The Greatest Mystery of God Understood!

(Last Great Day)

Fred R. Coulter—October 14, 2025

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Greetings, brethren, and welcome to the Last Great Day, that Great Day of the Feast. And it's quite an interesting and profound thing, indeed!.

Here's a great lesson we're going to learn. Sometimes the least becomes the greatest, and that's true for the Last Great Day. We will see that there is very little spoken of it directly.

And the only thing we have in Lev. 23, and we start out with the Feast of Tabernacles:

Leviticus 23:34: "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. On the first day shall be a Holy convocation. You shall do no servile work therein. Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD…." (vs 34-36). Those are all of the offerings listed in Num. 28 & 29.

"…On the eighth day shall be a Holy convocation to you…." (v 36). Doesn't say anything else about it!

How are we going to know what it is? Well, let's find out.

"…And you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD It is a solemn assembly. And you shall do no servile work therein" (v 36).

Then he summarizes it again, which is important, because we'll sort of summarize everything today.

Verse 37: "These are the Feasts of the LORD, which you shall… [not may or might] …proclaim to be Holy convocations to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, everything on its day; besides the Sabbaths of the LORD…" (vs 37-38).

Now, isn't that interesting? Because that ties right back here with the very first verse and pulls it all together.

Verse 1: "And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, "Concerning the appointed Feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be Holy convocations, even these are My appointed Feasts'" (vs 1-2).

Appointed—that means God has made an appointment with us! IF we keep that appointment with God, He's going to teach us what we need to know! He will give us understanding through His Word.

We're going to see that this is something that going way back at the very annals of the Bible, very few understood—the eighth day! When you consider without the New Testament and the book of Revelation, plus some indications of it in Isaiah and Ezekiel, as we will see.

But all of those remained as a mystery. So The Last Great Day is the great mystery of God!

Since it is a Holy Day and we're to take up an offering, we'll go ahead and take a pause and take up an offering, knowing that it's going to be used:

• to preach the Gospel
• to do the things that we need to do
• to carry out the things that God leads us to accomplish

(pause for the offering)

Thank you very much. And we'll put it all to good use, brethren. And as you know, we just received a big shipment of Bibles and we have the new book: The Love of God Surpasses Human Knowledge. I hope that this helps you and you can order extra copies of it. We have the CD that goes with it.

Someone asked about the cover. What is it? Well, it's a dove coming down, symbolizing that the dove came to Jesus Christ bringing the Holy Spirit, as John the Baptist witnessed! That dove represents:

• the Holy Spirit coming to Christ
• the understanding of the Word of God
• through the Holy Spirit
• through Jesus Christ

understanding that

• IF we love God
• IF we obey God
• IF we believe God

that He's going to reveal things to us!

Look at the world today. It says there in Rev. 12:9, that Satan is deceiving the whole world! This is something that we know and understand, but the question is:

• What's God going to do about that?
• How is he going to solve the problem of people who have been deceived?

Now, we know that Satan keeps them deceived from the Word of God, mistranslations of the Word of God, and all of those things. So:

• What's going to happen?
• How is it going to be?

This is one of the greatest mysteries of God that is—even in some of the Churches of God—not known! That's quite a thing to understand. But in the world, it isn't understood either.

So, let's come here to 1-Cor. 2, and let's see something. Remember, Jesus said to the disciples that 'it's given to us to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, and that the rest are blinded' (Mark 4).

Their hearts are hardened, their eyes are blinded, their ears are dull of hearing, and they won't listen (Mark 8).

When we come to 1-Cor. 2 we find something really profound. We've gone over this before, but let's look at it again, because this tells us what God wants us to know. Now, a lot of people rely on:

• 'the intelligent' people
• the wisdom of the world
• philosophy of the world

You hear a lot of television programs where they talk back and forth and talk about everything, but they don't know anything because they don't know the Word of God!

They might be able to help solve some of the problems temporarily, but:

• How do you solve the problems of being blinded?
• How do you solve the problems of people dying and never knowing anything about God?

and yet, God wants ALL people to be saved!

That's a mystery. So, how's he going to do it? Well, let's see what the Apostle Paul wrote, because this tells us a lot.

1-Corinthians 2:4: And my message and my preaching was not in persuasive words of humanwisdom…"

IF you're blinded, it doesn't matter how smart you are. you're never going to find out what God has for you. It's that simple.

How many people out there reject God, reject the Word of God, and how many, even within the Churches of God, still hold on and cling to things that they ought not, like we have covered recently about the idols in the mind!

"…rather, it was in demonstration of the Spirit and of power… [that is true] …so that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men…" (vs 4-5).

• Isn't that what they rely on?
• The wisdom of men?
• Guess what AI is?

Artificial Intelligence is all the intelligence of human beings collected into one place or several different places. But all of it is:

• human knowledge
• human wisdom
• human understanding

Even when they talk about things in the Bible, they rely upon the 'experts.' Well, the 'experts' are also liars! So, the only way you're going to find out about the Truth is:

• take your Bible
• you come to God
• you get on your knees
• you ask God to give you understanding

You start with the simple, and you progress to the complicated. As you progress with the simple and grow in grace and knowledge, then you'll begin to understand. We'll see how that comes about here.

That our faith is not to be in the wisdom of men, "…but in the power of God" (v 5). That's the Holy Spirit!

That's why there's repentance, baptism, laying on of hands, and receiving the Holy Spirit. Use the Spirit because it is the Spirit of:

• love
• power
• strength
• understanding

and understanding the Word of God, especially now in the last days!

