WEBVTT 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:06.299 Welcome to the Kingdom Family Podcast, where 00:00:06.299 --> 00:00:09.599 we rediscover our identity as sons and daughters 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:13.000 of Yahweh and learn to live the life of the Kingdom. 00:00:13.660 --> 00:00:17.679 Let's jump in to today's episode. Welcome back. 00:00:18.140 --> 00:00:21.420 We are on, I believe this is week 12, maybe, 00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:26.219 of rethinking the end times. We are coming to 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:29.760 an end to this. And just a reminder for... all 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:33.539 of my listeners that once this series ends in 00:00:33.539 --> 00:00:36.320 the month of July and August we are going to 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.359 take a break. That will give me a couple months 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:44.079 to do some recording and stuff and kind of play 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:47.840 a catch -up game to where I can be ahead on future 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:51.240 things and hopefully not have to take any more 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:56.700 months off but can just continue on with uploads 00:00:56.700 --> 00:01:00.399 of... whatever I feel Holy Spirit lay on my heart 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:04.659 and how to move forward with that. So again, 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:08.319 I know we're good this week. I know at least 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:11.519 have one more week in this and I gotta go looking 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:14.120 forward at my notes to see what else is here. 00:01:14.420 --> 00:01:16.459 But I know for certain July and August, there 00:01:16.459 --> 00:01:19.299 will be no more new episodes for those two months. 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:22.000 And like I said, hopefully that'd be the last 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.959 time we do that kind of break. We'll just transition 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:30.109 seasons. as we go moving forward. But this week 00:01:30.109 --> 00:01:32.670 I'm excited. We get to talk about the new heaven 00:01:32.670 --> 00:01:37.189 and the new earth idea. This whole thing has 00:01:37.189 --> 00:01:41.010 been fun for me to teach. Again, there's so much. 00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:45.530 You can go so deep inside of this and I hope 00:01:45.530 --> 00:01:48.549 if this interests you and you want to learn more, 00:01:48.829 --> 00:01:52.109 you know, go study for yourself. Go sit with 00:01:52.109 --> 00:01:54.909 Holy Spirit. Look at some different material. 00:01:56.329 --> 00:02:00.609 Go study some of these ideas for yourself. I've 00:02:00.609 --> 00:02:05.489 studied this to a point enough to where um This 00:02:05.489 --> 00:02:08.669 is what I believe as far as end times are concerned. 00:02:08.669 --> 00:02:10.789 I do not believe that we're in the last days 00:02:10.789 --> 00:02:13.789 I don't believe in a rapture. I don't believe 00:02:13.789 --> 00:02:19.169 in a single Antichrist rising up and Doing all 00:02:19.169 --> 00:02:22.150 this I don't believe the 666 theory. I believe 00:02:22.150 --> 00:02:25.199 every lot of this stuff is symbolism And when 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:29.259 you have what I hope my teaching has done is 00:02:29.259 --> 00:02:32.900 given you hope for a brighter future, a brighter 00:02:32.900 --> 00:02:37.020 tomorrow and not look to doom and gloom. Again, 00:02:37.139 --> 00:02:40.199 one of my concerns in the church realm that I've 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:43.879 grown up in is we seem to use darkness as an 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:47.439 indication that the end is near. And my point 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:50.830 of view, I think I said this early on is if There 00:02:50.830 --> 00:02:54.129 is darkness that simply means the light has not 00:02:54.129 --> 00:02:58.469 been turned on and my friend you and I are that 00:02:58.469 --> 00:03:01.449 light plain and simple So I want you to understand 00:03:01.449 --> 00:03:04.349 today that the new heaven and earth in revelation 00:03:04.349 --> 00:03:08.610 is not about god destroying creation But renewing 00:03:08.610 --> 00:03:12.129 it bringing restoration healing in god's presence 00:03:12.129 --> 00:03:15.330 fully Among his people and as i've done in some 00:03:15.330 --> 00:03:17.110 of the previous episodes. I want you to just 00:03:17.110 --> 00:03:20.210 take a minute and think that when you think about 00:03:20.210 --> 00:03:23.090 the end of the world what comes to your mind 00:03:23.090 --> 00:03:27.370 what emotions begin to rise up inside of you 00:03:27.370 --> 00:03:30.729 um a lot of people talk about destruction chaos 00:03:30.729 --> 00:03:34.689 fear judgment that kind of thing um and many 00:03:34.689 --> 00:03:36.789 people assume the bible ends with destruction 00:03:36.789 --> 00:03:39.629 or something but revelation does not end with 00:03:39.629 --> 00:03:44.530 destruction it ends with restoration so i want 00:03:44.530 --> 00:03:47.770 us to really consider what does the new heaven 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:51.400 and new earth mean and so i want to read to you 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:55.139 from revelation chapter 21 and i'm going to read 00:03:55.139 --> 00:03:57.500 out of the passion and the mirror because i think 00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:01.300 it's important and in the passion translation 00:04:01.300 --> 00:04:04.199 it says then in a vision i saw a new heaven and 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:06.900 new earth the first heaven and earth had passed 00:04:06.900 --> 00:04:11.960 away and the sea no longer