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Life is wonderful when we're healthy and all is going well.
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Under such circumstances we
want it to go on forever,
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but our bodies don't last.
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They break down and
eventually, life in this
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flesh comes to an end.
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Then what?
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Many believe we have an immortal soul that immediately goes to
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heaven, or descends into a
place of eternal torment.
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Ministers teach this to
their congregations and
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parents teach this
to their children.
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But is that what the Bible
tells us about what happens
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when we die?
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There is no more important
question than, "When you die,
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then what?"
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Can you know?
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And where can you
go for the answers?
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Science offers no answers.
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Philosophers speculate and
disagree with one another, and
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some eastern religions teach reincarnation but have no proof.
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Only the Bible gives
a credible answer,
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but it's not the one most
people think it is.
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You need to know for sure.
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And on today's program we'll look at what the Bible
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actually says about
life after death.
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I'll be right back in five seconds to give you the
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answer to this most important
of all questions.
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♪
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A warm welcome to all of
you from all of us here at
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Tomorrow's World, where today I'm asking the question,
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"When you die: then what?"
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And I'll give you the
answer straight from
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the pages of the Bible.
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Traditions, handed down from generation to generation, have
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baked into the subject the
pagan doctrine that you have
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an ever-living soul that goes
to heaven or hell upon death.
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This tradition needs to be
challenged from the Bible.
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The Old Testament word
that is translated soul
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comes from the Hebrew
word nephesh.
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It's first used when describing the creation of man.
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Notice it in Genesis 2:7,
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"And the Lord God formed man
of the dust of the ground,
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and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
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and man became a living soul
[or a living nephesh]."
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Now that's from the
King James Version.
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The New King James Version
and other translations say,
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"a living being."
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But regardless of the translation, it should
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be obvious to any thinking person that whatever this
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nephesh is, it's not immortal.
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If this nephesh (this soul)
is living, would that not
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indicate you could have a dead nephesh, or a dead soul?
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And that is exactly
what scripture tells us.
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There are many examples of this, but let's notice one that
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is so obvious that even
a child can understand it.
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God declares in
Ezekiel 18:4...
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"Behold, all souls are Mine;
the soul of the father
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as well as the soul
of the son is Mine;
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the soul who
sins shall die."
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And then verse 20, it
repeats this for emphasis:
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"The soul who
sins shall die."
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Again, there are many
proofs that whatever
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the Bible calls a soul is
mortal, but let's see what
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Jesus said in Matthew 10:28,
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"And do not fear those who
kill the body but cannot
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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."
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Now notice that both the physical body and the soul--
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the life principle--can
be destroyed by God.
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Now let's turn to what is
arguably the best-known
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scripture in all the
Bible--John 3:16.
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"For God so loved the world
that He gave His only
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begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should
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not perish but have
everlasting life."
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Here we see that perishing
and everlasting life are
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contrasted--they're opposites.
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God gave His Son as a
sacrifice for our sins
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so that we would not
perish, but live forever.
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And is this not what the
Apostle Paul confirms
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in Romans 6:23?
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"For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God
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is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord."
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Yes, what we earn from
sin is not eternal life
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in hell-fire, but death.
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Why is that so difficult
to understand?
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It amazes me how angry
some so-called Christians
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become when you tell them that the reward of the unsaved is
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not eternal life in a place
of ever-burning torture.
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How much evil can a person do
to be punished for a billion
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years squared and squared
again a billion times more.
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That hardly sounds
like a God of love.
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No, the Bible speaks of a
fire that is so hot that it
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burns up the wicked.
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As John the Baptist said
in Matthew 3:11,
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"I indeed baptize you with
water unto repentance, but
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He who is coming after me
is mightier than I, whose
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sandals I am not
worthy to carry.
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He will baptize you with
the Holy Spirit and fire.
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His winnowing fan is in
His hand, and He will
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thoroughly clean out
His threshing floor, and
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gather His wheat into the
barn; but He will burn up
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the chaff with
unquenchable fire."
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Now fire by nature
is unquenchable.
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It burns until there
is no more fuel.
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Now I understand that there
are several scriptures that
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need explanation, but because
of time they'll have to
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wait for another program.
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Dear friends, we all have
an expiration date in our
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future, so do you care
what happens when you die?
