Jesus Christ called the temple that the Antichrist will desecrate the “Holy Place.” This demands that everything needed to fulfill temple worship must be present: the “Ark Of The Covenant” and all required temple instruments. It is wonderful that the Temple Institute is recreating these precious instruments, but I believe that the God of Israel has preserved every sacred object needed. The temple must be in the actual spot where it originally stood and there cannot be one object, building, or anything that is unsanctified on the Temple Mount. Every expression of the Islamic presence will have been destroyed by the fire of God. It seems perfectly clear that the War of Gog and Magog must occur before the temple can be rebuilt on the perfect location. Nothing could start World War III quicker than for the Jews to start rebuilding this temple. The Islamic religion must be eliminated first. The judgment of God will accomplish that at the close of the Gog and Magog War. When men speak of giving Jerusalem to anyone but the Jewish people, they will answer to God. The temple treasures had to be hidden or one of two things would have happened. First, the Jewish people would have made such a sacred matter out of them that they would have been treated as God Himself. Second, the enemies of the Jews would have battled to take them and destroy them. Do not miss the next weeks of the “Open Bible Dialogue” broadcast on this subject.

This Lake of Fire is the created place that our Father provided to separate the Satanic crowd from the New Heaven and New Earth. Angels are eternal beings that were created to live forever but because they rebelled there must be a place for them. The humans that go there will be intruders because Jesus Christ has made Himself a sacrifice to save us from Satan’s fate. Isn’t it sad to see such multitudes that reject Jesus Christ and continue on the road to destruction? It is a choice because we were created with the God-given right to decide. How could anyone think differently when the Great Father said to Adam and Eve,”And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2: 16-17). There is no right that the Heavenly Father gave us greater than choice. If you take that from man, he becomes a robot. Our Father wanted a family that loved Him because they chose to love Him. This truth makes the Lake of Fire the choice of man instead of some unthinkable decision of our God. If He sent men to the Lake of Fire just because He chose, the God of the Bible would be as dark as Allah of the Islamic religion.

Jonathan Edwards was asked what his favorite subject was to preach to children. His answer, “Hell, because children have not yet been blinded by sin or have not become corrupted with godless living.” Innocent children are not afraid of preaching about Hell because where sin is not, the master there is no fear of Hell. It is the adults that do not want preaching about the eternal facts of Hell and the Lake of Fire. They are delighted to blame it on the children. There is a wonderful side to understanding the truth of the Lake of Fire. All sin, every expression of sin, every experience of sin, in fact all manifestations of sin will descend into the Lake of Fire. The totality of all essence of sin will be behind the walls of this horrible place for eternity. Sin will be locked in this place of brimstone and the wailing of the sinners will never be heard again. God’s New Heaven and God’s New Earth will be free of every sound, expression, and effect of all sin. How can this be? There is a simple answer, Jesus Christ, God’s Son took our place. He experienced total separation from His Father as He hung on that cross. He became our sins. Vicariously, He bore our sins and the sin principle in the universe and suffered a Hell for us. That’s when He cried, “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). That’s what the Second Death is, it is complete separation from everything that relates to God.

The blasphemy that is gripping America and the world is absolute proof that the Lake of Fire is soon to become visible. The first two lives to be cast into this burning place of brimstone are the Antichrist and the False Prophet. They will be followed by the multitude that received the Mark Of The Beast. (Read this in Revelation 19:19-21.) The world has come to the place that blasphemy has replaced sin. Jesus Christ is being blasphemed in a great number of churches. They deny that He is the only means of salvation. Nothing could blaspheme Him quicker than to say He is one of God’s plans, but there are other ways. It is the first step of the Antichrist’s plan to replace the Son of God with himself. Many young people are chasing werewolves and vampires as these beastly creatures prepare for the end. Another great proof of the end is the new fun-making about the Lake Of Fire. There is a new musical person or group (could not find the answer) that call themselves “The Lake Of Fire.” They even offer lessons to learn to play a style that is called “The Lake Of Fire.” Can you imagine them on judgment day when it is no longer a song? “But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation” (Mark 3:29). The Lake of Fire will be eternal damnation and misery. It is where the worm dieth not. “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:48).

Did Jesus Christ die on a cruel cross just to give us a better life, to give us things, to make us rich, or was it a sin problem? The Holy Scripture leaves no question that sin will be judged and that the universe must be cleansed. If it was a sin problem, then it also was an eternal Hell problem and He took our place. He was made to be sin for us. “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). There is no name under heaven that saves but Jesus Christ, because He endured sin’s darkness for us. Remember the eclipse of the sun and the earthquake while God in Christ was enduring the consequence of our sins. Our Savior said, “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). The word Hell is in the Bible fifty-five times. Jesus told about one man going to Hell and being tormented in fire, “And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments” (Luke 16:23a). We are trying to answer questions that are not being misrepresented in many pulpits. Can a person get forgiveness after they are dead? Is there a place in between the earth and Heaven or Hell where someone can make up for sins they never forsook in life? Does a Christian have to forsake sin to be saved? Call or e-mail next Saturday at 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. (EST) and get the answer “LIVE” on your computer or radio!

