Six Periods in the Bible

Dear God, I just pray that these words, talking about your timeline, that will encourage us and just show that everything is happening the way you want, Lord.

Thank you. Amen.

Just over three kilometers from our house sits one of the few remaining statues of Sir John A. MacDonald.

Due to revisionist view of our first Prime Minister, most of his statues have been destroyed or put into storage.

This view of history looks at his role in the Native school situation of the time and not of his accomplishments of uniting the country from coast to coast.

There's a lot of this type of historical revision that goes on with leaders from the past who don't fit today's politically correct narrative.

There are many that want to change history so as to deny what happened yesterday.

This is just as true for the history of the Bible.

From the substitution of evolution for the history of creation to questioning parts of Jewish history,

the denial that David was a king to even questioning if Christ was a real person by some.

Unfortunately, a lot of people that attend more progressive churches fall into this group.

Not only do they want to allegorize everything in the Bible,

but when it comes to the future event, it makes little sense to them.

Fortunately for us, Jesus, who is the Word of God, John 1.1,

knew what he was talking about, inspiring men to write the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.

For Christ, everything, everything is historical in a historical form since he sees the end from the beginning.

God sees everything.

He's before all things and he is all things.

Today I want to look at the six time periods described in the Bible

and the significant events that mark the divide.

God is gracious to us that he tells us and warns us of past and future events

with the aspiration that all people will come to a real faith in him

and not face eternal judgment.

27% of the Bible is prophetical, including the birth, life, and death of Jesus.

Much is still to occur in the world time frame.

Starting with Genesis chapter 1, we have God declaring that he alone is responsible

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for every physical thing that we experience in this world,

from the ground and air to plants and animals and sun and moon.

He claims to have placed the stars in the sky.

Without the constellations, it would have been exceedingly hard to navigate long distances in the past.

Also, the change of location in the sky helps us track seasonal time frame.

Another thing that's happened lately to verify the stars,

does anyone remember or looked at and known about the James Webb telescope that's there?

It's proven that the Big Bang Theory is bogus.

I love that.

You see way back that there should not be galaxies 10 times bigger than the Milky Way that are mature.

Anyways, with the fall of man, Eve being deceived by Satan, eating from the tree of knowledge,

and Adam, who also chose to eat that fruit and face the reality of death,

we now have both spiritual and physical death.

Things spiraled down quickly as Cain killed Abel in a raging fit of jealousy.

Abel offered to God an acceptable sacrifice while Cain did not.

As time progressed, the appearance of the Nephilim events turned totally evil.

These Nephilim are fallen angels who rejected God and have followed the lies of Satan.

Whether they possessed man or had physical relations with women on their own, the result was evil.

Many theologians feel that when the flood happened, that these demons were cast into hell to be released during the tribulation

since there were no people or animals to possess other than Noah, his family, and the animals on the ark.

Think of it.

When Jesus freed a demon-possessed man, he sent the demons into 3,000 pigs

because the demons did not want to be cast into hell.

They pleaded not to go to hell.

So that's the end of period one.

Period two starts with Noah's flood,

which is verified by the stratification of massive layers of different types of mud, rock,

found all over the earth.

It's not just the Grand Canyon, but it's in Europe, it's in Asia, it's in Australia.

Massive amounts of mud, 1,000-foot layers that are stratification.

And that's not just a local little thing.

1,000 feet of mud is a massive amount.

These formations are laid parallel to each other with no sign of erosion between the layers.

Think of the Grand Canyon.

If the deposit took millions of years to form,

there would be indications of gullies and hills in the layers.

They wouldn't be parallel.

There'd be stratification all through it.

And vertical, petrified trees could be found in some deposits.

Also, it is possible to find pliable tissue in many fossil bones.

65 million years should be enough time to dry up any bone marrow.

Even to find fossilized bones, the annals would have to be covered with mud almost instantly.

This is the time period of the Jews being God's chosen people.

This started with God choosing Abraham to set out from Haran to the land that became Israel.

Noah was still alive for 58 years while Abraham was living in the Ur of the Chaldeans.

So there was an overlap from Noah to Abraham, 58 years.

So Abraham could have known the story of the flood firsthand from his predecessor.

When Isaac's family entered Egypt to escape a famine and lived under Joseph's care,

there were about 70 people.