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Are you satisfied with
accepting a tradition
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you've heard all your life
that may not be true?
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Or would you really like
to know--straight from
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the pages of the Bible.
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Our free resource--What
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Senior Tomorrow's World
presenter, Mr. Richard Ames,
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asks these vitally
important questions:
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Is there any way to know
with certainty what awaits
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us after we die?
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Do the dead go to
heaven or hell,
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or does the Bible say
something else entirely?
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What is the real
reward of the saved?
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Mr. Ames also asks and
answers this question
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that has plagued many
over the centuries:
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Does God have a plan for
those who die without
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having ever heard
about Jesus Christ?
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We must not make
assumptions based on
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questionable human traditions.
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The Bible provides
the answers.
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And when I return after this short break, I'll introduce
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a seeming contradiction of scripture and how it relates
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On this Tomorrow's World
telecast, I'm asking and
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answering the question,
When You Die--Then What?
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The source for the answer is
the Bible, the very book
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that Christianity claims
to be its source of truth,
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but instead answers
with heathen traditions.
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In the previous section,
I explained, that according
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to the Bible, whatever a
soul is, it is mortal and
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the idea that it goes off
to heaven or hell upon
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death is based on
human tradition.
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In the Sermon on the Mount--considered to be at the
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heart of Jesus' message to mankind--we find what are called
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the beatitudes, or
beautiful attitudes.
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We read in Matthew
5 and verse 3:
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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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Now many assume this means
that we go to heaven,
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but two verses later, in verse 5, we read the following:
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"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
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Now this presents a problem.
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Do the poor in spirit
(verse 3) go to heaven,
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while the meek (verse 5)
inherit the earth?
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Which is it?
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Heaven or Earth?
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The answer lies with the
question of what does
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the expression "kingdom
of heaven" mean?
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Matthew uses this expression most of the time, but he also
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uses, as we see in chapter 6
and verse 33, the expression,
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Kingdom of God.
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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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We also find Matthew
uses the two (the kingdom
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of God and the kingdom
of heaven) interchangeably.
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Here it is in chapter 19,
and verses 23 and 24:
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"Then Jesus said to His
disciples, 'Assuredly,
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I say to you that it is
hard for a rich man to
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enter the kingdom of heaven.
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And again I say to you, it
is easier for a camel to go
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through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter
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the kingdom of God.'"
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Now interestingly, the other
gospel writers--Mark, Luke,
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and John--never, not even
once, use the expression
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"kingdom of heaven."
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They consistently use,
only: "Kingdom of God."
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And in the original Greek,
from which the New Testament
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is translated, the words
heaven and God are very
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different--they
cannot be confused.
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So, when Jesus said,
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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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And followed two
verses later with,
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"Blessed are the meek, for
they shall inherit the earth..."
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we must take a closer
look at the meaning of the
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expressions "kingdom of heaven" and "kingdom of God."
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What is the difference (if any) between the two and what
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relationship does this have with where the saved go after death?
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Let me answer that with
these simple questions:
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Does the expression
Kingdom of God mean that
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the kingdom is in God?
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Or does the expression
show ownership of the
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kingdom--God's kingdom?
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Yes, it is God's kingdom,
not a kingdom in God.
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Let me give this example.
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If we were to refer to the Bank of Morgan, would we assume
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the bank is in Morgan,
or owned by Morgan?
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The answer is obvious.
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The bank is not in Morgan.
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Morgan is the owner--
it is Morgan's bank.
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So, why is it so difficult
for people to understand
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that the kingdom of heaven
is not a kingdom in heaven.
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It is heaven's--that
is God's--kingdom?
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Therefore, when Jesus said:
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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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He was saying that heaven's kingdom--the same as
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God's Kingdom--is reserved
for the poor in spirit.
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But verse 5 shows the location of their inheritance--
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not in heaven, but on earth.
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Where it says:
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"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
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So there's no contradiction
between the two verses.
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On the night in which He
was betrayed, Jesus told
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His disciples in John 14:1,
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"Let not your heart be
troubled; you believe
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in God, believe also in Me.
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In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so,
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I would have told you.
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I go to prepare
a place for you."
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On the surface, this may
sound like we go to heaven
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to live in palatial
mansions, but the next
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verse clarifies the
subject by saying:
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"And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come
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again and receive you to
Myself; that where I am,
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there you may be also."