We have knowledge that they didn't understand centuries ago. And God has given that information to us IF we yield to God and understand it correctly.

Verse 6: "Now we speak wisdom among the spiritually mature; however, it is not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing."

• think about that for a minute
• think about one of the most intelligent people that you can find on television

Victor Davis Hanson! I don't know how much he knows about God, but he knows an awful lot about:

• ancient history
• politics
• how governments work

But the question is, does he know anything about God? Now it seems that he may have some knowledge of God, but listen: what we're covering today is something that the smallish percentage of people in the world even understand!

Verse 7: "Rather, we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery…"—a mystery that unfolds as we yield to God to understand! But in the world it remains a mystery!

"…even the hidden wisdom…" (v 7). Where? In the pages of the Bible! But:

• how do you understand it?
• IF it's hidden, how are you going to find it?
• IF it's hidden, it's a mystery, right?

• you need the Word of God
• you need the Spirit of God
• you need to:
• believe God
• obey God
• love God

Then you'll understand!

"…even the hidden wisdom that God foreordained before the ages unto our glory… [God had this plan, and He's working it out] …which not one of the rulers of this world has known… [they reject it] …(for if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory); but according as it is written…" (vs 7-9).

• Here we are on the Last Great Day!
• Here we are going to learn the things of God!
• Here we are to have our minds open!
• Here we are to understand the greatest secret of God, which is a total mystery to the world!

So let's read how that's done:

"…'The eye has not seen, nor the ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.'" (v 9).

Now, IF you don't love God, you'll never understand it.

Verse 10: "But God has revealed them to us by His Spirit…"

That understanding only comes from God, and that is the invisible, unseen power of God's Holy Spirit:

• working in our lives
• working in our minds
• leading us to do the Truth
• leading us to keep His Sabbath and Holy Days
• leading us to live by every Word of God

"…for the Spirit searches all things—eventhe deep things of God" (v 10).

This day, the 8th day—The Last Great Day—pictures one of the deepest things of God! One of the most loving and powerful that God is going to do. It's going to be something, brethren, that WE will have the opportunity to also participate in!

Because, you see, The Last Great Day comes, as we will see, after the Feast of Tabernacles. And it's just like it was in Lev. 23. One phrase! Very little said. But that's an amazing thing! That's why God has to reveal it!

Verse 10: "But God has revealed them to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things—eventhe deep things of God. For who among men understands the things of man except by the spirit of man, which is in him?...." (vs 10-11). And that is true! We all have the Spirit of man!

• that gives us life
• that gives us thought
• that gives us everything that we are as human beings

"…In the same way also, the things of God no one understands except by the Spirit of God " (v 11).

That's why people must have their hearts circumcised with the Spirit of God so that they can understand what God wants. Because it's a great purpose that God has, and we're going to see that this Last Great Day is one of the greatest that God is going to do.

Verse 12: " Now, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is of God, so that we might know the things graciously given to us by God; which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Holy Spirit in order to communicate spiritual things by spiritual means" (vs 12-13).

Let's see why The Last Great Day is called The Last Great Day! Let's start right here of Satan being put into prison:

Revelation 20:1: "Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand. And he took hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years" (vs 1-2).

So, we've already covered about the thousand year reign of God and what's going to happen down through time, and how that's going to be the great harvest of God during that one thousand year period. As we have seen, that's going to restore to human beings what it was like from the beginning of the creation with Adam and Eve. Satan won't be there!

Verse 3: "Then he [the angel] cast him into the abyss, and locked him up, and sealed the abyss over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that it is ordained that he be loosed for a short time.

So we'll look at that because that's also a mystery. Why did God do that? We'll answer it here in just a bit!

Verse 4: "And I saw thrones; and they that sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God…"

So it shows that the world doesn't care for us, Satan the devil is after us. But God has resurrected this now and here we all are. And as we found out that that takes place on Pentecost and we know everything that we have to do when we come back to the earth.

"…and those who did not worship the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark in their foreheads or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years" (v 4).

Now that's going to be something! That's what the whole Millennium is all about.

• living God's way
• living in Truth
• living in love

Now here's one sentence!

• How important is the Word of God?
• How powerful is the Word of God?

Verse 5: "But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were completed…."

Now isn't that quite a statement? it means exactly what it says. We know in the world, being deceived by Satan the devil, everyone is:

• living in sin
• Satan had blinded them
• they don't understand

• Are they lost forever?
• Are they going to be cast into the Lake of Fire because they were blinded?
• who let Satan blind them? God did!
• For what purpose? That in the end, if they haven't committed the unpardonable sin, they can have a time for salvation!

Now that's almost an unheard of thing. People say, 'Oh well, they get a second chance.' NO! They never had a first chance!

Verse 7: "Now, when the thousand years have been completed, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison; and he shall go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog…" (vs 7-8).

Now, here's a little conundrum we need to solve: Gog and Magog at this point is referring to a geographical area, because as we saw yesterday about Gog and Magog, those who repent will receive salvation!

What this is telling us is there's a place in Gog and Magog that all of those during the Millennium, IF they don't repent of their sins, they will live and die and be buried in Gog and Magog.

But at the end, there's no time for all of them to die. Just like at the end when Christ returns, there are going to be those in the grave and there are going to be those who are still alive (1-Thess. 4).

So, we have the same thing here. In that last generation, it indicates that there will probably be a lot of people who will not really yield to God. They'll have every opportunity to do so. But then, as we saw, IF they don't repent, THEN they are exiled, and the exiled will go to the area of Gog and Magog.

