Revelation Revealed - End of Chapter 19 and Beginning of Chapter 20
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[0:31] Good evening and welcome to Bible
[0:33] Baptist Church. We got some still
[0:35] floating in tonight, but we're going to
[0:37] be in hymn number 249. Heaven came down
[0:40] and glory filled [music] my soul. Let's
[0:43] sing it out on that first verse.
[0:48] Oh, [singing] what a wonderful, [music]
[0:50] wonderful day. Day I will never
[0:53] [singing] forget.
[0:56] After I wondered [singing and music] in
[0:58] darkness away, Jesus my savior I met.
[1:05] Oh, what a tender, compassionate friend.
[1:09] He met the [music and singing] need of
[1:11] my heart.
[1:14] Shadows dispelling [music and singing]
[1:16] with joy I am telling he made all the
[1:19] darkness depart. [music]
[1:23] Heaven came down [singing]
[1:25] and glory healed my soul.
[1:32] When [music] at the cross [singing] the
[1:34] Savior made me whole. [music]
[1:40] My sins [singing]
[1:42] were washed [music]
[1:43] away
[1:45] and my night was turned
[1:47] [music and singing] to day.
[1:50] Heaven came down and glory filled my
[1:55] soul.
[1:59] Born [singing and music] of the spirit
[2:01] with life from above
[2:04] into [music]
[2:05] God's family divine.
[2:08] [singing]
[2:09] justified fully through Calaryy's love.
[2:12] [music]
[2:13] Oh, what a standing [singing] is mine.
[2:18] And the transaction so quickly was made.
[2:22] When [music and singing] as a sinner I
[2:24] came,
[2:27] took the [singing and music] offer of
[2:29] grace he did profer. He saved me. Oh,
[2:32] praise his [music] dear name.
[2:36] Heaven came down [singing] and glory
[2:39] filled [music] my soul.
[2:45] When at the cross the Savior made
[2:48] [singing and music] me whole.
[2:54] My [singing and music] sins were washed
[2:56] away
[2:58] and my night was turned to day. [music]
[3:03] Heaven [singing] came down and glory
[3:07] healed my soul.
[3:09] [music]
[3:11] Now I have a hope. Now of a hope that
[3:14] will surely endure
[3:17] after the [music and singing] passing of
[3:19] time.
[3:22] I have a future in heaven for sure.
[3:26] There in those mansions
[3:28] [music and singing] sublime.
[3:31] And it's because of that wonderful day
[3:35] when at the cross I believe.
[3:37] [music and singing]
[3:40] Rich is eternal and blessing suppernal
[3:44] [singing and music] from his precious
[3:45] hand I receive. Sing it out. heaven.
[3:58] When at the cross [singing and music]
[4:00] the Savior made me whole.
[4:06] My sins were washed away
[4:10] [music] and my [singing] night was
[4:13] turned to day.
[4:16] Heaven came down [singing and music] and
[4:18] glory healed my soul.
[4:25] Heaven [singing]
[4:27] [music] came down and glory
[4:32] filled my soul.
[4:39] Amen. Have you notified your face of
[4:41] that tonight? I know it can be cloudy
[4:43] and gloomy, but we needed some rain, but
[4:46] we're glad to be saved tonight. And in
[4:48] thinking of that, this world's not our
[4:50] home. Is we're just passing through him
[4:53] 485.
[4:55] Let's sing it out on that [music] first
[4:56] verse. Him 485.
[4:59] This [singing] world is not my home. I'm
[5:02] just a passing [music] through. My
[5:05] treasures [singing] are laid up
[5:07] somewhere [music] beyond the blue. The
[5:10] angels beckon me [singing] from heaven's
[5:14] open door. And I can [music] feel at
[5:17] home in this world [singing] anymore.
[5:21] Oh Lord, [music]
[5:22] you know I have no friend like you. If
[5:26] heaven's [music and singing] not my
[5:28] home, then Lord, what will I do? The
[5:32] angels beckon me from heaven's open
[5:35] door. And I can't feel at home in this
[5:40] world anymore. [music and singing]
[5:43] They're all expecting me. And
[5:46] [singing and music] that's one thing I
[5:48] know. My Savior pardon me. And now I
[5:52] onward go. I know [singing and music]
[5:55] he'll take me through. Though I am weak
[5:58] and poor. And I can't feel at home
[6:01] [music and singing] in this world
[6:03] anymore.
[6:05] Oh Lord, you [singing and music] know I
[6:08] have no friend like you. If heaven's
[6:11] [music and singing] not my home, then
[6:13] Lord, what will I do? The angels [music]
[6:17] beckoning me from [singing]
[6:19] heaven's open door. And I can't feel at
[6:23] home in this world anymore.
[6:26] As the instruments play, get around,
[6:28] shake someone's hand [music] tonight. So
[6:29] you're glad to see them.
[6:51] Hey buddy, how are you?
[7:14] Heat. Heat.
[7:20] Heat. Heat.
[7:37] [music]
[7:42] Heat.
[7:53] Heat.
[8:10] >> [music]
[8:17] >> The light.
[8:38] Thanks.
[8:56] As you make your way back to your spots
[8:58] on that [music] last verse on the fourth
[9:01] just [singing] glory land will live
[9:04] eternal.
[9:06] The saints on [music and singing] every
[9:07] hand are shouting victory. Their songs
[9:11] of sweetest praise drift [singing] back
[9:14] from heaven shore. And I can't feel at
[9:17] home in this world [music] anymore.
[9:21] Oh Lord, you [singing] know I have no
[9:24] friend like you.
[9:26] If heaven's not my home, then Lord, what
[9:29] will I do? The angels beckon me from
[9:33] [music and singing] heaven's open door,
[9:35] and I can't live at home in this world
[9:39] anymore.
[9:42] [music] Good singing. Let's go to the
[9:44] Lord in prayer tonight for our offering.
[9:45] It's our moving ahead offering on
[9:47] Wednesday nights that goes into our fund
[9:50] to help with projects around the
[9:52] building. If you were here during chili
[9:53] cookoff, you notice the bright new
[9:55] lights in the one row of the gymnasium.
[9:58] And so we're raising funds to do the
[10:00] rest of them. It's going to be a $1,200
[10:02] project that'll help us replace those
[10:04] lights. So any money that comes in
[10:06] moving ahead is going to go to that
[10:08] project. So if you can help out, that's
[10:10] what that project will be. So let's go
[10:11] Lord in prayer tonight. Brother Brown,
[10:12] would you lead us in prayer for the
[10:14] offering tonight?
[10:37] Amen. You may be seated.
[11:30] Hey, hey, hey.
[11:39] [music]
[11:46] [music]
[12:00] Amen. Thankful for the help of the Lord
[12:03] in our lives with our theme of this
[12:07] world is not our home. We're looking
[12:08] forward to today when we're at home to
[12:10] be with the Lord him 91 tonight. What a
[12:13] day that will be.
[12:17] Sing it out on that first verse [music]
[12:19] together to the Lord tonight.
[12:22] There is [singing] coming [music]
[12:25] a day when no heartache
[12:30] shall come, no more [singing and music]
[12:32] clouds
[12:34] in the sky,
[12:36] no more [singing] tears to dim the eye.
[12:41] Always [singing and music] peace forever
[12:44] more
[12:46] on [singing] that happy [music] golden
[12:49] shore.
