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Manifesting the Kingdom of God pt. 6 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. Hallelujah. 1 Thessalonians 2, verse
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12. Fortunately or unfortunately, I don't have
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a screen here. And my neck is very stiff that
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it can't be turning. So I want to get a mic and
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be reading the screen. All right? So it will
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be fast. 1 Thessalonians 2, verse 3. No, no,
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chapter 2, verse 12, where we read. It says that
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you... will walk worthy of God who calls you
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into his kingdom, into his own kingdom and glory.
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Hallelujah. God has called us into what? Into
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his own kingdom. The Bible says that he has translated
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us from what? From what? From the kingdom of
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what? Darkness. With which we were in the kingdom
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of darkness. And he has translated us into what?
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Into the kingdom of what? His dear son. Hallelujah.
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Which is the kingdom of God. Amen. And this has
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been our subject of focus this year. Manifesting
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the kingdom of God. And I'm going to continue
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from the series we've been having in Catholicism
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about manifesting the kingdom of God. And our
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key text, who can remind us of our key text from
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Catholicism? Huh? We forgot Matthew 16? What?
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Matthew what? 16. Okay. From verse 13. So let's
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read together. Matthew 16. From verse 13 to 19.
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He asked Nthai Kupe, who to make thee that I,
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that I, sort of, that I. So they said, so take
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John Devati, so Meliah, and honest Kirinoya,
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or what do you put me? Take then, for who do
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you say that I am? I won't be to our side and
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stay, though I'm in Christ, the so -called inimigo.
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You don't have to say that to me. Bless the game,
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Spangun Patila. Bless you, Nthai Kupe. Hallelujah.
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So, previously we've discussed a lot of issues
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from verse 13. We've looked at verse 13. We've
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looked at the context of the scripture from verse
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13. And then we've seen the question that Jesus
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asked them. And we've also dwelled on the answer
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that was given by Peter. And we also discussed
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what it means to be blessed in verse 17. And
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we also learn, in case you have not been with
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us, you can go back to our teaching in Catholicism.
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We looked at what it means to receive revelation,
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what it means to be revealed the truth. And we
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also discussed the rock in verse 18. You know,
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the rock on which Christ is building his church.
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And then the gates of Hades shall not prevail
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against it. So we're going to begin to look at
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some issues from verse 19. It says, And I will
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give you the keys of kingdom of heaven. And whatever
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you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. And
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whatever you lose on earth will be loosed in
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heaven. And for us to just have a recap of some
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of the things that we've been discussing. Right
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from the cell meetings, we talked about heaven,
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right? I think this year we started with the
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concept of heaven, trying to understand what
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heaven is. Now in verse 17, not in verse 17,
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he says, my father, who what? Who is in heaven?
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Jesus answered and said to him in verse 17, blessed
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are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has
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not revealed this to you, but my father, Who
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is where? Who is in heaven? Which means that
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this father that brought about the revelation
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of who Christ is, lives where? He is in heaven.
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My father who is in heaven. Matthew chapter 6
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verse 9. Matthew chapter 6 verse 9. Matthew chapter
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6 verse 9. Just want to remind ourselves, have
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a recap of what this heaven is. Matthew chapter
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6 verse 9. In this manner, therefore pray, our
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Father in where? In heaven. Hallelujah. Hallowed
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be your name. Which means that God dwells where?
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God dwells in heaven. The Father dwells in heaven.
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My Father, in verse 17, what he says, our Father,
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Matthew 6, verse 9, refers to God. Who the Bible
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tells us is what? This Father is what? He's invisible.
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Okay? God is what? God is invisible, but he lives
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in heaven. God is invisible, but he lives in
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heaven. John chapter 1 verse 18 talks about the
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God that is invisible. John chapter 1 verse 18.
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No one has seen God, right? No one has seen God
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face to face, physically. But Jesus declared
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him less. John 4, verse 24. Yes. God is spirit.
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So if we will have a relationship with this God
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who is spirit, who is invisible, what will happen?
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We must worship him in what? In spirit. Hallelujah.
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Colossians 1 verse 15. Colossians 1 verse 15.
