There will be only four (4) groups when Jesus returns!

1. The righteous living

2. The righteous dead

3. The wicked living

4. The wicked dead

The coming of Jesus Christ will mark the beginning of the Bible millennium (1000 years).

There will be a resurrection at the beginning of the millennium and another resurrection after the millennium. You want to be in the first resurrection.

The Bible says it is at “His coming,” when “the trumpet sounds,” that “the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”

1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Notice that only the righteous who are called, “the dead in Christ,” rises at the coming of Jesus Christ. So Jesus’ return and the resurrection of the righteous marks the beginning of the 1000 years.

The dead in Christ (Righteous dead) are resurrected, and then together with the righteous living they are all “caught up” from earth to meet Jesus in the air.

What happens to those (wicked) who are not “caught up”? Many teachers say that they will have a second chance during a supposedly seven years of tribulation!

What does the Bible say!

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. For when they shall say Peace and Safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them … and they shall not escape” (1 Thessalonians 5:3).

Paul says that those who are not “caught up” will experience “sudden destruction” and shall “not escape.”

Jesus says it will be as in the days of Noah and “Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.” (See Luke 17:26-30)

At the coming of Jesus, Scriptures describe a total destruction of all human beings all over the world!

Matthew 24:13, 14 – After the gospel is preached to all, “then shall the end come.”

1 Corinthians 15:23 – “At his coming, then cometh the end …”

1 Thessalonians 4:17; 5:3 – Those not “caught up,” will experience “sudden destruction.”

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 – When Jesus comes in flaming fire, the lost will be destroyed.

Revelation 16:17, 18 – During the seventh trumpet, cities crumble around the world.

Revelation 6:14; 16:20 – Every island sinks, and all the mountains disappear.

Jeremiah 4:23-26 – Planet Earth is totally devastated, with “no man” left alive.

Jeremiah 25:30-33 – Those slain by the Lord lie dead, unburied, all around the world.

Revelation 19:17, 18, 21 – The birds eat the flesh of every human being worldwide.

(Revelation 19 says that birds will be eating the flesh of all men!)

What will we see when we climb out of the grave?

It all depends if we are resurrected before OR after the 1000 years (millennium).

Speaking of the wicked Jeremiah says, “And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.” Jeremiah 25:33

“I beheld the earth, and lo, it was without form and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger” (Jeremiah 4:23-26).

The righteous will spend 1000 years in HEAVEN with God and the unsaved who are alive when Jesus comes will be killed.

Everyone who remains here on earth are DEAD! Satan and his evil angels are ‘chained by circumstances’ here on earth with no one to deceive. (Until the thousand years were up)

“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.” Revelation 20:5a

What happens after the 1000 years?

Revelation 20 says:

The “rest of the dead” are raised to life (vs. 5a).

Satan is loosed (verses 3, 7).

When the lost are resurrected, Satan has people once again to deceive – so he is “loosed” from his chains.

Satan “will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea” (vs. 8).

Who will Satan gather together?

All the lost, through history, from the days of Adam all the way down to the last person who experienced “sudden destruction” (1 Thess. 5:3) at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ!

During the 1000 years, all the lost remained in their graves, but at the end of the 1000 years they are all raised to life in what Jesus called “the resurrection of damnation” (John 5:29).

How many lost will there be?

John said their “number is as the sand of the sea!”

What are the lost doing after they are resurrected?

“And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.” Revelation 20:9

The New Jerusalem comes down from heaven (see Revelation 21:10).

The Holy city comes down at the end of the 1000 years with the saved in it. When the “rest of the dead” are raised and Satan is loosed, the city has just landed. Satan then commands the resurrected nations to surround the “camp of the saints and the beloved city” to try and take over God’s new Jerusalem.

At this time, ALL the lost and ALL the saved are together for the first time, alive on earth!

The saved are inside the city and all the lost are outside the city!

The resurrected lost will have a chance to see the reward of the righteous, while the saved will see the fate of the wicked!

The following explains why the saved are inside the city, and why the lost are outside the new Jerusalem. It’s a solemn thought!

“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:14

“For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.” Revelation 22:15

“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” John 5:28, 29.

Noah preached for 120 years that the flood was coming. The majority of the people didn’t believe him. There may have been millions of people alive at that time and they all died without knowing God. The 8 people on the ark are the only ones that made it.

The Bible tells us that the 144,000 are people who have the seal of the Living God and do 2 things. They follow God’s Commandments and follow Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:17, Revelation 14:12.

The number is represented by 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph and Benjamin.

The Bible says in Revelation 14:4 “They are not defiled by women; for they are virgins.”
This does not mean that they are celibate (have no sexual relations), or that they are unmarried Jews.
(This would go against Paul’s teachings in 1 Tim 4: 1, 3) A woman in the book of Revelation is a symbol of a church (Rev 17.)  So the meaning is that they are not defiled by an apostate church.