[12:50] What a day. [music] Glorious [singing]
[12:53] day
[12:55] that will be. [music]
[12:59] What [singing] a day
[13:01] that will be when my [music and singing]
[13:04] Jesus
[13:06] I shall see.
[13:08] And I [singing] look [music] upon his
[13:11] face. The one who [singing] saves me by
[13:16] his grace.
[13:18] When he takes me by the hand and leads
[13:23] me through the promised land,
[13:27] what [music and singing] a day,
[13:29] glorious day
[13:32] that will be.
[13:36] Be no
[13:38] sorrow there. [singing]
[13:40] No more burdens
[13:43] to bear. No more sickness.
[13:47] [music and singing] No pain.
[13:49] No more parting
[13:51] over [music and singing] there.
[13:53] And forever
[13:56] I [singing] will be
[13:58] with the one who died for me.
[14:03] What [music and singing] a day.
[14:05] Glorious day
[14:08] that will be. [music]
[14:11] What a day
[14:14] that will be [music]
[14:16] when my Jesus
[14:18] I shall see.
[14:21] And I [singing] look upon [music]
[14:23] his face. The one who save me
[14:27] [music and singing] by his grace.
[14:30] When he takes me [music and singing] by
[14:33] the hand and leads me through [singing]
[14:37] the promised land,
[14:39] what a [music] day
[14:44] that will be.
[14:48] Amen. Praise the Lord. If you have your
[14:50] Bibles, go to Revelation chapter number
[14:52] 19. We finishing up Revelation 19
[14:56] tonight and we'll look at the first
[14:58] three verses, Lord willing, of chapter
[15:00] 20. We're nearing the end of the book.
[15:03] We've enjoyed our time together. And
[15:06] last week we talked about the second
[15:09] coming of Christ, the heavens being
[15:11] open, the rider of the white horse
[15:14] coming with his armies. So, we looked at
[15:16] that last week. We're going to be in
[15:17] verse 17 this week. And we're going to
[15:20] read verses 17 to the end of the
[15:22] chapter. Then I'm going to have a word
[15:23] of prayer with you and then we'll dive
[15:25] in to the outline tonight. And in verse
[15:29] 17, if you're there, say, "Amen."
[15:31] >> And I saw an angel standing in the sun.
[15:35] And he cried with a loud voice, saying
[15:37] to all the fowls that fly in the midst
[15:40] of heaven, "Come and gather yourselves
[15:42] together unto the supper of the great
[15:45] God, that ye may eat the flesh of kings,
[15:50] and the flesh of captains, the flesh of
[15:52] mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and
[15:56] of them that sit on them, the flesh of
[15:58] all men, both free and bond, both small
[16:02] and great." And I saw the beast and the
[16:06] kings of the earth and their armies
[16:08] gathered together to make war against
[16:11] him that sat on the horse and against
[16:14] his army. The beast was taken and with
[16:18] him the false prophet that wrought
[16:20] miracles before him with which he
[16:23] deceived them that had received the mark
[16:25] of the beast and them that worshiped his
[16:28] image. These both were cast alive into
[16:31] the lake of fire, burning with
[16:33] brimstone.
[16:34] And the remnant were slain with the
[16:37] sword of him that sat upon the horse,
[16:40] which sword proceeded out of his mouth,
[16:43] and all the fowls were filled with their
[16:46] flesh. Let's go, Lord, in prayer
[16:48] tonight. Heavenly Father God, I thank
[16:50] you for the opportunity to preach your
[16:52] word tonight. Lord, I pray if you would
[16:54] please cleanse me of sin and empty me of
[16:56] myself that I might get out of the way
[16:58] tonight and your word may go forth.
[17:00] Lord, I pray you'd help us to see you in
[17:03] the text and see what you have for us in
[17:06] it tonight, Lord. In your name I pray.
[17:08] Amen. Back at verse number 17
[17:12] is where we'll start tonight in verse
[17:15] number 17. And I saw an angel standing
[17:19] in the sun, and he cried with a loud
[17:22] voice, saying to all the fowls that fly
[17:24] in the midst of heaven, come and gather
[17:27] yourselves together unto the supper of
[17:30] the great God. So in verse 17, let's
[17:34] break it down tonight. There is an angel
[17:37] standing in the sun. Now,
[17:42] how could you see
[17:44] from Earth an angel in the sun?
[17:49] What it represents to us is there's an
[17:51] angel. That's where you would be looking
[17:53] at the sun. There's an angel there. By
[17:55] the way, everybody's been looking up
[17:59] cuz our previous verses, the Lord's come
[18:02] back on his white horse and all his
[18:05] armies that we talked about last week,
[18:07] plural. All the armies that are with
[18:09] him, they've all come back in the
[18:12] clouds. Everybody's seeing the army in
[18:15] the clouds because the Bible tells us
[18:17] they're going to see the return of the
[18:19] Lord. They see the armies in the clouds
[18:22] coming back. So they're looking and now
[18:25] John writes that an angel standing where
[18:27] the son is at cries with a loud voice
[18:31] and we saw what he cried and he said to
[18:34] the fouls the Greek word here is ornon
[18:39] Jews three times in scripture
[18:42] all in the book of revelation in chapter
[18:45] 18 verse 2 and chapter 19 verse1 17 and
[18:49] chapter 19 verse 21 it means birds.
[18:54] That's real deep, isn't it? That's what
[18:56] the word means, birds.
[19:00] So, the fowls of the air begin to circle
[19:05] the armies
[19:08] that are coming together against God.
[19:11] Now, if you've ever been driving along
[19:13] I40 and you look on the horizon and you
[19:16] see birds circling, what does that
[19:19] signify?
[19:20] Something's dead.
[19:23] They come before they die,
[19:26] but they're circling
[19:29] round and round. All the fowls of the
[19:33] air are circling around this battle
[19:37] scene.
[19:38] They've gathered together and they have
[19:41] come.
[19:42] They've come for the great supper,
[19:46] the supper of the great God. This is not
[19:50] the marriage supper of the lamb. And the
[19:53] reason we know that is what's on the
[19:55] menu.
[19:58] And we're going to see it in verse 18
[19:59] here in just a minute. But he tells the
[20:02] birds to gather themselves together for
[20:05] the great supper of God. The supper will
[20:07] be of the enemies of God who come
[20:10] against Christ at the battle of
[20:11] Armageddon. It is also when Christ is
[20:15] redeeming Israel
[20:17] and taking her back as a wife. In the
[20:20] Old Testament, she has played the role
[20:23] of the harlot and has run away from him.
[20:25] And now he's redeeming her back to go
[20:28] into the millennial kingdom, as we'll
[20:30] see when we get to more verses on the
[20:32] kingdom. So in verse 17, the angel cries
[20:37] aloud so everybody can hear the voice as
[20:41] all the birds respond. They begin to
[20:43] circle the sky. Verse number 18.
[20:47] That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and
[20:51] the flesh of captains, and the flesh of
[20:54] mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and
[20:57] of them that sit on them, and the flesh
[21:00] of all men, both free and bond, small
[21:04] and great. What's on the menu? flesh of
[21:09] kings, flesh of captains, flesh of
[21:14] mighty men, flesh of horses. Now, if
[21:18] you've been along with us in our
[21:20] journey, the trumpet judgments and the
[21:21] vile judgments are going to wipe out
[21:23] most of the technology.
[21:25] Most of the technology going to be gone.
[21:27] So, we're going to be back to primitive
[21:29] warfare.
