WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:01.840 So, Jeff, where did you guys go on your honeymoon 2 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:02.480 when you get married. 3 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:05.960 We had a three day honeymoon and we went to 4 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:07.000 Flint and Detroit. 5 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:10.960 Okay, so mine is just as bad. I wanted to 6 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.720 go to Disney World or maybe even like go extravagant 7 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:16.239 and go to like Tahiti. Right, we had like seven 8 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:19.440 grand back then, and instead we went to Toronto, Canada. 9 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:21.320 Oh that's not as bad as Detroit. 10 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:22.920 You're right, yours is worse. Yeah. 11 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:24.559 Yeah, we went and saw the Phantom of the Opera 12 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:25.120 in Detroit. 13 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:27.120 It was that tour you win, or I should say 14 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:27.399 you lose. 15 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:31.039 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah it was bad. So and then 16 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:36.359 I've just been letting Bonnie down ever since. Jeez. 17 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:38.920 Yeah, we'll say we're talking about the honeymoon. 18 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:40.920 Yeah. So he's Chris and I'm Jeff, and we're the 19 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:55.280 Bible guys. So, Chris, you know how we want to 20 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:58.359 bring the most important news to our people. Yes, and 21 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:02.320 our listeners are committed to to real news. So sometimes 22 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:05.640 we read, you know, important news from the Babylon B 23 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:07.719 that they need to be updated on. But hey, we 24 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:10.599 wanted to bring a heartwarming story from the Babylon B 25 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:13.560 and you know that we believe that the Babylon Bee 26 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:16.239 is as accurate as all the other news out there. 27 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:20.040 Yes, absolutely so, National Inquirer. 28 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:23.079 That's right. So Babylon b is a cheer satire if 29 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.480 you don't know. But anyways, here's the headline. The headline 30 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:30.000 is this heartwarming dog finally reunited with owner who left 31 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.280 for thirty seconds to grab the mail. Isn't there so true? 32 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:36.000 It's so true dogs grieve when we walk out the door, 33 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:39.000 it says in a touching scene. Local dog Texts was 34 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.239 overcome with joy after being reunited at last with his owner, Tom, 35 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:45.519 who had briefly walked outside to check the mail. Text 36 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:48.239 hasn't been this happy since the last time Tom checked 37 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.359 the mail, said Tom's wife, Allison. It's like homeward bound 38 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:52.079 all over again. 39 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:53.000 Geez. 40 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.879 According to Alison, five year old Texts had fallen into 41 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:58.920 despair the moment Tom walked out the door. Text pecked 42 00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:01.959 all five stages, agave into about ten seconds out, and 43 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:05.120 he whimpered, hung his head and finally accept that he 44 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:07.959 may never see Tom again. But Text stood faithfully by 45 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.280 the door to wait for Tom, and twenty seconds later 46 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:13.080 it was the happiest reunion this world has ever witnessed. 47 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.520 Animal scientists have been amazed at the ability of dogs 48 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.199 to overcome remarkable obstacles to reunite with their owners. There's 49 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:22.960 so many incredible stories of dogs waiting years for their 50 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.719 owners to return, or traveling hundreds of miles to find them, 51 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:29.319 said animal researcher doctor Meghan Platt. Dogs, however, are just 52 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:31.759 as elated about seeing their owners when they've been gone 53 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:34.639 for two minutes to the bathroom. Dogs are amazing creatures, 54 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:38.120 but also quite dumb that publishing time text had decided 55 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:40.360 Tom was a magical wizard after Tom had appeared to 56 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:47.039 throw a ball but the ball disappeared. Jeez, that's so funny. Cats. 57 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:50.319 I love cats and dogs, but cats couldn't care less 58 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.719 that you leave, And when you come back, they're like, oh, 59 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:55.199 you're back, Can you give me something to eat? 60 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:55.639 Right? 61 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:59.120 That's it. Yeah, But dogs are thrilled to see you 62 00:02:59.240 --> 00:02:59.599 every day. 63 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:02.159 When Mike Cat looks at me, I feel like she's 64 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:07.360 saying you are mostly tolerable humans. It's it's just the 65 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:10.560 way it is, right. So, and I always say this comment. 