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The Bible has been the
world’s best-selling book.

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And yet it is a mystery to
billions of people

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around the world.

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Can you explain
its mysteries?

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Notice this amazing
statement made by our Lord

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and Savior in Matthew 11:25,

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“I thank You, Father, Lord
of heaven and earth,

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that You have hidden these
things from the wise

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and prudent and have
revealed them to babes.”

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Yes, the great intellectuals of the world, and even many

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religious leaders, do
not and cannot understand

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great mysteries
of the Bible.

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But you can understand
these mysteries if you

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seek the truth of God
with your whole heart.

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The greatest spiritual
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mankind is revealed
in this book.

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But most do not
understand its mysteries.

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What is the purpose
and meaning of life?

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Why were you born?

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What really happens
when you die?

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And what is the future
of the world?

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Will all life on
earth be destroyed?

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Is there a spirit world?

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These questions are all
mysteries to billions of

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people around the world.

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But God has revealed the
answers to these mysteries

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in the Holy Bible.

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And you can understand
great Bible mysteries.

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Stay tuned.

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♪

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Warm greetings to all our
friends around the world.

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Your Bible contains
mysteries, but it also

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reveals the truth
behind those mysteries.

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There are many
misconceptions about the

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Bible, and fewer and fewer
individuals now trust in

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its teachings.

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A July 2022 Gallup poll report reported the following:

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“A record-low 20 percent
of Americans now say the

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Bible is the literal
word of God, down from 24

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percent the last time
the question was asked in

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2017, and half of what it
was at its high points

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in 1980 and 1984.

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Meanwhile, a new high of
29 percent say the Bible

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is a collection of
‘fables, legends, history

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and moral precepts
recorded by man.’

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This marks the first time
significantly more

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Americans have viewed
the Bible as not divinely

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inspired than as the
literal word of God.”

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Despite the skeptics, God
has revealed His truth in

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the Holy Bible.

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On today’s program, we'll
be offering you a free

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Bible Study Course that
will help you understand

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amazing mysteries
that even millions of

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professing Christians
do not understand.

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The Tomorrow’s World Bible
Study Course

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contains 24 lessons.

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This free Bible course
will help you learn the

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great mysteries of life,
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Christianity taught by
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On today’s program
we'll discuss five

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Bible mysteries.

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As Jesus pointed out, the
great men, leaders and

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scholars of the world do
not understand what you

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can understand.

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Mystery number one is:
The future of the world.

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In recent years, we've
seen dozens of movies and

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television programs
depicting the end of the world.

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These dramatic programs
use the words,

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“Doomsday,”
“Apocalyptic,” “Disaster,”

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“Extinction,” “Last Days on Earth” and “World War III.”

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Bible students know there is danger ahead.

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Jesus warned us of the
Great Tribulation in

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Matthew 24:21...

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“For then there will be great tribulation, such as

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has not been since the
beginning of the world

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until this time, no,
nor ever shall be.

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And unless those days were
shortened, no flesh would

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be saved; but for the
elect’s sake those days

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will be shortened.”

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The good news is that Jesus Christ will return to

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save planet earth and to save human beings from

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completely destroying themselves.

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But many skeptics do
not believe in the

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dangers we are facing.

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On previous programs, we
have informed you of the

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sobering evaluations
presented by the Bulletin

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of Atomic Scientists.

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When the historic cold
war between the U.S.

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and Russia was considered
over in 1991, the Bulletin

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set the symbolic Doomsday Clock

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to 17 minutes before midnight.

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This was a comforting sign
for peace in the world.

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Three decades later, the
clock stands at just 100

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seconds before midnight.

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My friends, we all know
we are living in

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dangerous times.

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But are we really
living in the

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prophetic end-times?

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Lesson Number Two of
Tomorrow’s World Bible

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Study Course answers
that question.

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Be sure to order your free
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My friends, you need to
know the

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future of the world.

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The future is guaranteed
by God Almighty.

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Regular viewers of
Tomorrow’s World know the

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general sequence of
end-time prophetic events

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revealed in your Bible.

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Jesus Christ gave the
outline of end-time

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prophecy in the
famous Olivet prophecy.

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That's documented in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21.

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He warned us of the three
major events leading up to

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His Second Coming:

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1. The Great Tribulation;

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2. The Heavenly Signs; and

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3. The Day of the Lord.

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These events cover about
three and one-half years

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leading up to the
return of Christ.

