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 So, when he was going to be in Alaska, he invited me to come and to preach.

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! Irony is that I was a pastor up in Alaska for 10 years, and so we looked at his itinerary

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 and know he won't be the town. Who's been to Alaska here, by the way? Oh, not enough of you.

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 It is God's country up there. It's beautiful up there, but I don't know the irony of wanting

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 Mike to be on an orca whale. It's kind of dangerous, actually. So, just a little bit of my background.

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 I grew up in the Philippines and Malaysia. My parents were, with the Bible translator,

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 missionaries, and my wife also is an MK from the Philippines, where we met, and good show.

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 I have a photo of my family. So, my wife of 28 years, and then my son right next to me there

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 is a freshman at Wheaton College, and then you'll notice next to him, my son, my oldest son,

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 has Down syndrome, and I'll mention disability, and then I've got two other daughters. But that's

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 my family. We are down next to Wheaton in Warrenville. We go to College Church, which is across the street

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 from Wheaton College. That's our home church. And then the ministry I'm part of, you can just throw

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 that up real quick, is I'm a consultant or coach, part of Promote Humility, and we do workshops and

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 coaching and some initiatives I'll talk about just briefly later on. So, thank you for that.

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 So, and you can, yeah, perfect.

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 I'm still dead.

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 I'll move this down.

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 So, yeah, after pastoring for 10 years in Alaska, I've been part of international missions

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 for another dozen years or so, and now lead in this ministry and consulting work for churches,

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 nonprofits, and mission agencies. But as Mike gave me some freedom to select a passage or passages,

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 because I'll be here back next week, I thought, well, let's go to one of my favorite parts of the

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 Bible. And so, if you would turn to the book of Revelation and the songs you sang of

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 just really been wonderful at preparing our hearts for what we're going to look at today.

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 Hopefully, you've heard much of the fact that the Bible, even though it's made up of 66 books,

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 is really one story, because we believe it has one ultimate author, and he's brought many players

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 in to help write it, but it's one large arc of a story. And if you're familiar with reading books,

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 it's particularly important to see what comes at the very end. And that's what we're going to find

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 today. If you want to breeze through a book real quick, it's helpful to go to the end to see what

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 it's all about, and to see the trajectory of where it's going. And it helps us then to understand

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 who the author is, what his big message is for us. You probably know this, but Revelation was written

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 by one of Jesus' closest disciples, the Apostle John. And he writes in a very unique way. Revelation

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 is kind of a mixture of three genres put together. Apocalyptic, so there's a lot of metaphor and

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 imagery, and we'll see that today. But also, it says it's a prophecy, so there's speaking about the future.

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 But it's also an epistle, because it's a letter written by John to these churches, so it's a mixture of those.

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 And so we're going to look at primarily chapter 4 and 5, so if you'd go to Revelation chapter 4 and 5,

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 and we'll look at these two chapters together. They're really a story.

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 It's unfortunate that chapter 5, the marker there, is in the middle, because these two chapters are a story.

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 There's a setting, there's a scene painted, there are characters, there's some drama and some tension,

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 and then a resolution. So it's a beautiful story that we have here.

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 I'm jumping into chapter 4 and 5. Actually, next week, we'll look at chapters 2 and 3,

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 because I want to set that up by us taking a look at this passage here this morning.

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 But before I start to read, if you'd close your eyes and bow your heads and just take a moment and ask God to

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 speak to you, just as we sang, speak to you that we might see Christ even more clearly this morning.

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 So just the quietness of your heart, just do that.

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 But Father, we could read your word nonstop, still not understand it, without your help,

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 without your spirit illuminating your word to our hearts and our minds and our wills,

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 and to actually bring change in us and to help us see you through the haze of this world

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 and our mixed up thinking. Help us to see you clearer this morning.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Let's read the story.

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 After this, I, and this is the Apostle John speaking,

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 looked and behold a door standing open in heaven.

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 And the first voice, which I had heard speak unto me like a trumpet, back in chapter 1,

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 said,

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 Come up here,

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 and I will show you what must take place after this.

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 At once,

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 I was in the Spirit,

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 and behold,

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 a throne

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 stood

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 in heaven

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 with one

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 seated on the throne.

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 And he who sat there

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 had the

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 appearance.

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 Notice that now some imagery starts to come in

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 because it's hard to describe

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 what's this,

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 so he's going to use some metaphors and imageries

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 to paint

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 as best he can

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 what he's beholding in this

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 heavenly throne room.

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 the appearance of

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 Jasper and

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 carnelian

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 and around the throne

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 was a

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 rainbow

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 that had the

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 appearance

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 of an emerald.

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 We sang about the

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 rainbow of different

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 colors

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 and my goodness,

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 just looking up

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 at the

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 stained glass,

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 I mean,

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 just trying to get

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 all these colors.

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 and around

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 the throne

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 were

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 24 thrones

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 and seated on the

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 thrones

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 were 24

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 elders

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 clothed in

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 white garments

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 with

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 golden crowns

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 on their heads.

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 Listen how terrifying

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 this is now.

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 From the throne

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 came

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 flashes

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 of

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 lightning

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 and

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 rumbles

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 and

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 peals

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 of

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 thunder

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 and

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 before the throne

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 were burning

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 seven

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 torches of

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 fire,

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 which are the

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 seven

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 spirits

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 of God,

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 that is the

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 perfect spirit

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 of God,

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 and before

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 the throne

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 was as

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 it were

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 a sea

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 of glass

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 like crystal.

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 Sea is often

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 an image of

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 chaos,

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 but here

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 there's no

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 chaos.

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 Everything

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 is in

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 order.

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 And around

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 the throne

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 on each

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 side of

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 the throne

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 are four

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 living

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 creatures

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 full of

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 eyes

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 in front

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 and behind.

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 The first

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 living creature

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 like a lion,

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 the second

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 like a

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 living

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 creature

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 like an

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 ox,

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 the third

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 living creature

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 with the

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 face of a

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 man,

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 the fourth

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 living creature

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 like an

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 eagle in

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 flight,

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 and the

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 four living

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 creatures,

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 each of

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 them with

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 six wings

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 and full

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 of eyes

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 all around

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 and within.

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 Terrifying

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 and almost

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 bizarre,

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 but this

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 is so

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 holy and

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 glorious

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 and day

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 and night

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 they,

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 the most

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 terrifying

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 and strange,

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 they are

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 the ones.

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 They never

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 cease saying,

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 holy,

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 that is

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 separate,

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 distinct,

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 mysterious,

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 transcendent,

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 holy,

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 how different

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 he is from

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 us.

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 Holy,

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 holy,

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 holy is the

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 Lord God

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 Almighty,

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 who was

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 and is

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 and is to

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 come.

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 And whenever

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 the living

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 creatures

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 gave,

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 give glory

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 and honor

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 and thanks

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 to him

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 who is

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 seated on

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 the throne,

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 who lives,

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 notice how

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 forever

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 and ever,

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 emphasis on

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 his,

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 this length

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 of time,

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 ever and

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 ever,

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 the 24

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 elders fall

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 down before

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 him,

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 who is

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 seated on the

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 throne and

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 worship him

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 who lives

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 forever

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 and ever,

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 they cast

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 their crowns

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 before the

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 throne saying,

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 worthy are

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 you our

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 Lord and

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 God to

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 receive glory

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 and honor

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 and power

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 for you

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 created all

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 things and

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 by your

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 will they

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 existed and

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 were created.

