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 Good morning, everybody. It is my joy, it is my privilege to be able to preach to you

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 God's Word this morning, and to fill in for Sean, who is out at a pastor's conference, correct?

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 Yes. And so our passage today is in the book of Revelation, from Revelation chapter 16. We're

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 going to do the whole chapter today. Revelation is in the back of your Bible, and if you've been

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 with us these last few weeks, you would know that we've been going over some pretty,

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 pretty heavy topics. We've been talking about judgment, heaven, hell, and the wrath of God,

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 and these are heavy and weighty topics, but it's important for us to preach on them because

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 God thinks it's important for us to know that's why he gave it to us in his Word. So let's preach,

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 or let's pray together. Heavenly Father, Lord, I pray that you would bless the preaching of your

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 word this morning. Lord, your Word is sweet in our mouths, but bitter in our stomachs

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 as we think about the implications. Lord, I pray that your Word would work mightily through me today.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. So let us read the text today. So if you are willing and able,

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 please stand for the reading of God's Word and follow along as I read from Revelation chapter 16.

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 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the several angels,

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 go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God. So the first angel went and poured

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 out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came among the people who bore the mark of the

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 beast and worshiped its image. The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like

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 the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea. The third angel poured out his

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 bowl into the rivers, and the springs of water, and it became blood. And I heard the angel in charge

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 of the water say, just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.

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 For they have shed the blood of the saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink.

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 It is what they deserve. And I heard the altar saying, yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and just

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 are your judgments. The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people

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 with fire. They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over

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 these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory. The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne

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 of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish

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 and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.

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 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to

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 prepare the way for the kings from the east. And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of

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 the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs,

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 for their demonic spirits performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world to assemble

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 them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed

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 is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed.

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 And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. The seventh angel poured out his

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 bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, it is done!

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 And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had

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 never been since man was on the earth. So great was that earthquake. The great city was split into

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 three parts, and the cities of nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great to make her drain the

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 cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found.

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 And great hailstones, about 100 pounds each, fell from heaven on people, and they cursed God for the

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 plague of the hill because the plague was so severe. This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated. In 2023, the AAA Foundation examined police reports from across the country

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 and found that there were over 300 police recorded incidents, 100,000 police related injuries, and 6,400 deaths from drowsy driving.

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 It's obvious that if you drive while you're sleepy, you are playing with fire. But still,

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 an estimated 400,000 teen drivers admit every week to drowsy driving.

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 People make light of the fact they're driving a 1,000-pound bowling ball of glass and metal,

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 and they fall asleep at the wheel. And so what is that? Some people also make light of God's judgments.

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 God's weighty judgments are coming, and people are asleep, so to speak, at the wheel of life.

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 God's feet. So therefore, we have passages like this, passages full of shocking, vivid, gruesome imagery

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 that are meant to wake us up and slap us in the face like a kick of caffeine that we may not be caught sleeping.

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 Sean has preached over similar passages like this over the several months,

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 and something we've established is that these events are not meant to be understood as corresponding directly to historical events.

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 So we're not supposed to look at the four horsemen released from the seals

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 and try to name specific historical figures that the four horsemen correspond to.

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 We look at the sea being turned into blood.

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 We're not supposed to say, like, that's this particular volcano erupting and pouring ash and a red algae bloom.

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 So that's not the point. It's more likely that this text is meant to be interpreted symbolically,

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 because this is the genre of apocalyptic literature.

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 And the text is also supposed to have significance for the readers of that day,

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 so it doesn't make sense for them to be thinking about a volcano eruption,

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 let's say, 2,000 years after this was written.

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 It's more appropriate to say that these judgments that we see

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 describe the already, but not yet, judgment of God against the world and those who do not worship him.

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 They cover the whole time from the death and resurrection of Christ,

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 where Jesus gains the authority to open the seals,

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 and they cover the whole span of the church age up to the last days

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 when God will reveal his judgment

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 and make the new heaven and the new earth one,

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 which is what we always see in the seventh judgments.

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 So there are three sets of seven judgments.

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 There are the seven seal judgments, the seven trumpets,

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 and now we are at the seven bowls,

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 and you can think of them as an escalating, spiraling image.

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 It's like getting on one of those teacup rides at Disneyland

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 that goes around and around, but it speeds up as you go.

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 There's an escalation of the events.

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 Because this is the third of three,

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 that means we're looking at the end.

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 Three is the number of completeness.

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 Seven, as we have also seen in Revelation,

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 is also a picture of perfection and also a type of wholeness.

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 But it's also seven judgments here

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 because the beast, which is described in chapter 13,

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 has seven heads.

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 This beast is the representative image of all the kings

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 and the people who would rise up

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 and take the place of Christ against God

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 and who would persecute and harm God's people.

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 But God puts out seven plagues,

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 which translated into Hebrew and Greek

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 can both mean plague and blow.

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 Seven blows blasting off one head at a time.

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 However, in the midst of this description of judgments,

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 of blood and fire,

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 there is a cry of encouragement out

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 from the mouth of Christ himself.

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 We see it in chapter,

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 or sorry, verse 15 of chapter 16.

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 He tells them to stay awake

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 and keep their garments on.

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 And we know this comes from Christ,

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 not just because you're a red letter Bible,

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 probably highlighted in red,

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 but because he says almost the exact same things

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 in Matthew 24, 42.

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 He says,

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 Stay awake, for you do not know

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 what day your Lord is coming.

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 You must be ready,

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 for the Son of Man is coming

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 at an hour you do not expect.

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 So that means these bold judgments

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 are not just an occasion for glorifying God

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 and acknowledging his power,

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 as we've seen in chapter 15 last week,

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 but it is also, today,

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 it is a call for repentance.

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 This idea that waking up and staying awake

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 is equivalent to repentance

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 actually comes from Revelation chapter 3

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 in Christ's letter to the church in Sardis.

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 He says that he knows their works,

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 they have a reputation of being alive,

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 but are dead.

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 Wake up and strengthen what remains

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 and is about to die,

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 for I have not found your work complete

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 in the sight of my God.

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 Remember then what you have received,

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 keep it,

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 and repent.

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 If you will not wake up,

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 I will come like a thief,

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 and you will not know

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 at what hour I will come against you.

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 So waking up,

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 in Revelation 16,

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 refers to not being lulled

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 into the sleep of sin.

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 That's our main takeaway for today,

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 to not be lulled

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 into the sleep of sin,

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 but instead repent

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 because of the severity

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 of God's judgments

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 and the nature of his judgments.

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 We see from his judgments

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 that these bold judgments

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 show that it is complete and total,

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 that they are upon those

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 who do not repent,

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 they are upon those

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 who are deceived,

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 and they are final.

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 So let's start

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 with the first three bowls.

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 The first three bowls

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 show that God's judgments

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 are total.

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 They encompass

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 the whole being.

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 Revelation 16.2 says,

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 the first angel

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 poured out his bowl on the earth,

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 and sores came out

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 among the people.

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 Specifically,

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 they came out upon the people

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 who bore the mark of the beast

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 and who worshipped its image.

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 The mark is a parody

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 of God's mark.

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 God marks and seals

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 those who belong to him.

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 Their foreheads bear his name.

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 The beast in mimicry

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 also puts his mark

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 on those who follow him.

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 So there are only two camps.

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 What this first tells us

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 is that,

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 and I want to be very clear

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 about this,

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 these judgments that we see

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 are not upon Christians.

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 All the wrath

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 that God

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 would have against Christians

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 is instead poured out

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 on Jesus on the cross.

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 But that doesn't mean

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 we can't still pay attention

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 to God's wrath

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 as it appears in the world

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 today

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 and as he declares it

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 in the future.

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 Something we also notice

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 about these,

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 the first judgment,

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 is that there are no limitations

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 or qualifications.

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 The first trumpet judgment,

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 which bears some similarity

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 to this,

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 caused a third

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 of the green grass

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 and the trees

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 to be burned up.

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 It only affected

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 a third of the world,

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 but here it's everyone.

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 The plague of sores

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 refers back to

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 one of the plagues

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 of the Exodus.

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 Moses threw soot

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 into the air

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 and when it came down,

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 sores broke out

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 among the people of Egypt.

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 Likewise,

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 we see Job.

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 In the book of Job,

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 he's struck by Satan

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 and he is covered

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 in sores

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 and all he can do

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 is lie down

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 and scrape his boils

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 with a pot shard

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 and ash.

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 This connection

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 between sores

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 and ash

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 makes sense

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 because,

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 at least here,

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 because the golden bowls

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 that are poured out

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 are bowls

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 of burning incense.

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 Early in Revelation 5,

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 it says that

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 the prayers

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 of the saints

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 go up before the Lord

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 and they're in this

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 golden bowl

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 of incense

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 on his altar.

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 So every time

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 you pray

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 that the Lord

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 would show his justice

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 on earth,

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 every time you pray

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 the Lord's prayer

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 and say,

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 your kingdom come,

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 your will be done,

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 an angel scoops

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 a little more incense

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 into that bowl

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 and one day

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 that bowl

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 will be tossed out

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 on the world.

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 Ash will fall out

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 and sores

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 will break out.

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 Again,

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 this isn't

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 specifically saying that

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 in the end times

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 everyone will get

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 these terrible blisters

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 but it is saying

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 that God's judgment

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 will be a crippling

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 physical judgment.

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 The magicians

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 in the days

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 of Moses

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 could not stand.

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 It says they could not

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 stand before Moses

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 because of the pain

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 of the sores.

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 Likewise,

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 Job is brought

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 to his feet.

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 Now,

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 some people think

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 that hell

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 is just for the soul

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 but Paul in Acts 24,

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 15 actually mentions

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 that there is a resurrection

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 of the dead

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 and the unjust.

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 Everyone

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 in that last days

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 will be raised again.

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 They will have bodies

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 that are capable

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 of physical pain

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 and they will not be raised

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 to eternal life

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 as believers

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 but eternal death.

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 If you ever run

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 a lot

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 or started running

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 after a long time

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 not running,

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 you probably got blisters

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 on your feet

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 and you know it hurts

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 to even walk.