existed now I want 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:15.120 you to remember in previous seasons what we talked 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.100 about sea representing. Go back and listen to 00:04:18.100 --> 00:04:20.620 some of this. That's important for you to just 00:04:20.620 --> 00:04:23.519 grab hold of. So when you hear this, this is 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:25.800 not saying the oceans that we have no longer 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:29.279 existed. Go back and listen. What did the sea 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:31.819 represent? I don't want to just give you answers 00:04:31.819 --> 00:04:35.000 all the time. I want to make you go do the legwork, 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:38.899 go study to show yourself approved. Habakkuk 00:04:38.899 --> 00:04:40.319 is a really important verse to me. It says, my 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.300 people perish for lack of knowledge. What you 00:04:43.300 --> 00:04:48.860 don't understand, well, you can misuse. It can 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:52.839 hurt you. It can harm you. So I really encourage 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.339 people to do their own research, go do your own 00:04:55.339 --> 00:04:58.819 studying. I want to break this kind of man of 00:04:58.819 --> 00:05:03.240 God idea that you just come running to a pastor 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:06.879 or someone like me, whatever, for all of your 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:11.149 answers. Are they there to help you and to guide 00:05:11.149 --> 00:05:14.410 you and to give you wisdom? Certainly, but they're 00:05:14.410 --> 00:05:18.370 not God Okay, and I want to number one I want 00:05:18.370 --> 00:05:20.610 to help pastors and leaders understand and take 00:05:20.610 --> 00:05:24.589 that that burden off of them That you as a child 00:05:24.589 --> 00:05:28.870 of God can hear from heaven on your own What 00:05:28.870 --> 00:05:31.610 we should be doing is simply confirming that 00:05:31.610 --> 00:05:35.180 what you're hearing. So again go look up if you 00:05:35.180 --> 00:05:37.439 don't remember what the sea is go look it up 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:40.360 what did it symbolize what did it mean and then 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:42.120 out of the mirror translation it says then i 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:44.259 saw a new heaven and a new earth for the age 00:05:44.259 --> 00:05:47.439 of the previous heaven and earth had passed away 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:52.459 also the sea was no longer present now i want 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:54.939 to go from there and now i want to go back to 00:05:54.939 --> 00:05:58.680 reading isaiah chapter 65 because this is isaiah 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.649 65 talks about the new heaven and new earth hang 00:06:02.649 --> 00:06:04.829 with me for a little bit because we're gonna 00:06:04.829 --> 00:06:08.550 go from about verse 17 to verse 25 so just hang 00:06:08.550 --> 00:06:12.170 with me and it says look I am creating entirely 00:06:12.170 --> 00:06:14.709 new heavens and a new earth they will be so wonderful 00:06:14.709 --> 00:06:16.990 that no one will even think about the old ones 00:06:16.990 --> 00:06:20.129 anymore as you wait for the reality of what I 00:06:20.129 --> 00:06:22.310 am creating be filled with joy and an ending 00:06:22.310 --> 00:06:25.069 gladness look I am ready to create Jerusalem 00:06:25.069 --> 00:06:28.769 as a source of sheer joy and her people in absolute 00:06:28.769 --> 00:06:32.100 delight I will rejoice in this new Jerusalem 00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:34.980 and find great delight in my people. You will 00:06:34.980 --> 00:06:37.279 no longer hear the sound of weeping or cries 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:40.720 of distress. No baby will die in infancy there 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:43.019 and everyone will live out their full lifespan. 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:46.500 Now catch this because this means this is not 00:06:46.500 --> 00:06:49.139 like heaven, eternal heaven, because they're 00:06:49.139 --> 00:06:53.319 still dying here. For when centurions die, centurions 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.939 a hundred years old, they will be considered 00:06:55.939 --> 00:06:59.379 youngsters. and anyone who dies earlier will 00:06:59.379 --> 00:07:03.500 be considered of no account. People will build 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:05.980 their own houses to live in and they will not 00:07:05.980 --> 00:07:08.360 be taken over by someone else. They will plant 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:10.459 their own vineyards to enjoy and they will not 00:07:10.459 --> 00:07:13.300 be confiscated by someone else. They will live 00:07:13.300 --> 00:07:15.759 long lives like age -old trees and my chosen 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:18.779 ones will enjoy to the fullest the work of their 00:07:18.779 --> 00:07:21.600 hands throughout their lives. So the implication 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.319 of these two verses is that foreign invaders 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.860 will not overtake the land. and go back and just 00:07:27.860 --> 00:07:29.839 just let's think about this don't shake your 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:33.399 brain at the door what are foreign invaders this 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:35.759 is not people from foreign countries this is 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:39.339 not muslims this is not uh democrats this is 00:07:39.339 --> 00:07:42.259 not what that means at all what are the foreign 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:45.060 invaders for you and i could it be things such 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:50.420 as sickness disease cancer diabetes heart issues 00:07:50.420 --> 00:07:54.129 could it be shame guilt, anxiety, depression. 