[21:30] Christ comes on a horse. The armies of
[21:34] Satan are going to fight him on horses.
[21:36] We know this because the scripture
[21:38] reveals it to us here in verse 18. So
[21:40] there's the flesh of horses
[21:43] and of them that sit on them. So there
[21:45] going to be people riding the horses
[21:47] that are coming against the army of God.
[21:50] And the flesh of all men, both free,
[21:53] bond, small, and great. There is no
[21:58] respectctor of who's getting eaten.
[22:01] All those that come against God on this
[22:04] day will be destroyed.
[22:08] In verse 19, "And I saw the beast and
[22:12] the kings of the earth and their armies
[22:14] gathered together to make war against
[22:17] him that sat on the horse and against
[22:20] his army." So Jesus Christ has returned
[22:24] in the clouds. We saw that last week on
[22:27] the white horse and his armies are with
[22:29] him. So, we have the army of the bride.
[22:32] We have the army of Old Testament
[22:34] saints. We have the army of tribulation
[22:37] saints. And remember, they were all in
[22:38] heaven and they came with him. So, the
[22:42] they're all up there because it says
[22:45] they came from heaven. They're all up
[22:46] there and they come down with him. And
[22:49] so, we find they're all there and
[22:51] they're gathering together. The beasts
[22:53] and the kings of the earth are gathering
[22:55] together for the battle of Armageddon.
[22:58] and they're battling to make war against
[23:00] him that sat upon the horse and against
[23:03] his army. So that's the reason why
[23:06] they're gathering.
[23:08] Now John here in Revelation 19 doesn't
[23:11] record for us any details about how the
[23:15] battle goes, just the end results. In
[23:18] chapter 14, we'll look at it here in a
[23:20] little bit. He does give us some
[23:21] descriptions on what happens.
[23:24] But just as we saw with the marriage
[23:26] supper of the lamb, we didn't see the
[23:28] wedding. We didn't see him come. We we
[23:31] see that he takes his bride home. We
[23:34] talked about that last week, that
[23:35] three-part. Remember the picture in
[23:39] scripture is not written in western
[23:41] culture. Western culture, it's all about
[23:44] the bride. Biblical culture is all about
[23:46] the groom. The groom paid the dowy. We
[23:50] talked about that last week with
[23:51] salvation. The groom prepared the place.
[23:53] The groom came and got them, took them
[23:55] back. Then they have the marriage supper
[23:57] of the lamb. That's the feast. We talked
[23:59] about how the bride got ready. How she
[24:02] had to get ready for the feast. She was
[24:03] decked in white. Means that she had gone
[24:06] through the uh
[24:09] my mind just went blank. The judgment
[24:11] seat, the bema judgment seat of Christ.
[24:13] She's already gone through that and
[24:15] she's dressed in white to present
[24:17] herself to her bridegroom. And so we
[24:21] find here in our text, they've gathered
[24:23] together just like we didn't get to see
[24:24] all the parts here in our battle of
[24:28] Armageddon. We don't get to see all the
[24:30] parts in chapter 19, but we get to see
[24:33] the end result. And it's found in verse
[24:34] 20.
[24:36] The beast was taken and with him the
[24:39] false prophet that wrought miracles
[24:42] before him
[24:44] with which had deceived them that had
[24:47] received the mark of the beast and them
[24:49] that worshiped his image. These both
[24:52] were cast alive
[24:55] into the lake of fire burning with
[24:57] brimstone.
[24:59] It's a good verse reference to point
[25:01] out. Hell is not annihilation.
[25:05] It's not you get c thrown into hell,
[25:07] boom, it's over. No, it's not
[25:09] annihilation.
[25:11] So in verse 20, the beast and the false
[25:14] prophet are taken and cast in the lake
[25:17] of fire. So I want you to notice that no
[25:20] description of the war, just the end
[25:21] results. The beast and the false
[25:22] prophet, they're cast alive. They are
[25:25] the first two eternal inhabitants of the
[25:29] lake of fire.
[25:31] All those that die without accepting
[25:34] Christ now are in the heart of the earth
[25:38] in hell. Hell, the bottomless pit and
[25:42] the lake of fire are three different
[25:45] places. The bottomless pit and hell are
[25:49] together. And we'll explain that when we
[25:51] get to the verse about that. But hell is
[25:54] in the heart of the earth. At before
[25:57] Christ ascended and put the blood upon
[26:00] the mercy seat in heaven, there was
[26:02] paradise and hell in the heart of the
[26:05] earth. Once he made the way, all those
[26:10] that were captive in paradise, he took
[26:12] with him to heaven. Hell hath enlarged
[26:15] itself,
[26:16] and now it's in the heart of the earth.
[26:20] So the beast and the false prophet, they
[26:22] are cast alive into the lake of fire.
[26:26] And we see later on at the end of the
[26:28] millennial kingdom, it says where the
[26:30] beast and the false prophet are. That's
[26:32] a thousand years later, they're still
[26:35] there. They're still burning. They're
[26:38] still in torture. So it's not
[26:40] annihilation. Don't let anyone sweep you
[26:42] up with this annihilation doctrine that
[26:45] hell means you go there, you burn up,
[26:46] and you're done. No. In fact, we're
[26:48] going to look at it here in just a
[26:49] little bit when we see the resurrections
[26:52] in chapter 20.
[26:54] Now, there's a difference between hell
[26:56] and the lake of fire. In chapter 20,
[26:58] verse number 14.
[27:00] Chapter 20 and verse number 14, we see
[27:03] this. And death and hell were cast into
[27:09] the lake of fire. This is the second
[27:13] death. Hell is the holding place of all
[27:16] the damned of the world. There they are
[27:19] held until the great white throne
[27:22] judgment,
[27:24] after which they'll be cast into the
[27:26] lake of fire, the place of outer
[27:30] darkness.
[27:31] Now, this text disproves the idea, as I
[27:34] mentioned, that hell is not just
[27:35] annihilation or merely a grave. for it
[27:39] shows that the false prophet and the
[27:40] beast are still there burning a thousand
[27:42] years later. It's sort of an interesting
[27:45] to note that just as the believer is
[27:49] given a resurrected body which he'll
[27:53] have the properties that will enable him
[27:56] or her to live out for all eternity.
[28:01] So the damned will be given a
[28:03] resurrected body that will enable him or
[28:07] her to endure and suffer torment forever
[28:13] and ever without being consumed. In this
[28:17] treacherous end, they will suffer, be
[28:21] forgotten, and will exist in that
[28:24] condition for all eternity.
[28:28] Not because God is mean,
[28:31] but because they reject the offer of
[28:34] salvation.
[28:38] In verse 20, we see that they're cast
[28:41] into the lake of fire. In verse 21,
[28:45] and the remnant, so the remnant here are
[28:49] those that are in the armies of the
[28:52] beast and the false prophet. The remnant
[28:55] were slain with the sword of him that
[28:57] sat upon the horse
[28:59] that which the sword proceed out of not.
[29:02] We talked about that last week out of
[29:03] Hebrews as well. And all the fouls were
[29:06] filled with their flesh. So the remnant
[29:10] were slain and sent to where?
[29:16] Where'd they go?