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 Then I

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 saw in the

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 right hand

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 of him

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 who is

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 seated on

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 the throne

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 a scroll

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 written

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 within and

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 on the

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 back

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 sealed

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 with

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 seven

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 seals

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 and as

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 we'll see

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 in the rest

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 of the

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 book,

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 what it

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 is,

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 is this

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 symbol

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 of

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 the

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 rest of

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 history

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 and what's

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 going to

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 take place

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 to bring

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 the judgments

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 of God

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 and the

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 redemption

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 of God's

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 people to

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 fruition,

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 to culmination,

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 to the new

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 heavens and

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 new earth.

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 earth and

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 I saw a

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 strong

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 angel

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 proclaiming

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 with a

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 loud voice.

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 By the

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 way, we've

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 gotten to a

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 point here

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 where we've

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 set the

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 scene now,

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 this

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 transcendent

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 Holy

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 scene!

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 and now

00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:29.179
 an angel

00:11:29.179 --> 00:11:29.639
 is sitting

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 with a

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 strong

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 loud voice

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 so that it

00:11:33.179 --> 00:11:33.459
 can be

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 heard

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 everywhere.

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 Who is

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 worthy to

00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:38.939
 open the

00:11:38.939 --> 00:11:39.599
 scroll and

00:11:39.599 --> 00:11:40.319
 break its

00:11:40.319 --> 00:11:40.819
 seals?

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 That is,

00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:42.359
 who can

00:11:42.359 --> 00:11:43.199
 bring about

00:11:43.199 --> 00:11:44.199
 these

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 judgments

00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:45.539
 and the

00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:46.539
 final redemption

00:11:46.539 --> 00:11:47.339
 of God's

00:11:47.339 --> 00:11:47.799
 people?

00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:49.019
 Who can

00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:49.479
 unleash

00:11:49.479 --> 00:11:50.019
 this?

00:11:50.699 --> 00:11:51.240
 Verse 3,

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 and no

00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:52.620
 one

00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:55.940
 in heaven

00:11:55.940 --> 00:11:56.620
 or on

00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:57.200
 earth or

00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:57.740
 under the

00:11:57.740 --> 00:11:58.960
 earth was

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 able to

00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:01.539
 open the

00:12:01.539 --> 00:12:03.320
 scroll or

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 to look

00:12:03.820 --> 00:12:04.419
 into it.

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 Stop here

00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:08.019
 and recognize

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 what has

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 just been

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 explained

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 here.

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 There's

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 no one

00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:16.460
 to right

00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:17.759
 the wrongs,

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 to banish

00:12:19.539 --> 00:12:20.000
 evil,

00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:21.259
 to redeem

00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:21.700
 God's

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 people?

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 No one.

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 And so

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 it's not a

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 surprise.

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 The next

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 verse says,

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 and I,

00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:29.759
 John,

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 began

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 to weep

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 loudly,

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 sobs

00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:37.320
 at the

00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:37.960
 realization

00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:38.899
 that these

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 judgments

00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:39.779
 won't

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 come about.

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 There will

00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:42.059
 not be a

00:12:42.059 --> 00:12:42.480
 correcting of

00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:42.679
 evil.

00:12:42.940 --> 00:12:43.399
 There will

00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:43.759
 be no

00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.179
 redemption

00:12:44.179 --> 00:12:44.759
 of God's

00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:45.100
 people.

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 And so

00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:46.179
 he wept

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 loudly

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 because no

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 one was

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 found worthy

00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:48.620
 to open

00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:49.059
 the scroll

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 or to

00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:49.919
 look into

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 it.

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 And one

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 of the

00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:54.319
 elders said

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 to me,

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 beautiful

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 words for

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 him,

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 weep no

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 more.

00:13:02.099 --> 00:13:02.620
 Behold,

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 the lion

00:13:05.459 --> 00:13:07.039
 of the

00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:07.479
 tribe of

00:13:07.479 --> 00:13:07.719
 Judah,

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 the root

00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:09.099
 of David,

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 has conquered

00:13:10.319 --> 00:13:12.079
 so he

00:13:12.079 --> 00:13:13.379
 can open

00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:14.559
 the scroll

00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.519
 and its

00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:16.419
 seven

00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:17.500
 seals.

00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:17.720
 angels.

00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:20.559
 And between

00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:22.139
 the throne

00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:23.340
 and the

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 four living

00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:24.960
 creatures

00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:26.379
 and among

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 the elders,

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 I saw

00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:31.820
 a lamb

00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:33.799
 standing.

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 Remarkable

00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:36.299
 here,

00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:37.200
 he's not

00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:37.700
 coming up

00:13:37.700 --> 00:13:38.059
 from the

00:13:38.059 --> 00:13:38.639
 earth or

00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:39.559
 some other

00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:40.120
 place,

00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:41.460
 he's just

00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:41.940
 already

00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:43.019
 there.

00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:47.220
 between the

00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:47.620
 elders,

00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:48.159
 probably a

00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:48.659
 picture of

00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:49.299
 the church

00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:50.199
 and the

00:13:50.199 --> 00:13:51.100
 throne of

00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:51.340
 God,

00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.299
 he's there.

00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:54.939
 A lamb

00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:57.079
 standing

00:13:57.079 --> 00:13:58.779
 as though

00:13:58.779 --> 00:13:59.220
 it had

00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:00.699
 been slain.

00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:04.299
 Seven

00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:05.000
 horns,

00:14:06.199 --> 00:14:06.939
 perfect power,

00:14:07.439 --> 00:14:08.039
 with seven

00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:08.579
 eyes,

00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:10.199
 perfect knowledge,

00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:12.660
 which are

00:14:12.660 --> 00:14:13.140
 the seven

00:14:13.140 --> 00:14:13.759
 spirits of

00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:14.040
 God,

00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.560
 the perfect

00:14:14.560 --> 00:14:15.100
 spirit of

00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:15.220
 God,

00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.879
 sent out

00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.460
 into all

00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:16.940
 the earth

00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:18.700
 and he

00:14:18.700 --> 00:14:19.960
 went and

00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:21.200
 took the

00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:22.300
 scroll from

00:14:22.300 --> 00:14:22.980
 the right

00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:23.879
 hand of

00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:24.460
 him who

00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.040
 was seated

00:14:25.040 --> 00:14:25.540
 on the

00:14:25.540 --> 00:14:26.060
 throne.

00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.379
 And when

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:27.759
 he had

00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:28.460
 taken the

00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:29.120
 scroll,

00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:29.940
 the four

00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:30.300
 lived,

00:14:30.420 --> 00:14:30.600
 these

00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:31.259
 terrifying

00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:31.900
 creatures,

00:14:32.680 --> 00:14:33.180
 and the

00:14:33.180 --> 00:14:33.800
 twenty-four

00:14:33.800 --> 00:14:34.680
 elders fell

00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:35.520
 down before

00:14:35.520 --> 00:14:36.520
 the lion,

00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:37.660
 each holding

00:14:37.660 --> 00:14:38.240
 a harp,

00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:38.800
 and the

00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:39.660
 golden bowls

00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:40.139
 full of

00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.679
 incense,

00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:41.100
 where our

00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.519
 char the

00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:42.139
 prayers the

00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.519
 saints.

00:14:43.719 --> 00:14:44.179
 Is that

00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:44.439
 what it

00:14:44.439 --> 00:14:44.679
 says?

00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:47.100
 Did I

00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:47.539
 misspeak?

00:14:51.819 --> 00:14:52.539
 But why?

00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:54.000
 Because

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:57.500
 there's

00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:58.019
 several images

00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.519
 going on

00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:58.659
 here.

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.480
 Verse five,

00:15:00.179 --> 00:15:00.980
 there's a

00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:01.500
 lion,

00:15:02.699 --> 00:15:03.139
 root of

00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:04.000
 David's,

00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:04.480
 yes,

00:15:04.539 --> 00:15:04.799
 there's a

00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:05.179
 picture of

00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.699
 a lamb.