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And this brings up an
important question:
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Where will Jesus be?
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If we'll be there with Him,
that will answer the question
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of where we'll be.
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And I'll answer that shortly,
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ambiguous verses.
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On this Tomorrow's World
program, I'm addressing
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the question, "When
you die: then what?"
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As we've already seen, we must read the Bible carefully.
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One example of a misunderstanding that
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even Jesus' disciples had,
is a warning for us to listen
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and read carefully.
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It's found in John 21.
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The context is when Jesus
told Peter something about
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his future. We'll begin
in verse 18:
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"Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger,
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you girded yourself and
walked where you wished;
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but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and
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another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish."
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It's then that Peter
wanted to know what
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would happen to John.
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Notice in verse 21:
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"Peter, seeing him [that
is, John], said to Jesus,
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"But Lord, what
about this man?"
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Jesus said to him, "If I
will that he remain till I
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come, what is that to you?
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You follow Me."
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Now notice how this
simple statement was
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widely misunderstood.
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We read that in verse 23:
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"Then this saying went
out among the brethren
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that this disciple
would not die.
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Yet Jesus did not say to
him that he would not die,
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but, "If I will that
he remain till I come,
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what is that to you?"
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It's only too easy to read something into scripture
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that is not there, and this
is especially true if you
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have been told something
all of your life.
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And that's what
too many do.
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They have heard that
people go to heaven
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when they die, and they read
that into scriptures that
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say no such thing.
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As we've already seen,
when people see the words,
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kingdom of heaven, they
read into it that we are
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going to heaven; but as I've shown, the expression
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kingdom of heaven, indicates ownership rather than location.
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For when it says Kingdom
of God, it does not mean
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the kingdom is in God.
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But rather that it
is God's Kingdom.
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The kingdom belongs to
heaven, that is God.
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There are more scriptures
than I have time to address
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that are erroneously believed
to support going to heaven,
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and many are covered
in our free resource--
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But let's get to the
crux of the issue.
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Jesus tells us
in John 12:26...
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"If anyone serves Me, let
him follow Me; and where
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I am, there My servant
will be also.
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If anyone serves Me, him
My Father will honor."
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But where does the Bible
tell us He will be?
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Following His resurrection
and how He appeared on
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numerous occasions to His
disciples and others for
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40 days, we read that He
was taken up into heaven
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as they watched.
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We next read in
Acts chapter 1:
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"And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven
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as He went up, behold,
two men stood by them in
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white apparel, who also said,
"Men of Galilee, why do you
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stand gazing up into heaven?
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This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven,
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will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."
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We also read of His return to earth in Revelation 22:12.
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If you have a red-letter
Bible you will see that
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these are the words
of Jesus Himself.
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"And behold, I am coming
quickly, and My reward
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is with Me, to give to every
one according to his work."
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Yes, He is coming back to earth, and His reward is with Him.
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And to this, many other
scriptures agree, both
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in the Old Testament
and the New.
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For example, the prophet
Zechariah is explicit when he
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says the Messiah would come
back to rule on the earth.
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And he does not talk
in sentimental terms
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of ruling in our hearts.
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Notice the time setting is the Day of the Lord--the time in
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the future when God intervenes dramatically in world affairs.
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Begin in Zechariah 14:1.
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"Behold, the day of the
Lord is coming, and your
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spoil will be divided
in your midst.
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For I will gather all the
nations to battle against
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Jerusalem.... Then the Lord
will go forth and fight against
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those nations, as He fights
in the day of battle.
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And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
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which faces Jerusalem
on the east."
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Now notice that this
has not yet happened.
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It's not about His first coming, but His second coming.
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"And the Mount of Olives
shall be split in two,
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from east to west,
making a very large valley;
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Half of the mountain shall
move toward the north and
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half of it toward
the south."
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The prophet goes on
to show in verse 9:
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"And the Lord shall be
King over all the earth."
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He also explains that all
nations will be called up
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to worship the King, Jesus
Christ, at Jerusalem and
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any nation that does not
come up to keep the Feast
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of Tabernacles and worship
the King, will have no rain.
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Look it up for yourself.
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Read it for yourself in Zechariah the 14th chapter.