430 years later, to the day, they left Egypt, a nation.

Israel was a nation of 2 million, with Moses leading them.

During the 40 years of wandering in the desert,

Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament.

These are the historical records and books of the law that Jews were to live by.

God also ordered Moses to build a portable meeting tent for him with two rooms separated by a heavy curtain.

In the tent was the Holy of Holies that housed the Ark of the Covenant,

which was a golden covered box, a little bigger than a two-drawer filing cabinet.

On top of the Ark sat two figures of angels.

This is where man would meet God once a year with the blood of a sacrificed animal.

The outer holy room contained gold candles, a table for bread, and another for incense.

The tent of meeting was surrounded by a large curtain courtyard.

Inside this area were the priests offered the animal sacrifices

and grain offerings that God required for the five types of sacrifices

to atone for the people's sin.

There's five different types of sacrifices.

These are pictures of Christ.

We see that sin could only be corrected for by the loss of life of an animal

and its blood sprinkled on the altar.

It is through the Old Testament law that we see how the murder of Jesus

paid the price that we would have to pay on our own.

So these are, at the time, the Jews didn't really get it.

But hindsight, we look at the death of Christ and we see how that was a fulfillment of the requirements.

God's chosen people were constantly rebellious.

Even while Moses led the nation through the desert for 40 years,

they would complain about food, water.

They even made golden statues of calves while Moses was on the mountain meeting with God.

After David, a man after God's own heart, the nation drifted into idolatry.

And that's where we had our Sunday school lesson this morning,

including the sacrifice of their own children to Molech and the worship of all gods.

The pinnacle of Israel's history was the reign of Solomon who built the first temple.

After this, God raised prophets to warn the people, which they rejected and often killed.

After much warning, God would send other nations to attack and destroy Israel,

leaving just a remnant to carry on in Israel.

Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar was the most famous.

Daniel interpreted his dream about the coming kingdoms.

Interestingly, from this time on, Israel ceased to be a nation

and was always occupied by other nations.

Rome was in power when Jesus was born.

And even you think, oh yeah, Israel was a nation.

No, they were occupied.

They were never, there was always, there's always been Jews in Israel,

but they were never a nation again.

Then, period three, the Gentile age.

We are in the Gentile age.

Christ's birth, life, and death fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies.

From being born of a virgin in Bethlehem to riding on a donkey,

his death on the cross was foretold in Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53, 4 to 9.

Isaiah 53.

Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows.

Yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him and afflicted.

But he was pierced for our transgression.

He was crushed for our iniquities.

Punishment that brought us peace was upon him.

And by his wounds we are healed.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray.

Each of us has turned to his own way.

And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth.

He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearer is silent.

So he did not open his mouth.

By oppression and judgment he was taken away.

And who can speak of his descendants?

For he was cut off from the land of the living.

For the transgressions of any people he was stricken.

He was assigned a grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death.

Though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

Interestingly, Jews will not read chapter 53.

It's too exactly what was told.

With the death of Christ came the end of the time of Israel being the center of God's focus.

At the moment of Christ's death, the heavy curtain that separated the holy place from the holy of holies in the tabernacle,

built by Herod, were ripped in two, from top to bottom.

This ended the need for people to come and offer animal sacrifices for their sins.

Christ's human death and the shedding of the blood is the atonement that was required.

All the Old Testament sacrifices were just a down payment for sin for Israelites who believed in God.

Today, we are no less sinners, but by believing that Christ died for us,

we can attain salvation from eternal death.

Ephesians chapter 2, 8 to 10 is just a very short picture of this.

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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not from yourselves.

It is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

So very clearly, I'm not getting to heaven because I'm such a good person.

I give to the poor, I feed this, I'm that and this.

It's only by the grace of God through faith in Jesus.

But God does prepare things for us to do for the way we live and everything.

So doing good is not a requirement to get to heaven, but it is a requirement for how we are to live.

In the explanation, grace started in the Garden of Eden when God allowed Adam and Eve to live.

Grace continued through Moses as he was saved from the flood.

Grace continues to us since believing allows us to live in heaven through faith.

The present church age is when God has expanded his offer of salvation to everyone who will believe.

Not just the Jews, but to everyone.

