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00:41 Welcome to the 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting:
00:44 The Three Angels' Messages.
00:49 Hello friends and welcome to 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting.
00:53 We have been tremendously blessed. Can you all say "Amen"
00:56 to that? Amen! The messages have flowed
01:00 through the speakers and the presenters here at this
01:02 Camp Meeting, and I hope that you've been tuning in
01:04 for each one of those. We have an opportunity now
01:08 to just really focus on what I may refer to as
01:11 the capstone of the message of Revelation:
01:14 from the old earth to the new earth.
01:18 Tonight White Horse Media's speaker/director
01:21 Steven Wohlberg is going to present the message
01:24 The New Heaven and the New Earth. Are you looking forward to that?
01:27 Amen! What a day that's going to be
01:29 when we are transported to our new home:
01:32 the new heaven and the new earth.
01:34 And I know the blessing is going to be tremendous.
01:37 He is a man of God. He is an author;
01:39 he has written many books. His ministry is very prolific.
01:43 And I know that because he is a student of the Word
01:45 you're going to be tremendously blessed.
01:48 He's going to pray just before his message
01:50 but before he comes to speak to us
01:53 we are going to be blessed with a trio.
01:57 And this song I always love when I hear it
02:00 but tonight it's going to be extra special
02:02 because not only is Danny going to sing it
02:04 but Yvonne and Melody are going to bless us
02:07 as Tim Parton is at the piano
02:09 singing the song that exemplifies what we feel
02:12 about this place: Holy Ground.
02:24 As I walked through the door
02:29 I sensed His presence.
02:34 And I knew this was
02:38 the place where love abounds.
02:45 For this is the temple
02:50 Jehovah God
02:55 abides in.
02:58 We are standing
03:02 in His presence
03:06 on holy ground.
03:13 We are standing
03:20 on holy ground
03:26 and I know that there
03:31 are angels
03:34 all around.
03:40 Let us praise - let us praise
03:47 Jesus now...
03:53 we are standing in
03:58 His presence
04:00 on holy ground.
04:09 In His presence
04:12 there is joy
04:14 beyond measure
04:18 and at His feet
04:22 peace of mind
04:25 can still be found.
04:30 If you have a need,
04:34 my God has the answer!
04:41 Just reach out and claim it
04:45 for child, you're standing
04:49 on holy ground. You feel His presence here today?
04:56 We are standing
05:03 on holy ground
05:09 and I know
05:12 that there are angels
05:16 all around.
05:22 Let us praise - let us praise
05:28 Jesus now...
05:34 we are standing in
05:39 His presence
05:40 on holy ground.
05:46 Let us praise
05:53 Jesus now...
05:59 we are standing in
06:04 His presence...
06:06 we are standing
06:09 in His presence...
06:13 we are standing
06:17 in His presence
06:21 on holy
06:25 ground.
06:31 Amen!
06:41 Wow! Praise the Lord!
06:44 Amen! Oh, God is good!
06:47 Very good. Isn't God good?
06:50 Amen! It's been an amazing four days!
06:54 I feel like I'm the bookend
06:56 at the end of an incredible Camp Meeting.
06:59 This has really been something!
07:02 As I was thinking about this final talk
07:06 earlier today I thought about Spokane, Washington,
07:11 not far from where I live. Every year
07:14 there is an event in Spokane, Washington,
07:17 called Blooms Day. Anybody heard of Blooms Day?
07:20 Anybody been to Blooms Day? Some of you have.
07:22 And what happens... And my family, we've been going there
07:25 for many years - me and my wife and my kids -
07:29 in May the flowers are blooming and about 50,000 people
07:34 come together and meander through the streets of Spokane
07:39 for about seven miles.
07:41 And it's just a big event for people that live in the area.
07:45 And as you get down right near the end of those seven miles
07:48 finally you turn the last corner.
07:52 And then you go straight ahead and there's a big sign
07:56 that says Finish, and 50,000 people go underneath that sign.
08:01 Everybody that makes it gets a Blooms Day shirt.
08:05 And my family... you know, we're always excited.
08:07 My kids go there; they pass out GLOW tracts
08:10 to people that are standing around the side.
08:12 And I just can't help but think about that final stretch
08:16 and that last road
08:21 heading toward the finish line.
08:25 And my point is, brothers and sisters,
08:28 that we are heading toward the finish line
08:30 of this world's history. Amen!
08:33 I have no doubt about that.
08:35 And I don't know if you're... I think many of you are
08:38 but I don't know about all of you
08:40 but this whole event - this whole Spring Camp Meeting
08:45 at 3ABN focusing on the three angels' messages
08:50 we are fulfilling Bible prophecy.
08:53 I was thinking about that today and the conviction came to me
08:57 that what we're doing here is just as much a fulfillment
09:02 of prophecy as a baby born in Bethlehem.
09:07 Just as much. And the reason why I say that
09:09 is because Revelation chapter 14-
09:13 the last book of the Bible chapter 14-
09:17 predicts in verses 6 to 12
09:21 which we've been reading about this whole event
09:24 that there are going to be three angels that give messages
09:30 all over the world
09:33 right before Jesus Christ returns
09:38 in verse 14.
