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05 02 2025 The Eternal Kingdom · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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  Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, May two,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is the Eternal Kingdom. The Eternal Kingdom. We'll
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  Speaker 2: get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
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  Speaker 2: like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those
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  Speaker 2: joining us for the very first time. I'm asking you
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
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  Speaker 2: Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
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  Speaker 2: morning and for the privilege of this time, this day
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  Speaker 2: of preparation. Please prepare our hearts today for your coming.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and a man again.
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  Speaker 2: I want to give you a newsflash. Really, it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: come on the news media almost at all. Yeah, evil
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  Speaker 2: must end. I want you to let that settle in.
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  Speaker 2: You're listening on the radio, you are online, you're listening
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  Speaker 2: on a podcast. Evil must end. Yeah. And if I
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  Speaker 2: ended right here and then gave you the method of
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  Speaker 2: this evil ending in Christ, then we will have done
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  Speaker 2: our job. But let's go ahead and read today. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to read today. And by the way, we're going
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  Speaker 2: to use the relationship development perspective from page one hundred
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  Speaker 2: in our Life Application Guide after we go through these quotes. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: and so the quote is coming in from the book
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  Speaker 2: The Great Controversy, page six hundred and seventy four. The
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  Speaker 2: Great Controversy, page six hundred seventy four, and it reads,
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  Speaker 2: I saw a new heaven and a new Earth, not
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  Speaker 2: the one that we're familiar with, the new heaven and
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  Speaker 2: the new Earth. For the first heaven and the first
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  Speaker 2: Earth were passed away. That's from Revelation chapter twenty one
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  Speaker 2: and verse one. The fire that consumes the wicked purifies
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  Speaker 2: the earth. So let me share something with you. There
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  Speaker 2: are times that people say that this is not our home,
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  Speaker 2: and I understand what we mean by it. But sometimes
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  Speaker 2: we assign heaven as our new permanent address. But quite frankly,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible teaches us that when Jesus returns and he
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  Speaker 2: takes his people to Heaven, will stay there for one
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  Speaker 2: thousand years. In a thousand years only now. I know
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  Speaker 2: that sounds like a long time to us now because
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  Speaker 2: our time is so limited, But in the grand expanse
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  Speaker 2: of eternity, that's not a lot of time. So for
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  Speaker 2: one thousand years we will be in heaven. But then
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says, according to Matthew chapter five, that the
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  Speaker 2: meek will inherit the earth, the earth made new will
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  Speaker 2: be our final home, our home, okay, And so God
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  Speaker 2: is going to purify at that time the earth, every
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  Speaker 2: trace of the curse is swept away. Are you looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to the day that every curse, every trace of sin,
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  Speaker 2: everything that is reminding us of sin. We're going to
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  Speaker 2: talk about one exception. Here's passed away. Well we continue,
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  Speaker 2: No eternally burning hell will keep before the ransomed the
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  Speaker 2: fearful consequences of sin. So for those of you who
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  Speaker 2: have been taught and trained in churches and otherwise, that
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  Speaker 2: the fire will literally be burning forever and ever. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible teaches us that the wickedness will be destroyed, root
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  Speaker 2: and branch, and so what kind of God would would
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  Speaker 2: torture people eternally? Come on, now, let's just be honest
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  Speaker 2: about the character of God. So, no eternally burning hell
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  Speaker 2: will keep before the ransomed the fearful consequences of sin.
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  Speaker 2: I told you about an exception. Here's this exception. One
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  Speaker 2: reminder alone remains. And you're curious, like, what is that reminder?
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  Speaker 2: The reminder is that our redeemer will ever bear the
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  Speaker 2: marks of his crucifixion. He will ever bear those marks
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  Speaker 2: upon his wounded head, upon his side his hands and
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  Speaker 2: feet are the only traces of the kruel work that
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  Speaker 2: sin has wrought, says the prophet beholding Christ in his glory.