The 144,000 represent a final remnant of God’s Israel in Spirit (Spiritual Israel) and will still be alive when Jesus returns in the clouds. They won’t be defiled by deceptions and false prophecies. They will have been transformed into “Spiritual Israel” (just like Jacob was transformed and his name was changed), and have come out of spiritual Babylon.  Revelation 18:4-8  They will not live like the rest of the World, God is first place in their lives.

And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:1, 2

The 144,000 will serve the same purpose as the 12 Apostles

Evidently, this great multitude who come out of great tribulation are converted under the preaching and influence of the 144,000. Shortly after Pentecost, the 12 apostles reached a great multitude, then there followed a great persecution (Acts 8:1). Shortly after the Holy Spirit is poured out on the 144,000, a great multitude will be converted and then comes the great tribulation.

We are to love our Jewish brothers and sisters, but people are wrong in keeping an eye on the middle eastern city of Israel. They are thinking just like the people that didn’t know or recognize that Jesus was talking in a spiritual sense and not a literal sense.

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit Romans 2:28,29

Remember Galatians 3:29 We are all Abraham’s seed. All true Christian’s are Spiritual Israelites. In Exodus 19:6 we see “And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”

The book of James says this: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 12 tribes which are scattered abroad, greetings James 1:1

Here are some Old Testament prophecy verses; and the verses in the New Testament that fulfilled them.

A Study in the messianic prophecies from the Old Testament proves their fulfillment in the person of Jesus Christ.

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1. Isaiah 7:14 …..Born of a virgin….. Matthew 1:21-23
2. Genesis 12:1-3; 22:18…..A descendant of Abraham….. Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16
3. Genesis 49:10….Of the tribe of Judah….Luke 3:23, 33; Hebrews 7:14
4. 2 Samuel 7:12-16…Of the house of David Matthew 1:1
5. Micah 5:2….Born in Bethlehem….Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4-7
6. Hosea 11:1….Taken to Egypt….Matthew 2:14-15
7. Jeremiah 31:15…..Herod´s killing of the infants….Matthew 2:16-18
8. Isaiah 11:2…..Anointed by the Holy Spirit…..Matthew 3:16-17
9. Isaiah 40:3-5…Heralded by the messenger of the Lord (John the Baptist)…Malachi 3:1; Matthew 3:1-3
10. Isaiah 35:5-6….Would perform miracles….Matthew 9:35
11. Isaiah 61:1….Would preach good news….Luke 4:14-21
12. Isaiah 9:1….Would minister in Galilee….Matthew 4:12-16
13. Would first present Himself as King 173,880 days from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem (Daniel 9:25; Matthew 21:4-11)
14. Would enter Jerusalem as a king on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:4-9)
15. Would be rejected by Jews (Psalm 118:22; I Peter 2:7)
16. Would cleanse the Temple (Malachi 3:1; Matthew 21:12-13)
17. Die a humiliating death (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53) involving:
a. rejection (Isaiah 53:3; John 1:10-11; 7:5,48)
b. betrayal by a friend (Psalm 41:9; Luke 22:3-4; John 13:18)
c. sold for 30 pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 26:14-15)
d. silence before His accusers (Isaiah 53:7; Matthew 27:12-14)
e. being mocked (Psalm 22: 7-8; Matthew 27:31)
f. beaten (Isaiah 52:14; Matthew 27:26)
g. spit upon (Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 27:30)
h. piercing His hands and feet (Psalm 22:16; Matthew 27:31)
i. being crucified with thieves (Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 27:38)
.j praying for His persecutors (Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:34)
.k piercing His side (Zechariah 12:10; John 19:34)
.l given gall and vinegar to drink (Psalm 69:21, Matthew 27:34, Luke 23:36)
.m no broken bones (Psalm 34:20; John 19:32-36)
.n buried in a rich man’s tomb (Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:57-60)
.o casting lots for His garments (Psalm 22:18; John 19:23-24)
* Would rise from the dead!! (Psalm 16:10; Mark 16:6; Acts 2:31)
* Ascend into Heaven (Psalm 68:18; Acts 1:9)
* Would sit down at the right hand of God (Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 1:3)

The list above is a short list, here is the longer one.

