WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:06.639 Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.660 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.939 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:17.879 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:26.600 right in. Hallelujah. 1 Thessalonians 2, verse 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:35.460 12. Fortunately or unfortunately, I don't have 00:00:35.460 --> 00:00:39.259 a screen here. And my neck is very stiff that 00:00:39.259 --> 00:00:42.899 it can't be turning. So I want to get a mic and 00:00:42.899 --> 00:00:45.759 be reading the screen. All right? So it will 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:54.759 be fast. 1 Thessalonians 2, verse 3. No, no, 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:58.659 chapter 2, verse 12, where we read. It says that 00:00:58.659 --> 00:01:02.520 you... will walk worthy of God who calls you 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:07.959 into his kingdom, into his own kingdom and glory. 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:13.040 Hallelujah. God has called us into what? Into 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:16.140 his own kingdom. The Bible says that he has translated 00:01:16.140 --> 00:01:21.719 us from what? From what? From the kingdom of 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:27.680 what? Darkness. With which we were in the kingdom 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:31.349 of darkness. And he has translated us into what? 00:01:32.230 --> 00:01:37.230 Into the kingdom of what? His dear son. Hallelujah. 00:01:37.730 --> 00:01:41.629 Which is the kingdom of God. Amen. And this has 00:01:41.629 --> 00:01:46.489 been our subject of focus this year. Manifesting 00:01:46.489 --> 00:01:49.469 the kingdom of God. And I'm going to continue 00:01:49.469 --> 00:01:52.890 from the series we've been having in Catholicism 00:01:52.890 --> 00:01:55.609 about manifesting the kingdom of God. And our 00:01:55.609 --> 00:01:57.409 key text, who can remind us of our key text from 00:01:57.409 --> 00:02:06.659 Catholicism? Huh? We forgot Matthew 16? What? 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:15.580 Matthew what? 16. Okay. From verse 13. So let's 00:02:15.580 --> 00:02:19.259 read together. Matthew 16. From verse 13 to 19. 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:33.060 He asked Nthai Kupe, who to make thee that I, 00:02:33.099 --> 00:02:37.800 that I, sort of, that I. So they said, so take 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:40.719 John Devati, so Meliah, and honest Kirinoya, 00:02:40.939 --> 00:02:45.500 or what do you put me? Take then, for who do 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:49.180 you say that I am? I won't be to our side and 00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:51.759 stay, though I'm in Christ, the so -called inimigo. 00:02:52.979 --> 00:02:55.780 You don't have to say that to me. Bless the game, 00:02:55.780 --> 00:03:20.909 Spangun Patila. Bless you, Nthai Kupe. Hallelujah. 00:03:20.909 --> 00:03:25.189 So, previously we've discussed a lot of issues 00:03:25.189 --> 00:03:30.349 from verse 13. We've looked at verse 13. We've 00:03:30.349 --> 00:03:33.810 looked at the context of the scripture from verse 00:03:33.810 --> 00:03:38.650 13. And then we've seen the question that Jesus 00:03:38.650 --> 00:03:43.270 asked them. And we've also dwelled on the answer 00:03:43.270 --> 00:03:49.710 that was given by Peter. And we also discussed 00:03:49.710 --> 00:03:57.189 what it means to be blessed in verse 17. And 00:03:57.189 --> 00:03:59.530 we also learn, in case you have not been with 00:03:59.530 --> 00:04:01.650 us, you can go back to our teaching in Catholicism. 00:04:02.590 --> 00:04:08.189 We looked at what it means to receive revelation, 00:04:08.310 --> 00:04:14.250 what it means to be revealed the truth. And we 00:04:14.250 --> 00:04:21.410 also discussed the rock in verse 18. You know, 00:04:21.430 --> 00:04:23.709 the rock on which Christ is building his church. 00:04:25.550 --> 00:04:28.350 And then the gates of Hades shall not prevail 00:04:28.350 --> 00:04:30.949 against it. So we're going to begin to look at 00:04:30.949 --> 00:04:34.589 some issues from verse 19. It says, And I will 00:04:34.589 --> 00:04:41.149 give you the keys of kingdom of heaven. And whatever 00:04:41.149 --> 00:04:45.730 you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. And 00:04:45.730 --> 00:04:48.709 whatever you lose on earth will be loosed in 00:04:48.709 --> 00:04:52.290 heaven. And for us to just have a recap of some 00:04:52.290 --> 00:04:55.000 of the things that we've been discussing. Right 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.959 from the cell meetings, we talked about heaven, 00:04:58.180 --> 00:05:00.899 right? I think this year we started with the 00:05:00.899 --> 00:05:03.800 concept of heaven, trying to understand what 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:08.220 heaven is. Now in verse 17, not in verse 17, 00:05:08.420 --> 00:05:14.300 he says, my father, who what? Who is in heaven? 00:05:14.459 --> 00:05:17.160 Jesus answered and said to him in verse 17, blessed 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:20.660 are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has 00:05:20.660 --> 00:05:24.610 not revealed this to you, but my father, Who 00:05:24.610 --> 00:05:27.149 is where? Who is in heaven? Which means that 00:05:27.149 --> 00:05:29.709 this father that brought about the revelation 00:05:29.709 --> 00:05:33.610 of who Christ is, lives where? He is in heaven. 00:05:34.529 --> 00:05:37.970 My father who is in heaven. Matthew chapter 6 00:05:37.970 --> 00:05:47.649 verse 9. Matthew chapter 6 verse 9. Matthew chapter 00:05:47.649 --> 00:05:50.769 6 verse 9. Just want to remind ourselves, have 00:05:50.769 --> 00:05:52.930 a recap of what this heaven is. Matthew chapter 00:05:52.930 --> 00:06:01.360 6 verse 9. In this manner, therefore pray, our 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:06.819 Father in where? In heaven. Hallelujah. Hallowed 00:06:06.819 --> 00:06:09.800 be your name. Which means that God dwells where? 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:13.579 God dwells in heaven. The Father dwells in heaven. 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:18.160 My Father, in verse 17, what he says, our Father, 00:06:18.220 --> 00:06:21.699 Matthew 6, verse 9, refers to God. Who the Bible 00:06:21.699 --> 00:06:25.560 tells us is what? This Father is what? He's invisible. 