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Brethren, this year alone, we've seen amazing devastation in the world. I have a few facts, just from a few days in the first week of January this year. For instance, on January 1st, we had an earthquake in Argentina of 6.9, and on the second, we had another one of 7.1 in Chile. Also, on the second of January, we had a thousand birds falling in Arkansas, and a 20-mile section in the Arkansas River of dead fishes that appeared in that area. On January 3rd, there was a yellow fever outbreak in Uganda, where more than 40 people died, and then there was another earthquake in Argentina, again in South America. There were also a number of birds, hundreds of dead birds that were found in Louisiana, and tens of thousands of birds were found in Manitoba, and those obviously dead. They just didn't find the birds, but they were dead birds. And there were thousands of birds that fell in South America. There was a major flood in Australia. You remember, there were terrible floods in Australia at the beginning of the year, and it kind of feels like it was so far away. It was so long ago. On the 4th of January, there were 100 tons of dead fish that washed up on Brazilian shores, and on January 5th, again, there were dead birds in East Texas, dead birds in Sweden, and fish in Maryland, Brazil, and New Zealand. On January 6th, there were 40,000 crabs found dead in England beaches, and every flood affected Brazil, killing at least 35 people. Now, brethren, that's in less than a week, just the beginning of January this year. So we actually can't go on listing it at that sort of right. Otherwise, it'll be, yeah, and that'll be the end of the sermon. So, but just looking at some of the big things, March 11th.
Do you remember what happened on March 11th? The great earthquake in Japan and the great tsunami.
And even today, there are impacts from that. Then in April, where tornadoes in North Carolina and Virginia, 47 people died, there was massive thunderstorm storm that spawned 137 tornadoes and killed at least 180 people in Tuscaloosa, and also in Birmingham, and Huntsville, and Alabama.
And then in May, there were deadly tornadoes that hit Minneapolis, Missouri, Oklahoma City, and then also in the Philippines, there were fish that washed the shore and died, and in the Banganizan, don't even know exactly where that is, but an area there, there were 10,000 metric tons of dead fish that died. It's unbelievable what's happening in the world. In June, we had a volcano that erupted in Chile for the first time in 50 years, massive wildfires in Arizona claimed more than 30 homes, and 40 tornadoes through Nebraska and Cassis.
And then we all know about the terrible floods that are eating the breadbasket of the states.
The drought grouping the west could be the worst in 500 years, some people say, with effects in the Colorado River basin even worse than during the dustball years.
The scientist Robert Webb from the U.S. Geological Survey stated, the water flow levels are at close to half of those of the drought of the dirty 30s of the previous century. And we won't even mention, brethren, the starvation in Somalia, the troubles in Sudan, the U.S. debt crisis and U.S. credit down rating, the financial crisis in Europe and Europe, and obviously, the yearly beloved retirement, 41Ks and 43Bs that you've taken a knock in the last weekend too, in the stock market. And then we have riots, riots motivated by young people, young people and younger people in different areas. In the U.K., for instance, we've seen terrible riots. Now look with me, please, in Isaiah chapter 5. Isaiah the fifth chapter, and look at verse 4.
Isaiah 5, verse 4, it says, from them. They have dealt treasure of the Lord. They have begotten pagan children.
They have begotten children that are disobedient. And you look at the things that happen in the U.K.
where the prime minister from the U.K. clearly said, it's a problem in the homes, in the children, in schools that it's now spreading onto the society. And brethren, with this sort of world, we do know on the other side that God will not allow us to destroy ourselves. And God will intervene to create a paradise on earth. You will. You will create a paradise on earth.
You'll create a new earth with new heavens giving raining deuces. And how will this change occur how will there be what will key events will there be that will bring this such great paradise on earth.