What is the value of Heaven to you? How willing are you to take up your cross and follow Christ to inherit Heaven for Eternity? What will a man/women give in exchange for their soul? My special emphasis in this broadcast is the matchless difference in the New Heavens that we see in Revelation 21 from the present Heaven where a saint goes at their death. “And I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea” (Revelation 21:1). One great difference is that the saints will have their glorified bodies, while they are now present in Heaven, but as a living soul and spirit. Another great truth is that Satan still has access to accuse us to the Father, but cannot after he is cast out. When we enter the New Heaven, Satan will have been cast into the Lake of Fire. That will change the New Heaven drastically. Jesus Christ is now the High Priest of the Heavenly Temple and He is interceding to the Father for us. In the New Heaven there will be no need of Him interceding for us because we will be glorified saints. He will then be the Co-Regent with the Father and they will rule us in Holiness forever. Hear more in this Broadcast. Next week we start discussing the eternal Lake Of Fire.

How long has it been since you even thought about eternity and how long eternity will be? If you ever calculate eternity and let it register in your heart, you will rediscover the fear of God. There is a song on this broadcast by a dear brother who is now in Heaven entitled, “Where Will You Be a Million Years From Now?” You can receive a free copy of the album by e-mailing me at jrc@pawcreek.org. I remember a favorite song of mine when I was young, “Where the Soul Never Dies.” That kind of music has been taken off the charts in the day in which we live. Nobody wants to talk about eternity nor the fact of an eternal Heaven and an eternal Hell. However, for a faithful believer there is no subject more thrilling than our future. I’m asking every friend of this ministry to make eternity a constant witnessing conversation. If you get a sinner interested in this subject, their next thought will likely be, “How do I know where I will be or how to get ready for eternity?” We have a new body awaiting us that makes our future bright with expectation. “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (II Corinthians 5:1). My parting words, “Where Will You Be a Million Years From Now?”

Heaven is not only a real place, it is a magnificent place! Apostle Paul was caught up to the Third Heaven and was not able, even with all his brilliant words, to describe it. It took his breath and he declared that it was unlawful for him to tell us what he saw. The Psalmist David said that the castles were made of ivory. We know that the richest items on earth are the building materials in Heaven. A wonderful example of what heaven must be like is the description of New Jerusalem, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst” (Revelation 21: 21-1, 19-20). That’s just a portion, but it reveals the grandeur and beauty. I get amazed when the world tries to make the Book of Revelation a picture of calamity and destruction. The sorrows of that book are only a picture to the end of sin and the finishing of Satan. There is not any book in the Bible more perfect and beautiful than this closing prophecy. This book is the last written words of Jesus Christ. To reject it is to be damned eternity. Do not be mad at me, Jesus said it!

Heaven is just as real of a place as the earth. Why would anyone dare believe anything different? God actually has a real throne in a magnificent temple where He reigns over His entire universe. Every star and planet is His creation and beautifies the heavens. His angels are great in the powers which He gave to them and they preserve the total cosmos for His Holiness. The city of Heaven is beyond description. David spoke of this great city, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King” (Psalm 48:1-2). This is where He directs all the world’s activity. “The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men” (Psalm 11-4). Jesus is right there with the Father and sits on His right hand. Stephen saw Him in this glory, “But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God” (Acts 7:55-56). Next week, we will discuss what it will be like to ascend to this magnificent city. (Listen to this broadcast for our health suggestion of the week.)

This broadcast is a Tribute to Billy Harris. This old fashioned-gospel preacher, musician, and singer touched thousands and thousands of lives. He was unique, so down to earth that you knew he never thought highly of himself. His style was not learned from someone else because there was no one like him. Since he was plain and simple and never heralded in this life, his glory is yet to come. He sang the Gospel: songs about his own failures, songs about sinners playing with their soul, songs about faith and trust in our wonderful Lord. Most of all, he sang about the Lord Himself. His guitar music was breathtaking! I must admit that he already seems bigger than life. At our Ministers’ Retreat he was known for sitting down after the evening service when we were fellowshipping to play and sing as if he was on the Grand Ole Opry. Of course, he only played the ones that had a Biblical message like, “The Great Speckled Bird” or “I Saw the Light.” He could take me back and make me think I was a boy listening with my mother and dad to the radio. He was at our October 2009 retreat in the mountains of Tennessee and thrilled us one last time on this side of eternity. I love every song on this broadcast. You can order the two CDs of Rev. Harris for a total of 31 songs ($12 each, plus 15% S&H). Call our office at 1-800-338-7884. There will be a health tip every week this year somewhere near the middle of the program. Do not miss a broadcast!!