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:31.100 Okay? God is what? God is invisible, but he lives 00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:35.139 in heaven. God is invisible, but he lives in 00:06:35.139 --> 00:06:37.740 heaven. John chapter 1 verse 18 talks about the 00:06:37.740 --> 00:06:40.040 God that is invisible. John chapter 1 verse 18. 00:06:55.949 --> 00:06:59.589 No one has seen God, right? No one has seen God 00:06:59.589 --> 00:07:04.170 face to face, physically. But Jesus declared 00:07:04.170 --> 00:07:22.649 him less. John 4, verse 24. Yes. God is spirit. 00:07:22.970 --> 00:07:25.990 So if we will have a relationship with this God 00:07:25.990 --> 00:07:28.589 who is spirit, who is invisible, what will happen? 00:07:28.709 --> 00:07:32.329 We must worship him in what? In spirit. Hallelujah. 00:07:32.930 --> 00:07:36.769 Colossians 1 verse 15. Colossians 1 verse 15. 00:07:39.730 --> 00:07:50.449 Colossians 1 verse 15. Talking about Jesus being 00:07:50.449 --> 00:07:55.689 the what? Being the image of the Father who is 00:07:55.689 --> 00:08:00.050 invisible. Invisibility here means that we can't 00:08:00.050 --> 00:08:03.430 see with the physical eyes. Doesn't mean that 00:08:03.430 --> 00:08:06.050 he does not exist. He exists, but he's not visible 00:08:06.050 --> 00:08:09.930 to the natural eyes. He lives in the invisible 00:08:09.930 --> 00:08:18.250 realm. 1 Timothy 1 verse 17. 1 Timothy 1 verse 00:08:18.250 --> 00:08:33.690 17. Yes. Invisible one. Talking about God. God 00:08:33.690 --> 00:08:35.889 is invisible. So from the text we read above 00:08:35.889 --> 00:08:38.750 or here, we'll just read. It says we can understand 00:08:38.750 --> 00:08:46.850 that God lives in heaven. Amen. It says my father 00:08:46.850 --> 00:08:51.710 who is in heaven. We can put it as my father 00:08:51.710 --> 00:08:56.590 who is invisible, God who is invisible. Now the 00:08:56.590 --> 00:08:58.490 word invisible we've learned from church here 00:08:58.490 --> 00:09:02.289 several times does not nearly mean, you know, 00:09:02.289 --> 00:09:13.210 it does not exist. Hallelujah. It's not merely 00:09:13.210 --> 00:09:17.210 the unseen or out of sight, but the word invisible 00:09:17.210 --> 00:09:23.269 here means spiritual. Amen? It doesn't just mean 00:09:23.269 --> 00:09:25.610 that he's unseen with the physical eyes, but 00:09:25.610 --> 00:09:28.330 what it means on the other end is that God's 00:09:28.330 --> 00:09:33.649 word is spiritual. Hallelujah. It reflects the 00:09:33.649 --> 00:09:40.529 idea that God is spiritual. Now, it is important 00:09:40.529 --> 00:09:44.220 to remind us again, That the word heaven does 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:47.759 not refer to what? It does not refer to a geographical 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:51.039 location. We've said this before, isn't it? Now, 00:09:51.059 --> 00:09:53.539 when we talk about heaven, we're not referring 00:09:53.539 --> 00:09:57.240 to a physical place. Because oftentimes when 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:00.139 we are taught about the idea of heaven, what 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:05.379 we quickly think is a physical place where the 00:10:05.379 --> 00:10:10.080 roads are tasked with gold. Where there are fiscal 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.620 structures and mansions, everybody has a house 00:10:12.620 --> 00:10:20.940 and apartments. Where we have cars. Where we 00:10:20.940 --> 00:10:23.700 have, you know, material things. No. This heaven 00:10:23.700 --> 00:10:28.259 is immaterial. It's not referring to what? A 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:34.740 geographical location. Because God's kingdom 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:37.519 or God's heaven or where God lives is not like 00:10:38.219 --> 00:10:40.460 It's not like the way the world, it's not the 00:10:40.460 --> 00:10:42.820 kingdom of God. It's not like the way the world 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:45.860 describes. It's not like the way the world perceive 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:56.539 a kingdom. Hallelujah. So, in verse 19, what 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:58.480 does the word kingdom mean? What does the word 00:10:58.480 --> 00:10:59.899 kingdom mean? That's what we're going to focus 00:10:59.899 --> 00:11:03.240 and dig more. Now, the word kingdom, we explained 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:05.320 previously as well that the word kingdom refers 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:10.700 to It's from a Greek word. What? Basilia, right? 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:15.360 A noun, Basilia, in Greek, which means dominion. 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:19.940 It means royal power or rule. And we say that 00:11:19.940 --> 00:11:23.179 this should not be confused with an actual kingdom. 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:26.139 Because the moment we talk about kingdom, what 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:29.480 comes to our mind is maybe a kingdom, the United 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:32.559 Kingdom, a fiscal kingdom, or maybe a kingdom 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:35.440 in your country, in Nigeria, a kingdom. It shouldn't 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:40.840 be confused with a fiscal kingdom. But rather, 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:44.360 the right of authority to rule. That's what we 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:47.399 call kingdom. The right of authority to rule. 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:52.799 And we also said that Basilia is from the root 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:57.519 word, what? Basilius, right? Which means a leader 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:01.919 of people. A prince, a commander, a lord of the 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:07.419 land, or a king. So the phrase, and I will give 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:10.379 you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, can be 00:12:10.379 --> 00:12:15.159 put as, and I will give you the keys of the dominion 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:19.039 of heaven, or, and I will give you the keys of 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:29.159 the authority of heaven. Hallelujah. Now, it 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:31.279 is important for us to note that the word keys 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:38.700 here, It's used as a metaphor for what? For access. 