[29:18] They went to hell. They didn't go into
[29:21] the lake of fire. They went to hell. In
[29:24] Revelation 14:20, it talks about this
[29:27] battle scene, and the wine press was
[29:29] trotten without the city, and the blood
[29:32] came out of the wine press even unto the
[29:34] horses bridles
[29:37] by the space of a,600 furong. So, we
[29:40] talked about that when we dealt with the
[29:42] battle of Armageddon in chapter 14. And
[29:45] remember, we talked about the reapers
[29:47] there. And we talked about that the
[29:49] reapers are reaping the wicked
[29:53] because it's the fruit of the earth,
[29:57] not of God. It's the harvest of the
[29:59] earth referencing unsaved people. And
[30:04] it's for judgment, not for
[30:06] glorification.
[30:07] In chapter 14, it expresses that in the
[30:09] text that it's not a wonderful reaping.
[30:13] And what happens is is that the
[30:16] confusion comes and we talked about it
[30:17] when we were in chapter 14 with Matthew
[30:20] 24 and 25 being kingdom centered and not
[30:25] rapture centered. It's real easy to get
[30:28] swept up in it being rapture centered
[30:31] and recognizing the historical context
[30:34] of who he's talking to helps us to know
[30:36] what the Bible says.
[30:39] And so there is that two will be in the
[30:42] field, one will be taken, the other left
[30:45] is many times said, "Oh, that's talking
[30:47] about rapture." No, it's not. When you
[30:49] read the context, it's talking about the
[30:51] judgment of God and the swiftness of the
[30:54] judgment of God coming. And so here in
[30:56] our text tonight, all the fl fowls will
[31:00] eat their flesh. All those that come
[31:03] against God. People think that they can
[31:06] defeat him, but they can't. By the way,
[31:09] in case you're wondering, you're on the
[31:10] winning side, child of God. We're not on
[31:12] the losing side. We're on the winning
[31:14] side.
[31:16] So, we end chapter 19
[31:19] with the beast and the false prophet
[31:22] being thrown into the lake of fire. We
[31:25] end chapter 19 with the remnant being
[31:27] slain. All those that are dead, their
[31:30] bodies are eaten by the fowl of the air.
[31:33] All of their body is consumed. Kind of
[31:35] like Ahab and Jezebel were eaten by
[31:37] dogs. The fowls of the air eat all of
[31:40] their bodies and the blood runs as high
[31:43] as a horse's bridal. 1600 furlongs in
[31:46] that valley that's there.
[31:49] Then we get to chapter 20.
[31:52] Chapter 20
[31:55] is a short chapter
[31:58] that has a lot of controversy.
[32:01] And so we're going to look at the first
[32:03] three verses tonight.
[32:06] And as you know, Wednesday night is
[32:08] Bible study night. So we're going to be
[32:10] studying.
[32:11] Not a whole lot of preaching preaching
[32:13] application format, but some study here.
[32:17] Chapter 20 verse one. And I saw an
[32:22] angel. All right. So this is a different
[32:24] one. In chapter 19 at the end, we saw
[32:27] the angel in front of the sun. This is a
[32:30] different angel come down from heaven
[32:33] having the key of the bottomless pit and
[32:37] a great chain in his hand and he laid
[32:41] hold on the dragon that old serpent
[32:43] which is the devil and Satan and bound
[32:47] him a thousand years. That thousand
[32:51] years phrase is the phrase that causes
[32:55] controversy.
[32:56] That is because there are three schools
[32:58] of thought that surround the phrase a
[33:01] thousand years. Now the thousand years
[33:05] is mentioned six times in this chapter.
[33:08] This particular thousand years reference
[33:10] is has been termed the millennium
[33:14] by Bible scholars. This thousand years
[33:17] is a time of worldwide bliss during
[33:22] which Christ will rule on earth as the
[33:26] king of kings and the lord of lords.
[33:30] There are three positions that are
[33:33] generally taken. You ought to
[33:36] familiarize yourself with these terms.
[33:39] The first term is all millennialism.
[33:43] All millennialism. This view teaches
[33:45] that there will be no thousand-year
[33:48] reign of Christ at all. They do not
[33:51] believe in the literal fulfillment of
[33:53] the Old Testament prophecies concerning
[33:56] Israel.
[33:57] The rapture is not anticipated,
[34:00] nor is the warning of the last days
[34:02] taken seriously.
[34:04] All millennialists believe in a literal
[34:07] fulfillment of the kingdom and that
[34:10] Christ reigns through believers in peace
[34:13] and righteousness,
[34:15] but they spiritualize the thousand years
[34:19] as well as most of the book of
[34:21] Revelation.
[34:23] It's plain to see that this idea is not
[34:25] right. And how do we prove that it's not
[34:29] right? Acts chapter 1 verses 10 and 11.
[34:35] We looked at it last week. You should
[34:37] underline it in your Bible. Jesus is
[34:39] ascending to heaven. The angels speak to
[34:43] those that are looking. Say, "Ye men,
[34:46] why stand ye here gazing? This same
[34:51] Jesus shall return in like manner. His
[34:56] feet left earth, went to the sky, went
[34:59] to heaven. Like manner, he's coming from
[35:02] heaven through the sky and touching down
[35:05] on the Mount of Olives. Right where he
[35:07] took off from, he's coming right back.
[35:10] Why would we say that? Because the Bible
[35:11] doesn't lie.
[35:14] So if the Bible says he's coming back in
[35:18] like manner, guess what? He's coming
[35:20] back in like manner. And so where it
[35:24] shows Jesus literally ascending to
[35:25] heaven, this same Jesus shall come in
[35:28] the same manner. You've seen him going
[35:30] to heaven. He's literally returning to
[35:33] earth. So that's the all millennial
[35:35] view. Postmillennialism.
[35:38] They view Christ returning at the close
[35:41] of the thousand years. But they believe
[35:44] that the world will become an
[35:46] increasingly better place to live over
[35:50] the thousand years until such time that
[35:53] Christ would enter the world and become
[35:56] its eternal king. Now this view was held
[35:58] by many in the early 1900s and has
[36:02] greatly diminished
[36:04] because those who held this view felt
[36:07] that the world would get progressively
[36:10] better.
[36:12] But as time has shown things get
[36:15] progressively worse,
[36:18] not better.
[36:20] The third view of the thousand years is
[36:21] the premillennialism view. These believe
[36:25] that Christ will bodily return to earth
[36:29] before the thousand-year reign begins.
[36:32] He will establish his kingdom and set up
[36:36] his throne in the rebuilt city of
[36:39] Jerusalem.
[36:41] Throughout scripture, the home of the
[36:44] world is found in deliverance that would
[36:48] come in Christ's kingdom. You've ever
[36:52] followed the model prayer or some call
[36:54] it the Lord's prayer. Thy kingdom come,
[36:59] thy will be done on
[37:02] earth as it is in heaven. The first time
[37:06] he came, was he the king on earth? Did
[37:09] he rule forever? He was born king. He
[37:12] had the right to rule, but he didn't
[37:13] take the throne yet,
[37:16] but he will. So, he will return in like
[37:21] manner. So, God's will can't be done on
[37:23] earth until the enemies of Christ have
[37:26] been defeated and Satan has been bound.
[37:31] Now, it seems odd that those who reject
[37:35] the premillennial
[37:37] literal return of Christ by
[37:40] spiritualizing it, watch this, they
[37:43] believe in the literalness of the angel.
[37:47] They believe the literalness of heaven.