66 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:12.800 I always say, like, when we get married, I want 67 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.479 I really wanted dogs Liz really wanted cats, so we 68 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:20.039 compromised and we got five cats. So that's what we did. 69 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:22.759 And then and then we have five cats, which by 70 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:26.919 the way, is like three cats beyond socially acceptable, yes, exactly, 71 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:32.680 and then and then and then finally, finally they're dying off, 72 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:35.759 and so I'm not down to three. And then one 73 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:38.960 of them is pretty old too, and so and so. 74 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:40.400 Yeah, so you're almost acceptable. 75 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:43.840 I'm almost acceptable. And I told them we will not 76 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.319 get any more cats. So, I mean, you know, I 77 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.199 love my cats a lot, I really do. I'm a 78 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.960 cat dad, I'm a big pet guy. I love all that. 79 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:56.120 But I love dogs. I just don't. I just feel 80 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.680 like I'm past dog time, Like like I don't want 81 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:01.240 to start the habit of king the dog. 82 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:04.439 Dogs need you. That's the problem with the dog. Yeah, right, 83 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:06.879 you can throw some some kitty litter in the corner 84 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:08.919 and throw some cat food in the other corner and 85 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:11.000 leave them for a week, yes, and they don't care, 86 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:12.639 which but which we've done. 87 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:14.960 Yeah, but dog we just have people check on them 88 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:15.560 like once a day. 89 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:18.920 Yeah. But dogs they need you, you know, all day 90 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:21.959 or day. They're dependent on you. So yep. Anyways, that's 91 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:24.240 a funny one. Our dogs do that, man, Our dogs 92 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:27.000 will stand at the door and whine and we're just 93 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.040 outside the glass. You know. Watering flowers in the front 94 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:32.000 yard is the dumbest thing, you know. And then when 95 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:34.120 you walk in there jumping around and it's a party 96 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:36.920 and they run and bring it a toy back to play, 97 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:40.279 and you know it's that that article is the true thing. 98 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:43.680 It's a warming. So hey, yesterday we talked about the 99 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.079 marriage Supper of the lamb, this big banquet, right, the 100 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:49.399 wedding of Christ and the church is really what this 101 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:54.279 is about. And then here we are with what's called 102 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:58.000 the millennium, right, so give us an update. So there's 103 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.000 a lot of different views on the millennium. 104 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:05.399 Yeah, so some people think the millennium is not literal, 105 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:08.600 and they would say that the millennium is something to 106 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:12.480 summarize the life that we've already lived on the earth, 107 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:16.000 that we've already lived out the millennium. And then some 108 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:19.680 people believe that the millennium is a literal millennium and 109 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:23.839 it happens right when Christ comes in chronological order, as 110 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.519 sort of we're addressing it. And then there are people 111 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:31.519 who believe that the millennium comes earlier than that, right, 112 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:35.160 so's there's a question on placement. There's a question on 113 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:38.519 whether it's literal or not. Some people would say they 114 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:40.319 don't really believe there is a millennium at all. 115 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:45.560 So in the same way that people would talk about 116 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:50.839 the rapture, there's people that are pre tribulation, mid tribulation, 117 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:54.720 post tribulation. With regard to the millennium, it's all about 118 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:57.040 when does the millennium happen and when does the Great 119 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.399 White Throne judgment happen? Right, we're talking about both those 120 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:02.120 things today. So some would say the Great White Throne 121 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:07.240 Judgment happens before pre millennial. Some believe that it happens 122 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:11.040 post millennial. Some would say say, ah, millennial, meaning I 123 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:13.879 don't believe a millennium is going to happen. And to 124 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:15.879 be clear, we're going to read about it. But a 125 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.199 millennium is just it's a thousand year reign of Christ 126 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:20.800 is what this is, right. A millennium is a thousand years. 127 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:23.360 So anyways, the Bible does talk about it, and it 128 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:26.759 talks about it directly after the Marriage Supper of the 129 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:28.399 Lamb in Revelation nineteen. 130 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:31.199 And it literally says that Satan's bound for a thousand years. 