00:12:39.059 --> 00:12:42.500 This is a revision for us. It's used as a metaphor 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:48.019 for what? For access. Keys is from the Greek 00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:53.899 word kles, K -L -E -I -S in the Greek, which 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:57.679 metaphorically can also be referred to as power 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:04.820 or authority. Since the keeper of the keys has 00:13:04.820 --> 00:13:09.639 the power or the authority to open or shut. So 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:12.879 metaphorically, the word keys refers to power 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:18.100 and authority. Hallelujah. So kles, which is 00:13:18.100 --> 00:13:21.679 a noun, we said also that it is derived from 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:25.799 another root word, kleo, k -l -e -i -o, a verb, 00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:32.830 meaning to close, to shut or to shut up. Now, 00:13:32.870 --> 00:13:35.450 with the understanding we've garnered from this 00:13:35.450 --> 00:13:43.230 explanation of the word, we've seen the kingdom 00:13:43.230 --> 00:13:46.549 of heaven will be referred to as the authority 00:13:46.549 --> 00:13:50.110 of heaven and not just a physical place. Hallelujah. 00:13:51.269 --> 00:13:53.750 Now, if you can remember very well, what I just 00:13:53.750 --> 00:13:57.690 did now, right, is also read from what we did 00:13:57.690 --> 00:13:59.649 in cell meeting. the first cell meeting of the 00:13:59.649 --> 00:14:01.710 year or second cell meeting there about of the 00:14:01.710 --> 00:14:05.629 year. Now let's study further on the kingdom 00:14:05.629 --> 00:14:09.149 of heaven. My goal is for us to understand deeper 00:14:09.149 --> 00:14:12.789 what the kingdom of heaven is. For us to have 00:14:12.789 --> 00:14:15.049 a better understanding of what the kingdom of 00:14:15.049 --> 00:14:17.809 heaven is. And with the understanding that we 00:14:17.809 --> 00:14:20.750 will have about the kingdom of heaven, we will 00:14:20.750 --> 00:14:23.190 be able to manifest the kingdom of heaven. Hallelujah. 00:14:24.370 --> 00:14:28.129 Now, Let's go again to one of the scriptures 00:14:28.129 --> 00:14:31.409 we've been dealing with in the cell meeting, 00:14:31.590 --> 00:14:36.909 Matthew 24. Please, I want you to be attentive 00:14:36.909 --> 00:14:40.330 and follow what we are going to do. It's going 00:14:40.330 --> 00:14:43.350 to be a bit rigorous, but it will help us so 00:14:43.350 --> 00:14:44.850 much in the few times that we're going to have 00:14:44.850 --> 00:14:59.610 in the weeks coming ahead. Matthew 24. Matthew 00:14:59.610 --> 00:15:12.769 24, from verse 1 to 3. If you've been very active 00:15:12.769 --> 00:15:14.509 in the cell meeting, you should be familiar with 00:15:14.509 --> 00:15:19.049 this text. You should be able to teach this text 00:15:19.049 --> 00:15:22.429 and explain it because we'll spend over a month 00:15:22.429 --> 00:15:28.379 here, right? Matthew 24 from verse 1 to 3. Then 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:33.399 Jesus went out and departed from the temple and 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:36.539 his disciples came up to show him the buildings 00:15:36.539 --> 00:15:40.419 of the temple. And Jesus said to them, Do you 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:44.639 not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:48.259 you, not one stone shall be left here upon another 00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:54.980 that shall not be thrown down. Verse 3. Now as 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:58.899 he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples 00:15:58.899 --> 00:16:03.600 came to him privately saying, Tell us, when will 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:10.539 these things be? Which things? Is it the destruction 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:14.740 of the temple? I was thinking it's the end of 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:25.990 the world. I was thinking it's rapture. When 00:16:25.990 --> 00:16:29.169 will these things be? How do we come to a conclusion 00:16:29.169 --> 00:16:34.710 that is concerning the temple? Because of the 00:16:34.710 --> 00:16:38.649 conversation in context, right? Very good. When 00:16:38.649 --> 00:16:41.309 will these things be? Tell us, when will these 00:16:41.309 --> 00:16:45.850 things be? And what? What will be the sign of 00:16:45.850 --> 00:16:52.610 your coming? Is this not rapture? Is this not 00:16:52.610 --> 00:16:56.000 the end of the world? What will be the sign of 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.759 your coming and of the end of the world? All 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:01.840 kingdoms, instead of the word age, it is world. 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:07.740 Hallelujah. Now, pay attention to what we're 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:12.180 going to do. The KJV uses the word end of the 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:17.000 world or end of the age. As we have always learned, 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:20.279 words in the Bible must be defined within the 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:22.279 context of their application in the scriptures. 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:26.299 For us to give meaning to sentences, to phrases, 00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:30.299 we don't impute meaning to words. But rather 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:33.740 we look at context, right? And then we can arrive 00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:37.220 at the meaning of that word or phrase or sentence. 00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:41.859 So this means we should always consider context. 