So this is our offer.

We are the ones grafted into the olive tree.

Josh talked about that a few months ago, about being grafted into the tree, and that is us.

God foreknows who would believe, but it's still our choice to accept the offer of eternal life.

Over the last thousand years, God's church has been instrumental in events on earth.

It's not that the people are perfect, but God uses people.

A few examples of how the believers have had input into things and events is constitution of many countries.

Most notably has been how the United States Constitution was heavily influenced by God's word.

Another is, in England, William Wilberforce was active in politics for 45 years.

As a believer, he worked for over 25 years to have slavery abolished.

Finally, in 1807, England did so.

He also worked to improve conditions in factories and other workplace conditions.

So here was a believer who worked to get slavery abolished in England.

Then, you can look to modern medicine and how it's inspiration from believers who risked their lives during the European plagues, caring for others.

So people, even though they knew that the plague was active, and they didn't understand it,

but they knew that to go care for something, somebody, could be deadly.

So these were believers who would do that.

Florence Nightingale is credited with the start of modern nursing.

During the Crimean War, she nursed the British wounded at Skirtini, Turkey.

Later on, she helped start nursing schools in England.

There are many famous scientists who were Christian believers.

Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, Michael Faraday, Louis Pasteur, Galileo Galilei.

There are many believers who had great contribution to our knowledge.

Without the influence of Christian believers, the world would be a different place.

So God placed exceptional wisdom and insight into these men.

As we look at the world, we can see this time period is coming to a close.

God's word forecasts that rough times are ahead.

One of the biggest predictors is the nation Israel.

So, like I said, over 2,500 years ago, it ceased being nation as it was occupied by various nations.

The latest before it became a nation was Turkey.

And then it was part of the British Empire from about 1900 on.

In Isaiah 66, God asks,

Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment?

Only once.

May 14, 1948, this happened.

Israel again became a nation.

The next day, it was at war with all of its neighbors.

And as you read the book of Revelation, it is written about the nation Israel.

Not the revisionist view that this is the church under persecution.

Israel never ceased being God's chosen people.

So there's many churches that teach, as you read all the persecution that goes,

all the bad things that are happening in Revelation,

that that's churches.

It's Israel.

And that Jerusalem is the place where the temple will be built.

Matthew 24, we read how the apostle asked Jesus about the end of the age.

Verses 4 to 8 describes the transition to the next period.

So this is before the tribulation, but at the end of the times right now.

Jesus answered,

Watch out that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name,

claiming I am the Christ, and will deceive many.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed.

Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Nation will rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom.

There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

All these are the beginning of birth pains.

So this is God's warning before the tribulation,

that things are going to go downhill.

So these verses describe the transition to the next period.

At this point, before the tribulations,

many believe that the true church of believers will be raptured

to be with Christ in the twinkling of an eye.

Others believe that this will happen at the halfway point,

at the three and a half years of the tribulation.

And yet others believe that the church will live here on earth,

but will be protected from God's wrath.

So there are numerous views as to what happens.

I prefer the rapture, that God will spare us.

He tells the church of the Philippians that they are weak,

but he will protect them from the wrath to come.

But that's, you know, like, just like so many things,

it's not absolutely clear, so there can be debate.

One thing is for certain, during the tribulation,

there will be much deception.

People's view of God will be clouded,

not wanting to accept him as God.

We are also told that things wind down,

that believers will be persecuted for the Christian stand we take.

Look around.

Here's a few examples.

A student at a Catholic church in Ontario is expelled

and then arrested for declaring in class

that God made only two genders.

In Saskatoon, naked men parading around for hours

in various women's changing rooms at public pools.

Think of 30 years ago, would that have happened?

I don't think so.

Topless women also prancing around at public pools.

Because they're men.

Political parties not allowing people to be candidates

if they have a pro-life belief.

Pastors being arrested for demonstrating against drag queens

reading to young children in public libraries.

These are all happening in Canada,

and to object is now viewed as hate.

Now we look at earthquakes, famines, wars, deception, persecution.

These are all forecast because Jesus lovingly

is warning us of the consequences of rejecting him.

Period 4.

We go to Revelation chapter 6.

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Revelation chapter 6 is the start of the description

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of the tribulation period.

