07/08/26 Pastor Doug Daniels

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- LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH,

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE HOUSE READY

TO LIFT UP THE NAME OF THE LORD?

NOW I KNOW THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR US

TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE THINGS OF LIFE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S

BY THE GRACE OF GOD YOU MADE IT TO WEDNESDAY.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT

IS JUST PUT OUR FOCUS, DON'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING

THAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK, DON'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING

THAT'S HAPPENING AT HOME, ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING

AT WORK, BUT IF WE CAN JUST LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS.

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LIFT UP THE NAME OF

JESUS AND YOU MAGNIFY THE LORD, YOU COME TO REALIZE HOW

SMALL AND INSIGNIFICANT ANYTHING THAT IS COMPARED TO HIM IS.

SO LORD, WE LIFT UP OUR VOICE TO YOU.

WE HONOR YOU, OH LORD.

GOD BE MAGNIFIED.

LORD BE MAGNIFIED.

WHO CAN COMPARE TO YOU?

THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU, OH GOD.

AS WE LIFT UP THE NAME OF THE LORD,

WE WATCH EVERY PROBLEM DIMINISH.

WE WATCH EVERY SITUATION COME UNDER THE BLOOD OF JESUS.

OH, NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU, OH LORD.

NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU.

OH, WE WORSHIP YOU.

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THE SONG SIMPLY SAYS THIS.

WHO IS LIKE THE LORD?

MY STRENGTH AND SONG.

THERE IS NO ONE, NO ONE, NO ONE, NO ONE.

CAN YOU SING AND SAY WHO?

WHO IS LIKE THE LORD?

MY STRENGTH AND SONG.

(PRAISE AND WORSHIP MUSIC)

TO THE FEET OF JESUS.

THERE'S NONE THAT COMPARES TO HIM.

THERE'S NONE THAT IS HIGHER.

(PRAISE AND WORSHIP MUSIC)

WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE.

HALLELUJAH. LIFT YOUR HANDS AND

SHOUT TO HIM TONIGHT.

HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO THE MIGHTY GOD

THAT CREATED US ALL.

WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE, LORD.

WE GIVE YOU HONOR.

WE GIVE YOU GLORY.

OH, AWESOME CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.

WE BOW DOWN TO YOU TONIGHT AND WORSHIP YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS.

OH, YOUR GLORY AND YOUR MAJESTY EVIDENT IN OUR LIVES.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT YOU SENT JESUS CHRIST TO

REDEEM US FROM THE CURSE OF SIN

AND ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO THE GREAT COVENANT

THAT YOU PURCHASED FOR US.

WE'RE FOREVER GRATEFUL, HALLELUJAH.

THANK YOU, JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU TONIGHT, FATHER.

GLORY TO YOUR NAME, GLORY TO YOUR NAME, HALLELUJAH.

HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.

OH, WE MAGNIFY YOU TONIGHT, FATHER, HALLELUJAH.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

BEFORE I STEPPED UP HERE, THE LORD SPOKE TO ME

THE TERM WOUNDED SPIRIT.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A SCRIPTURE, AND I THINK IT'S PROVERBS

18 THAT TALKS ABOUT

THE FACT THAT WHO CAN, HOW CAN THE HUMAN WITHSTAND

A CRUSHED OR A BROKEN SPIRIT OR A WOUNDED SPIRIT

IN SOME TRANSLATIONS, I BELIEVE.

I THINK IT'S PROVERBS 18, 14, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT.

WHAT DOES WOUNDED SPIRIT REALLY MEAN?

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A SPIRIT BEHIND

THE THINGS THAT THE DEVIL ATTACKS US WITH.

IF WE HAVE ENVY IN OUR LIVES, MANY TIMES IT'S A SPIRIT

OF ENVY THAT COMES IN.

IF YOU HAVE HATRED IN YOUR LIFE, MANY TIMES IT'S A

SPIRIT OF HATRED THAT HAS TO BE CAST

OUT AND DEALT WITH.

AND I BELIEVE THE WOUNDED SPIRIT IS A SPIRIT OF REJECTION.

AND I REMEMBER I SAID, "LORD, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT,"

AND HE FLASHED IT BACK TO ME.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, ABOUT 17 YEARS OLD,

MAYBE 16, I CAN'T REMEMBER, I WAS TAKING A SPEECH CLASS.

AND MAYBE I DID THE WRONG THING, BUT I TRIED TO SPEAK

ON THE TRINITY.

THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS ASSIGNED TO GIVE A SPEECH

IN FRONT OF MY CLASSMATES, FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST.

I REMEMBER THAT SPEECH.

I WORKED HARD TO PREPARE IT.

BUT I THINK I OFFENDED SOME SPIRITS IN THAT ROOM

BECAUSE THAT TEACHER SAID, "I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER BRING

THAT BIBLE BACK IN MY CLASSROOM, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO

EVER SPEAK OF THE BIBLE AGAIN IN MY CLASS."

AND AS I THOUGHT BACK ABOUT THAT, I THOUGHT,

"THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT WAS A REJECTION OF

THE GOSPEL, IT WASN'T ME, BUT I FELT I TOOK IT, AND IT

HINDERED ME FOR A LONG TIME

FROM DOING WHAT GOD, BECAUSE I HAD THAT,

OH, I CAN'T DO THIS TYPE ATTITUDE.

SO THERE'S SOMEONE HERE, MAYBE MORE THAN ONE OF YOU,

AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH A SPIRIT OF REJECTION.

IT MIGHT'VE BEEN FROM A FAMILY MEMBER,

IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A SISTER OR A BROTHER,

IT MIGHT'VE BEEN AN EMPLOYER, AND IT HAS WOUNDED YOU.

AND I BELIEVE TONIGHT IS A NIGHT OF DELIVERANCE.

THAT WOUNDED SPIRIT, WE'RE GONNA CALL IT

OF NOT TO BE CAST OUT IN JESUS' NAME.

SO RUN UP HERE IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING

THAT WOULD CLICK IN YOU, THAT YOU SAY,

I'VE DEALT WITH THAT, I'VE DEALT WITH REJECTION.

SO MANY TIMES REJECTION CAN MOVE INTO OTHER THINGS

LIKE LONELINESS, IT CAN MOVE INTO MISERY,

IT CAN MOVE INTO DEPRESSION.

AND WE'RE GONNA CAST THAT OUT TONIGHT

AND BELIEVE YOU ARE DELIVERED AND FREE FROM WHATEVER

REJECTION YOU HAVE SUFFERED.

IS PASTOR ANTHONY HERE?

IS HE STILL OUT HERE?

PASTOR ANTHONY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR OUR ONLINE

AUDIENCE AND JUST ADDRESS THAT SPIRIT OF REJECTION THAT THEY

MIGHT BE RECEIVING TONIGHT.

HALLELUJAH.

(PRAYING IN TONGUES)

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE LIFT UP YOUR NAME

AS THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS,

BUT ALSO THE ONE WHO BRINGS RECONCILIATION,

RESTORATION, WHOLENESS, AND SOUNDNESS OF MIND.

WE REBUKE EVERY FOUL SPIRIT AND DEVICE OF OFFENSE,

BROKENHEARTEDNESS, BROKEN SPIRITNESS, REJECTION,

AND WE DECLARE NOW THAT THE LOVE OF GOD THAT TRANSCENDS

AND COVERS ALL THINGS SHALL BURST AND EMERGE

THROUGH YOUR HEART AND THROUGH YOUR MIND,

BRINGING FRESH REVELATION TO THE UNDERSTANDING

OF WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.

EVERY CHAIN IS BROKEN.

EVERY FALSE DECEITFUL LIE AND WORD

THAT'S BEEN SPOKEN OVER YOU IS SHATTERED AND IS NO MORE.

WE RELEASE THE WHOLENESS AND THE FULLNESS OF GOD

IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME.

- THANK YOU, MASTER ANTHONY.

AMEN, PRAISE GOD.

AND IF THAT'S YOU AT HOME AND YOU'VE BEEN DELIVERED

FROM THAT SPIRIT, LET US KNOW.

PUT IT DOWN IN THE COMMENTS, SEND US AN EMAIL

SO THAT WE CAN REJOICE IN YOUR TESTIMONY TOO,

IN JESUS' NAME.

HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.

JUST PRAY IN TONGUES FOR A MOMENT.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

THANK YOU, JESUS.

HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.

HALLELUJAH. I'M RELEASED.

I JUST SHAKE HANDS WITH SOMEONE TONIGHT AND SAY IT'S GOOD TO

BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A WEDNESDAY EVENING.

AND THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

- HALLELUJAH.

WELL, I'M GONNA START WITH OFFERING WITH THIS.

I GOT REAL TECHIE.

NO, NOT REALLY.

ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS I'M NOT REAL TECHIE.

BUT I DID LOOK OUT ONLINE AND I WAS CURIOUS.

THE BENEFITS OF GIVING.

AND I FOUND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ACTUALLY STUDIED

SOME OF THESE THINGS.

DID RESEARCH.

AND I FOUND THESE SIX THINGS WERE LISTED.

MAKE YOU HAPPIER.

HMM.

GENEROSITY AND GIVING.

CAUSES YOU TO HAVE LESS STRESS.

HMM.

IT HELPS YOU STAY PHYSICALLY HEALTHY.

GIVING AND GENEROSITY STRENGTHENS

YOUR INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.

IT CAN HELP YOU LIVE LONGER.

AND IT CAN ALSO DRAW YOU CLOSER TO JESUS.

