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Now, let’s come over here to Psalm 144, and we’ll get back to the to the
100 year age in just little bit and about how things will be with people
then. But let’s come over here to look more description of it in Psalm
144, and let’s begin in verse nine—talking about what it’s going to be
like with people and how they’re going to be—and here it is, here is of,
of David—and he says, a, here let’s begin in verse nine: “I will sing a
new song unto thee, O God…” and it’s going to be a change of heart,
change of mind, change of spirit, change of environment, change of
everything the way that we do it. The change of society, the change of
law, the change of rulership. It’s going to be a complete remaking of
the, of the whole world and the whole human race. [chuckle] To conform
to God’s way. That’s going to be absolutely something!
So, “sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. It is he
that giveth salvation unto kings…” (Ps. 144:9-10,
KJV). God is the one who does.
Now, also we’ll be singing to God. “…who delivereth David his servant
from the hurtful sword. Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange
children [you can liken that unto sin] whose mouth speaketh vanity, and
their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: That our sons may be
as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be
as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace” (vs.
11-12).
In other words, there are going to be nothing but beautiful, wonderful
children and it’s going to be, people will then be as the way that God
intended them to be—without the curse that interferes with their
inheritance, you see, as we have today. So that’s all going to be
eliminated.
Continuing: “That our garners may be full, affording all
manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten
thousands in our streets” (v 13). That’s not to say anything of what
we’ve talked about yet, but think of the productivity of the animals.
You think about rejoicing and eating. And, a, you know, just take all
the things that we have today, how many people like the barbecue and
things like that. Just think what is going to be like to have the kind
of food and have the kind of things we that will be then, and every one
of worshiping God, praising God, keeping the Sabbath, keeping the holy
days, doing everything the way that God wants. Loving God with all our
heart, mind and soul and being. All the children obedient, everyone
respecting and loving his neighbor. You know, we won’t have to have
locks, on the doors; we won’t have to have fire alarms; we won’t have to
have burglar alarms; we won’t have to have police cars, any of that,
see! This is going to be such a marvelous; it’s going to be such a
strange world as far as his people look at it today. But it’s going to
be the way God wanted it to be originally, see—the restitution of all
things.
And verse 14: “That our oxen may be
strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out;
that
there be no complaining in our streets. Happy is that
people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people,
whose God is the LORD” (vs. 14-15).
So, just multiply this for a thousand years. Now, let’s just go right
on, Psalm 145: “I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy
name for ever and ever.” And this what it’s going, going to be: We are
going to have such an educational system, such a worship system, such a
music system and everything that it is just going to be absolutely
marvelous. The full ability and talents that every human being has will
be able be developed to the fullest. Just think of that! (Psa. 145: 1,
KJV).
“Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and
ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness
is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another,
and shall declare thy mighty acts” (vs 2-4).
So, every generation is going to learn. Now, just think about it. When
we come to the holy days, then we’re going to be able to really teach
the full meaning of it to all the people—beginning with the Passover and
Unleavened Bread, and all the way down through Pentecost, Trumpets and
Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles and the Last Great Day.
And as we get closer to the end of the millennium the whole hearing of
the society is going to be to make and provide for those people of the
second resurrection, see. So there’s going to be such great and
fantastic things take place and great economic things being developed
that it’s going to be beyond our comprehension to think of it now
because we only see through a glass darkly but then we will be
participating in making the real thing happen.
Now verse five: “I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and
of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy
terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly
utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy
righteousness” (vs 5-7).
Now, just think of this: Over the whole earth, “The LORD is
gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The
LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies
are over all his works” (vs 8-9).
And then with all those people being converted brought into the kingdom
of God, what a magnificent thing is going to be. What a great and
tremendous job that God is preparing for each one of us. To be able to
participate in this. To be able to bring this, to be able to bring the
longings in hopes of all human beings to its greatest and fullest and
most complete way possible.
Now let’s continue on and finish some more verses here in this Psalm.