09:40 And that's what this is all about.
09:42 It's about broadcasting and spreading
09:46 and communicating the three angels' messages.
09:49 We are fulfilling Bible prophecy.
09:52 These messages are going to get louder and louder
09:55 and louder as we get closer and closer to the end.
10:00 Do you believe that? Amen! It's exciting.
10:03 All the different speakers; everything that's been coming
10:06 together that we've been involved in.
10:10 John Lomacang has this little book
10:13 that just came out on the three angels' messages.
10:16 I encourage you to get this book and to share this book.
10:19 I encourage you to promote and to share
10:23 what you've heard this week- end, the DVD that's coming out.
10:27 The music that you've heard about the 3 angels' messages.
10:32 I was talking to Pastor Bohr today, and he mentioned that
10:34 his ministry Secrets Unsealed
10:38 they have a DVD series that goes right though
10:42 the three angels' messages.
10:44 White Horse Media has a brand new book
10:46 that's about to come out in just a few days.
10:50 A little pocket book for sharing.
10:52 It's called God's Final Warning: the Three Angels' Messages.
10:57 And as I just look at all this
10:59 I'm just convicted that God is moving.
11:04 That He is working to communicate His messages
11:08 all around the world...
11:10 and He's doing it right now.
11:12 Prophecy says it in the book of Revelation.
11:15 It's in chapter 14 verses 6 to 12.
11:18 So as I'm, you know, winding up... I'm the last
11:22 speaker here for this Camp Meeting...
11:24 I just want to really stress to you and encourage you
11:29 to be a part in the days ahead
11:33 of spreading the 3 angels' mes- sages in every way that you can.
11:39 And support 3ABN because this whole operation,
11:43 this whole ministry, this whole Spring Camp Meeting,
11:49 the name of this organization: 3 Angels Broadcasting Network.
11:54 It's powerful... it's powerful!
11:58 Prophecy is being fulfilled right in front of our eyes.
12:01 The three angel's messages are unstoppable.
12:04 They cannot... Satan cannot shoot them out of the sky.
12:09 No matter how hard he tries these messages are going to get
12:12 louder and louder and louder until Jesus comes.
12:16 And it's a solemn thought
12:19 to realize that if anybody who's watching
12:24 these broadcasts and listens to this whole event
12:27 and who is exposed to these messages in the days ahead
12:32 if people fight against the three angels' messages
12:38 they really don't know what they're doing.
12:41 It's just like Jesus when He hung on the cross.
12:43 He said: "Father, forgive them
12:45 for they know not what they do. "
12:47 Those who fight these messages are in danger
12:51 of sealing their doom
12:54 because this is the message for the hour
12:57 just like the message of Noah before the flood.
13:02 That's right. Here's a quiz question:
13:03 Do you remember how many floors Noah's ark had?
13:08 Three... that's right. God raised up a man;
13:11 told him to build a boat and to call people in
13:14 to a three-story boat
13:17 before the water came down.
13:19 And God is calling us in these last hours of human history.
13:24 In the home stretch He's calling us to be part
13:28 of the three angels' messages.
13:33 And when the dust settles... As we heard in our last meeting
13:37 when the dust settles everybody is going to be in one
13:41 or the other of two great camps.
13:44 There are only two ultimate destinies that are ahead of us.
13:51 One destiny is found in Revelation chapter 20
13:54 verse 15.
13:58 The last verse of chapter 20
14:02 says: "Whosoever was not found
14:07 written in the Book of Life
14:09 was cast into the lake of fire. "
14:14 And sadly, that's where the majority are going to be.
14:19 But then the next verse
14:21 says: "And I saw a new heaven
14:26 and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth
14:31 were passed away. "
14:36 And that's what we're going to talk about:
14:38 the good verse, chapter 21 verse 1.
14:42 So let's pray.
14:46 Dear Father in heaven, what an honor
14:49 and a privilege it is for me...
14:52 for little me, weak me...
14:57 to be stand here as part of
15:00 the Three Angels Broadcasting Network at the very conclusion
15:04 of spreading the three angels' messages
15:09 live, on the air, around the world.
15:11 What an honor! What a sacred privilege it is!
15:16 Just like the shepherds who heard the angels sing
15:21 and announced that the baby - THE BABY -
15:25 had been born in Bethlehem
15:28 so we are seeing prophecy fulfilled right in front of us
15:34 that the three angels' messages are here and they are growing
15:39 with a loud voice.
15:41 Lord, please bless as we look at our Bibles
15:44 and look at the future for those who follow God
15:47 and follow Jesus to be in the new heaven
15:51 and the new earth.
15:54 In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
16:04 John said: "I saw a new heaven
16:09 and a new earth. "
16:13 I've been thinking about this quite a bit
16:15 and I believe that perhaps
16:20 the biggest issue in this world
16:24 that all of us have to face - everybody has to face -
16:27 the issue of issues is whether the Bible
16:32 is really true.
