The Last Great Day

There is a holy day which differentiates us, God's church, from every other Christian church in the world. And that is the meaning of the lost great day of the feast. And there's nothing wrong with preaching in season and out of season. And I felt that it would be important to reemphasize the meaning of this eighth day, this lost great day, the eighth day after the Feast of Tabernacles. It is important for us to reemphasize its meaning and understand it clearly. And so this is a day of judgment that God has set out for mankind. In fact, the day of judgment is a little longer than that, because the moment Christ starts intervening in the world, it's basically a beginning of his judgment in the world. And his judgment will continue into the millennium, et cetera. But the day, that lost great day, is let's call it pinnacle of God's judgment on mankind. And many people do not understand what is meant by the day of judgment. Not too long ago, in fact, still this year, I was talking to somebody, starting to come into the church. But when people start coming into the church, sometimes it takes years. I mean, working with a man coming to the church has now been four years. And up and down, up and down. Now, maybe it appears that he's now taking a little bit of ground and moving forward. But this specific individual was kind of in the first days. And he had and he has an issue with the day of judgment. Because to him, that is a final decision, condemnation, that that's it. And you get your verdict in court, and that's the final. And as much as I tried to explain to him that judgment involves a certain amount of time with testing and proving and overcoming, and then the final decision, he just would not understand it. But it is, as I said a little earlier, it is the meaning of a holy day that clearly differentiates us from the rest of the world. Because the world does not understand the depth of this meaning. Because we know the process of salvation. We've got to be cold. And then through that, we've got to repent. We have to believe. And then there's going to be baptism. And there's a thing that even some people in the church do not fully understand. That baptism is only the first step.

It is something people don't understand. And when I try and make that emphasis, oh, well, well, but whatever human reasoning people may come up with. But there's got to be a time to be tested and overcoming till the end. I was going through the booklet on Born Again, all the ways from the days of Mr. Armstrong. That originally was written in 1960. And there continuously emphasizes the point that you and I are going to get such a large reward, such amount of power as spirit beings, that you and I have to be proven and tested till the end, that we're not going to misuse that power.

And that is so important. And people don't understand that important step. There has to be a time of testing. I mean, we know our own experience in, what, 1996, 95. How many people, when that test came, left the church because that testing found them not standing on their own two feet. So when a leader said, you don't have to keep the Sabbath, oh, hallelujah, I don't have to keep the Sabbath, and other things. So a time of testing has to occur. Just being baptized is not the end of the road. And I mean, we got another example that required time and testing, which is a case of Satan. He needed time and testing, and then iniquity was found in him.

There is a time of testing that we all have to go through. So in that process of salvation, you and I today now, and if I just turn with you to 1 Peter chapter 4, 1 Peter chapter 4, verse 17, we read, for the time has come for judgment to begin in the house of God. You and I today, in God's church, as baptized members, once we are baptized, that judgment is upon us, has begun.

So judgment is now. A final decision will be made later. If you read with me, for instance, in James chapter 1, James chapter 1, verse 12, he reads, blessed is a man who endures these trials, the difficulties, the challenges, the tests, for when has been approved? In other words, that tenacity has passed the test. He will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

So there has to be a time of testing. Look at also in chapter 2, verse 13, also of James, in the latter part, James chapter 2, verse 13, he says that judgment without mercy, to the one who has shown no mercy, but mercy triumphs over judgment. That is such an encouraging statement, because yes, there's judgment. But as we go through it and we repent and we keep changing and becoming better and better people, thank God, God is merciful.

Thank God that God is merciful. And that's why it's called the mercy seat. Have you considered that the mercy seat sits on top of the ark, and inside the ark is God's law? And so mercy is over the law. But the law must be applied first, and then mercy, not the other way around. Justice, mercy, and then walk in faith, according to that one. Those are the weightier matters of the law. Justice is gonna be first. And that's why we have a time of trial and testing, and then there's mercy.

And we know therefore that God judges righteously. When Christ comes back, He'll come in that white horse, and He will come in righteousness. Christ will judge. And so people don't understand their judgment as two clear stages. Number one is a period of time to overcome, to repent, to change. And as we acknowledge that to God through Christ, we are forgiven, because He judges righteously that He is with mercy, with mercy.