Genesis 3:15…..He will bruise Satan’s head…..Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:18
Genesis 9:26,27…The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem…Luke 3:36
Genesis 12:3…As Abraham’s seed,will bless all nations…Acts. 3:25,26
Genesis 12:7…The Promise made to Abraham’s Seed…Galatians 3:16
Genesis 14:18…A priest after Melchizedek…Hebrews 6:20
Genesis 14:18……..A King also……..Hebrews 7:2
Genesis 14:18…The Last Supper foreshadowed…Matthew 26:26-29
Genesis 17:19…….The Seed of Isaac…….Romans 9:7
Genesis 22:8…The Lamb of God promised…John 1:29
Genesis 22:18…As Isaac’s seed, will bless all nations…Galatians 3:16
Genesis 26:2-5..The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer..Hebrews11:18
Genesis 49:10…The time of His coming…Luke 2:1-7; Galatians 4:4
Genesis 49:10…….The Seed of Judah…….Luke 3:33
Genesis 49:10……Called Shiloh or One Sent……John 17:3
Genesis 49:10…To come before Judah lost identity…John 11:47-52
Genesis 49:10…To Him shall the obedience of the people be…John 10:16
Exodus 3:13,14……..The Great “I Am”…….John 4:26
Exodus 12:5…A Lamb without blemish…1 Peter 1:19
Exodus 12:13…The blood of the Lamb saves from wrath…Romans 5:8
Exodus 12:21-27…Christ is our Passover…1 Corinthians 5;7
Exodus 12:46…Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken…John 19:31-36
Exodus 15:2…His exaltation predicted as Yeshua…Acts 7:55,56
Exodus 15:11…His Character-Holiness…Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27
Exodus 17:6…The Spiritual Rock of Israel…1 Corinthians 10;4
Exodus 33:19…His Character-Merciful…Luke 1:72
Leviticus14:11..The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood..Luke5:12-14; Acts 6:7
Leviticus16:15-17…Prefigures Christ’s once-for-all death…Hebrews 9:7-14
Leviticus16:27…Suffering outside the Camp…Matthew 27:33; Hebrews 13:11, 12
Leviticus17:11…The Blood-the life of the flesh…Matthew 26;28; Mark 10:45
Leviticus17:11…It is the blood that makes atonement…1 John 3:14-18
Leviticus 23:36-37…The Drink-offering: “If any man thirst.” ..John 19:31-36
Numbers 9:12…Not a bone of Him broken…John 19:31-36
Numbers 21:9…The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up…John 3:14-18
Numbers 24:17…Time: “I shall see him, but not now.”…Galatians 4:4
Deuteronomy 18:15…”This is of a truth that prophet.”…John 6:14
Deuteronomy 18:15-16…”Had ye believed Moses, ye would believe me.”…John 5:45-47
Deuteronomy 18:18…Sent by the Father to speak His word…John 8:28, 29
Deuteronomy 18:19…Whoever will not hear must bear his sin…John 12:15,
Deuteronomy 21:23…Cursed is he that hangs on a tree…Galatians 3:10-13
Ruth 4:4-9…Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us…Ephesians 1:3-7
1 Samuel 2:10…Shall be an anointed King to the Lord…Matthew 28:18; John 12:15
2 Samuel 7:12…David’s Seed…Matthew 1:1
2 Samuel 7:14a…The Son of God… Luke 1:32
2 Samuel 7:16…David’s house established forever…Luke 3:31; Revelation 22:16
2 Kings 2:11…The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated…Luke 24:51
1 Chronicles 17:11…David’s Seed…Matthew 1:1; 9:27
1 Chronicles 17:12, 13a…To reign on David’s throne forever…Luke 1:32, 33
1 Chronicles 17:13a…”I will be His Father, He…my Son.”…Hebrews 1:5
Job 19:23-27…The Resurrection predicted…John 5:24-29
Psalms 2:1-3…The enmity of kings foreordained…Acts 4:25-28
Psalm 2:2…To own the title, Anointed (Christ)…Acts 2:36
Psalm 2:6…His Character-Holiness…John 8:46; Revelation 3:7
Psalm 2:6…To own the title King…Matthew 2:2
Psalm 2:7…Declared the Beloved Son…Matthew 3;17
Psalms 2:7, 8…The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated…Acts 13:29-33
Psalm 2:12…Life comes through faith in Him…John 20:31
Psalm 8:2…The mouths of babes perfect His praise…Matthew 21:16
Psalms 8:5, 6…His humiliation and exaltation…Luke 24:50-53; 1 Corinthians 15:27
Psalm 16:10…Was not to see corruption…Acts 2:31
Psalms 16:9-11…Was to arise from the dead…John 20:9
Psalm 17;15…The resurrection predicted…Luke 24:6
Psalm 22:1…Forsaken because of sins of others…2 Corinthians 5:21
Psalm 22:1…Words spoken from Calvary, “My God…” Mark 15:34
Psalm 22:2…Darkness upon Calvary…Matthew 27:45
Psalm 22:7…They shoot out the lip and shake the head…Matthew 27:39
Psalm 22:8..He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him…Matthew 27:43
Psalm 22:9……Born the Saviour……Luke 2:7
Psalm 22:14…Died of a broken (ruptured)heart…John 19:34
Psalms 22:14,15…Suffered agony on Calvary…Mark 15:34-37
Psalm 22:15……..He thirsted……..John 19:28
Psalm 22:16…They pierced His hands and His feet….John 19:34,37;20:27
Psalms 22:17,18…Stripped Him before the stares of men…Luke 23:34,35
Psalm 22:18…..They parted His garments…..John 19:23,24
Psalms 22:20,21…He committed Himself to God…Luke 23:46
Psalms 22:20,21..Satanic power bruising the Redeemer’s heel..Hebrews 2:14
Psalm 22:22…..His Resurrection declared…..John 20:17
Psalm 22:27…He shall be the governor of the nations…Colossians 1:16