16:35 Whether it's really the Word of God or not.
16:40 I believe that there is evidence
16:45 in the book of Revelation - in the last book of the Bible.
16:48 In fact, it's in the verse that we just read.
16:51 There is evidence that few of us consider
16:54 that really is strong evidence
16:58 that what we just read is really and truly going to happen.
17:03 And the evidence is the first couple words
17:08 where John says
17:11 "And I... " What did he do? Saw. He saw.
17:14 "I saw... " "I saw a new heaven
17:18 and a new earth. "
17:21 In verse 2 he says: "I John
17:25 I saw... I saw the Holy City,
17:29 the New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven. "
17:33 In verse 3 he says: "I heard
17:36 a great voice out of heaven saying: 'Behold,
17:40 the tabernacle of God is with men. ' "
17:43 In verse 5
17:46 at the end of the verse it says: "He said to me
17:49 'Write... write this down
17:51 for these words are true and faithful. ' "
17:54 Verse 10: "He carried me away in the Spirit
17:58 to a great and high mountain and he showed me
18:00 that great City: the holy Jerusalem. "
18:05 In chapter 22 verses 8 and 9
18:10 he says: "I John... I saw these things,
18:15 I heard them. And when I had heard and seen
18:18 I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel
18:20 who showed me these things.
18:22 And then the angel said to me: 'See that you do not do that
18:26 for I am your fellow servant and of your brethren the prophets
18:29 and of them which keep the sayings of this book.
18:32 Worship God. ' "
18:35 Now here's my point.
18:37 The book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible.
18:40 And by the way, did you know what the world's all-time
18:43 best-selling book is ever?
18:46 The Bible. It's the Bible!
18:50 And the last book of the Bible
18:53 is a very deep book: the book of Revelation.
18:57 It is loaded with information.
19:00 It is a masterpiece of literature and symbolism
19:06 and prophecy and history
19:09 and morality and interconnectedness
19:13 with most of the Bible is woven in
19:18 like a literary masterpiece
19:22 into the book of Revelation.
19:25 Where did this come from?
19:28 Was this the product of a man named John
19:33 who wrote the book?
19:36 No! This masterpiece of literature
19:42 that this whole event is based on
19:47 did not originate in the mind of a man named John...
19:53 especially when you read the book and you find
19:57 that John simply says "I saw this. "
20:02 "I heard this. "
20:04 "I was told to write this down. "
20:06 "I fell down before the feet of the angel who showed me
20:10 these... who showed me these things. "
20:15 This book is a revelation; it's a vision.
20:21 It's a miracle! It's a masterpiece that was given
20:28 to a humble man by the name of John.
20:33 And you know, all the speakers that have spoken here
20:36 this whole Camp Meeting - all these powerful messages...
20:40 messages that we've heard, and I've heard them, too -
20:43 you know we're just little people
20:46 just like John
20:49 and we're doing our best to communicate messages
20:53 that come from God.
20:56 Amen! That come from God.
20:58 The book of Revelation is a masterpiece
21:03 and it is the truth.
21:08 ESPECIALLY when you think about the fact that it was written
21:14 by a man who also wrote this.
21:18 Chapter 21 verse 8 at the end of the verse
21:24 says that "All liars shall have their part in the lake
21:30 which burns with fire and brim- stone which is the 2nd death. "
21:34 So you know if John really just made all this stuff up,
21:37 if he was lying,
21:41 you see my point?
21:43 This book of morality
21:47 written by a man who said liars will go into the lake of fire
21:54 this man was not lying.
21:57 He got this information.
22:00 He saw it as God Almighty revealed to him
22:05 what he saw and wrote down in the Bible, the world's
22:10 best-selling book, in the last book of the Bible.
22:17 Isn't that impressive?
22:18 So when you look at the evidence
22:21 this book did not just come from man.
22:25 Back to our main text, Revelation 21:1.
22:29 John says: "And I saw
22:31 a new heaven and a new earth
22:34 for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.
22:38 And there was no more sea. "
22:41 This verse talks about two heavens and two earths.
22:45 The first heaven as it mentions there in the middle of the verse
22:51 is the atmosphere that surrounds our planet.
22:54 That's what we breathe.
22:56 You know, the air that's part of this heaven.
22:58 It's not talking about where the throne of God is
23:01 it's talking about the atmosphere around us.
23:05 And the atmosphere of the first heaven
23:08 in case you haven't noticed is polluted...
23:11 at least a lot of it.
23:12 I grew up in the Los Angeles area
23:15 and you don't have to convince me.
23:18 I've seen a lot of smog in L.A. Many times school was cancelled
23:23 because the air wasn't fit to breathe.
23:26 So they said: "Don't even go out of your house
23:29 because it's just so bad. "
23:31 That's the atmosphere in the first heaven.
23:33 The first earth that it refers to is the earth
23:37 that we're walking on...
23:40 that we walk on. When you leave this Camp Meeting
23:44 you know, when you walk you're walking on the carpet
23:48 which is on top of the earth... the first earth.