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:08.959
 Personally,

00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:09.440
 I'm

00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:09.940
 writing this,

00:15:10.040 --> 00:15:10.240
 I want

00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:11.080
 to describe

00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:12.460
 from what

00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:12.860
 I know

00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.800
 about who

00:15:13.800 --> 00:15:13.980
 it's

00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.560
 pointing to,

00:15:14.660 --> 00:15:14.820
 it's

00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:15.300
 Jesus,

00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:16.139
 I would

00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:16.400
 want to

00:15:16.400 --> 00:15:17.000
 describe

00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:18.280
 him now,

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.240
 and continuing

00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:19.700
 on to the

00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:20.320
 book as a

00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:21.860
 lion on

00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.340
 the throne,

00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:23.379
 Aslan.

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.580
 Never once

00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:29.220
 in the rest

00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:29.620
 of the book

00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:30.259
 of Revelation

00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.639
 is he referred

00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.100
 to as a

00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:32.379
 lion.

00:15:33.420 --> 00:15:34.040
 For two

00:15:34.040 --> 00:15:34.840
 dozen times

00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:35.200
 now,

00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.280
 this person

00:15:36.280 --> 00:15:36.860
 is referred

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:38.000
 to as a

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:39.759
 lamb

00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:41.340
 on a

00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:41.660
 throne.

00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:45.320
 Why?

00:15:51.520 --> 00:15:52.100
 Realize

00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.320
 what's

00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:52.600
 happening

00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:52.879
 here.

00:15:55.140 --> 00:15:55.980
 The last

00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:56.440
 book of the

00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:56.759
 Bible,

00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:57.660
 this one

00:15:57.660 --> 00:15:58.259
 story,

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.300
 you have

00:15:59.300 --> 00:15:59.900
 the main

00:15:59.900 --> 00:16:00.620
 character,

00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:02.540
 a character

00:16:02.540 --> 00:16:02.940
 that's going

00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:03.500
 to be repeated

00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.120
 with this

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:05.960
 name into

00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.600
 eternity.

00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:10.659
 Don't miss

00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:11.480
 this opportunity

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.480
 to think

00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:13.039
 through what

00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:13.639
 his name

00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:14.360
 will be,

00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.360
 and it's

00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:16.919
 a lamb.

00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.200
 And so I

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:23.580
 want us to

00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:24.139
 park here

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.600
 and think

00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.279
 about this

00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:25.960
 because

00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.759
 this is

00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.840
 Jesus

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.539
 who is

00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:31.940
 seen as

00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:32.779
 the word

00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.100
 of God.

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.439
 That is

00:16:33.439 --> 00:16:34.620
 the perfect

00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:35.679
 self-revelation

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:36.319
 of what

00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:36.899
 God is

00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.500
 like.

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:39.720
 And what

00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.360
 God wants

00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.339
 his people

00:16:41.339 --> 00:16:42.000
 to know

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.699
 is that

00:16:42.699 --> 00:16:43.179
 he'd like

00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:43.439
 to,

00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.100
 he'd prefer

00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:44.360
 to be

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:44.720
 called

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.199
 a

00:16:45.199 --> 00:16:46.879
 lamb.

00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:48.919
 On a

00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.199
 throne,

00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.399
 but a

00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:51.600
 lamb.

00:16:54.339 --> 00:16:54.959
 So that's

00:16:54.959 --> 00:16:55.120
 what we're

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.539
 going to do

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.839
 the rest

00:16:56.839 --> 00:16:57.299
 of our time

00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:57.779
 here is just

00:16:57.779 --> 00:16:58.399
 meditate on

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:58.740
 this.

00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:00.559
 Why a

00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:00.919
 lamb?

00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:04.659
 I'm

00:17:04.659 --> 00:17:04.720
 going to

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:04.980
 give you

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.440
 four

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:08.539
 reasons

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.940
 that I

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.500
 think each

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.019
 one gets

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.799
 closer and

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.299
 closer.

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:12.559
 The

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.180
 apostle John

00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:13.480
 and even

00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:14.940
 his other

00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:16.180
 letters in

00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:16.899
 his book

00:17:16.899 --> 00:17:18.059
 just loves

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:19.259
 layers of

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:19.839
 imagery,

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.200
 like an

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.519
 onion.

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.220
 He loves,

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:22.519
 okay,

00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:23.099
 this one's

00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:23.559
 accurate,

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.359
 but this

00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:24.779
 one gets

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.240
 even closer,

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.779
 and this

00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:25.940
 one,

00:17:26.159 --> 00:17:26.659
 oh,

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.180
 yes,

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:27.700
 they're all

00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.099
 true,

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.679
 but they're

00:17:28.679 --> 00:17:29.319
 just getting

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:29.939
 deeper.

00:17:33.699 --> 00:17:34.219
 Let me

00:17:34.219 --> 00:17:34.659
 give four,

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:34.980
 and I'm

00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:35.379
 sure into

00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:35.819
 eternity

00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.159
 we'll

00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:36.579
 discover

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:36.899
 other

00:17:36.899 --> 00:17:38.619
 layers to

00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:38.879
 this.

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:40.679
 What does

00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:41.079
 a lamb

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.859
 symbolize?

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 So let's

00:17:44.679 --> 00:17:45.159
 picture a

00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:45.359
 lamb.

00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.959
 I could

00:17:49.959 --> 00:17:50.259
 have brought

00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.659
 a lamb

00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:50.879
 here,

00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.199
 I guess,

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.639
 this morning,

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:53.659
 but Mike

00:17:53.659 --> 00:17:53.939
 would have

00:17:53.939 --> 00:17:54.439
 maybe gotten

00:17:54.439 --> 00:17:54.759
 a little

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.379
 nervous by

00:17:55.379 --> 00:17:55.719
 that.