Psalm 22:31……It is finished……John 19:30
Psalm 23:1….I am the Good Shephard….John 10:11
Psalm 24:3……His exaltation predicted……Acts 1:11; Philippians 2:9
Psalm 30:3……His resurrection predicted……Acts 2:32
Psalm 31:5…Into thy hands I commit my spirit…Luke 23:46
Psalm 31:11…His acquaintances fled from Him…Mark 14:50
Psalm 31:13…They took counsel to put Him to death…John 11:53
Psalms 31:14,15…He trusted in God, let Him deliver him…Matthew 27:43
Psalm 34:20…..Not a bone of Him broken…..Jn 19:31-36
Psalm 35:11….False witnesses rose up against Him….Matthew 26:59
Psalm 35:19…He was hated without a cause…John 15:25
Psalm 38:11…..His friends stood afar off…..Luke 23:49
Psalms 40:2-5…The joy of His resurrection predicted…John 20:20
Psalms 40:6-8….His delight-the will of the Father….John 4:34
Psalm 40:9….He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel….Matthew 4:17
Psalm 40:14…Confronted by adversaries in the Garden…John 18:4-6
Psalm 41:9…..Betrayed by a familiar friend…..John 13:18
Psalm 45:2…Words of Grace come from His liPsalms..Luke 4:22
Psalm 45:6…To own the title, God or Elohim…Hebrews 1:8
Psalm 45:7…A special anointing by the Holy Spirit…Matthew3:16; Hebrews1:9
Psalms 45:7,8…Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed)…Luke 2:11
Psalms 55:12-14…Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy…John 13:18
Psalm 55:15…Unrepentant death of the Betrayer…Matthew 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19
Psalm 68:18…To give gifts to men…Ephesians 4:7-16
Psalm 68:18…Ascended into Heaven…Luke 24:51
Psalm 69:4…Hated without a cause…John 15:25
Psalm 69:8…A stranger to own brethren…Luke 8;20,21
Psalm 69:9…Zealous for the Lord’s House…John 2:17
Psalms 69:14-20…Messiah’s anguish of soul before crucifixion…Matthew 26:36-45
Psalm 69:20…My soul is exceeding sorrowful…Matthew 26:38
Psalm 69:21…Given vinegar in thirst…Matthew 27:34
Psalm 69:26…The Saviour given and smitten by God…John 17:4; 18:11
Psalms 72:10,11…Great persons were to visit Him…Matthew 2:1-11
Psalm 72:16…The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground…John 12:24
Psalm 72:17…His name, Yinon, will produce offspring…John 1:12,13
Psalm 72:17…All nations shall be blessed by Him…Acts 2:11,12,41
Psalms 78:1.2…He would teach in parables…Matthew 13:34-35
Psalms 78:2b…To speak the Wisdom of God with authority…Matthew 7:29
Psalm 88:8…They stood afar off and watched…Luke 23:49
Psalm 89:27…Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings…Luke 1:32,33
Psalms 89:35-37…David’s Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever…Luke 1:32,33
Psalms 89:36-37…His character-Faithfulness…Revelation 1:5
Psalm 90:2…He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2)…John 1:1
Psalms 91:11,12…Identified as Messianic; used to tempt Christ…Luke 4;10,11
Psalm 97:9…His exaltation predicted…Acts 1:11;Ephesians 1:20
Psalm 100:5…His character-Goodness…Matthew 19:16,17
Psalms 102:1-11…The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary…John 21:16-30
Psalms 102:25-27…Messiah is the Preexistent Son…Hebrews 1:10-12
Psalm 109:25…Ridiculed…Matthew 27:39
Psalm 110:1…Son of David…Matthew 22:43
Psalm 110:1…To ascend to the right-hand of the Father…Mark16:19
Psalm 110:1…David’s son called Lord…Matthew 22:44,45
Psalm 110:4…A priest after Melchizedek’s order…Hebrews 6:20
Psalm 112:4…His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al… Matthew 9;36
Psalms 118:17,18…Messiah’s Resurrection assured…Luke 24:5-7;1 Corinthians 15:20
Psalms 118:22,23…The rejected stone is Head of the corner…Matthew 21:42,43
Psalm 118:26a…The Blessed One presented to Israel…Matthew 21:9
Psalm 118:26b…To come while Temple standing…Matthew 21;12-15
Psalm 132:11…The Seed of David(the fruit of His Body)…Luke 1:32
Psalms 138:1-6…The supremacy of David’s Seed amazes kings… Matthew 2:2-6
Psalms 147:3,6…The earthly ministry of Christ described…Luke 4:18
Psalm 1:23…He will send the Spirit of God… John 16;7
Song of Solomon 5;16…The altogether lovely One…John 1:17
Isaiah 6:1…When Isaiah saw His glory… John 12:40-41
Isaiah 6:9-10…Parables fall on deaf ears…Matthew 13:13-15
Isaiah 6:9-12…Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words…Acts. 28:23-29
Isaiah 7:14…To be born of a virgin…Luke 1:35
Isaiah 7:14…To be Emmanuel-God with us… Matthew 1:18-23
Isaiah 8:8…Called Emmanuel…Matthew 28:20
Isaiah 8:14…A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense… 1 Peter 2:8
Isaiah 9:1,2…His ministry to begin in Galilee…Matthew 4:12-17
Isaiah 9:6…A child born-Humanity…Luke 1:31
Isaiah 9:6…A Son given-Deity…Luke 1:32; John 1;14; 1 Timothy 3:16
Isaiah 9:6…Declared to be the Son of God with power… Romans 1:3,4
Isaiah 9:6…The Wonderful One, Peleh…Luke 4:22
Isaiah 9:6…The Counsellor, Yaatz…Matthew 13:54
Isaiah 9:6…The Mighty God, El Gibor…Matthew 11:20
Isaiah 9:6…The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth…John 8:58
