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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 We're going to be reading a lengthy and challenging passage in Luke 21 this morning.

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 But before we do, I want to give you some context that I think will help us

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 to understand and appreciate what we're reading as we read this passage.

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 Jesus prophesies with remarkable accuracy in this passage

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 the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem some 40 years after He's speaking here.

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 Some of you remember December 7th, 1941, a day that will live in infamy,

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 the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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 Imagine how traumatic it would have been to be there on the island that day.

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 Many of you remember where you were on 9-11 because of how significant that event was.

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 But imagine if you'd been there in New York City with two huge buildings crumbling.

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 If you'd been right there, it might have felt like the end of the world, right?

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 If you were in Indonesia in 2004 when the huge earthquake and tsunami destroyed cities

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 and came sweeping over, it would have felt like the end of the world.

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 For Jews living in Jerusalem in the first century,

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 that's what the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple would have felt like.

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 It would have felt like the end of the world.

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 The temple itself was stunning.

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 Now, at this point, larger than a football field,

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 covered in shining gold,

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 clusters of grapes on the sides of it,

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 golden grapes,

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 the first century historian Josephus says,

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 are the size of a man.

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 The temple is huge,

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 but add on to that,

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 the temple's spiritual significance.

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 They're in God's holy city.

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 Remember, mankind was created to live in God's presence, right?

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 In this intimate relationship with Him from the very beginning.

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 But sin separated us from God.

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 Cast out of His presence

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 until God takes up residence again among His people,

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 first in the tabernacle,

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 and then where?

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 In the temple in Jerusalem.

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 This was the place where God meets with sinners.

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 Sacrifices and offerings bringing unworthy sinners

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 into the presence of the holy God.

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 That's what the temple means.

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 And it's the temple itself that sets the Jews apart from the other nations.

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 Yahweh dwells in their midst, right?

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 So when the Jews picture Jerusalem overrun

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 and the temple destroyed,

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 they are overwhelmed at the idea of being abandoned by God.

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 This is the end of the world.

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 What hope do we have now?

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 In Luke 21,

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 Jesus stands in this very temple

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 and He hears people praising its great glory

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 and isn't it amazing?

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 And He tells them some really bad news

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 that gets their attention.

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 Let's start reading in verse 5 of Luke 21.

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 This is God's Word.

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 And while some were speaking of the temple,

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 how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings,

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 Jesus said,

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 As for these things that you see,

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 the days will come

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 when there will not be left here

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 one stone upon another

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 that will not be thrown down.

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 Wow!

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 No way!

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 How is it even possible to imagine that?

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 So they asked Him,

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 Teacher, when will these things be?

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 And what will be the sign

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 when these things are about to take place?

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 And He said,

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 See that you are not led astray,

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 for many will come in My name,

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 saying,

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 I am He,

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 and the time is at hand.

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 Do not go after them.

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 And when you hear of wars and tumults,

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 do not be terrified,

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 for these things must first take place,

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 but the end will not be at once.

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 Then He said to them,

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 Nation will rise against nation,

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 and kingdom against kingdom.

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 There will be great earthquakes,

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 and in various places,

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 famines and pestilences,

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 and there will be terrors

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 and great signs from heaven.

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 But before all this,

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 they will lay their hands on you

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 and persecute you,

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 delivering you up to the synagogues

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 and prisons,

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 and you'll be brought before kings

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 and governors for My name's sake.

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 This will be your opportunity

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 to bear witness.

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 Settle it, therefore, in your minds,

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 not to meditate beforehand

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 how to answer,

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 for I will give you a mouth

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 and wisdom

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 which none of your adversaries

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 will be able to withstand

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 or contradict.

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 You'll be delivered up

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 even by parents and brothers

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 and relatives and friends,

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 and some of you

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 they will put to death.

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 You'll be hated by all

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 for My name's sake,

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 but not a hair of your head

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 will perish.

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 By your endurance,

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 you will gain your lives.

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 But when you see Jerusalem

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 surrounded by armies,

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 then know that its desolation

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 has come near.

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 Then let those who are in Judea

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 flee to the mountains,

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 and let those who are inside

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 the city depart,

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 and let not those who are out

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 in the country enter it,

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 for these are days of vengeance

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 to fulfill all that is written.

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 Alas for women who are pregnant

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 and for those who are nursing infants

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 in those days,

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 for there will be great distress

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 upon the earth

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 and wrath against this people.

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 They will fall by the edge

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 of the sword

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 and be led captive

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 among all nations,

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 and Jerusalem will be trampled

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 underfoot by the Gentiles

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 until the times of the Gentiles

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 are fulfilled.

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 And sure enough,

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 eventually Rome too,

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 those Gentiles would fall,

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 but in many ways,

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 still Gentiles trampling

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 in Jerusalem today.

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 And there will be signs

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 in sun and moon and stars

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 and on the earth,

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 distress of nations

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 and perplexity

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 because of the roaring

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 of the sea and the waves,

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 people fainting with fear

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 and with foreboding

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 of what is coming on the world,

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 for the powers of the heavens

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 will be shaken.

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 And then they will see

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 the Son of Man

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 coming in a cloud

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 with power

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 and great glory.

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 Now when these things

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 begin to take place,

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 straighten up

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 and raise your heads

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 because your redemption

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 is drawing near.

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 He told them a parable.

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 Look at the fig tree

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 and all the trees.

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 As soon as they come out

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 and leaf,

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 you see for yourselves

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 and know that the summer

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 is already near.

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 So also when you see

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 these things taking place,

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 you know that the kingdom

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 of God is near.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 this generation

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 will not pass away

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 until all has taken place.

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 Heaven and earth

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 will pass away,

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 but my words

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 will not pass away.

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 But watch yourselves.

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 Lest your hearts

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 be weighed down

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 with dissipation

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 and drunkenness

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 and cares of this life.

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 And that day

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 come upon you

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 suddenly like a trap.

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 For it will come

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 upon all who dwell

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 on the face

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 of the whole earth.