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:46.380 of scripture to explain or give meaning to words 00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:49.640 or phrases from scripture. We don't just assume 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:54.299 the meaning of words. You see, many of our misapplication 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:58.759 of scriptures is because we give the scriptures 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:02.519 its own meaning. We don't allow the passage to 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:06.240 explain itself. We don't allow, you know, the 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:09.549 Bible to give us a meaning because Within the 00:18:09.549 --> 00:18:11.329 context of the usage of that word or phrase, 00:18:11.390 --> 00:18:12.970 we'll have the meaning of that text, of that 00:18:12.970 --> 00:18:14.849 word, of that text or that phrase, whatever it 00:18:14.849 --> 00:18:19.470 is. So the end of the world in verse 3, which 00:18:19.470 --> 00:18:21.630 is where I'm going to focus on. In the second 00:18:21.630 --> 00:18:23.890 meeting, we'll be dealing with the coming, right? 00:18:24.349 --> 00:18:27.690 And also, which one again? These things, we've 00:18:27.690 --> 00:18:29.910 been dealing with the first part of the question. 00:18:30.349 --> 00:18:32.609 When will these things be? We've dealt with it. 00:18:33.390 --> 00:18:36.609 And then the second one is what? The coming, 00:18:36.670 --> 00:18:39.650 right? Now, let me steal from what we will do 00:18:39.650 --> 00:18:42.450 ahead and then explain the idea about the kingdom 00:18:42.450 --> 00:18:45.950 of heaven. Now, the end of the world is very 00:18:45.950 --> 00:18:48.369 important in explaining the kingdom of heaven. 00:18:49.170 --> 00:18:52.029 Are we together? It says the end of the world. 00:18:52.670 --> 00:18:58.650 The end of the world. When? When will this be? 00:19:04.210 --> 00:19:07.470 And when will be the sign of your coming? and 00:19:07.470 --> 00:19:11.250 of the end of the world. End of the H in the 00:19:11.250 --> 00:19:14.230 New King James. Now, the end of the world in 00:19:14.230 --> 00:19:17.849 verse 3 does not refer to the world being terminated 00:19:17.849 --> 00:19:19.769 or destroyed because most times when we read 00:19:19.769 --> 00:19:22.549 this text, we conclude that this text is talking 00:19:22.549 --> 00:19:24.190 about the destruction of the world, when the 00:19:24.190 --> 00:19:30.269 world will be destroyed. As it is in our own 00:19:30.269 --> 00:19:32.829 language today, when we hear the word end, what 00:19:32.829 --> 00:19:36.589 quickly comes to our mind is what? Maybe a termination 00:19:36.589 --> 00:19:41.269 of a process, right? Or the world is going to 00:19:41.269 --> 00:19:43.170 finish. Let me use that word. It's going to finish. 00:19:43.210 --> 00:19:46.230 If it's something that can finish anyway. So 00:19:46.230 --> 00:19:50.789 the word N, as used in Matthew 24, verse 3, is 00:19:50.789 --> 00:19:55.970 translated from a Greek word. Let me spell it 00:19:55.970 --> 00:20:04.069 for you. It's the word suntelia. S -Y -N -T -E 00:20:04.069 --> 00:20:11.720 -L. Let me spell it again. S -Y -N -T -E -L -E 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:15.480 -I -A. What does it mean? It means completion. 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:23.920 It means consummation. It also means the fullness 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:28.839 of time. Okay? It means completion. It means 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:31.960 consummation. It means the fullness of time. 00:20:34.829 --> 00:20:39.089 So the term world as used in this text, because 00:20:39.089 --> 00:20:41.329 we're going to look at the end of the world, 00:20:41.430 --> 00:20:44.369 the end of the age, the end of the world, right? 00:20:44.930 --> 00:20:49.190 So the term world here is used to describe time 00:20:49.190 --> 00:20:52.309 and activities, especially activities on the 00:20:52.309 --> 00:21:01.769 earth. Time and activities on the earth. Hallelujah. 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:05.759 That is why the New King James uses ages instead 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:09.180 of world as used in the Old King James, it uses 00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:14.319 ages instead of world. For example, 1 Corinthians 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:21.180 10 verse 10. 1 Corinthians 10 verse 10. 1 Corinthians. 00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:32.329 Help me so we can save time. 1 Corinthians 10. 00:21:33.430 --> 00:21:57.970 Verse 10. Yes. 11. Okay. Look at verse 11. He 00:21:57.970 --> 00:22:00.950 said, now all these things happened to them as 00:22:00.950 --> 00:22:05.809 examples, and they were written for our admonition, 00:22:06.009 --> 00:22:09.329 right? For our encouragement, for our admonition, 00:22:09.450 --> 00:22:13.789 upon whom the end of the age has come, which 00:22:13.789 --> 00:22:16.869 means that the end of the world, if you read 00:22:16.869 --> 00:22:18.549 from the Old King James, that's what the age 00:22:18.549 --> 00:22:20.670 is here, replaced with the world. The end of 00:22:20.670 --> 00:22:23.789 the world has come, which means that in our time, 00:22:23.990 --> 00:22:27.250 what has happened? The end of the world, what? 00:22:27.710 --> 00:22:32.730 It's happening. Oh, it has come. Amen? So are 00:22:32.730 --> 00:22:37.130 we in the end of the world? Huh? Are we looking 00:22:37.130 --> 00:22:43.549 forward to the end of the world? Okay. Say no, 00:22:43.589 --> 00:22:45.369 say yes. Hold that thought. We'll unravel it. 00:22:45.630 --> 00:22:48.829 Paul says they were written for us upon whom 00:22:48.829 --> 00:22:52.509 the end of the ages has come, meaning unto those 00:22:52.509 --> 00:22:56.549 who are living in the fulfillment. All right? 00:22:56.549 --> 00:22:59.269 In the fulfillment of this reality. Now, read 00:22:59.269 --> 00:23:01.450 the same passage. There's a translation I saw. 00:23:01.650 --> 00:23:07.190 The Berean Standard Bible, BSB. Can I get that? 00:23:07.390 --> 00:23:12.250 Who is on the screen? There's a translation called 00:23:12.250 --> 00:23:16.670 the Berean Standard Bible, BSB. This same text. 00:23:18.849 --> 00:23:29.869 Berean Standard Bible. Someone should help me 00:23:29.869 --> 00:23:40.029 with the phone. Yes, you can read it. Yes. On 00:23:40.029 --> 00:23:53.750 whom what? The fulfillment. So they removed the 00:23:53.750 --> 00:23:57.130 word end and replaced it with what? Fulfillment, 00:23:57.130 --> 00:24:01.829 right? Fulfillment of the ages has come. Alright? 00:24:02.809 --> 00:24:07.470 Read it in TPT. TPT did a little bit of justice, 00:24:07.849 --> 00:24:12.470 Pastor Victor, to this verse. We can say thumbs 00:24:12.470 --> 00:24:46.279 up for TPT. Yes. Yes, you see? For we live in 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:50.140 a time. What is that time? The end of the world. 