[37:50] They believe in the literalness of the
[37:51] bottomless pit, the literalness of
[37:54] Satan, the nations, and the
[37:57] resurrections mentioned in the context
[37:59] of Revelation 20. all millennialist and
[38:02] postmillennialist, they believe all the
[38:04] other parts, but the thousand-year part,
[38:08] they said that's got to that's not real
[38:09] thousand years.
[38:12] So, the millennium is a period
[38:14] that is 1,000 years in length.
[38:18] Now, in Revelation 20:4, we'll see that
[38:21] next week. This thousand-year period is
[38:23] mentioned six times in this chapter and
[38:25] only in this chapter.
[38:28] Now there are those who say that since
[38:30] this is the only chapter that mentions
[38:32] the thousand years that it doesn't
[38:35] really mean a thousand years.
[38:38] So they use Psalm chapter 90 and verse 4
[38:44] and 2 Peter 3:8 which says that one day
[38:49] is with the Lord as a thousand years and
[38:52] a thousand years as one day to prove
[38:56] their point.
[38:58] Now the important thing is to realize
[39:02] that these verses view things through
[39:05] God's eyes and not man's eyes
[39:12] in thy sight and with the Lord. Put
[39:14] these verses in a much different
[39:16] perspective.
[39:18] As God sees it,
[39:22] a day a thousand years is as a day to
[39:25] God because he's eternal.
[39:28] As man sees it, a thousand years is a
[39:30] thousand years.
[39:33] We don't get a difference because we're
[39:34] not God.
[39:37] We don't live like he live. So that
[39:40] perspective changes how you look at that
[39:43] verse. So you can't take a verse out of
[39:46] context to fit your context.
[39:50] So one of the wonderful things in this
[39:52] chapter in Revelation chapter 20, I like
[39:56] verse three.
[39:59] cast him, talking about Satan, into the
[40:01] bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set
[40:04] a seal upon him, that he should deceive
[40:06] the nations no more, till the thousand
[40:09] years should be fulfilled, and after
[40:11] that he must be loosed for a little
[40:14] season. Now, the chains of men could
[40:17] never bind Satan, but now an angel comes
[40:20] down from heaven and binds him with a
[40:23] great chain and cast him into the
[40:25] bottomless pit for a thousand years. We
[40:28] don't know the name of the angel, but I
[40:31] think it would be wonderful of God to
[40:34] let Michael do it.
[40:36] All throughout scripture, he's wrestled
[40:38] with him. He's fought with him. I think
[40:40] it would be wonderful to Michael just to
[40:43] come down, say, "Come here, devil.
[40:47] Chain him up in my glorified
[40:50] imagination. Fireman carry. Put him over
[40:52] the shoulder.
[40:55] Carry him to the door of the bottomless
[40:57] pit. Open up the door. Throw him in.
[41:01] Close the door and lock it. It'd be
[41:03] wonderful.
[41:05] Now, the bottomless pit is in the heart
[41:08] of the earth.
[41:10] It is in hell.
[41:13] It is a area of hell that can only be
[41:17] accessed
[41:19] by those that have the key.
[41:23] Now, God has the key to it. We'll find
[41:26] later or earlier in Revelation, we
[41:28] talked about him opening up the abyss,
[41:31] which is another term for the bottomless
[41:33] pit and letting out creatures from there
[41:37] during the judgment. But we find here
[41:40] it's a place in hell, a special holding
[41:43] cell. Satan's chained up, locked up,
[41:47] shut up, put in the bottomless pit, and
[41:50] he can't get out for a thousand years.
[41:53] And his influence can't get to mankind
[41:57] for a thousand years.
[42:00] Now, the bottomless pits in the center
[42:02] of the earth, this gives the Lord open
[42:04] and unopposed rule on earth without sin.
[42:08] Now, let's talk about the devil for a
[42:10] little bit.
[42:13] In verse two, we saw some of the names.
[42:17] He laid hold on the dragon, that old
[42:19] serpent, which is the devil, and Satan,
[42:22] and bound him a thousand years. The
[42:25] devil, meaning slanderer, he slanders
[42:28] God to man, and accuses man to God. In
[42:32] Genesis 3, the devil placed a question
[42:34] in Eve's mind as to the integrity of
[42:37] God. In Genesis 3:1, "Yay, hath God
[42:40] said, you shall not eat of every tree of
[42:42] the garden?" He's trying to slander God
[42:46] to man. In Job 1, he appears before God
[42:49] to accuse Job. In Ephesians 6:1, that ye
[42:53] may be able to stand against the ws of
[42:56] the devil. The devil's business is to
[42:59] make people doubt God and take away
[43:02] their faith. Not their salvation, but
[43:05] their faith.
[43:08] They'll come whisper in your ear.
[43:11] He'll come bearing all sorts of
[43:14] temptations.
[43:16] For what purpose?
[43:19] Because he's the devil. Now, we've got
[43:21] to go back to his origin. His origin is
[43:25] found in Isaiah chapter number 14. In
[43:29] Isaiah chapter 14, we find Isaiah 14:es
[43:33] 12-15. Also in Ezekiel 28:es 12-19,
[43:38] the Lord said, "How art thou fallen from
[43:40] heaven, oh Lucifer, son of the morning?
[43:42] How art thou cut down to the ground
[43:44] which is weaken the nations? For thou
[43:47] has said in thine heart, I will ascend
[43:49] into heaven. I will exalt my throne
[43:52] above the stars. God. I will sit also
[43:55] upon the mount of the congregation in
[43:57] the sides of the north. Look what he
[43:58] says in verse 14. I will ascend above
[44:01] the heights of the clouds. I will be
[44:03] like the most high. Yet thou shalt be
[44:06] brought down to hell to the sides of the
[44:09] pit. He had a pride issue. I I I
[44:15] we talked about it when we were talking
[44:16] about the throne room of God and the
[44:19] creatures that surround the throne and
[44:21] that there's one spot missing.
[44:24] And we talked about pastor's belief that
[44:26] that one spot was occupied above the
[44:29] throne where Lucifer had his spot making
[44:33] music for people to bow down and
[44:36] worship.
[44:37] And I believe in my heart that as he
[44:39] watched angels and created beings bowing
[44:42] down and worshiping the Lord, he said,
[44:45] "I want that."
[44:47] That's why he said, "I will ascend into
[44:48] heaven. I will be like I I" He wanted
[44:51] people to bow down to him. And he's
[44:54] pretty good at what he does because a
[44:55] third of the host of heaven fell with
[44:57] him. But just in case you get frustrated
[45:00] because the devil's doing all his
[45:02] business and he's seems like he's
[45:03] winning. For every one angel that went
[45:06] with him too stayed.
[45:09] So every one demonic force there are two
[45:11] on God's side just to let you know. Take
[45:14] courage. Yes, the devil may be gaining
[45:17] ground, but he's already lost the war.
[45:20] So we find him being called the devil.
[45:22] Secondly, he's called Satan, meaning
[45:24] adversary.
[45:25] Before we go there, let me take you to
[45:28] Ezekiel. I want you to see these verses
[45:29] so you know we're not making it up.
[45:31] Ezekiel 28:12. Son of man, take up
[45:34] lamentation upon the king of Tyrus and
[45:37] said to him, "Thus sayith the Lord God,
[45:38] thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom
[45:42] and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in
[45:44] Eden in the garden of God." So let me
[45:47] pause. There can't be a guy when
[45:49] Ezekiel's written that was alive in the
[45:52] garden of Eden. So the king of Tyrus is
[45:55] not referring to a human being. It's
[45:57] referring to the devil.