This is a great and a tremendous Psalm, here. Yes, verse 10: “All thy
works shall praise thee, [And, of course, the greatest work is what? The
creation of godly character in every one. Right, yes!] O LORD; and thy
saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,
and talk of thy power; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
and the glorious majesty of his kingdom” (vs. 10-12).
And so, what we are doing, we’re not only, it, for the millennium, but
we are preparing for all the rest of eternity, you see. Because the ages
of eternity and the use of the universe cannot possibly be fulfilled
until God completes His plan that He’s doing with all human beings.
Now let’s continue here: “…and talk of thy power; To make known to the
sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion
endureth throughout all generations” (vs 11-13).
So, all through the millennium this is going to be. Quite a thing.
Absolutely, just so overwhelming, you see, the calling that God has
given us and the work that God is going to give us to do. Absolutely,
just mind-boggling!
Now, let’s continue on here: “The LORD upholdeth all that fall, [so if
they sin and repent He restores them] and raiseth up all those that
be bowed down. [there isn’t going to be any more that] The eyes of
all wait upon thee; [see, because every thing that there is depends upon
the power of God] and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou
openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing”
Boy, won’t that be known during the millennium. “The LORD is righteous
in all his ways, and holy in all his works” (vs. 14-17).
Now, again notice how quickly prayers are going to be answered: “The
LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call
upon him in truth [speaker’s emphasis]. He will
fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry,
and will save them. The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all
the wicked will he destroy” (vs 14-20).
And we’ll go on the will see that tomorrow, how he’s going to take care
of that.
“My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless
his holy name for ever and ever” (v 21). And that could not happen until
we get into the millennial setting. So, what you can, you can I say is
that, these Psalms as they run right in a row are millennial setting
Psalms.
Let’s come over here to 146 and verse 10, the very last verse of the
next Psalm, and let’s read that: “The LORD shall reign for ever, even
thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.”
So, that’s quite a thing!
Now, we’ve seen what’s going to happen during the millennium. That are
going to be blessings abundant overflow thing, the maximum development
of all human beings, all talent of all ability. There is going to be a
marvelous economy, a marvelous production and so forth. Now let’s talk
about how they will enter into the kingdom of God.
Now, we’ve already established in Isaiah 65 that they will live 100
years; and we will see that, that will also applied to those who come up
in the second resurrection. Now, what’s going to happen toward… when,
when it comes time for them to enter into the kingdom of God? Since
they’re eating of the tree of life, why would they have to die?
Now, we’re going to see some things here that are very important for us
to understand. We know that in I Corinthians 15, it says “as in Adam,
all die.” Now then, the restitution of all things removes that penalty
of Adam and it’s going to be that each one would die for his own sins if
he or she commits the unpardonable sin.
But let’s come to I Thessalonians the fourth chapter, I Thessalonians
the fourth chapter, and let’s see what is going to happen here. Because
we have a precedence here in I Thessalonians the fourth chapter that
there are going to be some saints who are still alive when Christ
returns, and they will not experience death. Remember, Jesus said that
if you believe in the Son you have passed from death to life. Now, if
you are still alive when Jesus returns then something else is going to
happen.
Let’s see it right here, a, let’s begin right here in verse 14—I
Corinthians, ah, first Thessalonians 4, I Thessalonians 4:14(FV):
“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in exactly the same
way also, those who have fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with Him
[Because they will be resurrected and on the sea of glass.] For this we
say to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive
and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall in no wise precede those
who are asleep [or which have died]. Because the Lord Himself shall
descend from heaven with the voice of the archangel, and with
the
trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; [now, verse 17
is a key because it says]: Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, for the meeting with
the Lord in
the air; and so shall we always be with the Lord” (vs 14-17).
Now, we’ve already explained that going through Pentecost and, and
Trumpets and so forth. So, let’s focus in on this: “we which are alive
and remain shall be caught up together…”
Now, it doesn’t say, “we which are alive shall die instantly and be
changed.” No. We who are alive shall be caught up together, so the
change will be instantaneous. There will be no death! What would be the
purpose of having these people die if they have already qualified for
salvation. What purpose would that serve?