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Colossians 1 verse 15. Talking about Jesus being
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the what? Being the image of the Father who is
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invisible. Invisibility here means that we can't
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see with the physical eyes. Doesn't mean that
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he does not exist. He exists, but he's not visible
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to the natural eyes. He lives in the invisible
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realm. 1 Timothy 1 verse 17. 1 Timothy 1 verse
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17. Yes. Invisible one. Talking about God. God
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is invisible. So from the text we read above
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or here, we'll just read. It says we can understand
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that God lives in heaven. Amen. It says my father
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who is in heaven. We can put it as my father
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who is invisible, God who is invisible. Now the
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word invisible we've learned from church here
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several times does not nearly mean, you know,
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it does not exist. Hallelujah. It's not merely
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the unseen or out of sight, but the word invisible
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here means spiritual. Amen? It doesn't just mean
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that he's unseen with the physical eyes, but
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what it means on the other end is that God's
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word is spiritual. Hallelujah. It reflects the
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idea that God is spiritual. Now, it is important
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to remind us again, That the word heaven does
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not refer to what? It does not refer to a geographical
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location. We've said this before, isn't it? Now,
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when we talk about heaven, we're not referring
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to a physical place. Because oftentimes when
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we are taught about the idea of heaven, what
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we quickly think is a physical place where the
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roads are tasked with gold. Where there are fiscal
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structures and mansions, everybody has a house
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and apartments. Where we have cars. Where we
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have, you know, material things. No. This heaven
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is immaterial. It's not referring to what? A
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geographical location. Because God's kingdom
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or God's heaven or where God lives is not like
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It's not like the way the world, it's not the
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kingdom of God. It's not like the way the world
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describes. It's not like the way the world perceive
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a kingdom. Hallelujah. So, in verse 19, what
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does the word kingdom mean? What does the word
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kingdom mean? That's what we're going to focus
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and dig more. Now, the word kingdom, we explained
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previously as well that the word kingdom refers
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to It's from a Greek word. What? Basilia, right?
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A noun, Basilia, in Greek, which means dominion.
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It means royal power or rule. And we say that
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this should not be confused with an actual kingdom.
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Because the moment we talk about kingdom, what
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comes to our mind is maybe a kingdom, the United
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Kingdom, a fiscal kingdom, or maybe a kingdom
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in your country, in Nigeria, a kingdom. It shouldn't
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be confused with a fiscal kingdom. But rather,
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the right of authority to rule. That's what we
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call kingdom. The right of authority to rule.
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And we also said that Basilia is from the root
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word, what? Basilius, right? Which means a leader
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of people. A prince, a commander, a lord of the
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land, or a king. So the phrase, and I will give
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you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, can be
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put as, and I will give you the keys of the dominion
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of heaven, or, and I will give you the keys of
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the authority of heaven. Hallelujah. Now, it
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is important for us to note that the word keys
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here, It's used as a metaphor for what? For access.
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This is a revision for us. It's used as a metaphor
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for what? For access. Keys is from the Greek
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word kles, K -L -E -I -S in the Greek, which
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metaphorically can also be referred to as power
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or authority. Since the keeper of the keys has
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the power or the authority to open or shut. So
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metaphorically, the word keys refers to power
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and authority. Hallelujah. So kles, which is
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a noun, we said also that it is derived from
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another root word, kleo, k -l -e -i -o, a verb,
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meaning to close, to shut or to shut up. Now,
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with the understanding we've garnered from this
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explanation of the word, we've seen the kingdom
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of heaven will be referred to as the authority
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of heaven and not just a physical place. Hallelujah.
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Now, if you can remember very well, what I just
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did now, right, is also read from what we did
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in cell meeting. the first cell meeting of the
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year or second cell meeting there about of the
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year. Now let's study further on the kingdom
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of heaven. My goal is for us to understand deeper
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what the kingdom of heaven is. For us to have
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a better understanding of what the kingdom of
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heaven is. And with the understanding that we
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will have about the kingdom of heaven, we will
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be able to manifest the kingdom of heaven. Hallelujah.
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Now, Let's go again to one of the scriptures
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we've been dealing with in the cell meeting,
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Matthew 24. Please, I want you to be attentive
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and follow what we are going to do. It's going
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to be a bit rigorous, but it will help us so
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much in the few times that we're going to have
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in the weeks coming ahead. Matthew 24. Matthew
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24, from verse 1 to 3. If you've been very active
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in the cell meeting, you should be familiar with
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this text. You should be able to teach this text
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and explain it because we'll spend over a month
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here, right? Matthew 24 from verse 1 to 3. Then
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Jesus went out and departed from the temple and
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his disciples came up to show him the buildings
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of the temple. And Jesus said to them, Do you
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not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to
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you, not one stone shall be left here upon another
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that shall not be thrown down. Verse 3. Now as
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he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
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came to him privately saying, Tell us, when will
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these things be? Which things? Is it the destruction
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of the temple? I was thinking it's the end of
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the world. I was thinking it's rapture. When
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will these things be? How do we come to a conclusion
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that is concerning the temple? Because of the
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conversation in context, right? Very good. When
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will these things be? Tell us, when will these
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things be? And what? What will be the sign of
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your coming? Is this not rapture? Is this not
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the end of the world? What will be the sign of
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your coming and of the end of the world? All
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kingdoms, instead of the word age, it is world.
