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 Good morning, it's wonderful to worship with you.

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 For those of you who don't know me, my name is Sean, and I'm one of the pastors of Trinity

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 King's Church, and it's my joy and privilege to preach God's word to you this morning.

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 We are in the book of Revelation, we've been here for some months.

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 Return to chapter 15 with me.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand, we'd love to bring a copy for you to

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 have as a gift from us to you.

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 Revelation is the last book in the Bible, it should be easier to find.

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 Revelation chapter 15, we'll go through the whole chapter, but it's a short chapter, verses

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 1 to 8.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father, we come once again to a sobering passage, but won't you please impress upon

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 our hearts?

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 How high is your glory?

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 And how deep and dark is our sinfulness?

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 So that we might understand how your holiness and your righteousness expresses itself in wrath

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 and judgment.

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 And as we are confronted with that terrible, the terrifying reality, won't you drive all

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 of us who are in unrepentant sin to repentance?

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 So that we might be recipients not of wrath, but of mercy.

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 Exalt the grace and mercy that you've revealed to us in Jesus Christ in our minds and our hearts

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 this morning.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We stand to honor the reading of God's words.

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 Please stand if you are able.

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 Revelation chapter 15, verse 1 to 8.

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 God's holy word for us.

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 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing.

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 Seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last.

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 For with them the wrath of God is finished.

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 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire.

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 And also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing

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 beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.

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 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

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 Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God, the Almighty.

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 Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations.

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 Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name?

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 For you alone are holy.

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 All nations will come and worship you.

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 For your righteous acts have been revealed.

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 After this, I looked, and the sanctuary of the tent of witness in heaven was opened.

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 And out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues,

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 clothed in pure bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests.

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 And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God,

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 who lives forever and ever.

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 And the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power.

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 And no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 May be seated.

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 May be seated.

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 If we believe that God is the God of love,

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 we must also necessarily believe that God is the God of wrath.

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 God's love for His people blazes out in fiery wrath toward those who oppress His people.

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 In order to save Israel from their slavery in Egypt, God must smite the Egyptians with the plagues.

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 And if God did not have wrath toward sin and sinners, He would not be worthy of our worship.

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 Because the wrath of God reveals the righteousness or the justice of God.

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 Romans 2.5 says,

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 The unrepentance, the unrepentance, the impenitence, the recurring sin, the lingering sin in our midst, in our hearts,

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 it gets stored up as wrath until the day of God's judgment, His righteous judgment.

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 And so we see here that the wrath of God is proportionate to the sinfulness of humanity.

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 And righteous anger is the appropriate response to evil.

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 Imagine if you have a child in school and your child is being bullied in the classroom viciously,

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 and the teacher sees it and does nothing about it.

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 That's not kindness.

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 That's callous indifference.

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 That's or cowardice.

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 If a wrongdoer is let off free by a judge who should be sentencing evildoers,

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 that is not mercy.

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 That's injustice.

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 Imagine if a drunk driver wrecked your car and killed your loved one,

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 and then the judge said,

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 It was just an accident.

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 They're good people.

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 Just forget about it.

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 Because that's not mercy.

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 That's injustice.

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 We tend, I think, as people, to misunderstand the wrath of God

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 because we fundamentally misunderstand what humans are like on the one hand

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 and what God is like on the other hand.

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 We misunderstand humans in that we think that we humans are intrinsically good.

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 And relatedly, we think that because we are intrinsically good,

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 that most people are basically good people.

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 If they do bad things, it's because of their unhealthy environment

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 or because of the oppressive systems or because of miseducation.

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 When you think of people that way as basically good people or intrinsically good,

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 then God's wrath against them is going to seem unwarranted and disproportionate.

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 But that's not what the Bible teaches.

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 Human beings are not intrinsically good.

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 We are intrinsically evil.

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 Ephesians 2.1 teaches that we are by default dead in trespasses and sins.

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 Romans 3.10-11 says that none is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks God.

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 Now, this is the natural state of humanity.

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 We don't start as good.

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 Contrary to popular belief, our babies are not angels.

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 We don't start as good.

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 We don't even start as neutral.

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 We start as evil.

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 We start as sinners.

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 2 Timothy 3.13 says,

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 Evil people and imposters will go on from bad to worse.

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 This is a natural progression of sinful humanity.

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 And until that progression is arrested by divine intervention.

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 We are not basically good people.

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 We are basically evil people who rightly deserve the wrath of God.

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 So that's one thing we misunderstand humans.

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 Another thing we misunderstand is God.

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 What God is like.

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 We wrongly assume that God is like us.

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 Sinful human beings.

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 And we imagine that God's wrath is the same as man's wrath.

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 But God's wrath is not irritable or capricious.

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 God doesn't fly off the handle like man does.

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 His wrath is not selfish or disproportionate.

