SEEING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING (3 OF 4)
Scripture: NUMBERS 13, NUMBERS 14
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Seeing The End From The Beginning (3 of 4)
Dr. James Merritt
Numbers 13-14 10-17-99
INTRODUCTION
1. Disney World. It is the most popular tourist attraction on the planet. The four theme parks, The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney MGM, and Animal Kingdom individually rank among the top ten theme parks in all of the world. In 1998, forty-two million people went through the turnstiles at Disney World alone.
2. It sits on forty-three square miles of some of the most prime property in the entire state of Florida. It is twice the size of Manhattan Island. Originally, it took seven years to plan, and four and one-half years to build. On October 1, 1971, Disney World had its grand opening. As they were having the dedication ceremony, someone turned to Mrs. Walt Disney and said, ''Isn't it a shame that Walt didn't live to see this?'' Mrs. Disney replied, ''He did see it, that's why it's here.''
3. Disney World is there because of one thing--vision. It is amazing how much of our everyday life is touched by someone's vision. The medicine that you take, the car that you drive, the planes that we fly, the TVs that we watch, the computers that we use, are all the result of someone's vision.
4. Somebody has astutely observed that the blindest person in the world is not the person with no sight, but the person with no vision.
5. The word vision occurs thirty-one times in the Old Testament. It denotes God's communication with man through inspired revelation. One version of Proverbs 29:18 says, ''Where there is no vision, the people perish.'' The reason for that is, God wants his people to accomplish not their plans, but His vision.
6. The people of Israel were literally at the brink of seeing a century's old God-given vision become a reality. They had been in bondage for 400 years to the nation of Egypt. They had seen God part an entire sea, destroy an entire army, and feed an entire nation with manna from heaven. Chapter 12 and verse ...
Dr. James Merritt
Numbers 13-14 10-17-99
INTRODUCTION
1. Disney World. It is the most popular tourist attraction on the planet. The four theme parks, The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney MGM, and Animal Kingdom individually rank among the top ten theme parks in all of the world. In 1998, forty-two million people went through the turnstiles at Disney World alone.
2. It sits on forty-three square miles of some of the most prime property in the entire state of Florida. It is twice the size of Manhattan Island. Originally, it took seven years to plan, and four and one-half years to build. On October 1, 1971, Disney World had its grand opening. As they were having the dedication ceremony, someone turned to Mrs. Walt Disney and said, ''Isn't it a shame that Walt didn't live to see this?'' Mrs. Disney replied, ''He did see it, that's why it's here.''
3. Disney World is there because of one thing--vision. It is amazing how much of our everyday life is touched by someone's vision. The medicine that you take, the car that you drive, the planes that we fly, the TVs that we watch, the computers that we use, are all the result of someone's vision.
4. Somebody has astutely observed that the blindest person in the world is not the person with no sight, but the person with no vision.
5. The word vision occurs thirty-one times in the Old Testament. It denotes God's communication with man through inspired revelation. One version of Proverbs 29:18 says, ''Where there is no vision, the people perish.'' The reason for that is, God wants his people to accomplish not their plans, but His vision.
6. The people of Israel were literally at the brink of seeing a century's old God-given vision become a reality. They had been in bondage for 400 years to the nation of Egypt. They had seen God part an entire sea, destroy an entire army, and feed an entire nation with manna from heaven. Chapter 12 and verse ...
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