WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THE MILLENNIUM?
DO 2605 11/88
1. Do you know what these rebellious backsliders & teens need who are choosing the World & who think they don't like the Family?--They need to be put to the test! They need to have to suffer the World awhile! If they're ever going to come back, that will bring them back! They need to suffer the chastisements of God, they need to know real suffering & real trouble!
2. Let me tell you, when I landed in the army I knew right off the bat that I was in the wrong place! Up until that time the Devil lied to me about how nice it would be to be free, to do as I please & not have my Mother telling me what to do, & not have church people telling me what to do.
3. I was tempted just like they're tempted! They'd like to get out & away from Mom & Dad & the Family & having their Shepherds tell them what to do, they'd like to be free & try the World! That's what I did, & let me tell you, the minute I landed there I knew that I was in the wrong place, I'd made the wrong choice!
4. But the Lord let me spend months there to suffer it & finally nearly die! He let me get such a spanking that by the time I got out I never did it again! I didn't want that kind of spanking again because I knew the next time I would die! God gave me a second chance but I didn't deserve to have a third chance.
5. He may let some of our teens go out in the World to get a good spanking & see how bad it really is, & maybe even go almost to the point of death so that they'll repent & come back! We've had some teens leave & come back because they knew they were wrong & they knew it was bad & they saw that the World wasn't so hot after all! It wasn't so "cool" either, & they came back!
GOD IS TESTING US!
6. You see, all of this tests us & shows whether we have it or we don't have it!--Whether we're willing to be faithful to the Lord & to the Family & to the Truth & stick to God and stick up for Him the way I did in school and have all my life, in spite of trials and tribulations and people trying to kill me and everything else! But the harder you fight & the tougher you find it & the more you have to even suffer, you'll have an even greater reward!
7. "Great is your reward in Heaven!"--Isn't that what Jesus says? When they do all these things to you, He says you're going to receive an hundredfold in Heaven of better things!--Mat.5:11,12; 19:29. Of course that's not what we're doing it for, I don't really do it because of the reward. I'm not even thinking about rewards! But it's encouraging to know that we will be rewarded some day!
8. I'm doing it because I love the Lord & I like to stick up for the Truth & I can't stand the evil & the lies & the wicked people!
WHAT CAN HE TRUST YOU WITH?
9. Why doesn't God stop this evil World & all its evil people right now? He needs to test the wicked & the Christians too. He needs to try us & prove us & see if we'll stay loyal & true & fight, & therefore we'll be rewarded accordingly.
10. Do you know what He's really proving right now? He said it in His Word! He's proving who's got the real leadership ability to run the World in the Millennium! To the one servant He said, "I'll make you ruler over five cities." To the other servant He said what? (David: Ten cities.)--Luk.19:12-27.
11. What God was really doing in that passage is giving you a picture of the coming Kingdom of Christ & the Millennium! To the one servant he gave one talent, to the second servant two talents, & to another he gave five talents.--And the servants who went out & invested those talents & gained more talents were pretty smart! They put their master's money to work & made more money for him, so he saw that they were smart enough to run whole cities.
12. God is testing you right now to see what you can be trusted with in the Next World!--You! He's testing you to find out just what you're made of & what you can do & what you can be trusted with in the Next World: What kind of a ministry? How many children? How much of the educational system? Do you understand? It's real!
13. What do you think He can trust you with in the Next World? What do you want Him to trust you with? He'll give you your heart's desires!--Psa.37:4. What do you want to do in the Next World? You ought to be preparing now & thinking about what you would like to do in the Millennium!
14. You're probably going to be doing whatever you want to do most, whatever you'd like to do most, whatever you think you could do most! (To Techi:) You've already manifested a real talent for taking care of & teaching small children. If you went to Heaven right now you'd be capable of teaching tiny tots because you've already done it! If David went to Heaven right now, he knows enough about building etc. that he could be a builder's helper in constructing things that we're going to need, & as he learned, he could teach others.
MILLENNIAL TEACHERS!
15. I believe you're both going to be teachers--teaching others, to teach others, to teach others! Don't you? (Techi: Yes!) You kids know more about the Lord & His Word & the Future than most preachers & teachers & church people! Think of all those Christians who are like little babies compared to you! They know literally little or nothing about what's going on! Think of all you're going to have to teach them! I don't doubt that you're going to be teachers almost immediately!
THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART!
16. (Techi: But will the Lord actually let us choose what we want to do? I always thought that He was going to pick it out for us.) What does He say right now? If you delight yourself in the Lord He will give you what? (Techi: The desires of your heart!--Psa.37:4.) All right, don't you delight yourself in the Lord? Aren't we all delighting ourselves in the Lord? Don't we all love Him and prefer to serve Him more than anything else? Isn't that delighting ourselves in Him? (Kids: Yes!) Well, is giving you the desires of your heart confined to this World and this age only, now only? Don't you think that promise holds true in the Millennium too? (Techi: Yes, I never thought about that before!)
YOU'RE ALREADY CAPABLE OF TEACHING OTHERS!
17. So think about what you want to do during the Millennium, & try to learn everything you can about it right here & now by observing other people & reading the Letters or whatever. You say, "Well, I'm pretty dumb, I don't know too much." Well, you have no idea how much more you know than most people! You're two of the smartest kids on Earth! You & the other Family children probably know more about the Word & God & God's plans & God's ways & the Future than almost any other kids on Earth!
18. Kids, there are millions of people in this World right now that you could teach!--Millions of adults, older people, young people, children! You have enough knowledge right now to teach them things they don't know! Of course, I'm a teacher, so I think teaching is one of the greatest jobs & that's what I want to do! I'll probably be yelling my head off while Mama's organising the Educational System! I also believe you kids will be teaching because of all your wisdom & all your knowledge. (Maria: Whatever you do, you'll be teaching!)
19. Now be thinking about that, kids: What would you like to do in the Millennium? What do you think you're fitted for? You just go think about it & pray about it & the Lord will show you. Okay? (Techi: I'd like to be a cook!) Well, Honey, I think the Lord may have something else in mind for you, where you'll be better able to use the spiritual gifts & wisdom that He's given you.
FILL UP YOUR HEART!
20. (Techi: Maybe I'd better choose something else than taking care of babies, because I don't have the teaching materials right now & I don't have any babies to teach!) Well, you're preparing! You're reading your books & you're reading stories so you'll have things to teach them & stories to tell them! Like my Grandfather said, you've got to stock up your mind so you'll have something to deliver! I asked him, "How can you say all this & give these lectures without notes & a written speech?" He said, "I just fill up my heart! I read, I fill up my heart with the information, & then out of the fullness of my heart, my mouth speaketh!"--Mat.12:34b.
21. You're filling your heart right now, & when the time comes for you to speak, it's going to pour out your mouth! Just think, I didn't have much chance to teach or preach either for about 50 years, but finally the Lord pressed the button & it's been pouring out ever since!
22. Soak up all you can right now, read all our pubs & GNs & read, read, read! You're getting input! Remember that poor robot in the movie "Short Circuit"? He kept saying, "Need input!"
23. --Are you preparing to rule & reign with Jesus, teaching others to teach others? GBY! ILY!
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