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 You don't even want

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 to get up out of bed

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 or put on socks.

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 If you've had

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 canker sores

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 or ulcers,

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 you can't even drink water.

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 That's what we see

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 with the first bowl.

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 The second bowl

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 is about the angel

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 pouring out

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 a bowl

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 into the sea

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 and it becomes

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 like the blood

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 of a corpse

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 and every living thing

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 dies

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 that was in the sea.

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 This also ties

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 directly to the second trumpet.

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 In the second trumpet

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 an angel

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 throws a burning mountain

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 into the sea

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 and

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 a third

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 of the sea

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 became blood.

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 A third

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 of the living creatures

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 in the sea died

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 and a third

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 of the ships

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 were destroyed.

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 And again,

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 this isn't speaking

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 to some global

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 climate disaster

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 but it's

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 among other things

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 referring

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 to financial disaster.

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 That might seem

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 a little strange

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 but we actually see

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 later in Revelation 18

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 that the merchants

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 who live

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 in the city

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 of Babylon

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 which is

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 Babylon is representative

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 for every culture

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 and world system

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 that opposes God.

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 They wail

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 when Babylon's ships

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 are destroyed

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 because the wealth

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 of Babylon

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 was by its ships.

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 The sea

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 is therefore

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 a symbol

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 of its vehicle

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 of wealth.

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 Babylon

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 lures people in

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 with a promise

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 of wealth

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 apart from God.

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 Babylon says

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 you don't need God

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 you just need money.

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 All your problems

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 will be solved

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 when you pursue money

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 and not God.

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 But Babylon here

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 worships wealth

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 so God

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 kills

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 its wealth.

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 In the last days

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 God

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 will not be

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 impressed

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 with your 401ks

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 your crypto wallets

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 He will not be

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 placated

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 with a bribe.

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 That's what

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 the second bowl

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 is alluding to.

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 The third bowl

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 is similar

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 but this time

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 it is a bowl

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 poured out

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 into the rivers

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 and the springs

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 of water.

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 This also

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 connects us

00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.580
 back to the third trumpet.

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 With the third trumpet

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 a star falls

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 called wormwood

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 into the rivers

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 and it makes

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 them bitter.

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 And the symbolic

00:16:00.099 --> 00:16:00.679
 image there

00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:02.419
 is of the things

00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:02.779
 of life

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.479
 that are pleasant

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 being turned

00:16:04.839 --> 00:16:05.179
 bitter

00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:06.339
 by God's judgment.

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 So there's a proverb

00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:09.079
 that speaks

00:16:09.079 --> 00:16:09.519
 of a woman

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 a forbidden woman

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 an adulterous woman

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 who lips

00:16:11.859 --> 00:16:12.839
 drip honey

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 and her speech

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 being smoother

00:16:13.959 --> 00:16:14.500
 than oil

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 but in the end

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 she is

00:16:16.099 --> 00:16:17.279
 as bitter

00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:18.139
 as wormwood

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 sharp as

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 the two-edged sword

00:16:19.979 --> 00:16:20.719
 her feet

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 go down

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 to death.

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 The picture

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 of rivers

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.180
 and springs

00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:28.120
 usually refers

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.580
 to hope

00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:29.460
 and life.

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 If you have

00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:30.600
 fresh water

00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.419
 you can live.

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 And so bitterness

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 with wormwood

00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.580
 refers to

00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:36.779
 the good pleasures

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.100
 of life

00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.680
 like sex

00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:38.340
 being turned

00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:41.060
 into adultery

00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:41.600
 corruption

00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:42.039
 and lust.

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 But with the trumpets

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.960
 it was just a third

00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:46.560
 with the bowls

00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:47.919
 it is all the waters.

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 If you have

00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.159
 no fresh water

00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:51.080
 you are dead.

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 that's it.

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.980
 For now

00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:59.560
 perhaps

00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:01.080
 even

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 the

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 the most

00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.519
 hardened

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:06.059
 unrepentant

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.359
 person

00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:07.380
 still can enjoy

00:17:07.380 --> 00:17:08.539
 a sunset.

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.000
 They still enjoy

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.079
 the taste

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.660
 of bread

00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:14.900
 the freshness

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.359
 of the air.

00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:17.700
 That will be over.

00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:21.519
 this is a sentence

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.360
 of hopeless

00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:23.059
 bitterness

00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:24.019
 unto death.

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.100
 This is perhaps

00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:26.120
 the most severe

00:17:26.120 --> 00:17:27.039
 of the first three judgments

00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:28.140
 and it's so severe

00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:29.180
 that an angel

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:30.019
 seems to have to

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:31.700
 explain and cry out

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:33.920
 and tell the world

00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:34.819
 why

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:36.140
 this is happening.

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.319
 How could it be

00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.039
 so bad?

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.680
 He cries out

00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.000
 and says

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.840
 in verse

00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:42.819
 five

00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:45.139
 just are you

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:45.659
 a holy one

00:17:45.659 --> 00:17:46.159
 who was

00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:46.659
 and is

00:17:46.659 --> 00:17:47.079
 for you brought

00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.539
 these judgments.

00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:49.980
 These judgments

00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:50.399
 can come

00:17:50.399 --> 00:17:51.079
 because God

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:52.759
 is just

00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:54.319
 and he is holy.

00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:57.059
 If God was not just

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:58.339
 then he would not

00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:59.059
 be a good God.

00:17:59.179 --> 00:17:59.980
 If God was not just

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.740
 and he let evil

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.679
 run rampant

00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.259
 in the world

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:05.980
 he would not be

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.599
 worth worshipping.

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:09.459
 he is also holy

00:18:09.459 --> 00:18:10.639
 which means

00:18:10.639 --> 00:18:11.599
 he is high

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.559
 he is set apart

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.139
 and above

00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:14.699
 all else

00:18:14.699 --> 00:18:15.559
 and our sins

00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.000
 against him

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.480
 bear incredible

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.459
 guilt

00:18:18.459 --> 00:18:20.159
 and they are worthy

00:18:20.159 --> 00:18:22.000
 of such punishments.

00:18:25.699 --> 00:18:26.579
 And it's not just

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.399
 sinning against God

00:18:27.399 --> 00:18:27.839
 that's the problem

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.639
 but even

00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.919
 allying yourself

00:18:29.919 --> 00:18:30.619
 with the one

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.439
 who sins against God.

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.159
 You might

00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:35.839
 not be a Christian

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.819
 and you're here today

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.579
 and you read

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.079
 verse six

00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:39.019
 and it says that

00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:41.019
 they have shed

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.579
 the blood of saints

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.019
 and prophets

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.019
 and you have given

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.980
 them blood to drink.

00:18:44.959 --> 00:18:45.819
 It's what they deserve

00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:47.119
 and maybe you have

00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:47.919
 not personally

00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:49.379
 persecuted a Christian

00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:52.439
 but there's only

00:18:52.439 --> 00:18:53.259
 two sides in this war.

00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:57.559
 It is true

00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:57.959
 that Christians

00:18:57.959 --> 00:18:58.879
 are salt and light.

00:18:59.299 --> 00:18:59.459
 We

00:18:59.459 --> 00:19:00.579
 wherever we go

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:02.179
 we have a purifying

00:19:02.179 --> 00:19:03.379
 presence

00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:04.279
 among other people

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.179
 but that

00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:05.740
 relationship

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:07.079
 cuts both ways.

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.480
 1 Corinthians 15

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.220
 27 says

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:11.700
 do not be deceived

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.799
 bad company

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.420
 ruins

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:14.500
 good morals.

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.559
 The war

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.940
 is always on

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:19.819
 whether you

00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.480
 acknowledge it or not.

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.519
 And so it is

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.019
 that the saints

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:24.660
 who are under

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.039
 the altar

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.480
 as we saw

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.539
 earlier in Revelation

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.440
 they cry out

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:27.980
 in verse seven

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.299
 and say

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.380
 yes Lord

00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.559
 God the almighty

00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.940
 true and just

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.620
 are your judgments.

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:36.099
 they agree.

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.159
 They agree.

00:19:36.159 --> 00:19:37.219
 They agree.

00:19:39.939 --> 00:19:40.959
 So with these

00:19:40.959 --> 00:19:42.259
 first three judgments

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:44.119
 let's look at

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:45.019
 how severe

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:46.000
 how complete

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.519
 they are

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:48.559
 and not be lulled

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.339
 into conformity

00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:49.919
 with the world

00:19:49.919 --> 00:19:51.119
 and its pleasures.

00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:53.099
 if you think

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.879
 about why

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.619
 people sleep in

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.099
 the answer

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.159
 is sort of obvious

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:57.359
 you can sleep

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:57.699
 when you don't

00:19:57.699 --> 00:19:58.059
 have anything

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.639
 to worry about.

00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.719
 I remember

00:19:59.719 --> 00:20:00.419
 when I was in college

00:20:00.419 --> 00:20:00.979
 I would

00:20:00.979 --> 00:20:02.359
 try to have

00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.099
 a good sleep schedule

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.439
 and I would

00:20:03.439 --> 00:20:04.259
 set my alarm

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.759
 like an hour

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.719
 before my first class

00:20:05.719 --> 00:20:06.479
 but then

00:20:06.479 --> 00:20:06.979
 I would just

00:20:06.979 --> 00:20:07.879
 hit that snooze button

00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:08.619
 over and over again

00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:09.539
 until the last

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.279
 possible second

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.039
 I would

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:12.239
 bolt onto my bike

00:20:12.239 --> 00:20:12.859
 and then just

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:14.000
 sprint on my bike

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.739
 all the way to class

00:20:14.739 --> 00:20:15.179
 and

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 and I could do that

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 or I did it

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 because

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 I trusted my ability

00:20:19.600 --> 00:20:20.779
 to bike fast

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:22.340
 and I trusted my ability

00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:22.960
 to catch up

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:24.279
 should I miss something

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 in the class.

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 These three judgments

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 see they target

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 the things

00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.420
 that make people

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.440
 think they can stand

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.420
 without God.

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.299
 People take pride

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.559
 in their bodies

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.779
 in their wealth

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:41.259
 in the little pleasures

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.700
 of life

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.860
 but God will take

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.920
 all of those things away.