And so today, brethren, we want to look at some of those events and we're going to start with Acts the third chapter, Acts 3, verse 19, Acts 3, verse 19, 3 21 Repent therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out so that the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and that he may send Jesus Christ who was preached to you before whom the heavens must receive until the times of restoration of all things when Christ comes back he will come and restore all things the kingdom of God will reign on earth and there will be a time of restoration of all things the earth will be restored to utter beauty it will be a new garden of Eden on earth there will be no more destruction on earth turn with me to Isaiah 11 chapter Isaiah 11 we'll start reading in verse 9, verse 6 through 9, Isaiah 11 verse 6 through 9 the wolf also shall dwell with the lamp the leopard shall lie down with the young goat the calf and the young lion and the fatling together and the little child shall leave them the cow and the bear shall grace the young ones shall lie down together the lion shall eat straw like the ox the nursing child shall lead the nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole and the ween child shall put his hand in the viper's den they shall not hurt nor destroy in my holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the eternal as the waters cover the sea it will be beautiful i mean it's interesting that says the young lion i've got a picture here out of a three-month-old pup that's a three-month old puppy lion and and it's beautiful they they actually quite big three months they quite big and they're quite frightful you have to keep your eyes and you've got to keep them distracted or something else otherwise they might go with you but it it is something very pleasant to have a lion pup and hold a lion pup a baby lion you must ask my wife she held one and she'll tell about the experiences of the joy that it is how beautiful they are they are beautiful god has made a wonderful creation and in verse 10 and in that day there shall be a root of jesse in other words jesus christ who shall stand as a banner to the people so for the gentiles shall seek him and his resting place shall be glorious his resting place so christ will come the kingdom of god will be established and people from all nations will start coming back particularly israelites and the jews will come back to palestine look continue reading in verse 11 and it shall come to pass in that day that the lord shall set his hand again the second time it was the second exodus to recover the remnant of his people who are left from asyria and it from paphoros and kush it was from north africa and from etiopia from elam that's iran and china which is probably iraq from hamar which is probably northwest syria and the islands of the sea which is probably england or australia new zealand and so from all over the place people come and he will set up a banner for the nations and he will assemble that cost of israel and gather together the dispersed of judah so it's not just just to choose because it says of israel and judah it's both from the four corners of the earth from the four corners of the earth from everywhere they will be gathered together but how will god create this paradise they will move from the world today to a wonderful world tomorrow how is it that god is going to do that well i am not going to go into detail into these prophecies but i just want to give you a very quick glimpse as a reminder of some of the basic things that the book of revelation gives to us and basically there are seven seals the book of revelation gives us and the first four represent four horsemen which they are currently riding and during the period of the four horses riding we have a number of things to watch mr stomps from always told us to watch watch basically israel jerusalem and the daily sacrifices which don't exist yet so it's an area to watch and there are a number of events happening around israel that you and i need to be sensitive and we need to watch then we need to watch europe because there are things going to happen in europe that is going to cause it to be ten nations not 27 ten nations there's going to be very painful things that will affect us all to change that to ten nations then there's going to be a king of the south that is going to stand up you know what's a caliphate that is going to stand up from nations in the south of jerusalem of basically a rabbit background so we're going to see which things happening in basic world events there will be very significant to all of us we got to watch then we got to watch the loss of pride of us and britain i'll break the pride of your power what's the pride of the power it's the strength of the american dollar and its military and therefore we're going to see the american dollar losing its strength around the world brethren we are seeing these things today i mean all the things i'm mentioning there that mr.
soms wrong is mentioned to us for years before we are seeing them today then we got to watch religions yes false religion and god's church false religions we really need to watch two areas one is the catholic church but the other one is the growth of that influence that is going to drive the king of the south which is going to be a religion around there which we believe will be the muslim religion driven by maybe some radical forces then we need to watch god's church he is the church doing the work it says the time will come that the gospel be preached around the world and then the end will come we need to watch this we need to watch god's church doing the work and then the overall declining values of morality around the world brethren we're seeing these things and they're coming to an intensity which is greater and greater but it will reach to a point where something which is very significant which is mentioned in first abbey of our second thessalonians and i would like you to turn there second thessalonians chapter two second thessalonians chapter two verse one two three three second thessalonians chapter two verse one two three now brethren concerning the coming of our lord jesus christ and our gathering together within there was concerning christ's coming that's what we all talking about and and we all look for the world tomorrow so concerning that we ask you