by avministry | Oct 24, 2023 | Sermons
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“Israel: Past, Present and Future — As Israel Goes, So Goes the World”
(Part 2)
Revelation 12:1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:4 ” … And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give
birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.
And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.
Quote from “On The Jews and Their Lies” by Martin Luther
“What shall we Christians do with this rejected and condemned people, the Jews?
“I shall give you my sincere advice:
First to set fire to their synagogues or schools and to bury and cover with dirt
whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them.
This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom, so that God might see
that we are Christians, and do not condone or knowingly tolerate such public
lying, cursing, and blaspheming of his Son and of his Christians.
Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed….
Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such
idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them…
Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss
of life and limb…
Fifth, I advise that safeconduct on the highways be abolished completely for
the Jews. For they have no business in the countryside, since they are not lords,
officials, tradesmen, or the like. Let they stay at home.
I don’t know how they can stay home if their homes have been burned down.
Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure
of silver and gold be taken from them and put aside for safekeeping…
Seventh, I commend putting a flail, an ax, a hoe, a spade, a distaff, or a spindle
into the hands of young, strong Jews and Jewesses and letting them earn their
bread in the sweat of their brow …”
I. ISRAEL IS THE FAITH BASE OF THE WORLD.
II. ISRAEL IS THE BLESSING SOURCE OF THE WORLD.
III. ISRAEL IS THE PROPHETIC PROPERTY OF THE WORLD.
IV. ISRAEL IS THE SATANIC TARGET OF THE WORLD.
Revelation 12:1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:4 ” … And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give
birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.
And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.
Deuteronomy 28:65 And among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the
sole of your foot have a resting place; but there the Lord will give you a trembling
heart, failing eyes, and anguish of soul.
Martin Luther King Jr. said “Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
Romans 14:22 “… Blessed is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.
Quran Verse (3:67) – English Translation
Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth,
a Muslim [submitting to Allah]. And he was not of the polytheists.
Another translation says:
Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his
will to Allah’s (Which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah.
1 Timothy 4:1 “… giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
1 Timothy 4:2 speaking lies …”
For Islam, the world is divided into two parts: the house of peace, where Allah rules;
and the house of war, where infidels live.
It’s either peace, you succumb to Allah; or it’s war.
Convert or die.
Islam conquered by the sword.
Revelation 12:7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the
dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
Islam is currently the most powerful system on earth for the destruction of biblical
truth and Christianity,
Islam is the main persecutor of Christians all over the world, in the Middle East,
and in Africa.
Thousands of Christians are dying under this persecution.
V. ISRAEL IS THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF THE WORLD.
Ezekiel 5:5 “Thus says the Lord God: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst
of the nations and the countries all around her.
Ezekiel 38:12 (NASB) to capture spoils and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against
the ruins that are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the
nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who live at the center of the world.’
Israel is the center of man’s hopes and God’s purposes.
Israel is the connection between heaven and earth.
VI. ISRAEL CONTAINS THE ETERNAL CITY OF GOD.
Hebrews 11:10 for he [Abraham] waited for the city which has foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
1. GOD CHOSE JERUSALEM.
Deuteronomy 12:11 Then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses
to make His name abide …”
2 Chronicles 6:6 Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have
chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
2. GOD HAS BLESSED JERUSALEM.
Psalm 87:5 And of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her;
And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”
Psalm 87:6 The Lord will record, When He registers the peoples: “This one was
born there.”
3. JESUS WEPT OVER JERUSALEM.
Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones
those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together,
as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Matthew 23:38 See! Your house is left to you desolate;
4. THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED FIRST UPON JERUSALEM.
Acts 1:4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,”
He said, “you have heard from Me;
Acts 1:5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy
Spirit not many days from now.”
5. THE FIRST CHURCH BEGAN IN JERUSALEM.
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and
to the end of the earth.
6. THE FIRST CHURCH COUNCIL WAS HELD IN JERUSALEM.
Acts 15:4 And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the
church and the apostles and the elders; and they reported all things that God
had done with them.
7. JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN FROM JERUSALEM.
Acts 1:9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up,
and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
Acts 1:10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel,
Acts 1:11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner
as you saw Him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is
near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey.
8. JESUS WILL RETURN FROM HEAVEN TO JERUSALEM.
Zechariah 14:3 “Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as He
fights in the day of battle.
Zechariah 14:4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces
Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west,
Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
and half of it toward the south.
9. JESUS WILL MAKE JERUSALEM HIS MILLENNIAL CAPITAL.
Psalm 132:13 For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:
Psalm 132:14 “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
10. THE CAPITAL AND ETERNAL CITY OF HEAVEN IS JERUSALEM.
Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.
Revelation 21:2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out
of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain,
and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Revelation 21:11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone,
like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.