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.640
 He will cut them down

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.759
 all the way through

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 so that's one

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.839
 of the first reasons

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:56.259
 to stay awake

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.559
 because God's judgments

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.700
 are on everything.

00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.180
 We should also

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:01.180
 stay awake

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.779
 because the judgment

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:03.720
 is on the unrepentant.

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.879
 This is a theme

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.700
 we see with the next

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.259
 two bowls.

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 Bowl four

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 it says the angel

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.779
 poured out his bowl

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.119
 in the sun

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 and the heat

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.359
 from the sun

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:10.980
 intensifies

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 and it scorches

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 people with fire.

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 So it is at this point

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 the link between

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.640
 the trumpets

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 and the bowls

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 becomes a little

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 less precise

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:19.060
 but there's still

00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:19.820
 some continuity

00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:21.220
 bowls and trumpets

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.880
 four, five, and six

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.920
 all refer to fire

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.759
 and darkness

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:25.100
 and spiritual entities.

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 Now this fourth bowl

00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:28.920
 and the image

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:29.960
 of being scorched

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.480
 with fire

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 is a reference

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:32.080
 to the heat

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:33.280
 of God's

00:21:33.280 --> 00:21:34.360
 discerning judgment.

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 Fire throughout

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.000
 the Bible

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.740
 is a symbol

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.840
 of God's wrath

00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.400
 against sinners.

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.259
 Isaiah 33

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.300
 says the sinners

00:21:42.300 --> 00:21:43.680
 in Zion are afraid

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 trembling has seized

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.079
 the godless,

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.240
 seized the godless,

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 who among us

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:47.940
 can dwell

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:49.860
 with the consuming fire?

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 Who among us

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 can dwell

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.940
 with everlasting burning?

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 Besides just

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 being powerful

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:59.319
 and painful,

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.940
 fire destroys

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 and it burns

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.279
 away that

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.400
 which is impure.

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 So that's why

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.299
 we also see

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.019
 it refers to,

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.700
 it can also refer

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.380
 to the purification

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:10.980
 of Christians.

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:13.000
 1 Peter 1.7

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.640
 says that

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.920
 the tested

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.599
 genuineness

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.319
 of your faith

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.299
 more precious

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.920
 than gold

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.640
 that perishes

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.740
 though it is tested

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.460
 by fire

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.599
 may be found

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:21.980
 to result

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.640
 in praise

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.599
 and glory

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.539
 and honor

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.079
 at the revelation

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.700
 of Jesus Christ.

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.460
 So to the unrighteous

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.519
 fire burns

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.079
 away everything.

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.759
 To the righteous

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.960
 they have the silver

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.339
 and gold

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.220
 from the righteousness

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.099
 of Christ left over.

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.740
 And people feel

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.680
 even in this day

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.059
 a little bit

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.539
 of that heat.

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.440
 People

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:40.259
 I have talked

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:41.500
 to a few people

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.180
 who say they don't

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.920
 like going to church

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.759
 and they don't

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.220
 like Christians

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.900
 because they feel

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.980
 like they're too judgy.

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.360
 They don't like

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:47.820
 to be judged.

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.820
 Don't judge me, bro.

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.759
 People don't like

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.320
 being told

00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:54.940
 they're living

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.519
 the wrong way.

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.900
 That they're in

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:58.100
 sin.

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.440
 But whatever

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.740
 that irking

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.620
 that itch

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.500
 and that little spark

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.900
 that's cutting

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.519
 at their conscience

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.880
 now

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:07.480
 is but a fraction

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.780
 of the turmoil.

00:23:09.280 --> 00:23:10.140
 That spiritual

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:11.780
 inner pain

00:23:11.780 --> 00:23:12.440
 will become

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.880
 a real

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:15.320
 total

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:16.620
 inferno

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:18.380
 on the last day.

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.540
 Bowl five

00:23:20.540 --> 00:23:21.140
 instead of speaking

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.440
 of fire

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.900
 actually speaks

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.400
 of darkness.

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.500
 So the angel

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.140
 pours out

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:25.660
 his bowl

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.360
 onto the throne

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:26.700
 of the beast

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.200
 and his kingdom

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.900
 was plunged

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.460
 into darkness.

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.200
 Again,

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.740
 a reference

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.600
 to one of the

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.280
 plagues of Egypt.

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.420
 In the fourth trumpet

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.600
 one third

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.500
 of the heavenly lights

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.180
 and the stars

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:37.019
 were darkened.

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.019
 But this time again

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.660
 we have

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.799
 an escalation.

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.559
 Now we have

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.299
 a total

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.079
 darkness.

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.440
 And it's not

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.119
 a pleasant darkness

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.519
 that people

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:48.119
 drive 14 hours

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.640
 to go see.

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.400
 It's the bowl

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:54.819
 of the

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.960
 spiritual

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:57.160
 anguish

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:58.160
 of the separation

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.700
 from God.

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:04.099
 Sean spoke on this

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:05.000
 a few weeks ago

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.639
 that God's judgment

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.699
 is both referred

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:09.279
 to with fire

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.039
 and light

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.399
 and darkness

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:12.679
 and cold.

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.679
 Jesus says

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.159
 that hell

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:15.539
 is a place

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.079
 where the worm

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.599
 does not cease

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.259
 and the fire

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.500
 is not quenched.

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.819
 But he also calls it

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.419
 a place of outer darkness

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:22.019
 where there is

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:23.099
 gnashing of teeth

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.179
 and this might refer

00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:24.980
 to the chattering

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.519
 of your teeth

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.740
 because you're shivering.

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:30.480
 It makes me think

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.160
 of the

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.420
 fictional depiction

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.559
 of being launched

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.039
 into space

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.859
 without a space suit.

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.880
 This isn't how

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.460
 it works in reality

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.779
 but in fiction

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.880
 you end up in space

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.940
 your space station

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.819
 explodes or something

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:43.700
 and the part

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.079
 of your body

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.839
 that's facing away

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.220
 from the sun

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.759
 freezes.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.039
 And the part

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.640
 of your body

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.259
 that's facing

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.940
 the sun

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:50.180
 sizzles

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.960
 and burns.

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:56.100
 that's what

00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:57.079
 God's judgments

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.160
 are like.

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.660
 They are like

00:24:58.660 --> 00:25:00.380
 being both

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.480
 at the same time

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:03.539
 facing God's

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.240
 fire

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:06.420
 and facing

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:08.019
 the eternal

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.620
 oblivion

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.620
 of darkness.

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.759
 You would think

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:15.480
 with judgments

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.720
 these

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:18.180
 this severe

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.920
 like this

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.960
 that people

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.039
 would change

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.560
 their minds.

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.300
 You know

00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:23.820
 I know people

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:25.480
 who go on a run

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.580
 and after

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.600
 their knees hurt

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.340
 and their back

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.700
 gives out

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.060
 they just

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:30.200
 stop and turn back

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:32.680
 and a little pain

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.000
 is enough

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.740
 for them to give up

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:35.960
 but not these people.

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.460
 Verse 8 says

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.840
 they did not repent

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:41.560
 and give him glory.

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.240
 Verse 11 says

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.720
 they cursed

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.279
 the God of heaven

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.680
 for their pain

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.120
 and the sores.

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.279
 They did not repent

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.140
 of their deeds.

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:53.320
 they know

00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:53.720
 who

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.980
 is behind us.

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.600
 They acknowledge

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.120
 that God

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.539
 is the one

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.019
 who is in control

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.100
 but they do not

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.660
 repent.

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.800
 This is a warning

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:05.340
 to us

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:06.880
 to be careful.

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.080
 So ask yourselves

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:10.680
 is there some sin

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.820
 in your life

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.480
 that has been

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.400
 nagging your conscience

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:16.120
 that you haven't

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.519
 addressed

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:18.000
 that you think

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.320
 you can

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:19.259
 wait on

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.039
 you're sleeping

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.720
 on it.

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.799
 Look address it now.

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.039
 Address it now

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:25.019
 because the people

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.859
 who face the wrath

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.220
 of God

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:27.119
 are the people

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.420
 who do not repent.

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.500
 The people

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.299
 who do not repent

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.299
 are the same people

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.879
 who will not repent.

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.319
 Now this isn't to say

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.819
 that you lose

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.359
 your salvation

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:38.319
 if there's some kind

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.319
 of sin you don't

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.819
 address in your life.

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.039
 It is appropriate

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.160
 to confess before God

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.319
 the sins we know about

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.019
 and the sins we don't

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.379
 know about

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.240
 and trust that

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.799
 Christ's grace

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.299
 is more.

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:49.220
 But if you are

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.759
 aware of sin

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.680
 and you do not

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.799
 do anything about it

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:53.480
 be careful.

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.740
 Never underestimate

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.639
 the ability

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.139
 of your heart

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.519
 to harden.

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.139
 I think we all

00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.899
 like music here

00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.599
 and we probably

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.059
 all have our

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.519
 favorite songs

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.579
 but one of the

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.019
 best ways

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.579
 to take our

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.139
 favorite songs

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.500
 and make them

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.740
 into our

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.419
 most hated songs

00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:06.659
 is to use them

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.480
 as an alarm.

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:11.639
 I used to love

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.240
 the song called

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.940
 Together

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.419
 I think by

00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:15.139
 Clean Bandit.

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:17.240
 Clean Bandit

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.980
 and it was our

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.360
 I put it on snooze

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.259
 and it was great

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.780
 to wake up in the

00:27:21.780 --> 00:27:22.240
 morning the first

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.700
 few times

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.800
 but after a few

00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:25.660
 months I came

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.360
 to hate that song.

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.740
 After ten plagues

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:30.200
 ten plagues

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.800
 not even seven

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.400
 ten plagues

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.680
 Pharaoh continued

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.500
 to harden his heart

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.580
 he did not repent

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:36.620
 and every time

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.900
 you hit that

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.340
 snooze button

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:39.120
 on your conscience

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:40.759
 you make it that

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.460
 harder to wake up.

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.880
 So wake up now

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:45.720
 because his judgments

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.180
 are on the

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.720
 unrepentant.