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 But stay awake

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 at all times,

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 praying that you

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 may have strength

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 to escape all these things

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 that are going to take place

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 and to stand before

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 the Son of Man.

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 And every day

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 he was teaching

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 in the temple.

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 But at night

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 he went out

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 and lodged

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 on the mount

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 called Olivet.

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 And early in the morning

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 all the people

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 came to him

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 in the temple

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 to hear him.

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 It starts

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 in the temple.

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 It ends

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 with the temple.

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 It's about

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 the temple.

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 Let's pray

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 and ask for God's help.

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 Jesus,

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 we thank you

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 for your words

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 that will not

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 pass away.

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 And we come

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 to them this morning

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 and want to hear

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 your voice.

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 So would you speak

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 and teach us

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 and change us

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 we ask in your name.

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 Amen.

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 I'm thankful

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 even for this

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 hard passage

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 this morning

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 because I think

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 that Jesus

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 is speaking

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 to many of us

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 right where

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 we are today.

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 It's always true

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 God's word

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 speaks to us

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 but I think

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 especially so today

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 there's a lot

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 of chaos

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 in our lives

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 and in this world

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 isn't there?

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 Many of us

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 are overwhelmed.

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 If you've wondered

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 where God is

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 in this world

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 or in your life

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 you're not alone

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 in this room.

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 I've talked

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 just this week

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 with people

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 struggling

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 with depression

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 because of the

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 realities in their life

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 and their ages

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 span 80 years.

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 It's not easy.

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 Some of you

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 have lost

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 loved ones.

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 You feel alone.

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 Some of us

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 are in the chaos

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 of betrayal

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 and feeling

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 disoriented

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 after the loss

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 of our most

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 trusted relationship

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 in the world.

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 some of us

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 are overwhelmed

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 by the

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 political upheaval

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 the culture

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 of death

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 and division

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 in our own country.

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 Christians being

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 rounded up

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 and killed

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 in other countries

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 and where is God

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 in this?

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 Some of our hearts

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 are breaking

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 every morning

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 as we wake up

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 and think of the

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 destruction

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 in our kids' lives

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 and the pain

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 that that

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 brings us.

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 Some of us

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 just have

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 so many moving

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 pieces right now

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 we can't keep

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 our heads

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 above water.

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 Bills due

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 here and there

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 and all the

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 little things

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 I just can't

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 catch up on

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 you throw in

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 the flu

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 for a few days

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 and life

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 has devolved

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 into chaos.

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 For some of us

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 it's at work

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 where our faith

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 doesn't seem

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 to be helping.

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 For others

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 it's our families

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 spinning out of control.

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 For others

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 it's just our

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 sinful hearts

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 where we feel

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 consistently

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 defeated.

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 Everything seems

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 to work against us.

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 God doesn't seem

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 to be coming

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 through in this

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 chaos.

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 Who's for me?

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 If I'm not

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 talking about

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 your life

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 this week

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 when I describe

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 these things

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 praise the Lord.

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 But you know

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 these feelings

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 you've experienced

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 these feelings

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 or you will.

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 They will come

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 in each of our

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 lives.

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 And you can

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 also know

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 this morning

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 that many

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 around you

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 are feeling

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 this way.

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 Many in this

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 room.

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 Dear

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 Southwood family

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 you're not

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 alone

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 in the chaos

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 in feeling

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 overwhelmed

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 depressed

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 confused

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 tired

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 tired.

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 And Jesus

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 in this

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 passage

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 acknowledges

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 the trials

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 and sufferings

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 and chaos

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 of this life

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 so honestly.

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 He tells us

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 what it's going

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 to be like.

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 He starts

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 talking to his

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 immediate followers

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 but he includes

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 us too

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 and I'm so

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 thankful

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 that he knows

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 the bad

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 stuff

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 because it's

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 really hard

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 in the midst

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 of chaos.

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 Notice that

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 Jesus has

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 little time

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 for pretend

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 turn your frown

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 upside down

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 happy go lucky

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 Christianity.

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 He tells his

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 disciples what

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 it's going to be

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 like.

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 All sorts of

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 trials they'll

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 face.

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 Persecutions

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 imprisonments

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 betrayals

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 even death

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 natural disasters

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 wars

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 chaos

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 everywhere.

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 There will

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 be understandable

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 cause for

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 fear

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 Jesus says.

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 There will

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 even be cause

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 for heading

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 for the hills

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 fleeing the

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 city to escape

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 the slaughter

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 in Jerusalem

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 as many

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 Christians

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 apparently did

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 by the way

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 finding safety

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 in the nearby

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 town of Pella

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 when the Romans

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 overran

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 Jerusalem.

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 Listen to

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 Jesus.

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 People will

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 be against

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 you.

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 Nations

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 will battle

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 against each

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 other and

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 against God's

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 people.

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 Creation

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 itself will

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 spin out of

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 control seemingly.

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 There's a lot

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 of really

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 bad news

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 in this

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 passage.

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 That's mostly

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 what it is.

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 Just being

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 honest.

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 Jesus'

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 forecast for

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 the future

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 circumstances

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 of his

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 followers

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 is bleak

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 at best.

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 The world

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 as they know

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 it will be

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 ending

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 and God

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 will be

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 hard to

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 find in

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 the midst

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 of it.

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 But he

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 offers hope

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 too.

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 Comfort

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 in the

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 chaos

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 that we

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 need this

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 morning.

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 Not

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 comfort in

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 avoiding

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 all of it.

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 Not in

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 circumstances

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 actually being

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 better than

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 predicted.

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 But right

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 there in the

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 midst of your

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 overwhelming

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 life there's

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 good news

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 that you and

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 I need to

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 hear.

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 As we look

00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.419
 at that I

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 want to show

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 you briefly

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.659
 the controversy

00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:27.719
 surrounding this

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 passage.

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 This is a bit

00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:32.620
 academic which

00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:33.199
 neither of us

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 enjoys.

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 But hang

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 with me.

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 The reliability

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 of God's

00:14:37.319 --> 00:14:37.919
 word really

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 matters.

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 Okay?