And then there will be the final decision. Once you and I have had our time to make that commitment, and prove that commitment. Now, when that time period is for you, how long that is, none of us know. It's still the time of the end. But when is the end for you and I? We don't know. Maybe it's when you and I die. Maybe if we're alive is when Christ comes. But we really don't know exactly when that end is. You and I can speculate, but the choice is God's.

I will not put God in a box and say, you gotta do it this way. No, it's His decision, and His judgment is right. Now, the reason why that misunderstanding is there is because in John 5, 27 through 29, in some Bibles talks about a resurrection to damnation, or condemnation, particularly at the end of verse 29.

And it says, Christ has been given life, and all will hear His voice, which means He Christ has the right to judge, and therefore the power to resurrect us through God's power, because that has been delegated to Him through the Father, but it's gonna be Christ that has the authority to execute judgment. And when He says, get up, and put your name there, and put mine, get up, George, I'll get up. Because He's got the power. He's the one who's gonna judge.

All will hear His voice. But then it says, some to the first resurrection, which is resurrection of life, that's eternal life, and others that have done evil, but they maybe haven't repented yet, or whatever it is, to the resurrection of judgment. Not condemnations, as some translators put it. The English Standard Version, the Dobby, which is a literal translation, the Young's literal translation, the word there is judgment, is a resurrection of judgment, not final condemnation. And so this day of judgment is a time that begins with a period, we're gonna learn the truth, and through repentance, we prove by living it the way, and living it. And yes, sometimes we fail, and sometimes we fall and trip, we're still walking the light, you're walking the light, but if you say, as it says in 1 John chapter one, if you have no son, you're a liar. And so we stand up, and keep overcoming, and get better, and better, and better. So there is a period of trials and tests that we all go through. And Christ emphasized this in many places. Let's look at them very briefly. Matthew 11, verse 21 through 24. Matthew 11, verse 21 through 24. And he is talking about areas in Israel, like Corazin and Bethsaida.

He says, because if these works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented. They would have changed. Now, they died, and therefore, would God be a fair just when the judges with righteousness to say, well, they therefore condemned? No, there's gonna be time of judgment. That's why it says, and I'll say to you, verse 22, it will be more tolerable, more forgiving to those of Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judgment. So there's gonna be a time period of judgment. It's not just condemnation, is of proving and evaluation, and learning, and overcoming, then for you. And then he goes on and explains about other areas, like Capernaum, and then compares it with Sodom. And then you're reading in Matthew 12. In Matthew 12, verse 41 and 42, Matthew 12, verse 41 and 42, it talks about Nineveh. And you know, the Ninevites repented. You know, when Jonah went there, the Ninevites repented. But Nineveh is gonna condemn the generation that was there with Christ, as it says in verse 41, because they repented, and now, yeah, somebody greater than Jonah, you guys are not repenting. But there is gonna be that day of judgment.

And then he talks about the queen of the south, in the judgment.

So Christ started bringing additional meaning or understanding to us, I beg your pardon, as far as this day. You see, in the Old Testament, it was purely mentioned, very briefly, as the eighth day. That's it. Well, it's a celebration, a closing ceremony, a celebration of closing the feast. But they had no inkling of the depth of its meaning.

No inkling, but just the eighth day. It's kind of bland. You know, I want just the eighth. Oh, it could be the ninth, it could be the tenth, just eighth. But when you put a meaning into it, the last great day, there's depth of meaning and content.

And this is what Christ brought to us. And you read this throughout the book of John, talking about the lost day and the lost time and the lost day and the day of judgment, time and time again. Look at John chapter six, verse 38. John chapter six, verse 38 through 40. And it says, for I've come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. So Christ was sent. So he was an existing being, and he was sent by the Father. And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that is given to me, I shall lose nothing, but should raise it, should raise them up at the lost day.

The first time, this is probably the first time he is in John when he starts bringing it up, but he brings it up many, many times. And the depth of this meaning, the lost day, is so significant. And this is the will of him, that's the Father, who sent me Christ, that everyone who sees the Son and believes him may have everlasting life.