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:53.799 For we live in a time when the purpose of all 00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:58.819 ages past is now completed, completing its goal 00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:04.339 within us. Hallelujah. So it's completing its 00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:07.180 purpose within us. Here's another example in 00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:13.180 Hebrews chapter 9 verse 24. Hebrews chapter 9 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:22.799 verse 24. Hebrews 9 verse 24. What are we trying 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:25.000 to explain? We're trying to explain what the 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:28.960 end of the world means. Okay? It's very important 00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:31.720 in helping us understand the kingdom of heaven 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:36.420 so we can manifest the kingdom of heaven. Hebrews 00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:54.069 9, Hebrews 9, verse 24 to 26. Hebrews 9. No one 00:25:54.069 --> 00:26:30.049 is helping me to read, okay. To 26. 26. Okay, 00:26:30.049 --> 00:26:42.910 see, when did Jesus appear? Huh? Jesus appeared 00:26:42.910 --> 00:26:46.049 when? No, now, look at this verse. There's no 00:26:46.049 --> 00:26:55.660 2000 here. Okay, look at verse 26. Am I fast? 00:26:57.299 --> 00:27:01.160 Okay, let's look at verse 26. He then will have 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:04.180 had to suffer often since the foundation of the 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:06.819 world. If it's your Bible, underline foundation 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:12.240 of the world. So now there are two things I want 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:15.440 us to emphasize. If there is an end of the world, 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:18.039 there should be a foundation of the world. Are 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:22.869 we together? He then would have had to suffer 00:27:22.869 --> 00:27:25.430 often since the foundation of the world. But 00:27:25.430 --> 00:27:30.150 now, once at the end of the world, he had appeared 00:27:30.150 --> 00:27:33.829 to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 00:27:33.890 --> 00:27:38.210 So Jesus put away sin by the sacrifice of himself 00:27:38.210 --> 00:27:44.910 when? The end of the world. End of ages. Jesus 00:27:44.910 --> 00:27:50.170 put away sin at the end of the world. And as 00:27:50.170 --> 00:27:53.549 I said, another phrase for us to note, often 00:27:53.549 --> 00:27:56.210 used by Jesus and other writers of scripture, 00:27:56.529 --> 00:28:01.089 is that word foundation of the world. So we have 00:28:01.089 --> 00:28:03.869 two crucial words. Number one, the foundation 00:28:03.869 --> 00:28:07.690 of the world and also what? The end of the world. 00:28:08.089 --> 00:28:11.869 So have we all understand what the end of the 00:28:11.869 --> 00:28:18.609 world is? It means fulfillment, right? It means 00:28:18.609 --> 00:28:25.250 fulfillment. that it means accomplishment. Alright? 00:28:25.750 --> 00:28:28.410 So, the foundation of the world, what does it 00:28:28.410 --> 00:28:56.539 mean? Matthew 13, 34. Matthew 13, verse... Yes. 00:28:56.539 --> 00:29:16.220 Continue to verse 35. Hallelujah. Things were 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:19.660 kept secret from where? From the foundation of 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:24.299 the world. Hallelujah. Things were kept secret 00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:26.740 from where? From the foundation of the world. 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:42.220 Matthew 25, 34. Matthew 25, 34. He says, Then 00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:45.299 the king will say to those on his right hand, 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:49.740 Come. You blessed of my father. Inherit what? 00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:56.599 The kingdom prepared. On the land prepared. If 00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:59.339 it's your Bible, on the land prepared. Prepared 00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:05.920 for you from when? From the foundation of the 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:09.259 world. The kingdom was prepared from the foundation 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:37.589 of the world. John chapter 17 verse 24. He was 00:30:37.589 --> 00:30:48.180 loved before the foundation of the world. Luke 00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:52.559 11, 48 to 51. So what is the foundation of the 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:57.019 world? Jesus was loved before the foundation 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:59.880 of the world. Jesus was not loved in the foundation 00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.819 of the world, but before the foundation of the 00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:04.539 world. So you can be asking, what is the foundation 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:12.980 of the world? Luke 11, 48. Luke 11, 48 to 51. 00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:54.259 Luke 11, 48. To fifty one. Fifty. 51. Hallelujah. 00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:04.500 So with these texts, right, where were the prophets 00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:12.200 killed? Foundation of the world, right? Are we 00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:18.089 moving together? blood of the prophets was shed 00:32:18.089 --> 00:32:22.230 from the foundation of this world, which refers 00:32:22.230 --> 00:32:26.549 to a period between Genesis and where? And Malachi. 00:32:27.069 --> 00:32:29.549 And we can say including the time of John the 00:32:29.549 --> 00:32:32.549 Baptist too, right? Because he lived in that 00:32:32.549 --> 00:32:37.289 era. So we can call that era the foundation of 00:32:37.289 --> 00:32:45.680 what? Of the world. And Matthew 13, 34, is referring 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:50.759 to a text in the Old Testament, what we call 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:56.519 the Old Testament, Psalm 78 verse 2. Psalm 78 00:32:56.519 --> 00:33:17.339 verse 2. Yes, I will open my mouth in a parable 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:23.420 and utter dark sayings of old, dark sayings of 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:27.240 old. The word old is translated from the Hebrew 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:39.980 word qedem, q -e -d -e -m, q -e -d -e -m. And 00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:45.420 it means Before now, it means at first or at 00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:54.039 the beginning. So, the foundation of the world 00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:58.240 will refer to a place in the Bible. Alright? 