Now, let’s come there to I Corinthians 15, and we’ll see the same thing,
Paul says concerning the same thing. It is a mystery, see. We know this,
verse 50, I Corinthians 15: “Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God…” So they cannot enter into the
kingdom of God if they are caught up together with them still being
alive then they had to be changed instantaneously, see. Because flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption
inherit incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery: we shall not all
fall asleep, [that is, die and go in the grave] but we shall all be
changed, In an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet; for
the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.” (vs. 50-52).
Now, let’s apply this to the millennial setting. Everyone is given 100
years to live. Now, if they have been righteous, if they have eaten of
the tree of life, if they have loved God, loved their neighbor, loved
each other, kept the commandments of God, grown in grace and knowledge,
grown in character, develop. When they reached 100 years, what would be
the purpose of them dying?
Now it says in Isaiah 65, the sinner will be accursed. So anyone
dies—and that, by the way, will be their first death because those who
go in the lake of fire will suffer the second death. So the sinner that
dies will be accursed and buried. But the one who is righteous, what’s
going to happen with them? Well, I kind of think of it this way: I think
there is going to be a “going out” party or a graduation ceremony in
place of a funeral service. That when… let’s look at it this way: when
it comes time for those to enter into the kingdom of God, I suppose it
is set time during, set times during the year when everyone comes to
Sabbath services, there is going to be a special ceremony of a “going
out” party—of changing from flesh to spirit, of going from human life to
spirit life.
Now, you talk about a demonstration for everyone in church services.
Now, that’s going to be something, isn’t it? You talk about helping
people believe [speaker’s emphasis], you know.
And, of course, they will be able to manifest themselves to all their
relatives. So this is going to be something, isn’t it.
Now, just think of this happening all down during the millennium—this
taking place over and over and over and over again. What a tremendous
and marvelous thing this is going to be. However, there’s one catch to
it, which is this: the sinner is gonna die and the sinner will be
buried.
Now, when we come down to the end of the millennium, just like we are
here at the end of the Feast of Tabernacles, then something has to
change. Because the sinner will not be able to live to a hundred years
and die. So, what’s going to happen then? How is God going to handle
that?
Let’s come back here to Revelation the 20th chapter and let’s see
another part of Revelation 20 that we have, to finish the rest of the
story. Now, let’s go back to the Day of Atonement. And in going back to
the Day of Atonement, this will help us be able to answer another
question: Why did God have Satan thrown into the abyss, bound and
chained and a seal set over him in the abyss? Because he has one last
purpose for Satan. And that has to do with the end of the millennium.
And that has to do with the people who are sinners and cannot live out
their lives to be a hundred years accursed and buried. They still have
to die their first death because of their sins.
So, let’s read it here now, verse 7, Revelation 20 (FV): “Now
when the thousand years have been completed, Satan shall be loosed out
of his prison.” Why loose him out of the prison? To take care of the
wicked who have rejected salvation. Because, you see, as great as it’s
going to be all during the millennium, what happens when people are born
into an environment? Everything becomes normal. The unusual becomes the
normal and the accepted. And there will be those at the end of the
millennium who will be sinning.
Now, how is God going to take care of that? And how are they going to
die their first death being sinners? All right, let’s finish here verse
8: “And he shall go out to deceive the nations that
are in the four corners of the earth, God and Magog...” Now if
this is Gog and Magog the people, then God is a respecter of persons and
has not given them an opportunity for salvation. But this has to be Gog
and Magog the geographic area.
Now, let’s think of this a minute. What does God do with sinners who
don’t repent, that are not ready to die? Well, we have the example of
Adam and Eve, don’t we? What happened when they sinned? They were
removed from the Garden of Eden, weren’t they? They were exiled—yes.
Now, we have another example with Cain. What happened when he was
exiled? He was further exiled. And so, when God does not want to destroy
the wicked at that time then he saves them for another time by letting
them live in exile.