NOW, I WOULD SAY WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT?

THAT'S GOOD.

SAY THAT'S GOOD.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO COME TO THE REALITY OF THE SCRIPTURES

IN GALATIANS CHAPTER 6 VERSE 9.

Galatians 6:9

LET US NOT GROW WEARY IN WELL-DOING.

REMEMBER MY DON'TS.

DON'T BE A THIEF.

DON'T BE STINGY.

DON'T BE WEARY.

DON'T GET WEARY.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO, YOU LET GO OF THE GOOD.

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOOD.

GENEROSITY IS GOOD.

GIVING IS GOOD.

AND WHEN WE LET GO OF THE CONCEPT OF GIVING IN OUR LIFE,

AND WE DRAW BACK FROM THE GIVING HEART, WE DRAW BACK FROM

THE GOOD.

DON'T GET WEARY.

I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S AGAIN, DO

I GIVE AGAIN?

DO I GIVE AGAIN?

DO I HAVE TO HAVE THAT ATTITUDE AGAIN?

YES.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'LL MAKE YOU HAPPIER.

IT'LL MAKE YOU LIVE LONGER.

IT'LL REDUCE THE STRESS IN YOUR LIFE.

IT'S GOOD.

IT'S GOOD.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.

BECAUSE WHY?

WHY DOES IT ALL WORK THAT WAY?

'CAUSE IT GETS YOU CLOSER TO JESUS

AND YOU'RE MORE LIKE HIM.

YOU'RE MORE LIKE THE FATHER.

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, HE GAVE.

WHEN HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON, HE GAVE ALL OF IT.

HE GAVE EVERYTHING.

HE GAVE HIMSELF.

SO TAP INTO THAT AND DON'T LET YOUR HEART GET WEARY.

DON'T LET YOUR LIFESTYLE GET WEARY.

DON'T LET YOUR ATTITUDE GET WEARY OF AN ATTITUDE OF GIVING

BECAUSE AS YOU DO THAT, THEN THE DEVIL WORKS TO BRING

THE GOOD OUT OF YOUR LIFE.

SO STAY WITH IT AND DON'T LET WEARINESS GET IN YOUR HEAD OR IN

YOUR HEART OR IN YOUR ATTITUDE.

CONTINUE TO BE A GIVER.

IF THE USHERS, IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE, YOU

CAN RECEIVE AN ENVELOPE.

THEY'LL PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ONLINE.

YOU CAN GIVE SO MANY WAYS.

AND AS YOU DO, REMEMBER,

THAT GENEROSITY, THAT ATTITUDE OF GENEROSITY

AND THAT ATTITUDE OF GIVING IS DOING GOOD IN YOUR LIFE.

GOD DOESN'T, GOD DOES IT SO HE

CAN SEE GOOD IN US

AND ACCOMPLISH GOOD FOR US, THROUGH US AND WITH US.

LET'S PRAY.

FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT AS EACH AND EVERYONE

MAKES A DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD IN A GENEROUS HEART,

WITH A GENEROUS ATTITUDE TO CONTINUE TO GIVE.

FATHER GOD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU RESTORE THEIR STRENGTH,

YOU RESTORE THEIR HEALTH, YOU RESTORE THEIR LIFE,

YOU GIVE THEM HOPE, YOU GIVE THEM A VISION OF YOUR PRESENCE

AND YOUR LOVE WORKING THROUGH THEM AND WITH THEM

AND IN THEM, EVEN IN THEIR GIVING.

AND WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND ALL THE HONOR.

AND EVERYBODY SAID?

AMEN. AMEN.

YOU CAN RECEIVE THE OFFERING AS PASTOR DOUG COMES.

AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR KEITH.

HALLELUJAH. WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT

IS TO GIVE TO GOD.

IT BRINGS DIVINE PROTECTION OVER OUR LIFE, JANET.

HALLELUJAH. AND WE NEED DIVINE

PROTECTION IN THIS WORLD.

HALLELUJAH. WELL, I'M CONVINCED THAT...

I'M GOING TO JUST PLOW RIGHT IN TONIGHT AS THE

USHERS ARE FINISHING BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT

OF TERRITORY TO COVER.

I'M CONVINCED THAT THE MORE I STUDY THE BOOK OF REVELATION,

THAT AS CHRISTIANS, WE CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE LIVING

OUT OUR LIVES ON THIS EARTH

IF WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUTURE.

AND KNOWING BIBLICAL TRUTH FOR GOD'S PLAN FOR MAN FOR THE AGES,

WE KNOW LEARNING TRUTH ABOUT HEAVEN AND ABOUT HELL

AND ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF FUTURE EVENTS LAID OUT IN SCRIPTURE.

AND THEN UNDERSTANDING HOW GOD'S MERCY AND GRACE

WORKS THROUGHOUT THAT TIMELINE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

AND IT GIVES US HOPE, AND IT GIVES US A SENSE OF URGENCY

TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING

GOD'S PLAN FOR OUR LIVES.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT.

WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF TERRITORY ALREADY

ON THE BOOK OF REVELATION, INCLUDING THE RAPTURE

OF THE CHURCH, THE TRIBULATION PERIOD, THE

SECOND COMING OF CHRIST, THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON,

AND THERE AGAIN TALKED ABOUT GOD'S GRACE AND

MERCY THROUGH THAT.

AND LAST TIME THAT WE MET AND TALKED ABOUT REVELATION, I

LOOKED IT UP, IT WAS MAY 20TH.

I CAN'T BELIEVE TIME IS GOING TO FAST.

BUT WE LOOKED AT SPECIFICALLY REVELATION CHAPTER 19 AND THE

Revelation 19 · chapter mention

SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.

NOW, TONIGHT WE'RE MOVING ON INTO REVELATION CHAPTER 20 AND

Revelation 20 · chapter mention

WE'LL BE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE 1,000-YEAR

MILLENNIAL PERIOD, THE MILLENNIAL REIGN

OF CHRIST ON THE EARTH.

LIKE ON EARTH DURING THE MILLENNIAL PERIOD AND HOW WE

WILL BE INVOLVED, EACH OF US.

HOPEFULLY EACH ONE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT WILL BE THERE.

BUT THAT'S YOUR DECISION.

SO I WANT TO QUICKLY JUST DO A QUICK

REVIEW OF OUR TIMELINE THAT I'VE USED BEFORE SO MANY TIMES, BUT

I WANT TO BRING EVERYONE UP TO DATE ON THE TIMELINE, KIND OF

WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE TALKED

ABOUT THIS.

SO AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHURCH AGE, WHICH

IS DESCRIBED IN REVELATION 1 THROUGH 3.

THAT'S WHERE THE SEVEN LETTERS TO THE SEVEN

CHURCHES WERE WRITTEN.

IT APPLIED TO THE TIME FRAME THAT

WE'RE IN NOW.

AND THEN THE NEXT EVENT ON THIS TIMELINE FROM

REVELATION 4 AND 5 IS THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH, AND THAT

IS WHERE CHRIST COMES IN THE CLOUDS AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST

WILL BE TRANSFORMED AT THAT TIME.

THEIR BODIES ARE RENEWED WHEREVER THEIR REMAINS ARE.

THEY'RE CAUGHT UP TO BE WITH THE LORD.

AND THEN THOSE OF US THAT ARE ALIVE AT THAT TIME

WHEN THE RAPTURE TAKES PLACE WILL BE CAUGHT UP AND

PHYSICALLY OUR BODIES WILL GO UP WITH JESUS THAT TIME.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME WHILE WE'RE IN HEAVEN ENJOYING,

WELL THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT BASICALLY HAPPEN IN

HEAVEN DURING THAT TIME.

NUMBER ONE IS THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.

WE'RE NOT JUDGED ON THE BASIS OF

WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE SAVED.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IN THE

RAPTURE HAD WE NOT MADE THAT JUDGMENT.

SO WE JUDGED OURSELVES, MAKE SURE WE'RE

SAVED AND READY, AND WHEN WE GET THERE, WE'RE JUDGED ON OUR

WORKS. WHAT DID WE ACCOMPLISH AS FAR AS GOD'S PLAN ON THE

EARTH? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUDGED AND REWARDED FOR.

SO IT'S A REWARD TIME.

AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER THING THAT TAKES PLACE

DURING THAT TIME IS THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

THAT'LL BE THE GREATEST SUPPER IN HISTORY WHEN CHRISTIANS

ALL COME TOGETHER AND HONOR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND GOD

THE FATHER AT THAT GREAT FEAST.

SO THAT HAPPENS, AND WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING,

THE SEVEN-YEAR TRIBULATION IS TAKING PLACE ON THE EARTH.

THAT'S REVELATION 6 THROUGH 18, THE MAJORITY OF THE

BOOK OF REVELATION TALKS ABOUT THAT TIME FRAME,

THAT SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD.

IT'S DIVIDED IN TWO PARTS.

THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF YEARS ARE A TIME OF RELATIVE

PEACE AND PROSPERITY, AND THEN THE LAST

THREE AND A HALF YEARS, I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT,

ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE ON EARTH AT THAT TIME.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, THERE IS A GREAT REVIVAL

THAT TAKES PLACE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME

BECAUSE GOD HAS A MAGNIFICENT PLAN.

THERE'S 144,000 JEWISH EVANGELISTS

THAT COVER THE EARTH.

144,000 BILLY GRAHAM'S ARE GONNA BE CIRCULATING

THROUGH THE EARTH DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME

WHILE THE TRIBULATION IS GOING ON.