23:52 This is an earth where there are earthquakes
23:55 and tornadoes, fires, floods, storms, freeways.
23:59 Fox News and CNN.
24:03 That's the first earth.
24:06 That's the earth that we're familiar with.
24:10 But the Bible says a change is coming.
24:15 John saw a change.
24:22 The Bible says there is an end to the first heaven
24:26 and the first earth that we are familiar with.
24:31 The days of the first heaven and the first earth
24:34 are numbered.
24:36 The clock is ticking.
24:39 We're in the home stretch!
24:41 Amen! The three angels are here!
24:44 Prophecy is being fulfilled right in front of our eyes!
24:47 Amen! Just as surely
24:50 as a baby was born in Bethlehem,
24:53 just as surely as Jesus Christ died on the cross
24:56 and rose from the dead and went to heaven
25:00 and gave us the book of Revelation
25:02 to His servant John who saw it and heard it
25:06 and fell down because he was overwhelmed by what he saw.
25:12 This is all coming.
25:14 God is going to get rid of the first heaven and the first earth
25:17 by fire.
25:19 A parallel text is in II Peter chapter 3.
25:25 Let's just look at that quickly.
25:28 II Peter chapter 3
25:35 verse 10.
25:37 A lot of Christians don't think about this.
25:44 They think about the fire and many Christians
25:48 mistakenly think that the fire that the Bible talks about
25:54 is just down there under the ground.
25:56 When people die they think that they go down.
25:59 But they don't realize that the whole topic of fire
26:02 is much bigger than that.
26:05 II Peter 3:10 the Bible says that
26:09 "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night
26:15 in which the heavens... " Which is the first heavens
26:19 you know, from Revelation, it's the atmosphere around us...
26:22 "the heavens shall pass away
26:26 with a great noise
26:30 and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. "
26:37 "And the earth... " That's the first earth...
26:39 "also and the works that are therein
26:43 shall be... " What? "shall be burned up. "
26:46 So all of this that we see -
26:50 even the cameras, everything -
26:54 and I don't think people here at 3ABN will really mind that.
26:57 You know, there is a time when they're happy to leave all this
27:00 behind. Amen!
27:02 It's all going to be burned up.
27:06 Verse 13 says: "Nevertheless, we, according to His promise,
27:11 look for new heavens and a new earth
27:16 wherein dwells righteousness. "
27:22 The new heaven and the new earth is very real.
27:27 It's just as real as the first heaven and the first earth.
27:31 It's just as real as the earth that we walk on.
27:35 It's as real as the air that we breathe.
27:40 It is very, very real
27:44 and God wants us to get ready for the great Day
27:50 of the Lord. And that's what the three angels' messages
27:54 are all about. It's about urging people
27:57 to wake up, to get their priorities straight,
28:02 and to get ready, to get ready, get ready
28:06 for the soon-coming Day of God. Amen!
28:12 The great Day of God.
28:14 Back to Revelation 21 verse 1.
28:19 "And I saw a new heaven
28:24 and a new earth. " Wow!
28:28 Once the fire goes out
28:31 and once the dust settles
28:34 and once it's all over
28:38 God's going to start again.
28:41 And the new heaven and the new earth is going to be
28:45 just like the Garden of Eden. Amen!
28:51 Wow! I tell you... you know.
28:54 That sounds pretty good to me.
28:57 Doesn't that sound good to you? Amen!
28:59 Look at verse 4.
29:01 What's it going to be like in the new heaven
29:03 and in the new earth?
29:04 Verse 4 says: "God shall wipe away
29:08 all tears from their eyes
29:12 and there shall be no more... " What?
29:17 "no more death. "
29:21 Hallelujah!
29:24 About two years ago... a little more than two years ago
29:27 my mother died,
29:28 and it was a very, very painful experience.
29:32 I was with her on her dying bed,
29:37 and I climbed up on the bed
29:40 next to my mother, put my arm around her,
29:44 and lay down with her right on the bed.
29:47 The last thing she ever said was "I love you. "
29:56 And a short time later she died.
30:02 The Bible says in the new earth there will be no more death.
30:07 Doesn't that sound incredible? Amen!
30:11 And it says there'll be: "neither sorrow...
30:15 neither sorrow... " I got a text today
30:20 from a friend who's basically become an adopted
30:26 son in my family.
30:31 He's talking about my dad,
30:33 my 88-year-old father who's in the hospital right now
30:37 in California. He wrote - Marvin wrote - "He's trying
30:42 to move his hands and to take the tube out.
30:46 But they're keeping the tube in; they're keeping him sedated. "
30:50 Talked about prayer.
30:55 "He's strong... " He said my dad is strong
30:58 "as he tries to remove the ventilator. Lots of luck!
31:01 Temperature: normal, 98.
31:03 Breathing: 91-93 on his own.
31:05 Blood pressure: 135/83.
31:08 Heart 84. "
31:09 "Can he take my call? " I wrote back.
31:12 "No, not due to his tube... but he can hear you.
31:16 Call me. "
31:18 "What phone should I use? "
31:19 "My phone. " So I called him.