00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.220
 See in this

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 passage Jesus

00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.839
 talks through the

00:14:42.839 --> 00:14:43.600
 first half at

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 least through

00:14:44.040 --> 00:14:44.980
 verse 24

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 about the

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 destruction of

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 the temple

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 that happens

00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:49.700
 in 70 A.D.

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 That's a huge

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 historical event.

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 He appears

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 then after that

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 to move beyond

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 that date with

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 some apocalyptic

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 language about

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 the end times

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 and his second

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 coming in a

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 cloud with

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 power and

00:15:06.420 --> 00:15:07.279
 glory.

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 And that's

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 okay, right?

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 Except then he

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 also says in

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 verse 32

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 that this

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 generation will

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 not pass away

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 until all

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 has taken

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 place.

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 And at least

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 the surface

00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:22.620
 reading of that

00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:23.299
 verse seems

00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:24.079
 out of place

00:15:24.079 --> 00:15:24.679
 doesn't it?

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 Because Jesus

00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:26.919
 didn't come back

00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:27.719
 and consummate

00:15:27.719 --> 00:15:28.539
 his kingdom in

00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:29.679
 the first century,

00:15:29.839 --> 00:15:30.039
 right?

00:15:30.199 --> 00:15:30.919
 We're still here.

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 So how do we

00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.899
 understand this

00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:35.480
 passage?

00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.879
 Well some have

00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:38.860
 said it's easy,

00:15:38.939 --> 00:15:39.559
 Jesus was just

00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:39.939
 wrong.

00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.539
 He was confused

00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.339
 about how things

00:15:42.339 --> 00:15:43.139
 would play out.

00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:44.139
 No!

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.179
 Don't take that

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 view, not just

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.860
 because I think

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 it's a bad idea.

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 That's a terrible

00:15:49.579 --> 00:15:50.480
 and simplistic

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.539
 reading of this

00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:53.039
 passage where he

00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:54.079
 so clearly

00:15:54.079 --> 00:15:55.620
 predicts accurately

00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:57.259
 so many future

00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:57.959
 realities.

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 That's lazy

00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.799
 and easy.

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 There's really

00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.819
 good ways to

00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:04.819
 understand what

00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:05.620
 Jesus is telling

00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.539
 us here that we

00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:07.019
 need.

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.539
 There's a group,

00:16:08.699 --> 00:16:09.620
 many people who

00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:11.259
 think that Jesus

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.399
 doesn't actually

00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.639
 talk at all here

00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:14.899
 about his second

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 coming.

00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:17.600
 This is a reasonable

00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.720
 possibility that

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:20.299
 the coming of the

00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:21.360
 Son of Man on the

00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.120
 clouds in verse 27

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.799
 is really a picture

00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.820
 of a first century

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 event.

00:16:27.179 --> 00:16:27.860
 It's clearly

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.820
 referencing Daniel

00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:29.980
 chapter 7 as we'll

00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:30.860
 see in just a minute

00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:32.480
 where Jesus comes

00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:33.480
 on the clouds but

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.139
 where does he come?

00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:35.659
 He comes to God

00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:37.480
 himself, to the

00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.539
 ancient of days.

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:41.460
 not coming on

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:42.960
 clouds to earth

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:45.600
 and so some

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.519
 say this all

00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:47.960
 happens during the

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:48.799
 life of this

00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:49.940
 generation of Jesus

00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.820
 followers that he's

00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:51.360
 speaking to.

00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:52.659
 There's some pretty

00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:53.980
 compelling reasons to

00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:54.899
 read it that way

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:56.379
 in which case if

00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:58.080
 that's true all the

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:59.639
 comfort that's given

00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.980
 here is specifically

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:02.779
 to Jesus followers

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:04.700
 right there but we

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.880
 can apply the

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:07.200
 principles from it

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.220
 to our lives.

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.039
 Okay?

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.299
 That's one good

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:10.779
 option.

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:13.039
 But I do think in

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:14.819
 Luke that Jesus has

00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:15.960
 been consistently

00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:18.200
 pointing us beyond

00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:20.620
 today to eternity

00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:21.180
 hasn't he?

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:23.279
 In conversation after

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:24.380
 conversation more and

00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:25.380
 more as we get to the

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:26.799
 end of his life on

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:28.360
 earth and so with the

00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:29.980
 majority of scholars

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.279
 with many others I

00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:32.220
 think the destruction

00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:34.460
 of Jerusalem seeming

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:35.600
 like the end of the

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:37.279
 world is at least a

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:39.879
 picture of those last

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 days.

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 There's strong language

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 here indicating that

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 and if that's the

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 case then we just

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 need to know how to

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 understand verse 32.

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 There's a lot of

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 really good reasonable

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 ways.

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 One that I like

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 notices that this

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 generation that phrase

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 Jesus uses is a very

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 common phrase in Luke

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 and every single time

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 it's used it's used

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 to refer to this

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 wicked generation.

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 Not so much to a

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 group of people who

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 live at the same time

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 and place but a

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 group of people whose

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 hearts are opposed to

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 the rule and reign of

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 God.

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 It's more about an

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 attitude of the heart

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 than it is a

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 particular time.

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 Does that make sense?

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 And so Jesus would be

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 saying here that it's

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 that wickedness, that

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 opposition to God that

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 will continue on earth

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 until he has returned

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 fully and finally in

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 glory and dealt with

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 chaos completely which

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 does seem to be what

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 he's saying here.

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 That's the way I'm

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 approaching the passage.

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 I want you to know

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 that but regardless of

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 that or whether you

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 think I'm crazy, Jesus'

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 focus is not on when

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 all of this will happen

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 is it?

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 You know it's funny

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 that is the direct

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 question he's asked

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 isn't it?

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 They're scared about

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 what's going to happen

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:04.480
 when Jesus so I can be

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:06.720
 ready and he never

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:08.920
 directly answers when

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 all this will happen.

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 He says much about the

00:19:11.840 --> 00:19:12.840
 historical events of

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 the first century but

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:15.480
 people who use this

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 passage merely to fill

00:19:16.580 --> 00:19:17.759
 in their end times

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:19.980
 chart are missing the

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 point.