Now, we’ve also seen this with the children of Israel in the children of
Judah when they sinned. God sent them into exile; and likewise, with
other nations that have sinned grievously before Him. He sends them into
captivity, doesn’t He? Yes!
So we have a principle here. Now let’s apply this to the end of the
thousand years when they are completed. That because of the rebellion of
Gog and Magog before the millennium, and right after the beginning of
the millennium, could it be that God is going to take part of the area
of Gog and Magog, which will be up, what we might say Siberia and, and
Manchuria, and so forth. and use that area as an area of exile. So that,
if people don’t want to repent and they don’t want to have their sins
covered under Jesus Christ, they, they are, they want to go out and
express their own way then God will exile them to the area of Gog and
Magog—for what purpose?
Sort of as a collecting point for all the sinners that must die the
first death. Because remember, the incorrigible wicked must die twice.
That’s what we find in Revelation 20, as we’ll see tomorrow.
So, “…and he shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four
corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, [the geographical area where they
have been exiled] of whom the number of them is as the sand of the sea,
to gather them together for war” (v 8, paraphrased). So when is this
going to be? I, I. think it’s going to be similar to this: Satan is
going to be led out of his prison, the demons will be let out of the
prison. They will be told they can go to Gog and Magog, and here are all
these sinners. And they are going to welcome Satan with open arms,
aren’t they. Because they’ve already committed the unpardonable sin.
Now here Satan comes and says, “You know, I’ve been in captivity for a
thousand years, and you need to understand that
I am really the God of this world. That I am
the one who is going to give you immortality. So, you can worship me,
and let’s do this: let’s work up an army and because these people are
defenseless down there in Jerusalem, and we’ll go take over Jerusalem.”
You know, same old tactic that he used before. “Well, let’s take over
God throne.” Bam! He’s thrown down.
“Well, let’s take over God’s people.” He’s thwarted! Now, he’s let out
and this is his final act, and he says, “Let’s go down to Jerusalem and
let’s take over this place, and we’ll run the world and we’ll get rid of
all of these people, and we’ll get rid of Jesus Christ, and we’ll get
rid of all those that are serving Him and you can rule the world.”
They probably said, “Yeah, man, let’s go!”
Now, he’s loosed for a season, okay? Now, how long is that? We don’t
know. But long enough to work up an army; long enough to totally deceive
them, long enough so that they are ready to go and march on Jerusalem.
Now, let’s see what happens. See, they’re not deceived out of salvation.
Let’s understand that first. They’ve already rejected salvation. They’re
deceived into going to battle. For what purpose? Let’s see it: “And they
went up on the breadth of the saints… [So maybe it was right during the
time of the Feast of Tabernacles, you see.] …and the beloved city…” (v
9). So there they were, you know, a repeat in the past—armies encircling
Jerusalem. You know, Satan can’t do anything new. He just peat and
repeat over and over again, see.
Now notice what happens. The purpose of this is this: “…and fire came
down from God out of heaven, and consumed them” (v 9). So they all die.
What is that? That is their first death!
So they’re going to have to wait for the second resurrection and the
lake of fire.
Now, let’s see something else that is important to understand concerning
Satan the devil. This is his last and final act
[speaker’s emphasis].
This is his last and his final rebellion against God! He will never
ever, ever do it again!
Now, let’s read on: “And the Devil that deceived them [because he was a
spirit being] was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone …” Now, here
in The Faithful Version we have the correct translation, “where
the beast and a false prophet had been cast and they…” (v 10) Now, that
is Satan and the demons, because wherever Satan is, the demons are. We
find that back here in Revelation the ninth chapter, where it says here,
Revelation 9, and it says in verse 11: “And they [that is, those demons
who were coming out of the abyss that was open, you see] have over them
a king, his name in Hebrew is Abaddon but the name he has in Greek is
Apollyon.”
So, wherever Satan goes the demons go with him, because originally in
the original rebellion, his tail drew a third part of the angels of God
and they became demons just like he became Satan the devil. And so, it
says here that they shall be tormented day and night into the ages of
eternity.