Isaiah 9:6…The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom…John 16:33
Isaiah 9:7…To establish an everlasting kingdom…Luke 1:32-33
Isaiah 9:7…His Character-Just…John 5:30
Isaiah 9:7…No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace…Luke 1:32-33
Isaiah 11:1…Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer…Matthew 2:23
Isaiah 11:1…A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse…Luke 3:23,32
Isaiah 11:2…The anointed One by the Spirit…Matthew 3;16,17
Isaiah 11:2…His Character-Wisdom, Understanding, etc….John 4:4-26
Isaiah 11:4…His Character-Truth…John 14:6
Isaiah 11:10…The Gentiles seek Him…John 12:18-21
Isaiah 12:2…Called Jesus-Yeshua…Matthew 1:21
Isaiah 25:8…The Resurrection predicted…1 Corinthians 15:54
Isaiah 26:19…His power of Resurrection predicted…John 11:43,44
Isaiah 28:16…The Messiah is the precious corner stone…Acts 4:11,12
Isaiah 29:13…He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word…Matthew 15:7-9
Isaiah 29:14…The wise are confounded by the Word…1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Isaiah 32:2…A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place…Matthew 23:37
Isaiah 35:4…He will come and save you…Matthew 1:21
Isaiah 35:5…To have a ministry of miracles…Matthew 11:4-6
Isaiah 40:3,4…Preceded by forerunner…John 1:23
Isaiah 40:9…”Behold your God.”…John 1:36;19:14
Isaiah 40:11…A shepherd-compassionatelife-giver…John 10:10-18
Isaiah 42:1-4…The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer… Matthew 12:18-21
Isaiah 42:2…Meek and lowly… Matthew 11:28-30
Isaiah 42:3…He brings hope for the hopeless… John 4
Isaiah 42:4…The nations shall wait on His teachings… John 12:20-26
Isaiah 42:6…The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles…Luke 2:32
Isaiah 42:1,6…His is a Worldwide compassion… Matthew 28:19,20
Isaiah 42:7…Blind eyes opened… John 9:25-38
Isaiah 43:11…He is the only Savior… Acts. 4:12
Isaiah 44:3…He will send the Spirit of God… John 16:7,13
Isaiah 45:23…He will be the Judge… John 5:22;Romans 14:11
Isaiah 48:12…The First and the Last…John 1:30;Revelation 1:8,17
Isaiah 48:17…He came as a Teacher…John 3:2
Isaiah 49:1…Called from the womb-His humanity…Matthew 1:18
Isaiah 49:5…A Servant from the womb…Luke 1:31;Philippians 2:7
Isaiah 49:6…He is Salvation for Israel…Luke 2:29-32
Isaiah 49:6…He is the Light of the Gentiles…Acts 13:47
Isaiah 49:6…He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth… Acts 15:7-18
Isaiah 49:7…He is despised of the Nation… John 8:48-49
Isaiah 50:3…Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation… Luke 23:44,45
Isaiah 50:4…He is a learned counsellor for the weary… Matthew 11:28,29
Isaiah 50:5…The Servant bound willingly to obedience… Matthew 26:39
Isaiah 50:6a…”I gave my back to the smiters.”… Matthew 27:26
Isaiah 50:6b…He was smitten on the cheeks… Matthew 26:67
Isaiah 50:6c…He was spat upon… Matthew 27:30
Isaiah 52:7…To publish good tidings of peace… Luke 4:14,15
Isaiah 52:13…The Servant exalted…Acts 1:8-11; Ephesians 1:19-22
Isaiah 52:13…Behold, My Servant… Matthew 17:5; Philippians 2:5-8
Isaiah 52:14…The Servant shockingly abused… Luke 18:31-34; Matthew 26:67,68
Isaiah 52:15…Nations startled by message of the Servant… Romans 15:18-21
Isaiah 52:15…His blood shed to make atonement for all… Revelation 1:5
Isaiah 53:1…His people would not believe Him… John 12:37-38
Isaiah 53:2a…He would grow up in a poor family…. Luke 2:7
Isaiah 53:2b…Appearance of an ordinary man… Philippians 2:7-8
Isaiah 53:3a…Despised…. Luke 4:28-29
Isaiah 53:3b…Rejected… Matthew 27:21-23
Isaiah 53:3c…Great sorrow and grief… Luke 19:41-42
Isaiah 53:3d…Men hide from being associated with Him… Mark 14:50-52
Isaiah 53:4a…He would have a healing ministry… Luke 6:17-19
Isaiah 53:4b…He would bear the sins of the world… 1 Peter 2:24
Isaiah 53:4c…Thought to be cursed by God… Matthew 27:41-43
Isaiah 53:5a…Bears penalty for mankind’s transgressions… Luke 23:33
Isaiah 53:5b…His sacrifice would provide peace between man and God… Colossians. 1:20
Isaiah 53:5c…His back would be whipped… Matthew 27:26
Isaiah 53:6a…He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind…Galatians 1:4
Isaiah 53:6b…God’s will that He bear sin for all mankind… 1 John 4:10
Isaiah 53:7a…Oppressed and afflicted… Matthew 27:27-31
Isaiah 53:7b…Silent before his accusers… Matthew 27:12-14
Isaiah 53:7c…Sacrificial lamb… John 1:29
Isaiah 53:8a…Confined and persecuted… Matthew 26:47-27:31
Isaiah 53:8b…He would be judged… John 18:13-22
Isaiah 53:8c…Killed…. Matthew 27:35
Isaiah 53:8d…Dies for the sins of the world… 1 John 2:2
Isaiah 53:9a…Buried in a rich man’s grave… Matthew 27:57
Isaiah 53:9b…Innocent and had done no violence… Mark 15:3
Isaiah 53:9c…No deceit in his mouth… John 18:38
Isaiah 53:10a…God’s will that He die for mankind… John 18:11
Isaiah 53:10b…An offering for sin… Matthew 20:28