Now, the people that do not know about Christ in the Old Testament, in a sense, they had no knowledge of this. So you could say they are at unfair disadvantage, but because they'll be resurrected, they will have the opportunity that they never had, and that is the lost day, that is the eighth day, that is the lost great day, and the meaning of that is so important for us to get it. Now, another important verse is in John chapter seven, verse 37. In John 37, Yah, we can see in John seven that, you see, Yah is the feast, and then they said, well, I'm not gonna go, whatever it is, with you, but he did go, he went up with, you read that in John seven, he did go up to the feast, and then it says, on the lost day. Now, there is some controversy, but some people say, well, the lost day is the seventh day. No, the lost day is the eighth. The eighth is the lost day.

And we can go back to the Old Testament and prove that conclusively, which I'm not gonna do that now. But the lost day is the eighth.

But then he says that great day of the feast. So, what was happening here? You see, on the lost day, when does the lost day start? When does a day start? In God's way of looking at night and day. The day starts at sunset. And so, at sunset, the lost day started. And at that moment, that eighth day began.

You put that together with, at the end of verse 53. Because in verse 53 says, and everyone went to his own house. Now, why would put that there? I mean, every time you go out to a gathering or something like that, when that is finished, you go home, right? So, why would put there, well, after this, they went home.

Because they were living for seven days in Tabernacles, in an uncomfortable bed. And once the sunset had happened and the beginning of the eighth day, yes, it's the lost day of the feast, but it's not the lost eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Because the Feast of Tabernacles ends on the seventh day. The eighth day is not the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Yes, it's the eighth day of the feast, but not of Tabernacles. And so, they could go home to a comfortable bed.

And so, when that gathering, after sunset, and there was this discussion and being rejected by the authorities and things like that, then, as it became further evening, they went home. Why? Because the Tabernacles had finished, and now, at the beginning of the eighth day, at that night, they could actually sleep at home because there was no more Tabernacles. And then, the next morning, you can see what happens. And so, the events of John eight, and John nine, and John 10, which we're gonna briefly show them to you in a moment, are actually during the day portion of the last great day. Now, some people debate, oh, well, what do you mean, that great day? Well, that word great day, great, is the Greek word, 3137, which means megas. Now, you probably know from computers, you know, like megabytes, and, you know, means a lot, means like a lot, big megas. And that word is translated in Spanish, and also in Portuguese, as great. But the interesting thing is that in John 19 verse 31, in John 19 31, it's the same writer, it's the same book, John, in 19 31, it says, 19 31, 19 31, it says, and therefore, because it was the preparation day, that the body should not remain on the cross, on the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was a megas day, the same Greek word, a megas day. So, we could have translated that in verse 31, as a great day. In fact, in Spanish, it's called a great day. Not a high day, a great day. The Greek word is megas, which means great. And so, the meaning is the same, which is, wow, wow, yeah, in 19 31, we say, well, it's a high day, so it's annual Sabbath. Then why don't we use that in John 7 37, which is a high day, which is the eighth day, the seventh is not a high day.

So, the meaning therefore, of the conversations that proceeded in John 8, 9, and 10, till verse 31 of chapter 10, have amazing significance, when you put them in context, with the meaning of this day.

Because you know in John 8, what it's talking about.

It's talking about that woman that was caught sinning in adultery.

And Christ says, go and sin no more. Okay, the man should have been told the same thing as well. But anyway, that's the double standards. But the point is, the meaning of this day is when mankind will come to life, and they'll learn the truth, and Christ will tell mankind, go and sin no more.

You look at chapter nine, and what do you got? Chapter nine, you got a man born blind. Now I'll ask you, he was there basically at the temple all the time. How many times did Christ walk past him, and did nothing to him?

But on this day, he was healed. Now understand, he was blind from birth. And the people are like, oh wow, who's sinning him or his parents, whatever. He said, man, it's for the glory of God, why? It's to prove the point that mankind today has been blind from birth.