31:23 Talked to... Well, Marvin said:
31:26 "Your dad can hear you.
31:28 He can't talk but he can hear you. "
31:31 I said: "Dad, I love you
31:34 and I'm preaching tonight
31:37 at 3ABN about the new heavens and the new earth. "
31:40 My dad's a strong believer.
31:42 And I told Marvin... I said: "If you can,
31:44 tune in to 3ABN.org
31:47 and hold the phone next to my dad's ear. "
31:50 And I don't know, dad, if you're listening and watching
31:53 this right now but I love you
31:55 and God has a wonderful heaven in store for you.
31:58 Amen!
32:04 "There will be no more death or sorrow. "
32:08 No more diseases, no more sickness, no more texts about
32:12 relatives in hospitals. No more old age, loneliness.
32:16 No more terrorism; no more child abuse.
32:21 "nor crying... " There won't be any more crying.
32:25 "No more tears... " except maybe tears of joy in heaven.
32:30 God gave us tears for a reason, and maybe we'll be
32:33 having tears of joy up there.
32:36 "Neither shall there be any more pain. "
32:39 No more pain! How does that sound? Amen!
32:44 No more bad backs.
32:46 No more arthritis.
32:48 No more sore feet
32:50 or a thousand other aches and pains.
32:54 And I could give you a long list, right?
32:58 All these things are going to be gone.
33:00 The Bible says: "for the former things... "
33:04 they're going to all pass away!
33:06 These things are all going to be gone. Do you believe it?
33:10 Amen! I REALLY believe it... I do!
33:13 I believe it!
33:15 I believe all these things are going to be gone.
33:18 There is no earthly solution to the problems of this world.
33:26 No solution... whether you like President Trump
33:31 or whether you don't he cannot solve
33:35 these kind of problems. Amen!
33:38 Nobody... nobody can.
33:40 Reminds me of a story that I heard about a man
33:44 who went to his family doctor.
33:47 And he said: "Doc... " he said: "my back hurts. "
33:50 He said: "My head hurts; I can't sleep.
33:53 My heart beats fast a lot; I'm tired all the time. "
33:56 So the doctor ran a bunch of tests.
33:59 The tests came back and he met with the man in his office
34:02 and he said: "Your heart is strong;
34:04 your blood tests are normal.
34:05 I can't see anything wrong with you. "
34:07 And the man said... he said: "But doc, there's gotta be
34:10 something wrong with me. "
34:12 And so the doctor said: "I've got a suggestion. "
34:15 He said: "Around the corner there's a school
34:18 and every Saturday night, " he said "there's a clown that comes
34:21 and performs for the kids. "
34:23 And he said: "I've been there and this clown is very funny.
34:26 And if you... I think you just need to cheer up...
34:28 you need to laugh.
34:31 Don't be so down all the time. "
34:33 He said: "Why don't you go see that clown? "
34:36 And at that point the man talking to the doctor
34:40 he leaned forward and he dropped his glasses down
34:43 and he said: "Doc... " he said:
34:46 "I am that clown. "
34:56 Wow!
35:00 This morning as I was in my hotel in Marion...
35:03 Got up in the morning and went into the little
35:08 cafeteria there where they have a continental breakfast
35:11 and I sat down and I was having breakfast and reading my Bible.
35:14 And I couldn't help but look up and I saw the television
35:17 set right in front of me. And the TV was talking about
35:21 a very well-known chef in New York...
35:25 I believe it was a chef in New York...
35:27 a man that had recently taken his life.
35:30 And they were discussing this on CNN.
35:33 And a statistic came on the screen
35:36 from the CDC that suicide is up 25% in the US.
35:43 That suicide is a big problem.
35:46 And what I saw on the screen it talked about people
35:49 who have public faces - you know, who look happy
35:54 in front of the crowd and in front of the camera
35:58 but they are loaded with private pain...
36:01 private pain.
36:04 And people are taking their lives these days.
36:08 And probably the biggest reason is because they have no hope.
36:12 Their hope has disappeared.
36:15 And with all the problems that they have to deal with
36:18 in this world eventually it just becomes overwhelming
36:22 and they can't handle their problems and they just...
36:25 they decide to just check out and take their lives.
36:31 And I believe one of the reasons for this is because
36:34 of the false doctrine of evolution
36:38 which pseudo-science is trying to convince people of.
36:43 And if you don't believe that there is a God
36:50 then ultimately you have no power to resist the devil.
36:56 Amen! That's right.
36:58 And if you have no power to resist the devil,
37:02 then the forces of evil and darkness and stress
37:08 and strain become too much for some people
37:12 and they take their lives.
37:15 It's a terrible thing.
37:18 Your brain did not evolve from cosmic soup.
37:26 You are far too complicated.
37:29 I was reading another book called Science Discovers God
37:33 by Ariel Roth, and it says that amazingly approximately 40%
37:38 of the scientists in America really do believe in God.
37:42 They're looking at the precision and the orchestration
37:46 and the incredible complexity of the brain and the cell
37:51 and the DNA and they're realizing that we could not...