00:07:54.529 --> 00:07:57.689 Could it be those things are foreign invaders 00:07:57.689 --> 00:08:01.430 for us as sons and daughters of the king? It's 00:08:01.430 --> 00:08:04.110 important for us to grab hold of. So it's saying, 00:08:04.569 --> 00:08:06.829 again, the implications Dr. Simmons put in here, 00:08:07.589 --> 00:08:09.810 these two verses is that foreign invaders will 00:08:09.810 --> 00:08:12.810 not overtake the land. Anxiety is not going to 00:08:12.810 --> 00:08:16.050 overtake the land. Sickness is not going to overtake 00:08:16.050 --> 00:08:18.829 the land. It's good news if you hear it right. 00:08:20.039 --> 00:08:22.579 Moving on to verse 23, they will neither work 00:08:22.579 --> 00:08:24.740 in vain for someone else nor will their children 00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:27.199 face disaster, for they will be children and 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:30.079 grandchildren who are blessed by Yahweh. Before 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:32.440 they even call out to me, I will answer them. 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:34.399 Before they finish telling me what they need, 00:08:34.580 --> 00:08:38.200 I will have already heard. The wolf now catch 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.639 this the wolf and the lamb will graze side by 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.159 side And the lion will eat straw like the ox 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:45.480 and the serpent's food will be dust There will 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.000 be neither violence nor murder or money on my 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.440 entire holy mountain of Zion says Yahweh now 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:54.240 if you take a wolf and a lamb Grazing side by 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:59.279 side which one of the two had to change Think 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.600 about this. It's important to understand Now 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:06.340 I want to go back And look at the definition 00:09:06.340 --> 00:09:09.860 and the meaning of the word new Because in the 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:13.899 Greek you have two words for new you have neos 00:09:13.899 --> 00:09:18.200 and you have Kinos Kinos is the word that's being 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:23.940 used in this this intersection And so let me 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:25.700 talk about that for just a minute because new 00:09:25.700 --> 00:09:28.480 does not always mean brand new replacement It 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:31.929 often means renewed restored or made fresh think 00:09:31.929 --> 00:09:35.389 of a renovated house as the same structure, just 00:09:35.389 --> 00:09:38.129 restore beauty. So it's important for us to understand 00:09:38.129 --> 00:09:41.850 that God does not abandon creation, he restores 00:09:41.850 --> 00:09:45.509 it, just like humanity. He didn't abandon humanity, 00:09:45.549 --> 00:09:49.190 no, he restored us to the original design. And 00:09:49.190 --> 00:09:51.990 he actually completed that when he hung on the 00:09:51.990 --> 00:09:55.730 cross and he declared it is finished. And that's 00:09:55.730 --> 00:09:59.710 a very important shift for us to make. So let's 00:09:59.710 --> 00:10:04.440 look at Kinos, this is new in quality, nature, 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:08.659 kind, or character. It is something that is renewed, 00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:12.639 transformed, or unprecedented. It is different 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:16.039 than Neos. Neos would mean something different. 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:19.340 Neos would be the idea of a new car replacing 00:10:19.340 --> 00:10:23.220 an old car. Kinos would be a car completely transformed 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:26.740 into something that it never was before. And 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:28.820 that's just important for us to grab hold of 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:31.769 those two definitions. Again, neo -sincanos if 00:10:31.769 --> 00:10:34.029 you want to learn more go study some of these 00:10:34.029 --> 00:10:38.169 words for yourself and understand how our we've 00:10:38.169 --> 00:10:40.830 translated the two different words into the same 00:10:40.830 --> 00:10:43.269 english word but they mean two different things 00:10:43.269 --> 00:10:46.009 so you have to do your own study and your own 00:10:46.009 --> 00:10:51.820 research So having understood the word new, we 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:55.600 can understand why many scholars argue that John 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.799 in Revelation 21 is not describing God throwing 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:02.539 away creation and starting over, but it's creation 00:11:02.539 --> 00:11:06.299 being renewed, transformed, and brought into 00:11:06.299 --> 00:11:11.200 its intended fullness. Remember, Romans 8 -22. 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:14.320 The Earth is groaning and travailing for the 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:16.620 manifestation of the sons and daughters of Yahweh. 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:20.019 So what is the Earth asking for it? The Earth 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:22.840 is asking for you and I, I'm wearing this shirt, 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:24.700 I don't know if you can see it, Creation Groans, 00:11:24.779 --> 00:11:27.340 for those that's watching the YouTube channel, 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:30.220 which I've got to do a lot of work on that. But 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:31.860 I'm wearing the shirt that says Creation Groans. 