How many people will be there and die and be buried there? It says in Isa. 65 that the sinner will die a hundred years old. So, there's going to be those in Gog and Magog right at the end of the Millennium that are still alive that haven't had a chance to live a hundred years and die in their sins.

This is why Satan is loosed out of his prison to bring them to think that they can conquer Jerusalem and take over the world.

What is this going to do? Remember, this will be their first death for those who are still alive. That's what Satan's going to bring down in this great army.

The Millennium has ended, and now there's this period where there's going to be a reinstitution of deception and war by Satan the devil for the purpose of giving all of those who have not repented, but have committed the unpardonable sin, but are still alive. They must die the first death, because all the wicked must die the second death! So, that's what this is for.

Verse 9: " Then I saw them go up upon the breadth of the earth and encircle the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven and consumed them." Their first death!

Now, they will be resurrected for their second death, and as we will see, ALL of the wicked who have committed the unpardonable sin will all be burned up completely! Now, that's quite a thing to understand!

Verse 10: "And the Devil, who deceived them, was cast into the Lake of Fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet had been cast… [because that was at the beginning of the Millennium] …and they, Satan and the demons, shall be tormented day and night into the ages of eternity."

Now, as we saw yesterday, that they will go out into the darkest blackness forever! So, after the Lake of Fire consumes the whole earth in preparation for the new heaven and new earth, then Satan and the demons are going to be put out there in the universe someplace where it's the blackest darkness forever. And that's Satan's ultimate fate!

Verse 11—Here is the beginning of the fulfillment of The Last Great Day: "Then I saw a great white Throne and the One Who was sitting on it, from Whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and no place was found for them."

All the people that have not committed the unpardonable sin! We'll see that in a little bit:

Verse 12: "And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God; and the books were opened…"

The first time that the knowledge of God is open to their understanding! This is their second life, that is true, but their first life for salvation!

Now, think about what that's going to be like. Consider this,

• all of those who died in war, down through history
• all of those who died from whatever means
• natural death
• plague
• childbirth death
• sickness and disease
• all of those things

God isn't going to waste a single human life!

Now, this will be their second physical life for the first opportunity for salvation! We'll look at it here in a little bit.

"…and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life…" (v 12).

Now, this means that they have an opportunity to have their names written in the Book of Life:

• IF they repent
• IF they grow
• IF they change
• IF they use the time of this second life in a way that will lead to salvation

"…And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their works" (v 12).

• Isn't that what God has done for us?
• Didn't He say all the way through with the Seven Churches: 'I know your works'?
• How about these that died in the oceans, in shipwrecks, in wars!

Verse 13: "And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and the grave gave up the dead that were in them; and they were judged individually, according to their works…. [in the final analysis, when this is over]: …And death and the grave were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death. And if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the Lake of Fire" (vs 13-15).

So let's take a look at that, and let's see how that's going to be. Let's see where this is mentioned in relationship to the Feast of Tabernacles, and see something here that tells us why God is going to do it. IFGod has put them in such a situation that:

• He didn't call them
• they had no opportunity to repent

It was also a time for most of them, or a great deal of them, before Christ even came to be the Sacrifice for the sin of the world!

John 7 is during the Feast of Tabernacles, and Jesus was there. Now, let's look and see what it says here, and let's see if we can have some more understanding of what God is doing when we read this.

John 7:37: "Now, in the last day, the Great Day of the Feast…"the 8th day, because it talks about the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles. Yet, there's one more day, and that's the day for the great salvation for all who have never been called!

"…Jesus stood and called out, saying, 'If anyone thirsts… [think about this statement] …let him come to Me and drink. The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water'" (vs 37-38).

Now, that's interesting. Look at what it's talking about. Anyone! That's why we have the Last Great Day, and they have a second opportunity for life. We'll see that again, and an opportunity for salvation! They didn't have it in their first life.

So, if God rejected them because Jesus hadn't come, that would encompass such a large number of human beings, it would be almost unbelievable. So, here it is, anyone! So, that means God must provide the opportunity for salvation, because:

• God is the One Who calls us today
• God is the One Who opens up our minds
• God is the One Who gives His understanding of His Word

Well, all of those people never had a chance, but they will be given their first opportunity, but it will require a second physical life as we will see!

Verse 39: "But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, which those who believed in Him would soon receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified."

We have the account of Lazarus, the one who died; his sisters were Mary and Martha, and word came to Jesus, as we find in John 11, that Lazarus was sick and that he was sickness unto death. Well, Jesus knew that he died, and he deliberately did not run back to heal Lazarus. Now, Lazarus was a disciple, but Lazarus had not been baptized to receive the Holy Spirit, so he died before he had an opportunity for salvation!

So what happened? Jesus waited for four days before He came back, and Mary and Martha met him out there, and they said, 'Oh, Lord, if you'd have been here, he wouldn't have died. And Jesus said, 'I'm the Way, the Life, and the Resurrection'!

So everyone was crying and weeping because Lazarus had died, and he'd been buried, and he was in there four days. So, everyone went out to the tomb, and then Jesus stood there, and He said, 'Lazarus, come forth, 'resurrected from the dead by the voice of Christ!

After four days, and even Mary said to him, 'O Lord, by now he stinks!' Well, she didn't know the power of God! So, Lazarus comes out, he's walking out, and he's taking off what was on his head, and what was wrapped up around his arms, and his legs, and everything, and he was back to a physical life. A second physical life for an opportunity for salvation! Right there with Lazarus is a #1 proof that IF a person has not committed the unpardonable sin, but lives and dies, that they will be resurrected for an opportunity for salvation. Now, that's quite a thing there!