not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled either by spirit or by word or by letter as if it was from us as though the day of christ had come don't be deceived as if it's already happened it has not happened let no one deceive you by any means that that day will not come unless the falling away comes first brethren the falling away has happened another day of the day a number of about a decade and a half ago or more that has happened that falling away has happened but the next thing has not happened that day will not come until the man of sin is revealed that man of sin the false prophet that the one that will exalt himself that will stand in in call himself as god and all the other things is gotta come first it is an indicator i call it a milestone it's like a marker that when that happens we know wow we now better watch out it's yeah the time is come when that happens it really is significant so brethren that's one thing that we really watch to it now watch some of the things that it says here in verse four through seven who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called god or that is worship so that he sits as god in the temple of god so in israel there will be some sort of a sanctuary area where they'll do sacrifices etc something showing himself that do you not remember that when i was still with you i told you of these things and now you know what is restraining that he may be revealed his own time and he's saying listen now know this thing what is holding it back what is holding it back because it could happen at any time and he says goes on verse seven for the mystery of lordness is a is already at work yes this whole spirit of the wrong beliefs that would once that madison is revealed you will just use it is already around us yes we know it's been around for many years and even from the time of paul so it was already there but only he who now restraints it's only him that god who's holding this thing back he's holding it back because it says no man knows the day of the hour only the father knows and he is holding it and we've seen things moving forwards we're mentioning in the car as we're driving you know we see things moving forwards and then kind of the slowdown then we see things moving forwards and then they kind of slow down and we think oh well it's coming now and then again slows down because god is restraining it until god says let's go and then it will happen and he says yeah that's what it says and he says for the minister was already at work only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way until he decides that's it take everything out of the way and let it happen then a man of sun will be revealed and things will then escalate god is in control only he knows when it's the day of the hour and it's up to him to decide when he lets it go it's he's in control and so that is going to be a major a major event to watch that we got to keep in mind and then there are other events like there is the abomination of desolation as you know christ said you know watch what the prophet daniel said when it comes keep a watch on that and that that means at that time it says people flee flee and that means the church or a portion of the church let's put it this way as you read in daniel 12 a portion of the church will be protected then after that satan will have is still day he will be angry very angry and will try and get to the rest of the church and to the rest of israel and the other and and and israelite people so that's what the bible calls it satan's wrath at the same time because the church cannot preach the gospel anymore because the church is now basically effectively cannot do the work anymore and it will be therefore i there will be a famine of the word then god raises up to two witnesses in parallel to still preach the gospel until god says that's it and then there will be the sixth seal as we see in the picture there there'll be the sixth seal which basically says okay it's now enough god says i am going to now intervene and that is when god says from your own words i am going to intervene in walls of all the affairs it's the sixth seal he says right and that moment he seals the people that have come out of the great tribulation of words that have repented during the great tribulation 144 000 and a great multitude they are sealed they are protected so that they are not affected by the punishments that god will bring upon the earth over the next period probably a year of which is defined by the the trumpets and then at the last trump as we know christ will come back turn with me then to revelation 11 verse 15 because now we're going to see the lost trump revelation 11 verse 15 then the seventh angel sounded and there were loud voices in heaven saying the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our lord and of his christ and he shall reign forever the kingdom of god now at the last trumpet is gonna reign on earth no more the kingdom of the world no more satan ruling over the world so god is and therefore there's going to be a series of other events of god now is taking control of the matter and god is going to take over the world he has punished the world during the six trumpets is basically humbled the inhabitants of the earth the god's people have been protected either they've been the church protected or they've been sealed god's people be protected so they'll not be affected by the punishment that he will execute during the last six trumpets the people will be protected so so god will humble the earth they will have not repented but god will humble them so that they are malleable then god intervenes and as we read radia on 11 15 the kingdom of god is now gonna come to run on earth and if you go on reading on verse 18 it says the nations were angry and your wrath has come and the time of the dead that they should be judged now note here there are three things that are important in this verse here the time has come in other words nobody knows when that time is but the time that appointed time has come for three things first for the dead that they should be judged and how will the dead be judged the dead will be judged because some will be or christians true christians they have the holy spirit and therefore they will be resurrected and that resurrection is a judgment that separates those from the others that stay in the graves so that