00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:02.119 It will refer to a place in the Bible. It will 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:10.260 refer to a part of Scripture. Okay? Let's move 00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:12.909 on. I've given us a clue, but let's move on. 00:34:12.949 --> 00:34:17.010 Hebrews chapter 4, from verse 1. To give us clarity, 00:34:17.250 --> 00:34:23.449 Hebrews chapter 4, from verse 1. 1 to 4. Let 00:34:23.449 --> 00:34:25.329 me read this one. Hebrews 4, from verse 1 to 00:34:25.329 --> 00:34:45.170 4. It says, The gospel was preached to us as 00:34:45.170 --> 00:34:48.789 well as to them, but the word which they heard 00:34:48.789 --> 00:34:52.969 did not profit them, not being mixed with faith 00:34:52.969 --> 00:34:56.929 in those who heard it. For we who have believed 00:34:56.929 --> 00:35:03.389 do enter that rest, as he has said. So I swore 00:35:03.389 --> 00:35:06.730 in my wrath they shall not enter my rest, although 00:35:06.730 --> 00:35:11.500 the works were finished from where? From the 00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:15.280 foundation of the world. For he has spoken in 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:20.340 a certain place of the seventh day. And God rested 00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:25.280 on the seventh day from all his works. Hallelujah. 00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:30.599 So, we can see clearly that the Hebrew writer 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:33.699 is explaining. Where is he explaining? He's explaining 00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:38.039 Genesis chapter 2. Alright. He's explaining Genesis. 00:35:39.070 --> 00:35:41.369 Chapter 2. So can we go to Genesis chapter 2? 00:35:48.670 --> 00:35:52.269 We have a goal. And I want you to be patient 00:35:52.269 --> 00:36:09.079 and follow. Now Genesis chapter 2. It says, Hallelujah. 00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:23.960 So we can see here clearly that the writer of 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:28.699 Hebrews is explaining Genesis 2, verse 1 to 3, 00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:34.659 as the foundation of the world. Okay? And we 00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:39.139 also saw from Luke 11, 49 to 51, That Jesus mentions 00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:42.440 the characters in the foundation of the world. 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:44.559 The prophets, they were killed. Where were they 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:47.780 killed? They were killed in the era of the foundation 00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:52.739 of the world. Therefore, the foundation of the 00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:56.300 world mentioned in both Hebrews and the one we've 00:36:56.300 --> 00:37:00.000 seen in Luke refers to the book of Genesis. Okay? 00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:03.619 It refers to the book of Genesis, pointing to 00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:08.900 the book of Genesis. Where God's work began. 00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:15.519 Amen? It is pointing to what? To what we call 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:18.440 the Old Testament Scriptures, where the work 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:24.820 of God began. So, foundation refers to the beginning 00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:31.539 of the work, as seen in Genesis, where God began 00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:38.030 a work. Hallelujah. God began a work in Genesis. 00:37:41.309 --> 00:37:45.050 God began a work in Genesis. The word foundation, 00:37:45.050 --> 00:37:48.789 as we see in the New Testament, Hebrews 11, 11, 00:37:48.869 --> 00:37:56.750 precisely. Hebrews 11, 11. Let's explain that 00:37:56.750 --> 00:38:08.099 word foundation. Yes. I read, By faith Sarah 00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:12.199 herself also received strength to conceive seed, 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:16.639 and she bore a child when she was past the age 00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:19.820 because she judged him faithful who had promised. 00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:24.619 So the word foundation is the word katabole. 00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:28.500 I'm not Greek, so pardon me. Let me spell it, 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:35.110 K -A -T -A -B -O -L -E, noun. It refers to conceive, 00:38:35.190 --> 00:38:38.150 conception. It is used for conception. As we 00:38:38.150 --> 00:38:41.570 see in the case of Sarah here, it says strength 00:38:41.570 --> 00:38:45.590 to conceive seed. That conception there is the 00:38:45.590 --> 00:38:49.849 word foundation. So it's not foundation as foundation 00:38:49.849 --> 00:38:54.449 that women use on their faces. All right? It 00:38:54.449 --> 00:38:59.809 can mean conception. Okay? It means to start 00:38:59.809 --> 00:39:06.110 something or conception. We've seen it can, it 00:39:06.110 --> 00:39:08.789 will mean to two things. Number one, starting 00:39:08.789 --> 00:39:12.090 something, starting a work. And it also means 00:39:12.090 --> 00:39:16.369 conception. As we can see used in Hebrews 11 00:39:16.369 --> 00:39:23.250 verse 11. Now, this word foundation is used primarily 00:39:23.250 --> 00:39:29.630 in building construction of a house. All right? 00:39:30.010 --> 00:39:33.760 It's used primarily for what? For building construction 00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:41.019 of a house. Now, in building a house, the foundation 00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:43.179 gives you what? What does the foundation give 00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:46.659 you? It gives you an idea of what you want to 00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:51.360 build. Isn't it? The foundation gives you the 00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:55.659 structure of what will be built. It provides 00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:57.980 the destination of what you're going to build. 