And on the last great day, mankind will know the truth. And their eyes will be opened. The meanings of these verses, when you put the context of the last great day into it, it just expands your mind, and they become so beautiful.

And then in chapter 10, it's just talking about Christ being the true shepherd. And Christ at that time will be the true shepherd for those people that are being resurrected. What a wonderful time. And so this day of judgment has a wonderful meaning. Now, let's just now take our focus slightly into the prophetic, let's call it time flow.

We know when Christ returns, symbolized by that symbol of lightning, then those in the first resurrection will become spirit beings. And so until Christ's coming on earth in the world today, there's only human beings. But then after Christ's coming, there will be on earth human beings, the rest of mankind that survive into the world tomorrow, and there will be God willing, you and I resurrected as spirit beings.

And in a sense, that judgment of the nations begins, that separation between goats and sheep and things like that. You see, because there's gonna be a time when Christ's gonna come and rule, and yeah, we know when Christ comes, the military will fight him and they'll be destroyed. But, but there's a lot of people, they got their minds.

I will not accept this, I will demonstrate, I will create. And it says he will reprehend many people. Christ, when he comes back, all these demonstrators that'll come up afterwards, and yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, he will shut them up. Or they'll say it's unfair, it's unjust. But he will fix it up. So it is a time of judgment of the nations. And I have shown you this chart before, but it just gives you an overall picture. And basically we got the seven seals of the book of Revelation, which are symbolized by those red little dots. That there, they marked all the seven. And then you got the four horsemen, and then you got things that we need to watch now. And then there's will be a time when we get the abomination of desolation. And the church will be protected, a portion of the church will be protected. And then we got the great tribulation for three and a half years. But the last year of that three and a half years of the great tribulation, we got the Day of the Lord, which is the seven trumpets that lost here. But before that, there'll be the heavenly signs. And those that have repented during the tribulation will be sealed as we can see that in Revelation seven. And so during the seven trumpets, which is symbolized by the day of trumpets, that's the Day of the Lord, that's a one year, a day for a year. And then after that, then we've got the Christ coming. And so we've got that flow. I'm just highlighting here, because I wanna come back to this in a moment, because I wanna talk about something that is gonna happen during that period of the seven trumpets, because I want to make sure you understand that that is different than something else that is gonna happen during the millennium. And it's different than some that is gonna happen when Satan is released at the end of the millennium. So I wanna show clearly that difference between those three events. When people don't understand the difference between those three events, they mix them together, and their whole prophetic understanding gets fuzzy, mixed up. So the reason I'm showing this graph here of the seven trumpets is because there's gonna be a period there, which is of the trumpets, of the six trumpet, which is also referred to in Daniel 11, and I'll talk about that a little later, to differentiate with something that's gonna happen during the millennium. But getting back to this picture, now Christ has come, so all those events in the previous short would have come past, Christ has come, and now we're into the millennium, into the thousand years. And you know what is the greatest miracle that is gonna happen in the millennium?

Quite often we think the greatest miracle is the earth will be changed, the people be healed, there'll be peace.

The greatest miracle that will happen is that mankind, as a whole, has now been called, and mankind, as a whole, will have the opportunity to have the human nature change the divine nature.

Your change and my change from carnal mind to God's mind, with the help of God's Holy Spirit, is the greatest miracle of them all. Each one of us individually are experiencing that great miracle today. That is the greatest miracle. That's why in John seven, you go back and read John seven that I was referring to a moment ago, in John seven verse 37, it says, "'If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.'" But just in John six verse 44 says, "'No one can come to me unless the Father draws him.'" Because yeah, on the last great day, the whole of mankind is cold, and it's open to the whole of mankind, and anyone that is thirsty can come to me and drink. That's the difference between John six verse 44, before the millennium, and John seven verse 38, which applies to the millennium and to the last great day, to those that are resurrected, anyone can come to me and drink. So it is a beautiful meaning, because then they will have rivers of living water coming out of them, where there is God's Holy Spirit flowing through them. And so in the millennium, the greatest miracle of all will be the change of human nature to divine nature, that will be open to all, and on the last great day, on each day, to all that were dead, they'll be brought to life, and the same thing, it'll happen to them. And during the millennium, what is happening during the millennium, is that a paradise will start to be built on earth. You and I know, you know, rivers, and there'll be good crops and things like that. A paradise will be built on earth. But there are some people that when they see this, and they see the land becoming prosperous and living in peace, they will be jealous, and they'll want to go and invade that land. That is described in Ezekiel 38, and Ezekiel 38 is during the millennium. Ezekiel 38 is during the millennium, because it's a time when there is peace, and all the nations would have come through, and Israelites are living in peace, and in a sense, we have a little bit of that now in the States, God has blessed those, but it won't be for very long, unfortunately, because we have sinned. But Ezekiel 38, they just get here from verse 14 through verse 16. Ezekiel 38, verse 14 through 16.