will be a judgment so those dead there are true christians that are ones in christ will be resurrected so the time the dead will be judged and that resurrection will be a gift of eternal life as we can read in Corinthians 15 and first thessalonians 4 and on the last trumpet the dead will resurrect and we that are alive will then join them so it's the time of the the dead to be judged and second thing and that you that's god should reward your servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear your name small and great so the second thing is is reward the first one is a gift of eternal life that's a gift they'll be judged they'll be given eternal life and they eat a kingdom but secondly there'll be a reward as it was mentioned in the sermon it some people will be rewarded according to their works according to their different talents how do we use them and therefore they'll be related to those talents and the third item is and should destroy those who destroy the earth and should destroy those who destroy the earth and you can read more of that the the the reward of that as you can read about the wedding ceremony in revelation 19 how god will reward and you will be able to also read in revelation 19 now god will come to earth god will come to earth and will jesus christ as the king of kings and lord of lords you can read that in revelation 19 and it will execute judgment upon the nations now let's look a little bit more detail on that that time in zechariah 14 zechariah the 14th chapter zechariah 14 starting in verses one and says be all the day will be all the day of the lord is coming and your spoil will be divided in your midst for i'll gather all the nations to battle against jerusalem the city shall be taken the house is rifled the women ravished half of the city will go into captivity but the remnant of the people shall not be cut off in verse three then the lord shall go forth and fight against those nations as he fights in the day of the battle and in that day his feet will stand on a mount of olives which faces jerusalem on the east and amount of olives shall be splitting too from the eastern to the west making it a very large valley half of the mountain shall move towards the north and half towards the south and then you shall flee through the mountain valley from the for the mountain valley shall be shall reach as all yes you shall flee as you fled from the earth quack in today's uzziah thus the lord my god will come the lord my god will come who is the lord my god there will come it's jesus christ second coming and all the signs with you all the signs will come with him resurrected signs already appointed to their positions of authority according to their works those are the rewarded and it shall come to pass continuing verse six um that well let's jump all the way through to verse 12 verse 12 and this shall be the plague in which the lord will strike all the people who fought against jerusalem so they will come and those people will fight there the local people the armies the armies that come to fight their flesh will dissolve while they stand on their feet their eyes will dissolve in their sockets yeah because they've got atomic bombs they've got all these things they can really cause devastation so god will stop and prevent them from pressing all those buttons and creating all those things at the right time they don't even have time to do it because you'll just wipe them out that quickly and their tongue shall dissolve in their mouths it shall come to pass in that day that a great panic from the lord will be among them everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor and raise his hand against his neighbor's hand he will start fighting amongst themselves now in verse 14 is interesting verse 14 says judah also will fight at jerusalem the jewish people will be the first nation when christ comes back that will be converted and mass i mean not all repented there but they will now recognize that christ is the messiah that they've been waiting for and they will go right behind supporting christ will be the first nation the israelite people in the land of israel today the jewish people will be the first ones that says this is the messiah and this is it that we've been waiting for and they will support christ will be the first nation of all the nations that will will be converted and the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be gathered together gold silver and pearl and great upon so we see judah will be the first nation basically what we see is christ is coming back god is now bringing the wonderful bringing the wonderful wall tomorrow onto planet earth and the first thing he's going to do after he's fought those nations is going to actually put satan away as we know he's going to put satan away which is represented by the day of atonement so satan will be put away now that satan is put away that those armies have been destroyed the false prophet and the beast power and those armies that are fighting christ have been fought the wall of wall is humbled by all those punishments they had what can be done what is the next thing that is going to happen luviticus 25 verse 9 and 10 luviticus 25 verse 9 and 10 luviticus 25 verse 9 and 10 then you shall cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month on the day of the tournament you shall make the trumpet to start throughout all your land and you shall consecrate the 50th year and proclaim liberty throughout all the earth the trumpet will blow it will be the year of jubilee and christ will come back and the trumpet will blow and it will be liberty proclaimed throughout all the planet earth it shall be a jubilee for you and each one of you shall return to his possession and each of you shall return to his family the jubilee trumpet can now be blown because the kingdom of god is established on earth and there's going to be peace god is going to bring peace god is going to rule i want to read a scripture which is very interesting which is azeir 61 azeir 61 i'm going to start reading in verse one the spirit of the lord spirit of the lord that's the father the spirit of god the father is upon me that's jesus christ because the lord that's the father has anointed me jesus christ to preach good tidings to the poor he has sent me jesus christ to heal the broken heart to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord and christ closed the book and sat down do you remember in azureth his first message when he started his his mission of three and a half years that's what he read because that represented his first coming and everybody looked at him but continue reading now because now we're looking at the second coming and the day of vengeance of god this is the time when god says that's enough and i'm going to fix this world up to comfort all umon to console those umon in zion to give them beautiful ashes the oil of joy for mourning the garment of praise for the spirit of eviness that they may be called trees of righteousness who are they that are going to be called trees of righteousness it will be the resurrected saints because when they resurrected remember when you read revelation 19 at the marriage supper that they says they they granted to be arraigned with fine linen white clothing white and bright fine linen and the fine linen is the righteous act of the saints because those are the rewards that they have of different levels according to their acts according to their works and they will have that fine linen and he says they'll be called trees of righteousness not man's righteousness god's righteousness because they have righteous acts they have god's righteousness the planting of the lord that he may be glorified and they shall rebuild the old ruins yes the spirit beings yes using human beings to do the under them but the spirit beings in other words you and i ruling under christ will be rebuilding the old wastes they should rebuild all runes they shall raise up the former desolations they shall repair the ruined cities the desolations of many generations and then let's read in verse six but you shall be you shall be named the priests of the lord who's you that shall be named the priests of the lord when christ comes he says king of kings and lord of lords those lords are the resurrected saints there will be the priests of the lord and they shall call you the servants of our god you shall eat the riches of the gentiles and in their glory you shall boast because by that time will be glorious as spirit beings ruling under christ and people will be able to look at them and they will be able to relate to these people resurrected and who says and they'll boast in that glory christ's glory in them and reading reading verse nine their descendants shall be known amongst the gentiles in other words their children that are still physically human beings living they'll be known amongst the gentiles and they'll spring amongst the people all who see them shall acknowledge them that they are the posterity whom the lord has blessed they are the seed as some other versions puts it and in the portuguese bible says they are the family whom the lord has blessed in other words will be part of god's family and that god has blessed and will be there ruling over people and obviously the physical human beings under them also will change and repent and will live and and so what we see is god will now bring a new paradise to earth and we will have scattered israel coming back to jerusalem area look at isiah 27 isiah 27 verse 12 to 13 isiah 27 verse 12 to 13 isiah 27 verse 12 through 13 and it shall come to pass in that day that the lord will fresh from the channel of the river to the brook of egypt you shall be gathered one by one physical people will be brought in from different nations wherever they are one by one all you children of israel so it shall be on that in that day that the great trumpet will be blown i believe it's the trumpet of jubilee the trumpet of jubilee will be blown and the people will come and will be gathered one by one under the guidance of spirit beings that are you and i and will guide them where to come and will guide and bring them to the land verse 13 so it shall be in that day the grand trumpet will be blown they will come who are about to perish in the land of asuria and they who are the outcasts who are outcasts in the land of egypt and you shall worship the lord in holy mountain of jerusalem these people that are about to die gone through all those difficulties that we've seen god will bring them one by one because there's jubilee there's liberty in the land look also with me please in jeremiah 23 jeremiah 23 verse 5 to 8 jeremiah 23 verse 5 to 8 we all the days are coming says the lord that i'll raise to david a branch of righteousness which is christ a king shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth that's christ in his days judo will be saved that's the jews and israel they both together in antar shall dwell safely now this is his name by which he will be called the lord our righteousness christ will be called the lord our righteousness therefore we all the days are coming says the lord that they shall no longer say as the lord lives who brought the children of israel from the land of egypt they're not going to talk about the first exodus they're going to talk and say but the they will say the lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of israel from the north country and from all the countries where i've driven them and they shall dwell in the land they will not be talking about the first exodus they'll be talking about this wonderful exodus of people coming in to jerusalem because the kingdom of god is reigning on earth and there's going to be peace and all the troubles are gone are past and those people will need care those people will be damaged psychologically damaged they'll be physically damaged there'll be a lot of skills that you have learned to care for these people to to to help them and you will be there to help them so think about all the implications mental implications psychological implications housing implications clean water food schools jobs for this world that is now going to start beautiful new world remember there'll be two types of things in the earth there will be physical human beings that have been post-disaster they will have been gone through chaos they still have human nature sure there's no second but they still have human nature so we'll have to work with them through that they will be coming into this land at the same time think there's the other Arab nations around where they're saying who's these people coming to my land so there's going to be certain frictions there i mean we've seen it before how much where