I'll just read verses 1 to 8.

I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals.

Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a loud voice,

a voice like thunder,

Come, I looked.

And there before me was a white horse.

Its riders held a bow, and he was given a crown,

and he rode out as a conqueror, bent on conquest.

When the Lamb opened the second seal,

I heard the second living creature say,

Come.

Then another horse came out, a fiery red one.

Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth

and make men slay each other to give them.

To him was given a large sword.

When the Lamb opened the third seal,

I heard the third living creature say,

Come.

I looked, and there before me was a black horse.

Its rider was a pair of scales in his hand.

Then I heard what sounded like a voice

among the four living creatures say,

A quart of wheat for a day's wages,

and three quarts of barley for a day's wage,

and do not damage the oil and the wine.

Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal,

I heard the voice of the living creature say,

Come.

I looked, and there before me was a pale horse.

Its rider was named Death and Hades,

and Hades was following close behind him.

They were given power over a fourth of the earth

to kill by sword, famine, and plague,

and by the wild beasts of the earth.

In this description,

the rider is Satan,

mimicking Jesus,

as we will look at in chapter 19.

So Satan comes on a white horse,

as portrayed,

he is a leader of certain stature,

so he will deceive.

So Satan always tries to mimic Christ.

There are many ideas about the timing

before the tribulation starts,

but there's no doubt that when Satan appears,

the clock starts kicking down,

the seven-year countdown.

This will be the most horrific time on earth.

Right away,

two billion people die horrendous deaths.

Any person who becomes a believer will be murdered,

but will have eternal life through Jesus,

so that anyone who doesn't have the mark forecast

in the middle will be killed

because they don't follow the beast.

The mark of the beast

will identify everyone without it.

No one can buy or sell anything.

This mark seems not to only identify,

but affects the intellect of the people,

stopping them from looking to God.

You know, it's interesting.

In Australia,

it is coming soon

that your cell phone

will be your identification and banking machine,

nullifying the need for the use of cash.

So these things are getting closer

that, yeah, you think,

well, this is all,

you know, how is it?

But we do have the technology

that 100 years ago

and even 50 years ago

was only dreamed of.

Now we have the technology,

and in the future,

it could be something as simple

as a chip in your arm.

So you won't,

cash is worthless.

Now, during this period,

during the period of the tribulation,

after Satan comes,

there are three titles

with seven events each.

The seals

starts in Revelation 6.

There's Antichrist,

then there's war, famine, and death.

Death,

a quarter of the population destroyed.

Earth and heaven are shaken.

The 144,000 are sealed,

and they're from the nations of Israel.

Each tribe is named

as 12,000

from each of the 12 tribes,

and there's half an hour

of silence in heaven.

Next is the trumpets

in Revelations 8, 9, and 11.

A third of the trees

and grass are destroyed.

A third of the sea life

and ships are destroyed.

A third of the fresh water

is poisoned.

Went through to the sun and moon

and stars are darkened.

Stars are darkened.

Demonic locusts.

Demonic locusts.

And then there's four demons released

and 200 million troops

on the move.

Finally,

the bowls.

Each one gets worse

and worse and worse.

Revelation 15 and 16.

Boils.

So people will suffer with boils.

All sea life is destroyed.

All water is poisoned.

Scorching sun.

Deep darkness.

Rebellious mankind curses God,

and the Euphrates river dries up

for the Battle of Armageddon.

Worldwide earthquakes,

and Babylon is destroyed,

and with huge,

there's huge hailstorms.

Hundred pound hailstorms.

Hailstorms.

I'd like to read chapter 9.

Revelation chapter 9.

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The fifth angel

sounded his trumpet,

and I saw a star that had fallen

from the sky to the earth.

The star was given the key

to the shaft of the abyss.

When he opened the abyss,

smoke rose like smoke

from a giant furnace.

The sun and the sky

were darkened by the smoke

from the abyss.

And out of the smoke,

locusts came down upon the earth

and were given power

like that of scorpions

of the earth.

They were told not to harm

the grass of the earth

or the plants or trees,

but only those people

who did not have the seal of God

on their forehead.

They were not given power

to kill them,

but only to torture them

for five months.

And the agony they suffered

was like that of a sting

of a scorpion

when it strikes a man.