131 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:34.959 Yeah, so here we go, let's read about it. Yeah. 132 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.879 So right after verse ten of Revelation nineteen is where 133 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:41.240 the marriage supper of the Lamb ends, and the verse eleven, 134 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:43.439 it says, then I saw heaven opened, and a white 135 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:46.480 horse was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, 136 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.199 for he judges fairly and wages of righteous war. His 137 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:51.720 eyes were like flames of fire, and his head. On 138 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:54.079 his head were many crowns. A name was written on 139 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:56.800 him that no one understood except himself. He wore a 140 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.399 robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word 141 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:02.000 of God. The armies of Heaven, dressed in the finest 142 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:04.519 of pure white linen, followed him on white horses, and 143 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:07.199 from his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down 144 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:09.800 the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. 145 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:12.600 He will release the fierce wrath of God the Almighty, 146 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.040 like juice flowing it from a wine press. On his 147 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:17.439 robe at his thigh was written the King of Kings 148 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:19.759 and the Lord of all lords. And then I saw 149 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.079 an angel standing in the sun shouting. The vultures flying 150 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:25.680 high in the sky, Come gather together the Great banquet 151 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:28.279 God has prepared come and eat the flesh of the kings, 152 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:31.639 generals and strong warriors. Didn't we already read this passage? 153 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:32.600 Yeah, but it goes on. 154 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:36.279 Yeah, of horses and their riders, and of all humanity, 155 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:38.720 both free and slaves, small and great. Then I saw 156 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:40.319 the Beast and the kings of the world and their 157 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:42.920 armies gather together to fight against the ones sitting on 158 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:45.639 the horse and in his army. And the beast was captured, 159 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:48.120 and with him the false prophet, who did mighty miracles 160 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:50.800 on behalf the beast, miracles that deceived all who had 161 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:53.199 accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. 162 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:55.959 Both the beasts and his false prophet were thrown alive 163 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:58.439 into the fire lake of Sulfur, and their entire army 164 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:00.240 was killed by the sharp sword that came in the 165 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:02.560 mouth of the one riding the white horse, and all 166 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:06.040 the vultars gorged themselves on the dead bodies. So this 167 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:10.160 is where he defeats, yes, the Antichrist, And then it 168 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:13.759 picks up immediately in chapter twenty, which is maybe where 169 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:15.279 we could have started. It says, then I saw an 170 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:17.000 angel come down from heaven with the key to the 171 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:19.720 bottomless Pit and a heavy chain in his hand, and 172 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:22.199 he seized the dragon, that old serpent who is the 173 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:25.720 devil Satan, and bound him in chains for one thousand years. 174 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.360 The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he 175 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:30.879 then shut and locked, so Satan could not deceive the 176 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.399 nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. Afterward, he 177 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:37.000 must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, 178 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:38.759 and the people sitting on them had been given the 179 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:41.360 authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those 180 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:44.360 who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and 181 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:46.919 for proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped 182 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.279 the beast or a statue, nor accepted his mark on 183 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:52.080 their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, 184 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:54.639 and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. This 185 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:56.879 is the first resurrection. The rest of the dead did 186 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:00.000 not come back to life until the thousand years had ended. 187 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:02.240 And holy are those who share in the first resurrection. 188 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:05.240 For them, the second death holds no power. But they 189 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.360 will be priests of God and of Christ, and will 190 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:09.759 reign with him a thousand years. And when the thousand 191 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:12.559 years it comes to an end, Satan will be let 192 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.240 out of his prison. He will go to deceive the 193 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:18.279 nations called Gog and Magog in every corner of the earth, 194 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:21.399 and he will gather them together for battle, a mighty 195 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:24.559 army as numberless as sand along the seashore. And I 196 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:27.960 saw them as they went up on the broad plane 197 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:30.720 of the earth and surrounded God's people and the beloved city. 198 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:34.440 But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies 199 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:37.039 and consumed them. Then the devil who had deceived them 200 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.039 was thrown into the fire lake of burning sulfur, joining 201 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:42.480 the beast and the false prophet. There they will be 202 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:44.600 tormented day and night forever and ever. 203 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:50.679 So wow, so it's very clear that the thousand years 204 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:56.960 of celebration and of peace is because Satan is captured 205 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:59.080 and thrown into captivity. 