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 This is to be comfort

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 for us secondarily or

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 directly.

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 So let's get to the

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 good stuff.

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 Come back with us if I

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 lost you for a couple

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 minutes.

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 There's good news and

00:19:35.340 --> 00:19:37.039
 the good news is tucked

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:39.059
 in the midst of all the

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:40.380
 bad news which is

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:41.160
 actually going to make it

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:43.079
 even better good news.

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 Where's our comfort in

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.079
 all of this?

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.420
 If life is chaos and

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:51.100
 overwhelming and I'm out

00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:51.860
 of control where's

00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.319
 comfort?

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:55.139
 comfort, it's in Jesus

00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:56.099
 himself.

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:58.720
 He's the one telling us

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 what's coming and he

00:20:00.419 --> 00:20:01.639
 says in verse 9 what?

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:05.299
 Do not fear.

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:08.000
 Even though all this

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:09.899
 fearful stuff will happen

00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:10.759
 that I'm telling you

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 about, do not fear.

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.480
 How?

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:16.039
 What's the comfort?

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:20.720
 First, his presence is

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.200
 certain.

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:24.319
 Verse 15, you're on

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:25.960
 trial before kings, your

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:28.220
 life is on the line, but

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:29.600
 who is there?

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:35.700
 I will give you a

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:37.880
 mouth and wisdom.

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:41.180
 I will, I will be there

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:42.120
 he says.

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:43.579
 He goes on to say that

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.720
 you will be hated and

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:47.640
 die, but not a hair on

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.640
 your head will perish.

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.720
 What in the world,

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:51.839
 Jesus, if I die, what

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.559
 good is my hair?

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.519
 Y'all, it's the promise

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.779
 of his protection.

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 Sometimes immediate and

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:04.039
 physical, always ultimate

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:05.480
 and eternal.

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 That no one can snatch you

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.400
 out of my hand.

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:10.759
 It's for your good.

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:12.240
 I'm ultimately, no matter

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.480
 what you endure, you will

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.100
 live.

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:16.220
 I'm with you.

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 And it's promises like

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:20.640
 that, that you can take

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:21.339
 to the bank.

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.379
 His promises are

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:24.079
 certain.

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.759
 They're absolutely

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.819
 sure.

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:30.740
 Verse 33, heaven and

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:32.019
 earth will pass away.

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.839
 Can you imagine?

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 But my words will not

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 pass away.

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 Even if it is the end

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:41.619
 of the world, truly,

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:44.019
 it is not the end of

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.000
 God's promises.

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 The mountains may crash

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.539
 into the heart of the sea

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:52.259
 all around me, but God

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:54.680
 is my refuge and my

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.440
 strength.

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:58.279
 His words never fail.

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 Therefore, I will not

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.140
 fear.

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 And maybe the most

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:06.359
 comforting of all,

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.900
 the one who is with you,

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.960
 whose promises you can

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:14.500
 trust is so powerful.

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:18.019
 His power is unparalleled.

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:21.100
 Verse 27, they will see

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:22.500
 the Son of Man coming

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:24.240
 in a cloud with power

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 and great glory.

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 There is someone in

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:30.019
 control of all this chaos,

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:33.000
 in complete control of it.

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:35.460
 Jesus is describing this

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:37.660
 vision from Daniel chapter

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.240
 7.

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 Behold, with the clouds

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:42.160
 of heaven came one like

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.319
 a Son of Man.

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 There it is.

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 And he came to the

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.839
 Ancient of Days and was

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 presented before him.

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 And to him was given

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:52.480
 dominion and glory and a

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:54.680
 kingdom that all people's

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.859
 nations and languages

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 should serve him.

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.579
 His dominion is an

00:22:58.579 --> 00:23:00.440
 everlasting dominion which

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.819
 shall not pass away.

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:04.519
 And his kingdom, one that

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:06.900
 shall not be destroyed.

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:08.980
 There's one person in

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.540
 control.

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:11.700
 Jesus says, listen,

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:13.400
 things may be spinning

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.900
 out of control for you,

00:23:15.040 --> 00:23:17.220
 but they are firmly held

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:19.759
 in my powerful hand.

00:23:20.040 --> 00:23:21.120
 All of them.

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.440
 All the things.

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 Forever.

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 Your suffering is not

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.380
 random.

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:32.519
 Your struggle is not

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.480
 purposeless.

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.559
 hopeless.

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:36.039
 Your future is not

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.880
 hopeless.

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:40.140
 The comfort of this

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.640
 whole message that Jesus

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.660
 is giving to his

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:44.440
 followers is that he is

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.000
 in charge.

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.180
 He's with them,

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.460
 protecting them,

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:49.220
 promising them hope they

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.099
 can count on,

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.839
 and controlling it all

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.980
 no matter what.

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:57.079
 It's kind of a long

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:58.200
 sermon, so I want to let

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.099
 you talk for a minute.

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.200
 There's a beautiful

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.500
 statement of this comfort

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.500
 in the Heidelberg

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.539
 Catechism.

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:06.019
 I want you to say it with

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.019
 me this morning and

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.740
 remember that this is not

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:10.539
 merely theoretical mumbo

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:10.940
 jumbo.

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:12.779
 This is practically,

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.539
 truly,

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:17.180
 your only comfort in life,

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:19.319
 in the chaos swirling all

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.839
 around you,

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:21.180
 and in death.

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.640
 So, say the answer with me.

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.839
 What is your only comfort

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:26.779
 in life and in death?

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:29.519
 That I am not my own,

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.819
 but belong,

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:32.480
 body and soul,

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:34.660
 in life and in death,

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:36.819
 to my faithful Savior,

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.099
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.839
 He has fully paid for all

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:43.039
 my sins with his precious

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:45.639
 blood, and has set me free

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:47.299
 from the tyranny of the

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.599
 devil.

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:51.079
 He also watches over me in

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:53.440
 such a way that not a hair

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:55.240
 can fall for my head

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:57.460
 without the will of my

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.640
 Father in heaven.

