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 Thank you all so much.

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 Beautiful to have a chance to look forward to what lies ahead.

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 We are coming this morning to the end of our study in the book of Daniel.

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 Well, we're looking at the last chapter, chapter 12, and we'll also look back a little bit through the rest of the book.

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 One request before we jump in today.

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 I really value your prayers for me.

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 I mean that. I always mean that. I need them.

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 I'd especially appreciate your prayers this week as I'm taking some time away to study and pray,

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 primarily in preparation for our fall sermon series and looking ahead towards that.

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 Pray that God would teach me, would direct me and guide me as I spend that time with him,

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 would help me understand and explain his word and his heart for his people here at Southwood.

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 I'd really appreciate that if you'd be praying for me this week.

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 But one more time in the book of Daniel.

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 I'm going to miss Daniel.

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 I've loved this study.

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 Some of you will miss the piercing gaze of the lion.

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 You've told me that.

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 You want this slide to stay up there.

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 A lot fewer of you will miss the cutest sermon series title I've ever written,

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 Lions and Fires and Prayers.

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 Oh my.

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 Should have gotten rid of that one a long time ago.

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 But Daniel has taught us not just about those things, but about God, the true king,

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 and what it looks like for us to follow him in this crazy, difficult, messed up world that we live in.

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 That's the context of the chapter we're about to read.

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 Chapter 12 begins with the end of a vision that's been going on for a while now.

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 An apocalyptic vision about wars and suffering for God's people and devastatingly difficult days to live in.

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 And then after that, there's one final vision to close the book.

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 Listen as I read beginning at verse 1.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 The heavenly messenger says to Daniel,

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 At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people.

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 And there shall be a time of trouble such as never has been since there was a nation till that time.

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 But at that time your people shall be delivered.

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 Everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.

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 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake.

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 Some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above.

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 And those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.

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 But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end.

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 Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall increase.

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 That's the end of that first vision.

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 Daniel, put it away.

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 There's a time coming that we need to save it for and protect this vision for God's people to have then.

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 And that's the end of this vision that's been running for several pages now.

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 And then Daniel sees this last vision at the end of the book.

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 Verse 5,

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 I, Daniel, looked and behold two others stood.

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 One on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.

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 And someone said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the stream,

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 How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?

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 And I heard the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the stream.

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 He raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and swore by him who lives forever

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 that it would be for a time, times, and half a time.

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 And that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end,

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 all these things would be finished.

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 I heard, but I did not understand.

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 And then I said, Oh my Lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?

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 He said, Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.

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 Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined,

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 but the wicked shall act wickedly.

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 And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

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 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away

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 and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days.

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 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days.

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 But go your way till the end, and you shall rest

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 and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.

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 Will you pray with me?

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 Father, thank you for your word.

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 Thank you that in times of trouble and times when we don't know what and whom to trust,

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 that we can trust in you and trust your word to speak to us.

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 And so we are here this morning to hear from you.

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 Holy Spirit, would you speak?

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 Would you use even one who doesn't understand,

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 like you used Daniel when he didn't always understand?

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 Would you speak to us?

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 It is you we desire and need to hear from.

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 And we ask that you would give us ears to hear.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 How much longer are we there yet?

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 Some of you have heard those classic questions before.

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 From every vacation you've ever taken where the destination was longer than,

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 I don't know, 10 minutes away or something like that.

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 When are we going to get there?

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 Because your kids are excited about the destination,

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 this fun vacation they're going to have,

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 but less excited about the not as fun car trip to get there.

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 Sometimes my kids ask a different question in a different context.

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 Dad, who do you think is going to win?

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 Sometimes the game is still in the first half.

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 I don't know who's going to win.

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 It's a big game maybe and they're anxious.

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 Or it's a scary part of a movie they've never seen before.

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 And your two-year-old looks up and says,

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 is he going to be okay?

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 I'm anxious.

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 How is this going to turn out?

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 Maybe you've asked one of those questions this week in your distress or sorrow.

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 How long, O Lord?

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 How much longer will we deal with these difficulties?

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 Will I face these griefs and pains?

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 Or the second type of question,

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 what can be done?

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 How will this ever get any better?

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 Is there any hope for a good outcome?

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 Come?

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 Both of those deeply felt questions are asked here in Daniel chapter 12.

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 But in this case, it's ultimate questions.

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 Ultimate how much longer kinds of questions.

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 They're asked by an angel of God and a prophet of God

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 who have heard that there is unparalleled evil to come

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 such as they've never seen.

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 And unparalleled deliverance as well.

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 And so the angel first says,

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 how long will this great evil last?

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 That's the question in verse 6.

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 And then Daniel, fearful for God's people,

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 hears the answer to that but doesn't understand.

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 And so he asks,

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 okay, well, just how's it all going to turn out?

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 Maybe I'm not tracking with the timing and how all that,

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 but just tell me, is it going to be okay?

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 Okay.

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 We ask these kinds of questions, don't we?

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 We ask them because as we've said from week one in the book of Daniel,

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 we live in a difficult world.

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 In a world where it's hard to follow Christ in all of life

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 when many others around us are not.

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 It's hard to live in a pluralistic society

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 and maintain a singular devotion to God.

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 It's hard to face persecution, crisis, tragedy, injustice, godless authorities, and so forth.

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 And keep your head on straight.

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 Much less have the wherewithal to know how to follow the true king.

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 Probably don't have to convince you of that this week.

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 I thought about this reality this week as I was preparing for this sermon

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 and realized that we said those things when we started this series maybe three months ago.

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 And we had lots of examples of that then.

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 And some of them, many of them even, are off the radar now.

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 We're not even thinking about those things.

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 Just the events of this week have given us enough to overwhelm us, haven't they?

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 Tragedies and difficulties in the news just in one week could overwhelm our hearts again.

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 And the same is true in many of our lives personally, isn't it?