206 00:09:59.200 --> 00:09:59.559 That's right. 207 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:01.799 And then they said he'll have to come out a 208 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:03.840 little while. But he comes out and then he tries 209 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:06.679 to rebel and then he loses. 210 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:08.600 Yes, ultimately, that's right. 211 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:12.360 And so that's why people believe in a literal thousand 212 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:16.919 years of peace and prosperity, because it describes this, you know, 213 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:20.159 because you know, think about it. If and this is 214 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:22.679 just you know, makes sense to me. This is just 215 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:27.120 one opinion. But if the millennium refers to a life 216 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:31.159 already lived, Satan had not been bound for a thousand years, 217 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:34.039 that's right, that's right. So that's really the big indicator 218 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:36.519 as to an actual literal millennium. 219 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:41.039 And then it seems to talk about those people that 220 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.399 were already believers. It talks about those who were martyred 221 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:47.399 during the tribulation are raised from the dead, But those 222 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:51.399 who died during the tribulation were not right, they were 223 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:53.799 not brought They're not going to be brought back to 224 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.320 life until the Great White Throne judgment at the end 225 00:10:56.360 --> 00:11:00.399 of that thousand years. But then Satan does get loosed, right, 226 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:04.480 and he goes out among the nations and he leads 227 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:06.960 a bunch of people astray, and then the nations turn 228 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:11.279 against Jesus again. This is the second time that humanity 229 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:15.679 turns against Jesus, and it's because Satan is so slick, 230 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:19.240 he's so compelling, and he gets him. So the question 231 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:22.559 is who are these people? It hasn't everybody already trusted Christ. 232 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:24.799 So I think that the answer there would be, these 233 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:29.080 are the people who were born during that thousand years, right. 234 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:31.399 So these are people who had not yet made a 235 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.399 choice to receive Christ or reject Christ right during this time. 236 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:40.360 And so those people it's not believers that turned against Christ. 237 00:11:40.679 --> 00:11:43.840 It's not the martyrs that turn against Christ. They've already 238 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.080 died for him, right, So who else is it? It's 239 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:50.080 the people who were born during that thousand year millennium. Everybody, 240 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.759 everybody is going to face a moment where Jesus said, 241 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:55.919 Remember Jesus said to Peter, who to people say I am? 242 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:58.080 And so some people say you're prophet, some people say 243 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:00.000 that you're you know, John the Baptist rased from the dead, 244 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.600 and Jesus goes, great, Now who do you say I am? 245 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.759 Every one of us is going to have to stand 246 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:09.279 in front of Christ and determine who is he to us. 247 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:12.120 And you don't get in based on mom and dad's 248 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:15.279 belief system, you don't get in based on on your 249 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:17.480 friend's belief system or whatever. And you don't just get 250 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:19.600 in because God just decides to let you in. You 251 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:23.000 get in because you determined that to you, Jesus Christ 252 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:25.480 is the son of living God, right. And so I 253 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:27.759 think that it's those people that are the ones who 254 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.639 actually Satan's able to tempt and pull away, and. 255 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.240 A thousand years is a long time. Yeah, I have kids. 256 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:33.759 Yeah yeah. 257 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:39.159 Look look at our population increasing just just in our lifetime, yeah, right, 258 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.320 by billions. 