00:24:59.320 --> 00:25:01.720
 In fact, all things must

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:03.680
 work together for my

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.500
 salvation.

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.360
 Amen.

00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:09.820
 That's comfort in Jesus.

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:13.779
 So, how do we live now?

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.639
 When the Bible tells us

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.639
 about end times,

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:22.419
 it's not usually for our

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.019
 speculation,

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:25.460
 but for our application

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.779
 in our lives today.

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.980
 How do we live in light of

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.259
 this?

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:31.639
 This passage from beginning

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:33.700
 to end says comfort is

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:35.659
 found in one place.

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.839
 Jesus.

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.039
 Jesus.

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:40.720
 Cling to him.

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:42.480
 That's how we live now.

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:45.619
 Clinging to him by not

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:47.059
 letting your focus get

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:49.279
 distracted by anyone

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.740
 else.

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:51.720
 Saying that they're the one

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.639
 you should hope in.

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.679
 That's verse 8.

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.759
 Don't run after them.

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:59.259
 Or by anything else in

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.000
 this world.

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.959
 Saying that it will

00:26:01.959 --> 00:26:03.379
 medicate your pain and

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.500
 you'll be better.

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:07.599
 That it will calm your

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.319
 chaos.

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.359
 That it will fulfill

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:11.599
 your heart.

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.960
 That's verse 34.

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:18.140
 Jesus is the one

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:19.839
 reigning in power

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.920
 and glory.

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.099
 Always with you now

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:24.299
 for your good.

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.819
 And coming again for

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.880
 your redemption.

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.700
 So keep your focus on

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.140
 him.

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:32.620
 And confidently

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:34.100
 trust him.

00:26:35.780 --> 00:26:36.860
 Jesus says no matter

00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:38.140
 what chaos you're living

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.540
 in.

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.280
 Fear

00:26:40.280 --> 00:26:41.640
 not.

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.700
 You won't face

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.700
 anything

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:48.320
 that he can't care for

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:48.840
 you in.

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.240
 Never.

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:53.460
 No one can snatch

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.720
 you out of his

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.200
 hand.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.900
 So don't panic.

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:59.940
 Don't despair.

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:02.800
 Raise your heads

00:27:02.800 --> 00:27:03.259
 he says.

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.740
 Raise your heads

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:06.280
 fearful ones.

00:27:07.780 --> 00:27:08.460
 Struggling

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.300
 ones.

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:11.160
 Overwhelmed

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:12.100
 ones.

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.980
 Raise your heads

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.960
 because your

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.700
 redemption

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:17.200
 is drawing

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.100
 near.

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.720
 Verse

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.400
 28.

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.780
 Your

00:27:20.780 --> 00:27:21.380
 redeemer

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.280
 is

00:27:22.280 --> 00:27:23.220
 coming.

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.540
 Fix your eyes

00:27:24.540 --> 00:27:25.700
 on the unseen

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.800
 the eternal.

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.819
 He's coming

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.859
 back for you.

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.500
 Finally

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.659
 what to do

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.299
 in light of all

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.700
 this?

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.779
 To help you

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.259
 cling

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.200
 to the

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.940
 comforter.

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.500
 To tighten

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.619
 your heart's

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.019
 grip

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.119
 on him.

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.339
 Pray.

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.180
 Pray.

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.500
 Pray.

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.379
 Verse

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:49.579
 36.

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.720
 Stay awake

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.519
 at all times

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.119
 praying

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.639
 that you may

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.319
 have strength

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.079
 to escape

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.679
 all these

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:57.259
 things that

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.559
 are going

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.960
 to take

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.379
 place

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.919
 and stand

00:27:58.919 --> 00:27:59.439
 before

00:27:59.439 --> 00:28:00.740
 the Son

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.240
 of Man.

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.319
 It's not

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.579
 just

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.939
 spiritualizing

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:05.179
 hard times.

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.519
 Jesus is not

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.299
 telling you to

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.980
 pray because

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.359
 he's a

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:08.919
 Christian and

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.359
 you have to

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.980
 include that

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.480
 at the end

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.980
 of everything

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.379
 else.

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.740
 Make sure

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.119
 you pray

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.480
 too.

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.460
 He's telling

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.299
 us to pray

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.279
 because there's

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.399
 no other

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:18.379
 way to

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.839
 make it

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.359
 through this

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.200
 life clinging

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.779
 to him.

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.099
 Pray.

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.480
 Y'all the

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.220
 logic is not

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.740
 hard.

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.339
 Life is

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:26.799
 chaotic

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:28.079
 and overwhelming.

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.640
 There is

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.740
 only one

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.860
 person in

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.360
 control.

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.660
 So we

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.100
 have to

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.900
 cry out

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.400
 to him.

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:38.440
 You have

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.019
 to cling

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.519
 to him.

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.620
 You must

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.500
 train your

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.299
 heart moment

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.000
 by moment

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.720
 to trust

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.180
 in him.

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:44.920
 Pray.

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.440
 Not that

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.220
 your life

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.700
 will get

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.100
 better.

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.880
 Not that

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.799
 the chaos

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.380
 will go

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:51.819
 away.

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.680
 Not that

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.160
 you'll come

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.740
 out looking

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.420
 good on

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.740
 the other

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.340
 side.

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.620
 Pray that

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.300
 you will

00:28:58.300 --> 00:29:00.100
 stand before

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:01.620
 the Son

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.300
 of Man.

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.060
 That's what

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:04.080
 really matters.

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.680
 Fix your

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.160
 eyes on

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.480
 him.

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.519
 Trust him

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.019
 no matter

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.560
 what,

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:10.360
 no matter

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:11.160
 how dark

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:12.060
 things seem

00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:13.400
 and pray,

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.320
 pray,

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.300
 pray.

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.500
 That's

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.560
 clinging to

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:19.140
 the comforter.

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.440
 I want to

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.759
 give you an

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.240
 image of

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.519
 clinging to

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.180
 the comforter.