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Then Jesus Christ will
rule the world for a

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thousand years as it
points out in

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Revelation 20:6.

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We pray daily “Your
kingdom come.”

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That kingdom will bring world
peace to all nations.

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Just what is the
Kingdom of God?

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It is a mystery
to millions.

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Lesson Number Eight of our
Bible Study Course will

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reveal the inspiring
answer to that question.

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My friends, your Bible
reveals the mystery of

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Earth’s future and the
incredible human potential

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that God has in store
for all human beings.

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We've briefly shared the
Bible’s revelation of

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divine prophecy.

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Bible Mystery number one
is: The Future Of The World.

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One major key for
understanding Bible

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prophecy is the identity
of modern nations

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mentioned in the Bible.

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We'll discuss that mystery
in the next part

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of our program.

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But first I'd like to
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This free Bible Study
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of modern nations in
prophecy, and many other

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hidden truths
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The Bible is an
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It’s a timely book.

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In fact, the first lesson
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Please understand, we
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You'll learn from your own
Bible amazing truths that

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have been totally
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In the first part of our
program, we discussed the

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end-time dangers that
all of us are facing.

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And we also discussed
the first of five Bible

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mysteries.

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Mystery number one is:
The Future of the World.

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Mystery number two is:
The Biblical Origin Of Nations.

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The Bible very plainly
mentions such nations as

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Egypt, Libya,
and Ethiopia.

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And it may surprise
you that Assyria will

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eventually be one of
the prominent nations in

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tomorrow’s world along
with Egypt and Israel.

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You can read about
that in Isaiah 19:23.

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Also read the 10th and
11th chapters of Isaiah.

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But, my friends, who
is modern Assyria?

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Several years ago, in our
Tomorrow’s World magazine,

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we published an article
on this subject.

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Listen carefully:

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“Germany’s cultural history and national character resemble

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Assyria’s like no other
nation.... When the Bible

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speaks of Assyria in the
end times, it is speaking

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of Germany.

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No other modern nation
fits the description so

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completely.”

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Once you know the biblical identity of

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modern Germany, you
can understand major

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prophecies in your Bible.

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Long-time viewers of
Tomorrow’s World are

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familiar with the biblical
history of Israel and

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Judah, two
separate kingdoms.

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God sent prophets warning
the northern kingdom of

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Israel to repent of its
idolatry and wickedness.

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Israel refused to humble
itself, and God sent the

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whole nation into Assyrian
captivity in 721 BC.

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The kingdom of Judah later
followed Israel’s example

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of idolatry and God sent
them into Babylonian

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captivity, emphasized
by the destruction of

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Jerusalem in 586 BC.

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This map shows the
movements of the two

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kingdoms in
their captivity.

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After 70 years captivity,
God allowed Judah to

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return to Jerusalem
and the Holy land.

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Now, in the end-time, the
House of Judah established

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the modern nation
called Israel in 1948.

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Bible students know that
this sets the stage for

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major end-time prophecies.

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But what happened to the
ten tribes that became

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known as “the ten lost
tribes of Israel.”

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Their migrations are recorded
throughout history, and

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their descendants include
the peoples of America and

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Great Britain.

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You can learn more about
this amazing history and

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the migrations of the ten
lost tribes of Israel in

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our amazing Tomorrow’s
World Bible Study Course.

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Lesson Four is titled
“Revealed: The Master Key

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to Bible Prophecy.”

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This lesson will reveal the biblical origin of our

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modern English-speaking nations.

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And it will reveal the
prophetic destiny of those

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nations from the
pages of your Bible.

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Bible Mystery Number Two is:

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The Biblical Origin of Nations.

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Bible Mystery Number Three
is: The Purpose of Human Life.

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My friends, why
were you born?

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What is the purpose
of human life?

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Materialists can give you
the standard answers such

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as self-preservation,
self-propagation, and

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self-determination.

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But is survival the only
meaning and purpose for life?

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From the dawn of
antiquity, thinkers have

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pondered the fundamental
questions of why we're

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alive, and how
best to live life.

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The ancient Greeks came
up with a wide range of

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answers, and the Apostle
Paul was familiar with

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the ancient Greek
schools of thought.

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Paul visited
Athens about A.D. 50.

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Turn in your
Bible to Acts 17.

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“Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers

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encountered
him [that is, the Apostle Paul].

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And some said, ‘What does
this babbler want to say?’