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 Things you were concerned about three months ago

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 and haven't even thought about them this week,

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 but you've had other things on your plate.

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 It's been difficult.

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 You haven't known how things would go.

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 Now, Daniel can relate to that, can't he?

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 He's passing his days in exile, away from the promised land.

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 It's been about 70 years now.

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 Basically his entire lifetime.

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 And Daniel's been there facing these same difficulties.

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 Every week new and different things in Babylon.

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 Sometimes his life has nearly been snuffed out.

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 He's been through the whole thing a prophet of Yahweh,

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 surrounded by people who worship other gods.

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 They don't want to hear from him.

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 And now what's he told?

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 Things are going to get worse for God's people.

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 As this vision that starts this chapter begins in chapter 11

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 and runs through that chapter,

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 we're told of horrible persecutions.

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 Many under the Greek king Antiochus Epiphanes

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 to come in the second century BC.

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 Then even more of them in a future time

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 where the figure we know is the Antichrist

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 will bring even more awful suffering on God's people.

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 This is what's being talked about in verse 1 there.

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 In the middle of verse 1,

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 there shall be a time of trouble

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 such as never has been

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 since there was a nation till that time.

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 God's people have had trouble

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 all the way up to here.

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 And he says it's going to get worse

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 in ways you've never seen.

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 The point essentially in this vision is this.

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 You think things are as bad as they could be.

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 Well, they get worse for God's people later.

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 And then there will still be worse things ahead of those

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 that these things are only glimpses

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 of the ultimate difficulty.

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 Now process that, Daniel.

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 Process that when you think things are as bad

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 as they could be.

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 It'll get worse and then again later

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 there will be more difficulty to come.

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 When we hear warnings like these

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 that the worst is yet to come,

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 we tend to respond one of three ways.

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 I've read all of these on Facebook just this week.

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 It's a great place to go for sermon prep.

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 Sometimes we give up.

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 Just quit altogether, right?

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 Become hopeless and despondent

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 in the face of pain,

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 face of the brokenness of the world.

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 Sometimes, I think maybe this is

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 our most common tendency,

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 at least it is this week,

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 sometimes we stress out.

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 Scrolling through the latest social media feeds,

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 reading one article after the next,

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 just becoming fearful and frantic.

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 Or sometimes, we buckle down.

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 We strategize how we're going to fix the problem,

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 how we can prevent the worst from happening,

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 at least happening to me.

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 Again, the visions God gives Daniel

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 throughout the book,

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 don't hold back the reality of suffering

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 we will face as we follow the true King.

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 It's like the psalmist over and over again

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 speaking of enemies,

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 of the wicked,

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 of those who mock and taunt

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 and pursue Him.

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 That's the life that God's people

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 are called into.

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 That's what they're supposed to sing

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 and pray about when they come into worship.

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 Just flip through the psalms

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 and you'll see it.

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 Suffering,

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 pain,

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 confusion,

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 cries of,

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 how long,

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 oh Lord?

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 They're all over the place.

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 But in the midst of that real suffering,

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 in answer to the ultimate cries

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 of how much longer

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 and how will this turn out,

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 Daniel's told something different

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 from give up

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 or stress out

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 or buckle down.

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 He's told,

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 go your way.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 Daniel asks his question there in verse 8.

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 What's gonna happen?

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 Tell me how it's gonna turn out.

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 And God says,

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 go your way, Daniel.

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 There's gonna be a lot of things that happen.

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 There's gonna be people who trust me,

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 the wise,

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 and they're gonna be refined.

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 And there's gonna be the wicked

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 who do wicked things

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 and don't understand.

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 And there's gonna be all these days

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 and lots of time's gonna pass

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 and then down to verse 13.

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 But Daniel,

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 hear me clearly.

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 What you need to do is

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 go your way

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 till the end.

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 When life seems uncertain,

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 we don't understand exactly

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 how many days are gonna play out.

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 When things seem unfair,

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 when we're tempted

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 to begin feeling hopeless,

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 we must live by faith.

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 Just do what I've told you.

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 Just trust me.

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 Just go back to what I've called you to.

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 You may hear echoes perhaps of Aslan

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 saying,

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 I tell no one any story but his own.

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 Or the resurrected Jesus

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 saying to Peter

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 who wants to know about John,

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 what is that to you?

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 You follow me.

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 Just go your way.

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 And that can sound almost trite by itself,

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 can't it?

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 In the midst of where Daniel finds himself

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 to say,

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 hey, just chill out.

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 Just go your own way.

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 Just do your thing.

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 It can sound like it's minimizing

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 Daniel's pain and anguish.

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 Like it's disregarding

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 his well-warranted concern

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 for God's people.

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 Have you ever been in pain

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 and someone said,

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 just carry on.

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 Trust me.

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 No big deal.

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 And you think,

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 yeah,

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 yeah right.

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 Sure.

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 I'll just go my own way.

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 How am I supposed to do that?

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 How can I know the trouble

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 that lies ahead?

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 Can I see this vision

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 and just go my own way?

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 Just live by faith,

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 pastor says.

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 God says this to Daniel.

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 He doesn't just say,

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 go your own way.

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 He says,

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 heavenly glories

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 must transform

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 our outlook

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 on earthly difficulties.

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 I changed the words a little

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 in the last couple days.

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 Sorry.

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 But notice,

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 heavenly glories

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 must not minimize

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 earthly temporal difficulties,

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 not eliminate

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 the concern,

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 but transform

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 our outlook

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 on them.

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 How we respond

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 to the difficulties

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 that will indeed

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 be there.

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 The devastating

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 and worsening

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 news feed

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 is real.

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 There's no need

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 to deny that.

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 But it's not all

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 that's real.

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 So it can't be

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 the only thing

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 shaping and controlling

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 the outlook

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 of our hearts,

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 and it does that

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 so fast,

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 doesn't it?