THERE'S ALSO TWO WITNESSES THAT WILL BE IN ISRAEL, AND YOU'LL

SEE THEM ACTIVE BROADCAST THROUGH THE WHOLE WORLD.

AND THEY HAVE A MINISTRY THERE OF PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL.

AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S AN ANGEL THAT FLIES AROUND THE

WORLD AND ACTUALLY PROCLAIMS THE GOSPEL TO THE LOST.

SO PEOPLE HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR THE

GOSPEL, EVEN IF THEY MISS THE RAPTURE AND ARE PART OF GOING

THROUGH AND ENDURING THE TRIBULATION.

SO THAT HAPPENS VERSUS, OR EXCUSE ME, REVELATION 6 THROUGH

18. AND THEN LAST TIME WE MET

ON MAY 20TH, WE TALKED ABOUT REVELATION 19,

THE SECOND COMING.

AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE OF US THAT ARE IN HEAVEN DURING THAT

TRIBULATION TIME, WE COME BACK WITH JESUS.

HE'S RIDING A WHITE HORSE.

WE'LL ALL HAVE OUR WHITE HORSES RIDING WITH HIM,

AND THAT'S WHEN HE FACES THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON,

AND HIS ENEMIES ARE QUICKLY DESTROYED.

AND THEN WE MOVE INTO THE THOUSAND-YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN

THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT,

AND THAT'S REVELATION 20.

SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK IDEA

OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, THAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO REVELATION 20,

I WANTED TO JUST PREVIEW SOME OF THE ASPECTS

OF THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT TONIGHT,

JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PREVIEW

SO YOU'LL KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING BEFORE WE START.

IF YOU'LL PUT THAT SLIDE UP OF LIFE ON EARTH

DURING THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GONNA

SEE THAT SATAN IS BOUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, ACCORDING TO

REVELATION 1 THROUGH 3.

THAT'S AN EXCITING PART OF THE MILLENNIAL REIGN.

NUMBER TWO, JESUS WILL RULE FROM JERUSALEM

AND WE THE CHRISTIANS, AND THERE'LL BE A FEW OTHERS

THAT I'LL EXPLAIN WHO THEY ARE, TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS,

THAT WILL RULE AND REIGN WITH JESUS DURING THAT TIME.

AND THEN THERE'S A JUDGMENT OF TRIBULATION SURVIVORS

THAT HAPPENS THEN.

THERE'S A TIME OF PEACE AND JOY ALL THROUGH THE MILLENNIUM.

IT'S A TIME OF LONGEVITY AND ANIMALS WILL BE TAMED.

SO I'LL EXPLAIN ALL THAT DETAIL AS WE GO TONIGHT,

BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU

A LITTLE PREVIEW THERE.

LET'S START BY GOING RIGHT TO REVELATION 20,

VERSES ONE THROUGH THREE.

AND I'M GONNA READ THAT TONIGHT OUT OF THE NEW

KING JAMES VERSION, AND WE'LL START WITH THIS.

AND IT SAYS, "THEN I SAW AN ANGEL COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN,

"HAVING THE KEY TO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT

"AND A GREAT CHAIN IN HIS HAND.

"HE LAID HOLD OF THE DRAGON, THAT SERPENT OF OLD,

"WHO IS THE DEVIL AND SATAN, "AND BOUND HIM FOR

A THOUSAND YEARS."

HALLELUJAH. "AND HE CAST HIM INTO

THE BOTTOMLESS PIT "AND SHUT HIM UP AND

SET A SEAL ON HIM "THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE

THE NATIONS NO MORE "TILL THE THOUSAND

YEARS WERE FINISHED.

"BUT AFTER THESE THINGS, "HE MUST BE RELEASED

FOR A LITTLE WHILE."

THAT IS REVELATION 20, VERSES ONE THROUGH THREE.

SO AS WE LOOK AT THAT, WE CAN SEE THAT JOHN

HAS A VISION OF AN ANGEL COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN.

IT'S NOT JESUS, IT'S AN ANGEL.

AND HE HAS TWO THINGS IN HIS HANDS.

ONE IS A GREAT CHAIN AND THE OTHER THING

THAT HE HAS IS A KEY TO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT.

AND THIS ANGEL HAS BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY

BY JESUS TO BIND SATAN.

VERSE 2 TELLS US THAT THE ANGEL SEIZES THE DRAGON AND

BINDS HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

REVELATION 22, I'M GOING TO REPEAT SOME THINGS TONIGHT

BECAUSE I WANT THIS TO COME IN TO YOUR SPIRITS.

HE LAID HOLD OF THE DRAGON, THAT SERPENT OF

OLD, WHO IS THE DEVIL AND SATAN, AND BOUND HIM FOR A

THOUSAND YEARS.

SO NOW WE SEE DIFFERENT TERMS HERE.

JOHN WANTS YOU TO REALLY KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS

THAT GETS BOUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

HE CALLS HIM THE DRAGON, HE CALLS

HIM THE OLD SERPENT, HE CALLS HIM THE DEVIL, AND FINALLY CALLS

HIM SATAN.

FOUR DESCRIPTIVE TERMS FOR THE SAME PERSON,

THE DEVIL.

THE DRAGON IS THE NAME BY WHICH SATAN IS KNOWN

IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.

THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU SEE DRAGON

USED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS REVELATION 12 VERSE 9.

Revelation 12:9

AND I THINK IT'S LIKE 13 TIMES

AFTERWARDS THE DRAGON IS USED TO SYMBOLIZE SATAN.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, THE SERPENT

OF OLD IS A REFERENCE BACK TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS

Genesis 3 · chapter mention

CHAPTER 3.

AND THE FIRST TIME WE'RE INTRODUCED TO

SATAN IN THE BIBLE, HE APPEARS AS A SERPENT IN

THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

THE OLD SERPENT IS THE ONE THAT

CONVINCES EVE THAT SHE WILL NOT DIE IF SHE EATS THE

FRUIT, AND THEN ADAM, OF COURSE, GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH EVE

AND JOINS IN, DOESN'T INTERVENE, AND THEY BOTH SIN.

SO BOTH ADAM AND EVE END UP BELIEVING THE LIE

THAT GOD IS DEPRIVING THEM FROM SOMETHING,

AND IF THEY WOULD JUST EAT THAT FRUIT

THAT GOD TOLD THEM NOT TO EAT, THEIR EYES WOULD BE OPEN

AND THEY WOULD BE AS WISE AS GOD.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DECEIVED INTO BELIEVING.

SO THE SERPENT OF OLD IS A DESCRIPTION OF SATAN.

AND THEN NUMBER THREE, DEVIL.

THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE PROBABLY MOST FAMILIAR WITH.

THE WORD DEVIL IN THE GREEK IS DIABOLOS.

IT MEANS DIABOLIC AND INHERENTLY EVIL, AND HE IS.

AND THEN THE FINAL DESCRIPTIVE NAME

THAT JOHN GIVES IS THE TERM SATAN.

IN HEBREW, THE TERM SATAN MEANS ADVERSARY OR ACCUSER.

SO VERSE THREE TELLS US THE DEVIL'S BOUND UP

IN THE BOTTOMLESS PIT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

DURING THIS MILLENNIAL REIGN.

AND YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, HOW CAN AN ANGEL OR A SPIRIT

BE BOUND BY A LITERAL CHAIN AND BE CAST INTO A MATERIAL

PLACE LIKE A BOTTOMLESS PIT?

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCRIPTURE, IT DOES MAKE SENSE

BECAUSE SCRIPTURE INTERPRETS SCRIPTURE.

AND WE SEE THAT ANGELS HAVE BODIES

AND THEY CAN BE CONFINED TO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

AND I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO ALL THE DETAIL ON THIS,

BUT IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES TONIGHT,

YOU CAN STUDY THIS AT HOME.

BUT 2 PETER 2.4, I'LL JUST READ IT QUICKLY, SAYS,

IF GOD DID NOT SPARE ANGELS WHO SINNED

BUT CAST THEM DOWN TO HELL AND DELIVERED THEM

INTO CHAINS OF DARKNESS TO BE RESERVED FOR JUDGMENT,

SO THEY WERE CHAINED THERE.

AND THEN JUDE 6.7 SAYS, AND I REMIND YOU OF THE ANGELS

WHO DID NOT STAY WITH THE LIMITS OF AUTHORITY.

GOD GAVE THEM BUT LEFT THE PLACE WHERE THEY BELONGED.

GOD HAS KEPT THEM SECURELY CHAINED IN PRISONS OF DARKNESS

WAITING FOR THE GREAT DAY OF JUDGMENT.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL INSTANCES IN SCRIPTURE

WHERE WE SEE ANGELS THAT WERE BOUND OR CHAINED.

WELL, NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEDNESDAY,

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT,

WHICH IS THE END OF REVELATION CHAPTER 20.

Revelation 20 · chapter mention

AND THEN WE FIND OUT THAT ALL WICKED MEN, DEMONS,

FALLEN ANGELS, AND REBELLIOUS CREATURES OF ALL KINDS

ARE CONFINED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER.

SO THEY'RE LOCKED INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER.

IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

REVELATION 20, 15 SAYS ANYONE WHOSE NAME WAS NOT FOUND

AND RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS THROWN INTO

THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THAT'S FOR ETERNITY.

BUT LET'S MOVE ON AND CONTINUE TO REREAD VERSE THREE.