00:17:55.719 --> 00:17:55.719


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 my wife's

00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:00.039
 family is

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:01.420
 from Oregon,

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:01.880
 and so

00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:02.500
 every summer

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.259
 we head

00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:03.799
 out there,

00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:06.799
 and her

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.620
 family has

00:18:07.620 --> 00:18:08.440
 a farm,

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 and they're

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.539
 our sheep,

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 and so my

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.500
 kids growing

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:12.720
 up,

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.100
 every time

00:18:13.100 --> 00:18:13.400
 we'd go

00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:13.860
 out there,

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.180
 we'd visit

00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:16.620
 the sheep,

00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:17.500
 and the

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.160
 kids just

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 loved bounding

00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:19.600
 up to the

00:18:19.600 --> 00:18:20.160
 sheep every

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 morning,

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.140
 naming the

00:18:22.140 --> 00:18:22.539
 sheep,

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 feeding the

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.140
 sheep,

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:24.799
 petting the

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.200
 sheep,

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:28.640
 sheep aren't,

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.960
 they're not

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.440
 intimidating

00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.100
 for a

00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:31.440
 kid,

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:33.579
 accessible,

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.420
 calming,

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 but this

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:40.700
 isn't a

00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.000
 sheep,

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:42.440
 this is a

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:42.819
 lamb,

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 even less

00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:48.200
 intimidating,

00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:50.079
 the epitome

00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.539
 of

00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:52.100
 weakness,

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 weakness,

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:52.680
 weakness,

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.100
 weakness,

00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:53.100


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 weakness,

00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:57.619
 Jesus

00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:58.439
 himself said,

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 come to

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 me for I

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 am gentle

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 and lowly

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.500
 in heart,

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.879
 and you

00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.319
 will find

00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:04.879
 rest for

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.619
 your souls,

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 he's

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 accessible and

00:19:09.699 --> 00:19:10.619
 welcoming to

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 any who come

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 to him,

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 that's what

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.899
 God is like,

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 seek,

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:16.880
 and so,

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 that's the

00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:19.259
 first layer,

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 I think,

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:21.360
 a lamb is,

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 I think

00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:23.080
 sometimes we

00:19:23.080 --> 00:19:23.660
 read Revelation

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.440
 so much that

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.300
 we forget

00:19:25.300 --> 00:19:25.840
 that it is

00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:26.620
 a lamb,

00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:30.360
 it's the

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:30.900
 lamb is,

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 it gently

00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:32.240
 welcomes you,

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 that's the

00:19:32.540 --> 00:19:33.000
 first point,

00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:33.480
 the lamb,

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:33.960
 Jesus,

00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:34.680
 the lamb

00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.360
 gently

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:36.600
 welcomes,

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:40.399
 another image

00:19:40.399 --> 00:19:41.259
 in the

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.279
 Revelation

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.939
 that

00:19:42.939 --> 00:19:45.199
 parallels

00:19:45.199 --> 00:19:45.939
 this,

00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:47.059
 is said

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.480
 a couple

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.259
 times,

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:49.039
 the image

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.500
 of,

00:19:50.719 --> 00:19:50.959
 well,

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.480
 this is

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.879
 what it

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.299
 says,

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.419
 and let

00:19:53.419 --> 00:19:53.959
 the one

00:19:53.959 --> 00:19:54.559
 who is

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.299
 thirsty

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:55.919
 come,

00:19:56.939 --> 00:19:57.439
 let the

00:19:57.439 --> 00:19:57.779
 one who

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.359
 desires

00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:59.079
 take the

00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.699
 water of

00:19:59.699 --> 00:20:00.259
 life

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.779
 without

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:02.419
 price,

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.399
 you

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:05.799
 come to

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.339
 this lamb,

00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:06.980
 there's no,

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.019
 if you

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.480
 come with

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.099
 your thirst

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.579
 and your

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.019
 hunger

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.700
 and your

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:12.200
 neediness

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.180
 and your

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.980
 just lack

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.680
 of,

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:18.159
 he's

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.480
 welcoming,

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.359
 you take

00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:20.700
 the water

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.099
 of life

00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:21.419
 without

00:20:21.419 --> 00:20:22.240
 price,

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:24.879
 remember

00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:25.299
 that this

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:25.779
 is what

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.279
 Jesus said

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.500
 to that,

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.099
 the woman

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.419
 at the

00:20:27.419 --> 00:20:27.779
 well,

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.740
 she had

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.980
 nothing,

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:31.940
 her

00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:32.440
 history

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.240
 was littered

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 with

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:36.680
 failures

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.039
 and

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:38.440
 awfulness

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.640
 and

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.319
 hardship

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:40.019
 and

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:41.180
 she

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.519
 feels

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.100
 so

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.779
 welcomed

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.319
 by

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.220
 his

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.019
 free

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.400
 offer

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:45.920
 that she

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.220
 goes

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.539
 and

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.039
 calls

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.640
 others

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.299
 to come

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.620
 to this

00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:52.840
 unintimidating

00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:55.279
 welcoming.

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.700
 So perhaps

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.200
 today the

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.579
 lamb is

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:57.980
 welcoming

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.420
 you to

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:58.880
 come to

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.180
 him,

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.720
 your

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.240
 questions,

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:00.519
 your

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:00.900
 doubts,

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.140
 your

00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:01.620
 addictions,

00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:01.940
 your

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.420
 regrets,

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:02.680
 your

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.240
 mistakes,

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.500
 your

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.440
 embarrassments

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.960
 and you

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.560
 find that

00:21:06.560 --> 00:21:07.200
 he offers

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:09.440
 eternal

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.960
 life.

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.240
 But again,

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:13.920
 this is just

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.460
 the outer

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.920
 layer.

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.320
 This isn't

00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:17.860
 the primary

00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:18.380
 reason.

00:21:19.300 --> 00:21:20.200
 We find out

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.440
 from the

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.200
 context that

00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:21.800
 he's using

00:21:21.800 --> 00:21:22.800
 this image

00:21:22.800 --> 00:21:23.500
 of a

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.820
 lamb.

00:21:24.320 --> 00:21:24.640
 It's

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.120
 there,

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.860
 but the

00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.180
 emphasis,

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.800
 if you look

00:21:27.800 --> 00:21:28.220
 back at

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.340
 chapter 5,

00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:30.740
 the emphasis

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.660
 is on the

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.079
 fact that

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.559
 the lamb

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.120
 was

00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:34.519
 slain.

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:35.740
 You'll

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.039
 see that

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.420
 in verse

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.140
 6.

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.559
 A lamb

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:39.220
 standing as

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.539
 though it

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.059
 had been

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:41.660
 slain.

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.460
 And jumping

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.079
 ahead a little

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.380
 bit,

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:44.700
 we'll get

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.059
 here a little

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.240
 bit,

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.000
 but verse

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.620
 9,

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.480
 worthy of

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.660
 you to

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:47.960
 take the

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.299
 scroll to

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.640
 open its

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:48.819
 seals,

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.279
 for you

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.599
 were

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:51.019
 slain.

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.759
 And then

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.660
 verse 12,

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.700
 ahead there

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.019
 saying,

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.380
 with a

00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:55.579
 lot of

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:55.900
 worthy

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.480
 lamb who

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.079
 was

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:58.620
 slain.

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.059
 So it's

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.479
 not only

00:21:59.479 --> 00:22:01.079
 a weak

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.859
 looking

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.359
 creature,

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.919
 it's a

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.500
 creature that

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.839
 at one

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.279
 point had

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.539
 been

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.339
 slaughtered

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.899
 and was

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.639
 the ultimate

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.079
 weakness

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.779
 dead.

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.739
 A jagged

00:22:11.739 --> 00:22:13.699
 slash

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.279
 across

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.799
 its

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.819
 neck.

00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:19.839
 Many of

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.139
 you probably

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.459
 know your

00:22:20.459 --> 00:22:20.759
 Bibles,

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.239
 this is a

00:22:21.239 --> 00:22:21.859
 reflection back

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.139
 to the

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.719
 Old Testament

00:22:22.719 --> 00:22:23.959
 and what

00:22:23.959 --> 00:22:24.619
 God called

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.059
 his people

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.500
 to do

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.099
 was to

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:27.059
 sacrifice

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.279
 a lamb

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.839
 as a

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.379
 picture of

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.779
 the fact

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.259
 that because

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.639
 of their

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:31.200
 rebellious,

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.619
 because of

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:31.799
 our

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.619
 rebelliousness

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:33.339
 as humans,

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:35.079
 we deserve

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:36.059
 punishment from

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:37.179
 God and

00:22:37.179 --> 00:22:37.720
 one of the

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:39.179
 only means

00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:40.419
 of being

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:41.379
 rescued from

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:42.399
 that judgment

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:43.619
 and punishment

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.059
 that we

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:45.399
 deserve is

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:46.659
 for something

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:47.539
 to die in

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.119
 our place,

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.379
 something else

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:49.819
 to take the

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.480
 punishment for

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.139
 us so

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:52.460
 the lamb

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.379
 is slaughtered

00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:53.619
 in our

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.139
 place.

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.259
 And we

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.779
 can be

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.900
 freed and

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.220
 have a

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.779
 relationship

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.460
 with God.

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.799
 And so

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.200
 this is

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.200
 the one

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:03.019
 who introduced

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:04.240
 Jesus,

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.119
 when Jesus

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:07.119
 came for

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.980
 his ministry,

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.700
 he was

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.180
 pointed out

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.359
 and said,

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.980
 behold,

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.779
 John the

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.480
 Baptist said,

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.960
 the lamb

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.440
 of God

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.359
 who takes

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:15.879
 away the

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.420
 sin of

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.960
 the world.