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 It is measured and principled and just.

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 In fact, the wrath of God, as we see in this passage, reveals the glory of God.

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 So that the redeemed people of God sing the song of the Lamb.

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 That's the main point of this passage.

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 The wrath of God reveals the glory of God.

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 So that the redeemed people of God sing the song of the Lamb.

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 This passage is written in the language and imagery of the Exodus.

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 To convey that this is the ultimate end time deliverance and exodus of God's people from their enemies.

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 And we can see parallels with the Exodus in the mention of the plagues in verse 1.

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 The sea in verse 2.

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 The song of Moses in verses 3 to 4.

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 And the tent of witness or the tabernacle of witness in verses 5 to 8.

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 And we'll talk about each of those features in turn.

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 He says in verse 1.

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 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing.

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 Seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last.

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 For with them the wrath of God is finished.

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 The word another sign alludes to the preceding signs that we have seen in the book of Revelation.

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 And so far we've seen two things that were named as signs.

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 And so this is the third sign.

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 The first sign was in Revelation 12, 1 to 2.

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 And a great sign appeared in heaven.

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 A woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet.

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 And on her head a crown of 12 stars.

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 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.

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 This recalls Genesis 37, 9 to 10 where Joseph has this dream.

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 And his sun, moon, and the 11 stars are bowing down to him.

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 Joseph is presumably the 12th star.

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 His father is the sun.

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 His mother is the moon.

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 And the 12 sons of Jacob or 12 sons of Israel, the 12 tribes of Israel.

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 So this woman is a picture of the covenant people of God.

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 And that's why she's pregnant.

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 It's because out of the covenant people of God that the Messiah is born.

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 Jesus the Christ, the king, who was the savior of the world.

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 So she's pregnant.

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 So at first she is the old covenant people of God.

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 A symbol of the old covenant people, the Israel.

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 But as she gives birth to the Messiah, it says in verse 5 of chapter 12,

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 a male child wants to rule all the nations with the rod of iron.

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 She then also becomes the new covenant people of God.

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 And her and her offspring together represent the entire people of God.

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 That's why in 2 John 1, the church is figuratively referred to as the elect lady and her children.

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 So this is the church.

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 That's the first sign.

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 The second sign was also in Revelation chapter 12, verse 3.

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 And another sign appeared in heaven.

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 Behold, a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns.

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 And on his heads were seven diamonds.

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 This is the dragon that tries to devour the Messiah.

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 And after failing, makes war on the woman's offspring.

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 On those who keep the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus.

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 And hold on to the testimony of Jesus.

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 This is the one that was described in chapter 12 as the ancient serpent,

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 who is called the devil, Satan, the deceiver of the world.

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 And he's also called the accuser of our brothers.

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 This is the arch enemy of God's people.

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 He's the fiend behind all fiends.

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 This is the dragon that gives his power and authority to the beast with seven heads,

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 which represents the worldly rulers and the kingdoms that oppose God and persecute his people.

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 And so this beast is a combination of the four beasts that you find in Daniel 7, Babylon, Persia, Macedonia, and Rome.

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 And it's a composite picture of all four of those beasts.

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 So it's the beast of all beasts with seven heads.

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 Because all those beasts, if you add up their heads, you get seven heads.

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 And so that was the second sign, the dragon.

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 Dragon, the enemy of God and his people, and his beast.

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 So then the first two signs depicted the woman and the dragon.

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 The church and Satan who are at war with each other.

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 And if you think about that war,

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 the outcome seems bleak.

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 Who wins in a fight between a dragon and a woman.

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 But here, the Lord God enters the fray,

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 the other's messengers.

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 Seven angels with seven plagues,

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 which are the last,

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 for with them the wrath of God is finished.

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 The word plague here doesn't mean what it typically means in English,

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 like pestilence or an epidemic disease.

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 The word plague here means blow or strike or wound.

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 It's the exact same Greek word that's used to describe in the Greek translation,

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 the Old Testament,

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 the ten plagues of Egypt.

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 The ten blows or strikes of Egypt.

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 So this is the first illusion to Exodus in this chapter.

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 But this, why is there ten,

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 not ten plagues like Egypt,

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 why is there seven?

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 Because the number seven,

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 as we've seen over and over again

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 throughout the book of Revelation,

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 symbolizes fullness or completion.

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 Because God completed his creation in the course of seven days.

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 But not only that,

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 also because the dragon and the beast,

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 as I mentioned,

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 each have seven heads.

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 The Lord God enters the ring,

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 so to speak,

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 and delivers seven fatal blows

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 to the seven heads of the dragon and the beast.

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 Seven mortal wounds from which the dragon will never recover.

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 This is the final fulfillment of the promise of Romans 16, 20,

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 that God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.