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.819
 In a movie

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.200
 that I've

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:25.139
 never seen

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:26.220
 called

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.759
 Twister,

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.180
 there's a

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.200
 great scene

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:31.440
 where two

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.680
 storm chasers,

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.799
 Helen Hunt

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.299
 and Bill

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.879
 Paxton,

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.900
 are out

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.960
 in a farm

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.339
 and there's

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.759
 this incredibly

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.599
 devastating

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.339
 tornado

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.180
 blowing through.

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.400
 I mean,

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.779
 that's why

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.259
 they're there,

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.000
 but this is

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.279
 more than

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.599
 they can

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.920
 handle.

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.619
 And here

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.119
 it comes.

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.099
 There is

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.900
 debris

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:48.019
 flying all

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.480
 around them,

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.859
 cows coming

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.399
 by through

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.699
 the air,

00:29:50.979 --> 00:29:52.419
 fences flying,

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:54.659
 everything is

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.139
 out of

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.679
 control.

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.839
 And they're

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.819
 looking desperately

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.699
 for safety.

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.339
 Their lives

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.240
 depend on

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.419
 finding one

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:04.500
 calm,

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:06.599
 firm place.

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.539
 And their

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.179
 last hope is

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.799
 an old well

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.719
 house that

00:30:09.719 --> 00:30:10.299
 looks like it's

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.879
 about to go

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.159
 to.

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.579
 They make it

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:14.459
 inside and

00:30:14.459 --> 00:30:15.259
 there it is.

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.579
 There it is.

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:18.719
 One metal

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:21.460
 bar bolted

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.620
 to the ground

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:25.660
 and they

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.420
 strap

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.339
 themselves to

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.259
 it as

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.000
 tightly as

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.600
 they can

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.220
 and then

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.200
 they cling

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.319
 to it and

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.480
 hang on,

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.519
 as he says,

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.620
 while the

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.740
 storm blows

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:38.240
 everything else

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.600
 away.

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.860
 Listen,

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.900
 life is

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.380
 blowing

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.779
 everything

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.700
 around you

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:49.160
 or it

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.599
 will one

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:49.839
 day.

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.920
 And there

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.460
 will be

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.160
 a metal

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:54.839
 bar firmly

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:56.180
 bolted to

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.799
 the ground.

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.759
 And I can

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.079
 already tell

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.379
 you who it

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.639
 is.

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.839
 You can

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.160
 already tell

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.599
 me who it

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:00.920
 is.

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.259
 It's

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.680
 Jesus.

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.460
 Hymn writers

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.839
 have been

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.420
 telling us

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.819
 this for

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.359
 centuries

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.879
 because they've

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.619
 lived through

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:07.799
 it.

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.079
 When darkness

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.839
 veils his

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.839
 lovely face,

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.099
 I rest on

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:13.440
 his unchanging

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.339
 grace.

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.439
 in every

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:16.059
 high and

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.639
 stormy

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:16.959
 gale,

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.039
 my anchor

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.959
 holds

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:20.099
 within the

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.399
 veil.

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.399
 Though Satan

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:23.019
 should buffet,

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.419
 though trials

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:25.099
 should come,

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.079
 let this

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.000
 blessed assurance

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.299
 control that

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.500
 Christ has

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.379
 regarded my

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.899
 helpless

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:32.399
 estate and

00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:32.959
 has shed

00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:33.579
 his own

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.799
 blood for

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.459
 my soul.

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.720
 Fear not,

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.939
 I am with

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:39.220
 thee.

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.099
 O be not

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.779
 dismayed,

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.419
 for I am

00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:42.959
 thy God and

00:31:42.959 --> 00:31:43.359
 will still

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.259
 give thee aid.

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:44.839
 I'll

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.299
 strengthen

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.619
 thee,

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.480
 help thee,

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.459
 and cause

00:31:47.459 --> 00:31:47.879
 thee to

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:49.199
 stand upheld

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:50.079
 by my

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.659
 righteous,

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.959
 omnipotent

00:31:51.959 --> 00:31:52.579
 hand.

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.559
 When all

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.319
 around my

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.659
 soul gives

00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:57.119
 way,

00:31:58.419 --> 00:31:59.679
 he then

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.959
 is all

00:32:00.959 --> 00:32:02.279
 my hope

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:04.000
 and stay.

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.379
 Cling to

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:06.720
 him.

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.779
 Don't let

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.079
 go.

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.819
 And now I

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.159
 got better

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.619
 news for

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:13.799
 you.

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:16.679
 He's

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:16.959
 already

00:32:16.959 --> 00:32:17.480
 holding on

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.839
 to you

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:19.079
 and he

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.459
 won't let

00:32:19.459 --> 00:32:19.679
 go.

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.779
 I've

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.079
 told you

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.259
 all in

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.519
 the last

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.000
 few weeks

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:24.879
 that I've

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.259
 been living

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.740
 in one of

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:27.359
 those overwhelming

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.439
 chaotic seasons

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:28.959
 of life

00:32:28.959 --> 00:32:29.459
 myself.

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:32.179
 I'll tell you

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.559
 what has been

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.379
 helping me

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.519
 cling to

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.919
 Jesus

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:36.139
 because I've

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.720
 needed it.

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.399
 I've been

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:39.379
 over and

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.579
 over back

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.399
 to the vision

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:42.720
 given to

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.199
 John in

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:43.659
 Revelation

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.679
 chapter 1.

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:45.919
 I want you

00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:46.240
 to look at

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.399
 this.

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.659
 I've been

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.099
 dying to

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.399
 share this

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:47.619
 with you

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:47.799
 all and

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.279
 finally the

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.859
 passage lets

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.259
 me talk

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.779
 about it.

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.699
 In the

00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:51.159
 midst of the

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.699
 lamp stands

00:32:51.699 --> 00:32:52.359
 one like a

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.639
 son of

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:52.899
 man.

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.099
 There he is

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.500
 like a

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.779
 son of

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:54.980
 man,

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.199
 right?

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:55.819
 Talking about

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.159
 the same

00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.439
 guy.