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 When that's all

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 we're looking at,

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 when that's the only thing

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 that seems to be real

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 and that seems

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 to matter,

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 we've got to be looking

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 somewhere else

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 as well.

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 As Daniel has been told,

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 many of the difficulties

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 will persist

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 and some will worsen,

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 but our perspective

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 on them

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:05.460
 must be

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 an eternal one.

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 There's no other way

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 to live by faith,

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 to make it through

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 this crazy life,

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 to follow the true king

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 in a world

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 that often doesn't feel

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 like he's on the throne.

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 Theologian Michael Green

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 tells of the early church

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 that their practice

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 was to record

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 the dates

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 of the death

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 of martyrs.

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 They'd write down

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 the appropriate date

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 in their calendar year,

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 and then they would add

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 the Latin phrase

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 Regnante Jesu Christo,

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 in the reign

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 It was a discipline

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 to remind them

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 of their only hope

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 in those times

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 when it didn't seem

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 like the true king

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 was Jesus Christ,

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 to remind them

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 that he indeed

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 was on the throne

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 and would remain

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 on the throne

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 even when everything

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 around them

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 didn't look that way.

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 The loss of a beloved martyr

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 made no sense

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 apart from an eternal hope.

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 Apart from King Jesus

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 reigning and offering hope

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 beyond the grave,

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 the death would have been

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 the end, right?

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 That's the hope

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 of Daniel chapter 12.

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 When facing death

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 from the persecution

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 of God's people

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 or from Daniel's aging body

00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:34.779
 that would give out

00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:36.119
 before he experienced

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 the fulfillment

00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:38.299
 of all God's promises,

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 Daniel is told this,

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 verse 2,

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 many of those

00:18:42.459 --> 00:18:43.019
 who sleep

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 in the dust

00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.119
 of the earth

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 shall awake,

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 some to everlasting life

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 and some to shame

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 and everlasting contempt.

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 And those who are wise

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 shall shine

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 like the brightness

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 of the sky above

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 and those who turn

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 many to righteousness

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 like the stars

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 forever and ever.

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 That phrase everlasting life

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 used only here

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 in the entire Old Testament.

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 Right after the verse

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 about trouble

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 such as has never been,

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 Daniel,

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 there will be everlasting life.

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 How else do you go your way?

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 When a loved one

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 has died,

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 especially tragically

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 or senselessly,

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 you've got to be able

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 to see both the horrific pain

00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:32.759
 of the temporal loss

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.699
 plunging you

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 and your world

00:19:34.459 --> 00:19:35.399
 into darkness

00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:38.659
 and at the same time

00:19:38.659 --> 00:19:40.539
 the unimaginable glory

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:43.339
 of life never ending,

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 shining like stars

00:19:45.939 --> 00:19:47.039
 forever and ever,

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 that that's also true.

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 That's facing death.

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 What about when facing

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.500
 insignificance?

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 From feeling small,

00:20:00.379 --> 00:20:00.899
 forgotten,

00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:03.359
 unsuccessful,

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.279
 unimportant,

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:06.579
 like a marginalized prophet

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.879
 who's seeing little fruit

00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:08.839
 from his lifetime

00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.859
 of labors.

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 Daniel is told

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 in verse one,

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 there's gonna be

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:15.099
 this time of trouble,

00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:16.799
 but at that same time

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.279
 your people

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.119
 shall be delivered.

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:19.579
 Everyone whose name

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.719
 shall be found written

00:20:20.719 --> 00:20:22.240
 in the book.

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 Daniel,

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 you're not forgotten.

00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:27.099
 Your name

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:28.639
 is in his book.

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:30.539
 The God of heaven

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:32.259
 knew you long ago.

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 He knows your name today

00:20:35.179 --> 00:20:37.099
 and one day soon

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:38.139
 he is coming

00:20:38.139 --> 00:20:39.559
 to rescue you

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 personally

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 and particularly.

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 He treasures you

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.039
 so much

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.820
 that your name

00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:45.779
 remains written

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.820
 on the palm

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:48.360
 of his hand.

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:50.860
 So the eternal reality

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.759
 that's true

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:53.340
 when we feel insignificant

00:20:53.340 --> 00:20:54.840
 is my name

00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:55.800
 from the palms

00:20:55.800 --> 00:20:56.640
 of his hands

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.259
 eternity

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:59.360
 will not erase.

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:01.480
 Impressed on his heart

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.320
 it remains

00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:03.120
 in marks

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:04.480
 of indelible

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.620
 grace.

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:08.900
 These glorious

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:10.200
 heavenly realities,

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.220
 the truths

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.059
 that are eternally

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.360
 true

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.759
 are really

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.680
 what chapter 12

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.299
 highlights

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.380
 in the midst

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:16.140
 of the pain

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:17.460
 and the suffering.

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:18.700
 That's been the pattern

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.559
 of the entire book

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.019
 of Daniel,

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.600
 hasn't it?

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.160
 We've said this

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.160
 over and over

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.559
 and over

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.539
 that our vision

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.080
 of heaven,

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.920
 our grasp

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:27.420
 of eternal realities

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.940
 has to impact

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:30.100
 the way we approach

00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:31.340
 life today.

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:33.039
 It has to transform

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.680
 our outlook

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.840
 on all of life

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:36.299
 and every difficult

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:37.000
 situation.

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.259
 Heaven

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:40.059
 must impact

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.700
 earth.

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.400
 It's come up

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.980
 in almost every

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.920
 chapter of Daniel.

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 Just think back

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.440
 with me for a minute.

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:49.359
 When facing loneliness

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.859
 and the fear

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:52.339
 that often accompanies it

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.619
 from being neglected

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.379
 and abandoned

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:56.079
 by those you love

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.779
 or being surrounded

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.700
 and marginalized

00:21:58.700 --> 00:22:00.619
 by those who hate God,

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.619
 there's the comfort

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.559
 not only of the king

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.299
 of heaven knowing

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.960
 my name

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:06.220
 but also of the son

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.740
 of man being sent

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.720
 to me.