REVELATION 20, VERSE THREE, "AND HE CAST HIM INTO THE

BOTTOMLESS PIT AND SHUT HIM UP "AND SET A SEAL ON HIM

SO THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE "THE NATIONS NO MORE,"

TALKING ABOUT SATAN AGAIN, "UNTIL THE THOUSAND

YEARS WERE FINISHED.

"BUT AFTER THESE THINGS, HE MUST BE RELEASED

"FOR A LITTLE WHILE."

NOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT VERSE MUCH,

YOU MIGHT BE ASKING AT THIS POINT, "WHY?"

WHY, IF SATAN IS BOUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS,

HE'S WRAPPED IN CHAINS, HE'S IN THE BOTTOMLESS PIT,

AND GOD HAS EVEN SEALED HIM SO THAT HE STAYS THERE,

IT'S LIKE, WHY IS HE GONNA GET RELEASED FOR A SHORT TIME?

JESUS, WHY WOULD YOU RELEASE HIM?

WE GOT HIM PENNED UP FOR A THOUSAND YEARS,

JUST KEEP HIM THERE.

KIND OF MAKES ME THINK OF, I LIKE TO WATCH THE OLD

BLACK AND WHITE WESTERNS AND YOU SEE THE SHERIFF GET

THE THIEVES OR THE ROBBERS IN JAIL AND CAPTURED AND

THEN FOR SOME STUPID REASON, THE SHERIFF MAKES A

MISTAKE AND DELIVERS FOOD TO THESE PRISONERS

AND THEY OVERCOME HIM AND LOCK THE SHERIFF

UP AND TAKE THE KEYS AND THEY GO OFF AND DO

THEIR NEXT EVIL THING.

SO, WHY DOES SATAN GET RELEASED?

WELL, BEFORE I ANSWER THIS QUESTION,

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING TONIGHT,

BUT I WILL COME BACK TO THAT.

LET YOU THINK ON THAT ONE FOR A MINUTE.

REVELATION CHAPTER 20, VERSES 4 THROUGH 6.

Revelation 20:4–6

LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ 4 THROUGH 6.

"AND I SAW THRONES, AND THEY SAT ON THEM,

AND JUDGMENT WAS COMMITTED TO THEM.

THEN I SAW THE SOULS OF THOSE THAT HAD BEEN BEHEADED FOR

THEIR WITNESS TO JESUS AND FOR THE WORD OF GOD, WHO HAD NOT

WORSHIPPED THE BEAST OR HIS IMAGE, AND HAD NOT RECEIVED THE

MARK ON THEIR FOREHEADS OR IN THEIR HANDS.

AND THEY LIVED AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

BUT THE REST OF THE DEAD DID NOT LIVE AGAIN TILL THE

THOUSAND YEARS WERE FINISHED.

THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION.

"BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE WHO HAS PART IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION.

OVER SUCH THE SECOND DEATH HAS NO POWER,

BUT THEY SHALL BE PRIESTS OF GOD AND OF CHRIST

AND SHALL REIGN WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS."

SO IN VERSE FOUR, WE READ THAT JOHN NOW SEES THRONES

IN HEAVEN AND HE SEES WHO SAT ON THEM.

VERSE FOUR SAYS, "I SAW THRONES AND THEY SAT ON THEM

AND JUDGMENT WAS COMMITTED TO THEM."

THAT GIVES A KEY TO WHO'S SITTING ON THESE THRONES.

THE VERSE TELLS US THAT JUDGMENT WAS COMMITTED

TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.

THAT GIVES US SOME INSIGHT HERE BECAUSE IN 1

CORINTHIANS 6 AND VERSE 2, WE SEE THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS,

"DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE SAINTS WILL JUDGE THE WORLD?

AND IF THE WORLD WILL BE JUDGED BY YOU, ARE YOU UNWORTHY TO

JUDGE THE SMALLEST MATTERS?"

SO PAUL IS TELLING US THAT THE SAINTS WILL JUDGE THE WORLD.

GOD WILL USE BELIEVERS IN THAT DAY TO HELP HIM RULE AND REIGN

AND TO JUDGE THE WORLD AT THE END OF THE TRIBULATION

AS WE COME INTO THIS MILLENNIAL KINGDOM TIME.

PAUL TELLS US THAT IT'LL BE SAINTS, IT'LL BE CHRISTIANS,

IT'LL BE BELIEVERS WHO JUDGE THE WORLD

UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST.

THE SAINTS DESCRIBED HERE ARE BELIEVERS

THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE TO HEAVEN.

THEY'VE DIED OR THEY WERE RAPTURED

BEFORE THE TRIBULATION.

THEY'VE RETURNED WITH JESUS AT THE SECOND COMING

AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE RULING AND REIGNING

FOR THIS THOUSAND YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN TIME FRAME.

AND THAT'S THE FIRST GROUP THAT JOHN SEES IN REVELATION 24,

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO A SECOND GROUP.

LET'S CONTINUE READING REVELATION 20, CHAPTER

20, VERSE FOUR AGAIN.

"AND I SAW THRONES AND THEY SAT ON THEM

"AND JUDGMENT WAS COMMITTED TO THEM.

"AND THEN I SAW THE SOULS OF THOSE THAT HAD BEEN BEHEADED

"FOR THEIR WITNESS TO JESUS AND THE WORD OF GOD.

"AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE NOT WORSHIPED THE BEAST,

"HIS IMAGE, OR RECEIVED THE MARK "IN THE FOREHEADS

OF THEIR HANDS.

"AND THEY LIVED AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS."

SO THIS SECOND GROUP THAT JOHN SEES ARE ALSO BELIEVERS,

BUT HE DISTINGUISHES THEM FROM THOSE

THAT DIED BEFORE THE TRIBULATION.

THESE ARE THE SAINTS THAT WERE MARTYRED FOR THEIR FAITH,

THIS SECOND GROUP.

THEY WERE KILLED BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH.

THEY DID NOT DENY THEIR TESTIMONY OR THEIR WITNESS

FOR JESUS DURING THIS TIME OF THE TRIBULATION.

THEY DIDN'T WORSHIP THE BEAST, WHICH IS THE ANTICHRIST.

THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE THE MARK, THE 666 MARK,

ON THEIR FOREHEAD OR IN THEIR HANDS.

AND NOW THESE MARTYRS ARE ALSO GOING TO BE RULING

AND REIGNING WITH JESUS AND US DURING THIS THOUSAND

YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN.

WE LOOKED AT THIS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO,

BUT I'M GONNA GO BACK TO REVELATION 5, VERSE 9 AND 10.

Revelation 5:9

IT ALSO DESCRIBES THESE MARTYRS IN THESE VERSES.

IT SAYS, REVELATION 5, 9 AND 10, "AND THEY SANG A

NEW SONG, SAYING, "'YOU ARE WORTHY TO TAKE THE

SCROLL AND TO OPEN ITS SEALS, "'FOR YOU WERE SLAIN, AND

YOU HAVE REDEEMED US TO GOD "'BY YOUR BLOOD OUT OF

EVERY TRIBE AND TONGUE "AND PEOPLE AND NATION,

"AND HAVE MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS TO OUR GOD,

"AND WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH."

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS SIMILAR LANGUAGE

TO WHAT WE JUST READ IN REVELATION 20, VERSE SIX,

TELLING US THAT THE SECOND DEATH HAS NO POWER

OVER THESE SAINTS, AND THEY WILL BE PRIESTS OF GOD

AND REIGN FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

REVELATION 26, "BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE

"WHO HAS PART IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION.

"OVER SUCH, THE SECOND DEATH HAS NO POWER,

"BUT THEY SHALL BE PRIESTS OF GOD AND OF CHRIST

"AND SHALL REIGN WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS."

OKAY, EVERYONE FOLLOWING ME NOW, THOSE TWO GROUPS THAT ARE

RULING AND REIGNING WITH JESUS.

SO WHAT DO WE DO IN CHRIST'S GOVERNMENT

DURING THESE THOUSAND YEARS?

AND MY ANSWER TO THAT IS, FRANKLY, I DO NOT KNOW.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

BEING HONEST WITH YOU.

BUT I DO KNOW THIS, IN SCRIPTURE,

THERE SEEMS TO BE A RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN A PERSON'S FAITHFULNESS IN THIS AGE

THAT WE'RE NOW LIVING IN, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE

OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE GIVEN TO

US DURING THIS FUTURE TIME THAT WE'RE RULING AND REIGNING.

THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS IN MATTHEW 25, 14 THROUGH 30

INDICATES THAT JESUS WILL REWARD US WITH RESPONSIBILITIES

BASED ON OUR FAITHFULNESS TO HIM DURING OUR TIME ON EARTH.

SO I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ANSWER TO IT.

BUT PEOPLE THAT WERE FAITHFUL TO GOD,

DID WHAT THEY WERE CALLED TO DO WHILE THEY WERE ON EARTH,

WILL POSSIBLY HAVE, I CAN'T MAKE A DOCTRINE OUT OF THIS,

BUT THEY'LL POSSIBLY, IT SEEMS LIKE,

HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY DURING THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM

THAN LIKE SOMEONE THAT MAYBE SAID A PRAYER OF SALVATION,

CONFESSED JESUS ON THEIR DEATHBED, NEVER

LIVED FOR CHRIST, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T FOLLOW GOD'S

ACTUAL PLAN FOR THEIR LIFE, BUT THEY BECAME A BELIEVER

AT THE LAST MOMENT.