Isaiah 53:10c…Resurrected and live forever…. Mark 16:16
Isaiah 53:10d…He would prosper… John 17:1-5
Isaiah 53:11a…God fully satisfied with His suffering… John 12:27
Isaiah 53:11b…God’s servant… Romans 5:18-19
Isaiah 53:11c…He would justify man before God… Romans 5:8-9
Isaiah 53:11d…The sin-bearer for all mankind… Hebrews 9:28
Isaiah 53:12a…Exalted by God because of his sacrifice… Matthew 28:18
Isaiah 53:12b…He would give up his life to save mankind… Luke 23:46
Isaiah 53:12c…Grouped with criminals… Luke 23:32
Isaiah 53:12d…Sin-bearer for all mankind… 2 Corinthians 5:21
Isaiah 53:12e…Intercede to God in behalf of mankind… Luke 23:34
Isaiah 55:3…Resurrected by God… Acts 13:34
Isaiah 55:4…A witness… John 18:37
Isaiah 59:15-16a…He would come to provide salvation… John 6:40
Isaiah 59:15-16b…Intercessor between man and God… Matthew 10:32
Isaiah 59:20…He would come to Zion as their Redeemer… Luke 2:38
Isaiah 61:1-2a…The Spirit of God upon him… Matthew 3:16-17
Isaiah 61:1-2b…The Messiah would preach the good news… Luke 4:17-21
Isaiah 61:1-2c…Provide freedom from the bondage of sin and death… John 8:31-32
Isaiah 61:1-2…Proclaim a period of grace… John 5:24
Jeremiah23:5-6a…Descendant of David…Luke 3:23-31
Jeremiah 23:5-6b…The Messiah would be God… John 13:13
Jeremiah 23:5-6c…The Messiah would be both God and Man… 1 Timothy 3:16
Jeremiah 31:22…Born of a virgin… Matthew 1:18-20
Jeremiah 31:31…The Messiah would be the new covenant… Matthew 26:28
Jeremiah 33:14-15…Descendant of David… Luke 3:23-31
Ezekiel 17:22-24…Descendant of David… Luke 3:23-31
Ezekiel 34:23-24…Descendant of David… Matthew 1:1
Daniel 7:13-14a…He would ascend into heaven… Acts 1:9-11
Daniel 7:13-14b…Highly exalted… Ephesians 1:20-22
Daniel 7:13-14c…His dominion would be everlasting… Luke 1:31-33
Daniel 9:24a…To make an end to sins… Galatians 1:3-5
Daniel 9:24b…He would be holy… Luke 1:35
Daniel 9:25…Announced to his people 483 years, to the exact day, after the decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem… John 12:12-13
Daniel 9:26a…Killed… Matthew 27:35
Daniel 9:26b…Die for the sins of the world… Hebrews 2:9
Daniel 9:26c…Killed before the destruction of the temple… Matthew 27:50-51
Daniel 10:5-6…Messiah in a glorified state… Revelation 1:13-16
Hosea 13:14…He would defeat death… 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
Joel 2:32…Offer salvation to all mankind… Romans 10:12-13
Micah 5:2a…Born in Bethlehem… Matthew 2:1-2
Micah 5:2b…God’s servant… John 15:10
Micah 5:2c…From everlasting… John 8:58
Hag. 2:6-9…He would visit the second Temple… Luke 2:27-32
Hag. 2:23…Descendant of Zerubbabel… Luke 3:23-27
Zechariah 3:8…God’s servant… John 17:4
Zechariah 6:12-13…Priest and King… Hebrews 8:1
Zechariah 9:9a…Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem… Matthew 21:8-10
Zechariah 9:9b…Beheld as King… John 12:12-13
Zechariah 9:9c…The Messiah would be just… John 5:30
Zechariah 9:9d…The Messiah would bring salvation… Luke 19:10
Zechariah 9:9e…The Messiah would be humble… Matthew 11:29
Zechariah 9:9f…Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey… Matthew 21:6-9
Zechariah 10:4…The cornerstone… Ephesians 2:20
Zechariah 11:4-6a…At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders… Matthew 23:1-4
Zechariah 11:4-6b…Rejection causes God to remove His protection.. Luke 19:41-44
Zechariah 11:4-6c…Rejected in favor of another king… John 19:13-15
Zechariah 11:7…Ministry to “poor,” the believing remnant… Matthew 9:35-36
Zechariah 11:8a…Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them… Matthew 23:33
Zechariah 11:8b…Despised… Matthew 27:20
Zechariah 11:9…Stops ministering to the those who rejected Him… Matthew 13:10-11
Zechariah 11:10-11a…Rejection causes God to remove protection… Luke 19:41-44
Zechariah 11:10-11b…The Messiah would be God… John 14:7
Zechariah 11:12-13a…Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver… Matthew 26:14-15
Zechariah 11:12-13b…Rejected… Matthew 26:14-15
Zechariah 11:12-13c…Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord… Matthew 27:3-5
Zechariah 11:12-13d…The Messiah would be God… John 12:45
Zechariah 12:10a…The Messiah’s body would be pierced… John 19:34-37
Zechariah 12:10b…The Messiah would be both God and man… John 10:30
Zechariah 12:10c…The Messiah would be rejected… John 1:11
Zechariah 13:7a…God’s will He die for mankind… John 18:11
Zechariah 13:7b…A violent death… Matthew 27:35
Zechariah 13:7c…Both God and man.. John 14:9
Zechariah 13:7d…Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him… Matthew 26:31-56
Malachi 3:1a…Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah… Matthew 11:10
Malachi 3:1b…Sudden appearance at the temple… Mark 11:15-16
Malachi 3:1c…Messenger of the new covenant… Luke 4:43
Malachi 4:5…Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah… Matthew 3:1-2
Malachi 4:6…Forerunner would turn many to righteousness… Luke 1:16-17