[46:00] So the garden of God, every precious
[46:02] stone was thy covering, the sardis. He
[46:05] goes through all of these things, all
[46:07] the wonderful jewels that are on him
[46:09] when he was in heaven. The workmanship
[46:11] of thy tabs and of thy pipes was
[46:14] prepared in thee in the day that thou
[46:16] was created. By the way, Lucifer was a
[46:18] created being. He's not God. He's also
[46:21] not Jesus's brother.
[46:26] Say, "Why'd you say that?" Because
[46:27] there's a teaching out there that says
[46:29] that. He's not Jesus's brother. And he
[46:33] didn't come up with a plan of
[46:34] redemption. And Jesus came up with a
[46:36] plan of redemption. And God chose
[46:38] Jesus's. And so that's why he got mad
[46:40] and left, got kicked out of heaven.
[46:42] That's not the case either.
[46:45] So in Ezekiel 28 it says, "Thy tabrets
[46:47] and of thy pipes, Lucifer's body
[46:50] literally made music."
[46:53] I want you to think about that for a
[46:54] minute.
[46:56] The created being, he could make music.
[47:01] One of the largest areas of distraction
[47:07] is music
[47:09] because music affects us.
[47:12] that affects our body,
[47:14] affects our soul, and it affects our
[47:17] spirit.
[47:18] There's three parts of music. Rhythm,
[47:20] harmony, and melody. Those three parts
[47:22] affect the three parts of you.
[47:25] And if you get them out of order,
[47:29] you can be out of order.
[47:32] Got to be very careful about that.
[47:34] Ezekiel 28:14, "Thou art the anointed
[47:37] cherub that coverth." Oh, so what was he
[47:39] covering? He was above the throne. And I
[47:42] have set thee so thou was upon the holy
[47:44] mountain of God. Thou hast walked up and
[47:47] down in the midst of the stones of fire.
[47:49] Thou was perfect in thy ways from the
[47:51] day that thou was created till iniquity
[47:55] was found in thee. Verse 16. By the
[47:58] multitude of thy merchant, thy stayath
[48:00] filled the midst of thee with violence.
[48:03] Thou hast sinned. Therefore, I will cast
[48:07] thee as profane out of the mountain of
[48:09] God, and I will destroy thee, oh
[48:11] covering cherub, from the midst of the
[48:13] stones of fire. I don't have time to go
[48:15] through the rest of the section here,
[48:16] but Ezekiel 28 all the way down to verse
[48:20] 21 is a good section to go and study and
[48:23] see a little bit more about Lucifer and
[48:26] who he is. So, Satan is adversary.
[48:30] He is our enemy and attacks we are most
[48:33] vulnerable.
[48:35] No half-hearted endeavor can repulse his
[48:39] attacks. Believers must put their whole
[48:42] heart into fighting and resisting Satan.
[48:46] 1 Coronicles 21:1, "And Satan stood up
[48:50] against Israel and provoked David to
[48:54] number
[48:55] Israel." So he attacked David's mind and
[48:58] he got him to go contrary to what God
[49:00] had told him to do. 2 Chronicles chapter
[49:03] 2 11, lest Satan should get an advantage
[49:05] of us, for we are not ignorant of his
[49:09] devices. Revelation 21 7 and 8, Satan
[49:13] shall, and it talks about going out to
[49:15] deceive after he's loosed after the
[49:18] thousand years. The serpent,
[49:21] the universal symbol of evil.
[49:25] A serpent has poisonous properties which
[49:28] make certain kinds of snakes dangerous.
[49:32] What's a good snake in my opinion? A
[49:35] dead one.
[49:36] >> I don't like any of them. Now the
[49:39] serpent was more subtle than any beast
[49:41] of the field which the Lord God had
[49:42] made. Now note Psalm 58:4.
[49:46] Their poison is like the poison of a
[49:49] serpent. They are like the deaf adder
[49:52] that stopeth her ear. Giving us a word
[49:56] picture of a serpent. The danger that's
[49:58] there. Proverbs 23:32,
[50:02] "And at last it biteth like a serpent,
[50:05] and stingeth like an adder.
[50:09] Snakes often conceal themselves.
[50:14] They strike when you least expect them
[50:17] to strike."
[50:19] Revelation 12:9, "And the great dragon
[50:22] was cast out, that old serpent
[50:26] was called the devil, and Satan was
[50:28] deceiveth the whole world. He was cast
[50:31] out into the earth. His angels were cast
[50:33] out with him." We talked about that in
[50:35] chapter 12. In Revelation chapter 12,
[50:41] he's also called Apolon, meaning
[50:43] destroyer.
[50:45] He's called the dragon, a great monster
[50:48] who is fearsome. In 1 Peter 5'8, he's
[50:51] the lion, meaning he's cruel and cunning
[50:54] and fierce. Be sober, be vigilant. We
[50:57] talked about it Sunday night. He's
[50:59] called Beelzeba, meaning the lord of the
[51:01] houses or sovereign of evil spirits. In
[51:04] Matthew 10:25, they have called me
[51:06] master of the house of Beelzebub. How
[51:08] much more shall they call them of his
[51:10] household?
[51:12] The devil,
[51:14] Satan, the dragon, the nature of Satan,
[51:18] he's subtle. He's artful. He's crafty.
[51:22] He's insinuating.
[51:23] The serpent begiled Eve even through his
[51:27] subtility.
[51:28] Through subtility, he makes sin
[51:32] attractive.
[51:35] If we knew how nasty sin is, we wouldn't
[51:39] be tempted.
[51:41] But he's good at making the nasty look
[51:44] attractive. He's cunning. He's sly,
[51:47] deceitful.
[51:49] He's treacherous. He's swift.
[51:52] He's intense.
[51:54] He's determined.
[51:57] He's unvarying.
[51:59] He's relentless in this purpose. He
[52:02] tempts today as he did with Eve
[52:05] thousands of years ago in the Garden of
[52:06] Eden.
[52:09] as he tempted Judas,
[52:11] as he tempted Ananas and Safhir.
[52:14] Acts 5:3, why hast Satan filled thine
[52:18] heart? So, the purpose of Satan is to
[52:21] prevent the salvation of the unsaved.
[52:26] There is a typo here. It should be 2
[52:28] Corinthians chapter 4:es 3 and four, not
[52:32] chapter 3, verses three and four. So,
[52:34] you want to change that first three to a
[52:35] four. Somehow, it autocorrected. I
[52:38] didn't catch that. So, it's 2
[52:39] Corinthians 4 3 and 4, which says this,
[52:44] "But if our gospel be hid is hid to them
[52:46] that are lost, in whom the god of this
[52:50] world, Satan, hath blinded the minds of
[52:52] them which believe not, lest the light
[52:54] of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is
[52:56] in the image of God, should shine unto
[52:58] them." Satan's purpose is to prevent the
[53:01] salvation of the unsaved.
[53:03] This is done through deception. And
[53:04] that's what he he knows God loves the
[53:07] world and God died for the world. And so
[53:10] anything he can do to keep the world
[53:12] from following God,
[53:14] he'll try to deceive them to do.
[53:17] Secondly, it's to pollute the purity of
[53:18] the church through false doctrine,
[53:21] enticements to worldly living.
[53:24] Secondary emphasis to get off the main
[53:27] thing. Brother Sam Davidson used to
[53:29] preach a message, keep the main thing
[53:31] the main thing.