where there's even more people coming so on the other side the other type of beings will be there'll be spirit beings in the kingdom of god the new ruling government world government and jesus christ let's say he's going to prepare a place for you right and and we can see there was a vision about the kingdom of god when christ was living remember turn with me to that vision in matthew 16 matthew 16 at the end of matthew 16 and matthew 17 christ gave us a clue about the kingdom of god a small clue matthew 16 on the last verse 28 28 yes surely i'll say to you there are some standing here amongst the 12 apostles who shall not taste death until they see until in other words they have a vision of the son of man coming in his kingdom until they see christ coming in his kingdom and in chapter 17 verse 1 now after six days jesus took peter james and john and led them up on a mountain by themselves and he was transfigured before them you know it was there was a vision they saw christ coming in the kingdom his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light brightest light and then he says and behold moses and elijah appeared before them talking with him and in verse 9 it says don't tell anybody until i've died and been resurrected about this vision because he was giving us a vision of something into the future you see he was giving us that there will be a spiritual organization of under moses and under elijah of state and church of kings and priests or lords so there will be an organization of two groups a group under moses ruling the government israel and all the other nations and a group under elijah managing religion church education the lords the priests and the two kings and priests and christ will be the lord of lords and king of kings they will guide the development of industry technology science agriculture commerce and overall social order in this new world tomorrow but it will all be organized god the father is supreme jesus christ delegated responsibility to come and sort this thing out on earth as the kingdom of god is now come to earth under these two legs of church and state and the kings will be under moses obviously there will be king david over israel but there'll be other nations as well and under king david will be the 12 apostles which will each apostle sit on each one on a different throne you can read that in matthew 19 verse 28 i'm not going to go into that but i just show you can make a note and you can read how they will be there and we as spirit beings will be under that organization somewhere under that organization either on one side of the leg or on the other side of the leg and will be rewarded according to our works as we heard in matthew 25 during the sermon ed but also in luke 19 will be according to our works those are the parables that really clarify how will be rewarded according to our works according to our abilities some people have less ability that's okay but if they still developed proportionately they'll be rewarded proportionate to their abilities that they have and so they will develop look with me please into isekia 34 verse 24 through 26 isekia 34 isekia 34 verse 24 to 26 i the lord will be their god and my servant david a prince amongst them i the lord have spoken i will make a new covenant of peace with them and cause the wild beasts to seize from the land in which god will even change the nature of beasts but this is symbolic that he will work with the human nature of human beings and will change that human nature to god's nature and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods and i'll make them and the places all around my hill a blessing and i'll cause showers to come down in this season there'll be rain in due season what a blessing it is for rain in due season the right rain early and the latter rain at the right time that is a blessing and there'll be showers of blessing brethren that's what will happen when god's government is ruling on earth people will repent nature will be changing and things will be different look at it for instance in mica chapter four mica chapter four for badaya mica and badaya jonas in mica mica chapter four verse one and two now it'll come to pass in the latter days this is the latter days it's in the wall tomorrow that the mountain of the lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains the kingdom of god will be established over all the other kingdoms and shall have been salted above the hills even the smaller nations and people shall flow to it and many nations shall come and say come and let us go up to the mountain of the lord let us go to where the kingdom of god is going out through and the kings and basically the priests and the lords are there preaching and teaching come and let us go to the mountain of the lord to the house of the god of jacob and he will teach us his ways and we shall walk in his paths for out of zion the law shall go forth you know what's the teaching the teaching about god's way about god's way of life will come and the word of the lord from jerusalem and he will he shall judge and it goes on there so we can see the right teaching with the right government will make the earth a paradise the right teaching with the right government will make the earth a paradise people will obey obey and blessings will follow that's how god will make the earth a paradise this will spread obviously over time and neighboring nations will learn so first will be his role and then in juda and so obviously first is juda then israel and then from israel the rest of abraham's children obviously so it's first to juda then to the israelites then the rest of abraham's children not only abraham isaac and jay but but also ishmael and the others they will repent and god will work with those nations and you can read in jeremiah 46 through 51 and you can read in a lot of the minor prophets how god will correct those nations around that area and will bring them into obedience because after that they will obey and will respect the kingdom of god it will then be a point that you mentioned you you can recall there will be a highway from egypt to asuria and basically it means it will spread from africa to europe there will be it will spread beyond that area so so it's it's basically like a stone dropping in water and those waves rippling all the way out and it will go out onto all the other nations from