37:55 it is mathematically impossible...
37:58 that all of this just got here by chance.
38:03 We're not here by chance.
38:05 We're here because of God. Amen!
38:08 We have an Intelligent Designer.
38:11 He made us; He loves us; He's given us...
38:14 He's given us a Bible, which in the course of human history
38:20 is the world's best-selling book.
38:22 He's given us the book of Revelation
38:25 which is the last book of the Bible
38:27 which was communicated to a man who says: "I saw it! "
38:31 "I heard it! I was told to write this down. "
38:35 "I fell down before the feet of the angel
38:39 who showed me these things. "
38:43 And the angel said: "Worship God... worship God. "
38:48 God is the One who can give us hope.
38:52 People need hope today.
38:54 And we can have hope that this book is not
38:58 a cunningly-devised fable.
39:01 This book is true.
39:04 Jesus is true,
39:06 and there will be a new heaven and a new earth.
39:11 And this first heaven and this first earth
39:15 is going to disappear.
39:17 It's going to go away.
39:20 It's going to be gone
39:22 along with all the pain and all the problems.
39:25 Verse 5 says: "He that sat upon the throne... "
39:31 the One who sat on the throne of the universe -
39:35 "He said: 'Behold... ' "
39:39 Which means sit up! Take notice...
39:42 "I make all things new. "
39:47 Hallelujah!
39:50 "And He said to me: 'Write,
39:54 for these words are true and they are faithful. ' "
39:59 What will it be like to live in a new earth?
40:05 Well, let me just give you a quick list.
40:08 No smog; fresh air;
40:12 gorgeous landscaping;
40:16 beautiful flowers, trees, mountains;
40:20 perfect bodies;
40:21 Yeah! Yeah...
40:25 I feel like Shelley Quinn. Shelley, when I heard your talk
40:28 earlier, was it yesterday? Right before my talk...
40:33 She went: "Whoo hoo! "
40:35 Did you catch that?
40:37 She said it twice.
40:38 "Whoo hoo! " Praise the Lord! Amen!
40:44 Perfect bodies clothed in white robes.
40:48 Faces that shine.
40:52 Food that is delicious.
40:58 It says in Isaiah we'll be able to build our own houses.
41:01 We'll be able to plant our own gardens.
41:04 We're going to have a home in the city
41:06 in the New Jerusalem and a home in the country.
41:08 Amen! That sounds great!
41:10 We'll all be involved in country living.
41:18 Not going to have any deer bust into our gardens either!
41:22 I had a garden - pretty good sized garden -
41:25 last spring... it was during the summer.
41:28 They broke right through my gate.
41:31 Ate most of my tomatoes,
41:33 string beans... cleaned me out.
41:36 Won't have that happen in the new earth.
41:38 We're going to have a great social life...
41:41 incredible social life.
41:43 We're going to get to know angels! Amen!
41:48 Angelic beings
41:51 who have been around for a long long long time.
41:53 We're going to get to know Adam, Noah, David, Moses,
41:57 Jonah, Mary. We're going to get to know
42:00 the redeemed of all ages.
42:03 And we've got a lot of time to get acquainted!
42:06 Lots of time.
42:09 We're most likely going to be visiting other planets.
42:14 Worship services in the New Jerusalem are going to be
42:17 incredible!
42:19 Can you imagine a worship service
42:22 in the New Jerusalem?
42:24 Isaiah at the last couple verses in the book of Isaiah
42:27 says: "From one Sabbath to another
42:31 shall all flesh come and worship before Me
42:35 says the Lord. " Amen! So we'll be keeping the Sabbath
42:38 in the new earth. Amen!
42:40 Says that "As the new heavens and the new earth are before Me
42:45 so your seed will remain. "
42:47 And then it says: "From one Sabbath to another
42:50 all flesh will come. "
42:52 We're going to have a big worship service
42:55 inside the New Jerusalem on Sabbath.
42:59 So if we're going to be keeping the Sabbath
43:01 in the kingdom of God,
43:03 this would be a good place to start, don't you think?
43:06 And that's part of what the three angels' messages
43:09 are all about. The three angels' messages
43:12 are about worshiping our Maker,
43:15 who made everything in 6 days and rested on the 7th day
43:20 and who's going to re-make everything.
43:22 The God who gave us the Sabbath
43:25 is the Creator who has the power to make everything new.
43:31 That's part of the Sabbath message.
43:34 And the God who made everything
43:37 in six days and rested on the seventh
43:40 is the same God who became a baby in Bethlehem
43:47 in fulfillment of prophecy.
43:50 Who lived a holy life.
43:52 Who suffered in Gethsemane.
43:55 Who died on a cruel cross
43:57 at the hand of those He came to save.
44:02 Who rose from the dead.
44:04 Who went to heaven. Who gave His servant John
44:09 the book of Revelation.
44:12 Who showed him the new heavens and the new earth
44:18 after the lake of fire.
44:22 Who showed him a world where there was no more death
44:28 or sorrow or suffering or pain.
44:34 Who showed him the Holy City: the New Jerusalem
44:39 coming down from God out of heaven.