A few facts:

Satan is not omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing) or omnipresent (can be in more then one place at a time).

Satan is an Angel, a fallen Angel. (Isaiah 14:12-14)

Satan was thrown from Heaven because his pride led him to rebel against God. (Ezekiel 28:12-17)

Satan deceived and took with him one third of all angels in Heaven. (Revelation 12:7-9)
He can only be in one place at a time, so he needs his demons to help him and report back to him. If Satan could read our thoughts or if he were “all knowing” (omniscient) he wouldn’t need any help from demons.

Satan does know exactly how people think though, and he knows the weakness of humans.

This is how he’s able to tempt us; otherwise, he would not have wasted his time tempting Job. Job 1:6-12, or Jesus. Matthew 4:1-11.  Satan certainly did not know what Job would do. He had not read Job’s mind; he had simply made a guess based on his observations (his walking to and fro, and up and down in the earth) and he was certainly wrong.

Satan has had a lot of time to practice. He knows exactly how to influence man. You better believe that the enemy knows the Bible better than any human being does.

Satan has the power to deceive those who do not follow,
or have God's Word in them. If you are not full of God's
Word, that leaves "room" for the Devil's minions to come in.

“The great dragon was hurled down, that ancient serpent called the devil,
or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth,
and his angels with him.” (Revelation 12:9, NIV)

Satan was brought under the power and authority of Jesus when He died for
our sins and established His Kingdom and His church. Satan no longer has
power over us and by this, we can be sure that the devil, Satan, cannot
read our thoughts.  Revelation 12:7-17

Only God and his Son Jesus Christ can read the minds and the hearts of mankind.