there it will just spread out and therefore having put down put down rebellion nations will start obeying god if they don't obey so they don't come to the feast of tabernacles they will be drafting that nation and therefore they'll soon learn and people will will develop and people will will be healthy and will be happy look with me to isiah 35 isiah 35 verse 4 to 7 isiah 35 say to those who are fearful hearted be strong and not fear the old your god will come with a vengeance with the recompense of god you'll come and save you then the eyes of the blind will be opened and look at it physically and spiritually don't just read this physically yes it's physical but it's also spiritual it's dual so the eyes of the blind will be open yes those that have certain physical illnesses will be healed but those there are blind mentally spiritually they cannot see the truth they will see the truth they don't understand and the penny will drop and they will follow and they will obey so says the years of the death shall be unstopped yes those that can't hear but often as it says if you have years to hear listen it's talking spiritually as well so look at it from a spiritual point of view as well then the lame shall leap like a deer yes some people are lame but spiritually they're lame because they're following the wrong way of life you will leap like a deer when you're following god's way of life and so it goes on and the tongue of the damned sing and for water shall burst forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert the parched ground shall become a pool and first he lands springs of water and the in habitation of jackals each day so we can see the nations this beauty will spread around the whole world looking in verse 10 phoencis and the ransom of the lord shall return and come to zion with singing with everlasting joy in their hands they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away brethren it will be a beautiful time there'll be a reconstruction work will be all encompassing around the world we'll have not just different type of schooling systems not just different ways of syringes and building roads but we'll have a new government system when you have new public servants that are real serving the public we'll have an education which will teach the mind but it will also teach how to love and will teach character to have the stature of christ we'll have schools teaching god's revealed knowledge we'll have commerce and industry will be restructured no more in the way of greed and no more based on competition no more based on dishonesty or misrepresentations deliberately misrepresentations like it is today we'll have a new financial system think about it every seven years they'll be released and every 50 years they'll be released again so we don't have those cash bubbles and things bubbling up and bursting and problems from that and god will give rain in due season and so the deserts will blossom into beautiful areas farmland and and and the land fabbits will be observed and and the land will be able to rest and a proper crop rotation avoiding pests and insecticides the breathing of animals will be natural not full of hormones and and the greed motive behind it people will just be healthier because they eating healthy and they're having healthy water it's not just drinking water but they will have healthy water healthy water and by the way remember that's another miracle remember the earth is polluted i mean we heard about fish just dying by the thousands and birds falling off the sky and people don't really know what's happening because there's so many pollutants out there that we actually don't even know the earth the waters are not right how many of us can actually just drink water i mean you even read some programs that even a bottle water some of it is not that good and we think it's good but it's not that good and and remember there'll be some pollution through nuclear nuclear disasters that will happen there will be a number of nuclear disasters happening in the days ahead so there'll be a lot of pollution out there but god will bring us healing waters turn with me to zechariah 14 verse 8 zechariah 14 verse 8 in that day there shall be living waters that shall flow shall flow from jerusalem living waters half of them towards the eastern sea that's the dead sea and half of them towards the western sea that's the mid-terranean in both summer and winter it shall occur and the lord shall be king over all the earth in that day it shall be the lord is one and his name one those healing waters will spread out to the dead sea and the dead sea will no more be a dead sea will be a living sea and the mid-terranean the waters from the mid-terranean will spread out onto the atlantic and then onto all the other seas because they'll be living waters do you know what a living water is a living water is like an organism you think about a living organism you've got it multiplies gets bigger right so if water is living it actually gets big it's like a plant you plant a plant and then it's a living plant and that plant grows bigger and bigger a living waters will do just that and where do those waters will come from it says yeah they'll come from jerusalem where from turn with me to isekia 47 isekia 47 the section in isekia is a section from isekia 40 all the way to the end of the book it's about the world tomorrow but isekia 47 verse 1 then he brought me back to the door of the temple and there was water flowing from under the threshold of the temple towards the east and from and for the front of the temple face east the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple south of the altar so we think about the temple on the right side south of the altar there was this living water flowing as you read in that section you'll see that that water when they first stood on it it was like just the height of his feet and then went to his knees and then went up to his waist and then he couldn't even stand on it because the water was growing was living water like a plant that grows and that living water he's healing water that is going to go to the whole oceans and will heal the oceans will heal the waters of the earth so there'll be some miraculous thing that garo put into there that will just sort out all the nuclear waste that is out there and will just heal it read with me in verse 8 there