immortal soul.
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There are many other
scriptures to demonstrate
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that one does not
have an immortal soul.
17:58.644 --> 18:01.480
As God inspired the
prophet Ezekiel to state,
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“The soul who sins shall
die.” Evangelist Gerald
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Weston explains the pagan
origin of the immortal
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soul doctrine in his
telecast, “Do You Have an
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Immortal Soul?”
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Just access the inspiring
program on our website at
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TomorrowsWorld.org.
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My friends, your Bible
reveals three general
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resurrections from the
dead, of thousands,
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millions, and
billions of people.
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The first resurrection is
described in your Bible
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primarily in two chapters:
1 Corinthians 15 and
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1 Thessalonians 4.
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Who will be in the
first resurrection?
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Those who are
faithful Christians.
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The Apostle John describes
their future: “And they
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lived and reigned with
Christ for a thousand
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years...
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This is the first
resurrection.” That’s in
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Revelation 20:4-5.
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The first resurrection
from the dead is to
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immortal life.
18:56.702 --> 18:58.904
This is the resurrection
that takes place when
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Christ returns.
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God will give faithful
Christians the awesome
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gift of eternal, immortal
life at that time.
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Faithful saints and
Christians who died are
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waiting in their
graves for the First
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Resurrection.
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But, what will happen to
the billions of humans who
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have died but never
accepted Christianity?
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Are they burning
in hell right now?
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No!
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Your Bible teaches that
everyone who has died,
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with the exception of
Jesus Christ, is still
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dead.
19:28.600 --> 19:31.803
Those people who never had
their minds opened to true
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Christianity will be in
the White Throne Judgment.
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They will be in the
second resurrection.
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This is a resurrection to
a lifetime of judgment,
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and it’s a resurrection
to physical life.
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When will this Second
Resurrection take place?
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Revelation 19 describes
the Second Coming of Jesus
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Christ.
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He will not be alone when
He comes back to this
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earth.
19:56.094 --> 19:59.698
Revelation 20:4, “And I
saw thrones, and they sat
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on them, and judgment
was committed to them.
20:02.067 --> 20:04.136
Then I saw the souls
of those who had been
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beheaded for their witness
to Jesus and for the word
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of God, who had not
worshiped the beast or his
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image, and had not
received his mark on their
20:11.910 --> 20:14.012
foreheads or
on their hands.
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And they lived and reigned
with Christ for a thousand
20:17.015 --> 20:21.253
years.” Then we read a
parenthetical statement:
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“But the rest of the dead
[listen to this] did not
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live again until the
thousand years were
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finished.” If they did not
live again for a thousand
20:30.696 --> 20:34.166
years, they remained
dead all that time.
20:34.232 --> 20:36.034
Who are the “rest
of the dead”?
20:36.101 --> 20:38.704
People still in their
graves who are not in the
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First Resurrection.
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And when does this Second
Resurrection take place?
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When the thousand years
are finished, as we read
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in Revelation 20:5.
20:49.414 --> 20:53.986
Now turn to Revelation
20:11, “Then I saw a great
20:54.052 --> 20:56.755
white throne and Him who
sat on it, from whose face
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the earth and the
heaven fled away.
20:59.224 --> 21:01.893
And there was found
no place for them.
21:01.960 --> 21:05.897
And I saw the dead, small
and great, standing before
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God [This is the
second resurrection, a
21:09.201 --> 21:12.537
resurrection to physical
life, not immortal life],
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and books were opened.
21:14.539 --> 21:16.308
And another book was
opened, which is the Book
21:16.375 --> 21:17.409
of Life.
21:17.476 --> 21:19.845
And the dead were judged
according to their works,
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by the things which were
written in the books.”
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Revelation 20:11-12.
21:25.450 --> 21:28.587
The Greek word for “books”
is “biblia.” The good news
21:28.654 --> 21:31.023
is that the books, or the
Bible, will be opened to
21:31.089 --> 21:33.692
the understanding of the
masses for the first time.
21:33.759 --> 21:35.927
The Book of Life is
finally opened to those
21:35.994 --> 21:38.463
resurrected in the White
Throne Judgment, as we see
21:38.530 --> 21:40.799
in Revelation 20:12.
21:40.866 --> 21:43.669
This will be their first
opportunity to properly
21:43.735 --> 21:45.237
learn the truth.
21:45.303 --> 21:47.939
This is not a second
chance as some may like to
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call it.
21:49.141 --> 21:51.443
All human beings will be
held accountable for their
21:51.510 --> 21:53.178
actions and thoughts.
21:53.245 --> 21:55.547
But this will be the
first time for many to see
21:55.614 --> 21:56.948
their sins.
21:57.015 --> 21:58.784
They’ll have the
opportunity to repent of
21:58.850 --> 22:01.653
their sins, and accept
Jesus Christ as their
22:01.720 --> 22:02.821
Savior.
22:02.888 --> 22:05.157
In the White Throne
Judgment, billions will be
22:05.223 --> 22:07.159
resurrected to physical
life, and for the first
22:07.225 --> 22:10.662
time will have their minds
opened to the Bible and
22:10.729 --> 22:13.098
the awesome reality
of God’s truth.