00:39:59.019 --> 00:40:01.719 It provides the purpose. It gives you the plan 00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:04.119 of what is going to be established, isn't it? 00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:08.000 The foundation of a house gives us the intent 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:10.860 of the kind of house that is going to be established, 00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:20.360 is going to be built. So Jesus, while on the 00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:26.780 cross, said, it is finished. He says it is finished. 00:40:28.269 --> 00:40:31.610 And while he was raised from the dead, he began 00:40:31.610 --> 00:40:35.789 his teaching from the foundation. Now we're trying 00:40:35.789 --> 00:40:38.809 to link the foundation to what? To the end of 00:40:38.809 --> 00:40:43.650 the world. Hallelujah. Jesus began his explanation, 00:40:44.010 --> 00:40:47.250 began his teaching from where? From the foundation, 00:40:47.469 --> 00:40:50.349 from the conception, from the idea, when the 00:40:50.349 --> 00:40:57.030 idea started, from when God began the work. Luke 00:40:57.030 --> 00:41:34.590 24, 25 to 27. Luke 24, 25 to 27. Yes. Beginning 00:41:34.590 --> 00:41:39.510 at Moses. Hallelujah. And all the prophets beginning 00:41:39.510 --> 00:41:42.849 at Genesis. Beginning from where? From the foundation. 00:41:44.010 --> 00:41:47.809 Beginning from where the idea was conceived. 00:41:49.510 --> 00:41:55.090 Okay? And the prophets. He expounded to them 00:41:55.090 --> 00:41:58.670 in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. 00:41:59.909 --> 00:42:04.170 Now, let's jump to verse 44. He said to them, 00:42:04.289 --> 00:42:06.789 these are the words which I spoke to you while 00:42:06.789 --> 00:42:10.650 I was still with you. All things must be what? 00:42:11.170 --> 00:42:14.329 Must be fulfilled. So what was fulfilled? What 00:42:14.329 --> 00:42:16.849 was fulfilled was what was established from the 00:42:16.849 --> 00:42:20.409 foundation. And we see Jesus coming to establish 00:42:20.409 --> 00:42:24.409 what was. initiated from the beginning. Hallelujah. 00:42:25.230 --> 00:42:29.710 So these things are the words I spoke to you 00:42:29.710 --> 00:42:32.030 while I was still with you, that all things must 00:42:32.030 --> 00:42:35.389 be fulfilled, which were written in the law of 00:42:35.389 --> 00:42:38.190 Moses and the prophets and the Psalms concerning 00:42:38.190 --> 00:42:42.150 me. Verse 45. And he opened their understanding 00:42:42.150 --> 00:42:47.650 that they might comprehend the scriptures. Hallelujah. 00:42:49.389 --> 00:42:52.909 So all the writers of the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, 00:42:53.090 --> 00:43:02.150 Luke, and John, you know, they began their writing 00:43:02.150 --> 00:43:04.570 from this foundation. Have you noticed that? 00:43:05.510 --> 00:43:07.949 For example, now in Matthew chapter 1 verse 1, 00:43:08.070 --> 00:43:14.710 let's look at Matthew chapter 1 verse 1. This 00:43:14.710 --> 00:43:17.670 information is crucial for us, so bear in mind. 00:43:18.889 --> 00:43:25.590 Okay. Matthew chapter 1 verse 1. It says the 00:43:25.590 --> 00:43:30.469 book of what? The genealogy of Jesus Christ. 00:43:31.530 --> 00:43:36.530 The son of David and of Abraham. Where are these 00:43:36.530 --> 00:43:41.429 characters found? Huh? They are found where? 00:43:42.750 --> 00:43:46.050 In the writings of Moses, right? That is what 00:43:46.050 --> 00:43:49.429 we call the foundation. So that is where they 00:43:49.429 --> 00:43:52.530 began the writings of what Jesus will do. That's 00:43:52.530 --> 00:43:54.690 where they trace the origin of what Jesus will 00:43:54.690 --> 00:43:58.550 do or what Jesus has done. Mark chapter 1 verse 00:43:58.550 --> 00:44:02.550 1 also in his writing started from that particular 00:44:02.550 --> 00:44:07.670 beginning. What we call the beginning. Mark chapter 00:44:07.670 --> 00:44:22.730 1 verse 1. Mark chapter 1 verse 1. Yes. The beginning 00:44:22.730 --> 00:44:25.889 of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God, 00:44:26.010 --> 00:44:29.510 as it is written in the prophets. All right. 00:44:29.750 --> 00:44:34.150 Which prophets? The prophets that were in what 00:44:34.150 --> 00:44:35.869 we call the Old Testament scriptures. Right. 00:44:36.230 --> 00:44:40.750 So we can say that the foundation started from 00:44:40.750 --> 00:44:42.929 Genesis to the writings of the prophets. All 00:44:42.929 --> 00:44:46.230 right. Till. Where we see the fulfillment in 00:44:46.230 --> 00:44:48.929 what Christ has done. John chapter 1 verse 1. 00:44:49.030 --> 00:44:54.789 Also, John started from the foundation. John 00:44:54.789 --> 00:45:06.630 chapter 1 verse 1. Yes. In the beginning. All 00:45:06.630 --> 00:45:11.210 right. Referring to where? Genesis chapter what? 00:45:11.929 --> 00:45:15.739 Chapter 1 verse 1, isn't it? And for Luke, Luke 00:45:15.739 --> 00:45:21.780 started in Luke chapter 3. He gave us a context 00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:24.019 of his writing, even though he was writing to 00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:26.880 an individual, but the context of what he wrote 00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:50.440 was in Luke chapter 3, verse 23. Continue, you 00:45:50.440 --> 00:46:00.000 see? Yes. So when you read down, you see the 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:02.840 genealogy of Jesus Christ. Trace back to who? 00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:17.219 Trace back to verse 38. Read verse 38. And the 00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:26.059 Son of God. So, going back to the beginning of 00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:29.920 everything. Therefore, everything we teach, alright, 00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:34.000 must have its root from where? From the beginning, 00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:39.280 from Genesis. Now, there is always a building 00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:43.909 concept in the Bible. Alright? There's always 00:46:43.909 --> 00:46:47.369 a concept about building. When I mean building, 00:46:47.469 --> 00:46:50.869 I mean construction in the Bible. You will see 00:46:50.869 --> 00:46:56.110 it throughout the Bible. The foundation is Genesis. 