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Others said, ‘He seems to
be a proclaimer of foreign

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gods,’ because he preached
to them Jesus and

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the resurrection.

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And they took him and
brought him to the

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Areopagus [or Mars Hill],
saying, ‘May we know what

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this new doctrine is
of which you speak?’"

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That's verses 18 and 19.

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Paul proclaimed to
them the Creator God, Who

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made the world and
everything in it.

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And he made this
fundamental, yet

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astounding observation
in verse 28:

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“... for in Him we live and
move and have our being,

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as also some of your own
poets have said, ‘For we

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are also His offspring.’”

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That's Acts 17:28.

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In Him we live and move and
have our being.

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Our entire existence,
Paul was emphasizing, is

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intimately tied to
the Creator God.

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Yes, man was created
to have a special

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relationship
with his Creator.

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It’s the very foundation
of a meaningful life.

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The Savior, Jesus Christ,
also affirmed this highest

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purpose in life.

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He was asked by the lawyer,
“Which is the great

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commandment in the law?”

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Turn in your Bible
to Matthew 27:37.

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“Jesus said to him, “‘You
shall love the LORD your

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God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and

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with all your mind.’

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This is the first and
great commandment.

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And the second is
like it: ‘You shall love your

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neighbor as yourself.’

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On these two commandments hang

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all the Law and the Prophets.”

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That relationship leads to a
change, from selfish human

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nature to a loving
spiritual nature.

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We need to grow in
godly character.

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We need to grow in the
grace and knowledge of

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Christ as it tells
us in 2 Peter 3:18.

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Eventually, we can be born
into God’s kingdom, His family.

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The Savior, Jesus Christ,
is the firstborn from the

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dead (Revelation 1:5).

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He is the firstborn of
many brethren as it tells

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us in Romans 8:29.

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God’s children will be
transformed from mortal to

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immortal at the
resurrection, as it states

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in 1 Corinthians 15:53.

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Yes, you have an
opportunity to belong to

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the immortal family, to be
a part of God’s

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kingdom and family.

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Remember, Jesus taught us
in Matthew 6:33,

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“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,

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and all these things
shall be added to you.”

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Mystery Number Three is: The
Purpose of Human Life.

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Yes, God is the Father of
whom the whole family in

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heaven and earth is
named, as it tells us in

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Ephesians 3:14-15.

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God wants you
in His family.

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You can learn more about
that awesome purpose in

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Lesson Number Six of
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This lesson, titled
“Why Were You Born?”

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reveals mankind’s destiny,
and this lesson also

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explains the mysteries
of heaven, hell, and the

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The Bible is a mystery to
millions of people around

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the world, and even
to millions of

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professing Christians.

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Mystery Number One was
The Future of the World.

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Mystery Number Two was
The Biblical Origin of Nations.

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Mystery Number Three is:
The Purpose of Human Life.

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Mystery Number Four is:
God’s Plan of Salvation.

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Many have wondered, how
could a loving God condemn

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to an ever-burning
hellfire those who never

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had a real opportunity
to be saved spiritually?

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Approximately one-third
of the earth’s population

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professes to believe in
some form of Christianity

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as they understand it.

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Will two-thirds of the
current 8 billion people

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go to a burning
hellfire when they die?

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That’s about 5.3
billion people.

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Is that God’s purpose?

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My friends, the Apostle
Peter tells us in

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2 Peter 3:9 that God is,

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“not willing that any should

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perish but that all should
come to repentance.”

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The Apostle Paul emphasizes
this point in 1 Timothy 2:4,

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stating that God
“desires all men to be

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saved and to come to the
knowledge of the truth.”

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God wants to save us all
from the death penalty.

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As it tells us in Romans 6:23,

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“For the wages of sin

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is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life in

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Christ Jesus our Lord."

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God has such love, that
He gave His only begotten

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Son, that we might not
perish, as it tells us in

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the golden verse of
the Bible, John 3:16.

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We can be reconciled to
God by the shed blood of Christ.

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And we can be saved
by His life.

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Read that inspiring
section in Romans 5:1-5.

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But God requires
repentance of our sins.

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On the day of Pentecost
in 31 AD when the New

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Testament Church began,
the Apostle Peter

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addressed the masses of people:

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“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name

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of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins; and you

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shall receive the gift of
the Holy Spirit.”

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That's Acts 2:38.

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Lesson Eleven of our free Bible
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“What is Real Conversion?”