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.960
 The sixth bowl

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.920
 tells us that we

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.620
 should repent

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.360
 because his judgment

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:53.540
 is on those

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:54.060
 who are

00:27:54.060 --> 00:27:55.140
 deceived.

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.060
 An angel

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.760
 pours out his bowl

00:27:58.760 --> 00:27:59.360
 on the great river

00:27:59.360 --> 00:27:59.700
 Euphrates

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.280
 and the water

00:28:00.280 --> 00:28:00.740
 dries up

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.700
 and these frog

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.180
 spirits

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.320
 crawl out of

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.960
 the mouth

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.060
 of the dragon

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.520
 the beast

00:28:05.520 --> 00:28:06.260
 and his false

00:28:06.260 --> 00:28:06.500
 prophets

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.280
 like an unholy

00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:07.600
 trinity

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:09.240
 of spiritual

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.800
 forces in

00:28:09.800 --> 00:28:10.620
 opposition to God

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.660
 and these spirits

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.200
 they go out

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.900
 and they gather

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.920
 the people for war

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.960
 at the city

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.540
 of Jerusalem

00:28:15.540 --> 00:28:16.300
 and now I know

00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:16.900
 it doesn't say

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.400
 Jerusalem

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:20.259
 in verses 12

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.180
 through 16

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:22.500
 but throughout

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.040
 the Old Testament

00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:23.680
 there are references

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.519
 to such a battle

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.480
 at the walls

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.960
 of Jerusalem.

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.940
 We sung through

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.480
 Psalm 46

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.740
 actually I think

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.740
 that's in line

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.420
 with what we're

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.820
 seeing here

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:35.480
 and verse 16

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.420
 specifically refers

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.340
 to a place

00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:37.640
 in Hebrew

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.220
 that is called

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.120
 Armageddon

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:40.159
 Armageddon

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:42.359
 and this word

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:44.239
 today usually

00:28:44.239 --> 00:28:44.979
 refers to some

00:28:44.979 --> 00:28:46.159
 kind of terrible

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.619
 event

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.879
 and this is where

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.299
 they get it from

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.739
 from the Bible

00:28:48.739 --> 00:28:51.139
 and throughout

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.739
 history some people

00:28:51.739 --> 00:28:52.359
 have believed

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.859
 that it refers

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.359
 to the plain

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:54.139
 of Megiddo

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:55.539
 the plain of Megiddo

