• What is the most beautiful wedding you have ever seen? What impressed you the most?
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• How could these studies help you most in a time of personal or national war?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     They give me a sense of peace
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     IT WILL GIVE ME THE STRENGTH I WILL NEED FOR WHAT IS AHEAD
     OF ME.
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     They let us know what is ahead and how God wants us to react.
• What would you really like to praise God for right now?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     For waking me up
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     FOR MY SALVATION
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     For the answered prayers and for comming into my home.
• Which reason will be especially meaningful for you?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     The righteous will be at the judgement.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     SALVATION AND GLORY AND POWER BELONGS TO OUR GOD
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     That sin will be eliminated.
• Why do you think Jesus is called "Amen" in Revelation 3:14?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Jesus is the beginning and the ending. Amen is the end of a prayer.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     HE IS THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITHNESS
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Because He is the Creator, the Let It Be So, the Amen.
• What is the difference between righteous acts and righteous intentions?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Righteous acts are of God. Righteous intentions are ourselves.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     RIGHTEOUS ACTS MEANS WE DID HELP OUT AND RIGHTEOUS INTENTIONS MEANS WE ARE THINKING OF HELPING OUT
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Righteous acts will be carried out and intentions won't.
• Where do you find yourself in Matthew 22:1-14?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     I would like to be the bride of Christ.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     As a guest in wedding clothes.
• Would you feel inclined to worship the angel like John? Why?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     No. I only worship God.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     IF I THINK THE ANGEL WAS JESUS
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Yes, it would startle me, which would trigger a responce and because it is a being that already dwells with the Lord, it would be the closest thing we have had an oppertunity to see.  It's a good thing that we have the bible to instruct us because I would have done what John did out of awe.
• What indications are given that the prophetic gift will be evident in the last days?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     God will pour out His spirit.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THE DRAGON WENT OUT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE REST OF HER OFF SPRING
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Joel says that Jesus will pour out the spirit on His peaple in the last days and the dragon will make war with those who have the testimony of Jesus, which is the spirit of prophecy.
• How many similarities can you find between the experiences of the saved in Revelation 19:1-10 and God's last day call to salvation in Revelation 14:6-12?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     In both the angels are giving the final message.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     WE ARE TO FEAR GOD AND GIVE GLORY TO HIM
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Gods people will fearHim and have the testimony of Jesus.
• How many clues can you find in verses 11-16 as you identify this rider?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     There three clues.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     EYES LIKE FIRE, MANY CROWNS ON HIS HEAD, HIS ROBE IS DIPPED IN BLOOD
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Named Faithful and True. 
     He judges.
     Dressed in a robe dipped in blood.
     Name is the Word of God.
     Followers dressed in linen white and clean.
• Which title of the rider means the most to you? Why?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     The Son of man. He is Jesus.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     KING OF KINGS
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Robe dipped in blood, because I desperately need His mercy.
• Does His 'rulling' of the unsaved leave them dead or alive?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Alive.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     LEAVE THE UNSAVED DEAD
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Dead.
• What happens to the unsaved?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     They will be lost forever.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THEY WILL BE LEFT BEHIND
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     They are killed.
• In what words would you describe the conditions pictured in Jeremiah 25:30-33; Revelation 11:18?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Total destruction.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     NATIONS WERE ANGRY AND YOUR HAS COME
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Dismal and bloddy for the unsaved.
• The miraculous signs of Antichrist have deluded the unsaved, but how does the glory of Jesus' coming affect the lawless miracle workers?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     They will perish.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THAT WE MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY FOR THE KINGSDOM OF GOD
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     They will be exposed and destroyed.
• Why do you think it will be impossible for the unsaved to stand in the presence of the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Because the unsaved live in darkness the word of God is the light.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     FOR THEY WILL BE KILLED BY THE BRIGHTNESS OF GOD'S WORD
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Because they have refused the Word of God they will be unfit.  Sin cannot be present before God.
• Are the saved left on the earth at Jesus' Second Coming?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     No.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     NO WE ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE AIR TO MET JESUS IN THE AIR
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     No. They are taken to heaven.
• What words does an ancient prophet use to picture this time when the earth is without a living human population?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Without form and void.
  2. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Formless and empty.
• Have you ever been bound up or tied up by circumstances? What happened?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     The Lord answered my prayers.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     YES
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Yes, the times when the car broke down, or I became ill, etc.
• Where are they when they do this?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     They are in heaven.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THEY ARE IN HEAVEN WHEN THEY DO THIS
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     In the santuary in heaven.
• When are the saved taken to heaven to share in Joy and judgment with Jesus?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     When Jesus returns.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     WHEN JESUS COMES FOR THEM
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     At Jesus' second coming.
• If those in the first resurrection are "blessed and holy," who are in the second resurrection?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Those that remain.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THESES WHO ARE ASLEEP IN JESUS
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     The wicked and unholy.