Revelation 21:23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for
the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
Revelation 21:24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and
the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.
We’re marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We’re marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
Looking for a city, where we’ll never die,
There the sainted millions, never say good-bye,
There we’ll meet our Savior, and our loved ones too,
Come O Holy Spirit, all our hopes renew.
Hebrews 11:10 for he [Abraham] waited for the city which has foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
by avministry | Oct 18, 2023 | Sermons
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Genesis 12:1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from
your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.
Genesis 12:2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name
great; And you shall be a blessing.
Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him,…
It has been called the deadliest attack on the Jews since the Holocaust
with at least 1,300 people dead and 3,227 others injured in Israel and also with
27 Americans dead and 14 unaccounted for.
Behind all of this is Iran.
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei says, “We kiss the hands of those who planned’ Israel
attacks.”
There only goal is to kill every Jew and wipe Israel off the map
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (quote)
“Israel is at war. We didn’t want this war. It was forced upon us with the most brutal
and savage way. But though, Israel did not start this war, Israel will finish it.
Hamas terrorists bombed, burned and executed children. They are savages.
Hamas is ISIS. And just as the forces of civilization united to defeat ISIS. The forces
of civilization must support Israel in defeating Hamas. Hamas will understand that
by attacking us they have made a mistake of historic proportions. We will exact
a price that will be remembered by them and Israel’s other enemies for decades
to come.”
Acts 8:26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward
the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert.
FBI data shows “51.4% of hate crimes incidents in this country are antisemitic when
Jews make up only 2.4% of the population.
1. ISRAEL IS THE FAITH BASE OF THE WORLD.
Genesis 12:1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from
your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.
Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him,…
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place
which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he
was going.
Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was
accounted to him for righteousness.”
Romans 4:20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was
strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
Romans 4:21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able
to perform.
Romans 4:22 And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
Romans 4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,
Romans 4:24 But also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised
up Jesus our Lord from the dead,
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there
is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs
according to the promise.
Remember the childhood song:
Father Abraham had many sons.
Many sons had father Abraham.
2. ISRAEL IS THE BLESSING SOURCE OF THE WORLD.
Genesis 12:2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name
great; And you shall be a blessing.
Genesis 12:3 “… And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Romans 3:1 What advantage then has the Jew?
Romans 3:2 Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the
oracles of God.
Romans 9:4 Who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants,
the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
Romans 9:5 Of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ
came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
John 4:22 “… for salvation is of the Jews.
Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you;
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be
against us?
President Biden said (quote)
” The Hamas attack is “pure, unadulterated evil.
We must be crystal clear. We stand with Israel.
Let me say again to any country, any organization, anyone thinking of taking
advantage of this situation. I have one word, don’t.”
Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is
no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
Romans 13:4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid;
for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute
wrath on him who practices evil.
Psalm 125:5 As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead
them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
Psalm 129:4 The Lord is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.
Psalm 129:5 Let all those who hate Zion be put to shame and turned back.
Psalm 2:1 Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing?
Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
Psalm 2:3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us.”
Psalm 2:4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision.
Psalm 2:5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep
displeasure:
Psalm 2:6 “Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion.”
3. ISRAEL IS THE PROPHETIC PROPERTY OF THE WORLD.
Genesis 12:1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from
your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.
Genesis 13:14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him:
Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward,
eastward, and westward;
Genesis 13:15 For all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants
forever.
Genesis 13:16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if
a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be
numbered.
Genesis 13:17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
Genesis 15:18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying:
“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river,
the River Euphrates —
Luke 21:20 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that
its desolation is near.
Luke 21:24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into
all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles
are fulfilled.
John 1:11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children
of God, to those who believe in His name:
Romans 11:25 “… blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the
Gentiles has come in.
Romans 11: 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will
come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
Romans 11:27 For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.”
by avministry | Oct 9, 2023 | Sermons
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[Titus 2:1-10 NKJV] 1 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: 2 that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; 3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things– 4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 [to be] discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. 6 Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded, 7 in all things showing yourself [to be] a pattern of good works; in doctrine [showing] integrity, reverence, incorruptibility, 8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you. 9 [Exhort] bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all [things], not answering back, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
[1 Peter 5:1-6 NKJV] 1 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3 nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; 4 and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. 5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to [your] elders. Yes, all of [you] be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
by avministry | Oct 1, 2023 | Sermons
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Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away;
The haughty people of the earth languish.
Isaiah 24:5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, because they have
trangressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 24:6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are
desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
Three phases to God’s plans for planet earth.