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.759
 Chapter 10.

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.539
 Fear not

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:13.440
 for I am with you.

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.860
 The mighty

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:16.660
 eternal king

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.480
 who's always

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.200
 on his throne

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:19.200
 is always

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:21.140
 with me.

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:22.860
 Never

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.940
 alone.

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.620
 When facing

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.759
 the apparent defeat

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:29.140
 of God's people

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:30.259
 and his kingdom,

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:31.900
 remember that's how

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.559
 the whole book

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.559
 of Daniel starts,

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.019
 isn't it?

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:36.599
 Babylon has come in.

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.700
 God's people

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.559
 are being oppressed.

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.319
 His promises

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.859
 seem to have failed

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:42.700
 and we must remember

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.579
 that God is on

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.599
 the throne of heaven,

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.679
 that he remains

00:22:45.679 --> 00:22:46.779
 the true king,

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:48.779
 that Yahweh wins

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:50.079
 and he loves

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.099
 to bring ultimate

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.779
 victory

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:53.019
 through apparent

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.279
 defeat.

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.919
 Regnante

00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:56.819
 Jesu

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.619
 Cristo.

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.679
 And so because

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:01.159
 of that,

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.759
 when we're facing

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.500
 weakness,

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:04.500
 from being outnumbered

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.500
 or overwhelmed

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.640
 by strong,

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.359
 impressive

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:08.740
 enemies,

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.519
 remember back

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.579
 to chapter 2

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.839
 that the four-person

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.980
 prayer meeting

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.500
 that overcomes

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.119
 the captain

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:17.299
 of the king's guard

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.079
 and the army

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.900
 of Babylon

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.640
 as Daniel

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.400
 faces

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.400
 an execution.

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.220
 Because

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.200
 the dream

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.000
 in chapter 2

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.579
 tells us

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.740
 the most apparently

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.500
 mighty

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.680
 human kingdoms

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.740
 will likewise

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.779
 be crushed

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.980
 by a small

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.960
 stone cut

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.860
 with no

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:36.240
 human hand.

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.940
 The true king

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:39.160
 of the true kingdom

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:40.160
 that will grow

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.980
 to become

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.100
 a great mountain

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:42.700
 and fill

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.799
 the whole earth.

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.880
 There's your strength

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:47.920
 in weakness.

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:50.580
 How about

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:51.259
 when facing

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.980
 injustice?

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.360
 Listen,

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.700
 no matter

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.120
 what your

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.620
 political

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.640
 opinions

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.340
 or your

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.840
 personal

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.660
 experiences

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.120
 are,

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.580
 this has been

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.440
 a rough week

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.720
 for justice

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.740
 in our country,

00:24:04.820 --> 00:24:05.259
 hasn't it?

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.279
 It's been hard.

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.720
 Difficult

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.500
 things have

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.800
 happened.

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.800
 It angers

00:24:10.800 --> 00:24:11.340
 us.

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.779
 It breaks

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.660
 our hearts.

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.060
 It makes

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.620
 us wonder

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.019
 what could

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.240
 possibly be

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.600
 done

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.340
 to bring

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:19.440
 justice.

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.420
 And it's

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.779
 easy to

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.360
 give up.

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.000
 It's easy

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.740
 to stress

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.080
 out.

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:24.980
 It's easy

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.700
 to buckle

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.259
 down and

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.620
 think we

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.180
 can fix

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.340
 it.

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.720
 We're the

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.200
 solution.

00:24:30.580 --> 00:24:31.080
 Daniel

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:31.680
 would remind

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.200
 us when

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.720
 we face

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.300
 injustice

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:33.940
 to see

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.560
 the ancient

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:35.500
 of days

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.900
 still on

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.480
 his throne.

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.220
 The most

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.140
 wise and

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:40.320
 holy judge

00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:40.920
 of all the

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.140
 earth.

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.540
 Remember

00:24:41.540 --> 00:24:42.400
 his white

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.060
 hair flowing,

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.659
 the fire

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.319
 coming out

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:44.759
 from his

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.519
 throne as

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.000
 he sits

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.399
 on it.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.440
 The only

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.099
 one whose

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.819
 power can

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.000
 always be

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.759
 trusted.

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.119
 Who takes

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.839
 sin too

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.740
 seriously not

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.419
 to judge

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:55.099
 all and

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.539
 to right

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:57.000
 every wrong.

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.899
 He will

00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.440
 one day

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.720
 punish evil

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:01.440
 completely and

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.119
 he is on

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.899
 his throne

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.779
 today.

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.279
 Listen,

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.940
 that must

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.200
 impact how

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.879
 we look at

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.460
 this week's

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.899
 events.

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:12.039
 It must.

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:13.859
 2016.

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.759
 Regnante

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.599
 Jesu

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.399
 Cristo.

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.059
 Sometimes we

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.700
 face different

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.240
 things.

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.180
 There's a lot

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.779
 of days when we

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.720
 face personal

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.720
 failing.

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.519
 When we know

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.480
 in the depth

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.200
 of our being

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:30.039
 that we deserve

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.839
 to face

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.799
 judgment from

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.339
 that holy

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.799
 judge,

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.519
 when he doesn't

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.159
 feel like one

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.599
 who's coming

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.240
 to protect

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.680
 us and

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.460
 right wrongs

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.039
 done against

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.379
 us,

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.359
 we feel like

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.700
 he would

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.519
 justifiably

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.079
 be out to

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.660
 get us.

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.220
 We know

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.559
 we haven't

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.259
 measured up

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.980
 when we've

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.920
 failed again

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.259
 and we want

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.859
 to give up

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.500
 on ourselves

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.960
 or we think

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.500
 that our last

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.119
 chance is to

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.579
 buckle down

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.400
 to try harder

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.000
 to be better

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.759
 on our own.