• When God's people inherit the earth for how long with they reign with Him over the Universe?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Forever.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     REIGN FOREVER AND EVER
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     For ever and ever.
• How does God's city come to be back on earth?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     It comes from God out of heaven.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     IT COMES BACK TO THIS EARTH FOR THE EARTH IS BURNED UP AND PURIFIED
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     It decends from heaven.
• What encouragement do you get from reading in verse 9 that all the armies of earth cannot overthrow God's city?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Fire came down out of heaven from God.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THAT THE WICKED ARE DONE AWAY WITH
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Fire comes down from heaven and devours them.
• How does this apply to the fate of the unsaved?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     They will be burned up.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     COMDEMNED THEM TO DEATH TURNING THEM TO ASHES
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Until they are no more.  Burned up.
• Why do people sometimes hope there will be no resurrection?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Because they are not ready.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THEN THEY WILL NOT BE JUDGED FOR THEIR ACTIONS
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Because they don't want to live by God's laws and they will perish.
• What feeling do you get when you realize that death and the grave will one day be destroyed?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Great!
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THERE WILL BE NO MORE SIN
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Relief, because loosing someone I love is my biggest fear.
• If you are truely born twice, how many times will you have to die? Why?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Twice. You die to self in baptism, and in the end times
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     YOU WILL DIE ONLY ONCE
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     Once, because Jesus died for me the other time.
• How, in the next 24 hours, could you share with someone on the 'street' Jesus' wedding invitation? What will this do for you?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Jesus is inviting him in. It would meke me feel good.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     IT WILL MAKE HAPPY THAT I WAS LEAD TO JESUS BEFORE HE COMES
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     By inviting them to attend bible study and letting them know that God wants everyone to be there.  It will help me to repay God for the people He sent to save me.
• By claiming the promises in God's Word, how can you get to know the one who is 'Faithful and True'?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     By reading His word and praying.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     FOR IT TELLS US IN HIS FAITHFUL TRUE IN HIS WORD
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     By asking Jesus to send the Holy Spirit who will help me to understand God's Word and retain it.
• In what ways can Christian songs help you rejoice in the Lord?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     The Bible says to sing songs and hymns to God.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THEY JOY TO MY HEART
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     They are about rejoicing in the Lord and it gives you an uplifted heart that invites the Lord in.
• What would you really like to check on in the books of heaven?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     To check to see what book my name is in.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     TO SEE ALL WHAT I DID IN HEAVEN
  3. Sherril, August 14, 2001
     I would like to see if I overcome sin.  I know I have a ways to go, but I know I'm sincerely trying.
• How did Jesus choose His Bride?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     He blessed us with spiritual blessings.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     HE HAS CHOSENESS US BEFORE WE WERE BORN
• On what basis does the betrothal take place?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     On faithfulness.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE IN LOVINGKINDNESS AND MERCY
• How can humanity be united in a marriage-like relationship to Jesus?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     By baptism.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     WE ARE BAPTIZED IN CHRIST AS WE PUT ON CHRIST
• What high dowery price did Jesus pay?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Through His blood.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     HE PURCHASED US WITH HIS OWN BLOOD
• Where does Jesus prepare a place for the bride during the separation?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     By going to heaven.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     IN HEAVEN HE IS PREPARING A PLACE FOR US
• Have you received your wedding invitation yet? How?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     By receving Him as our Lord and savior.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     YES FOR I HAVE ASK JESUS FOR THE FOREGIVENESS OF MY SINS
• What two essentials for the future life were stressed by Jesus?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     To honor Jesus.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     BELIEVED IN HIM HAS EVERLASTING LIFE
• What does Paul say is the fate of the dead if there is no resurrection?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     They perish.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     IF CHRIST IS NOT RISEN THEN THERE IS NO RESURRECTION
• At what great moment will God's people, who are already counted as having eternal life in Jesus, receive immortality?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     When the last trumpet sounds.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     AT THE LAST TRUMPET
• Until the resurrection day, how are you to relate to immortality?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Seek immortality.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     BY BEING PATIENCE IN CONTINUANCE IN DOING GOOD
• What happens to the souls of the martyrs at the first resurrection?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     They will reign with Jesus a thousand years.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THEY LIVED AND REIGN WITH CHRIST A THOUSAND YEARS
• If there is no sense of time in death (like sleep seems timeless), how long will it seem between the moment of death and resurrection? How does this affect your sense of urgency today?
  1. Donna, October 4, 2000
     Forever, it makes me more urgent.
  2. Roger, March 5, 2001
     THERE IS NO TIME LOST FOR WE GO TO SLEEP HERE AND WAIT UP IN THE MOURNING WHEN JESUS COMES TO GET US AND TAKE US HOME

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