Matt. 12—this is interesting. Before the book of Revelation was written, and let's look at it this way, the book of Matthew was the first one written. Revelation was the last one written.

All the other apostles had died. So, from that time that this was written until Revelation was written, there would be no way that they could understand what is being taught here by Jesus in:

Matthew 12:23: "And the multitudes were all amazed, and said, 'Is this the Son of David?' But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, 'This Man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, prince of the demons'" (vs 23-24).

So, that was quite a thing that he was doing. See, but the Pharisees, they didn't accept it.

Verse 25: "But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.'" That's exactly what we see today in the world! Living proof!

Remember this: The Word of God is always true! And what it says about these things, this is true! It cannot stand, referring to Satan's kingdom. Satan's kingdom stands for a long time until Christ returns.

The angel puts him into prison, and after the thousand years he's let out, and then he is sent off into the blackest darkness forever with all the demons.

But notice what he says here; v 26: "And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself…. [that is true because Satan can cause demons to move from one person to another] …How then shall his kingdom stand?"

So, Jesus is talking about the ultimate end of it. But isn't it interesting He says that Satan has a kingdom, and what is the kingdom? The whole world! Isn't that what Satan offered Jesus in the temptation in Matt. 4 and Luke 4? That if Jesus would bow down and worship him [Satan], the whole world would be His [Christ's]? Amazing!

Verse 27: "And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? On account of this, they shall be your judges. But IF I, by the Spirit of God, cast out demons, THEN the Kingdom of God has come upon you" (vs 27-28). Very interesting statement, isn't it?

Verse 29: "Or how is anyone able to enter into the house of a strong man and plunder his goods, if he does not first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house."

• What do we find in Rev. 20?
• Who's the strong man in this case? Satan!
• How's he bound? He's bound and cast into the abyss! '
• For how long? A thousand years!

Then after a short war, then into the ages of eternity and the blackest darkness forever! So, here it is right here. It tells us about it.

Verse 30: "The one who is not with Me is against Me, and the one who does not gather with Me scatters. Because of this, I say to you…" (vs 30-31).

Now listen very carefully; here's where we understand the difference! Also, it's interesting after Jesus talks about binding Satan:

Verse 31: "Because of this, I say to you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men except the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit; that shall not be forgiven to men."

Why? Because IF you have the Holy Spirit of God because you repented and received the Holy Spirit of God, and THEN you absolutely reject it, you're rejecting God the Father and that is the unpardonable sin, because He is the One Who sends the Holy Spirit! This is directly against the Father!

Verse 32: "And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming age."

So that's down through everything, see, down through all time, down through the Plan of God. Now let's look at this just a little bit more: In the coming age. Now there are two coming ages:

• the Millennium
• the Last Great Day, The White Throne Judgment

During the Millennium, everyone will have an opportunity for salvation. If they reject it, they'll be exiled to, Gog and Magog, and die and be buried. IF they're still alive when the thousand years is up, Satan will be out, will go deceive them, and bring them against Jerusalem to war.

They won't be forgiven in this age or in the coming age, which coming age doesn't make any difference!

Verse 33: "Either make the tree good and the fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for a tree is known by its fruit." That's a way of saying:

• How is your life?
• What are you producing?

Verse 34: "Offspring of vipers, how are you able to speak good things, being evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings out wicked things" (vs 34-35).

True! Absolutely true! Down through time, you see it over and over and over again. Here in America and the modern nations of Israel, Satan is out there! We have a little reprieve right now, because God is getting things lined up for the final things for the last part of the prophecies in the book of Daniel.

Verse 36: "But I say to you, for every idle word that men may speak, they shall be held accountable in the Day of Judgment."

Everyone's going to have to come before God and give an account for himself. That's why there's repentance. And think about the model prayer in Matt. 6. After acknowledging God the Father, what do we say? Forgive us our sins! So, we can have them forgiven, therefore, we don't have to worry about it.

Verse 37[transcriber's correction]: "For by your words you shall be justified…"

• IF you're repenting, you'll be justified
• IF you're doing what is good, you'll be justified
• IFyou're loving God, you'll be justified
• IF you're loving the brethren, you'll be justified

"'…and by your words you shall be condemned'" (v 37).

Verse 38: "Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, 'Master, we desire to see a sign from You.'" Everyone wants a sign!

Well, Jesus wasn't going to play magician for them. No!

Verse 39: "And He answered and said to them, 'A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet"—and they didn't believe it!

Verse 40: "For just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, in like manner the Son of man shall be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment…" (vs 40-41).

Notice, stand up! That means resurrected to stand in the judgment! That's what we read. Judgment was given to the saints, and Christ is the One Who is leading them.

"…stand up in the judgment with… [that means together with] … this generation and shall condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here" (v 41).

Doesn't this tell us that there will be a second physical life for those of Nineveh? Now you look at Nineveh repenting because of the preaching of Jonah.

• Were they converted unto eternal life? No, because Christ had not come!
• Did they change their way and God forgive them and give them extended time before Nineveh was invaded? Yes, He did!

He gave them 120 years!

So, this is a good example of people who have not committed the unpardonable sin, who live their lives, who die, who are buried, but they come back to life for a second physical life for a first opportunity for salvation. So, we have the ones from Nineveh!

Now hundreds of years later; v 42: "The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here."