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:53.519
 We must see

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.279
 that our

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.819
 righteousness

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:56.319
 is in heaven.

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.299
 The son of man

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.619
 standing before

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.220
 the throne

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.960
 of the ancient

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.500
 of days

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.720
 on our behalf,

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.119
 reminding us

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.660
 as we saw

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.359
 last week

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.379
 in chapter 9

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.779
 that we depend

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.779
 in our sin

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.879
 on God's

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:11.259
 great mercy,

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.939
 not on our

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:13.459
 righteousness.

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.559
 What about

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.079
 when facing

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.799
 persecution?

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:20.379
 The only way

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.179
 that we can

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:22.579
 faithfully endure

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.199
 persecution

00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:24.259
 is to know

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.879
 the heavenly

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:26.240
 reality that

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.059
 God is

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.919
 supremely

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.959
 valuable,

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.079
 that we would

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.879
 choose the

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.799
 reproach of

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.679
 God over the

00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.519
 treasures of

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.240
 this world.

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.500
 that's an

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.460
 eternal perspective.

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:36.960
 It's not an

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.539
 easy one to

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.039
 have.

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.640
 It doesn't

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.539
 feel true

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.180
 when things

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.839
 are hard.

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.920
 But in the

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.440
 face of

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.120
 temptations

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:46.559
 to blend

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.000
 in,

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.279
 chapter 1,

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.720
 to worship

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.480
 other gods

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.079
 to avoid

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.680
 the fiery

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.120
 furnace,

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.200
 chapter 3,

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.099
 to quit

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.759
 praying just

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.140
 for a few

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.960
 days to

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.400
 avoid the

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.200
 lion's den,

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.259
 seems like

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.620
 no big

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.079
 compromise,

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.460
 right?

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.720
 That's

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.579
 chapter 6.

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.539
 We've got

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.019
 to know how

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.500
 valuable

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.900
 God really

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.220
 is.

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.779
 Is the

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.660
 true king

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.299
 really the

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.980
 true king

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.619
 even when he

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.240
 doesn't seem

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.039
 to pay off

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.920
 for you in

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.319
 the short

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.759
 term?

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.160
 I'll just

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.539
 mention a

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.960
 couple more

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.400
 so we can

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.799
 make it a

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.480
 true top

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.200
 ten list.

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.019
 I've always

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.319
 wanted to

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.700
 have one of

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:19.920
 those.

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.980
 When facing

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.599
 rejection

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:25.019
 from those

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.539
 who hate

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.839
 you,

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.980
 from one

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.700
 who promised

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.299
 to love

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.619
 you,

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.440
 from in

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.819
 the midst

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.140
 of that

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.619
 you begin

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.179
 to suspect

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:32.039
 even God

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:34.079
 himself would

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:35.000
 reject me.

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:36.479
 Remember the

00:27:36.479 --> 00:27:37.339
 heavenly reality

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.099
 that he speaks

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.119
 in chapter 10

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:40.379
 to a despondent,

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.879
 failed prophet.

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.019
 Oh Daniel,

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:45.779
 man greatly

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.219
 loved.

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.579
 The glorious

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.819
 good news of

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.500
 the king of

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:50.799
 heaven,

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.979
 the one who

00:27:51.979 --> 00:27:52.559
 is most

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.539
 entitled to

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.299
 reject you

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.679
 more than

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.439
 anyone else,

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.759
 and he says

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.099
 to you,

00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:58.139
 I don't reject

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.540
 you,

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.920
 I love

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.280
 you.

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.259
 Finally,

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.180
 when facing

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.280
 suffering,

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.300
 whether it's

00:28:07.300 --> 00:28:07.780
 the fiery

00:28:07.780 --> 00:28:08.560
 furnace in

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:08.960
 front of

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.240
 you or

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.100
 the worst

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.940
 days ahead

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.360
 that the

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:11.880
 saints of

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.280
 God are

00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:12.980
 promised in

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.780
 chapter 7,

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.560
 we're told

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.140
 that we must

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.960
 see clearly

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.500
 that the

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.080
 God who

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.500
 will meet

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.100
 us at

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.680
 the end

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.840
 is with

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:22.140
 us in

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.560
 the midst

00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:22.880
 of it.

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.520
 He meets

00:28:24.520 --> 00:28:25.000
 his people

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.700
 in suffering,

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.240
 doesn't he?

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:26.800
 Over and

00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:27.020
 over.

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.859
 The fourth

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.359
 man in

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.940
 the furnace,

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.400
 remember?

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.359
 He shows

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.779
 up in

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.480
 it with

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.900
 them so

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.200
 that whether

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.859
 he delivers

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.460
 in the way

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.160
 or the time

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.480
 that we

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.119
 wish for,

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.759
 we can

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.279
 trust he

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.000
 will indeed

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.019
 deliver us.

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.359
 You see,

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.759
 heaven reminds

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.559
 us that

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.139
 suffering,

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.779
 while always

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.619
 a part of

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.259
 our story,

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.079
 is never

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.819
 the end

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.200
 of our

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.359
 story because

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.740
 glory is

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.200
 coming.

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.119
 That's what

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.859
 heaven reminds

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.299
 us, right?

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.740
 The promise

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.400
 of Scripture

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.440
 that eternal

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.340
 life awaits

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:58.860
 those who

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.280
 feel like

00:28:59.280 --> 00:28:59.759
 they face

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.780
 death day

00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:01.560
 after day

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:02.320
 after day.

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.220
 Darkness

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.960
 and darkness

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.019
 and discouragement,

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.660
 y'all,

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.759
 glory is

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.300
 coming.

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.019
 Amen?

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.380
 That's the

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:09.640
 truth.

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.240
 It has to

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.780
 shape the

00:29:10.780 --> 00:29:11.100
 way we

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:12.140
 enter into

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.700
 these things.

00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:13.160
 That's the

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:14.140
 bottom line,

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.540
 I think,

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:14.920
 at the end

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.300
 of the book

00:29:15.300 --> 00:29:15.820
 of Daniel.