22:13.165 --> 22:15.267
After all who've lived
have received their
22:15.333 --> 22:18.603
opportunity for salvation,
the unrepentant will be
22:18.670 --> 22:21.473
burned up forever,
extinguished in the Lake
22:21.540 --> 22:22.941
of Fire.
22:23.008 --> 22:25.610
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22:33.685 --> 22:36.254
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22:36.321 --> 22:39.157
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22:52.671 --> 22:55.807
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22:55.874 --> 22:59.177
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As we've seen on today’s
program, God has an
24:13.385 --> 24:16.421
awesome plan for faithful
Christians, and He also
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has a future resurrection
for all who never had an
24:19.558 --> 24:23.195
opportunity to hear the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
24:23.261 --> 24:25.597
My friends, you should
look forward to inheriting
24:25.664 --> 24:29.467
the earth, to inheriting
salvation as it states in
24:29.534 --> 24:33.939
Hebrews 1:14, to
inheriting eternal life as
24:34.005 --> 24:38.376
it states in Matthew
19:29, and to inherit “all
24:38.443 --> 24:42.547
things” as it states
in Revelation 21:7.
24:42.614 --> 24:46.251
We've also seen on today’s
program, no one is now
24:46.318 --> 24:49.855
suffering in a mythical
ever-burning hellfire.
24:49.921 --> 24:53.024
Everyone who has ever
lived and died is still
24:53.091 --> 24:54.593
dead.
24:54.659 --> 24:56.728
They are totally
unconscious and feel no
24:56.795 --> 24:59.197
passing of time.
24:59.264 --> 25:01.700
All who are dead will be
resurrected to one of the
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three resurrections.
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My friends, as we've seen,
the First Resurrection
25:06.538 --> 25:09.040
takes place at
Christ’s Second Coming.
25:09.107 --> 25:10.675
That hasn't happened yet.
25:10.742 --> 25:13.578
Will you be in
that resurrection?
25:13.645 --> 25:17.482
If you genuinely belong to
Jesus Christ at that time,
25:17.549 --> 25:20.418
you will be in the
First Resurrection.
25:20.485 --> 25:24.356
It's called a “better
resurrection” in Hebrews 11:35.
25:24.422 --> 25:25.357
Why?
25:25.423 --> 25:27.759
Because it’s a
resurrection to eternal
25:27.826 --> 25:30.528
life and immortality.
25:30.595 --> 25:33.231
Those who are in the first
resurrection will become
25:33.298 --> 25:34.933
the Bride of Christ.
25:35.000 --> 25:37.535
The parable of the ten
virgins in Matthew 25
25:37.602 --> 25:41.306
warns all of us to be ready
for Christ’s return and
25:41.373 --> 25:43.108
the marriage of the Lamb.
25:43.174 --> 25:47.512
Revelation 19:7 shows that
the true Church of God,
25:47.579 --> 25:50.649
the wife of Christ, indeed
has been faithful in her
25:50.715 --> 25:53.151
preparation for the
coming Kingdom of God.
25:53.218 --> 25:55.654
“Let us be glad and
rejoice and give Him
25:55.720 --> 25:59.491
glory, for the marriage of
the Lamb has come, and His
25:59.557 --> 26:03.461
wife has made herself
ready.” We asked at the
26:03.528 --> 26:06.331
beginning of the program,
will you go to heaven?
26:06.398 --> 26:09.401
The Bible makes it very
plain, as we have seen,
26:09.467 --> 26:12.837
that our eternal reward
will be here on earth.
26:12.904 --> 26:15.707
But as shocking as it may
be to some of you, when
26:15.774 --> 26:18.610
Christ returns to meet
genuine Christians rising
26:18.677 --> 26:21.813
up to the clouds in the
first resurrection, He
26:21.880 --> 26:24.616
takes them to the great
wedding before the throne
26:24.683 --> 26:26.017
of God in heaven.
26:26.084 --> 26:29.020
Revelation 15:1-2.
26:29.087 --> 26:32.190
They are there for a short
period of time when the
26:32.257 --> 26:35.093
seven last plagues are
poured out and return with
26:35.160 --> 26:38.129
Him on white horses to
conquer the nations and
26:38.196 --> 26:39.798
inherit the earth.
26:39.864 --> 26:42.367
Our free study guide gives
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26:42.434 --> 26:43.735
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Be sure to read the
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26:45.804 --> 26:48.940
of the Lamb”
starting on page 22.
26:49.007 --> 26:52.210
My friends, Your Father in
heaven loves you and wants
26:52.277 --> 26:54.245
you to be part
of His Family.
26:54.312 --> 26:57.148
He will raise the dead
in Christ to glory and
26:57.215 --> 26:58.450
immortality.
26:58.516 --> 27:01.553
And He plans for billions
of spiritually-blinded
27:01.619 --> 27:04.222
human beings to learn His
way in the White Throne
27:04.289 --> 27:05.724
Judgment.
27:05.790 --> 27:08.793
All deceased human beings
who have ever lived are
27:08.860 --> 27:11.329
still asleep in their
graves, as it tells us in
27:11.396 --> 27:15.667
1 Thessalonians 4:13-15.
27:15.734 --> 27:18.269
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27:23.541 --> 27:25.310
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27:45.897 --> 27:48.967
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27:49.034 --> 27:50.035
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