44:43 Can you imagine meeting in the New Jerusalem?
44:47 That'll be quite a Camp Meeting!
44:49 Amen! Wow!
44:51 will give special music.
44:59 144,000 choir!
45:06 I used to listen to a song and I still remember the words.
45:10 I haven't heard it for a while.
45:12 But the words say: "I want to go home.
45:16 I want to sing with the angels.
45:19 I want to talk to the prophets.
45:22 I want to live in the land where we'll never grow old. "
45:28 Can you imagine?
45:31 We can't even imagine having a perfect body
45:37 and being with people
45:42 from all ages and knowing - knowing -
45:46 that we are never going to die.
45:51 You know, now in this life we just have to prepare
45:56 for the inevitable. My dad who's in the hospital
45:58 is 88 years old. He knows he's going to die at some point.
46:02 You know, he's accepted that.
46:05 He's a strong believer in Jesus.
46:07 And he says to me, he said: "Steve,
46:09 I just want to finish well. "
46:13 "I want to finish strong. "
46:15 Finish strong. And I've come to the conclusion
46:19 that if time should go on or something were to happen
46:22 to me, go on long enough or something happens to me
46:25 I'm going to die one of these days
46:27 just like everybody else dies.
46:29 And I've decided if I do die I want to die well.
46:33 I want to be among that group
46:35 that Bro. Wintley spoke of the other day.
46:39 Said: "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord - Amen!
46:44 from this time forth. " And that's the verse right after
46:47 the three angels' messages.
46:50 And it's talking... The context is those
46:53 who die in the message.
46:56 Those who die believing in Jesus:
46:58 their works follow them. They've done their best.
47:01 They've done their part to share the Word of God
47:05 and the three angels' messages.
47:08 That's what 3ABN's all about.
47:10 That's what Secrets Unsealed's all about.
47:12 That's what White Horse Media's all about.
47:14 That's what Amazing Facts is all about.
47:16 There's a whole of of other ministries out there
47:19 that are doing their part
47:21 and preparing messages on the three angels.
47:24 This is going to get bigger and bigger and bigger
47:26 and bigger until the whole earth is lightened with its glory.
47:29 The devil can't stop it. Amen! You know, and we're not perfect.
47:34 I mean, I'm not perfect. Hallelujah!
47:36 The speakers up here aren't perfect.
47:40 3ABN's not perfect.
47:42 You know, we all make mistakes,
47:44 but God can use weak people to fulfill
47:49 His sure word of prophecy.
47:52 Amen! And He's going to do it.
47:53 And He IS doing it.
47:55 And He's doing it right now!
47:58 Amen! Right in front of our eyes.
48:00 Amen! And we're part of it.
48:03 And the end is... the finish line is in sight!
48:07 We're goin' home!
48:09 Amen! It's not going to be long.
48:11 Hallelujah!
48:14 Hallelujah!
48:15 Verse 6... verse 6: "He said to me
48:20 'It is done. ' " These are the words of Jesus.
48:23 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end
48:26 and I will give to him that is thirsty
48:30 of the fountain of the water of life freely. "
48:34 Whoever you are, whatever you've done,
48:36 however bad you've been,
48:39 Jesus loves you and He's offering you the water of life
48:44 freely... freely.
48:48 He says: "I'm offering it to you as a gift. "
48:52 Jesus wants you... He wants me.
48:56 He wants us all.
48:59 Verse 7 says: "He that overcomes
49:03 shall inherit all things.
49:05 And I will be his God and he shall be My son. "
49:12 Brothers and sisters, we've got some overcoming to do.
49:17 Don't be fooled about that.
49:19 Elder Gallimore talked about that.
49:21 We have some overcoming that we need to do.
49:24 Jesus said it right there.
49:26 "He who overcomes... " What do we need to overcome?
49:31 Verse 8 gives us a list.
49:34 "But the fearful... " Fearful means we're too afraid
49:39 to stand up for what's right.
49:43 "the unbelieving... " which means people in spite of
49:47 all the evidence they persistently refuse
49:53 to believe in the Word of God.
49:57 "the unbelieving, the abominable... "
50:00 There are things that are popular in this generation
50:03 which to God are abominable.
50:07 "murderers... " And I would apply that to the born
50:12 and the unborn.
50:15 "whoremongers... " That's sexual immoralities.
50:19 "sorcerers and idolaters and all the liars:
50:23 they will have their part in the lake which burns with fire
50:27 and brimstone which is the second death. "
50:31 These are things we need to overcome.
50:34 If these things are strangling us,
50:36 we need strength and grace and power and forgiveness
50:40 from Jesus to overcome these things.
50:44 Recently in my back yard an apple tree died
50:47 and I finally cut it down.
50:49 And then just within the last week I saw some new growth
50:55 coming from the root system.
50:57 And I told my kids about that - Seth and Abby - and I said:
51:01 "Can we learn some lessons from that? "
51:03 And Seth said - he's almost 14- he said: "Dad,
51:06 yeah we can learn a lesson that sometimes God has to cut us down
51:09 before some new growth starts. "
51:14 I thought: "Wow! Praise the Lord! My son's teaching me! "
51:20 God wants to cut these things out of our lives.