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.800
 We will

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.200
 suffer.

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.280
 And that

00:29:19.280 --> 00:29:19.680
 may involve

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.259
 many of the

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.900
 things on

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.519
 this list,

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.560
 but whatever

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.579
 it is in

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.339
 our lives,

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.859
 even to

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.359
 the point

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.899
 of death

00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.440
 itself,

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.379
 even when

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:27.940
 we cry

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.200
 out,

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.960
 how much

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.899
 longer and

00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.599
 how will

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.119
 this turn

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.519
 out?

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.779
 What we

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.139
 need to

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.539
 know is

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.859
 not all

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.720
 the controversial

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.440
 details,

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:36.919
 and Daniel

00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:37.480
 has plenty

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.859
 of them,

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.819
 but rather

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.339
 the last

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.859
 verse of

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.279
 the book.

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.519
 How does

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.799
 it end?

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.519
 Verse 13.

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.619
 Daniel,

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.059
 go your

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.119
 way till

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.740
 the end

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:48.220
 and know

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.700
 this,

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.859
 you shall

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.579
 rest.

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.460
 You shall

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.519
 stand in

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.220
 your allotted

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:55.900
 place at

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.380
 the end

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.700
 of the

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.140
 days.

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.620
 A little

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:58.880
 bit more

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.200
 than just

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.539
 go your

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.940
 own way.

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.640
 There's

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.980
 rest ahead.

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.259
 Well, we

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.620
 need to know

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.039
 that, don't

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.220
 we?

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.500
 The true

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.039
 king you

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.759
 have entrusted

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.859
 yourself to

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.960
 will indeed

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.660
 cause you

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.460
 to stand

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.400
 in the

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.359
 place he

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.059
 has prepared

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.719
 for you

00:30:17.719 --> 00:30:18.479
 forever

00:30:18.479 --> 00:30:19.919
 and ever.

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.419
 It will

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.899
 happen.

00:30:23.679 --> 00:30:24.399
 So with

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.939
 those heavenly

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:25.659
 glories in

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.119
 place, how

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.519
 do we live

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.019
 on earth?

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.939
 Well, we

00:30:29.939 --> 00:30:30.299
 don't give

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.619
 up.

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:32.019
 There's hope.

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.659
 There's always

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:33.279
 hope.

00:30:33.719 --> 00:30:34.319
 We don't

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.179
 stress out,

00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:35.879
 he's on

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.439
 the throne.

00:30:37.479 --> 00:30:38.339
 We don't

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:39.319
 buckle down,

00:30:39.479 --> 00:30:39.879
 he's on

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.439
 the throne,

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.500
 not us.

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.179
 But to

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:44.719
 give answers

00:30:44.719 --> 00:30:45.579
 from Daniel

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:47.159
 to what

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:47.539
 should we

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.720
 do, I'd

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.079
 say just

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.740
 two things.

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.059
 First,

00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:52.439
 pray.

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.399
 Daniel does

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.759
 that a lot,

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.159
 doesn't he?

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:57.099
 Pray that

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:58.159
 heaven would

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:59.039
 come to

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.439
 earth.

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.839
 In the

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.240
 sense of

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.619
 the prayer

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.199
 I trust

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.740
 many of

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.359
 you prayed

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.619
 this week,

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.179
 come quickly,

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.299
 Lord Jesus.

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.079
 Long for

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.519
 that.

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.039
 Pray for

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.759
 that like

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.279
 it's your

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.619
 only hope

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:16.220
 because it

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.559
 is.

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.339
 Secondly,

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.259
 work to

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.940
 bring heaven

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:23.460
 to earth.

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.480
 Go your

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.779
 way.

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.660
 One

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.259
 relationship

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.039
 at a time,

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.339
 one day

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.980
 at a time,

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.700
 faithfully

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.480
 serve the

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.220
 true king

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.740
 that his

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.619
 kingdom might

00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:35.619
 come more

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.059
 and more

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.799
 on earth

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.720
 as it is

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.339
 in heaven.

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.339
 As long

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.639
 as he

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:40.399
 places you

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:41.039
 here on

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.799
 earth in

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.699
 this difficult

00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:43.439
 world we

00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:43.939
 live in,

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:44.519
 be an

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.500
 ambassador of

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.019
 your true

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.439
 homeland.

00:31:47.699 --> 00:31:48.480
 Make earth

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.240
 more and

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.899
 more like

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.539
 heaven,

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.699
 the place

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.319
 that you're

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.720
 to know

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.419
 so well

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:54.059
 and long

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.159
 to be.

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.139
 I know

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.679
 I've asked

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.119
 how much

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.879
 longer and

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:02.240
 how will

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.699
 this turn

00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:03.779
 out a lot

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.299
 lately.

00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:06.240
 I don't

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.679
 know all

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:06.939
 of the

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.559
 reasons you

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.199
 might have

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.819
 asked it

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.279
 recently.

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.920
 There are

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.279
 a lot

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.779
 of them.

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.660
 Reasons

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.059
 for you

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.580
 personally.

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.140
 For some

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.600
 of you

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.740
 it's because

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.460
 you're fearful

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.160
 for your

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.960
 kids and

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.160
 your grandkids

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.660
 and what

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:20.900
 they're going

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.460
 to grow up

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.100
 and face

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.519
 and deal

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.840
 with.

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.720
 For some

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.180
 of you

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.740
 you're asking

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.539
 those questions

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.299
 because you're

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:28.240
 living in

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.880
 or facing

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.700
 the potential

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:31.500
 of divorce

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.880
 and relational

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.799
 brokenness

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.660
 and you're

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.220
 feeling the

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.799
 pain and

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.460
 the grief

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.819
 of that

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.099
 in your

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.319
 own

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.740
 life.

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.539
 For some

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.819
 of you

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.339
 it's because

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.980
 you're struggling

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.599
 to make

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.339
 life work

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.240
 financially.