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 These seven plagues are called the seven bowls,

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 full of the wrath of God in verse 7.

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 So this presents the last of the seven series of judgments that we've seen

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 throughout Revelation.

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 We saw the seven seals in chapter 6,

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 that was the first,

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 and then the seven trumpets in chapters 8 and 9,

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 and then we saw the seven thunders,

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 which were not given details about the thunders,

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 but they were mentioned in chapter 10.

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 And now we are introduced to the seven bowls,

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 which will be detailed in chapter 16.

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 And I've said to you before

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 that these series of seven judgments

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 are not meant to be understood

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 in a linear chronological way.

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 If you try to interpret that way,

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 you run into some contradictions and problems

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 because things that should have already happened

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 happen again later on in the other judgments.

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 For example, sun's blackened in the seals,

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 but then it's again darkened by a third

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 later on in the trumpet judgments of Revelation 8, 12.

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 Every mountain and island is removed

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 in the sixth seal of chapter 6,

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 but then the island and mountains flee again

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 in chapter 16.

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 So these are not meant to be linear chronological events,

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 but rather they are kind of cyclical.

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 They're recapitulating the judgment

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 that happens throughout the church age.

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 However, they're not endlessly cyclical.

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 They do have a progression.

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 They have an end point, a climactic point.

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 So each seventh judgment,

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 the seventh seal, the seventh trumpet,

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 and the seventh bowl all climaxed

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 with the presence of God,

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 the full presence and appearance of God in judgment.

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 And that's accompanied by peals of thunder,

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 rumblings, flashes of lightning,

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 and an earthquake.

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 And John, in order to convey the fact

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 that the judgments of God,

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 even though they're presented in this cyclical way here,

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 that there's a progression

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 and that they intensify throughout the church age,

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 he kind of chains these sevens together

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 in interlocking formation.

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 So the seventh seal opens the way

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 for the seven trumpets,

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 and then the seventh trumpet opens the way

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 for the seven bowls,

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 as I've mentioned before,

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 like the Russian dolls.

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 You open one and there's another one.

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 But in Revelation,

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 it's a reverse Russian doll,

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 because when you open it,

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 the doll gets bigger,

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 and it intensifies.

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 In the seals,

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 it's just that the judgments

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 only affect the fourth of the earth.

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 In the trumpets,

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 the judgments affect the third of the earth.

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 And in the final bowls,

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 it affects all of the earth.

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 So it's coming,

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 crescendoing,

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 coming to that climactic end point.

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 It's like the Lord God

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 who has entered the ring

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 is circling the dragon,

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 the enemy,

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 and gradually narrowing

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 and narrowing and narrowing

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 until the dragon has no place to go

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 before he can inflict the final blow,

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 the knockdown blow.

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 And with this,

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 the bowls,

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 and Charlie will preach on this

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 so I won't get into detail next week,

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 it's the wrath of God is finished.

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 But the plagues

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 are not the only thing

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 that's reminiscent of Exodus.

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 Verse 2 also mentions a sea,

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 like the Red Sea of Exodus.

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 It says in verse 2,

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 And I saw what appeared to be

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 a sea of glass mingled with fire.

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 And also those who had conquered the beast

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 and its image and the number of its name

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 standing beside the sea of glass

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 with harps of God in their hands.

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 The sea of God is happening back

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 to the glorious throne vision

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 that John had in chapter 4

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 where he said that before the throne of God

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 there was as it were

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 a sea of glass like crystal.

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 It's not a coincidence

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 that Jewish rabbinic commentary

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 on Exodus,

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 Exodus 15.8 for example,

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 says that God, quote,

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 froze the Red Sea for them

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 and he became like vessels of glass.

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 So this is again an allusion to Exodus.

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 The sea,

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 as I've mentioned throughout Revelation,

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 is a frequent symbol

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 of cosmic chaos and evil.

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 So in the Old Testament,

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 the sea was the abode

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 of the ancient serpent,

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 the sea dragon,

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 Leviathan.

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 This is why in Revelation 12.17 and 13.1,

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 both the dragon and his beast,

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 they emerged from the sea,

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 out of the sea.

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 And that's why

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 when God comes in his final judgment

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 and brings about the new heavens

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 and the new earth,

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 in Revelation 21.1,

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 he says the sea was no more.

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 So instead of the sea,

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 we find here in Revelation 22,

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 there is the river

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 of the water of life,

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 bright as crystal.

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 That's what we see in the end.

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 So the sea of glass,

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 like crystal that we see here

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 in chapter 15,

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 is a symbol of God's victory

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 over evil.

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 It's a sea that has been frozen

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 or a sea that has been vanquished

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 and tranquilized

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 by the fire of God's judgment.

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 That's why verse 2 says,

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 it's a sea of glass

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 mingled with fire.

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 It is a serene sea of glass

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 because there's no longer

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 any struggle or contest.