SOMEONE LIKE THAT POSSIBLY WILL NOT HAVE

AS MUCH ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY IN THE MILLENNIUM

THAN SOMEONE THAT HAD SERVED GOD ALL THEIR LIFE

AND BEEN FAITHFUL TO HIS PLAN.

THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARS LIKE.

BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, WHEN WE

GO INTO THAT 1,000-YEAR PERIOD, THERE WILL BE SURVIVORS.

THERE WILL BE HUMAN BEINGS LIVING ON EARTH

WHO COME THROUGH THE TRIBULATION PERIOD, WHO WILL THEN

BE LIVING DURING THIS MILLENNIAL PERIOD OF TIME.

AND LIFE IS GOING TO JUST GO ON LIKE USUAL.

THERE'LL BE TWO GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON EARTH

DURING THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.

LET'S PUT THAT SLIDE UP.

THE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS

DURING THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.

NUMBER ONE, THE SAINTS WHO COME BACK WITH JESUS

AT THE SECOND COMING IN OUR GLORIFIED BODIES.

THAT'S US, ALL THE REDEEMED THAT HAVE GONE TO HEAVEN,

COME BACK WITH JESUS AT THE SECOND COMING.

THAT'S THE FIRST GROUP.

NUMBER TWO, THEY'LL BE RIGHTEOUS SURVIVORS OF THE TRIBULATION.

THESE ARE NATURAL HUMAN BEINGS, NEVER HAD GLORIFIED BODIES.

THEY'RE JUST LIKE YOU AND I ARE TODAY,

AND THEY WILL ALSO GO INTO THAT MILLENNIAL KINGDOM

PERIOD OF TIME.

LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BETTER.

IN VERSE 6, WE SEE THAT JESUS WILL RULE FROM JERUSALEM AND

CHRISTIANS WILL RULE AND REIGN WITH HIM.

AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD, THERE'LL BE A JUDGMENT

OF THE TRIBULATION SURVIVORS.

EVERYBODY WHO SURVIVES THE TRIBULATION IS NOT

NECESSARILY RIGHT WITH GOD.

JUST BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW MADE IT THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT

GOES ON IN THE TRIBULATION DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE

SAVED AND HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

THAT HAVE REJECTED CHRIST, BUT THEY SURVIVE

THE TRIBULATION.

AND AT THAT POINT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A JUDGMENT OF THOSE

THAT SURVIVE THE TRIBULATION, BOTH BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS.

THIS IS A JUDGMENT OF TRIBULATION SURVIVORS.

JESUS DESCRIBES THIS IN MATTHEW 25 VERSES 31 THROUGH 34.

Matthew 25:31–34

LET ME READ THAT TO YOU.

IT SAYS, "BUT WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES IN HIS GLORY

"AND ALL THE ANGELS WITH HIM, "THEN HE WILL SIT UPON

HIS GLORIOUS THRONE.

"ALL NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED IN HIS PRESENCE,

"AND HE WILL SEPARATE THE PEOPLE "AS A SHEPHERD SEPARATES

THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS.

"HE WILL PLACE THE SHEEP ON HIS RIGHT HAND

AND THE GOATS ON HIS LEFT HAND.

THEN THE KING WILL SAY TO THOSE ON HIS RIGHT HAND,

'COME, YOU WHO ARE BLESSED BY MY FATHER,

INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU

FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.'"

HALLELUJAH. SO, IF YOU MOVE DOWN THEN

TO VERSE 41, MATTHEW 25, IT SAYS, "THEN THE KING WILL

TURN TO THOSE ON THE LEFT AND SAY, 'AWAY WITH

YOU, YOU CURSED ONES.'"

THOSE WOULD BE THE GOATS.

INTO THE ETERNAL FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS.

SO JESUS DESCRIBES THE SHEEP AS BEING THE RIGHTEOUS

ON THE RIGHT HAND, THE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST.

THOSE ARE REWARDED AND THEY INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

THE GOATS ARE THE WICKED ONES THAT HAVE REJECTED JESUS

AND FAILED TO PRODUCE THE FRUITS OF FAITH.

SO FROM THESE SCRIPTURES AND THERE'S OTHERS

THAT I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO TONIGHT,

WE CAN CONCLUDE SCRIPTURALLY THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS

THAT ARE GOING INTO THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM

WILL BE THE RIGHTEOUS AND GLORIFIED BODIES,

US THAT CAME BACK WITH JESUS, AND THEN THOSE NATURAL

HUMANS THAT ARE BELIEVERS

THAT CHRIST REFERS TO AS SHEEP.

SO EVERYONE THAT GOES INTO THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM,

THAT THOUSAND YEAR PERIOD OF TIME,

INITIALLY ARE GONNA BE SAVED RIGHTEOUS BELIEVERS.

EVERYONE WITH ME ON THAT?

OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON.

THIS IS A TIME OF GREAT PEACE ON EARTH

AND THE INHABITANTS WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE JOBS.

MOST LIKELY THEY'LL BE GOING TO SCHOOL, THEY GET MARRIED,

THEY HAVE FAMILIES, THEY HAVE BUSINESSES.

IT'S LIFE LIKE WE HAVE NOW, BUT THERE'LL BE A BIG DIFFERENCE

THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.

THEY'LL PROBABLY EVEN BE DRIVING CARS THEN,

OR MAYBE THEY'LL BE FLYING CARS BY THEN, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT LIFE WILL HAPPEN VERY MUCH LIKE IT DOES NOW

IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM WITH THE NATURAL PEOPLE THAT GO IN.

THESE NATURAL BELIEVERS THAT ARE THERE

ARE GONNA CARRY ON JUST LIKE WE DO ON THIS EARTH.

BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THIS.

THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THERE'LL BE NO POLITICAL POWERS

DURING THAT TIME.

THERE'LL BE NO MORE PRESIDENTS.

THERE'LL BE NO MORE KINGS OR PRIME MINISTERS OR DICTATORS.

THE KINGDOM WILL BE UNDER THEOCRATIC RULE

WITH GOD ACTUALLY REIGNING THROUGH HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST,

HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.

KING JESUS WILL BE REIGNING FROM JERUSALEM,

AND WE WILL BE ASSISTING HIM IN SOME MANNER.

IMAGINE LIFE WHERE JESUS IS ON THE THRONE.

HE'S THE ONLY KING OVER THE WHOLE WORLD.

THE SAINTS ARE RULING AND REIGNING WITH HIM,

AND SATAN IS BOUND FOR 1,000 YEARS.

DON'T FORGET THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFLUENCE OF SATAN

DURING THIS 1,000-YEAR PERIOD.

HALLELUJAH. IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL TIME.

WHILE REVELATION TELLS US THERE'LL BE A

MILLENNIAL KINGDOM, IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE

US A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT THAT KINGDOM

AND WHAT TAKES PLACE.

BUT THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND PARTICULARLY THE BOOK OF ISAIAH,

IS VERY DETAILED WITH DESCRIPTIONS ON THE

MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.

LET'S LOOK AT A FEW DESCRIPTIONS OF LIFE

DURING THIS THOUSAND YEAR PERIOD.

LET'S START WITH ISAIAH TWO, VERSES ONE THROUGH FOUR.

GOT QUITE A BIT OF SCRIPTURE TONIGHT,

BUT I'M GONNA GO QUICKLY.

THIS IS A VISION THAT ISAIAH, THE SON OF AMOZ,

SAW CONCERNING JUDAH AND JERUSALEM.

IN THE LAST DAYS, THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE

WILL BE THE HIGHEST OF ALL, THE MOST IMPORTANT

PLACE ON EARTH.

IT WILL BE RAISED ABOVE THE OTHER HILLS,

AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

WILL STREAM THERE TO WORSHIP.

SEE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE STREAMING TAKING PLACE

DURING THAT TIME.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT INTO IT.

IT'S A GOOD THING WE HAVE STREAMING NOW

BECAUSE WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

SO ANYWAY, PEOPLE FROM MANY NATIONS WILL COME AND SAY,

COME, LET US GO TO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD,

TO THE HOUSE OF JACOB'S GOD.

THERE HE WILL TEACH US HIS WAYS, AND WE WILL WALK IN HIS PATHS,

FOR THE LORD'S TEACHING WILL GO OUT FROM ZION,

HIS WORD WILL GO OUT FROM JERUSALEM.

THE LORD WILL MEDIATE BETWEEN NATIONS

AND WILL SETTLE INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES.

THEY WILL HAMMER THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES.

SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY MORE WAR.

AND THEIR SPEARS WILL BE TURNED INTO PRUNING HOOKS.

NATIONS WILL NO LONGER FIGHT AGAINST NATIONS.

THEY'LL NO LONGER TRAIN FOR WAR ANYMORE.

THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY NEED FOR A MILITARY BUDGET

AT THAT POINT IN TIME BECAUSE THERE'LL BE NO WAR.

JESUS WON'T ALLOW IT.

HALLELUJAH. SO IN THE MILLENNIUM,

THERE'S NO WAR.

YOU KNOW, WAR HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT PART OF HUMAN AFFAIRS

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOME TYPE OF WAR GOING ON,

BUT THERE'LL BE NO WAR DURING THE MILLENNIUM.

NOW MICAH 4.4 SAYS, "EVERYONE WILL LIVE IN

PEACE AND PROSPERITY."

HALLELUJAH. "ENJOYING THEIR OWN

GRAPEVINES AND FIG TREES."

JANET, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OWN GRAPEVINE

AND YOUR OWN FIG TREE, THE BIBLE SAYS.