It says, therefore, Son of Man, prophesy and say to God, this is the Lord God on that day, when my people Israel dwell safely, will you not know it? Yeah, the Israelites would have come back through a second Exodus from all other corners of the earth, and they will be dwelling safely. Then you'll come from your place, your place. That is a specific area out of the far north, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company with a mighty army, and you'll come up against my people Israel, like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I'll bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am hallowed in you. You've got to understand that that is in the context of verse eight, in Ezekiel 38 verse eight says, and after many days you'll be visit, and in latter days you'll come into the land of those brought back from the sword, and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long be desolate, they'll be brought, and now they'll dwell safely. This is future, this is in the millennium. And look at verse 11, he says, and you will say I'll go up against the land of unwalled villages, I'll go to a peaceful people. And look in verse 13, even other nations like Sheba, Eden, and the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, what are you doing, don't do that.

And so, and you read in verse 18, and he says you shall come to pass at the same time when God comes against the land of Israel, says the Lord, that my fury will show in my face. So these are people, during the millennium, that are going to attack the people that are now living under Christ in peace in the millennium. Now this Gog and Magog is gonna be sometime there in the millennium, as shown in this picture. They come from specific areas, and they listed there when you read in Ezekiel 38, and they'll go and attack the people that are peaceful, living peacefully. I mention this because we need to understand that when Ezekiel 38 is referring about Gog and Magog, it is a time during the millennium when those nations, probably nations like China, Korea, Iran, Russia, and others will then come in to attack the land of Israel that is then dwelling safely.

We gotta understand that is during the millennium. I don't know how many years into the millennium, maybe 20, maybe 30, maybe 50, but it's enough period that they now are prosperous, they're living in peace, and they calmly, they don't have military to defend themselves, they are just an open invitation to those other people that wanna attack them. Now this is different than what is gonna happen during the time of the sixth trumpet, because during that time of the sixth trumpet, when we look, that's in Revelation 9, which is the sixth trumpet, they come in with an army of 200 million, but there, when you read in Daniel 11, because that is parallel to Daniel 11, so let's just look at Daniel 11, because this is important for us to get this context quite clearly. Daniel 11, and this is the part, if you start picking it up in verse 40, then it's a time that the king of the south will attack him, the king of the north, and the king of the north will push against the king of the south and will destroy them, and then later on, he says in verse 44, "'But news of the east and the north shall trouble him.'" Now the east and the north are the same people, but it's not referred to it at this time of the sixth trumpet as Gog and Magog, that is referred to as the people of the east and the north. A lot of people think that this applies to Ezekiel 38, Gog and Magog, it's not, it's two different events, two different events. And so what we have is this event of Ezekiel 38 is during the millennium, and it'll be a time when then all the nations will then realize that God is God. You read at the end of Ezekiel 38, verse 23, that all the nations will then realize that God is God. So it will be a change that the whole earth now will succumb and submit to the rule of Christ during the millennium. Now I mentioned those two, the people of the east and the north, that is the sixth trumpet, which is the same people as those during the millennium, Ezekiel 38. But you know that the end of the thousand years, at the end of the thousand years, Satan will come out of jail, and you know that he will gather from all corners of the earth, Gog and Magog.