Now, as we’re going to see, the lake of fire eventually burns up. So,
what happens to them? With that then, the works that the devil is going
to do are all over, completed.
Now then, let’s come here to Hebrews, Hebrews the second chapter and
let’s see the overall goal that’s going to take place. The overall a
thing that’s going to happen with the power of Christ. And we will see
that this will lead us on into tomorrow to the Last Great Day. Because
you see, the seventh day of the feast and the eighth day of the feast
are connected together and we will see that beginning tomorrow.
But it says here, let’s pick it up in verse 14 of Hebrews 2(FV):
“Therefore, since the children are partakers of flesh and blood, in like
manner He also took part in the same, in order that through death he
might annul him who has the power of death—that is, the devil”
So, he’s going to annul all
[speaker’s emphasis] the works of the devil. He’s going to
eliminate them as if they had never existed. Now, that’s not going to be
finally accomplished until the lake of fire consumes the whole earth.
After that happens and a new heaven and earth is put in place, then we
need to understand what is eventually going to happen to Satan the devil
as a spirit being.
Let’s come to the book of Jude and let’s see what it tells us here. The
book of Jude and what’s going to happen to Satan the devil and the
demons and where what, what their fate is ultimately going to be. It is
going to be a punishment which will torment them day and night for ever.
Not the flames tormenting them day and night forever, but we will see a
different punishment which will torment them for ever.
Now let’s come here, let’s come here to verse 11. This talks about that
into the lake of fire for those who have sinned. “Woe to them! For they
have walked in the way of Cain; and for gain, they have wholly given
themselves up to Balaam’s delusion, and have perished in the rebellion
of Korah. These are subversive stains in your love feasts, feasting in
person together with you; fearlessly they are feeding themselves. [Now,
that has all happened, we’ve all experienced that. Now, notice this:]
“They are clouds without water. being driven by the winds; trees of late
autumn without any fruit, uprooted, twice dead” (Jude 11-12,
FV).
Now that’s the second death, and we’ll talk a little bit about that
tomorrow. What causes the second death? Those who believe and worship
Satan the devil and reject God the Father, Jesus Christ and all the
Saints that are ruling over them during the millennium, okay.
Now, notice: raging waves of the sea, [now, it goes on in to the demonic
and satanic type] casting up like foam their own ignominious shame;
wandering stars, [now, remember, Satan’s tail drew a third part of the
stars of heaven, which are angels. So we have “wandering stars.” That
is, Satan and the demons who sinned against God and did not repent. “for
who has been reserved the blackest darkness forever!” (v 13).
And that will bring torment! Just like when the blackness that God
brought upon Egypt, it tormented them and vexed them. It’s not the lake
of fire that’s going to torment them, because as we will see, the lake
of fire is going to go out; to prepare the way for new heaven a new
earth. We’ll see that tomorrow. That being cut off from God for ever in
the blackest darkness for ever, that is torment, and Satan and the
demons are worthy of that torment.
And so, that ends, as we can say, the seventh day of the Feast of
Tabernacles ends with the judgment against Satan the devil and his
demons.
Now then, we have the eighth day and we have the meaning of that so
we’ll cover that tomorrow.
Feast of Tabernacles—Day 7, 2006
Scriptural References
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Isaiah 9:6
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Revelation 22:17
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Isaiah 9:7
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Ezekiel 36:21-28
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Zephaniah 3:14-17
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Ezekiel 34:13-15, 23-27, 30-31
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Isaiah 51:1-5
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Psalm 147:1-14
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Micah 4:1-4
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Isaiah 30:18-21
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Isaiah 66:21-23
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Isaiah 65:16-25
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Psalm 144:9-15
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Psalm 145:1-20
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Psalm 146:10
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1 Thessalonians 4:14-17
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1 Corinthians 15:50-52
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Revelation 20:7-10
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Hebrews 2:14
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Jude 11-13
Note: all OT scriptures from
The King James Version
all NT scriptures from
The Faithful Version
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