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:55.919
 was a place

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:56.259
 where many

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.000
 important battles

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.559
 took place

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.979
 in the history

00:28:57.979 --> 00:28:58.299
 of Israel

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.939
 but it is a plain

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.500
 there's no mountain

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.759
 there

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.519
 it's more likely

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.439
 that this is

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:03.279
 referring to

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.679
 the word

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.479
 Mo'ed

00:29:04.479 --> 00:29:05.419
 and Har

00:29:05.419 --> 00:29:05.979
 means mountain

00:29:05.979 --> 00:29:06.899
 so Har Mo'ed

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.779
 means the mountain

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.579
 of the assembly

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.539
 it's the place

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.859
 where God

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.720
 gathers his saints

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.899
 and Jerusalem

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.399
 is built

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.700
 on one

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.420
 or two mountains

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.839
 depending how

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.319
 you count it

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:17.859
 now I don't want

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.599
 to go too much

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.079
 into details

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.579
 of this battle

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:21.000
 because John

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.440
 actually goes

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.019
 into them more

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.599
 in Revelation

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:24.539
 19 through 20

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:26.220
 so I'll just

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.879
 suffice to say

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.259
 for now

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.920
 that it is

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.319
 possible

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.859
 that this is

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.399
 referring to

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.039
 a specific

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.079
 future

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.839
 climactic

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.680
 historical event

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.779
 Zechariah 12

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.399
 14 speaks

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.899
 of this battle

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.639
 and he speaks

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.240
 about how

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.220
 the they

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.640
 which is

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:37.880
 the people

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.160
 of Israel

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.600
 will look

00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:39.279
 upon him

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.680
 who they

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.360
 have pierced

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.900
 that's Jesus

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.900
 and that the

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.460
 Lord's feet

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.240
 will set down

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.140
 on the Mount

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.600
 of Olives

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:47.039
 so it's

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.660
 possible to

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.559
 look for

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.240
 historical events

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.880
 it's not the

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.200
 point of the

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.559
 passage

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:53.900
 because Jesus

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.819
 explicitly says

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.460
 in verse 16

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.259
 he is coming

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.839
 like a thief

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:58.500
 thieves

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.319
 do not make

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.759
 appointments

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:04.740
 so the point

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.160
 is not to

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.720
 go look

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.400
 look at

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.620
 the turmoil

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.059
 in Israel

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.539
 today

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:10.779
 and say

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.519
 Jesus is

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:11.759
 coming

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.079
 because

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.680
 he can

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:12.819
 come

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.160
 anytime

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:15.680
 I think

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.059
 the right

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.500
 response

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.839
 is actually

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.240
 to look

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.259
 at these

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.720
 kings

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.600
 and look

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.079
 at the

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.500
 response

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.700
 to the

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:20.860
 kings

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.400
 and we

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.740
 see that

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.160
 these kings

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.860
 are deceived

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.519
 the theme

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.960
 of deception

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:25.600
 is sown

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.019
 throughout

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:27.559
 these verses

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.600
 first of all

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.039
 there are

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.160
 frog spirits

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.180
 and frogs

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.700
 again are one

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.360
 of the plagues

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.799
 of Egypt

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.180
 the frogs

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.480
 came out

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.819
 of the Nile

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.059
 and went

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.319
 to all the

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.559
 houses

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.039
 and they

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.539
 died

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.359
 in the

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.619
 houses

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.059
 which is

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.519
 disgusting

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:40.680
 and the

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.079
 plague of

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.559
 the frogs

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.079
 was one

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.500
 of the few

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.919
 plagues

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.619
 that the

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.159
 magicians

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.519
 of those

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:44.659
 days

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:44.980
 were able

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.440
 to reproduce

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.740
 and they

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.079
 convinced

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.480
 Pharaoh

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.960
 that God

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.519
 wasn't to be

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.180
 taken seriously

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.419
 second they

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:51.899
 walk along

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.500
 the dried

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.819
 river

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.240
 of the

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.619
 Euphrates

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.039
 if you

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.539
 have one

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:54.720
 of those

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:54.960
 maps

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.119
 in the

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.259
 back

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.379
 of your

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:55.599
 Bibles

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:55.839
 you would

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.159
 see that

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.500
 the

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.839
 Euphrates

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.700
 if Israel

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.059
 is here

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.799
 and Babylon

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.279
 and Assyria

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.559
 are here

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.299
 that the

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.480
 Euphrates

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.319
 hooks over

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.799
 the north

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.099
 and so

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.319
 if you

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.539
 were going

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.920
 to go

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.440
 and travel

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.480
 to fight

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.279
 Israel

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.880
 you would

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.900
 go along

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.279
 and come

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.559
 down from

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:09.920
 the north

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.880
 so that's

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.140
 why they're

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.440
 the kings

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.900
 of the east

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.039
 but they

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.279
 come from

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.579
 the north

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.860
 and

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:18.400
 the last

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.759
 time

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.579
 an army

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:19.920
 assembled

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.500
 against God

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.059
 and walked

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.460
 along a

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.799
 dried

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:23.360
 land

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.319
 they were

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.640
 crushed

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.539
 like the

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.839
 Egyptians

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.740
 as they

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.019
 tried to

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.720
 walk along

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:27.940
 the Red

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.039
 Sea

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.360
 it was a

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.660
 trap

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:33.180
 symbolically

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.180
 this battle

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.380
 refers to

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.200
 the defeat

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.740
 of one of

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.620
 the greatest

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.220
 idols of

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.660
 humanity

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:40.100
 which is

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:41.040
 its military

00:31:41.040 --> 00:31:41.420
 power

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.140
 people think

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.300
 governments

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:43.720
 think they

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.200
 can kill

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.680
 Christians

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.740
 they can set

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.259
 laws against

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.519
 them

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.980
 and they

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.320
 can defeat

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:47.580
 them

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.700
 but God

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.160
 is the

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.580
 Lord of

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:49.940
 hosts

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.540
 which means

00:31:50.540 --> 00:31:51.200
 the Lord

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.080
 of armies

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.460
 of heaven

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.920
 a single

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.259
 angel

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.000
 in 1 Kings

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.500
 18 kills

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.580
 180,000

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:55.960
 people in

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.300
 a single

00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:56.620
 morning

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.200
 and he

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.840
 has hosts

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.580
 of angels

00:31:58.579 --> 00:32:00.460
 these kings

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.059
 are deceived

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:03.460
 thirdly we

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.980
 also see that

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.480
 these demonic

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.139
 spirits perform

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.639
 signs

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.139
 like the

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.639
 false prophet

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:09.119
 chapter 13

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.939
 says that

00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:10.699
 he performs

00:32:10.699 --> 00:32:11.119
 signs like

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.679
 making fire

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:11.980
 come down

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.399
 from heaven

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:15.019
 and by the

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.579
 signs that it

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.000
 is allowed to

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.399
 work in the

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:16.819
 presence of

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.240
 the beast

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.480
 it deceives

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.199
 those who

00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:19.839
 dwell on

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.259
 the earth

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.919
 we may

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.359
 have in

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.619
 view

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.099
 actual

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.439
 pseudo

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:23.839
 miraculous

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.240
 events

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.960
 Jesus talks

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.299
 about people

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.720
 coming to

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.019
 him and

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.240
 saying

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.779
 Lord Lord

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.199
 haven't we

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:27.720
 cast out

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.059
 demons

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:30.940
 in our

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.339
 context

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.839
 perhaps it

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.119
 is more

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.879
 appropriate

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.259
 just to

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.619
 say that

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.460
 signs are

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.980
 anything

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:36.240
 that tell

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.159
 you that

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.700
 living without

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:39.099
 God is

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.359
 the right

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.599
 way to

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:39.799
 live

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.659
 that's what

00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:41.960
 signs do

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.839
 they point

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.799
 and they

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.159
 say you're

00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.440
 on the

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.899
 right track

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:47.480
 so a

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.139
 person who

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.539
 lives a

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:48.819
 life of

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.480
 ignoring God

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.220
 ignoring his

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.679
 commands but

00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:51.200
 still

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.279
 prospers

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.379
 is being

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.960
 deceived by

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.639
 such signs

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.800
 so for

00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:56.300
 example you

00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:56.700
 can cheat

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.040
 on your

00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:58.180
 taxes and

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.620
 you'll have

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:58.880
 a slightly

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.360
 larger bank

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.740
 account than

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.520
 normal and

00:33:00.520 --> 00:33:02.360
 you have

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.720
 your sign

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:05.280
 the sign

00:33:05.280 --> 00:33:05.620
 that God

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.060
 didn't strike

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.300
 at that

00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:06.580
 moment

00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:09.040
 is a

00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:09.280
 sign

00:33:09.280 --> 00:33:11.160
 that you're

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.320
 on the

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:11.759
 right path

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:13.380
 you can

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.700
 sleep on

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.259
 it

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:17.440
 and sin

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.720
 is

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.460
 alluring

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.240
 there are

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.660
 so many

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.240
 signs that

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.700
 tell us

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:22.900
 that the

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.240
 way of

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.559
 Christ is

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.799
 not the

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.200
 right way

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.600
 so do

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.100
 not be

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.460
 deceived

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.700
 Jesus

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.140
 cries out

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.640
 behold

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.700
 I am

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.240
 coming like

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.740
 a thief

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.559
 blessed is

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.799
 the one

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.180
 who stays

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.440
 awake

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.980
 keeping his

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.420
 garments on

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.900
 that he

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.299
 may not

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.740
 go about

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.059
 naked

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.680
 and be

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.059
 seen

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:36.160
 exposed

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.400
 I mentioned

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:37.580
 in the

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:37.799
 beginning

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.279
 of the

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.480
 sermon

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.000
 that staying

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.279
 awake

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.779
 refers to

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.160
 repenting

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.360
 and that

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.680
 was from

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.340
 the letter

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.759
 to the

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.080
 church

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.220
 at

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.580
 Sardis

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.180
 being

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.539
 naked

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.600
 can also

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.500
 the image

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.160
 of nakedness

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.420
 and being

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:46.740
 exposed

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.140
 is found

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.380
 in the

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.080
 letter

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:48.319
 to

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.559
 Laodicea

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:51.419
 Jesus

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:51.859
 counsels

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.039
 them

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.559
 to buy

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.960
 from him

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.460
 white

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.919
 garments

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.980
 so that

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.240
 they may

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.519
 clothe

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:55.919
 themselves

00:33:55.919 --> 00:33:56.480
 and the

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.720
 shame

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:56.980
 of their

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.700
 nakedness

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.240
 may not

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.679
 be seen

00:33:58.679 --> 00:33:59.460
 those whom

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.859
 I love

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.339
 I reprove

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.819
 and discipline

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.839