What does that mean? It's people that have that spirit, that mind, it's those rebels, because Gog and Magog would have become such a statement that I believe that that applies to those that are rebels that have that spirit of rebellion. It's like you called today, for instance, you call the sons of Belial. It's just like even Christ said, you are sons of Satan, your father is Satan. It just doesn't have that spirit. And there is Gog and Magog from all corners of the earth.

Now it's not anymore from a specific area. And so this is different. It's people at the end of the millennium that once Satan goes out and broadcasts his lies and his subtleties, which I call it propaganda, you know what propaganda is, is when a bunch of leaders say a lie and say a lie and say a lie and say a lie, an author is saying the lie so many times that people believe it's true. That's propaganda, because that's manipulating the masses. And so a number of people be manipulated, and those rebels from all over the earth will then stand up and go against the holy city. So that's a different situation. So the reason I'm emphasizing this is to help you understand that before Christ's coming, 6th trumpet, yes it's those people, but they're not referred to as Gog and Magog. Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38 is during the millennium. And when Satan is released from jail after the millennium, he is gonna incite, manipulate people of his propaganda of lies to actually get people to fight those, the faithful ones. So I just wanted you to differentiate that, because then after that, Satan will have been thrown into the lake of fire.

And we see that in Revelation 20. And interestingly enough, pay attention to Matthew 25, 41. And I'll just leave it there, but pay attention to that. Because Matthew 25, 41 says something very interesting.

And it says, then he'll say to those who are on the left, depart from me, you curse into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. There's something about this fire, which is prepared for Satan and his demons. Leave it just to that. You'll be thrown into that lake of fire. Then after that, then we have the second resurrection, which is Revelation 20 verse 11. And it ties in with John 7, 37 and 38, which I talked to you a little earlier on. And Revelation 20 verse 11 is, let's just look at it. It's that great white throne. Revelation 20 verse 11 and 12. Then I saw a great white throne, and he who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was, found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great. In other words, all the people that were dead, small and great, in other words, important people. They're not so important, doesn't matter, all of them. Standing, that means resurrected, standing. And that ties in with Ezekiel 37, the value of the right bounds. And tries in with Matthew 11 and 12, that it says those inside them, and the queen of Sheba will be there with you. That's the day of judgment. That's the second resurrection. And it says standing before God, and books were open. In Greek, the word is biblia.

The Bible will be open, the books, these books. And it says, and another book was also open, which is the Book of Life. And so yes, they're standing, they're living, but then they'll have an opportunity to have eternal life. And the dead, it was those that were resurrected, were judged accordingly at works, by the things which were written in the Bible.

And so, yeah, some people have done very bad things. They'll be judged accordingly. All the things that they've done, even though they have not known the truth, they'll be judged according to their works.

They'll be justice. Yes, they'll be mercy as well, upon repentance, genuine repentance. But God is judged. And so that's the period of the second resurrection. And so that second resurrection is what we see in Ezekiel 37, the value of dry bones. Let's look at it quickly. I just wanna highlight to you a few things. In the value of dry bones, Ezekiel 37. Ezekiel 37.

It says, full of bones, and who are these bones? And then it says in verse six, in verse five, says, I'll put breath to enter in them. That's the spirit of man in man. In verse five says, I'll cause breath to come into them. That's the spirit of man in man. That's when they die, the spirit of man in man, is kept by God, which holds the characteristics, the life experiences, et cetera, et cetera. When they're brought to life, these bones get together, they basically are a corpse. They're corpses everywhere. Now we've got a lot of corpses. They're not alive yet. Then he puts into them the spirit of man in man. And then they become alive. He says, verse 37, I'll put breath in you, and you shall live. That's a physical life. Then you'll know that I'm the Lord. What do you mean then you'll know that I'm the Lord? Because then they'll have an opportunity to know the truth, to repent. Yeah, because they're first gonna come up and say, oh, what have I done? I'm in trouble. Well, I should have done something. And then they say, wait, you and I, God willing, will be there to teach them, to show them love, care, kindness, and show them that they need to repent, and they need to believe, and they need to be baptized, and they need to have the laying on of hands to receive God's Holy Spirit. They need to walk in the way and be tested and proven, and they have to reconcile with their brothers and sisters. Because some of them, well, that's just fictitious. I know it never happens, but just imagine it does happen. Somebody inherits the, whatever, for instance, the things from their parents, they inherit us, and another brother steals it all, and the other one gets nothing. It happens, doesn't it? Oh, no, it doesn't happen. Well, it does. That's just an example. There are other examples that some killed the other one. Now, the one that was killed, as one that was the killer, they'll now be looking at each other. And the one that stole all the parents' inheritors will be they of the parents, and they say, but my will said this, and you stole it from your brother.