00:46:56.969 --> 00:47:00.030 And the end of that building is what we call 00:47:00.030 --> 00:47:06.849 the end of the world. Hallelujah. Let me repeat 00:47:06.849 --> 00:47:10.250 that sentence again. I said in the Bible, there's 00:47:10.250 --> 00:47:16.130 a building concept. And the foundation is in 00:47:16.130 --> 00:47:20.949 Genesis. From the Old Testament Scriptures. Okay? 00:47:21.230 --> 00:47:24.329 The foundation is in Genesis. And the end of 00:47:24.329 --> 00:47:27.389 that building is what we call the end of the 00:47:27.389 --> 00:47:30.969 age. The end of the world. The end of the world. 00:47:31.789 --> 00:47:34.050 That should give you a little bit of hint of 00:47:34.050 --> 00:47:38.360 what Jesus will explain today. to the disciples 00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:41.460 in Matthew 24 verse 3. When do we ask him, when 00:47:41.460 --> 00:47:44.599 will the end of the world come? Are we together? 00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:53.940 So, therefore, the end of the world has a positive 00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:58.679 connotation and not a negative one. Alright? 00:47:59.079 --> 00:48:01.780 So when we talk about the end of the world, we're 00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:07.670 not referring to something dangerous. Okay? We're 00:48:07.670 --> 00:48:09.590 not looking for, you know, we've watched so much 00:48:09.590 --> 00:48:16.489 movies of, what do we call it? Destruction. Of, 00:48:16.610 --> 00:48:21.010 give me a word, please. I might get it right. 00:48:24.550 --> 00:48:26.769 You know, when COVID came, they say, ah, we've 00:48:26.769 --> 00:48:30.690 come to the end of the world. And then some people 00:48:30.690 --> 00:48:37.039 thought that the vaccine was CCCs. That when 00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:39.619 you receive it, you will take the number of the 00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:43.360 beast. Some of us collected. Some of us did not 00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:49.400 collect. Eh? You have the booster. Okay. And 00:48:49.400 --> 00:48:53.820 we are still here. Hallelujah. There was a prophecy, 00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:55.519 I think, someone prophesied that the war would 00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:58.159 end today. Is it today or yesterday? September 00:48:58.159 --> 00:49:09.559 2020, 25. And today is, And it has come and it 00:49:09.559 --> 00:49:13.480 has passed. And the world has no end. And oftentimes, 00:49:13.619 --> 00:49:15.300 whenever they want to explain this, they go to 00:49:15.300 --> 00:49:21.539 Matthew 24. Hallelujah. To try to explain the 00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:24.199 concept of rapture. And we've taught you that 00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:27.320 in the Bible, you read from Genesis to Revelation, 00:49:27.699 --> 00:49:30.980 you will find the word rapture. Which means that 00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:32.940 it is coined from somewhere and from something. 00:49:34.420 --> 00:49:42.059 Hallelujah. This explanation, right, is very, 00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:45.940 very fundamental in helping us understand the 00:49:45.940 --> 00:49:50.539 concept of the kingdom of God. Now, when we begin 00:49:50.539 --> 00:49:55.460 to build from here, we'll begin to see God's 00:49:55.460 --> 00:49:59.579 plan from the foundation. Hallelujah. On Wednesday, 00:49:59.659 --> 00:50:02.179 please come prepared. We're going to see from 00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:08.400 the foundation. To Abraham. Abraham saw a land. 00:50:09.719 --> 00:50:16.500 Amen? What is that land? In Hebrew, we see that 00:50:16.500 --> 00:50:20.880 it was a city. And obviously we know there is 00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:25.860 no Jerusalem here. What did Jacob saw? Jacob 00:50:25.860 --> 00:50:30.320 saw a house. Is that construction? Does land 00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:33.400 look like construction? Does a house look like 00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:38.260 construction? Amen. And all these things will 00:50:38.260 --> 00:50:42.380 give us a concept of what the kingdom of heaven 00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:47.500 is. And Moses will construct a temple. All right. 00:50:48.039 --> 00:50:53.199 Is that construction? Amen. Now I'm trying to 00:50:53.199 --> 00:50:57.719 give us an idea of how God communicated the concept 00:50:57.719 --> 00:51:00.500 of the kingdom of heaven from the foundation 00:51:00.500 --> 00:51:04.659 to where? To the end of. The completion of the 00:51:04.659 --> 00:51:09.420 work of establishing the kingdom. Hallelujah. 00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:15.119 So this background will set us in the good order 00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:19.860 to understand what the plan of God is. To understand 00:51:19.860 --> 00:51:24.179 how God walked through seasons and generations 00:51:24.179 --> 00:51:27.480 to bring about the manifestation of his plan. 00:51:28.739 --> 00:51:31.860 We will see the culmination, how the plan of 00:51:31.860 --> 00:51:36.019 God was executed. And we will see our place in 00:51:36.019 --> 00:51:40.059 the plan of God. And how we can manifest the 00:51:40.059 --> 00:51:44.039 kingdom of God. Hallelujah. So do we know what 00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:46.619 is the foundation of the world? Help me so that 00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:47.980 I will know that I have achieved something today. 00:51:48.280 --> 00:51:51.019 Do we know the foundation of the world? Do we 00:51:51.019 --> 00:51:54.300 know the end of the world? Let's rise on our 00:51:54.300 --> 00:52:02.199 feet and pray. We appreciate you being here today. 00:52:02.840 --> 00:52:04.980 We hope you carry this word with you throughout 00:52:04.980 --> 00:52:07.880 your week. Don't forget to check the show notes 00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:10.619 for additional insights. Stay connected with 00:52:10.619 --> 00:52:13.320 us through our website or follow us on social 00:52:13.320 --> 00:52:17.000 media. If you are encouraged, share this message 00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:19.980 with someone you care about. Until next time, 00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:21.000 stay blessed.