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Just mark that down, and
check out Zechariah 14.
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Dear friends, this is a
large subject and I want
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Welcome back to Tomorrow's
World where I'm asking and
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answering the question:
When you die--then what?
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Can there be any more
important question than this?
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We cannot rely on tradition, even tradition that supposedly
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comes from the Bible.
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But we must read from the Bible
itself what it actually says.
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The Jews of Jesus' day knew
that He was preaching
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the good news of the
coming Kingdom of God,
23:30.375 --> 23:33.712
which they thought He
would set up in His day.
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That's the reason He gave
the Parable of the Minas.
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We read of this parable
in Luke the 19th chapter.
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So let's look at it, and
we'll begin in verse 12:
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Therefore He said:
"A certain nobleman went
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into a far country to
receive for himself a
23:50.896 --> 23:52.998
kingdom and to return.
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So he called ten of his
servants, delivered to them
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ten minas, and said to them,
'Do business till I come.'
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But his citizens hated him,
and sent a delegation after
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him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'
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"And so it was that when he returned, having received
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the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had
24:16.288 --> 24:20.091
given the money, to be called
to him, that he might know
24:20.158 --> 24:23.461
how much every man
had gained by trading.
24:23.528 --> 24:27.632
Then came the first, saying, 'Master, your mina has
24:27.699 --> 24:29.768
earned ten minas.'
24:29.835 --> 24:30.902
And he said to him,
24:30.969 --> 24:34.506
'Well done, good servant;
because you were faithful
24:34.573 --> 24:38.944
in a very little, have
authority over ten cities.'
24:39.010 --> 24:42.480
And the second came, saying, 'Master, your mina has
24:42.547 --> 24:44.349
earned five minas.'
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Likewise he said to him, 'You also be over five cities.'"
24:50.055 --> 24:53.325
Note that it said He would
go into a far country to
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receive a kingdom,
and to return.
24:55.961 --> 24:58.997
This is a clear reference
to Him going to heaven
24:59.064 --> 25:00.932
after He was resurrected.
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But, do you realize, dear friends, that this receiving
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of a kingdom was foretold hundreds of years earlier?
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You can read of it in
Daniel 7:13 and 14:
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"I was watching in the
night visions, and behold,
25:17.782 --> 25:21.486
One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven!
25:21.553 --> 25:24.789
He came to the Ancient of
Days, and they brought Him
25:24.856 --> 25:26.291
near before Him.
25:26.358 --> 25:30.795
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
25:30.862 --> 25:34.733
that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
25:34.799 --> 25:38.036
His dominion is an
everlasting dominion,
25:38.103 --> 25:41.539
which shall not pass away,
and His kingdom the one
25:41.606 --> 25:44.042
which shall not
be destroyed."
25:44.109 --> 25:47.913
The book of Daniel is all
about five great kingdoms,
25:47.979 --> 25:53.919
or empires--four human, one Divine: the Kingdom of God.
25:53.985 --> 25:56.788
They begin with
Nebuchadnezzar's Chaldean
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Empire, followed by the Medo-Persian Empire, which was
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overthrown by Alexander the Great and his Greco-Macedonian
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Empire. And it ended with the Roman Empire, which would
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continue in one form or
another all the way down to
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the coming of Christ when
He sets up His Kingdom.
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And as we read in the
Parable of the Minas,
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the Kingdom of God will be
ruled by Christ and those
26:22.213 --> 26:25.483
servants of His who have
proven to have holy,
26:25.550 --> 26:27.385
righteous character.
26:27.452 --> 26:32.090
Here is how Daniel
explains it in verse 27.
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"Then the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the
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kingdoms under the whole
heaven, shall be given
26:37.696 --> 26:41.132
to the people, the saints
of the Most High.
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His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions
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shall serve and obey Him."
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And if that's not clear enough, Revelation 5:9-10 tell us
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exactly where Christ's
servants will rule.
26:56.514 --> 27:00.251
Let's notice that in
Revelation the 5th chapter:
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And they sang a new song,
saying: "You are worthy to
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take the scroll, and to open
its seals; for You were slain,
27:07.959 --> 27:10.795
and have redeemed us
to God by Your blood
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Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
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and have made us kings
and priests to our God;
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[and note this] and we
shall reign on the earth."
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