1. The earth before the curse.
2. The earth since the curse.
3. The earth after the curse.
1. The present earth.
2. The purging of the earth and its renovation.
3. The earth and it’s recreation.
1. The present cursed earth.
2. The renovated earth.
3. The recreated earth.
I. THE PRESENT CURSED EARTH.
Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourns and fades away …
Isaiah 24:5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants …
Isaiah 24:6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it…
Romans 1:25 (NLT) “… They worshiped and served the things God created instead
of the Creator himself,
President Biden said on September 10th in Hanoi Vietnam (quote)
“The only extra extensional crisis even more threatening than a nuclear war
is global warming going above 1.5 degrees in the next ten to twenty years.”
U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Haaland on September 20th (quote)
“Climate change is criss of our lifetime. We have an obligation to future
generations to make sure we have a planet for them to live on.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said ‘The world is going to end in 12 years
if we don’t address climate change,’
Vice President Harris on September 19th in Reading Pennslyvania (quote)
I’ve heard young leaders talk with me about a term they’ve coined called
climate anxiety, which is fear of the future and the unknown of whether it
makes sense for you to even think about having children, whether it makes
sense for you to think about aspiring to buy a home because what will this
climate be?”
The gospel was never given to save civilization from wreckage.
The gospel is given to save men from the wreckage of civilization.
II. THE RENOVATION OF PLANET EARTH.
Luke 21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and
on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 21:26 Men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things
which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
The phase out of planet earth during the seven year tribulation period.
Revelation 6:12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was
a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the
moon became like blood.
Revelation 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late
figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.
Revelation 6:14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every
mountain and island was moved out of its place.
Revelation 8: 7 The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with
blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up,
and all green grass was burned up.
Revelation 8:8 Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain
burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
Revelation 8:9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the
ships were destroyed.
Revelation 8:10 Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven,
burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
Revelation 8:11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became
wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter
Revelation 8:12 Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck,
a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened.
A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.
Revelation 16:18 And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there
was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred
since men were on the earth.
Revelation 16:19 Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of
the nations fell…
Revelation 16:20 Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Haggai 2:6 “For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake
heaven and earth, the sea and dry land;
Haggai 2:7 and I will shake all nations,
1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the
dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Revelation 20:4 “… And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
The Bible says that all of creation is longing for the millennium to happen:
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; And the government
will be upon His shoulder …
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon
the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment
and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will
perform this.
Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert
shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;
Isaiah 35:2 It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing …
They shall see the glory of the Lord, The excellency of our God.
Isaiah 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with
the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child
shall lead them.
Isaiah 11:7 The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isaiah 11:8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, and the weaned child shall
put his hand in the viper’s den.
Isaiah 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall
be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 14:7: “The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing”.
Micah 4:3 “… They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into
pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn
war anymore.
Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to
the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Revelation 20:2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and
Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
Revelation 20:3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set
a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years
were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.
Revelation 20:7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released
from his prison
Revelation 20:8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners
of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is
as the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp
of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and
devoured them.
Revelation 20:10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented
day and night forever and ever.
The Apostle Peter describes the destruction before the recreation.
2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same
word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the
heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent
heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
2 Peter 3:11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because
of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt
with fervent heat?
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and
a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
III. THE RECREATED EARTH.
Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
There’s a new world coming — the finale.
Lyrics “New World Coming”
There’s a new world coming
And it’s just around the bend
There’s a new world coming
This one’s coming to an end
Yes a new world’s coming
The one we’ve had visions of.
Coming in peace, coming in joy,
Coming in love.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven
and the first earth had passed away.
Revelation 21:4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be
no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former
things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
by avministry | Sep 29, 2023 | Sermons
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1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with
what body do they come?
1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in
corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness,
it is raised in power.
1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is
a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Olivia Newton-John quote:
“It’s almost like we are parts of a big computer and we go back to the main battery.
I don’t have a definite definition of what it is. Some people call it ‘heaven.’ Some
call it ‘the universe.’ I just think there is a great knowingness out there that we
become part of.”
I. THE APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once,…
II. THE JUDGMENT THAT’S SETTLED
Hebrews 9:27 ” And as it is appointed for men to die once but after this the judgment,”
John 3:18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe
is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God.
Someone has well said,”The time is coming for all men when they will be either be
born again or wish they had never been born at all.”
Death never changes anything, it only makes permanent what we were in life.
Before it’s all said and done the Christian will occupy three body types in essence
1. Our earthly body.(The physical body in this life).
2. Our heavenly intermediate body. (Our heavenly body until the resurrection)
3. Our eternal glorified resurrection body (Like Jesus)
III. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HEAVENLY BODIES.
Luke 9:28 Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took
Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
Luke 9:29 As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe
became white and glistening.
Luke 9:30 And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Luke 9:31 who appeared in glory …
Luke 9:31 who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about
to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Luke 9:32 But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they
were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.