51:24 You know, these things are wrong.
51:27 They're bad, and He wants to cut them out of us.
51:30 And now's the time for Him to do that.
51:34 As we near to a close
51:37 go back to Revelation 21.
51:40 It's talking about the New Jerusalem.
51:42 You know, I would encourage you to read this chapter.
51:44 If you're struggling with faith, read this chapter
51:47 and read it again and read it again and read it again.
51:49 Just keep reading it... it will build your faith.
51:53 At the end of verse 23 it talks about inside the New Jerusalem.
51:58 It says: "The Lamb is its light. "
52:02 "The Lamb is its light. "
52:07 "The city had no need of the sun nor the moon to shine
52:10 in it for the glory of God did lighten it
52:12 and the Lamb is its light.
52:13 The nations of those who are saved shall walk in the light
52:16 of it. The kings of the earth shall bring their glory
52:18 and honor into it, and the gates of it shall not be shut
52:21 at all by day for there shall be no night there.
52:23 And they shall bring their glory and honor of the nations
52:27 into it, and there shall in no wise enter into it
52:30 anything that defiles, neither whatever works an abomination
52:34 or makes a lie, but they that are written in... "
52:37 Whose book? "In the Lamb's Book of Life. "
52:42 Brothers and sisters,
52:44 the center of heaven and of the new earth
52:48 and of the New Jerusalem is one person,
52:51 and that one person is The Lamb.
52:56 It's the Lord Jesus Christ.
53:00 The Lamb is its light.
53:02 Heaven is not just about going to heaven and floating around
53:06 on a cloud and fat babies playing harps.
53:09 You know, this is not what the Bible describes
53:13 as heaven and the new earth.
53:15 It's a real place with a real city.
53:18 It's a real world with real relationships
53:21 with real angels with a real future
53:24 with real activities with real food.
53:28 With no pain and in the middle of it all
53:33 in the middle of everything the center, the star of the show
53:42 is the Lord Jesus Christ,
53:48 the Lamb who sacrificed Himself
53:52 on a cruel cross for your sins and my sins...
53:59 for the sins of the whole world.
54:03 And the only remaining mark of sin
54:08 in eternity is going to be those nail scars:
54:13 the scars in His hands, scars in His head,
54:16 the scars on His feet.
54:18 And we are all going to bow down
54:21 with joy and we are going to... "Every knee shall bow
54:27 and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
54:31 to the glory of God the Father. "
54:37 Jesus is what we have to look forward to.
54:42 And no matter what we're going through right now
54:44 brothers and sisters He can bring us through.
54:48 His grace is sufficient for us.
54:52 For you! His power is made perfect
54:56 in your weakness. Realize you're weak.
54:59 Let the Lord cut you down if He has to.
55:02 Get on your knees; give your life to Jesus
55:05 and say: "Lord, I trust in You.
55:06 Get me out of here. "
55:08 "Get me out of here. "
55:11 And Jesus can do it... He can do it!
55:15 He brought me through a terrible crisis last summer
55:18 and I know He's with me now and He'll be with me to the end.
55:23 Amen! And He'll be with you.
55:24 When my son Seth was about three years old
55:27 we had just moved out of California into the north Idaho
55:30 area and one day I was pulling him on a little sled
55:36 through the streets where there was snow everywhere
55:38 and there were big piles from the snow plow.
55:41 And Seth was just a little guy and he looked at the big pile
55:46 of snow on the side of the road from the snow plow
55:48 and he said: "Daddy,
55:50 if I were to fall... " Maybe he was four...
55:52 "If I were to fall into that snow and go down, "
55:55 he said, "you would just leave me, right? "
55:59 And I said: "No, Seth, I wouldn't leave you.
56:02 I would dig you out. "
56:04 And he said: "Daddy, what if you didn't have a shovel? "
56:10 And without a thought - I don't know why kids
56:13 say some things - without a thought I said:
56:15 "Seth, if I didn't have a shovel,
56:18 I would dig you out with my bare hands
56:22 because I love you. " "I love you! "
56:25 And brothers and sisters, that's what Jesus did.
56:29 He came down from heaven
56:31 and with His own hands nailed to a cross
56:36 He dug us out.
56:38 He paid for our sins with His own blood.
56:43 And He's going to dig us out of this world
56:47 and He's going to get us to a new heaven and a new earth
56:50 where it's going to be more fantastic, more fabulous,
56:53 more amazing than anything we can ever even possibly imagine.
56:59 So on this last night of Camp Meeting
57:02 I want to encourage you: don't give up.
57:06 We're in the home stretch.
57:08 The three angels' messages are here!
57:11 Amen! Prophecy is being fulfilled.
57:14 Jesus is coming.
57:16 God's going to get rid of sin.
57:19 He's going to create a perfect world
57:21 and He wants you and He wants me
57:25 to be there and to be with Him forever and ever and ever.
57:31 Amen!


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