 so be

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.079
 zealous

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.579
 and repent

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.539
 so stay

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:03.859
 awake

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.919
 or wake

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.079
 up

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.500
 means to

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.779
 repent

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.919
 put on

00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:07.480
 garments

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.059
 means to

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.259
 repent

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.579
 both of

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:08.779
 these

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.420
 there's a

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.679
 connection

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:09.920
 between

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.179
 all of

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.320
 these

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.739
 and these

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:10.920
 white

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.320
 robes

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.820
 are

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.380
 the same

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.639
 white

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.079
 robes

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.599
 that the

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.880
 saints

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.299
 who have

00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:14.639
 washed

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.079
 their clothes

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.340
 in the

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.639
 blood of

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.000
 the lamb

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.340
 wear

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.920
 they are

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.619
 people who

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.199
 act out

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.759
 their faith

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.599
 they have

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.960
 confessed

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.259
 Jesus

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:20.579
 as their

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.899
 Lord

00:34:20.899 --> 00:34:21.559
 and Savior

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.239
 they confess

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.579
 that he

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.139
 rose from

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.579
 the dead

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.219
 and he

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.659
 will come

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.019
 again

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:27.659
 and their

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.259
 clothing

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.939
 matches

00:34:28.939 --> 00:34:29.259
 their

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.679
 confession

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:32.019
 they live

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.339
 it out

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:34.879
 now Charlie

00:34:34.879 --> 00:34:35.139
 you may

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.579
 say hey

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.559
 I mean

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.960
 don't I

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.519
 already have

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.099
 Christ's

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.319
 garments

00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:38.859
 like if I

00:34:38.859 --> 00:34:39.199
 believe

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.599
 aren't I

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.219
 aren't I

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.719
 saved already

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:42.639
 like why

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.899
 do you need

00:34:42.899 --> 00:34:43.239
 to tell me

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:43.759
 I might be

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.359
 naked and

00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:45.039
 exposed

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.199
 doesn't

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.420
 Jesus

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.960
 say that

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.900
 he gives

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.500
 his sheep

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.059
 eternal life

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.639
 and no one

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.279
 is able to

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.739
 snatch them

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.099
 out of his

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.420
 hand

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:53.599
 and that's

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:53.779
 true

00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:54.980
 all those

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.239
 things are

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:55.480
 true

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:58.779
 but we

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.340
 the question

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.659
 we need to

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.159
 answer is

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.400
 how it is

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.300
 that Jesus

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.800
 keeps in

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.739
 his hand

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.579
 what are

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.139
 the things

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.119
 that help

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.480
 you stay

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.719
 in that

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:06.980
 grip

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.019
 and those

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.380
 things

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.880
 are warnings

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.460
 like this

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:12.079
 there's actually

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.320
 a subtle

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.659
 difference

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.000
 between what

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.239
 he says

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.699
 to Sardis

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.159
 and Laodicea

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.619
 those are

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:14.880
 some of

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.420
 the most

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.039
 scathing

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.420
 letters

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:18.039
 that any

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.259
 of the

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:18.440
 churches

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.839
 receive

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:20.199
 but he

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.519
 tells them

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.880
 to wake

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.119
 up

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.159
 and to

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.579
 put on

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.000
 clothes

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.679
 but here

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.279
 it's a little

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:24.539
 different

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.920
 he tells

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.199
 them

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:26.059
 to stay

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.440
 awake

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.719
 and to

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.219
 keep on

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:29.059
 your clothes

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.380
 so again

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.199
 he's talking

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.619
 to saints

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:31.900
 now

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.339
 and he's

00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:32.500
 saying

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.079
 don't go

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.500
 back

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.799
 keep

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.500
 what you

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.900
 have

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.639
 wide

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:36.960
 is the

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.199
 path

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.559
 that leads

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.000
 to destruction

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.480
 it is

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.839
 littered

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.759
 with big

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.440
 neon

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.940
 casino

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.299
 lights

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.779
 that say

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.219
 stay

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.659
 here

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:44.000
 this is

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.320
 the right

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.619
 way to

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:44.860
 go

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.760
 but the

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:45.940
 narrow

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.340
 path

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.980
 has its

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.159
 own

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.599
 signs

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.300
 the

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.539
 narrow

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.679
 and

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:48.840
 straight

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.159
 path

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.500
 has

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.739
 signs

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.000
 that say

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.559
 do not

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:50.980
 stray

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:52.239
 eternal life

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.679
 is ahead

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:54.599
 and it's

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:54.960
 because the

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.340
 life of a

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.539
 Christian

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.340
 begins with

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.639
 repentance

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.659
 and it

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.079
 continues

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.579
 with repentance

00:35:59.579 --> 00:35:59.719
 repentance

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:01.420
 and I talked

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.039
 about repentance

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.340
 a lot

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.819
 so let me

00:36:02.819 --> 00:36:04.319
 explain more

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:05.880
 what actually

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.440
 is repenting

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.779
 in the Greek

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.319
 it means to

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:08.000
 change your

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.279
 mind

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:09.480
 but the

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.920
 mind is

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.639
 just a

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.019
 bigger thing

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.259
 that it

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.599
 means to

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:11.960
 change your

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.500
 whole person

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.719
 change directions

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:17.779
 and to

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.259
 take steps

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:18.440
 in the

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.019
 opposite direction

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:20.480
 so again

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.840
 it is worth

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.360
 it to ask

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.380
 are there

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.799
 sins

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.360
 that are

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.799
 nagging your

00:36:23.799 --> 00:36:24.079
 conscience

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.460
 that you

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:24.759
 have not

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.039
 only

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.719
 confessed

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.079
 before

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.519
 God

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:29.519
 but also

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.639
 taken

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:32.139
 hard

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:33.179
 and inconvenient

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.780
 steps in the

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.300
 other direction

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:36.059
 Jesus says

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:37.539
 referring to

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.019
 the lust of

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.440
 the eyes

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.420
 that if your

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.679
 right eye

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.139
 causes you

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.800
 sin tear it

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.480
 out and

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.820
 throw it

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:42.119
 away

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:43.360
 for it is

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.619
 better that

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.940
 you lose

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.179
 one of your

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.559
 members

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.239
 than your

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.920
 whole body

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.300
 be thrown

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.719
 into hell

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.139
 if your

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.519
 right hand

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.000
 causes you

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.759
 to sin

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.280
 cut it

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:49.920
 off and

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.219
 throw it

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:50.380
 away

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.739
 for it is

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.360
 better for

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.639
 you to

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.280
 lose one

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:52.559
 of your

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.960
 members

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.559
 than for

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.119
 your whole

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.539
 body to

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.860
 go into

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.159
 hell

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:59.279
 one of

00:36:59.279 --> 00:36:59.420
 the most

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.699
 common

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:00.019
 struggles

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.879
 with a

00:37:00.879 --> 00:37:01.159
 lot of

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.440
 Christian

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.619
 men

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:01.879
 today

00:37:01.879 --> 00:37:02.940
 and a

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.179
 good deal

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.460
 of women

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.859
 is that

00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:04.259
 of porn

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:05.519
 and many

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:05.980
 people struggle

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.440
 with porn

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.339
 and a

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:07.739
 good deal

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:07.960
 of these

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.440
 people have

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.899
 never

00:37:08.899 --> 00:37:10.000
 found victory

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.440
 because they

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.259
 haven't been

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:11.679
 cutting off

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.119
 their hands

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.920
 they haven't

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.500
 taken radical

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.940
 steps

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.859
 you know

00:37:15.859 --> 00:37:16.099
 I knew

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.500
 an apartment

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:16.960
 building of

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.519
 14 guys

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.699
 who were

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:17.899
 going to

00:37:17.899 --> 00:37:18.239
 a church

00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:19.420
 they were

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.759
 all in

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:19.980
 some

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.239
 same

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.500
 small

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.699
 group

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.279
 and they

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:22.440
 this was

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.819
 in college

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.199
 and they

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.960
 did not

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.500
 have internet

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.739
 in the

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:24.900
 whole

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.199
 building

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:26.780
 they

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:26.920
 didn't

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.039
 have

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.340
 internet

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.360
 because

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.320
 they

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.559
 wanted

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.920
 to fight

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.699
 for purity

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:33.320
 so for

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.719
 three years

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.099
 of college

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.619
 they lived

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.460
 on campus

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.320
 or sorry

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.079
 off campus

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.420
 at UC

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.699
 Berkeley

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.340
 and they

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:38.639
 had to

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.179
 go onto

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.679
 campus

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.219
 if they

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.400
 wanted

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.800
 internet

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:42.119
 was it

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.420
 convenient

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.679
 no

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.079
 but was

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.179
 it

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.559
 wise

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:45.079
 yes

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:46.920
 maybe

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.840
 you're

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.159
 struggling

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.539
 not with

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.800
 something

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.739
 as

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:51.000
 obvious

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:52.260
 as

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.039
 porn

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:54.420
 or stealing

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.960
 or sexual

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.400
 immorality

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.619
 or

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:59.519
 maybe

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.940
 it's a

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.519
 sinful

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.179
 unaddressed

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.480
 heart

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.840
 attitude

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.279
 that you

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:02.579
 have

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.659
 some

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:03.860
 people

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.239
 describe

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.539
 themselves

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.759
 as

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.519
 naturally

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.940
 angry

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.519
 naturally

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.820
 bitter

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.900
 they're

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.059
 just

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.480
 easily

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.779
 addicted

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:09.079
 people

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.300
 that's

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.440
 just

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.599
 who

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:09.719
 I

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:09.940
 am

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:14.259
 but

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:14.420
 that's

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.539
 not

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:14.659
 who

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:14.880
 are we

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.219
 supposed

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.579
 to be

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.000
 we're

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.139
 supposed

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.300
 to be

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.980
 conformed

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.460
 to the

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.679
 image

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:17.820
 of

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.179
 Christ

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.340
 to aim

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.639
 for the

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:19.880
 upward

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.320
 call

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.500
 of

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.900
 Christ

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:27.240
 take

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:28.019
 radical

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.380
 steps

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:28.660
 against

00:38:28.660 --> 00:38:28.880
 your

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.180
 sin

00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:30.460
 there

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.680
 are

00:38:30.680 --> 00:38:30.920
 a lot

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.000
 of

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.460
 steps

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.760
 that

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.400
 a lot

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:32.480
 of

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.700
 practical

00:38:32.700 --> 00:38:32.920
 things

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.000
 you

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.099
 can

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.320
 do

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.559
 at

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.840
 first

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.320
 at

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.519
 least

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:34.940
 confess

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.220
 before

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:35.579
 God

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.519