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.740
 And so

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.480
 by placing

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.079
 our trust

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.740
 in Jesus

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.900
 and coming

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.240
 to him

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.579
 without

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.460
 anything,

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:28.000
 we find

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.519
 that he

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:30.259
 bears God's

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.420
 wrath for

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.859
 all our

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.539
 failures and

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.160
 sins and

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.700
 pride.

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.579
 So that's

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.140
 definitely

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.799
 here of

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.180
 what it's

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.640
 symbolizing.

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.559
 So he's a

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:39.940
 lamb,

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.259
 gently,

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.859
 he's a

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.339
 gentle,

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.759
 weak,

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.480
 gently

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.019
 welcomes

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.299
 you.

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.900
 He's a

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.299
 lamb that

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.680
 died in

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.279
 your place,

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.599
 that's

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.160
 definitely

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.120
 where he's

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:48.599
 going here,

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.039
 but there's

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.319
 more.

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:52.740
 because there's

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.079
 a much

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.579
 greater

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.220
 emphasis in

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.839
 this passage

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:56.539
 that it's

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.500
 the slain

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.119
 lamb

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.939
 who

00:23:59.939 --> 00:24:00.899
 conquers.

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.639
 So look

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.179
 back at

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:06.019
 verse 5,

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.700
 the lion,

00:24:08.919 --> 00:24:09.220
 the tribe

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.539
 of Judah,

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:09.799
 the root

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.039
 of David,

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:10.819
 has

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.220
 conquered

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.619
 and so

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:13.960
 this

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.019
 conquering

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.559
 person

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.339
 steps forward

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.919
 and it's

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.259
 a

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.000
 lamb.

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:24.299
 how did

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.919
 he conquer?

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.939
 How did

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.179
 he have

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:27.960
 the authority

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:29.119
 to come

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.639
 to the

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.279
 judge or

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.859
 the king

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.179
 on the

00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:31.740
 throne,

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.439
 the one

00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:32.700
 on the

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.200
 throne and

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.019
 take this

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.799
 scroll?

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:36.819
 What if

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.439
 gives him

00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:38.679
 the authority,

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.059
 the right

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.639
 to do

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.220
 that?

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.740
 It's

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:47.939
 through

00:24:47.939 --> 00:24:48.619
 weakness.

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:52.019
 sacrifice

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:55.059
 that he

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.859
 is able

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.159
 to

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.480
 conquer.

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.259
 Verse 9,

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.579
 look ahead

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.079
 there again,

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.579
 worthy are

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:03.839
 you to

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.179
 take the

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.559
 scroll and

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:04.939
 open its

00:25:04.939 --> 00:25:05.379
 seals for

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.899
 you were

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:07.899
 slain

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.819
 by your

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.519
 blood.

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:12.180
 will

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.279
 be

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.460
 is it

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.960
 because

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.099
 this

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.839
 person

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.220
 was

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.139
 powerful

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.440
 or

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.859
 clever

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.200
 or

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.700
 impressive

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.079
 or

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.559
 eloquent

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.220
 or charismatic

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.019
 or smart

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.799
 or intelligent?

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.160
 No!

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.059
 It's

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.619
 because he

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.119
 was so

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.759
 humble

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:27.559
 and willing

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.639
 to sacrifice

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:31.080
 for his

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.520
 people

00:25:31.520 --> 00:25:33.620
 that he's

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:33.960
 worthy.

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.900
 And it

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.640
 refers to

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:37.820
 there

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.840
 by your

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.120
 blood

00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.320
 you

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:40.520
 ransomed

00:25:40.520 --> 00:25:40.759
 your

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.200
 people.

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.780
 So how

00:25:41.780 --> 00:25:42.460
 were God's

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.080
 people

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:44.900
 rescued

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.300
 and

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:45.960
 victorious?

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.380
 It was

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.840
 because

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.400
 these

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.100
 lambs

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.320
 were

00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:49.380
 slaughtered,

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.240
 blood was

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.580
 put on

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.240
 the posts

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.099
 so that

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.799
 the angel

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.299
 of death

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.200
 passed over

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.400
 their,

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.900
 this is the

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.279
 people of

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.700
 Israel and

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:55.940
 Egypt,

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:57.120
 passed over

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:57.799
 their homes

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.299
 and they

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.120
 were rescued

00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:00.000
 and redeemed

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.559
 and were

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.200
 victorious

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:03.180
 because of

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.599
 a

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:06.000
 slaughtered

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.420
 lamb.

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.099
 Who is

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.420
 the one

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.680
 who has

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.160
 authority

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.980
 to unleash

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:13.380
 all the

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.620
 righting of

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.359
 wrongs and

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.920
 defeat all

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.420
 evil and

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.059
 redeem God's

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.440
 people?

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.279
 So here's

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.680
 this next

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:19.900
 letter,

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.720
 Jesus the

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.900
 lamb conquers

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:23.539
 because of

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.920
 his humility

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.900
 and sacrifice.

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.600
 The lamb

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.420
 conquers

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:30.000
 because of

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.740
 his humility

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.740
 and sacrifice.

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.740
 And so you

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.600
 see that his

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:37.660
 reign in

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.500
 this verse,

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:38.759
 you know,

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.319
 as we saw

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.519
 there,

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.860
 he's got

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:41.500
 seven horns

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.900
 that is

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.120
 perfect power

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:44.240
 and seven

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.160
 eyes,

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.600
 so he's

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.200
 omniscient,

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.120
 nothing will

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.920
 ever take him

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:49.019
 by surprise.

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.900
 he's on

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.420
 the throne.

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.759
 And so we

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.220
 get this

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:57.019
 massive paradox,

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.160
 this juxtaposition,

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.319
 which I think

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.039
 will be,

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.799
 stand all,

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.620
 in awe of,

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.059
 for all

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.600
 eternity,

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.039
 the great

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:06.200
 power and

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.539
 authority and

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:07.799
 his

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:09.500
 weakness,

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.740
 his willingness

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.660
 to enter such

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.799
 weakness and

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:14.019
 humility and

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.740
 sacrifice.

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.039
 sacrifice.

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.059
 But I,

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.940
 that's really

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.480
 close,

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.420
 that's it,

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.920
 but I think

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.680
 there's one,

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.880
 even one more

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.620
 layer in.

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.700
 And that's

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.200
 because we've

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.579
 got to sit

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:30.960
 back and

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.220
 look,

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.200
 who is this

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.299
 written to?

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:38.440
 This is a

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.120
 letter to

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.599
 people.

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.720
 And what are

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.059
 they going to

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.620
 get out of

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:41.920
 this?

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.680
 Yes,

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.700
 at the heart

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.400
 of it is to

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.300
 be enamored

00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:46.380
 and awestruck

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.360
 by this

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:48.460
 lamb on

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.400
 a throne.

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.000
 But what

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.800
 was the

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:52.860
 situation for

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.500
 those reading

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.019
 this?

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.560
 They were

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:56.060
 facing

00:27:56.060 --> 00:27:57.519
 tremendous

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.980
 hardship,

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.720
 martyrdom,

00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.060
 losing jobs,

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:02.060
 losing family.

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.920
 John is in

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:05.039
 exile at this

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.640
 point.

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:07.540
 And so

00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:08.200
 one of the

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.040
 repeated

00:28:09.040 --> 00:28:11.380
 descriptions of

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.740
 those who

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.280
 follow the

00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:13.620
 lamb is

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.220
 to the

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.160
 one who

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:16.280
 conquers.

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:16.960
 So actually

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.320
 look at,

00:28:17.540 --> 00:28:18.200
 just before

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.680
 our story

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:18.960
 here,

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:19.900
 at the end

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.259
 of chapter

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.600
 three,

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.120
 look at that

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.620
 with me.