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.339
 You're not

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.099
 sure how

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.339
 you're going

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.559
 to make

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:46.899
 it through

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.539
 this week

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.679
 or professionally

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:49.220
 you're not

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.539
 sure how

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.700
 you're going

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:49.939
 to make

00:32:49.939 --> 00:32:50.240
 it through

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.460
 this season.

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.939
 There are

00:32:52.939 --> 00:32:53.379
 many other

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:54.019
 sufferings

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:55.019
 and difficulties

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.619
 represented

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.159
 in this

00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.679
 room and

00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:57.339
 Daniel says

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.659
 there's more

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.179
 to come.

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.720
 But to all

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.299
 his struggling

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.299
 people God

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.379
 says I'm

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:04.599
 not surprised

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.759
 by what

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.339
 you're facing.

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.619
 I've not

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.159
 left you

00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:09.059
 alone in

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.799
 your suffering

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.399
 and I've

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:11.279
 written a

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.899
 glorious

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:13.139
 conclusion to

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.959
 your story.

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.419
 Everlasting

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:16.259
 life.

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.980
 Rest.

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.000
 Glory.

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.719
 Forever.

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.619
 I'm the

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.240
 true king.

00:33:25.939 --> 00:33:26.639
 Follow me.

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:28.939
 What a

00:33:28.939 --> 00:33:29.740
 glorious comfort

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:31.139
 to know the

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:32.319
 true and

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.539
 eternal king.

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.500
 You know

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.779
 there's been a

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.419
 lot of talk

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:36.919
 in recent

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.579
 days about

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.119
 being on

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.480
 the right

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.039
 side of

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.480
 history.

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.899
 And no

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.199
 matter what

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:41.699
 the issue

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:42.359
 of the day

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.359
 is we're

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.039
 told of how

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.740
 important it

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.459
 is for our

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:46.319
 legacies that

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.899
 we're on the

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.659
 right side of

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:48.119
 history.

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.179
 Seems really

00:33:49.179 --> 00:33:50.459
 important and

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:51.500
 it can be.

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.879
 I'm convinced

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.740
 however that

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.519
 what's far more

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.480
 important is being

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.179
 on the right

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:57.819
 side of

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.339
 eternity.

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.899
 That there's a

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.759
 God the book

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.799
 of Daniel says

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.779
 who is the

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.539
 true king.

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.219
 Who will

00:34:05.219 --> 00:34:06.439
 defeat all

00:34:06.439 --> 00:34:07.139
 of those who

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:08.139
 align themselves

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.039
 against him.

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.380
 And who will

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.559
 deliver all of

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.059
 those who

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.940
 trust him.

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.759
 And that will

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.699
 be an eternal

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.139
 delineation for

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.599
 those who are

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.199
 with the true

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.920
 king and those

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.139
 who are against

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.579
 him.

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.139
 He's cause for

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.960
 either great

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:23.639
 fear or great

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.440
 comfort.

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.779
 If you don't

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.319
 know him,

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.179
 nothing could be

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.819
 more important

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.639
 this morning than

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.719
 aligning yourself

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.980
 with the true

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.619
 king.

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.039
 king and he

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.099
 offers himself

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:36.539
 to you again

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:36.940
 today.

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:38.079
 The good news

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.759
 with this king

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.239
 is that he

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:40.219
 comes to you.

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.799
 He comes to

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.619
 you and offers

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.400
 you himself.

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.059
 He doesn't

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:45.059
 demand that you

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:46.179
 clean yourself up

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:47.179
 and then come

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.799
 to him.

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.099
 He comes to

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.519
 you.

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.359
 You see,

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.299
 this table

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:52.039
 reminds us

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.099
 we're about to

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.159
 celebrate something

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.920
 that Jesus,

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:56.400
 our true king,

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.279
 has come

00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:58.900
 willingly to us.

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.039
 Has willingly

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.000
 undergone,

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.199
 just look down

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.159
 that top ten

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:04.639
 list on your

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.159
 bulletin.

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.599
 All of these

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.759
 earthly difficulties

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.960
 in some way

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:10.920
 Jesus has taken.

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.699
 Injustice against

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:14.460
 repeated false

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.139
 charges.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.900
 Persecution,

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.500
 mocked and beaten

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:20.199
 for following God.

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.860
 Loneliness and

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:23.239
 rejection when

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.639
 even his father

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.920
 turned his face

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.739
 away from him.

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.799
 And not for his

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:30.319
 personal failings

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:32.619
 but for ours.

00:35:34.419 --> 00:35:35.579
 And then apparent

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.139
 defeat

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:38.679
 and death itself

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:40.479
 on the cross

00:35:40.479 --> 00:35:42.599
 where we deserved

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.919
 to be.

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:45.699
 He is the true king

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.839
 and the one you

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.719
 can trust in the

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.699
 midst of all of

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.539
 these situations.

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.619
 He's been there.

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:52.379
 He's gone there

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:53.319
 with you

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:54.799
 and for you.

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.239
 He's the one you

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:57.399
 can trust today.

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:59.179
 Yet again

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.419
 or for the very

00:36:00.419 --> 00:36:01.659
 first time in your

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.500
 life you can

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.479
 trust him.

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.259
 He invites all

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:05.119
 to trust him.

00:36:05.439 --> 00:36:07.439
 To join his team

00:36:07.439 --> 00:36:08.899
 to know his

00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.500
 mercy

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.759
 and then to

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:12.599
 eat this meal

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.559
 as a sign

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.439
 of your connection

00:36:14.439 --> 00:36:15.859
 to him.

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.559
 Remember how

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.359
 Paul tells us

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.139
 he instituted

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.719
 this supper

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:21.299
 with his disciples.