Now, that's something, isn't it? Now, let's look at how this is going to be. We have to properly put the Scriptures together. So, let's go ahead and we'll take a break, and then we'll come back and we will look at how this is going to happen, because this is going to be the greatest thing ever. You think about the multitudes and multitudes and multitudes of people who have been on the earth, and they all died without the knowledge of what salvation is about.

God turned them over to Satan the devil to be blinded. God has to undo this for them. That's why Satan is removed before beginning of the second resurrection.

The people, when they're resurrected, will live for a hundred years, just like it says there in Isa. 65 that we have already covered, that the infant shall not die after a few days, but live out a whole life, and the sinner who lives to be a hundred, BOOM!

Now in this case, they're going to face the Lake of Fire. So, that's quite a thing. Now I explained this to one man here recently, and he says, 'WOW, God is super merciful, isn't He? Yes, indeed!

• IF His mercy endures forever, it covers this time, as well
• IF God turns them over to Satan the devil, without an opportunity for salvation

THEN God

• in all righteousness
• in all fairness
• in all goodness
• in all everything like that

He's going to bring them to a second physical life, as we will see, and they will have an opportunity for salvation!

(break@49:47)

Let's see how God is going to work this out. And only God can do this, because His Plan is so great:

• a great mystery to the whole world
• a great mystery even to many of those who were first converted in the Church

because the book of Revelation wasn't written until about 98AD, and they didn't have that one sentence about the dead being raised.

Well, they have an indication of it here, but we have to put all of the other Scriptures together to get the full story.

The Jews say that Ezek. 37 is a prophecy of those who came to the Holy Land after the Holocaust. We will see that that can't be true, because the ones who came to the area of Palestine after the Holocaust in 1948—and there were a lot of Jews there before that—had never died. The ones who were killed in the Holocaust were still in their grave. So, it can't picture the Jews coming out of the Holocaust. That is a ridiculous interpretation.

Ezekiel 37:1: "The hand of the LORD was on me, and brought me by the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of a valley, and it was full of bones…. [keep that in mind] … And He made me walk among them all around…." (vs 1-2).

So, God said, 'Ezekiel, walk around here and see what you think of it.' Well, when you see all of those bones, you think: Oh man, there's a lot of people who have died, right?

"…And behold, very many were in the open valley. And lo, they were very dry…. [showing that they had died a long time ago] … And He said to me…" (vs 2-3).

Now, this is an interesting question. God wanted to know what Ezekiel thought.

Verse 3: "And He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?'…."

When you're looking at all of those dead bones everywhere, as far as the horizon can see!

"…And I answered, 'O Lord GOD, You know.'…. [I don't know, You know] …Again He said to me, 'Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, "O dry bones, hear the Word of the LORD"'" (vs 3-4).

Now that's quite an interesting statement, isn't it? All of those bones, they're going to hear the Word of God! How can dry bones hear the Word of God?

• nothing's impossible for God
• God has a plan that He's going to carry out

Verse 5: "Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.'"

Now, this is an interesting thing indeed, because many times God tells you the conclusion before He tells you how He's going to get to that conclusion. So you can anticipate what He's doing. That's what He's done here.

Verse 6: "And I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you… [this coming back to life is a resurrection to flesh, not spirit] …and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am the LORD."

Now, that last sentence is an interesting statement, because when you know the Lord, that means that you're converted!

So this is shall, future tense, the first opportunity for eternal life in a second physical life!

Verse 7: "So, I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a noise. And behold, a shaking! And the bones came together, a bone to its bone. And as I watched, behold the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them above. But there was no breath in them" (vs 7-8).

So here, all of these bones now transformed into receiving flesh; all the intestines, and the mind, the head, everything else, but there's no breath in them!

Just like Adam was when he was first formed before God breathed into him the breath of life! So, here they are.

Verse 9: "And He said to me, 'Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, "Thus says the Lord GOD… [God can do anything He wants! Listen carefully]: …'Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain that they may live'"'" (v 9). Second physical life!

Now, that's quite a thing! We know in the New Testament it says: to the Jew first and the Israelite first, and then to the Gentiles! So we know that this is going to happen not only to the Jews and to the Israelites, but it's going to happen to all of those in the world who died on timely death.

• Didn't God cut them off from knowledge and understanding of what He was doing? Yes!
• Did He not turn them over to Satan, the devil? Yes!

Well, that's a terrible thing to happen to anyone, don't you think? Well, God is going to redeem them from it, but He has to do it in a second physical life!

Verse 10: "So, I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army."

Doesn't that go with Rev. 20 where there was no place found for them, so many of them? Yes!

Now listen, God identifies them; v 11: "And He said to me, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel….'"

Why is that? Because now, at this time before the return of Christ, many are called, but few are chosen! So, these are the ones that were not chosen. They may have heard about Christ after Christ had come, but all of those who lived and died before He came, knew nothing about it. All of the nations of the world didn't know anything about it. They had their gods, Satan deceived them, they had their idols, their temples, and everything like that, and they lived and they died, and they had their wars, and all of that, everything went on. "…an exceedingly great army" (v 10).

Verse 11: "And He said to me, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel…." Even though they had God Who:

• led them
• blessed them
• gave them everything that they had
• gave them His Word
• sent Christ to come
• gave us the New Testament

but they were all blinded!

So, here God is going to change that. The whole house of Israel, down through time and every generation.

"…Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried and our hope is lost; we ourselves are completely cut off.'" That was true in their first life!

Now then, notice what he says here. Let's really understand this:

Verse 12: "Therefore, prophesy and say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, and will bring you into the land of Israel."