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:23.560
 Verse 21,

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.520
 we'll see this

00:28:24.520 --> 00:28:24.940
 a little more

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.800
 next week,

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.140
 but verse 21,

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.680
 the one who

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.740
 conquers,

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:32.060
 I will grant

00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:33.040
 him to sit

00:28:33.040 --> 00:28:34.580
 with me on

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:36.059
 my throne

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:38.939
 as I

00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.740
 also

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.319
 conquered

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:42.039
 and sat

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.799
 down with

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.659
 my father

00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.399
 on his

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:44.740
 throne.

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:48.000
 So those

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.859
 who follow

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.960
 this

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.299
 reigning

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.839
 king

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.799
 follow in

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.000
 his path.

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.119
 In other

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.480
 words,

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.099
 the lamb

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.819
 invites you

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.419
 to follow

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:00.799
 him

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:03.059
 to victory

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:05.740
 through

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.379
 humility

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:07.700
 and

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.659
 sacrifice.

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.399
 They would

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:14.039
 be victorious

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:16.200
 even in

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.799
 their weaknesses

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.279
 and,

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.000
 might I say,

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.879
 because of

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.559
 their weakness.

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.480
 One of my

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.019
 favorite verses

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.639
 in Revelation,

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.179
 if you just

00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.859
 jump over a

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.519
 couple chapters

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.779
 to the end

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.279
 of chapter

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.799
 seven,

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.500
 just an

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.039
 absolutely

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.759
 beautiful

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.839
 description

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.299
 of what

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.680
 we look

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.299
 forward to.

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:34.960
 Look at

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.799
 verse 15,

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.119
 but I'm

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.319
 going to

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.639
 zero in

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:36.980
 on verse

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.559
 17.

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.119
 Chapter

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.539
 seven,

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.259
 verse 15.

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:40.000
 Therefore

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.440
 they,

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:40.720
 and this

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.200
 is God's

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.539
 people,

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.440
 are before

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.920
 the throne

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.299
 of God

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.579
 and they

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.019
 serve him

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.420
 day and

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:44.639
 night

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:44.940
 in his

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.240
 temple.

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.039
 And he

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.539
 who sits

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.819
 on the

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.119
 throne

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.399
 will

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.019
 shelter

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.460
 them

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.960
 with his

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.619
 presence.

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.299
 They

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.700
 shall

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.619
 hunger

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.019
 no more.

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.240
 They

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.159
 were hungry,

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.819
 but they'll

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.039
 hunger

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.359
 no more

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.619
 now.

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.480
 Neither

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.019
 thirst

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.019


00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.599
 anymore.

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.500
 The sun

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.000
 shall not

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.619
 strike them

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.099
 nor any

00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.839
 scorching

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.079
 heat.

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.299
 There are

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.039
 no more

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.500
 hardship.

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:02.679
 Look at

00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:03.799
 this beautiful

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.299
 passage.

00:30:04.739 --> 00:30:05.219
 Verse here,

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.559
 the lamb

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.259
 in the

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.299
 midst of

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.619
 the throne.

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.000
 Now he's

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.679
 not beside

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:11.159
 the throne.

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:11.659
 He's in

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.219
 the midst

00:30:12.219 --> 00:30:12.659
 of the

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:12.939
 throne.

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.299
 Will be

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.799
 their

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.259
 shepherd.

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.339
 Notice the

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.599
 ironic picture

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:18.839
 here.

00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:19.459
 The lamb

00:30:19.459 --> 00:30:20.239
 is a

00:30:20.239 --> 00:30:21.159
 shepherd and

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:21.579
 who's he

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.319
 shepherding

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.039
 but his

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:24.959
 people.

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.719
 And verse

00:30:25.719 --> 00:30:25.959
 17,

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.399
 and he will

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:26.979
 guide them

00:30:26.979 --> 00:30:27.339
 to the

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.799
 springs of

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.479
 living water.

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.739
 He gives

00:30:29.739 --> 00:30:30.339
 for free

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.019
 and God

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.519
 will wipe

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.759
 away every

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.239
 tear from

00:30:33.239 --> 00:30:33.539
 their eyes.

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:33.919
 Isn't that

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.279
 beautiful?

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.959
 The intimacy

00:30:34.959 --> 00:30:35.459
 of someone

00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:36.199
 who wipes

00:30:36.199 --> 00:30:37.479
 every tear

00:30:37.479 --> 00:30:38.159
 from

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.099
 eyes.

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.539
 But he's

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.019
 a lamb

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.619
 who is a

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:42.899
 shepherd.

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:44.000
 And that

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.679
 means those

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.199
 who are

00:30:45.199 --> 00:30:46.059
 reading this,

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.639
 we his

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.039
 people,

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.759
 are like

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.679
 sheep.

00:30:50.459 --> 00:30:51.039
 Like the

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.199
 image in

00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:53.000
 Isaiah chapter

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.379
 40,

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.859
 he will

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.439
 tend his

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.079
 flock like

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.559
 a shepherd.

00:30:55.699 --> 00:30:55.899
 He will

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.739
 gather the

00:30:56.739 --> 00:30:57.279
 lambs in

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.739
 his arms.

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.079
 He will

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.680
 carry them

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:58.980
 in his

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.680
 bosoms and

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.460
 gently lead

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.079
 those that

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.920
 are with

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.240
 young.

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.220
 And so

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.740
 this image

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.240
 of the

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.079
 lamb is

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:09.579
 hard.

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.240
 As we get

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.620
 to know

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.099
 this lamb,

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.660
 we see that

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.099
 this is a

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.400
 lamb who

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:14.359
 invites you

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.920
 to follow

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.460
 him to

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.259
 victory through

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.079
 humility and

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.599
 sacrifice.

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.899
 sacrifice.

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.000
 I think

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.599
 those are

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.139
 some of

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:24.339
 the images

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:25.339
 that this

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:26.119
 picture of

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.619
 a lamb

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.339
 give to

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.859
 us.

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:29.740
 And so

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.099
 how do we

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.579
 respond?

00:31:35.219 --> 00:31:35.740
 We

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.000
 follow

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.219
 him.

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:38.319
 That's the

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.039
 call of this

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:40.259
 last book

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.099
 is to

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.019
 follow him

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:45.500
 by embracing

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.819
 humility and

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.779
 sacrifice.

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.099
 This is the

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:51.039
 upside down

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.980
 nature of

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.619
 Christianity

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.779
 that we

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.839
 constantly

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.480
 have to

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:58.619
 have God

00:31:58.619 --> 00:32:00.539
 transform

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.920
 our hearts

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.460
 into.

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:02.980
 This is why

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.500
 he's so

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.019
 holy.

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.639
 By the way,

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.700
 it's interesting

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.160
 how chapter

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.660
 four and

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.639
 chapter five,

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.140
 the holiness

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.120
 of God

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.880
 is then

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:14.060
 revealed in

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:15.880
 this paradoxical

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.960
 upside down.

00:32:17.020 --> 00:32:17.520
 We're upside

00:32:17.520 --> 00:32:17.800
 down.

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.320
 He's right

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:18.820
 side up,

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.660
 but it's

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:21.240
 that a

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.600
 lamb.

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.280
 This is

00:32:22.280 --> 00:32:22.960
 describing what

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.340
 God is

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:23.900
 like.