then he said to me this water flows towards the eastern region goes down into the valley and enters the sea and when it reaches the sea its waters are healed when it reaches the sea it will heal the sea and look in verse 12 along the bank of the river on this side and that it will grow all kinds of trees used for food their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail they will be fruit every month because the water flows from the sanctuary their fruit will be for food and the leaves for medicine there'll be medicine and people will will do certain things and god will provide things natural things to work with the laws of nature a temple did we read about a temple in the world tomorrow do we read about offering sacrifices in the world tomorrow yes they'll be offering sacrifices who will be able to go to the temple read in ezekiel 44 verse 9 is equal 44 verse 9 that's talking about the temple and who will be able to go to the temple but just read the scripture thus says the lord god no foreigner uncircumcised in the heart or uncircumcised in the flesh shall enter my sanctuary including any foreigner who is among the children of israel you see that old covenant will be in place the old covenants is not gone the Levites will do their job but they will be circumcised in the flesh and in the heart because if they're not circumcised in the flesh they can't go in there and if they're not circumcised in the heart they can't go there either so they have to be circumcised in the flesh and in the heart and that will be in the world tomorrow and they'll do sacrifices they'll do their job why Christ is the sacrifice why sacrifices why do we take bread and wine Christ has done it why take the bread and wine because it's a reminder points to Christ points to Christ why the holy days they are reminder why that it's a reminder it's a shadow pointing to the reality which is Christ it's an education reminder to the world and so we'll have that temple a beautiful temple a thing an area which will be two miles by two miles some people say it's a huge area and out of the right coming to the south there'll be those living waters running through and that will heal everything you see every nation in the world will be aligned to an Israelites nation the Israelites nations being 12 will be three per each one of those gates there'll be four gates and each gentile nation will be aligned to an Israelites nation and so they will follow and it will be that organized distribution of blessings you see Israel has a job to do to set an example to the rest of the world they did not do that but in the world tomorrow they will do that job they will do that job look how Paul described that in Romans 11 in Romans 11 chapter Romans chapter 11 just look at two verses here first verse one I say then as God cost away his people in a worse these are lights Jews Manasseh in frame Reuben Zebulun etc as God cost away his people certainly not I'm also an Israelite I'm the seed of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin no God has not cost them away but they fell they slipped up fell they slipped up they did not do the job but look in verse 12 look in verse 12 now if their fall is reaches for the world if their fall means that Christ now can reach and be preached to the whole world and the world can become part of Israel become spiritual Israel how much more and their failure reaches for the Gentiles how much more their fullness they will in the world tomorrow there will be fullness and their fullness will be even greater reaches for the Gentiles for the other nations will be a blessing for all the nations so there'll be no more saying oh well this is discrimination it's it's racism that the Gentiles are or the Israelites are there no because they're all one in the world tomorrow in the kingdom of God there will be no division between this race or that race we'll all be in the kingdom of God but Israel had a job to do and they failed they fell down but in the world tomorrow they'll do a job for the blessing of all nationalities and the whole world will be blessed brethren how will God create a beautiful paradise on earth he will rule with the kingdom of God on earth from Jerusalem and like healing waters which symbolize the Holy Spirit they will heal mankind and this earth will become a paradise no wonder Jesus Christ said to the thief on the cross do you remember how Jesus Christ said my wife is laughing because it's my pal Grandchild he shouldn't know i was going to show that slide so he's chapped anyway look how Christ spoke to the thief on the cross do you remember he said to the thief on the cross surely i say to you i say to you today you will be with me in paradise when at the second resurrection and where is the paradise being prepared during the millennium the millennium is a time of a thousand years to prepare the earth paradise to be so wealthy and rich so that he can handle and support billions of people that will be resurrected in the second resurrection and that man on the cross just like Christ on the cross represented the first one that man on the cross represented the second resurrection that mankind will as a hope because mankind said well certainly you are but i've messed it up and please what can i do now mankind will be in the second resurrection which represents the thief on the cross and the third one never repented represents the third resurrection so surely Christ said i say to you today you will be with me in paradise indeed the earth will be a paradise with the right government with the right people caring and serving mankind and god's laws being obeyed all under the rulership of Jesus Christ which is under the father and the kingdom of god will be on earth and we as resurrected spirit beings have a job to do but the big question is the big question is will you and i be thankful
Jorge and his wife Kathy serve the Dallas (TX) and Lawton (OK) congregations. Jorge was born in Portuguese East Africa, now Mozambique, and also lived and served the Church in South Africa. He is also responsible for God’s Work in the Portuguese language, and has been visiting Portugal, Brazil and Angola at least once a year. Kathy was born in Pennsylvania and also served for a number of years in South Africa. They are the proud parents of five children, with 12 grandchildren and live in Allen, north of Dallas (TX).