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Hallelujah. Now, pay attention to what we're
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going to do. The KJV uses the word end of the
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world or end of the age. As we have always learned,
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words in the Bible must be defined within the
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context of their application in the scriptures.
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For us to give meaning to sentences, to phrases,
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we don't impute meaning to words. But rather
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we look at context, right? And then we can arrive
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at the meaning of that word or phrase or sentence.
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So this means we should always consider context.
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of scripture to explain or give meaning to words
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or phrases from scripture. We don't just assume
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the meaning of words. You see, many of our misapplication
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of scriptures is because we give the scriptures
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its own meaning. We don't allow the passage to
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explain itself. We don't allow, you know, the
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Bible to give us a meaning because Within the
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context of the usage of that word or phrase,
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we'll have the meaning of that text, of that
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word, of that text or that phrase, whatever it
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is. So the end of the world in verse 3, which
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is where I'm going to focus on. In the second
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meeting, we'll be dealing with the coming, right?
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And also, which one again? These things, we've
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been dealing with the first part of the question.
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When will these things be? We've dealt with it.
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And then the second one is what? The coming,
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right? Now, let me steal from what we will do
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ahead and then explain the idea about the kingdom
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of heaven. Now, the end of the world is very
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important in explaining the kingdom of heaven.
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Are we together? It says the end of the world.
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The end of the world. When? When will this be?
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And when will be the sign of your coming? and
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of the end of the world. End of the H in the
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New King James. Now, the end of the world in
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verse 3 does not refer to the world being terminated
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or destroyed because most times when we read
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this text, we conclude that this text is talking
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about the destruction of the world, when the
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world will be destroyed. As it is in our own
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language today, when we hear the word end, what
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quickly comes to our mind is what? Maybe a termination
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of a process, right? Or the world is going to
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finish. Let me use that word. It's going to finish.
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If it's something that can finish anyway. So
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the word N, as used in Matthew 24, verse 3, is
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translated from a Greek word. Let me spell it
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for you. It's the word suntelia. S -Y -N -T -E
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-L. Let me spell it again. S -Y -N -T -E -L -E
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-I -A. What does it mean? It means completion.
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It means consummation. It also means the fullness
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of time. Okay? It means completion. It means
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consummation. It means the fullness of time.
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So the term world as used in this text, because
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we're going to look at the end of the world,
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the end of the age, the end of the world, right?
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So the term world here is used to describe time
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and activities, especially activities on the
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earth. Time and activities on the earth. Hallelujah.
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That is why the New King James uses ages instead
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of world as used in the Old King James, it uses
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ages instead of world. For example, 1 Corinthians
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10 verse 10. 1 Corinthians 10 verse 10. 1 Corinthians.
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Help me so we can save time. 1 Corinthians 10.
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Verse 10. Yes. 11. Okay. Look at verse 11. He
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said, now all these things happened to them as
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examples, and they were written for our admonition,
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right? For our encouragement, for our admonition,
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upon whom the end of the age has come, which
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means that the end of the world, if you read
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from the Old King James, that's what the age
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is here, replaced with the world. The end of
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the world has come, which means that in our time,
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what has happened? The end of the world, what?
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It's happening. Oh, it has come. Amen? So are
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we in the end of the world? Huh? Are we looking
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forward to the end of the world? Okay. Say no,
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say yes. Hold that thought. We'll unravel it.
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Paul says they were written for us upon whom
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the end of the ages has come, meaning unto those
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who are living in the fulfillment. All right?
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In the fulfillment of this reality. Now, read
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the same passage. There's a translation I saw.
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The Berean Standard Bible, BSB. Can I get that?
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Who is on the screen? There's a translation called
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the Berean Standard Bible, BSB. This same text.
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Berean Standard Bible. Someone should help me
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with the phone. Yes, you can read it. Yes. On
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whom what? The fulfillment. So they removed the
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word end and replaced it with what? Fulfillment,
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right? Fulfillment of the ages has come. Alright?