259 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:44.679 Right, yeah, so that's that's it. And then he finally 260 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:48.000 he defeats Satan for the final time. Right, So firstly 261 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:51.200 he had beaten the anti Christ and the and the 262 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:55.000 false prophet. And now I love how it describes, you know, 263 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:59.120 that that old dragon, that old serpent, that Satan the devil, 264 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:04.519 right and defeats him. And then after that, all those 265 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:09.200 that had died during the tribulation, they are raised from that. Everybody. Now, 266 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:13.159 every human that's ever lived goes and stands before the 267 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:15.759 Great White Throne judgment. This is different from the judgment 268 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:18.399 Seed to Christ. Judgment. Seed of Christ is just every Christian, 269 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:22.679 but the Great White Throne is every human. Remember, there's 270 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:24.559 a time when Jesus says that God's going to sort 271 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:26.879 out the sheep from the goats, right, that's this time. 272 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:28.440 That's this time, right, And just to. 273 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:30.200 Be clear, this is the very next verse from the 274 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:33.720 passage we just read. Yeah, so we literally read everything 275 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.600 in sequential order all of chapter nineteen, Chapter nineteen eleven 276 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.200 to twenty one. 277 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:40.679 But we had read the Marriage Supper of the day before. 278 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:41.759 Oh yeah, yeah, the day before. 279 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:44.480 I was about today, yeah, and then and then this complete, 280 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:47.279 this will complete all of revelation twenty yeah. 281 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:50.440 And so he says in verse eleven, and I saw 282 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:53.240 a great white throne, and the one sitting on it. 283 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:56.279 The earth and the sky fled from his presence, and 284 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:58.759 they found no place to hide. I saw the dead, 285 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.960 both great and small, before God's thrown. And the books 286 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.039 were opened, including the Book of Life, and the dead 287 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.840 were judged according to what they'd done as recorded in 288 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:10.279 the books. The sea gave up, it's dead, and the 289 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:12.799 death and the grave gave up they're dead. And all 290 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:15.639 were judged according to their deeds. Then Death and the 291 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:18.320 grave were thrown into the Lake of fire. And this 292 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:22.200 lake of fire is the second Death. And anyone whose 293 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.879 name was not found recorded in the Book of Life 294 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:26.480 was thrown into the lake of fire. 295 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:31.960 There it is, and the great way thrown judgment. It's 296 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:35.000 not a feel good moment for people. 297 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:38.000 Who don't know God, for lost people, right, And. 298 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:40.480 So we're going to really get into that tomorrow, talking 299 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:43.399 about heaven and hell and a little bit more tomorrow, 300 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.960 so we'll save that part for that. But the idea 301 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:51.879 that the Great White Throne judgment is referenced and it 302 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.960 is real, and it is the time where you're going 303 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:58.080 to be. So we believe that this is the time 304 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:01.039 that is referred to in the New Testament where he says, 305 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:02.480 depart from me, for I never knew you. 306 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:02.799 Yeah. 307 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:05.279 Right, So we stand in front of God and they says, God, 308 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:08.360 I've prophesied in your name and I've done great things. 309 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:10.120 And then God says, depart from me, for I never 310 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:12.759 knew you. So those who even think they know about 311 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:15.559 God or they've heard about the things of God, and 312 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:19.960 yet they've not put their trust in Jesus Christ, we'll 313 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.960 get to heaven assuming that they've been around religion enough. 314 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:27.000 And this is the moment at the Great White Throne 315 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:28.879 judgment where God says no. 316 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.279 Yeah, And this is also where Jesus says that God 317 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:34.360 will say, well done, good and faithful service. Enter into 318 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:37.320 my rest right that I've prepared for you. So you 319 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:40.759 have the sheep and the goats being separated, the sheep 320 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:43.960 being followers of God, the goats being pretender in the chef. Yeah. 321 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:46.759 Thea in the chief that Jesus talks about. So in 322 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:48.720 this situation, then, just to remind you as you read 323 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:51.240 through this, we're not saved by deeds. We talked about 324 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:55.320 that in Ephesians chapter two yesterday. But deeds are seen 325 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.759 as clear evidence of a person's relationship with God. Right, 326 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:01.159 James tells us that faith, how works, is dead. You 327 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:02.600 can claim to be a Christian, but if you're not 328 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:05.960 living for God, maybe not right, So faith ought works 329 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:07.879 is dead. And and it's kind of one of those 330 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:11.440 deals where in this situation, what he's measuring is whether 331 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:14.039 or not our name is in the Book of Life, right, 332 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:17.320 and and that our name being written in the Book 333 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:19.639 of Life is because of placing our faith and trust 334 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.960 in Jesus Christ. That's