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This lesson covers the
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more thoroughly than
we have time for on

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this program.

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My friends, if you have
deeply repented and

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accepted Christ as your
living Savior and Lord,

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and if you've committed
yourself to do God’s will

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and not your own,
which means to keep His

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Jesus said in Matthew 4:4
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God’s plan of salvation
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biblical holy days
and festivals.

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You can learn more of that
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Lesson 14 is titled,

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“Passover Season - God’s People Made Innocent!”

20:33.865 --> 20:35.534
Lesson 15 is titled,

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“Pentecost Season: God’s People made Holy!

20:39.905 --> 20:41.740
Lesson 16 is titled,

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“The Fall Festivals: God’s People Enter Glory.”

20:46.244 --> 20:48.880
These festivals reveal,
step-by-step,

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God’s plan of salvation.

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Mystery Number Four is: God’s Plan of Salvation.

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My friends, you can learn
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20:58.890 --> 21:01.827
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21:10.736 --> 21:13.805
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One of our greatest
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facing planet Earth.

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Our human race faces
deadly threats.

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These deadly threats
include nuclear war,

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super-volcanoes,
asteroids, and plague.

23:32.811 --> 23:36.114
The CNN series titled
“Planet in Peril” featured

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wholesale destruction of
forests and increasing

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numbers of extinct
animal species.

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So, what is our destiny?

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Bible Mystery Number Five is:

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Humanity’S Ultimate Destiny.

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What is the ultimate
destiny of mankind?

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Our ultimate salvation
is described in the

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resurrection chapters of
your Bible, 1 Corinthians 15

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and 1 Thessalonians 4.

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Faithful Christians
will be changed at the

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resurrection from mortal
to im-mortal:

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“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this

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mortal must put
on immortality.

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So when this corruptible
has put on incorruption,

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and this mortal has put on
immortality, then shall be

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brought to pass the saying
that is written: ‘Death is

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swallowed up in victory.’”

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The resurrected saints will rule the physical nations for a

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thousand years under the King of
kings and Lord of lords.

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After that, the great second
resurrection takes

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place as it tells us in
Revelation 20:5,

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“But the rest of the dead did
not live again until

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the thousand years
were finished.”

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This second great resurrection is a resurrection to judgment.

24:49.521 --> 24:52.424
Human beings who died not
knowing the true Jesus

24:52.490 --> 24:55.193
Christ of your Bible,
those spiritually blinded

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to the truth, will be
physically resurrected for

24:58.163 --> 25:00.465
a lifetime of judgment.

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And this judgment will
give them an opportunity

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for salvation.

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You can read about
the Great White Throne

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Judgment, as it’s called,
in Revelation 20:11-12.

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After the White Throne
Judgment period, every

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human being will have had
a genuine opportunity for

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salvation.

25:18.216 --> 25:20.886
Those who have repented
and accepted God’s gift of

25:20.952 --> 25:23.555
eternal life through
Christ, will live forever

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in God’s family.

25:25.624 --> 25:27.993
Those who reject God’s
grace and who seal their

25:28.059 --> 25:31.630
character as evil, will be
totally destroyed in the

25:31.696 --> 25:33.498
lake of fire described in

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Revelation 20:14-15.

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“This is the second death”
from which there is

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no resurrection.

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The earth is then
totally purified by fire.

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The Apostle Peter writes that...

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“The elements will

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melt with fervent heat;
both the earth and the

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works that are in it
will be burned up.

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Therefore, since all these
things will be dissolved,

25:57.822 --> 26:00.525
what manner of persons
ought you to be in holy

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conduct and godliness,
looking for and hastening

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the coming of the day of
God, because of which the

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heavens will be dissolved,
being on fire, and the

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elements will melt
with fervent heat?

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Nevertheless we, according
to His promise, look for

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new heavens and a
new earth in which

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righteousness dwells.”

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That's 2 Peter 3:10-13.

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Beyond the Millennium and the White Throne Judgment,

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God will establish the new heavens and the new earth.

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Our ultimate destiny is to
inherit “all things,”

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the universe.

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Read that in Revelation 21:7,

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“He who overcomes shall inherit all things, [that includes the

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entire universe] and I
will be his God and he

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shall be My son.”

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Bible Mystery Number Five is:

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Humanity’s Ultimate Destiny.

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On today’s program, we've
briefly discussed five

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Bible mysteries.

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