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Read it in TPT. TPT did a little bit of justice,
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Pastor Victor, to this verse. We can say thumbs
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up for TPT. Yes. Yes, you see? For we live in
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a time. What is that time? The end of the world.
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For we live in a time when the purpose of all
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ages past is now completed, completing its goal
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within us. Hallelujah. So it's completing its
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purpose within us. Here's another example in
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Hebrews chapter 9 verse 24. Hebrews chapter 9
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verse 24. Hebrews 9 verse 24. What are we trying
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to explain? We're trying to explain what the
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end of the world means. Okay? It's very important
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in helping us understand the kingdom of heaven
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so we can manifest the kingdom of heaven. Hebrews
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9, Hebrews 9, verse 24 to 26. Hebrews 9. No one
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is helping me to read, okay. To 26. 26. Okay,
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see, when did Jesus appear? Huh? Jesus appeared
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when? No, now, look at this verse. There's no
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2000 here. Okay, look at verse 26. Am I fast?
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Okay, let's look at verse 26. He then will have
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had to suffer often since the foundation of the
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world. If it's your Bible, underline foundation
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of the world. So now there are two things I want
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us to emphasize. If there is an end of the world,
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there should be a foundation of the world. Are
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we together? He then would have had to suffer
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often since the foundation of the world. But
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now, once at the end of the world, he had appeared
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to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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So Jesus put away sin by the sacrifice of himself
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when? The end of the world. End of ages. Jesus
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put away sin at the end of the world. And as
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I said, another phrase for us to note, often
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used by Jesus and other writers of scripture,
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is that word foundation of the world. So we have
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two crucial words. Number one, the foundation
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of the world and also what? The end of the world.
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So have we all understand what the end of the
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world is? It means fulfillment, right? It means
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fulfillment. that it means accomplishment. Alright?
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So, the foundation of the world, what does it
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mean? Matthew 13, 34. Matthew 13, verse... Yes.
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Continue to verse 35. Hallelujah. Things were
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kept secret from where? From the foundation of
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the world. Hallelujah. Things were kept secret
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from where? From the foundation of the world.
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Matthew 25, 34. Matthew 25, 34. He says, Then
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the king will say to those on his right hand,
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Come. You blessed of my father. Inherit what?
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The kingdom prepared. On the land prepared. If
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it's your Bible, on the land prepared. Prepared
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for you from when? From the foundation of the
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world. The kingdom was prepared from the foundation
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of the world. John chapter 17 verse 24. He was
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loved before the foundation of the world. Luke
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11, 48 to 51. So what is the foundation of the
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world? Jesus was loved before the foundation
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of the world. Jesus was not loved in the foundation
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of the world, but before the foundation of the
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world. So you can be asking, what is the foundation
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of the world? Luke 11, 48. Luke 11, 48 to 51.
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Luke 11, 48. To fifty one. Fifty. 51. Hallelujah.
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So with these texts, right, where were the prophets
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killed? Foundation of the world, right? Are we
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moving together? blood of the prophets was shed
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from the foundation of this world, which refers
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to a period between Genesis and where? And Malachi.
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And we can say including the time of John the
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Baptist too, right? Because he lived in that
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era. So we can call that era the foundation of
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what? Of the world. And Matthew 13, 34, is referring
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to a text in the Old Testament, what we call
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the Old Testament, Psalm 78 verse 2. Psalm 78
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verse 2. Yes, I will open my mouth in a parable
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and utter dark sayings of old, dark sayings of
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old. The word old is translated from the Hebrew
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word qedem, q -e -d -e -m, q -e -d -e -m. And
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it means Before now, it means at first or at
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the beginning. So, the foundation of the world
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will refer to a place in the Bible. Alright?
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It will refer to a place in the Bible. It will
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refer to a part of Scripture. Okay? Let's move
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on. I've given us a clue, but let's move on.
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Hebrews chapter 4, from verse 1. To give us clarity,
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Hebrews chapter 4, from verse 1. 1 to 4. Let
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me read this one. Hebrews 4, from verse 1 to
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4. It says, The gospel was preached to us as
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well as to them, but the word which they heard
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did not profit them, not being mixed with faith
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in those who heard it. For we who have believed
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do enter that rest, as he has said. So I swore
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in my wrath they shall not enter my rest, although
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the works were finished from where? From the
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foundation of the world. For he has spoken in
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a certain place of the seventh day. And God rested
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on the seventh day from all his works. Hallelujah.