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.420
 And yet

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.820
 we in

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.740
 our world,

00:32:28.020 --> 00:32:28.420
 which were

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.259
 influenced in

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.920
 our world

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.240
 every time

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.740
 we go on

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.400
 social media,

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.060
 et cetera,

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.220
 is to,

00:32:34.540 --> 00:32:34.920
 we want to

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.600
 be a lion,

00:32:35.780 --> 00:32:36.240
 we want to

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.920
 be strong,

00:32:37.040 --> 00:32:37.380
 we want to

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:38.080
 be powerful,

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:38.820
 successful,

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:40.019
 impressive.

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.659
 And yet

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:46.720
 scripture says

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.179
 that it's

00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:47.899
 the lowly

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.539
 who win.

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:52.059
 The last

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.359
 will be

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.799
 first,

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.359
 the first

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.659
 will be

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.139
 last,

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.419
 the humble

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:56.319
 are exalted.

00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.419
 If you want

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.039
 to be great,

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.619
 you must be

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.299
 servant of

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.740
 all.

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.059
 Love

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.740
 the story

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.960
 of that

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.480
 first and

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.279
 second Corinthians

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.200
 unveils as

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.960
 Paul interacts

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.259
 with the

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.700
 Corinthian

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.440
 church who

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.000
 loved

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.200
 impressiveness

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.200
 as Christians.

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.080
 And yet

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.960
 Paul's life

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.500
 was in the

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.539
 opposite direction

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.360
 to the point

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:19.700
 where they

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.240
 wanted to get

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.779
 rid of him

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.039
 and they

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.220
 said,

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.580
 you're a

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:21.980
 failure.

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.160
 And he

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:23.360
 says,

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.600
 no,

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.440
 I'm weak.

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.420
 I'm strong.

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.160
 God's

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:29.059
 power is

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.220
 made perfect

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.420
 in weakness.

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:36.860
 and yes,

00:33:37.060 --> 00:33:37.820
 humility,

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.920
 but sacrifice.

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.380
 We don't

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:39.920
 run after

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.740
 sacrifice

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.900
 just for

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.800
 sacrifice's

00:33:43.800 --> 00:33:44.080
 sake,

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.539
 but that's

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.759
 what it

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.080
 means to

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.700
 follow Jesus

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.039
 is to

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.380
 take up

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.900
 our cross

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:48.480
 daily

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.980
 and to

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.700
 follow him.

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:55.019
 that's

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.460
 part of

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.740
 this

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.220
 journey

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.779
 for me

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:56.920
 and

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.460
 understanding

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.960
 this

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:59.319
 little bit

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.799
 has been

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:01.200
 living with

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.759
 a son with

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.420
 down syndrome

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.840
 as you

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.259
 saw.

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.039
 And to

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.600
 an international

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.120
 ministry,

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.779
 you think

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.059
 of the

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.600
 people that

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.179
 are typically

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.840
 seen as

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.260
 the very

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.900
 bottom

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:11.000
 of society.

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:15.980
 they may

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.599
 have more

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.400
 for us

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.739
 than

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.579
 or any

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.119
 other kind

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.460
 of people

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.760
 that are

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:19.940
 at the

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.559
 very bottom

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.619
 more than

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.280
 we typically

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.960
 think.

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.800
 First

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.340
 Corinthians,

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.659
 again,

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.380
 the Corinthian

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.880
 church was

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.239
 all about

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.840
 impressiveness,

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.760
 talked about

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.460
 the body

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.219
 while every

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.780
 part is

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.639
 needed and

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.500
 the parts

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.800
 that you

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.260
 think are

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.940
 indispensable

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:35.260
 or are

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.980
 dispensable

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.719
 or just

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.179
 lowly.

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.679
 They're

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.719
 indispensable.

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:42.840
 we must

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.559
 have them.

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.340
 We give

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.019
 them greater

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.500
 honor.

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.800
 It's upside

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.320
 down.

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.219
 Blessed are

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.579
 the poor

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.940
 in spirit.

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:54.980
 Blessed are

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.360
 those who

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.860
 mourn.

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.699
 Jesus moved

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.219
 toward the

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.820
 outsiders,

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.460
 those who

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.260
 were kicked

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.579
 to the

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.019
 curb.

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.099
 And so

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.599
 that's part

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:05.440
 of what

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.440
 you promote

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.139
 humility is

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.579
 to talk

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.260
 to folks,

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.539
 even business

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.860
 leaders,

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.659
 how Christian

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.019
 business

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.279
 leaders,

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.139
 how can

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:14.159
 you work

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:15.199
 to cultivate

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:17.539
 humility as

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.599
 an aspirational

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:21.039
 value in

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:22.739
 how you do

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.259
 your business

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.819
 or in your

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:24.299
 home?

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.859
 Humility

00:35:26.859 --> 00:35:28.879
 becomes more

00:35:28.879 --> 00:35:29.119
 and more

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.099
 central because

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:33.039
 that's our

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.179
 eternal future

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:36.460
 is marveling

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:38.819
 at the

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:39.480
 humility of

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.940
 the Lamb.

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:42.000
 and so we

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.519
 follow him.

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.519
 We follow

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.779
 him.

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.420
 We follow

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.159
 him by

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:48.559
 embracing

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.279
 humility and

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.699
 sacrifice.

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.319
 And finally,

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.719
 and this is

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:50.940
 where I'm

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.099
 going to

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.519
 close,

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:55.579
 we follow

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:57.339
 him and

00:35:57.339 --> 00:35:57.899
 we sing.

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.659
 So I love

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.139
 what was said

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.519
 today.

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.619
 We sing because

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.139
 that's what they

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.399
 did.

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.960
 Look at verse

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.420
 nine.

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.619
 The Lamb

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.079
 comes,

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.779
 chapter five,

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:06.519
 verse nine.

00:36:07.040 --> 00:36:08.040
 The Lamb is

00:36:08.040 --> 00:36:09.900
 presented and

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:12.680
 they sang a

00:36:12.680 --> 00:36:13.680
 new song.

00:36:15.540 --> 00:36:16.519
 No better way

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.340
 to respond.

00:36:17.560 --> 00:36:18.120
 Sing a new

00:36:18.120 --> 00:36:18.600
 song saying,

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.420
 worthy are you to

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.120
 take the scroll

00:36:20.120 --> 00:36:21.040
 and open its

00:36:21.040 --> 00:36:21.680
 seals for you

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:22.880
 were slain and

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.620
 by your blood

00:36:23.620 --> 00:36:24.120
 you ransomed

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:25.060
 people for God

00:36:25.060 --> 00:36:26.500
 from every tribe

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.300
 and language and

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:28.180
 people and nation

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:29.859
 and you made

00:36:29.859 --> 00:36:31.440
 them a kingdom

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:33.399
 and priests to

00:36:33.399 --> 00:36:34.219
 our God and

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:35.699
 they shall reign

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.219
 on the earth.

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:36.579
 So these

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.719
 lambs,

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.299
 these sheep

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:39.000
 that he shepherds,

00:36:39.319 --> 00:36:39.699
 they,

00:36:39.859 --> 00:36:40.460
 these humble

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.259
 sacrificial,

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.359
 who sacrifice

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:42.859
 so much,

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:44.259
 they will reign

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:45.619
 on the earth.

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:50.119
 And then it

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.419
 keeps,

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.139
 the singing

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.859
 keeps going.

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.599
 Then I looked

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.119
 and I heard

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:54.079
 around the throne

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.659
 and the living

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.299
 creatures and the

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:55.859
 elders and the

00:36:55.859 --> 00:36:56.460
 voice of many

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.719
 angels numbering

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.739
 myriads of

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.139
 myriads,

00:36:59.279 --> 00:36:59.859
 thousands of

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:00.599
 thousands saying

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.039
 with a loud

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.419
 voice,

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.699
 worthy is a

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.099
 lamb who

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.500
 slain.