[53:33] we we can get on to other areas and get
[53:36] our eyes off the main thing which is
[53:38] preaching the gospel.
[53:41] Thirdly, it is to oppose God. His life
[53:46] is made up of vengeance against God for
[53:49] overcoming him in Isaiah 14 as we talked
[53:52] about just a little bit ago.
[53:54] So the doom of Satan is found in verse
[53:57] three.
[53:58] In verse three,
[54:01] he's chained. He's cast in prison for a
[54:05] thousand years
[54:08] after which he is loosed for a season.
[54:12] Now important thing to remember during
[54:14] the millennial kingdom when Christ rules
[54:17] and reigns upon the earth for a thousand
[54:19] years. Sin is repressed
[54:23] during the millennial reign of Christ.
[54:26] Mankind is given the choice after a
[54:29] thousand years to choose Christ or the
[54:32] devil.
[54:34] It is repressed.
[54:36] It is not completely removed. It is
[54:39] repressed. Also, I want to remind you
[54:44] not
[54:46] the armies that come against God, they
[54:50] die in the battle of Armageddon.
[54:53] There are those who are not going to
[54:56] align themselves with the beast and the
[54:58] false prophet who are still humans
[55:03] which means humans
[55:05] not in glorified bodies will go also
[55:08] into the kingdom.
[55:10] That's also how the kingdom is
[55:13] repopulated.
[55:16] People will be born in the millennial
[55:18] kingdom because sin is repressed. the
[55:21] effects of sin
[55:24] will not be as evident upon mankind. In
[55:28] other words, people are going to live
[55:29] longer
[55:31] because sin is repressed.
[55:35] So, mankind is given a choice at the end
[55:38] of a thousand years. This is another
[55:41] section to help us with Calvinism.
[55:44] Not it's not unconditional election.
[55:47] They get to choose at the end of the
[55:49] millennial kingdom whether they're going
[55:50] to choose Christ or they're going to
[55:52] choose to follow after Satan. And the
[55:54] sad scripture verse at the end of the
[55:57] thousand years is that those that choose
[55:59] to follow Satan are numbered as the sand
[56:01] of the sea. Such a sad verse.
[56:06] Thousand-y year reign of Christ. And you
[56:08] still choose the devil.
[56:12] That's because he's slick.
[56:14] He is very good at tempting and
[56:17] discouraging and trying to get people
[56:20] off of what God wants them to do. Now,
[56:23] we're getting ready to get into our next
[56:25] section that we deal with the thousand
[56:27] years. We're going to take our time in
[56:29] the next section of explaining the
[56:31] resurrections
[56:34] because there are confusion there for
[56:36] some people. So, we're going to take our
[56:38] time dealing with the resurrections
[56:41] and then we're going to get to the great
[56:43] white throne judgment of God,
[56:46] which is at the end
[56:50] of the thousand year reign of Christ.
[56:54] So, we're going to take our time as we
[56:56] navigate through Revelation chapter 20.
[56:59] Then, we'll get to chapter 21 and
[57:02] chapter 22. So, Lord willing, everything
[57:06] comes together. I think we might finish
[57:09] it by the end of 2026.
[57:12] Maybe we'll see what the Lord does. But
[57:16] we're excited to continue the series.
[57:17] So, I want to remind you here in
[57:19] Revelation chapter 20, Satan's going to
[57:21] be bound. Satan's going to be chained
[57:24] up. And he's not going to have
[57:26] opportunity for a thousand years to
[57:29] deceive the nations.
[57:31] What a glorious time that will be. And
[57:35] then we'll see the saints reigning with
[57:37] Christ in verse four for a thousand
[57:39] years. We'll talk about that. We'll talk
[57:41] about the resurrections and what it
[57:43] means when it says, "Blessed are they of
[57:45] the first resurrection."
[57:47] So, we want to talk about that because
[57:48] that can create confusion. So, we're
[57:51] going to explain that in detail because
[57:53] there's not one general resurrection
[57:57] and there's not just two resurrections.
[58:01] And so we'll talk about that as we go
[58:03] through and explain that in detail. But
[58:07] I'm excited as we continue on. So as we
[58:11] look at this section, Jesus is going to
[58:13] come again on white horses and he's
[58:16] going to defeat with the word of his
[58:17] mouth. What does that mean for the army?
[58:19] We just along for the ride.
[58:23] We don't have to lift a sword. We don't
[58:25] have to pick up a shield. We don't have
[58:27] to do anything because we are more than
[58:29] conquerors through him that loves us.
[58:33] And so I encourage you today, the Lord's
[58:36] coming back
[58:38] in physical form and he's going to touch
[58:41] down on the Mount of Olives and the
[58:44] whole world will see him.
[58:48] Now, when you read verses that talk
[58:49] about the rapture, it talks about caught
[58:52] up together with them in the clouds to
[58:55] meet the Lord in the air. And it doesn't
[58:57] mention horses, and it doesn't mention
[59:00] everybody seeing them. It's called a
[59:03] mystery. So, we'll talk about the rest
[59:06] of chapter 20 when we get to it next
[59:08] week. Let me give you last word of
[59:10] encouragement. We're on the winning
[59:11] side. Take courage. Take courage. We're
[59:14] on the winning side. But you need to
[59:17] know what you believe. why you believe
[59:18] it and where you can find it. Want to
[59:21] encourage you, make sure you're studying
[59:22] the word. Also want to encourage you,
[59:24] make plans the last week of October
[59:28] starting on the 25th all the way through
[59:31] Wednesday to be here for our Baptist
[59:33] conference. But Rocky Harold is going to
[59:36] be here. He's going to preach Sunday
[59:38] school, Sunday morning, Sunday night,
[59:41] Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Sunday
[59:45] is going to primarily be dealing with
[59:47] what a Baptist is. He's got some special
[59:50] messages Monday through Wednesday on the
[59:52] world history of Baptist. And so it's
[59:56] good to know what you believe, why you
[59:58] believe it, but it's also good to know
[59:59] where you come from. And so he's going
[60:01] to be explaining that. So it's going to
[60:02] be a great time. So I want you to look
[60:04] forward to that. All right. And so let's
[60:06] have a word of prayer tonight. And then
[60:08] uh we'll we'll actually let's take some
[60:10] prayer requests tonight. And so not
[60:13] really a message to have a full-blown
[60:15] invitation tonight, more of a rejoicing.
[60:18] But anybody got a prayer request? We'll
[60:19] start over here on this side. Yes,
[60:20] ma'am. Miss Robbie's health u she's been
[60:23] dealing with some stuff and Tommy
[60:24] salvation. Still trying to get adjusted
[60:26] to that new medication that she's on.
[60:28] Continue to pray for that. Brother Don.
[60:36] >> Okay. So, Miss Betty started a new diet
[60:39] for health reasons there. And so, pray
[60:41] for her. she adjusts to that and uh it
[60:44] is it's different and so pray for her.
[60:48] Uh I saw pictures I saw pictures today
[60:50] and I was confused. So I was beyond
[60:53] confused, brother Steve. I was confused
[60:56] and so but be in prayer for Betty and uh
[61:00] it seems the other infection seems to be
[61:02] doing better though, right? The
[61:03] antibiotics help with that and so praise
[61:05] the Lord for that. All right, the other
[61:07] request on this side over here. All
[61:10] right, and this section. Yes, ma'am.