• to live hundred years (Isa. 65)
• to give them all an opportunity for salvation'

Now that is an amazing thing, and God will do it for all of the nations!

So, you talk about the least shall become the greatest. This least talked about day shall become the greatest of all! More people will be converted and come into eternal life in this one hundred year period than any time down through all the history of everything that will happen up to that point.

Verse 13: "And you shall know that I am the LORD when I have opened your graves, O My people, and have brought you up out of your graves."

Now, then God shows the whole purpose of it, because the Holy Spirit was not given to people, in a way it's going to be given here, at any time in the whole history of the world. The only ones who received the Spirit of God in this age, this six thousand or more years, are

• the patriarchs
• the prophets
• some of the kings
• and when Christ came
• all of those who repented, were baptized, and they were the few

Many are called, but few were chosen! But God hasn't left out those who were not chosen at this time before Jesus' first coming, and second coming, but He's going to remember every single one of them.

Verse 14: " And I shall put My Spirit in you…"

Is that not conversion? Here they came back to life already, which means that they received back to themselves—in their new body—the spirit of man. They knew who they were and what they were and everything like that, because the spirit of man has all of that recorded on it, and when a person dies that goes back to God!

Verse 14: "'And I shall put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. And you shall know that I the LORD have spoken it and have done it,' says the LORD."

Now, that's quite a thing, indeed! So, that's what's going to happen. That's what it means there, back in Rev. 20, that the rest of the dead are raised and come before the Throne of God, and that all who repent will be given eternal life! But they have to live a hundred years:

• to show that this is deep conversion
• to show that they desire eternal life

just like it says there in Isa 65!

So, let's just review that for just a bit so that we know and understand that, yes, that's what's going to happen, since during the Millennium God will give them a hundred years to live.

That's what He's going to do in the second resurrection, to a physical life for all of those who never had the opportunity for salvation.

Isaiah 65:17: "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.…"

Isn't that what God is going to do in preparation for that second resurrection at the end of the thousand years? Yes! It'll be a new heaven and a new earth. It'll have to be, because how many people will be there?

• they've got to have water
• they've got to have food
• they've got to be able to live

It's going to be a hundred years. Think about what God is going to do to remake the earth at that time when they're resurrected. He's going to remake it for the very purpose of giving them an opportunity to live a hundred years and receive salvation.

"…And the former things will not be remembered, nor come to mind…. [they will be able to put all of that of their first physical life aside] …But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy…. [ultimately, that's what it's going to be] …I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and I will joy in My people…" (vs 17-19).

• Didn't we read that God is going to give them a second physical life?
• Won't God joy in those people, and all the nations?

Listen, there are trillions and trillions and trillions of galaxies out there, and we don't have the faintest clue as to what God is going to do. But God is going to have some kind of great, awesome, unbelievable plan for all of those who will become spirit beings and live forever!

What a thing that's going to be! We'll see part of that when we come back to the book of Revelation in just a bit.

Verse 20: "There will not be an infant who lives but a few days, nor an old man that has not filled his days…"

So they're all going to live a hundred years, regardless of how old they were when they died.

"…for the child will die a hundred years old…" (v 20). They will have already died in Adam! They will be changed to spirit beings! Amazing!

"…but the sinner who is a hundred years old shall be accursed" (v 20).

They'll be thrown into the Lake of Fire, as it says there in Rev. 20, which is the second death! Now, in order to die twice, you have to live twice,

Verse 22: "They will not build, and another live in them; they will not plant, and another eat; for like the days of a tree are so will be the days of My people, and My elect will long enjoy the work of their hands."

That's going to be the theme during the Millennium, so there'll be ten segments of a hundred years, and then the one hundred-year period for the second resurrection.

Now let's come back to the book of Revelation and see how God is going to bring all of this about. This is going to be something! The greatest mystery of God understood!

Now the world—the leader, scientist, theologians, and all of those who claim to know God—they don't know it! They have partial knowledge of God, but their minds are closed and they're blinded. by Satan the devil.

Revelation 20:12: "And I saw the dead… [Isn't that what Ezekiel saw? Yes, indeed!] … small and great, standing before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life…. [this is their first opportunity for salvation in a second physical life] …And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their works." Just like us today!

Verse 13: "And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and the grave gave up the dead that were in them; and they were judged individually, according to their works."

These are the works during the 100-year period. Their first works were that they live, they sinned, they died, but they didn't commit the unpardonable sin.

For those who commit the unpardonable sin, here's their fate; here you have all of those who committed the unpardonable sin. They'll be raised to stand alongside all of those who ended the 100-year period and were converted. So all of them all together:

Verse 14: "And death and the grave were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death."

In order to have a second death, you have to live twice! That's how this becomes the great mystery that the world doesn't understand, even though they've got the Bible in their hands. Isn't that amazing? You know, it really is!

Verse 15: "And if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the Lake of Fire."

Then here is God's great plan coming together. Boy, this is something! This is one of my favorite parts in the Bible. When you get discouraged down or depressed and you need to be inspired, come to Rev. 21 & 22 and just read it. Maybe even get on your knees and read it that way. Think about the destiny that God has called us to and what we're going to be doing. It's beyond anything we can imagine!

That's why Paul said as we started at the beginning that man has not heard, he hasn't seen, nor has he understood the things that God has prepared for those who love Him!

God has revealed them through His Spirit. IF we understand this, that is spiritual understanding that comes from God! Think how precious that this knowledge is compared to what's going on in the world. Amazing!

Revelation 21:1: "Then 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."