During those days,

men will seek death,

but will not find it.

They will long to die,

but death will elude them.

And it also describes

the different plagues

that are going to come.

And then,

verse,

God always warned the Israelites.

He allowed them to be,

He allowed them to be slaughtered

and taken to Babylonia

and Assyria.

He warned them,

turn away from your worthless idols.

Repent,

turn to me.

He warned them

for hundreds of years.

And when they refused,

they suffered.

They were killed

because they would not

turn away from the

Moloch.

And, you know,

as we talked a little bit

in Sunday school this morning,

Moloch

was a detestable God

where the people

would sacrifice.

They would put

their children,

their babies,

on this altar

and burn them up.

So God told them

to change.

So after all these,

so this warning

about the,

the warning about the,

you know,

the locusts

and everything,

verses 20

and 21 say,

the rest of mankind

that was not killed

by the plagues

still did not repent

of the works

of their hands.

They did not stop

worshipping demons

and idols of gold,

silver,

bronze,

stone,

and wood.

Idols that cannot see

or hear

or walk.

Nor did they repent

of their murderers,

their magic arts,

which could mean drugs,

their sexual immorality

or their thefts.

So the people

did not repent.

God warns us

through the book

of Revelation,

this is coming

to be,

to repent,

to change your ways

and if you don't,

you will face

the wrath of God.

So the tribulation

ends in chapters

19,

11,

and I'll just

quickly read a bit

there.

I saw,

and this is

when the tribulation,

because there's always

a distinct marker.

I saw heaven open

and there before me

was a white horse,

again a white horse,

whose rider is called

Faithful and True.

With justice

he judges

and makes war.

His eyes are like

blazing fire

and on his head

were many crowns.

He has a name

written on him

that no one

but he himself knows.

He is dripped

in a robe

dipped in blood

and his name

is the word of God.

The armies of heaven

were following him,

riding on white horses

and dressed in fine linen,

white and clean.

Out of his mouth

came a sharp sword

with which to strike

down the nations.

He will rule them

with an iron scepter.

He treads the winepress

of the fury

of the wrath

of God Almighty

and on his robe

and on his thigh

he has written the name

King of Kings

and Lord of Lords.

All right.

Yes.

So that's Jesus.

That is the end

of the tribulation.

And then I,

at the end of the thousand years

in chapter 20,

and I saw an angel

coming down out of heaven

having the key

to the abyss

and holding in his hand

a great chain.

He seized the dragon,

that ancient serpent

who is the devil

or Satan

and bound him

for a thousand years.

He threw him

into the abyss

and locked and sealed

it over him

to keep him

from deceiving the nations

for more than,

for any more

until the thousand years

was ended.

After this,

he may be set free

for a short time.

So that's the end

of the tribulation period,

the start

of the thousand years.

Isaiah describes

a peaceful time.

Infants will play

near the holes

of the cobra

and young children

will put their hands

into the viper's nest.

No harm done.

Isaiah 65,

19 to 25.

This is incredible.

Like this is not,

this doesn't describe heaven.

This doesn't describe

the world

as we know it today.

This describes

a special period.

And I will rejoice

over Jerusalem

and take delight

in my people.

The sound of weeping

and of crying

will be heard in it

no more.

Never again

will there be in it

an infant who lives

but a few days

or an old man

who does not live

out his years.

He who dies

at a hundred

will be thought of

as a mere youth.

That's not happening today.

He who fails

to reach a hundred

will be considered

accursed.

They will build houses

and dwell in them.

They will plant vineyards

and eat their fruit.

No longer

will they build houses

and others live in them

or plant and eat

and others eat.

For as the day

of a tree

so will be the days

of my people.

My chosen ones

will long enjoy

the works of their hands.

They will not toil

in vain

or bear children

doomed to misfortune.

They will be a people

blessed by the Lord

they and their descendants

with them.

Before they call

I will answer.

While they are still speaking

I will hear.

The wolf and the lamb

will feed together.

The lion will each draw

like the ox.

Thus will be

the serpent's food.

They will neither harm

nor destroy

in all my mountains

says the Lord.

So this is a period

of absolute

perfect peace.

There will be humans

on earth

that can die.

Not believers

who have gone to heaven

but they will have children.

Those that are there

during the thousand years

will have children.