 and

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.780
 consider

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.019
 also

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.500
 confessing

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.760
 before

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.059
 man

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.260
 get

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.639
 accountability

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.160
 partners

00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:39.960
 pray

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.639
 pray

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.200
 fervently

00:38:41.200 --> 00:38:42.119
 pray

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.300
 the

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:42.599
 Lord's

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:42.920
 prayer

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.360
 that

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.220
 every

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.380
 day

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.579
 the

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.820
 Lord

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.039
 would

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.260
 lead

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:45.480
 you

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.119
 not

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.660
 into

00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:47.240
 temptation

00:38:47.240 --> 00:38:48.840
 also

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:50.440
 it's

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.559
 worth

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:50.960
 meditating

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.420
 on

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.620
 and

00:38:51.620 --> 00:38:52.420
 memorizing

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.880
 specific

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.200
 scriptures

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.539
 so

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.140
 if you

00:38:54.140 --> 00:38:54.240
 do

00:38:54.240 --> 00:38:54.579
 struggle

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.160
 with

00:38:55.160 --> 00:38:56.079
 some

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.240
 kind

00:38:56.240 --> 00:38:56.320
 of

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.500
 sexual

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:56.960
 immorality

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.660
 memorize

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:58.200
 Psalm 51

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:58.660
 which talks

00:38:58.660 --> 00:38:58.980
 about

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.380
 David

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:00.000
 repenting

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.579
 after

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.820
 sitting

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.019
 with

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.360
 Bathsheba

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:02.019
 if you

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.300
 struggle

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.680
 with

00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.240
 anxiety

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:03.920
 memorize

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.480
 Psalm 23

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:04.820
 about the

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.100
 Lord

00:39:05.100 --> 00:39:05.579
 being your

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.860
 shepherd

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:07.100
 if you

00:39:07.100 --> 00:39:07.340
 struggle

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.780
 with

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:08.079
 anger

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.640
 and bitterness

00:39:08.640 --> 00:39:10.720
 memorize

00:39:10.720 --> 00:39:11.260
 1 Corinthians

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.620
 13

00:39:11.620 --> 00:39:12.220
 about

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.680
 love

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:13.980
 being

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.480
 patient

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.660
 and

00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:14.940
 kind

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.559
 not

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.940
 irritable

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.420
 and resentful

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.820
 and bearing

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.059
 all

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.460
 things

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:20.039
 now

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.320
 is the

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.619
 time

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:22.059
 to

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.260
 wake

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.500
 up

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:24.039
 because

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.280
 when the

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:24.639
 last day

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:24.980
 comes

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.400
 that's

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.539
 it

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.340
 that's

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.519
 what

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.860
 that

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.139
 last

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.320
 bowl

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.720
 tells

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:28.019
 us

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.320
 an

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:28.500
 angel

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.039
 pours

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.240
 out

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:29.440
 his

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:29.740
 bowl

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.179
 into

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.360
 the

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.639
 air

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.199
 and

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:31.340
 a

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.519
 loud

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:31.800
 voice

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:32.119
 cries

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.300
 from

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.420
 the

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.679
 temple

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:33.119
 likely

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.579
 God's

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:33.760
 or

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.079
 Christ

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.420
 it

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.920
 is

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.280
 done

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:37.599
 it'll

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:37.720
 be

00:39:37.720 --> 00:39:37.900
 over

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.099
 one

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.280
 day

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:40.260
 he

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.519
 pours

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.679
 it

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.019
 into

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.159
 the

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.400
 air

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.240
 because

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.579
 the

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.699
 air

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:42.820
 is

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.159
 everywhere

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.840
 and

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.039
 because

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.220
 the

00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:44.539
 air

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:45.420
 is

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.619
 the

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.639
 because

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:47.880
 the

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.079
 devil

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.279
 is

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:48.500
 called

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:48.699
 the

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.000
 prince

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.259
 of

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.380
 the

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:49.719
 power

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.299
 of

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:50.400
 the

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:50.639
 air

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.679
 this

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.279
 is

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:52.400
 the

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.659
 final

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:52.880
 blow

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.159
 against

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.380
 him

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:55.039
 we

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.179
 see

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:55.539
 much

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:55.880
 other

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:58.159
 imagery

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.500
 in

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.900
 Revelation

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.880
 17

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.339
 through

00:40:00.339 --> 00:40:01.380
 21

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:01.839
 that

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:02.659
 we've

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:02.799
 seen

00:40:02.799 --> 00:40:03.199
 elsewhere

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:05.319
 flashes

00:40:05.319 --> 00:40:05.519
 of

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:05.839
 lightning

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:06.659
 rumblings

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:06.900
 and

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.799
 peals

00:40:07.799 --> 00:40:08.179
 of thunder

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.359
 in

00:40:08.359 --> 00:40:08.500
 verse

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.839
 18

00:40:08.839 --> 00:40:09.400
 are

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.579
 seen

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:09.859
 throughout

00:40:09.859 --> 00:40:10.219
 Revelation

00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:10.440
 and they

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.599
 refer

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:10.739
 to

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.139
 God's

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.759
 immediate

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:14.139
 presence

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:17.559
 there's

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:17.699
 also

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:17.940
 mention

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.059
 of

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.139
 an

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.500
 earthquake

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:18.879
 a

00:40:18.879 --> 00:40:19.199
 great

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.519
 earthquake

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:19.779
 that

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:20.079
 splits

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.299
 a

00:40:20.299 --> 00:40:20.480
 city

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.679
 into

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:21.000
 three

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.980
 and

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.139
 when

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.239
 I

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:22.420
 was

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.759
 younger

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:22.920
 I

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.099
 thought

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.339
 that's

00:40:23.339 --> 00:40:23.639
 not

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:23.779
 too

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.019
 bad

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.279
 like

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:24.539
 if

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.000
 something

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.480
 breaks

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:25.599
 into

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:25.739
 three

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:25.940
 parts

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.019
 you

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.139
 just

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.279
 put

00:40:26.279 --> 00:40:26.359
 it

00:40:26.359 --> 00:40:26.460
 back

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:26.739
 together

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:26.980
 but

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.400
 that's

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.500
 not

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:27.599
 what

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:27.839
 happens

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:27.980
 with

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.259
 cities

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:28.940
 a

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.099
 city

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.299
 that

00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.420
 is

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.639
 broken

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:29.839
 into

00:40:29.839 --> 00:40:30.079
 three

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.500
 cannot

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:30.779
 be

00:40:30.779 --> 00:40:31.159
 repaired

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:34.799
 Babylon

00:40:34.799 --> 00:40:35.019
 is

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.159
 made

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.480
 to drink

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.619
 the

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:35.779
 cup

00:40:35.779 --> 00:40:35.920
 of

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.179
 God's

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:36.480
 wrath

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:36.799
 which

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.000
 we

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.199
 saw

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.299
 in

00:40:37.299 --> 00:40:37.519
 Revelation

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:37.859
 14

00:40:37.859 --> 00:40:38.119
 and

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.559
 we'll

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:38.719
 see

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:38.859
 in

00:40:38.859 --> 00:40:39.059
 greater

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.619
 detail

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:39.739
 in

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:39.960
 Revelation

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.380
 18

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:41.819
 and

00:40:41.819 --> 00:40:41.940
 the

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.339
 islands

00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:42.719
 and

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:42.859
 the

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.199
 mountains

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:43.659
 flee

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:44.679
 both

00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:45.000
 islands

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.119
 and

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.339
 mountains

00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:45.559
 are

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.940
 terms

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:47.219
 used

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.359
 to

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:47.739
 refer

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:48.079
 to

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.380
 nations

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:48.519
 that

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:48.859
 oppose

00:40:48.859 --> 00:40:49.159
 God

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:49.400
 throughout

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:49.519
 the

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:49.619
 Old

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:49.839
 Testament

00:40:49.839 --> 00:40:50.219
 Babylon

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.659
 is

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:50.799
 that

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:51.219
 destroying

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.639
 mountain

00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:52.699
 the

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:52.880
 word

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.500
 coastlands

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.839
 you

00:40:53.839 --> 00:40:54.019
 might

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.179
 see

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:54.279
 that

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:54.380
 in

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.440
 the

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:55.380
 Old

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:55.699
 Testament

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.059
 it

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.179
 can

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:56.339
 also

00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:56.500
 be

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:56.859
 translated

00:40:56.859 --> 00:40:57.079
 as

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.299
 island

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:57.460
 it

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.679
 always

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.119
 refers

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.579
 to

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:58.719
 the

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.259
 adversaries

00:40:59.259 --> 00:40:59.420
 of

00:40:59.420 --> 00:40:59.599
 God

00:40:59.599 --> 00:40:59.779
 there

00:40:59.779 --> 00:40:59.900
 is

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.079
 no

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.400
 more

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:01.079
 his

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.279
 enemies

00:41:01.279 --> 00:41:01.440
 are

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:01.759
 gone

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:02.059
 they

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.420
 is

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:08.559
 that

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:08.699
 of

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:08.960
 hail

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.659
 which

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:10.599
 might

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:10.719
 be

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:10.819
 a

00:41:10.819 --> 00:41:10.920
 little

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.319
 strange

00:41:11.319 --> 00:41:12.819
 why

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.000
 is

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.440
 hail

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:13.599
 the

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:13.819
 worst

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.019
 thing

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.239
 here

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.880
 and

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:16.500
 it

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:16.739
 could

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:17.059
 be

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.699
 a

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.079
 reference

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:18.679
 to

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:18.900
 the

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.319
 last

00:41:19.319 --> 00:41:19.579
 of

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.319
 God's

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:21.980
 great

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.579
 plagues

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.319
 before

00:41:23.319 --> 00:41:23.719
 Israel

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.019
 enters

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.159
 the

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.400
 promised

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:24.759
 land

00:41:24.759 --> 00:41:25.779
 so

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.619
 in

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:26.839
 Joshua

00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:27.059
 10

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.339
 11

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:28.819
 five

00:41:28.819 --> 00:41:29.279
 kings

00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:29.679
 one of

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:29.739
 the

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:29.920
 kings

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.039
 is

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.239
 actually

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:30.359
 the

00:41:30.359 --> 00:41:30.460
 king

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.559
 of

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:30.799
 Jerusalem

00:41:30.799 --> 00:41:31.319
 they

00:41:31.319 --> 00:41:31.699
 assemble

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.139
 against

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.480
 Israel

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:32.819
 and

00:41:32.819 --> 00:41:32.940
 they

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.279
 do

00:41:33.279 --> 00:41:33.579
 battle

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:33.799
 against

00:41:33.799 --> 00:41:33.940
 them

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.139
 but

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:35.599
 Israel

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.000
 defeats

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.219
 them

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.519
 and

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:36.799
 as

00:41:36.799 --> 00:41:37.000
 they're

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.199
 running

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:37.420
 away

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:37.739
 Joshua

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:38.239
 11

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:38.619
 says

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.579
 as

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:39.739
 they

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:39.980
 fled

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.199
 before

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.480
 Israel

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.679
 while

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:40.799
 they're

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.019
 going

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.199
 down

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.339
 the

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:41.619
 ascent

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:41.799
 of

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:41.980
 Beth

00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.359
 Horan

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:43.000
 the

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.420
 Lord

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.759
 threw

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.059
 down

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.359
 large

00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:44.639
 stones

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:44.900
 from

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.279
 heaven

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:45.920
 as

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:46.119
 far

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:46.719
 as

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.239
 Esca

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.859
 and

00:41:47.859 --> 00:41:47.980
 they

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.319
 died

00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:49.400
 more

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:49.940
 there

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.079
 were

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.359
 more

00:41:50.359 --> 00:41:50.559
 who

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:50.920
 died

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.619
 because

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:51.799
 of

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:51.920
 the

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.079
 hail

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.440
 stones

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:53.539
 than

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:53.679
 the

00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:53.859
 sons

00:41:53.859 --> 00:41:53.960
 of

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.199
 Israel

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.480
 killed

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:54.639
 with

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:54.799
 their

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:55.099
 sword

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:57.199
 so

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:57.319
 you

00:41:57.319 --> 00:41:57.519
 might

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.799
 have

00:41:57.799 --> 00:41:58.000
 wondered

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.400
 what

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:58.639
 happened

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:58.719
 to

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:58.839
 that

00:41:58.839 --> 00:41:59.059
 battle

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.319
 didn't

00:41:59.319 --> 00:41:59.539
 the

00:41:59.539 --> 00:41:59.739
 kings

00:41:59.739 --> 00:41:59.980
 show

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.139
 up

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.339
 to

00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:00.579
 fight

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:01.219
 John

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.440
 actually

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.699
 tells

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:01.960