It's gonna take a little time to reconcile. It's not, oh, well, you know, and you gotta prove that repentance or reconciliation.

You see, so there in Ezekiel 37, it says that they will know that I'm the Lord. It says, verse seven, it says, there's the bones coming together, there's the flesh coming together, and then it says prophesy, and then the spirit of man, in verse nine, the breath, and then they become alive. And it says, in verse 10, and breath came into them, and they lived. They're now alive, physical life, physical life, alive, and an exceeding great army. Now, obviously, this is talking about Israelites, and I've had people say, oh, well, this only applies to Israel. It doesn't apply to Gentiles. Then how do you explain Matthew 11 and 12, Matthew 12, when it says, Sodom and Amara and the queen of Sheba will be up at the same time with them? So it's not just to Israelites. Yes, the prophecy was shown to Israelites, but God is fair, and He will apply that to every human being. And then he says, and he says, then verse 11, oh, our hope is lost. But then he says, no, I will open you, and I'll bring to the land. And then he says, and then verse 13, then you'll know that I'm the Lord.

They understand the truth. They receive God's only spirit when they repent. That's why it says in verse 14, I will put my spirit in you. You see, in earlier on, in verse six, and in verse 10, when it talks about the breath, is the spirit of man in man. Yeah, in verse 14 is the spirit of God. And now when they receive the spirit of God, they now have an opportunity to have eternal life. That's why it says, I'll put my spirit in you, and you shall live. That means they'll have the Book of Life open to them, and they'll have eternal life open to them. You shall live. So, but we saw early on that in verse 10, he says, breath came unto them, and they lived. But now in verse 14 says, I'll put my spirit in you, and you shall live. You see, the first is they will live as physical human beings. Then they receive God's only spirit. They got a time to repent, a time to prove themselves, a time to reconcile, as they have God's only spirit with the help of God's spirit. And then, if they're faithful to the end, whatever the end is, God knows what it is for them, then they'll be changed into spirit beings. And then we have Isaiah 65, because in that section of Isaiah 65, it's actually talking about the millennium. If we look at Isaiah 65, a lot of people get confused, yeah, of Isaiah 65, and they think, oh, well, this is talking about the new heaven and new earth. No, it's not. Now, let's look at Isaiah 65. Verse 17, for Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. That's what he's doing in a millennium. He's recreating the earth to become a paradise. It will become a new, beautiful earth and a new heaven. Wow, because it'll be raining, due season and all these things. That is talking about the millennium, not about when there's a new heaven and new earth, ultimately, because all these things have duality. God created the earth new after Satan's rebellion, just before when you read that in Genesis 1, verse 2 and 3 and 4, et cetera, the earth was told you and bow you, and then he recreated the earth again. Now he's gonna do it again in the beginning of the millennium, and he's gonna do it afterwards, after the second resurrection, after the final second death. So this is talking about the millennium. And so verse 20 is clearly talking about the millennium, but the question is, the way it's written, it implies that verse 20 has a duality in it. And therefore, the church has always said that this is also applicable to that eighth day, that last great day, that those people will live probably 100 years. The child shall die 100 years old. So that child that had died will be resurrected, that's why it's referred to as a child, and live 100 years. And the sinner was resurrected, and now he repents and has 100 years. And so that we believe, it's that period of the second resurrection to be 100 years. That is the scripture that we use as a probability that that is what it means. It might not mean that, but we believe, and always say that that is very probably applicable to that second resurrection. And then that's why we talked about John 8, which is during that period. That woman that was caught in adultery, which is very meaningful during that period. Then also in Matthew 13, and look at Matthew 13. Let's look at Matthew 13, which is a scripture we haven't looked at before. Verse 13 through 15. It says, therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. And then it says, hearing, you'll not understand. Seeing you not see. Why? Because the people are blinded. Today, people are blinded.