THERE'LL BE NOTHING TO FEAR.

THE LORD OF HEAVEN'S ARMIES HAS MADE THIS PROMISE.

CAN YOU IMAGINE LIVING WITH THIS KIND OF PEACE

EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD?

NO NEED TO LOCK YOUR DOORS AT NIGHT, EILEEN.

SHE ALWAYS MAKES SURE THAT OUR DOORS ARE LOCKED AT NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE LIKES TO DO THAT,

BUT PHYLLIS IS SHAKING HER HEAD, SHE DOES THE SAME THING.

HOW MANY OF YOU HERE LOCK YOUR DOORS AT NIGHT?

I'M WATCHING TO SEE WHO DIDN'T RAISE THEIR HAND,

THEN I'LL KNOW IF I, JUST JOKING.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT.

BUT DURING THE MILLENNIUM, YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR DOORS OPEN.

IT'S OKAY, THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR, THE BIBLE SAYS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT, HALLELUJAH.

WELL, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT,

LET'S REVIEW WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT SO FAR.

I WANNA PUT THAT SLIDE UP IN THE RED INK.

THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

FIRST OF ALL, WE SAID SATAN'S BOUND FOR 1,000 YEARS.

SECONDLY, WE SAID JESUS WILL RULE FROM JERUSALEM.

WE'RE GONNA BE RULING WITH HIM.

THIRDLY, THERE'S A JUDGMENT THAT TAKES PLACE

OF TRIBULATION SURVIVORS, AND EVERYONE THAT GOES

INTO THE MILLENNIUM PERIOD INITIALLY ARE SAVED,

REDEEMED CHRISTIANS FOLLOWING JESUS.

AND THEN IT'S A TIME OF PEACE AND JOY.

SO LET'S CONTINUE ON HERE.

LET'S LOOK AT ISAIAH 65, 18 THROUGH 24.

BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF THESE PRISTINE CONDITIONS

OF THE UNIVERSE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIVE A LONG TIME.

LET'S READ ABOUT THAT.

ISAIAH 65, 18 THROUGH 24.

"BE GLAD.

REJOICE FOREVER IN MY CREATION.

AND LOOK, I WILL CREATE JERUSALEM

AS A PLACE OF HAPPINESS.

HER PEOPLE WILL BE A SOURCE OF JOY.

I WILL REJOICE OVER JERUSALEM AND DELIGHT IN MY PEOPLE,

AND THE SOUND OF WEEPING AND CRYING

WILL BE HEARD IN IT NO MORE.

NO LONGER WILL BABIES DIE WHEN ONLY A FEW DAYS OLD.

NO LONGER WILL ADULTS DIE BEFORE THEY'VE LIVED A FULL LIFE.

NO LONGER WILL PEOPLE BE CONSIDERED OLD AT 100.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE-- WHEN I REACHED 90 YEARS OLD,

PEOPLE STARTED CALLING ME OLD, BUT I'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO 100

AND NOT EVEN THINK THAT I'M OLD IF I'M IN THE MILLENNIUM.

NO ONE GOT THAT JOKE, BUT I'M NOT QUITE 90 YET.

I'M A LITTLE WAYS OFF FROM 90.

BUT WHAT A TIME THAT'LL BE.

A 100-YEAR-OLD PERSON, PASTOR KEITH,

WILL NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED OLD IN THE MILLENNIUM.

ONLY THE CURSED WILL DIE THAT YOUNG.

HALLELUJAH. IN THOSE DAYS, PEOPLE

WILL LIVE IN HOUSES THEY BUILD AND EAT FRUIT

OF THEIR OWN VINEYARDS.

THAT'S WHEN JANET'S GOING TO BE EATEN

FROM HER FIG TREE AND HER GRAPE VINE.

UNLIKE THE PAST, INVADERS WILL NOT TAKE THEIR HOUSES

AND CONFISCATE THEIR VINEYARDS.

YOUR VINEYARDS WILL BE SAFE.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PUT A FENCE UP, JANET.

IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE THERE.

NO ONE'S GOING TO ROB YOU.

FOR MY PEOPLE WILL LIVE AS LONG AS TREES,

AND MY CHOSEN ONES WILL HAVE TIME

TO ENJOY THEIR HARD-WON GAINS.

THEY WILL NOT WORK IN VAIN, AND THEIR CHILDREN WILL NOT

BE DOOMED TO MISFORTUNE, FOR THEY

ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE BLESSED BY THE LORD,

AND THEIR CHILDREN, TOO, WILL BE BLESSED.

I WILL ANSWER THEM BEFORE THEY EVEN CALL TO ME.

WHILE THEY'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THEIR NEEDS,

I WILL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS.

HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.

PEOPLE WILL LIVE TO RIPE OLD AGES

COMPARED TO HOW WE LIVE TODAY.

HALLELUJAH. SO THERE'S LONG LIFE.

DEATH WILL BE EXPERIENCED ONLY BY THOSE

THAT REBEL AGAINST THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

AND SOME PEOPLE FIND IT SURPRISING

TO THINK OF REBELLION DURING THE MILLENNIUM,

BUT HERE'S HOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

EVERYBODY WHO GOES INTO THE MILLENNIUM,

LIKE I'VE TOLD YOU, WILL BE THE RIGHTEOUS.

THEY'LL BE SAVED.

REMEMBER, THE GOATS AND THE SHEEP ARE SEPARATED

BEFORE THE MILLENNIUM PERIOD TAKES PLACE

SO THAT EVERYONE THAT GOES IN WILL BE SHEEP.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED.

BUT HOWEVER, THINK ABOUT THIS, DURING THE THOUSAND YEAR PERIOD,

THERE'S GONNA BE MARRIAGES.

THERE'LL BE A LOT OF GENERATIONS DURING A THOUSAND YEARS.

NATURAL PEOPLE HAVING BABIES, CONTINUING ON, CONTINUING ON.

THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE BORN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO THE MILLENNIUM,

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE POPULATION WILL BE,

BUT OVER A THOUSAND YEARS, YOU COULD HAVE A LOT OF BABIES.

SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF NATURAL PEOPLE AT THAT POINT.

BUT DURING THAT PERIOD, CHILDREN ARE BORN.

SOME OF THESE CHILDREN WILL REBEL AGAINST THE THINGS OF GOD.

HUMAN NATURE AND FREE WILL AND THE POWER OF CHOICE

IS STILL ALLOWED FOR PEOPLE.

GOD CANNOT TAKE THAT AWAY.

HE ALLOWS US FREE WILL.

IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR IF HE DIDN'T ALLOW FREE WILL.

SO JUST LIKE TODAY, EVERY PERSON BORN

DURING THE MILLENNIAL AGE WILL MAKE A PERSONAL DECISION

EITHER FOR OR AGAINST JESUS CHRIST

DURING THAT MILLENNIAL PERIOD.

BUT YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF THIS, REBELLION WILL NOT LAST LONG.

THE ONE WHO IS IN CHARGE WILL KNOW THE INTENT OF EVERY HEART

AND THERE'LL BE SWIFT JUSTICE FOR EVERY WRONG.

THE BIBLE SAYS OUR LORD WILL RULE WITH A ROD OF IRON

DURING THAT POINT IN TIME.

THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY LONG DELAYS IN JUSTICE,

NO POSTPONEMENTS OF TRIALS OR SENTENCES TO BE CARRIED OUT.

PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA SIT IN JAIL FOR 20 YEARS

WAITING TO GET THEIR JUDGMENT.

IT'LL BE IMMEDIATE.

ISAIAH TELLS US ANOTHER THING THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.

IT'S A TIME WHEN ANIMALS WILL BE TAMED.

ISAIAH 65, 25, LET'S READ THAT.

IT SAYS, "THE WOLF AND THE LAMB WILL FEED TOGETHER.

"THE LION WILL EAT HAY LIKE A COW,

"BUT THE SNAKES WILL EAT DUST.

"IN THOSE DAYS, NO ONE WILL BE HURT OR DESTROYED

"ON MY HOLY MOUNTAIN.

I, THE LORD, HAVE SPOKEN.

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR WILL RETURN TO THE DAYS

OF THE ORIGINAL CREATION PRE-FLOOD.

THERE WAS NO HOSTILITY BETWEEN ANIMALS AND HUMAN BEINGS

UNTIL THE TIME OF THE GREAT FLOOD.

ANIMALS AND HUMANS WERE ORIGINALLY

PEACEFUL VEGETARIANS."

GENESIS 1, 29 THROUGH 30 SAYS, "THEN GOD SAID, LOOK,

"I HAVE GIVEN YOU EVERY SEED BEARING PLANT

"THROUGHOUT THE EARTH "AND ALL THE FRUIT

TREES FOR YOUR FOOD.

"AND I'VE GIVEN EVERY GREEN PLANT AS FOOD

"FOR ALL THE WILD ANIMALS, THE BIRDS IN THE SKY,

"AND THE SMALL ANIMALS THAT SCURRY ALONG THE GROUND,

"EVERYTHING THAT HAS LIFE, AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED."

SO AFTER ADAM'S FALL, THE EARTH GRADUALLY BECAME

MORE AND MORE CORRUPT AND FILLED WITH

VIOLENCE ACCORDING TO GENESIS CHAPTER SIX,

AND FOLLOWING THE FLOOD, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN

AND BEAST BECAME ADVERSARIAL.

TO MAINTAIN ORDER AND HUMAN SAFETY,

GOD SUPERNATURALLY PLACED A FEAR OF HUMANS UPON ANIMALS.