00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:22.919
 He writes,

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.739
 I received from

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.139
 the Lord

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.879
 what I also

00:36:24.879 --> 00:36:25.979
 delivered to you

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.559
 that the Lord

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.539
 Jesus on the

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.240
 night when he

00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:28.920
 was betrayed

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.599
 took bread

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.599
 and when he

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:30.900
 had given

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.559
 thanks he

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.179
 broke it

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.719
 and said

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.400
 this is my

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.039
 body which

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.960
 is for you.

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.199
 Do this

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:37.199
 in remembrance

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.860
 of me.

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.679
 In the same

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.500
 way also he

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.199
 took the cup

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:41.980
 after supper

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:43.099
 saying this

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.740
 cup is the

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:44.260
 new covenant

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.139
 in my blood.

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.940
 Do this

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.780
 as often as

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.460
 you drink it

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.159
 in remembrance

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:49.000
 of me.

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.440
 For as often

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:50.960
 as you eat

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.500
 this bread

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.980
 and drink

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.539
 the cup

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.760
 you proclaim

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.559
 the Lord's

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.019
 death

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:56.420
 until he

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.840
 comes.

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:59.000
 This is not

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.500
 the table

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.360
 of Southwood

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:01.639
 or of the

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.420
 Presbyterian

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.900
 church.

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:04.139
 This is the

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.900
 Lord's table

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.500
 the table

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.360
 of King

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:07.000
 Jesus.

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.840
 All of you

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.539
 who know him

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.320
 and trust him

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.980
 and are a part

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.980
 of his church

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:13.619
 please come

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.699
 and eat.

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.719
 If you don't

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.239
 know him

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.820
 I'd invite you

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.400
 this morning

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:20.139
 to come

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.859
 not to this

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.359
 table

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:22.739
 not to the

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.679
 sign of

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.239
 who Jesus

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:24.960
 is and

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.579
 what he has

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:26.039
 done and

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.400
 you're being

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.239
 connected to

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.599
 him

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:29.199
 but actually

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:30.139
 to come to

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:31.359
 Jesus himself.

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.139
 We would be

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.739
 delighted

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.699
 it would be

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.460
 our privilege

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.400
 to talk with

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.900
 you and tell

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.239
 you more

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.779
 about him.

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:38.019
 Let's pray.

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.099
 Father thank

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.779
 you for this

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.359
 table that

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:43.400
 reminds us

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.480
 that you

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.000
 sent your

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:46.199
 only son

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:47.259
 to suffer

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:48.799
 that you

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:49.500
 didn't remain

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.280
 far off

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.659
 but that

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.199
 you moved

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:52.159
 towards us

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:52.519
 so that

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.900
 you could

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.440
 welcome

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.179
 us into

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.960
 your family.

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.179
 Would you

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.880
 set these

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.980
 common elements

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.980
 aside for

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.699
 a sacred

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.500
 purpose in

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.119
 our hearts

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.800
 this morning

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:03.039
 that we

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.000
 might know

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:05.260
 and remember

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.099
 what is

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:07.360
 true in

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:07.679
 the midst

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.119
 of many

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.719
 other things

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.400
 in our lives

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.940
 that are real

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.539
 and true

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.340
 that you

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.940
 love us

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:14.280
 that you

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.440
 have secured

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.659
 our eternity

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.460
 and that you

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.279
 watch over

00:38:18.279 --> 00:38:18.799
 and care

00:38:18.799 --> 00:38:19.440
 for us

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.000
 today

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.960
 might this

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.819
 remind us

00:38:21.819 --> 00:38:22.920
 of that

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:24.059
 we ask it

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.460
 in Jesus

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.899
 name

00:38:24.899 --> 00:38:26.179
 amen

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:28.719
 Lord Jesus

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.379
 on the night

00:38:29.379 --> 00:38:29.659
 he was

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.039
 betrayed

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.759
 took bread

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.379
 and he broke

00:38:31.379 --> 00:38:32.460
 it and gave

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:32.879
 it to his

00:38:32.879 --> 00:38:33.420
 disciples

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.920
 as I

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.480
 ministering

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:34.739
 in his

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.019
 name

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.500
 give this

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.000
 bread to

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.319
 you

00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:36.599
 and he

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:36.819
 said

00:38:36.819 --> 00:38:37.199
 take

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.659
 eat

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.599
 this is

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.119
 my body

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.500
 broken

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.239
 for you

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:41.019
 do this

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:42.039
 in remembrance

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.639
 of me

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:44.079
 in the same

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.579
 way after

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.019
 the supper

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.400
 he took

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.940
 the cup

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.299
 and said

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:46.779
 this cup

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.099
 is the

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.699
 new covenant

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:48.500
 in my blood

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.679
 shed for many

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.119
 for the

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.500
 forgiveness

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.400
 of sins

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.500
 drink from

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.719
 it

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.779
 all of you

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:56.159
 our host

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.639
 team will

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.139
 usher you

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.719
 to tables

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.360
 at the front

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:59.259
 and the back

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.940
 and we will

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.980
 feast and celebrate

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.759
 what Jesus

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.219
 has done

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.699
 for us

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.039
 together

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:07.639
 for more

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:08.159
 information

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.960
 visit us

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.460
 online

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.860
 at

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.759
 southwood.org

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:17.460
 and

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:20.099
 your

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.699
 one

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.619
 and

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:22.059
 in

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:23.179
 there

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.799
 were

00:39:23.799 --> 00:39:24.019
 many

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.319
 meetings

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:24.699
 in

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.400
 platforms

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.500
 and

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.699
 those

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.119
 them

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.920
 are

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.500
 feet

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.579
 and

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:27.659
 they

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.639
 come to

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:28.699
 eat

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:28.960
 them

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.380
 Joe

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.759
je

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:31.880
 again

00:39:32.819 --> 00:39:33.400
 a

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.500
 E

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.340
 there

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:36.739
 don

00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:37.840
 come to

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.119
 that

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:39.500
 know

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.159
 yo

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.880
 in

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.159
 them