 us

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.340
 he

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:02.619
 tells

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:02.880
 us

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.300
 that

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:03.619
 hail

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:03.860
 stones

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.260
 fell

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:04.639
 and

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:04.940
 everyone

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.400
 died

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.699
 and

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:05.880
 God

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.119
 won

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:09.740
 and

00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:09.840
 the

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.059
 fact

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.340
 that

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:10.740
 this

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:10.920
 is

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.340
 the

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.619
 last

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:11.720
 of

00:42:11.720 --> 00:42:11.960
 God's

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.220
 plagues

00:42:12.220 --> 00:42:12.440
 before

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.599
 they

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:12.780
 entered

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:12.920
 the

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.139
 promised

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.300
 land

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:13.420
 is

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.639
 relevant

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:13.920
 here

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.820
 God

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.179
 is

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:15.400
 about

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:15.559
 to

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:15.880
 establish

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.079
 his

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.340
 new

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:16.599
 kingdom

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:16.820
 his

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.039
 new

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.280
 earth

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:18.659
 his

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:18.840
 new

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.139
 heaven

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:19.679
 forever

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:19.840
 and

00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:20.039
 ever

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:21.500
 and

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.639
 this

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:21.740
 is

00:42:21.740 --> 00:42:21.860
 the

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.300
 last

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:24.000
 blow

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:26.840
 yet

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.420
 again

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:29.099
 even

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.360
 though

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:29.559
 it's

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:29.780
 over

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:30.280
 even

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:30.519
 though

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:30.800
 God

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:30.960
 has

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.320
 revealed

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.639
 himself

00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:31.980
 even

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.219
 though

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:32.659
 God

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.199
 has

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:34.460
 decisively

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:35.299
 destroyed

00:42:35.299 --> 00:42:36.039
 all those

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.179
 who

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.519
 oppose

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:36.699
 him

00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:38.059
 there

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.199
 are

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.460
 still

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.839
 people

00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:39.400
 who

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:39.940
 continue

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.539
 to

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:40.940
 curse

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.139
 the

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.339
 name

00:42:41.339 --> 00:42:41.500
 of

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:41.859
 God

00:42:41.859 --> 00:42:44.960
 verse

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.319
 21

00:42:45.319 --> 00:42:45.719
 says

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:46.139
 they

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:46.500
 curse

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:46.759
 God

00:42:46.759 --> 00:42:46.920
 for

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.059
 the

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.319
 plague

00:42:47.319 --> 00:42:47.420
 of

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:47.519
 the

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:47.719
 hail

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:48.000
 because

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.239
 the

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:48.619
 plague

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:49.219
 was

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.639
 so

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:50.079
 severe

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:52.900
 is

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.119
 that

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:55.420
 unfathomable

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:57.739
 look at

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.000
 God's

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:58.319
 wrath

00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:59.799
 it

00:42:59.799 --> 00:42:59.900
 is

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.039
 like

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.279
 having

00:43:00.279 --> 00:43:00.940
 sores

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.639
 from

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:01.780
 the

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:01.940
 tip

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:02.000
 of

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.119
 your

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.800
 head

00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:04.539
 to

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:04.599
 the

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:04.780
 bottom

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:04.880
 of

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:04.960
 your

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.240
 feet

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:06.139
 is

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:06.260
 like

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:06.420
 being

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:06.700
 forced

00:43:06.700 --> 00:43:06.860
 to

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:07.079
 drink

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.519
 blood

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.360
 is

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:08.500
 like

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:08.740
 being

00:43:08.740 --> 00:43:09.260
 burned

00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:09.460
 with

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:09.840
 fire

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.599
 is

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:10.800
 like

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.019
 being

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:11.440
 abandoned

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.940
 on

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.059
 a

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.280
 cold

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:12.599
 night

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:12.940
 is

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.079
 like

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.240
 being

00:43:13.240 --> 00:43:13.619
 struck

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:14.000
 by

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.539
 hailstones

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:14.700
 that

00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:14.880
 weigh

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:15.179
 a

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:15.460
 town

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:15.619
 or

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:15.740
 a

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:16.059
 hundred

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.679
 pounds

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:19.320
 yet

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:19.679
 despite

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:19.920
 that

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.099
 there

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.240
 will

00:43:20.240 --> 00:43:20.360
 be

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:20.639
 people

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:20.860
 who

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.139
 will

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.440
 not

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.920
 repent

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.579
 they

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:22.960
 will

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.320
 not

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.599
 wake

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:23.960
 up

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:28.099
 so

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:28.240
 we

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:28.360
 need

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:28.480
 to

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:28.639
 stay

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:29.000
 awake

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:31.420
 sin

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:31.639
 can

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:31.820
 seem

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.079
 so

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:32.440
 alluring

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:33.440
 and

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:33.559
 the

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:33.780
 battle

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:33.980
 can

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.139
 seem

00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:34.519
 long

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:36.420
 if

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:37.000
 you're

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.159
 like

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:37.300
 me

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:37.420
 you

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.740
 probably

00:43:37.740 --> 00:43:38.579
 you like

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:38.900
 sleep

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.820
 you like

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:39.960
 to

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.300
 rest

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:41.960
 and

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.139
 after

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.260
 a

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:42.440
 tired

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:42.699
 day

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.000
 you want

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.260
 nothing

00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:43.559
 better

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:43.720
 to

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:43.940
 just

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.300
 close

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:44.440
 your

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:44.760
 eyes

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:47.480
 and

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:47.619
 this

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:47.840
 war

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:48.059
 against

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.240
 sin

00:43:48.240 --> 00:43:48.500
 can

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:48.659
 be

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:49.059
 long

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:50.720
 can

00:43:50.720 --> 00:43:50.920
 feel

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.099
 like

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:51.260
 day

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:51.420
 after

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:51.579
 day

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:51.740
 the

00:43:51.740 --> 00:43:52.139
 temptations

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.420
 never

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.720
 end

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:57.259
 but

00:43:57.259 --> 00:43:57.379
 we

00:43:57.379 --> 00:43:57.519
 can

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:57.839
 keep

00:43:57.839 --> 00:43:58.699
 those

00:43:58.699 --> 00:43:59.000
 drooping

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.339
 eyelids

00:43:59.339 --> 00:43:59.699
 open

00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:00.000
 by

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.379
 keeping

00:44:00.379 --> 00:44:00.659
 them

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.119
 fixed

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:01.959
 on

00:44:01.959 --> 00:44:02.359
 Christ

00:44:02.359 --> 00:44:04.439
 we

00:44:04.439 --> 00:44:04.559
 should

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:04.679
 look

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:04.799
 to

00:44:04.799 --> 00:44:05.079
 Christ

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.259
 the

00:44:05.259 --> 00:44:05.480
 founder

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:05.639
 and

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:05.879
 perfect

00:44:05.879 --> 00:44:06.000
 of

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.119
 our

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:06.500
 faith

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:06.980
 who

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:07.119
 for

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:07.279
 the

00:44:07.279 --> 00:44:07.519
 joy

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:07.819
 set

00:44:07.819 --> 00:44:08.059
 before

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.199
 him

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:08.519
 endured

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:08.739
 the

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:10.379
 cross

00:44:10.379 --> 00:44:11.239
 despising

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:11.419
 the

00:44:11.419 --> 00:44:11.679
 shame

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.399
 is now

00:44:12.399 --> 00:44:12.639
 seated

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:13.199
 at the

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:13.379
 right

00:44:13.379 --> 00:44:13.539
 hand

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:13.779
 of the

00:44:13.779 --> 00:44:14.000
 throne

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.159
 of

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:14.459
 God

00:44:14.459 --> 00:44:15.299
 Jesus

00:44:15.299 --> 00:44:15.539
 went

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:15.819
 before

00:44:15.819 --> 00:44:16.139
 us

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:17.399
 in

00:44:17.399 --> 00:44:17.500
 the

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:17.739
 garden

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.119
 of

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:18.559
 Gethsemane

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:18.959
 the night

00:44:18.959 --> 00:44:19.179
 before

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:19.299
 he

00:44:19.299 --> 00:44:19.419
 was

00:44:19.419 --> 00:44:19.679
 crucified

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:20.079
 he

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:20.319
 told

00:44:20.319 --> 00:44:20.480
 his

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:20.879
 disciples

00:44:20.879 --> 00:44:21.519
 to

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:21.839
 stay

00:44:21.839 --> 00:44:22.119
 awake

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:22.599
 and pray

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:22.779
 that

00:44:22.779 --> 00:44:22.920
 they

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.059
 would

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.239
 not

00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:23.539
 enter

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:23.719
 into

00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:24.219
 temptation

00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:24.960
 very

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.219
 likely

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:25.380
 the

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:25.639
 temptation

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:25.880
 to

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.099
 flee

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:26.239
 and

00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:26.380
 to

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.739
 deny

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:27.099
 him

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:28.699
 they

00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:29.000
 failed

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:30.719
 but

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:30.940
 Christ

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:31.119
 stayed

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:31.299
 awake

00:44:31.299 --> 00:44:31.539
 and he

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:31.920
 prayed

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:35.319
 and he

00:44:35.319 --> 00:44:35.759
 overcame

00:44:35.759 --> 00:44:37.099
 on that

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.319
 cross

00:44:37.319 --> 00:44:37.639
 he drank

00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:38.059
 the full

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:38.420
 wrath

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:39.799
 of the

00:44:39.799 --> 00:44:40.179
 fury

00:44:40.179 --> 00:44:41.259
 of

00:44:41.259 --> 00:44:41.559
 God

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:41.920
 poured

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.199
 out

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:44.000
 but

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:44.099
 he

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.239
 is

00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:44.579
 now

00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.719
 alive

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:45.940
 and he

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:46.059
 is

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:46.299
 sitting

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:46.880
 at the

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.059
 right

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:47.400
 hand

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.059
 of the

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:48.239
 throne

00:44:48.239 --> 00:44:48.380
 of

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.619
 God

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:49.339
 and he

00:44:49.339 --> 00:44:49.599
 will

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:49.860
 come

00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.079
 again

00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:50.259
 one

00:44:50.259 --> 00:44:50.400
 day

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:50.779
 and he

00:44:50.779 --> 00:44:50.880
 will

00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:51.139
 come

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:51.519
 with

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:51.799
 great

00:44:51.799 --> 00:44:52.259
 judgments

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:53.520
 but with

00:44:53.520 --> 00:44:53.960
 also

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:55.020
 great

00:44:55.020 --> 00:44:55.860
 blessings

00:44:55.860 --> 00:44:56.640
 blessed

00:44:56.640 --> 00:44:57.760
 is the

00:44:57.760 --> 00:44:58.040
 one who

00:44:58.040 --> 00:44:58.260
 stays

00:44:58.260 --> 00:44:58.580
 awake

00:44:58.580 --> 00:45:01.980
 he

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.220
 comes

00:45:02.220 --> 00:45:02.420
 with the

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:02.700
 blessing

00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:03.660
 of eternal

00:45:03.660 --> 00:45:04.060
 life

00:45:04.060 --> 00:45:05.720
 blessing

00:45:05.720 --> 00:45:06.200
 of freedom

00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:06.700
 from pain

00:45:06.700 --> 00:45:07.140
 the blessing

00:45:07.140 --> 00:45:08.360
 of being

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:09.120
 in his

00:45:09.120 --> 00:45:09.520
 eternal

00:45:09.520 --> 00:45:09.880
 presence

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.280
 forever

00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:10.700
 and ever

00:45:10.700 --> 00:45:11.920
 the presence

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:12.120
 of the

00:45:12.120 --> 00:45:12.460
 one who's

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:12.900
 good

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.300
 who is

00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:13.640
 righteous

00:45:13.640 --> 00:45:14.240
 who is

00:45:14.240 --> 00:45:14.660
 true

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:16.799
 who is

00:45:16.799 --> 00:45:16.960
 this

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:17.980
 is a

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:18.239
 wonderful

00:45:18.239 --> 00:45:18.619
 blessing

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:18.879
 it is

00:45:18.879 --> 00:45:18.980
 the

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.239
 blessing

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:19.679
 of a

00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:20.279
 master

00:45:20.279 --> 00:45:20.759
 who comes

00:45:20.759 --> 00:45:21.019
 back

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:21.359
 home

00:45:21.359 --> 00:45:22.440
 who finds

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:22.599
 his

00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:22.879
 servants

00:45:22.879 --> 00:45:23.539
 not asleep

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:24.719
 but awake

00:45:24.719 --> 00:45:25.739
 and he

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:26.079
 blesses

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.319
 them

00:45:26.319 --> 00:45:26.940
 and what

00:45:26.940 --> 00:45:27.119
 does he

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:27.500
 tell them

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:29.099
 well done

00:45:29.099 --> 00:45:29.460
 my good

00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:29.799
 and faithful

00:45:29.799 --> 00:45:30.239
 servant

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:31.960
 enter into

00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:32.219
 the joy

00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:32.420
 of your

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:32.779
 master

00:45:32.779 --> 00:45:33.819
 let's

00:45:33.819 --> 00:45:33.980
 pray

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:40.800
 heavenly

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:41.059
 father

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:41.360
 we thank

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:41.460
 you

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:41.679
 for

00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:41.880
 your

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.199
 son

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:45.980
 who

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.139
 could

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:46.360
 stand

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:46.619
 before

00:45:46.619 --> 00:45:46.960
 you

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:48.199
 none

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:49.260
 but

00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:49.639
 because

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.079
 we

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:51.719
 are

00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:52.039
 washed

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.240
 in the

00:45:52.240 --> 00:45:52.360
 blood

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:52.480
 of

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:52.599
 Christ

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 because

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 we

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 have

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 been

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 given

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 his

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 garments

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 we

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 can

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 dare

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 we

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 can

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 dare

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 oh

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 lord

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 what a

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 blessing

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 it is

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 that you

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 have

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 given

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 us

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 your

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 word

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 keep

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 us

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 vigilant

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 lead

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 us

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 not

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 into

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 temptation

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 deliver

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 us

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 from

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 the

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 evil

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 one

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 we

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 pray

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 amen