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So, we can see clearly that the Hebrew writer
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is explaining. Where is he explaining? He's explaining
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Genesis chapter 2. Alright. He's explaining Genesis.
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Chapter 2. So can we go to Genesis chapter 2?
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We have a goal. And I want you to be patient
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and follow. Now Genesis chapter 2. It says, Hallelujah.
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So we can see here clearly that the writer of
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Hebrews is explaining Genesis 2, verse 1 to 3,
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as the foundation of the world. Okay? And we
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also saw from Luke 11, 49 to 51, That Jesus mentions
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the characters in the foundation of the world.
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The prophets, they were killed. Where were they
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killed? They were killed in the era of the foundation
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of the world. Therefore, the foundation of the
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world mentioned in both Hebrews and the one we've
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seen in Luke refers to the book of Genesis. Okay?
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It refers to the book of Genesis, pointing to
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the book of Genesis. Where God's work began.
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Amen? It is pointing to what? To what we call
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the Old Testament Scriptures, where the work
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of God began. So, foundation refers to the beginning
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of the work, as seen in Genesis, where God began
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a work. Hallelujah. God began a work in Genesis.
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God began a work in Genesis. The word foundation,
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as we see in the New Testament, Hebrews 11, 11,
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precisely. Hebrews 11, 11. Let's explain that
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word foundation. Yes. I read, By faith Sarah
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herself also received strength to conceive seed,
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and she bore a child when she was past the age
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because she judged him faithful who had promised.
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So the word foundation is the word katabole.
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I'm not Greek, so pardon me. Let me spell it,
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K -A -T -A -B -O -L -E, noun. It refers to conceive,
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conception. It is used for conception. As we
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see in the case of Sarah here, it says strength
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to conceive seed. That conception there is the
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word foundation. So it's not foundation as foundation
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that women use on their faces. All right? It
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can mean conception. Okay? It means to start
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something or conception. We've seen it can, it
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will mean to two things. Number one, starting
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something, starting a work. And it also means
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conception. As we can see used in Hebrews 11
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verse 11. Now, this word foundation is used primarily
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in building construction of a house. All right?
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It's used primarily for what? For building construction
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of a house. Now, in building a house, the foundation
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gives you what? What does the foundation give
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you? It gives you an idea of what you want to
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build. Isn't it? The foundation gives you the
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structure of what will be built. It provides
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the destination of what you're going to build.
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It provides the purpose. It gives you the plan
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of what is going to be established, isn't it?
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The foundation of a house gives us the intent
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of the kind of house that is going to be established,
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is going to be built. So Jesus, while on the
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cross, said, it is finished. He says it is finished.
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And while he was raised from the dead, he began
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his teaching from the foundation. Now we're trying
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to link the foundation to what? To the end of
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the world. Hallelujah. Jesus began his explanation,
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began his teaching from where? From the foundation,
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from the conception, from the idea, when the
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idea started, from when God began the work. Luke
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24, 25 to 27. Luke 24, 25 to 27. Yes. Beginning
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at Moses. Hallelujah. And all the prophets beginning
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at Genesis. Beginning from where? From the foundation.
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Beginning from where the idea was conceived.
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Okay? And the prophets. He expounded to them
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in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
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Now, let's jump to verse 44. He said to them,
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these are the words which I spoke to you while
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I was still with you. All things must be what?
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Must be fulfilled. So what was fulfilled? What
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was fulfilled was what was established from the
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foundation. And we see Jesus coming to establish
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what was. initiated from the beginning. Hallelujah.
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So these things are the words I spoke to you
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while I was still with you, that all things must
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be fulfilled, which were written in the law of
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Moses and the prophets and the Psalms concerning
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me. Verse 45. And he opened their understanding
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that they might comprehend the scriptures. Hallelujah.
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So all the writers of the Gospels, Matthew, Mark,
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Luke, and John, you know, they began their writing
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from this foundation. Have you noticed that?
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For example, now in Matthew chapter 1 verse 1,
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let's look at Matthew chapter 1 verse 1. This
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information is crucial for us, so bear in mind.
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Okay. Matthew chapter 1 verse 1. It says the
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book of what? The genealogy of Jesus Christ.
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The son of David and of Abraham. Where are these
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characters found? Huh? They are found where?