THEN GOD INSTITUTED A NEW COVENANT WITH NOAH

THAT OFFICIALLY GRANTED THE RIGHT TO CONSUME MEAT.

WE'LL SEE THIS IN GENESIS CHAPTER NINE.

IF YOU WANNA BRING UP GENESIS NINE VERSES TWO AND THREE,

IT SAYS, "ALL THE ANIMALS OF THE EARTH,

"ALL THE BIRDS OF THE SKY, AND ALL THE SMALL ANIMALS

"THAT SCURRY ALONG THE GROUND, AND THE FISH IN THE SEA

"WILL LOOK ON YOU WITH FEAR AND TERROR."

SO THAT'S WHEN GOD PLACED A FEAR IN THESE ANIMALS OF MANKIND.

AND I'VE PLACED THEM IN YOUR POWER.

GOD GAVE MAN DOMINION OVER THOSE ANIMALS.

I'VE GIVEN THEM TO YOU FOR FOOD, JUST AS I'VE GIVEN YOU

GRAIN AND VEGETABLES.

SO NOW MANKIND WAS FREE TO EAT MEAT AT THAT POINT

IN GENESIS CHAPTER NINE, WHEN BEFORE THEY'D

BEEN VEGETARIANS.

SO,

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS, WILL CHRISTIANS THAT GO

RAPTURED OR MAYBE

ONES THAT ORIGINALLY LIVED IN NEBRASKA OR IOWA

AND JUST LOVE TO EAT STEAK, WILL THEY BE ALLOWED TO HAVE

BEEF DURING THE MILLENNIUM?

WHEN THE ANIMALS ARE TAMED AND THERE'S NO

AGGRESSION ANY LONGER?

I DON'T KNOW.

JESUS, CAN I HAVE A RIBEYE?

MAYBE HE'LL SUPERNATURALLY GROW THOSE FROM PLANTS,

YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW,

BUT I'M SURE IT'D BE A LOT BETTER

THAN THOSE CHEMICAL MEATS THAT THEY MAKE TODAY.

I'M SURE JESUS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME KIND OF BEEF,

PASTOR ANTHONY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S GONNA BE GREAT ANYWAY.

IF WE HAVE TO BE VEGETARIANS, IT'LL BE A SMALL PRICE TO PAY

TO BE IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.

SO THAT'S OKAY.

LET'S LOOK AT ISAIAH 11, VERSES SIX THROUGH NINE.

IT SAYS, "IN THAT DAY, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

"WILL LIVE TOGETHER.

"THE LEOPARD WILL LIE DOWN WITH THE BABY GOAT.

"THE CALF AND THE YEARLING WILL BE SAFE WITH THE LION,

"AND THE LITTLE CHILD WILL LEAD THEM ALL."

HALLELUJAH. "THE COW WILL GRAZE

NEAR THE BEAR, "AND THE CUB AND THE CALF

WILL LIE DOWN TOGETHER.

"THE LION WILL EAT HAY LIKE A COW.

"THE BABY WILL PLAY SAFELY NEAR THE HOLE OF THE COBRA.

"YES, A LITTLE CHILD WILL PUT ITS HAND

"IN THE NEST OF THE DEADLY SNAKES WITHOUT HARM.

"NOTHING WILL HURT OR DESTROY IN ALL MY HOLY MOUNTAIN,

"FOR AS THE WATERS FILL THE SEA, "SO THE EARTH WILL BE FILLED

WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LORD.

"THE WOLF AND THE LAMB WILL TAKE NAPS TOGETHER."

ISN'T THAT CUTE?

"IN THE TIME OF THE MILLENNIUM, "THE LION AND THE LAMB

WILL PEACEFULLY COEXIST."

HMM, THE LION AND THE LAMB.

WHEN THE PRINCE OF PEACE COMES TO BRING PEACE TO THE EARTH,

IT'S GONNA AFFECT EVERY ASPECT OF OUR EARTH,

INCLUDING THE WILD ANIMALS.

KIDS WILL BE PLAYING WITH SNAKES.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?

MOMS ARE GONNA SAY TO JIMMY AND SARAH,

"GET OFF THAT PLAYSTATION, YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING WITH IT

"TOO LONG, YOU GET OUT IN THE BACKYARD

"AND YOU PLAY WITH SOME SNAKES."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND YES, THAT WILL HAPPEN, AND THE CHILDREN WILL BE FINE.

NOW AS WE MOVE INTO REVELATION 20, VERSES SEVEN AND EIGHT,

WE SEE A TRANSITION HERE.

IN THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTER 20, WE SEE JESUS REIGNS FROM

JERUSALEM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

HE BINDS SATAN AND CASTS HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT.

AND SO FOR A THOUSAND YEARS, SATAN'S UNDER LOCK

AND KEY IN THIS ABYSS.

AND NOW LET'S LOOK AT THIS TURN OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENS,

STARTING WITH VERSE SEVEN OF REVELATION 20.

LET'S READ THAT.

WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS COMES TO AN END,

SATAN WILL BE LED OUT OF HIS PRISON.

HE WILL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS CALLED GOG AND MAGOG

IN EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH.

HE WILL GATHER THEM TOGETHER FOR A BATTLE AND A MIGHTY

ARMY AS NUMBERLESS AS THE SAND ALONG THE SEASHORE.

AND I SAW THEM AS THEY WENT ON THE BROAD PLAIN OF THE EARTH

AND SURROUNDED GOD'S PEOPLE AND THE BELOVED CITY.

BUT THE FIRE FROM HEAVEN CAME DOWN ON THE ATTACKING

ARMIES AND CONSUMED THEM.

THEN THE DEVIL WHO HAD DECEIVED THEM WAS THROWN

INTO THE FIERY LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR,

JOINING THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET.

THERE THEY WILL BE TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER."

SO REMEMBER, THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET

ARE ALREADY RESIDING IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT REVELATION CHAPTER 19,

Revelation 19 · chapter mention

YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE ARCHIVES ON MAY 20TH

AND REVIEW THAT MESSAGE IF YOU WANT TO,

AND YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET

WERE THROWN IN THE LAKE OF FIRE AT THAT TIME.

BUT NOW THE DEVIL'S BEEN CHAINED UP FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

AND HE GETS RELEASED FOR A SHORT TIME.

AND LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 20 AGAIN.

AND THE BEAST WAS CAPTURED AND WITH HIM THE FALSE PROPHET

WHO DID MIGHTY MIRACLES.

I'M SORRY, THIS IS REVELATION 19, 20.

AND THE BEAST WAS CAPTURED AND WITH HIM THE FALSE PROPHET

WHO DID MIGHTY MIRACLES ON BEHALF OF THE BEAST,

MIRACLES THAT DECEIVED ALL THAT ACCEPTED THE MARK,

WHO HAD WORSHIPED THE STATUE, BOTH THE BEAST AND

ITS FALSE PROPHET WERE THROWN ALIVE INTO THE

FIERY LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR.

SO THAT'S YOUR CONFIRMATION.

THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE LAKE

OF FIRE DURING THIS TIME.

SO WE WERE DEALING WITH A DEVIL THAT WAS CHAINED UP

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

AND WE SEE VERSE SEVEN OUT OF REVELATION 20 SAYS,

WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS COMES TO AN END,

SATAN WILL BE LET OUT OF HIS PRISON.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS WITH YOU NOW

THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND I SAID,

THINK ABOUT IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

THE QUESTION IS WHY?

WHY DOES SATAN GET RELEASED AFTER THAT THOUSAND

YEARS OF BONDAGE?

DAN, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT BY THE WAY?

NO, I'M JUST PICKING ON YOU, DAN.

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU WERE ASLEEP.

WHAT'S THAT?

IT'S A TEST.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU GET AN A, DAN.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL LIKE IT JUST FINE WHEN THE DEVIL

IS IN THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, BUT GOD'S GOING TO RELEASE

SATAN THIS ONE LAST TIME, AND SCRIPTURE TELLS US

THAT SATAN'S ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE IN THIS SHORT TIME,

AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING, BUT IT HAPPENS TO

BE HUMAN NATURE.

SO HE GOES OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS, THE BIBLE SAYS,

CALLED GOG AND MAGOG IN EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH.

HE GATHERS PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A BATTLE, A MIGHTY ARMY,

AND IT SAYS IN THERE THAT IT'S NUMBERLESS

AS THE SANDS OF THE SEASHORE.

SO THAT TELLS ME THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, PASTOR KEITH,

THAT ARE GONNA BE DECEIVED DURING THAT SHORT TIME

THAT THE DEVIL IS RELEASED.

HE'S DECEIVING PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED

IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM UNDER PEACE AND PROSPERITY,

AND THEY FOLLOW HIM.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THEY DO.

THEY FOLLOW HIM, AND SCRIPTURE SAYS

HE GOES OUT TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD.

HE DECEIVES A GREAT MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE

LIKE THE NUMBERS OF SAND ON THE SEASHORE.

AND I BELIEVE, ACCORDING TO WHAT DAN TELLS ME HERE,

THAT THE POSSIBLE REASON FOR THIS

IS THAT NATURAL PEOPLE IN NATURAL BODIES

THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE MILLENNIUM,

THEY'RE SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE

BORN DURING THOSE THOUSAND YEARS,

THEY LIVE AND REPOPULATE THE EARTH DURING THIS TIME,

AND THEY'VE ENJOYED THE BENEFITS OF LIVING IN THE MILLENNIUM,

BUT THEY'RE BORN WITH A SIN NATURE.