And that is clearly explained in Romans 11, where it's a beautiful section of scripture that you need to go through. But it says, those Israelites were zealous, but not according to knowledge. But then in the end, it says, at the end, they'll all will be saved. I mean, all that don't reject, but they will have their opportunity all to be saved, because they were blinded. And that's where he talks about John 9, which the man that was blind from birth. That's where that is applicable. And also in John 10 then, when it's talking about that Christ is our shepherd during that period, he will shepherd all those people. And everybody will look at him, will understand who Christ is. And so all would never knew the truth. Since the days of Adam and Eve, all of them, they never knew the truth.

And there might be some people that never knew the truth that God decides that they will not have, they will not be in the second resurrection at this time, because they were so evil that even though they did not know the truth, they knew what they were doing, and God decides that they probably would not be resurrected. And they don't need to be resurrected. They don't need that 100 year period because they were so evil. Who those people are, I don't know, but maybe some people that have known the truth in this age as well, some people have known the truth, and turn their back on God. They don't need those 100 years. They don't need those 100 years. But all who knew the truth since the days of Adam, and that now have an opportunity which they never had. Yes, it's their second life, but it's their first opportunity. They'll have their first opportunity to be able to be proven to receive God's Holy Spirit, and to ultimately have eternal life, as it shows in that blue arrow at the top on the right, that they will now have eternal life, and become spirit beings.

And then now is the time for the final condemnation for those that are unrepentant. And that is in that resurrection marked in red there, which is called the third resurrection. And that is Revelation 20, verse 13 through 12. 15, Revelation 20, verse, which it says, the sea gave up the dead were in it, and death and Hades, these are not just referred to as the dead that come alive, but these are referred as death and the grave. These, they come alive, but they condemn to death, and to final destruction. It says death and Hades delivered up the dead, who were in them, and they were judged, according to their works. And then death and Hades, those that came up, those, that group, death and Hades, were cast into the lake of fire. So this is a resurrection which we understand in the church as the third resurrection, and they'll be cast into the lake of fire, which is what we call the second death. And that's why there is a chasm, a little bit of a bism, you know the story of Lazarus and the rich man, that he says, he suddenly gets up there and says, oh, let me go and tell my friends. Well, there is a gap between those that are spirit beings now, and you. You've had a chance, you knew better, and you messed it up. So, and that's where verse 15 says, anyone not found in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. So it's very probable, also those at the end, that lived at the end of the second resurrection, they will be thrown into the lake of fire at the same time as the others that are thrown into the lake of fire. And then we have what? Then after that, we have a new heaven and a new earth, which is Revelation 21, a new heaven and a new earth. That goes in parallel with Second Peter, chapter three, nine through 13. I wanna draw attention to that, Second Peter, Second Peter, chapter three, verse nine through 13. He says, the Lord is not slack, but he wants all to come to repentance. You read that in verse nine. And he says, but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. Well, this whole period when God starts judging and all this is actually in this context referred as the day of the Lord. It's not just one day, not one year, it's this old period of judgment from when Christ comes back and all this period is when God is ruling and intervening and judging. And he says, it'll come as a thief in the night in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise and the elements will melt to fervent heat. Both the earth and the water in it will be burned up. In other words, it'll be a lake of fire that will encompass the whole planet earth. And even maybe a number of things around our, let's call it the second heaven. Maybe there's satellites out there and things that we've messed up out there and we put mess in Mars and we put messes in whatever, all that will kind of be destroyed. And so he says, and then he says in verse 13, he says, nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for a new heavens and new earth in which righteousness dwells. That's important to understand that. New heaven and new earth will have no, no unrighteousness.

Will be wiped out, gone. And from there onwards, there's only righteousness. There is a wonderful, beautiful truth. And so this meaning of the eighth day, which is this whole day of judgment and a final outcome and the beauty of the new heaven and new earth is an amazing hope for us in God's church.