the ultimate deed. Right. So we 335 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:25.440 haven't done any other work to get to Heaven. But 336 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:27.799 whether in our names in then in the Book of Life, 337 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.200 it's all about whether our faith has been christ We. 338 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.320 Had a traveling evangelist that came to our church one 339 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.519 time on a Sunday night, you know, in this little 340 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:37.960 Baptist church, and he was talking about the Book of Life. 341 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:40.399 He was talking about salvation, and you know, you can 342 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:43.720 get saved today, and he says, just remember he was 343 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:47.840 talking about eternal security. Just remember when God writes your name, 344 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:50.799 when the in the Lamb's Book of Life, he doesn't 345 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.639 have an erasaur. 346 00:16:51.960 --> 00:17:00.000 That's right, that God's pencer, God's pencer and sharp we wrote. 347 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.720 He wrote your name in the blood of the Lamb. 348 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.279 That's really is what he did. But yeah, so then 349 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:08.440 he throws death in hell and the grave hades is 350 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:11.400 is kind of including the hell thing thrown into the 351 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:14.960 lake of fire. And then this is God's judgment finished, 352 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.720 It's complete, and it says that those whose name is 353 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:20.880 not found written in the Book of Life are also 354 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:24.039 thrown into the Lake of Fiance, the second death. So 355 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:27.359 we're going to talk about that tomorrow. But it's the 356 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:32.839 ultimate destination of everything wicked, Satan, the Beast, false prophet, demons, 357 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:35.960 death Hades, all those whose names are not recording the 358 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:38.160 Book of Life because they didn't place their faith in 359 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:41.279 trust in Jesus Christ. And quite honestly, the Book of Revelation, 360 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:45.839 of all books, the Book Revelation gives no room for 361 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:49.240 middle ground. There's no gray areas in this. Either your 362 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.400 names in the Lamb's Book of Life or it is 363 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:54.200 not right. And that's why it's so important. This is 364 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:56.440 why if you're either your name is in the Lamb's 365 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.640 Book of Life or it is not. This is why 366 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:01.519 when the disciples say to g An Acts chapter one, 367 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:03.640 Hey tell us, are you about ready to come back? 368 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.079 He goes this, none of your business. I'm going to 369 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:09.039 send you the Holy Spirit. Get to work. Tell everybody, 370 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:12.759 because at the very end, the only thing that will 371 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:16.799 matter about you, about the people you love, about all 372 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:19.039 the people in the world, is is your name in 373 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:21.400 the Lamb's Book of Life or is it not? And 374 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:24.000 there's no gray area at that point. That's huge. 375 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:28.319 Yeah, that's huge. Yeah, And you know what, it's a 376 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:32.079 great reminder that all of us should not be afraid 377 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.279 to bring up spiritual conversations. 378 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:34.759 Yeah. 379 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:37.799 You know, it's interesting because I think I referenced this 380 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:41.640 so long ago on HD Daily podcasts that I had 381 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:43.880 a neighbor and he knew I was a young pastor. 382 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:47.480 And then after years, as we're cleaning up leaves in 383 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:49.119 my front yard and he was helping me, he said, 384 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:50.960 I have a question, why have you never talked to 385 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:54.319 me about God? And I was like, because I didn't 386 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:57.200 want to be the weird, creepy neighbor who's a religious fanatic, 387 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:00.640 and he's like, yeah, I sort of have wished, and 388 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:04.319 I was waiting for you to bring up God to 389 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:08.279 me because I've always wondered about it. And he's basically admitted, 390 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:10.359 and he didn't say it directly, but he basically admitted. 391 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:12.440 That's the reason why he hung out with me. That's 392 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.400 the reason why he was helping with the leaves. He 393 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:16.480 was waiting for me to bring it up. And I 394 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:20.640 think that oftentimes people don't bring up God because it's 395 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:23.759 an uncomfortable subject for some people. They don't like to 396 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.680 think about those things. They push it off, or they 397 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:29.160 have all these objections that they don't want to really 398 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:33.079 get into, and people have all this baggage attached to it. 399 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:36.720 But at the same time, I think that most people, 400 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:41.759 deep down inside want to know, which is why when 401 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:43.960