[61:11] Miss Connie.
[61:17] Yeah.
[61:26] Yeah.
[61:30] Right. Pray for those in Florida that
[61:32] were hit with a hurricane and all that
[61:35] situation there as well. Okay. Their
[61:37] recovery. All right, Miss Kathy.
[61:42] Okay.
[62:04] See? Wow. Melanie
[62:08] Brandt. Melanie Brandt. Keep that in
[62:10] mind. And so, uh, pray for Brother
[62:13] Scooter. He's had some test doctor's
[62:15] visits today and they've got some next
[62:17] steps lined out for him. So, you pray
[62:19] for him as he's working on some things
[62:21] there. And so, keep that in mind.
[62:23] Continue to pray for Patty Case if you
[62:25] would as well. All right. Anyone else,
[62:28] Brother Jeff?
[62:34] Okay. How many years? 22 years. All
[62:37] right. So pray for Stephanie. She's been
[62:39] putting up with Jeff for 22 years. If if
[62:42] he makes it there by Friday, right? If
[62:44] Lord willing, he makes it to Friday,
[62:45] they'll be married 22 years. So make
[62:47] sure you wish them a happy anniversary.
[62:49] Praise the Lord for that. And so uh but
[62:52] also I I received word today of a
[62:55] student um here in our area of Oklahoma
[62:59] that had to go having some major health
[63:02] issues. They transported them to
[63:03] Houston. So we ask you to pray for that
[63:05] student and their family. uh dealing
[63:07] with a major infection, body issues, but
[63:10] they're trying to trace where that
[63:11] infection's at. And so, be in prayer for
[63:13] that student. Uh we can't give you any
[63:15] details because we're not allowed to do
[63:17] that kind of stuff, but be in prayer for
[63:19] that student and their family. Uh
[63:21] they're from our region, so pray for
[63:23] them if you would. All right. And so,
[63:25] anything on the live stream tonight,
[63:27] Brother Kenton?
[63:35] Okay.
[63:38] Okay. So, pray for Mary Wright. And so,
[63:40] they're because of the other issues that
[63:42] she deals with, they're going to keep
[63:44] her awake as they rebuild, redo that
[63:47] wrist that she fractured and broke. And
[63:49] so, pray for her. That's at nine o'clock
[63:51] in the morning tomorrow. So, pray for
[63:53] that surgery tomorrow if you would. We'd
[63:55] appreciate that as well. Okay. Any other
[63:58] requests over here in this section?
[64:04] Okay.
[64:05] Amen. So, no more treatment for the
[64:07] cancer. Amen. Right, Miss Paty.
[64:12] Miss Paty has an unspoken request. Be in
[64:15] prayer for that. All right. Any other
[64:17] ones on this side over here? Okay.
[64:21] All right. Continue to pray. Uh we had
[64:23] some folks that um dealing with
[64:26] different life situations. You know,
[64:28] there's things that they're dealing with
[64:29] and someone's cars in the shop and
[64:31] they're having to spend extra money that
[64:33] they don't have. So, for them as well.
[64:36] And uh excited for what God's doing in
[64:38] our church and in your lives. And so
[64:40] pray for one another if you would. All
[64:42] right, let's go to Lord in prayer
[64:44] tonight. Yes, sir. Brother Sam. Brother
[64:46] Sam has an unspoken request as well. All
[64:48] right. Any other requests that I missed?
[64:51] All right, let's go, Lord, in prayer
[64:53] tonight. Dear heavenly father, Lord,
[64:54] we're thankful tonight for each one
[64:55] that's here. Lord, we pray that you'd
[64:57] help us to pray for one another. Help us
[65:01] not to take for granted the
[65:05] ministry of intercessory prayer. We pray
[65:09] for those that have burdens. We pray for
[65:11] those that have needs. Lord, we pray for
[65:13] them by name. We pray for Miss Mary's
[65:15] surgery tomorrow to be with the doctors,
[65:17] be with her nerves, that everything will
[65:19] go well with that. Thankful for those
[65:21] that had treatment plans that they don't
[65:23] have to do anymore. Pray for the
[65:24] unspoken request tonight. We pray for
[65:27] Melanie Brandt dealing with the ice
[65:28] situation, God, that you would help and
[65:30] intervene there. Pray for Miss Robbiey's
[65:32] health, Lord, and Tommy's salvation that
[65:35] you'd work and intercede there. Pray for
[65:37] those that were affected by the
[65:38] hurricane, Lord, that you would provide
[65:40] and be an encouragement there and help
[65:43] there. Lord, we're we're so thankful for
[65:45] you and how you work in our lives. And
[65:48] Lord, we don't always understand what's
[65:50] on the horizon, but we know you are
[65:54] already in our tomorrow. And so Lord, we
[65:56] pray that we'd take comfort in that and
[65:58] be encouraged in that. Lord, we're
[66:00] thankful for each and everyone being
[66:02] here tonight. We pray for those that are
[66:03] out tonight. There are many that are
[66:05] traveling, many that are out sick
[66:06] tonight, God. Lord, we pray that you'd
[66:08] help them and strengthen them. Pray for
[66:10] the teenagers that were down in the gym
[66:12] tonight, God, as brother Isaiah is
[66:13] preaching and teaching them tonight.
[66:15] Lord, I pray that you'd encourage their
[66:16] hearts and lives. Lord, thank you for
[66:18] how you work and all that you do. In
[66:20] your name I pray. Amen. Want to remind
[66:23] you men Saturday 7:30 is our men's
[66:26] prayer breakfast and also brother Sam
[66:28] has an announcement for Sunday.
[66:46] >> Amen.
[67:07] Yeah. Amen. So, Sunday night we'll have
[67:11] a celebration for Miss Jennifer's
[67:12] birthday. And so, we'll do that after
[67:15] the evening service down in the
[67:16] fellowship hall. And so we'll look
[67:18] forward to that this coming Sunday
[67:20] night. And then men's prayer breakfast
[67:22] on Saturday 7:30. Men encourage you to
[67:24] come be with that officers. We have a
[67:26] meeting Saturday right after men's
[67:28] breakfast. So encourage you to be a part
[67:30] of that. Continue to pray for the
[67:32] weather. It sounds like it's raining out
[67:34] there. And so I'll try to What's that?
[67:39] >> Yep, they are. And so Saturday is the
[67:43] tabernacle encounter. Uh we've been
[67:45] mentioning that if you'd like to go Uh,
[67:47] I still have some paper tickets
[67:49] available. It is free of charge. I can
[67:51] give these to you. And so if you'd like
[67:53] to go, we have some of those. That's
[67:54] this Saturday. Exhibit times 12:00 pm to
[67:57] 6 pm. And then if you're wanting to see
[67:59] the Day of Atonement reenactments, it's
[68:01] at 1:30, 3:30, and 5:30. Again, that's
[68:04] at the Champion Convention Center
[68:06] downtown and on the fairgrounds. And so
[68:08] if you want a ticket, I've got, I think,
[68:10] six or seven left here. I can get them
[68:12] to you. If not, you can scan the QR code
[68:15] and you can get your downloaded tickets
[68:17] that way. So, let's all stand together.
[68:20] We're going to be dismissed
[68:23] by finding two or three people that you
[68:26] love and appreciate and tell them so and
[68:30] then you can be dismissed.
[68:33] Find somebody, two or three people, let
[68:35] them know you love and appreciate them
[68:39] and you can be dismissed.