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:36.179 but Romans 8 22 tells you what the earth is growing 00:11:36.179 --> 00:11:39.299 for and the earth is waiting for you and i to 00:11:39.299 --> 00:11:43.500 figure out who we are inside of christ and begin 00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:46.879 to speak and declare back to creation who she 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:50.100 is to release her from the futility of the fall 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:58.120 of man john does not use neo's heaven and earth 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.320 he uses kynos heaven and earth So the emphasis 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:05.379 isn't on replacement, but transformation. God 00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:08.120 is not abandoning his creation, he is renewing 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:11.659 it. So the story of scripture ends not with evacuation, 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:15.840 but it ends with restoration. All right, so let's 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:20.100 look at a couple ways that this word is used 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:23.080 in other places, this kinos word. You can find 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:26.019 it in 2 Corinthians 5 .17 says, now if anyone 00:12:26.019 --> 00:12:29.600 is enfolded into Christ, He has become an entirely 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:33.159 new person. That's the word kinos again. All 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:35.580 that is related to the old order has vanished. 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:38.879 Behold, everything is fresh and new. Dr. Simmons 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:41.340 puts it in here. This would include our old identity, 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:44.539 our life of sin, and the power of Satan, the 00:12:44.539 --> 00:12:47.059 religious works of trying to please God, our 00:12:47.059 --> 00:12:50.399 old relationship with the world, and our old 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:53.799 mindsets. We are not reformed or simply refurbished. 00:12:54.379 --> 00:12:57.539 We are made completely new by our union with 00:12:57.539 --> 00:13:02.019 Christ in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit That's 00:13:02.019 --> 00:13:04.379 important for us to get together I'm gonna read 00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:06.240 the same verse out of the mirror says now in 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:08.120 the light of your co -inclusion in his death 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:10.960 and resurrection Whoever you thought you were 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:16.259 before in Christ You are a brand new person the 00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:18.659 old ways of seeing yourself and everyone else 00:13:18.659 --> 00:13:22.620 are over acquaint yourself with the new. And 00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:25.519 François de Troyes helps us understand that the 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:29.139 if here in 2nd Corinthians 517 some verses say 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:32.720 therefore if anyone is in Christ, it's not a 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:36.299 conditional statement. This is the conclusion 00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:40.559 of the revelation of the gospel. Mankind is in 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:44.399 Christ all by God's doing. By using the therefore 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:48.220 if immediately includes verses 14 through 16. 00:13:48.649 --> 00:13:51.870 If God's faith sees everyone in Christ and His 00:13:51.870 --> 00:13:54.490 death, then they were certainly also in Christ 00:13:54.490 --> 00:13:57.129 and His resurrection. Again, just important stuff 00:13:57.129 --> 00:14:01.070 for us to grab hold of, not just intellectually, 00:14:01.889 --> 00:14:04.429 but experientially. Don't just get this into 00:14:04.429 --> 00:14:07.450 your minds. Allow this to become true. inside 00:14:07.450 --> 00:14:10.190 the deepest parts of who you are. Because Jesus 00:14:10.190 --> 00:14:13.350 did not reveal just a potential you, no, he revealed 00:14:13.350 --> 00:14:16.110 the truth about you so that you may know the 00:14:16.110 --> 00:14:19.610 truth about yourself and be free. Because the 00:14:19.610 --> 00:14:23.129 truth is, you are free. Christ has made you free. 00:14:23.610 --> 00:14:25.830 In the death and resurrection of Jesus, God did 00:14:25.830 --> 00:14:28.690 not redeem a compromised replica of you, no, 00:14:28.929 --> 00:14:32.450 he rescued the original blueprint you created 00:14:32.450 --> 00:14:35.529 in his radiant mirror image just like it was 00:14:35.529 --> 00:14:38.500 in Genesis. We are reconnected with our original 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:40.840 Genesis through the resurrection of Jesus from 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:44.340 the dead. The new birth, this new birth endorses 00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:47.940 and celebrates the hope of the ages. God's eternal 00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:52.059 love dream concludes inside of life. Man, this 00:14:52.059 --> 00:14:55.820 is good if we grab hold of it. Then we have 2nd 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:58.419 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 6 as he alone makes 00:14:58.419 --> 00:15:01.860 us adequate ministers who are focused on an entirely 