Those children

still have to have

the,

make the choice

to decide

because

again

Revelations

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chapter 20

chapter 20

7

to 15

are some of the most

terrifying

verses

in the Bible.

This is the end

of the tribulation.

Again I can say

there is a distinct

marker

and this is the

distinct marker.

So

when I saw

a great

white throne

and him

who was seated

on it

earth and sky

fled from his presence

and there was no

place for them.

I saw the dead

great and small

standing before

the throne

and the books

were opened.

Another book

was opened

which is

the book of life.

The dead

were judged

according to

what they had done

as recorded

in the books.

The sea

gave up the dead

and there was

in it

and death

and Hades

gave up the dead

that were in them

and each person

was judged

according to

what they had done.

Then death

and Hades

were thrown

into the lake

of fire.

The lake

of fire

is the second

death.

If anyone's

name was not

found written

in the book

of life

he was thrown

into the lake

of fire.

So that's

a promise.

When Christ

comes

is there

the

there's a

big battle

that happens

and God

just

with the

word of

his mouth

ends

the battle

all the

forces

against

him

so

these

are

people

that

were born

during the

thousand years

who rebelled

he will

destroy them

and then

the judgment

so

it's

promised

that if

anyone's

name

was not

found

written

in the

book

of life

he was

thrown

into

the lake

of fire

the lake

of fire

never ends

it's

not

quenchable

it's

yeah

so I

was thinking

you know

people think

well I'm

just going to

go there

and I'll

be with

all my

friends

hell will

be a

wonderful

place

we'll

party

all the

time

not so

much

an

example

of what

hell

could be

like

if you

think

of

Lazarus

and the

rich

man

Lazarus

died

he lived

a miserable

life

and the

dogs

licked

his

wounds

and the

rich

man

had all

his

wonderful

stuff

but

Lazarus

with

Abraham

and there

was a

huge

you couldn't

go across

this gully

or gap

between

where

Lazarus

was

and where

the rich

man

was

and this

is likely

how hell

will be

so the

rich man

was alone

he

was

tormented

unbelievably

he begged

for a drop

of water

on his

tongue

and there

was no

nothing

that could

give him

any

peace

so this

is how

hell

will be

alone

there is

no

there is

no partying

with friends

you are

all by

yourself

sulfur

in the

eyes

if you

have ever

had a

speck of

sulfur

in your

eyes

there is

not much

more

oh

that's

just

horrible

flames

unquenchable

thirst

no

relief

from pain

people

go into

heaven

we have

perfect

bodies

we have

no pain

we live

forever

there is

no relief

from pain

and the

worst part

for

eternity

hell

Romans 6

23

for the

wages of

sin is

death

but the

gift of

God is

eternal

life

then we

turn to

chapter 21

1 to 5

heaven

so after

after that

dividing mark

then we look

at heaven

then I saw

a new heaven

and a new

earth

for the

first heaven

and the

first earth

had passed

away and

there was

no longer

any sea

I saw

the holy

city

the new

Jerusalem

coming down

out of

heaven

from God

prepared

as a bride

beautifully

dressed for

her husband

and I heard

a loud voice

from the

throng

saying

now the

dwelling of

God is

with men

and he

will live

with them

they will

be his

people

and God

himself

will be

with them

and there

will be

their God

and he

will wipe

away

every tear

from their

eyes

there will

be no

more death

or mourning

or crying

or pain

for the

old order

of things

has passed

away

he who was

seated on

the throne

said

I am

making

everything

new

then he

said

write this

down

for these

words

are trustworthy

so that's

that's what

we have to

look for

heaven

is

we're

with God

there's

everything

to look

forward

to

you know

and

you know

as we

live our

lives

just

just

saying a

few

a few

words

isn't

enough

we have

to live

the life

and

the three

chapter book

of Titus

gives a

very clear

description

on how to

live the

Christian life

once

salvation

is accepted

so there's

expectations

God definitely

gives us

expectations

works to

live by

in

revelations

1 8

Jesus said

I am the

alpha and

the omega

who is

and who

was

and who

is to

come

the almighty

this statement

assures us

that we have

the guarantee

that these

six periods

did happen

and will

happen in

the future

this

is our

hope of

salvation

thank you