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:05.259
 See power and

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:05.779
 wealth and

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.339
 wisdom and

00:37:06.339 --> 00:37:06.839
 might and

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.379
 honor and

00:37:07.379 --> 00:37:07.959
 glory and

00:37:07.959 --> 00:37:08.319
 blessing.

00:37:09.359 --> 00:37:09.799
 And I heard

00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.739
 every creature

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.339
 in heaven on

00:37:11.339 --> 00:37:11.819
 earth and

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:12.219
 under the

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.639
 earth and

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.079
 in the sea

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.439
 and all

00:37:13.439 --> 00:37:13.779
 that's in

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.219
 them saying

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.799
 to him who

00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.339
 sits on the

00:37:15.339 --> 00:37:15.819
 throne and

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.079
 to the

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.500
 lamb be

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.199
 blessing and

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.719
 honor and

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.939
 glory and

00:37:18.939 --> 00:37:19.759
 might forever

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.179
 and ever.

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:20.500
 And the

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.019
 four living

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.959
 creatures said

00:37:21.959 --> 00:37:22.539
 amen.

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:23.659
 And the

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.339
 elders fell

00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:25.819
 down and

00:37:25.819 --> 00:37:26.419
 worshipped.

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.919
 finally just

00:37:28.919 --> 00:37:29.539
 turned very

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.139
 briefly to

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.480
 the very

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.859
 end of

00:37:30.859 --> 00:37:31.319
 Revelation

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:34.099
 22.

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:35.839
 I'm going to

00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:36.239
 read something

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.559
 here and

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.759
 then we'll

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:37.159
 be done.

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:41.980
 the very

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.679
 end of the

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.679
 body of

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.879
 the book

00:37:44.879 --> 00:37:45.599
 of Revelation

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.319
 ends in

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:46.879
 chapter 2

00:37:46.879 --> 00:37:48.339
 verse 5.

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:50.259
 Verse 6

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:50.839
 is the

00:37:50.839 --> 00:37:51.279
 beginning of

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:52.099
 the epilogue.

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.259
 So how

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.659
 does the

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.399
 very end of

00:37:54.399 --> 00:37:55.039
 the body

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.420
 of the

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.719
 book of

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.139
 Revelation

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.619
 end?

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:57.980
 And you'll

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.420
 see some

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.619
 of the

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.019
 themes that

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.619
 were

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.359
 introduced

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:00.960
 in that

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:02.420
 throne room

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:03.259
 in chapter

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:03.659
 4 and

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.099
 5.

00:38:04.899 --> 00:38:05.399
 But notice

00:38:05.399 --> 00:38:05.920
 also there's

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.179
 just a

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.599
 reference of

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:06.980
 the lamb

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.559
 over and

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.279
 over again.

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.279
 Verse 22

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:09.960
 chapter 22

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.440
 verse 1.

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.759
 Then the

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.440
 angel showed

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.799
 me the

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.420
 river of

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.960
 the water

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.739
 of life.

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:14.980
 Oh the

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.360
 water of

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.579
 life.

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:15.819
 There it

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.179
 is again.

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.500
 Bright as

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.960
 crystal flowing

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:20.380
 from the

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.319
 throne of

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:21.900
 God and

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.299
 of the

00:38:22.299 --> 00:38:22.679
 lion.

00:38:22.839 --> 00:38:23.279
 No it's

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:24.039
 the lamb

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:25.179
 through the

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.880
 middle of

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.440
 the street

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.799
 of the

00:38:26.799 --> 00:38:27.219
 city on

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:28.059
 either side

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.360
 of the

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:28.799
 river.

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.239
 It's a

00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:30.159
 river of

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.539
 the water

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.059
 of life

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.339
 which

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:33.500
 plenty.

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.960
 The tree

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.699
 of life.

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.679
 There's

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.460
 twelve kinds

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.879
 of fruit

00:38:37.879 --> 00:38:38.319
 yielding

00:38:38.319 --> 00:38:38.799
 its fruit

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.099
 every

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:40.079
 each month.

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.879
 The leaves

00:38:40.879 --> 00:38:41.159
 of the

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.579
 tree were

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:41.939
 for the

00:38:41.939 --> 00:38:42.859
 healing

00:38:42.859 --> 00:38:43.299
 of the

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.679
 nations.

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:44.779
 No longer

00:38:44.779 --> 00:38:45.119
 will there

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.699
 be anything

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.299
 accursed

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:47.359
 but the

00:38:47.359 --> 00:38:47.759
 throne of

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.319
 God and

00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:49.559
 of the

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.019
 lamb

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:51.439
 will be

00:38:51.439 --> 00:38:51.879
 in it.

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.980
 And his

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.419
 servants

00:38:53.419 --> 00:38:54.980
 will worship

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.539
 him.

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.439
 Will be

00:38:56.439 --> 00:38:57.019
 there with

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:58.460
 in awe

00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:00.159
 eternal

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:01.159
 awe of

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:01.859
 who this

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.339
 God

00:39:02.339 --> 00:39:03.139
 is.

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.239
 They will

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:05.639
 see his

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.159
 face.

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:06.940
 His name

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.179
 will be

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.500
 on their

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.199
 foreheads.

00:39:08.879 --> 00:39:09.259
 And night

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:09.559
 will be

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:09.980
 no more.

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.339
 They will

00:39:10.339 --> 00:39:10.799
 need no

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.420
 light of

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.059
 lamp or

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.639
 sun for

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:12.960
 the Lord

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.319
 God will

00:39:13.319 --> 00:39:13.599
 be their

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.279
 light and

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:14.899
 they will

00:39:14.899 --> 00:39:17.159
 reign

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:19.379
 forever

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:20.940
 and ever.

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.920
 Would you

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.239
 bow your

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:24.619
 heads and

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:24.980
 close your

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.500
 eyes again

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.679
 and just

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:27.119
 ask God

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.480
 what he

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.239
 wants you

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.719
 to take

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.239
 into your

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:30.699
 week from

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.119
 what we

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:33.079
 saw this

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.420
 morning.

00:39:55.500 --> 00:40:05.139
 Father,

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.519
 think of

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.179
 that hymn.

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:06.960
 Father,

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.300
 that

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:11.099
 come thou

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.719
 fount of

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.079
 every

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.940
 blessing

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:15.360
 to my

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.199
 heart

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:17.480
 to sing

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.139
 thy

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:19.239
 grace.

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.860
 Streams

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.380
 of mercy

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:22.159
 never ceasing

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.739
 call for

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:23.320
 songs of

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:23.760
 loudest

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.780
 praise.

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.219
 Father,

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:26.760
 tune our

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:27.340
 hearts.

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.219
 All of

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:28.800
 our hearts

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.920
 this morning

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.460
 and the

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.960
 days ahead

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.300
 need to

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.239
 be tuned

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.280
 to

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:35.639
 receive

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:36.420
 and be

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.639
 awestruck

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:39.500
 at who

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:40.320
 you are.

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.719
 So much

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.219
 so that we

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:42.619
 want to

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.840
 follow you

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:47.079
 and to

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.719
 sing.

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.920
 Help us

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:50.239
 to do

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:50.639
 that.

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.400
 We need

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:52.659
 you.

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:54.739
 Oh,

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.219
 give our

00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:55.559
 hearts,

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:55.959
 hearts

00:40:55.959 --> 00:40:56.099
 that

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.480
 are just

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.719
 overflowing

00:40:57.719 --> 00:40:58.019
 with

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.719
 thanksgiving

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.980
 for who

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.379
 you are

00:41:00.379 --> 00:41:00.679
 and what

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:00.899
 you've

00:41:00.899 --> 00:41:01.079
 done

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.639
 for us.

00:41:02.859 --> 00:41:03.299
 We

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:03.639
 pray this

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:03.759
 in

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