This is the four Bible definitions of sin.

1) “Sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4

2) “Sin is anything that is unrighteous, not like Christ.” 1 John 5:17

3) “Sin is failure to follow the things we know to be right.” James 4:17

4) “Sin is lack of faith in God and His Word.” Romans 14:23

The "in" thing today is talking to the dead. 

Psychics and mediums actually believe that they are communicating
with the dead. The truth is that a supernatural world indeed does
exist, and people miss the familiar voices of loved ones, but they
are sadly mistaken about mediums communicating with spirits of the
dead.
A thorough Bible study into this interesting topic will prove without
a doubt that the dead know nothing, they are dead and cannot speak.

These mediums are really communicating with demons that’s posing as ghosts and dead relatives. The last book in the Bible has this warning, “For they are spirits of demons, performing signs…..” Revelation 16:14

The Bible clearly says, “For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.

Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: Death is swallowed up in victory.”

Study God’s Word and it’s easy to see that we aren’t immortal, not until the last day. That’s not the last day of our life, but the day that Jesus returns! Don’t give in to the same lie that was told to Eve, “Ye shall not surely die” Genesis 3:4

There is a difference between being able to plant a thought in someone’s mind and being able to read a person’s mind. When someone writes a book or speaks a word they are able to stimulate thoughts in people’s mind, but they cannot see what is happening beneath the surface. The only one that the Bible ever speaks of as being able to read the thoughts is the Lord. (1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 94:11; Psalm 139:23; Matthew 12:25; Luke 6:8) This is one of the very strong evidences that Jesus was the Son of God.

Though Satan is able to guess at our thoughts through observing, and suggest thoughts through circumstances and stimuli, there is no indication in the Bible that he can actually read our thoughts.

Keep looking up – Jesus is coming back!

The book of Matthew reveals that Jesus repeated the history of ancient Israel, point by point, and overcame where they failed. Notice these parallels between ancient Israel and of Jesus Christ:

The answer is yes.

Of course, there are going to be many people saved, and no one is saved by keeping any law. We are saved by grace alone.
However, at the same time, nobody will be saved who willingly disobeys. The Bible says, “If we continue to sin willfully after we know the truth, then there is no sacrifice for sins” (Hebrew 10:26). So at that point it is open rebellion against God. And how can God accept that into heaven?

In Mark chapter 10 Jesus said to the rich young ruler, ‘Come and follow me.’ And He actually asked him to be an Apostle.  No one will ever know what the history would have ever been but God’s plan for that young man was to be a follower.  And he went away.  He chose not to because he loved his money more.

So we can choose to follow the Lord.  We can choose not to follow Him. I believe we have a choice.  Now because God knows everything, some people think that He’s making it happen; but just because someone knows something doesn’t mean that they’re forcing people to make choices.  God gives us the freedom to choose.  He may know what we’re going to do, but that doesn’t mean He’s making it happen.

We couldn’t choose to love God if He had pre-programed us and made us love Him.  That’s not love. God’s plan for everybody is to be saved.  1 Timothy 2:4 says God who will have all men to be saved. And then God says in 2 Peter chapter 3 He’s not willing that any should perish.  So that’s God’s perfect Will; but many will perish because they don’t choose.

Remember that many are called but few are chosen. I believe many are called but few will choose to respond, and so we all have freedom of choice.  That’s why Jesus invites everybody in The Great Invitation: whosoever will, let him come.  Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden.  And not all will choose.  Judas chose to turn his back on Jesus.  Jesus knew what Judas would do, but He didn’t make him do it.

Blessings,

Darrell B

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As the years passed by we eventually went our separate ways and into different styles of music. Most of the other musicians eventually quit music. I stayed at it mainly for the extra money. Jeff ended up getting a recording contract with Warner Bros.

We’ve recently gotten together to do a few shows and had a great time. Country music has a way of getting into a person’s veins.

A Country musician will quit playing music with plans of never starting up again. They usually always do!

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2-A person needs to know that he is facing eternal death.
Rm 6:23, 23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

3-A person needs to know that Christ died so that the repentant sinner can live eternally.
Rm 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

4–A person needs to know that Christ died for him personally.
Rm 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

5–A person needs to know that Christ saves the one who calls upon Him, and remains faithful to Him.
Rm 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

This is the beginning of the Christian life. We need to grow in grace and the knowledge of God.
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ….

We grow in grace by praying; by studying the Bible; by doing all the things the Bible tells us to do; by telling others what Christ has done for us.

By beholding (observing and studying the life of Christ and imitating it) we become changed into His image.
2 Cor 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

We also need to confess our sins and stop doing them.
Proverbs 28:13

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Jesus said that eternal life is in knowing Him and His Father.
Jn 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Sanctification (becoming like Jesus) is the work of a lifetime.