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.480
 Clothed with

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.960
 a long

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.359
 robe,

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:58.879
 with a

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.599
 golden sash

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.119
 around his

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.519
 chest,

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.200
 the hairs

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.539
 of his

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:01.960
 head were

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.659
 white like

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.399
 white wool

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:04.299
 like snow.

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.359
 His eyes

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.879
 were like a

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.460
 flame of

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.819
 fire,

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.740
 his feet

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.119
 were like

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.559
 burnished

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.639
 bronze refined

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.000
 in a

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.259
 furnace,

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.079
 and his

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.599
 voice was

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:11.980
 like the

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.779
 roar of

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.639
 many waters.

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.379
 In his

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.200
 right hand

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.059
 he held

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:17.299
 seven stars,

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.240
 and from

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.899
 his mouth

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.500
 came a

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.240
 sharp two-edged

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.720
 sword,

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.019
 and his

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.980
 face was

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.359
 like the

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:23.419
 sun shining

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:24.339
 in full

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.819
 strength.

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:25.279
 I won't

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.539
 go into

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.859
 all the

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.160
 details,

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.480
 but it

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.180
 means he's

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:28.460
 really wise,

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.000
 and his

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.660
 promises are

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.660
 really true,

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.240
 and he's

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.440
 really powerful,

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.279
 and it is

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.899
 meant to be

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.619
 an overwhelming

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.119
 picture,

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.980
 so much so

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.359
 that this is

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.819
 what happens

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.119
 to the guy

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.500
 who sees

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.660
 it.

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.519
 Verse 17,

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.920
 when I saw

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:42.200
 him I fell

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.859
 at his feet

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.279
 as though

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.920
 dead,

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:46.019
 but he laid

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.519
 his right

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.099
 hand on

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.359
 me,

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.680
 saying,

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.619
 fear not,

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.139
 there it is

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.440
 again,

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.339
 I am the

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.240
 first and

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.799
 the last

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.200
 and the

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.839
 living one,

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:56.439
 I died,

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.480
 and behold,

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.459
 I am alive

00:33:58.459 --> 00:33:59.359
 forevermore,

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.199
 and I have

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.879
 the keys of

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.279
 death and

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.599
 Hades.

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.139
 Do you

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.480
 hear him?