We need the oceans today to modify the temperature to bring us the wind, the rain, and all of that sort of thing. Won't be needed because we'll be spirit beings.

Verse 2: "And I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

That was quite a thing that John was able to see. John was given visions of things that only spattering parts of it were given to the Prophets of old. But he saw it, full bloom, everything!

Verse 3: "And I heard a great voice from heaven say, 'Behold, the Tabernacle of God… [the dwelling place of God] …is with men… [men and women made perfect, spirit beings] …and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be His people; and God Himself shall be with them and be their God."

Now think about this. What a great thing this is going to be! Being a spirit being in the Kingdom of God:

• knowing we're going to live forever
• knowing that we're going to be a New Jerusalem
• knowing that God has been preparing these things for us and all of the saints down through time

What a thing this is going to be!

Verse 4: "And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall not be any more death…"

• we'll be spirit beings
• we'll have a spirit body
• we'll have a spirit mind

"…or sorrow, or crying; neither shall there be any more pain… [all of us have suffered a lot of pain from time to time, some more than others] …because the former things have passed away" (v 4).

• whole new heaven
• whole new earth
• we have our spirit bodies
• we have our spirit minds
• we have our spirit names
• we have all the spiritual clothes
• we have strength
• we have glory
• we have understanding
• we have love with God the Father and Jesus Christ

and all the saints together!

Verse 5: "And He Who sits on the Throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' Then He said to me, 'Write…'"

That's what God told John all the way through the book of Revelation, write!

"…for these words are true and faithful" (v 5). Think about that! God has given His guarantee that:

• this is absolutely sure
• it's going to happen
• it's going to come to pass

Now all of us who are senior citizens, our day in the flesh is coming to an end, but we have this promise:

• all of those who are alive until the return of Christ have this promise
• all of those who are converted during the Millennium have this promise
• all of those who were converted during the 100-year period, The Great White Throne Judgment, have this promise

Verse 6: "And He said to me, 'It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End….'"

Quite a statement! We'll really understand that at that time.

"…To the one who thirsts, I will give freely of the fountain of the Water of Life. The one who overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son" (vs 6-7) Son or daughter, you belong to God!

However, here's a warning, so that we keep the good things in mind and strive after that and not get bogged down in the problems and difficulties of human nature and living in this world.

Verse 8: "But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars…"

No more lies! No more two-faced hypocrites! Think about what that's going to do to politics like it is today. Never happen again!

"…shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death" (v 8).

Verse 9: "And one of the seven angels that had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, 'Come here, and I will show you the Bride, the Lamb's wife.'"

That's not showing the Bride but where the Bride will live! In New Jerusalem! Now, that's quite a thing to understand. Not everybody's going to live in New Jerusalem. We need to understand that. Only those in the first resurrection!

Verse 10: "And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, Holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. And her radiance was like a most precious stone, as crystal-clear as jasper stone" (vs 10-11).

Then it talks about the city; quite a city indeed! Only God can do this!

Verse 12: "And the city also had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and inscribed on the gates were the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel…. [forever] …On the east were three gates; on the north were three gates; on the south were three gates; on the west were three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and written on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb" (vs 12-14).

What a marvelous thing that that is! Then he talks about:

• how great that is
• how big that it is
• how spectacular that it is
• the stones, the gold, the streets

Verse 22: "And I saw no temple in it; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city has no need of the sun, or of the moon…" (vs 22-23).

It doesn't say they won't be there, but just had no need for it, because God is still going to keep time with the sun and moon and the universe and so forth,

"…that they should shine in it; because the glory of God enlightens it, and the Light of it is the Lamb. And the nations that are saved…" (vs 23-24).

• all of those through the Millennium
• all of those through the Great White Throne Judgment

They will not be living in the city; they won't be living on the earth, because we have a New Heaven and a New Earth, and the Holy City Jerusalem is just one big part of one section of the earth. All the nations will be living in their spirit realm wherever they are on the earth.

Verse 24: "And the nations that are saved shall walk in its light; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honor into it."

Now, I don't know what that means. I don't know what kind of things that are going on that there will be glory and honor that they'll bring to it, but that's going to be something! They'll bring it into New Jerusalem.

Verse 25: "And its gates shall never be shut by day; for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it" (vs 25-26).

So, the whole world's going to be filled with nations of spirit beings. So that's way beyond anything that we really can comprehend at this time. I mean, it's all we can do to take care of our lives day to day right now.

Verse 27: "And nothing that defiles shall ever enter into it, nor shall anyone who practices an abomination or devises a lie; but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life."

So that's quite a thing, Now let's finish off by going through Rev. 22, because this also leads us into understanding some things, but also opens up more things that we won't be able to understand until we're there to see it, to do it and to experience it!

Revelation 22:1: "Then he showed me a pure river of the Water of Life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the Throne of God and of the Lamb"—two thrones!

I don't know what that means, the River/Water of Life:

Is that a river of spirit coming to all of us that we participate in all the time? Very interesting indeed!

Verse 2: "And in the middle of the street, and on this side and that side of the river, was the Tree of Life, producing twelve manner of fruits, each month yielding its fruit; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations."

Keeping them spiritually continuing in everything that is done! Now, notice, that's quite a thing.

• What's that going to be like?
• A Tree of Life on each side of the river?
• The fruit is produced every month?
• How are we going to use that?
• What is that going to be for?

It's going to be for the nations and all the spirit beings. That's going to be a fantastic thing, indeed!

Verse 3: "And there shall be no more curse; and the Throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him."