THEY STILL NEED TO MAKE A CHOICE.

THEY STILL NEED TO CHOOSE PERSONALLY JESUS CHRIST

IF THEY'RE GONNA BE SAVED.

SO AT THE END OF THIS MILLENNIAL REIGN,

SATAN IS LOOSED FOR THIS SHORT TIME

AND ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST, LIKE DAN SAID.

IF YOU WANNA COME UP AND FINISH THE MESSAGE,

YOU CAN, DAN, TOO.

SO, I MEAN, I CAN TAKE A REST.

SO, BUT IT'S A FINAL REBELLION AGAINST THE LORD AND HIS SAINTS.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE FURTHER HUMANITY GETS

DURING THIS THOUSAND YEAR PERIOD FROM THE START OF

THE MILLENNIUM, THE MORE THEY TAKE FOR GRANTED

ALL THE GOODNESS THAT THEY HAVE.

AND THEN THEY GET DECEIVED AT THE END.

YOU KNOW, MANKIND, LIKE I SAID, IS STILL ALLOWED FREE WILL,

AND GOD NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT THESE PEOPLE,

OR TEST THEM,

TO SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT

INTO THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH.

AND THAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT COMES

AFTER THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

THERE'S A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH,

AND THAT'S CHAPTER 21.

WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN THE FUTURE.

BUT THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION.

THESE PEOPLE MUST HAVE RENOUNCED SIN

AND ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS LORD.

AND GOD IS CONFIRMING THAT THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING HIM

JUST BECAUSE OF THE PEACE AND THE PROSPERITY

AND THE GOOD TIMES THAT THEY'VE HAD,

BUT THEY'RE FOLLOWING HIM BECAUSE THEY LOVE JESUS CHRIST

AND THEY WANT TO SERVE HIM.

SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK OURSELVES RIGHT NOW.

ARE OUR HEARTS TRULY AFTER GOD BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM,

WE WANT TO SERVE HIM, WE WORSHIP HIM,

OR ARE WE JUST AFTER GOD BECAUSE WE HAVE GOOD BENEFITS

OF, YOU KNOW, LIVING FOR JESUS?

THAT'S A QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES.

HERE WE SEE GOD DEMONSTRATING HIS NATURE TO MANKIND

ONCE AGAIN.

DURING THE MILLENNIUM, THE UNSAVED HUMANS

WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT OR REJECT.

HE ALWAYS GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S UP TO THEM, IT'S UP TO US, IT'S UP TO THEM TO MAKE

THE RIGHT DECISION.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THOUGH, HE DOESN'T FORCE US.

BUT HIS GRACE AND GOODNESS WILL BE ON DISPLAY CONTINUOUSLY.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE THOUSAND YEARS,

HE'S NOT GONNA HAVE ANY MORE TOLERANCE FOR REBELLION.

IT'S OVER AT THAT POINT.

WHEN THE FINAL UPRISING OCCURS, HE'LL BE QUICK TO JUDGE

AND THE FINAL REBELLION OF SATAN AND SINFUL MAN IS

OVER ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

EVER SINCE SATAN'S FALL, HE'S BEEN THE ADVERSARY OF BELIEVERS

AND THE ULTIMATE DECEIVER.

AND ALL HE CAN PROMISE MANKIND IS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

AND THE FINAL BATTLE IS THE END OF SATAN ALONG WITH THE END

OF EVERYONE THAT FOLLOWS HIM.

WE NEED TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THOUGH AS WE LIVE ON THIS EARTH

THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US VICTORY EVEN RIGHT NOW

IN THIS TIME OVER SATAN.

FIRST JOHN 4 SAYS, "YOU ARE OF GOD, LITTLE CHILDREN,

AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM BECAUSE HE WHO IS IN YOU

IS GREATER THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD."

AMEN. WELL, I WANT TO CONCLUDE

HERE TONIGHT.

WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END.

EDDIE, YOU CAN COME TO THE PIANO.

THE MILLENNIUM WILL GIVE US A LITTLE TASTE OF HEAVEN

ON EARTH, BUT IT WON'T ACTUALLY BE HEAVEN

AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

THAT'S COMING UP IN THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH.

BUT IT WILL BE A TIME OF GREAT PEACE, A GREAT PROSPERITY.

THERE'LL BE VERY LITTLE SUFFERING, VERY LITTLE SIN

OR TEMPTATION.

AND THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE APPLY THIS

TO OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES TODAY?

FIRST, IT GOES BACK TO, AGAIN, IT

SEEMS EASY TO SERVE THE LORD WHEN TIMES ARE GOOD,

BUT WE NEED TO BE ATTENTIVE AND PERHAPS EVEN MORE ATTENTIVE

WHEN LIFE SEEMS TO BE GOING OUR WAY.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE STILL DRAWING CLOSE TO THE LORD.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK, AND YOU HAVE A JOB,

AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, NO SICKNESS,

YOU HAVE HEALTH, WHATEVER, THAT'S

A TIME JUST TO DRAW CLOSER TO THE LORD

AND THANK HIM FOR THAT PROVISION.

AND NOW EVEN THOUGH LIFE IS GOOD ON EARTH

DURING THIS THOUSAND YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST,

MANY WILL BE LED ASTRAY.

THAT'S WHAT'S SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

SATAN STILL LEADS PEOPLE ASTRAY DURING THAT TIME.

AND THE TRUTH IS TODAY, MANY ARE LED ASTRAY

BECAUSE LIFE IS GOOD.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE DOING TWO THINGS REALLY.

THEY'RE SEEKING MONEY AND PLEASURE.

THAT'S THE TWO THINGS THAT PEOPLE MOST OFTEN ARE,

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE WEEKEND

BECAUSE I'M GONNA ENJOY MY WEEKEND AND I GET MY PAYCHECK.

THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS PEOPLE LIVE FOR TODAY.

AND THEY GET LED ASTRAY BY THAT

AND THEN END UP NOT SERVING GOD.

AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT IT HAPPENED

IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

IF ANYONE HAD IT GOOD, IT WAS ADAM AND EVE.

THEY WERE LIVING IN PARADISE.

AND OF COURSE, WHEN CHALLENGES ARISE IN OUR LIFE,

THAT'S WHEN WE CERTAINLY NEED AND DESIRE

TO HAVE CHRIST IN OPERATION.

BUT WHEN EVERYTHING IS EASY, EVERYTHING IS GOING YOUR WAY,

YOUR BURDENS ARE LIGHT, THAT'S WHEN IT'S TIME

TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP.

TIGHTEN THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.

STRENGTHEN IT.

I'M GONNA SKIP A STORY THAT I WAS GONNA TELL YOU

BECAUSE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I THINK I'LL

DO THIS TONIGHT.

WHY DON'T YOU STAND WITH ME?

IN 1971, BILL AND GLORIA GAITHER WROTE A FAMOUS SONG

AND IT JUST CAME TO ME TODAY, I WANTED TO END WITH THAT.

SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD IT, PASTOR ANTHONY,

YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW IT, BUT IT'S CALLED

"BECAUSE HE LIVES."

AND IT SAYS, "GOD SENT HIS SON, THEY CALLED HIM JESUS.

"HE CAME TO LOVE, HEAL, AND FORGIVE.

"HE LIVED AND DIED TO BUY MY PARDON.

"AN EMPTY GRAVE IS THERE TO PROVE MY SAVIOR LIVES."

TAKE IT AWAY THERE, EDDIE.

LET'S JOIN HIM TONIGHT.

♪ BECAUSE HE LIVES ♪

- YES, I CAN FACE TOMORROW BECAUSE OF JESUS, HALLELUJAH.

THANK YOU, LORD.

(PRAISE AND WORSHIP MUSIC)

YES, WE KNOW WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE.

HALLELUJAH. JESUS.

(PRAISE AND WORSHIP MUSIC)

DO THAT AGAIN, EDDIE, ONE MORE TIME.

(PRAISE AND WORSHIP MUSIC)

HALLELUJAH, WE THANK YOU TONIGHT.

FATHER GOD, THANK YOU THAT YOU SENT JESUS

AND YOU HAVE SHOWN US OUR FUTURE.

YOU'VE DESCRIBED THE FUTURE TO US.

IF WE PRESS IN AND LIVE ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL,

WE WILL BE PART OF IT.

AND IT'LL BE A GREAT, AWESOME TIME

AS WE MOVE INTO THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE PREPARED.

NO ONE CAN IMAGINE OR EVEN DESCRIBE

THE WONDERS AND THE BEAUTY THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US.

IF WE'RE WILLING TO RECEIVE YOU AS SAVIOR,

MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE FOR US

AND BE WITH YOU FOR ETERNITY.

AND WE THANK YOU TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE POWER OVER SATAN

AND HIS ATTEMPTS TO DECEIVE US.

AND WE SAY HE'LL NEVER DECEIVE US

OR CAUSE US TO GO OFF THE MARK OR OFF THE PATH

THAT YOU HAVE FOR US, LORD, BECAUSE WE TRUST IN YOU.

WE HOLD YOUR HAND AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE,

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY, AMEN, AMEN.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

GOD BLESS YOU.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON SUNDAY.

DR. GENE BAILEY WILL BE WITH US.

MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN FOR THAT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ENCOURAGING TIME.

AND IF YOU CAN BE HERE IN PERSON, BE HERE.

GOD BLESS YOU.

HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.

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