00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:05.480 new Kynos covenant. Our ministry is not based 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:07.419 on the letter of the law but through the power 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:10.159 of the Spirit. The letter of the law kills but 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:13.759 the Spirit pours out life. I want you to know 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:15.299 this was fascinating to me because I don't think 00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:17.259 you've ever heard this before but to illustrate 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:21.169 this on the day of Moses On the day the law of 00:15:21.169 --> 00:15:24.070 Moses was given, 3 ,000 were killed. But on the 00:15:24.070 --> 00:15:26.029 day that the Spirit was poured out on Pentecost, 00:15:26.090 --> 00:15:30.549 3 ,000 people received new life. But the important 00:15:30.549 --> 00:15:33.330 thing for us to note here is that it's not simply 00:15:33.330 --> 00:15:36.269 a recent covenant order, but a covenant of a 00:15:36.269 --> 00:15:43.289 different quality and order. So, let's see where 00:15:43.289 --> 00:15:46.509 we're at. All right, so let's look. Let's consider 00:15:46.509 --> 00:15:49.149 this. Let's consider that God dwells with humanity. 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:52.600 Revelation 21 3 says and I heard a thunderous 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:56.080 voice from the throne saying look God's Tabernacle 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:59.399 is with human beings and from now on he will 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:03.220 Tabernacle with them as their God now God himself 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:06.960 will have his home with them God with them will 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:10.860 be their God So I want you to go back to Genesis. 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:13.940 In the beginning, God walked with humanity in 00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:16.399 the garden. What was this? It was close. It was 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.120 relational. It was intimate, which tells you 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:22.340 it was a nearness. And this is what sin disrupted. 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:25.740 It did not disrupt God's love. No, it disrupted 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:28.860 our awareness. Again, we have the responsibility 00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:32.620 to ask the question, who changed at the fall? 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:38.179 God returns to dwell with humanity. Consider 00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:41.200 John chapter one, that the word became flesh 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:45.679 and dwelt among us. Not far away, not unreachable, 00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:49.200 no, he's near, he's personal, he's intimate, 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:52.820 he's present right here, right now. The gospel, 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.100 my friend, is about God moving toward humanity, 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:02.379 not away from it. And then we consider this as 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:05.400 we talk about new heaven and new earth. Revelation 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:08.180 21 for says he will wipe away every tear from 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:11.660 their eyes and eliminate death entirely No one 00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:15.460 will mourn or weep any longer the pain of wounds 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:20.279 will no longer exist for the old order has ceased 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:24.079 now What does it mean? There's no more death. 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:25.859 There's no more mourning. There's no more pain 00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:31.180 Why because creation has been and is being healed 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:34.799 Imagine my friend a world where grief ends not 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.539 because we leave and do some kind of escape thing 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:41.000 But because healing finally comes because we 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.559 as sons and daughters Begin to rise up and let 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:48.440 our light shine and release the kingdom within 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.720 us to the world around us God's final act is 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:57.309 not destruction. It's healing It's healing my 00:17:57.309 --> 00:18:00.029 friend. Look at the life of Jesus. Look at the 00:18:00.029 --> 00:18:02.589 person of Jesus. It's like Bill Johnson I believe 00:18:02.589 --> 00:18:05.450 Damon Thompson quotes it a lot But be careful 00:18:05.450 --> 00:18:08.309 of anything that you believe about God that you 00:18:08.309 --> 00:18:15.170 cannot find in the person of Jesus So what is 00:18:15.170 --> 00:18:18.210 Revelation describing it's describing a city 00:18:18.210 --> 00:18:22.150 not ruins not emptiness but a vibrant place why 00:18:22.150 --> 00:18:25.609 a city ask yourself why a city what does a city 00:18:25.609 --> 00:18:31.029 represent city would represent community culture 00:18:31.029 --> 00:18:38.869 life relationship not isolation inside the city 00:18:38.869 --> 00:18:41.750 that's where the tree of life returns water of 00:18:41.750 --> 00:18:46.230 life flows healing of nations occurs everything 00:18:46.230 --> 00:18:50.839 is restored The final picture of scripture is 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.819 not escaping. No, it's flourishing life. It goes 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:59.200 back to Romans 822. The entire universe standing 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:03.099 on tiptoe yearning to see the unveiling of God's 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:04.859 glory or sons and daughters. And it's interesting 00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:09.559 to note that the Greek word used for unveiling 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:12.359 here is the same word for the full title of Revelation. 