• How's that going to work serving God?
• Are we going to work?
• Will we work with the apostles?
• Will we work with the twelve sons of Israel?

Verse 4: "And they shall see His face; and His name is in their foreheads."

Quite a thing! When you look back and see what's going to happen on this earth pretty soon, that the Mark of the Beast is going to be in the forehead of people. That's the mark of Satan the devil. So, that's a counterfeit of what this is. How is that going to work? We don't know!

Verse 5: "And there shall be no night there; for they have no need of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God enlightens them; and they shall reign into the ages of eternity." On out into eternity!.

What is that going to be like? That's going to be amazing, indeed!

Verse 6: "And he [the angel] said to me, 'These words are faithful and true…"

• right there in the Word of God
• right there telling us it's going to happen
• right there so we can have faith and belief and trust in God

and look to Him and for the eternal salvation that is coming!

"'…and the Lord God of the Holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things that must shortly come to pass'" (v 6).

Verse 7: "Behold, I am coming quickly!" That's Christ's saying He's coming quickly.

It doesn't matter the length of time because however long it is, however long our lives are, it's very short indeed! So He'll be coming quickly!

And all who have died into faith when that resurrection takes place, they'll be raised to spirit beings and then they will understand 'coming quickly.'

"…Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book" (v 7).

• keeps them properly
• believes them
• loves God
• serves Him
• looks forward to it
• understands these words as much as possible

Verse 8: "Now I, John, was the one who saw and heard these things…. [quite a summary, everything that he saw and heard] …And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who was showing me these things. But he said to me, 'See that you do not do this!....'" (vs 8-9).

We're not to worship angels at any time! All of our worship goes to God. And all of this is spirit being in New Jerusalem.

"'…For I am a fellow servant of yours, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God'" (v 9).

That's why you've heard us say many, many times, what is the most important thing of all? The Truth, the Truth, the Truth, nothing but the Truth, and:

• the Word of God
• the Spirit of God

because this is why we are here!

This is why we are doing what we are doing. This is what God expects us to do, and He will:

• give us of His Spirit
• give us of eternal life
• give us of everything far beyond our wildest imaginations

There's no way we can imagine what God will do in the realm of His spiritual blessing and eternal life for us. Quite a thing! Worship God!

Verse 10: "And he [the angel] said to me, 'Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book because the time is near.' Let the one who is unrighteous be unrighteous still; and let the one who is filthy be filthy still; and let the one who is righteous be righteous still; and let the one who is Holy be Holy still. 'And behold, I [Christ] am coming quickly; and My reward is with Me, to render to each one according as his work shall be'" (vs 10-12).

That's why we have the works of faith. They go hand in hand and lead to eternal life.

Verse 13: "I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. Blessed…" (vs 13-14).

• think about this as we leave the Feast of Tabernacles
• think about what God is going to do
• think about all the blessings that God is going to give us

Remember this:

Verse 14: "Blessed are those who keep His Commandments, that they may have the right to eat of the Tree of Life, and may enter by the gates into the city."

A wonderful thing, isn't it? This is what God is promising us, and then He also gives us another warning:

• against the evil of the world
• against the practices of Satan the devil

that we're still going to have to face until these things become a reality!

Verse 15: "But excluded are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone who loves and devises a lie."

He says that twice. Don't devise a lie! Don't live in a fairy tale of men's stupidity and Satan's inspiration!

Verse 16: "I, Jesus, sent My angel to testify these things to you in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and Morning Star.' And the Spirit and the Bride… [that's Christ and the Bride] …say, 'Come.'…." (vs 16-17). That's what we do. We tell them, come.

• come to repentance
• . come to the Truth
• . come to the Word of God
• . use the Word of God

"…And let the one who hears say, 'Come.'…." (v 17). That's what God wants!

"…And let the one who thirsts come; and let the one who desires partake of the water of life freely…. [then He says this; quite a way to end] …For I jointly testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book…" (vs 17-18)

And we've covered all of it, going through it during these fall festival days that we've gone through!

"…that if anyone adds to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, and from the Holy City, and from the things that are written in this book" (vs 18-19) Quite a thing, isn't it?

• all of the blessings
• all of the glory
• all of the warnings
• all of the things that we need to do

Now we have gone through the whole cycle of all the Sabbaths this year, and all the Holy Days and Feasts, and here we are, right here. Let's read the last verse, because this is going to be true.

Verse 20: "He Who testifies these things says, 'Surely, I am coming quickly.'…. [the John says]: …Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen" (vs 20-21).

That's the meaning of the Last Great Day, the great mystery of God,

• which the world does not know
• which the world cannot know

Here we are, we're ready to depart and go back to our homes. So, the one who brings the closing prayer, bring the prayer of promise and hope, protection and glory for everything. And we commit ourselves to you in Jesus' name. Amen!

Scriptural References:

• Leviticus 23:34-38, 1-2

• 1-Corinthians 2:4-13
• Revelation 20:1-15
• John 7:37-39
• Matthew 12:23-42
• Ezekiel 37:1-14
• Isaiah 65:17-20, 22
• Revelation 20:12-15
• Revelation 21:1-14, 22-27
• Revelation 22:1-21

Scriptures referenced, not quoted:

• Numbers 28; 29

• Revelation 12:9
• Mark 4; 8
• 1-Thessalonians 4
• Isaiah 65
• John 11
• Matthew 4
• Luke 4
• Matthew 6

Also referenced: Book: {truthofGod.org}

The Love of God Surpasses All Human Knowledge

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