Luke 9:33 Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to
Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles:
one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.
Matthew 16:17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
Luke 9:34 While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and
they were fearful as they entered the cloud.
Luke 9:35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son.
Hear Him!”
Luke 9:36 When the voice had ceased, Jesus was found alone. But they kept quiet,
and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.
1) Do heaven’s inhabitants remember life on earth?
2) Do people in heaven see what is happening on earth?
Revelation 6:9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of
those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.
Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy
and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Revelation 6:11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to
them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their
fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was
completed.
Revelation 18:20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for
God has avenged you on her!”
Revelation 19:1 After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in
heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to
the Lord our God!
Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged
the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged
on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”
1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the
firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection
of the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward
those who are Christ’s at His coming.
John 14:19 “… Because I live, you will live also.”
IV. THE FULFILLMENT OF THE ETERNAL STATE.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them
also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first:
1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed—
1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall
be changed.
Paul describes the glorified resurrected eternal body transformation this way:
1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with
what body do they come?
1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in
corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness,
it is raised in power.
1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is
a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
A resurrection for the saved and a resurrection for the damned.
Daniel 12:2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Acts 24:15 “… there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.
John 5:28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the
graves will hear His voice
John 5:29 And come forth–those who have done good, to the resurrection of life,
and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
The rapture of the church and the resurrection of the saved is a rescue operation.
The church is snatched away from the wrath of God to come.
2 Corinthians 5:11 “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.”
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Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him
who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed
from death into life.”
2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with the Lord.
Revelation 22:11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be
filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be
holy still.”
Someone said, “We should all be concerned about the future because we will have
to spend the rest of our lives there.”
I. THE APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once,…
Eccleisiates 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die;
Two people every second, 106 people every minute, 6,400 people every hour,
153,000 people every day, 56 million people a year keep their appointment.
Ecclesiastes 12:6 “Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, …”
Psalms 90:10 “… For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”
Quote from book called “The Emperor of All Maladies.”
“We can’t get rid of cancer because cancer is just part of being human.We are all
in the process of corruption.”
1 Corinthians 15:42 “…The body is sown in corruption
Romans 6:23 The wages of sin is death
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by
sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Eccleisiastes 12:7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will
return to God who gave it.
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
Lie Number One: We Cease To Exist After Death.
Death is not cessation
Surveys reveal that 23 percent of the world’s population believe that ultimately
in the end we will only “cease to exist”.
Here is a quote:
“Someday I will no longer call out, and there will be no heartbeat. What happens
then? From my point of view, nothing. Absolutely nothing.
I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state.”.
What happens when you die according to Singer Billy Joel (quote)
“I believe you go into other people’s hearts
When you pass you pass into other people’s hearts and are taken into their lives for
the rest of their lives and they pass that on
Just like music it never ends … it goes on and on.”
Film critic Roger Ebert passed away from cancer in 2013
I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing
on the other side of death to fear.
I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state.
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you;
then whose will those things be which you have provided?
Lie Number Two: We Go To Sleep At Death.
Death is not hibernation (sleep)
John 11:11 Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him
out of sleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 “those who have fallen asleep in Jesus”
Acts 7:59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.”
Acts 7:60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge
them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with
Me in Paradise.”
2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with the Lord.
Matthew 22:32 “…God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Lie Number Three:There Is A Second Chance After Death.
Death is not reclamation.
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once,…
II. THE JUDGMENT THAT’S SETTLED
Hebrews 9:27 ” … but after this the judgment,”
There is the judgment of the cross.
The judgment on the believer with chastening.
The self judgment of the believer (If we would judge ourselves)
The judgment of the beliver’s works at the judgment seat of Christ
1. The judgment on the nation of Israel
2. The judgment of the nations.
3. The judgment on fallen angels
4. The judgment of the great white throne
John 3:18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe
is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God.
Revelation 22:11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be
filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be
holy still.”
Ecclesiastes 11:3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the
earth; And if a tree falls to the south or the north, In the place where the tree falls,
there it shall lie.
Someone has written:
As the tree falls, so must it lie.
As a man lives, so will he die.
As a man dies, so will he be.
Through all the years of eternity.
Proverbs 29:1 He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, will suddenly
be destroyed, and that without remedy.
William Shakespeare wrote:
There is a line by us unseen that crosses every path
The hidden boundary between God’s [mercy] and [God’s] wrath
J. Addison Alexander wrote this poem:
There is a time, we know not when,
A point we know not where,
That marks the destiny of men
To glory or despair.
There is a line by us unseen,
That crosses every path;
The hidden boundary between
God’s patience and His wrath.
John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him
who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed
from death into life.”
Romans 8:1 “There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus”
2 Corinthians 6:2 “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation”