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:16.359 The created universe is but the backdrop for 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:19.339 the dramatic appearing of God's sons and daughters 00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:22.259 unveiled with the glory of Jesus Christ upon 00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:26.640 them, according to Dr. Simmons. He goes on to 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:28.759 say the verb tense in the Greek text is clear 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:31.799 that this unveiling is imminent, soon to happen, 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:35.339 and destined to take place. Christ's glory will 00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:39.240 come to us, enter us, fill us, envelop us, and 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:43.039 then be revealed. through us as partakers of 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:47.500 the glory and i love this although god will not 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:50.319 share his glory with any other we are no longer 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:53.180 another for we are one with the father son and 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:56.339 holy spirit through faith in christ you can look 00:19:56.339 --> 00:20:01.359 at john 17 21 through 23 on that one but why 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:04.819 does revelation say there's no temple because 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:07.900 god himself is present my friend you are the 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:11.259 temple now He's not coming to dwell in buildings. 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:15.480 No, he's coming to dwell inside of you and I 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:19.039 That's why it's important to go back to previous 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:21.480 lessons on this and understand that the temple 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:27.160 was destroyed in 70 AD God is not limited to 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:31.460 buildings. His presence feels everything no temple 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:40.099 is needed No temple is needed When God dwells 00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:43.359 fully with his people no temple was needed he 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:47.000 goes where you go That's good news. If you let 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:50.960 it if you hear it, right? So our hope is not 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:54.619 escape our hope is renewal restoration and healing 00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:57.480 and my friend I believe and declared that it's 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:02.859 happening now What kind of future does God promise 00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:07.779 it's not fear it's not destruction no it is life 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:14.380 The future belongs to restoration not ruin So 00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:18.000 I want you to think about these God is not abandoning 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:23.000 creation. He's restoring it The story ends with 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:30.640 healing not chaos God dwells with humanity forever 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:34.539 The story of scripture does not end in destruction 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:38.299 no it ends in restoration It does not end in 00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:41.720 fear, it ends in healing. It does not end with 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:45.339 God leaving humanity, but with God dwelling fully 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:49.099 among his people. The future, my friend, is not 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:54.299 darkness. No, the future is renewal. My friend, 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:56.920 I hope this helps you. I hope this has given 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:59.920 you a better outlook on life, a better outlook 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:04.630 on the future, given you hope for tomorrow. Keep 00:22:04.630 --> 00:22:07.670 diving in keep pressing in don't be afraid to 00:22:07.670 --> 00:22:11.109 challenge the status quo of the religious System 00:22:11.109 --> 00:22:14.950 we have today Don't be afraid to think for yourself. 00:22:14.950 --> 00:22:19.730 Don't be afraid to ask questions Take them to 00:22:19.730 --> 00:22:23.329 the Holy Spirit Allow the Holy Spirit to teach 00:22:23.329 --> 00:22:28.329 you to guide you and to lead you into all truth 00:22:28.329 --> 00:22:34.390 Until next time my friend be blessed Thanks for 00:22:34.390 --> 00:22:36.849 spending some time with me today on the Kingdom 00:22:36.849 --> 00:22:40.450 Family Podcast. If this episode spoke to you, 00:22:40.690 --> 00:22:43.549 take a moment to share it and help someone else 00:22:43.549 --> 00:22:46.970 rediscover their identity as a son or daughter 00:22:46.970 --> 00:22:50.450 of Yahweh. 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