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.319
 He's got his

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.879
 hand on your

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.159
 shoulder,

00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:08.920
 and he says,

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.559
 I know what

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:09.900
 you're going

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.179
 through,

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.880
 I've been

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.480
 through worse,

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.420
 I died,

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:15.259
 and I'm

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.719
 alive,

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.880
 and now I

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.639
 have the keys

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.019
 over the

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.539
 things that

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.440
 are driving

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.360
 you crazy,

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.159
 over death

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.679
 itself,

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.579
 over Satan

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.019
 himself,

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.940
 I control

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.400
 them,

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:27.659
 trust me,

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.659
 I've got

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.960
 you,

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.840
 and then

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.700
 the best

00:34:30.700 --> 00:34:31.079
 part,

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:31.820
 last thing,

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.860
 verse 20,

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.039
 as for the

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.579
 mystery of

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.059
 the seven

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:36.000
 stars that

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.460
 you saw

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.780
 in my

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.440
 right hand,

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.159
 wow,

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.380
 isn't that

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.760
 amazing,

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:40.000
 seven stars,

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.700
 but look

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:40.900
 what they

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.159
 are,

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:44.019
 the seven

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.440
 stars are

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.920
 the angels

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.559
 of the seven

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.960
 churches,

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.639
 representing

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.639
 all the

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.039
 churches,

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.280
 the seven

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.099
 lampstands are

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.539
 the seven

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.960
 churches,

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.860
 he's walking

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.539
 around in

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.179
 the midst

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:54.099
 of his

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.559
 people,

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.519
 he's there

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.159
 with you,

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:59.260
 and he

00:34:59.260 --> 00:35:00.619
 holds you

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.659
 in his

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.179
 hand,

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.639
 he holds

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:05.880
 us in

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.599
 his hand,

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:09.179
 powerful,

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.840
 kind,

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.860
 unwavering

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.740
 hand,

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.860
 he's holding

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.340
 you,

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.699
 he's not

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.280
 letting go,

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.240
 ever,

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:22.739
 the

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.119
 destruction

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.479
 of the

00:35:23.479 --> 00:35:23.959
 temple was

00:35:23.959 --> 00:35:24.399
 going to

00:35:24.399 --> 00:35:25.039
 leave God's

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.879
 people feeling

00:35:25.879 --> 00:35:26.699
 that he

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.379
 had abandoned

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:27.719
 them,

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:30.759
 how could

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.019
 they ever

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.399
 get back

00:35:31.399 --> 00:35:32.199
 that relationship

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:33.599
 they were

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.119
 made for,

00:35:34.939 --> 00:35:36.479
 and Jesus

00:35:36.479 --> 00:35:38.000
 stands in

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.759
 this very

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.359
 temple,

00:35:40.479 --> 00:35:41.179
 and says,

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.079
 when it's

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.719
 gone,

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.359
 God has

00:35:44.359 --> 00:35:45.639
 not abandoned

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.079
 you,

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:48.079
 God still

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:50.199
 meets with

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.619
 sinners,

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.119
 something greater

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.619
 than the

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.440
 temple is

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.900
 here,

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.900
 as he says

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.440
 elsewhere,

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.579
 if I had to

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.259
 put 34

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:57.980
 verses into

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.920
 one sentence,

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.559
 and you wish I

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.079
 did it earlier,

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.340
 it's this,

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:04.679
 cling to

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.360
 Jesus,

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.420
 because no

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.139
 matter what

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.759
 happens,

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.219
 he is the

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:10.319
 place God

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:11.779
 still meets

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:12.599
 with sinners,

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.539
 and still

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.840
 clings to

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.119
 sinners,

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.679
 he is,

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.819
 see him,

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:19.960
 offering himself

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.980
 to fearful

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:22.380
 followers in

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.159
 the Jerusalem

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:24.059
 temple,

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.519
 that's what he's

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.179
 doing here,

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.759
 see him

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:31.739
 being a firm

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.699
 foundation that

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:34.000
 is holding on

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:35.119
 to persecuted

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:36.599
 Christians in

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:38.279
 Revelation chapter

00:36:38.279 --> 00:36:38.779
 one,

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:41.219
 see him

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:44.239
 meeting with

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.679
 sinners,

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.619
 men and women,

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.719
 boys and girls

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.559
 in Huntsville,

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.420
 Alabama,

00:36:50.359 --> 00:36:51.239
 through his

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.779
 body and

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:54.199
 blood given

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:55.759
 for you,

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.359
 that's what he

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.179
 says is happening

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.619
 here,

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.440
 the Lord Jesus

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.739
 on the night

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.400
 that he was

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.199
 betrayed took

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.659
 bread,

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:04.699
 bread,

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:08.639
 he broke it,

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.159
 and he gave

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.559
 it to his

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.279
 followers as

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:12.000
 I'm ministering

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.500
 in his name,

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.299
 give this bread

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.859
 to you,

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.699
 and he said

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.139
 take,

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.799
 eat,

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.579
 this is my

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.980
 body,

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.679
 do this in

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.399
 remembrance of

00:37:20.399 --> 00:37:20.559
 me,

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.359
 I want to be

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:22.219
 there with

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.480
 you,

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.059
 and in the

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.500
 same way he

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.839
 took the

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.279
 cup and

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.940
 said this

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.379
 cup's not

00:37:25.379 --> 00:37:25.759
 like any

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:25.960
 other,

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.559
 it's the

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.099
 new covenant

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.759
 in my

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.299
 blood,

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:30.359
 shed for

00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:31.319
 many for

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:32.000
 the remission,

00:37:32.399 --> 00:37:33.039
 the forgiveness

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:34.059
 of sins,

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:35.219
 drink from

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.460
 it,

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.159
 and I'm

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:38.219
 there with

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:38.579
 you,

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:39.980
 for as often

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.500
 as you eat

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.039
 this bread

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.679
 and drink

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.320
 this cup,

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.440
 you proclaim

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.360
 his death

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.400
 until he

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.960
 comes again

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.259
 and he's

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.559
 coming,

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.820
 that's why

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.139
 he gives

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.840
 this to us,

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.659
 that we

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:52.079
 will cling

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:52.820
 to him

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.739
 afresh

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:54.639
 again today,

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:54.960
 that's why

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.320
 we need to

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.800
 do this

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.679
 so often,

00:37:56.779 --> 00:37:56.960
 that we'll

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.659
 be strengthened

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.940
 to cling

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.400
 to him

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.739
 as he

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:00.259
 clings

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:01.380
 to us,

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:01.960
 if you see

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.619
 him here

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.219
 at this

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.519
 table,

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.199
 and you

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.960
 trust him

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.219
 in the

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.719
 midst of

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.559
 everything

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.000
 in your

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.339
 life,

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.699
 come and

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.599
 be strengthened

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.779
 knowing he

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.619
 holds you

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.739
 and you

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:13.139
 can hold

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.420
 on to

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.679
 him,

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.679
 if you

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.400
 don't trust

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:16.699
 him,

00:38:17.299 --> 00:38:17.779
 if he's

00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:18.219
 not the

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.880
 place where

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.679
 you've

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:20.659
 cast yourself

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.039
 in the

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.599
 midst of

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.380
 difficulties

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:22.920
 of life,

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.960
 don't come

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.400
 and eat

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.839
 at this

00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:25.219
 table,

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.599
 but we'd

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.199
 still invite

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.559
 you to

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:28.159
 come and

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.859
 talk with

00:38:28.859 --> 00:38:29.099
 us,

00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:29.639
 if you

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.259
 come forward

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:30.579
 you can

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.000
 ask us,

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.420
 we'll pray

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.839
 with you,

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.279
 we love

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:32.519
 that,

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.019
 or we'll

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.519
 talk with

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.980
 you after

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.619
 the service,

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.579
 we're thrilled

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:35.960
 that you're

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.239
 here,

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.839
 and there's

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.359
 nothing we

00:38:37.359 --> 00:38:37.659
 would want

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:37.900
 you to

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.639
 know more

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:38.960
 than the

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.859
 only place

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:40.400
 of refuge

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.980
 and safety

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.719
 in this

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.460
 world that

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.000
 any of us

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.559
 has found

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.940
 that holds,

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 and it's

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.239
 Jesus,

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.019
 and he's

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:48.380
 here to

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.799
 meet with

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.099
 you,

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.699
 God meets

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.599
 with sinners

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.880
 now,

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:54.319
 not in the

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:54.679
 temple,

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:56.159
 in Jesus,

00:38:56.859 --> 00:38:57.539
 let's pray

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:57.900
 and we'll do

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.460
 that together,

00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:00.599
 Jesus,

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.240
 thank you

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:02.780
 that we

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.059
 can know

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.559
 our father

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.320
 again because

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:04.720
 of what

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:04.920
 you've

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.159
 done,

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:08.260
 thank you

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.539
 that you

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.000
 are with

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.400
 us,

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.860
 no matter

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 what,

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 and as we

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 eat this

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.320
 bread and

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.860
 drink this

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:15.340
 juice,

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.780
 would you

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.539
 use very

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.500
 common elements

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.400
 for a very,

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.559
 very sacred

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.159
 purpose,

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.679
 that we

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:22.980
 would be

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.619
 strengthened in

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.260
 our hearts

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:25.620
 to see you

00:39:25.620 --> 00:39:26.040
 clearly,

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.340
 and to hold

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:27.880
 on to you

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.700
 more desperately

00:39:28.700 --> 00:39:29.420
 and firmly

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.740
 than when we

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.200
 came in.

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:33.160
 We ask it

00:39:33.160 --> 00:39:33.660
 in your name.

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.520
 For more

00:39:38.520 --> 00:39:39.040
 information,

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.840
 visit us

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.740
 online at

00:39:40.740 --> 00:39:41.640
 southwood.org.