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In the writings of Moses, right? That is what
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we call the foundation. So that is where they
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began the writings of what Jesus will do. That's
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where they trace the origin of what Jesus will
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do or what Jesus has done. Mark chapter 1 verse
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1 also in his writing started from that particular
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beginning. What we call the beginning. Mark chapter
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1 verse 1. Mark chapter 1 verse 1. Yes. The beginning
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of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God,
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as it is written in the prophets. All right.
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Which prophets? The prophets that were in what
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we call the Old Testament scriptures. Right.
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So we can say that the foundation started from
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Genesis to the writings of the prophets. All
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right. Till. Where we see the fulfillment in
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what Christ has done. John chapter 1 verse 1.
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Also, John started from the foundation. John
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chapter 1 verse 1. Yes. In the beginning. All
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right. Referring to where? Genesis chapter what?
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Chapter 1 verse 1, isn't it? And for Luke, Luke
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started in Luke chapter 3. He gave us a context
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of his writing, even though he was writing to
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an individual, but the context of what he wrote
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was in Luke chapter 3, verse 23. Continue, you
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see? Yes. So when you read down, you see the
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genealogy of Jesus Christ. Trace back to who?
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Trace back to verse 38. Read verse 38. And the
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Son of God. So, going back to the beginning of
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everything. Therefore, everything we teach, alright,
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must have its root from where? From the beginning,
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from Genesis. Now, there is always a building
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concept in the Bible. Alright? There's always
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a concept about building. When I mean building,
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I mean construction in the Bible. You will see
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it throughout the Bible. The foundation is Genesis.
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And the end of that building is what we call
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the end of the world. Hallelujah. Let me repeat
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that sentence again. I said in the Bible, there's
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a building concept. And the foundation is in
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Genesis. From the Old Testament Scriptures. Okay?
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The foundation is in Genesis. And the end of
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that building is what we call the end of the
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age. The end of the world. The end of the world.
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That should give you a little bit of hint of
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what Jesus will explain today. to the disciples
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in Matthew 24 verse 3. When do we ask him, when
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will the end of the world come? Are we together?
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So, therefore, the end of the world has a positive
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connotation and not a negative one. Alright?
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So when we talk about the end of the world, we're
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not referring to something dangerous. Okay? We're
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not looking for, you know, we've watched so much
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movies of, what do we call it? Destruction. Of,
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give me a word, please. I might get it right.
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You know, when COVID came, they say, ah, we've
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come to the end of the world. And then some people
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thought that the vaccine was CCCs. That when
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you receive it, you will take the number of the
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beast. Some of us collected. Some of us did not
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collect. Eh? You have the booster. Okay. And
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we are still here. Hallelujah. There was a prophecy,
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I think, someone prophesied that the war would
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end today. Is it today or yesterday? September
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2020, 25. And today is, And it has come and it
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has passed. And the world has no end. And oftentimes,
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whenever they want to explain this, they go to
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Matthew 24. Hallelujah. To try to explain the
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concept of rapture. And we've taught you that
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in the Bible, you read from Genesis to Revelation,
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you will find the word rapture. Which means that
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it is coined from somewhere and from something.
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Hallelujah. This explanation, right, is very,
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very fundamental in helping us understand the
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concept of the kingdom of God. Now, when we begin
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to build from here, we'll begin to see God's
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plan from the foundation. Hallelujah. On Wednesday,
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please come prepared. We're going to see from
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the foundation. To Abraham. Abraham saw a land.
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Amen? What is that land? In Hebrew, we see that
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it was a city. And obviously we know there is
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no Jerusalem here. What did Jacob saw? Jacob
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saw a house. Is that construction? Does land
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look like construction? Does a house look like
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construction? Amen. And all these things will
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give us a concept of what the kingdom of heaven
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is. And Moses will construct a temple. All right.
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Is that construction? Amen. Now I'm trying to
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give us an idea of how God communicated the concept
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of the kingdom of heaven from the foundation
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to where? To the end of. The completion of the
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work of establishing the kingdom. Hallelujah.
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So this background will set us in the good order
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to understand what the plan of God is. To understand
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how God walked through seasons and generations
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to bring about the manifestation of his plan.
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We will see the culmination, how the plan of
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God was executed. And we will see our place in
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the plan of God. And how we can manifest the
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kingdom of God. Hallelujah. So do we know what
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is the foundation of the world? Help me so that
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I will know that I have achieved something today.
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Do we know the foundation of the world? Do we
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know the end of the world? Let's rise on our
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feet and pray. We appreciate you being here today.
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