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  Speaker 2: He had bright beams coming out of his side, and
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  Speaker 2: there was the hiding of his power in Habakkuk chapter
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  Speaker 2: three and verse four, type of one in the chat.
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  Speaker 2: If you've ever read that passage in Habakkuk, this is encouraging.
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  Speaker 2: And so I will say that the one reminder about
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  Speaker 2: the fact that sin existed is one that is related
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  Speaker 2: to love, not foreboding, not fearfulness, not this is the consequence.
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  Speaker 2: And look at these consequences. And if you mess up again,
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  Speaker 2: this is where you're going. Nothing like that. The one
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  Speaker 2: reminder is one of love. Let me continue the quote
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  Speaker 2: that pierced side whence flowed the crimson crimson stream that
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  Speaker 2: reconciled humankind to God. There is the Savior's glory. There
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  Speaker 2: the hiding of his power mighty to save through the
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  Speaker 2: sacrifice of redemption. He was therefore strong to execute justice
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  Speaker 2: upon them that despised his mercy. And the tokens of
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  Speaker 2: his humiliation are the highest honor, his highest honor through
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  Speaker 2: the eternal ages. The wounds of Calvary will show forth
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  Speaker 2: his praise and declare his power. So Jesus stands throughout
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  Speaker 2: all ages and eternity. He stands as the one who
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  Speaker 2: was able to conquer sin on Sin's turf. On planet Earth,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus will stand as a stark reminder of the power
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  Speaker 2: of love. Let me just say to somebody who feels
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  Speaker 2: like you are in a situation where your ability or
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  Speaker 2: quote power to sin is greater than God's power to
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  Speaker 2: deliver you from sin. You see, Love lifted us when
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  Speaker 2: nothing else would help. The hymn writer wrote, love lifted me, hallelujah.
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  Speaker 2: Love lifted me. Love lifted me when nothing else could help.
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  Speaker 2: Love lifted me. And we'll have that reminder in the
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  Speaker 2: person of Jesus Christ throughout eternity. And so now we
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  Speaker 2: go to our Life Application Guide page one hundred, and
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  Speaker 2: we go to the relationship's application and we use the
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  Speaker 2: acronym WIN for the W the W what is important now?
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  Speaker 2: And hopefully you all are using this Life Application Guide
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  Speaker 2: in your churches and in small groups that you host
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  Speaker 2: for study of the Saba School quarterly W What is
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  Speaker 2: important now? Eternal life isn't just a personal hope. You
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  Speaker 2: understand this is not about just us. It's a promise
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  Speaker 2: to be shared. Our relationships should reflect God's love, drawing
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  Speaker 2: others into the joy of His salvation. Sometimes people are
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  Speaker 2: drawing people into the fear of judgment, the fear of
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  Speaker 2: being destroyed. That is not The goal is to draw
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  Speaker 2: others into the joy of His salvation. Let's internalize the insight.
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  Speaker 2: I consider how you can help others find comfort and
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  Speaker 2: the promise of the new Earth. Remember that's our eternal home.
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  Speaker 2: At the appropriate time, who in your life needs reassurance?
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  Speaker 2: I need you to write a list of these people
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  Speaker 2: who needs reassurance that God's justice and mercy will prevail.
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  Speaker 2: And then the next best move in be intentional in
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  Speaker 2: sharing this hope. This is why I said, write a
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  Speaker 2: list of the people who need this reassurance. For example,
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  Speaker 2: remind a friend or a loved one who is struggling
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  Speaker 2: that suffering is temporary and that God has promised a
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  Speaker 2: world free of pain and sorrow. See Properly positioned hope
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  Speaker 2: is one of the most powerful mindset shifts that we
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  Speaker 2: can ever experience. So give people hope. Yeah, make it
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  Speaker 2: a great day. We'll see you in the Sabbath.
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  Speaker 1: Peace thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we
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  Speaker 1: cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  Speaker 1: comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  Speaker 1: daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,