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 The cosmic forces of evil

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 have been vanquished.

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 So there's this beautiful

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 sea of glass,

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 like crystal underneath

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 God's feet before his throne.

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 A crystal, as you know,

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 is a clear, transparent mineral.

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 It looks like glass,

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 it looks like ice.

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 It reflects light

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 into resplendent colors.

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 You might recall

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 from Exodus 24

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 that when Moses

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 and Aaron

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 and Nadab

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 and Abihu

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 and the 70 elders

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 ascend the mountain

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 to see the God of Israel,

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 it says,

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 they don't get to see

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 the fullness of God.

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 They don't get to see

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 God's face,

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 but they do get to see

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 God's feet,

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 what's underneath

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 God's feet.

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 And this is what it says

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 in Exodus 24.10,

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 under his feet

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 as it were a pavement

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 of sapphire stone,

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 like the very heaven

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 for clearness.

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 Similarly,

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 in prophet Ezekiel's vision

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 of the throne room of God,

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 in Ezekiel 1.22,

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 he sees the four living creatures

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 who are attending to God

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 and serving him,

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 and over the heads

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 of the living creatures,

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 he says,

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 there was the likeness

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 of an expanse

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 shining like awe-inspiring crystal

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 spread out above their heads.

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 So I think all of these prophets

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 are reporting the same

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 breathtaking vision

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 of the throne room of God.

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 Underneath his feet

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 is a translucent sea

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 of sapphire blue crystal,

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 symbol of his conquering

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 of the sea and the dragon.

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 And because God has conquered,

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 all those who belong to him,

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 his people,

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 have also conquered.

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 So it says in verse 2

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 that John saw those

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 who had conquered the beast

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 and its image

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 and the number of its name

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:44.860
 standing beside the sea of glass

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:46.259
 with harps of God

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 in their hands.

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 Who are these people?

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 This is the same group

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 that we saw earlier

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 in chapter 14,

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 the 144,000

00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:56.600
 who are singing a new song

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 that only those

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 who have been redeemed

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 from the earth

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 can learn and sing.

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 And he said there

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 that their voice

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 was like the sound of harpists

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 playing on the harps.

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 And so these are

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.339
 the saints of God,

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 the elect from every age,

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 the church of Christ.

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 Those who Revelation 12, 11

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.539
 describe as those

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.379
 who have conquered the dragon

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 by the blood of the lamb

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 and by the word

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 of their testimony,

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 for they love not their lives

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 even unto death.

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 What does that mean?

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 Not all faithful Christians

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.900
 are martyrs,

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 but they all love Christ

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 more than life itself.

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:39.660
 As Jesus said in John 12, 24-25,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.740
 unless a grain of wheat

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:43.180
 falls to the earth and dies,

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.400
 it remains alone.

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 But if it dies,

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.460
 it bears much fruit.

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 Whoever loves his life

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.579
 will lose it.

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.599
 And whoever hates his life

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.480
 in this world

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:55.599
 will keep it for eternal life.

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:58.539
 Christians are those people

00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:00.299
 who are persevering

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:02.039
 by the blood of the lamb

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:03.059
 and by the word

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.000
 of their testimony.

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:05.279
 They hold on

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.500
 to the gospel of Jesus

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:08.419
 that we are cleansed

00:24:08.419 --> 00:24:09.000
 and washed

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.599
 and forgiven

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.559
 by the blood

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.500
 of Jesus Christ,

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.579
 that good news

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.599
 that Jesus was

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.539
 the sacrificial lamb

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.599
 who died on our behalf.

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:17.699
 And they also bear testimony

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:18.459
 to Jesus

00:24:18.459 --> 00:24:19.279
 with the word

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.179
 of their testimony

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:22.199
 by sharing that good news

00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:23.099
 of Jesus Christ

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.139
 with others.

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:26.740
 And because of the dragon

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.820
 and his beast,

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:29.200
 in this world,

00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:30.600
 we face tribulation

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:31.320
 and distress

00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:32.700
 and persecution

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.560
 and famine

00:24:33.560 --> 00:24:34.680
 and nakedness

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.300
 and danger

00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:35.920
 and sword.

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:37.380
 We're regarded

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.920
 as sheep to be slaughtered.

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.400
 But still,

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:41.620
 in all these things,

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:43.860
 we are more than conquerors

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:45.180
 through Jesus

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.320
 who loved us.

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.440
 Why?

00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:48.160
 Because nothing

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.740
 will be able

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.560
 to separate us

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:51.120
 from the love of God

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:52.340
 in Christ Jesus our Lord.

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.540
 It's from Romans 8.

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.620
 Even though the beast

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:57.000
 might conquer us

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.540
 temporally in this life,

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:01.360
 we will conquer him

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:02.020
 eternally.

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:05.100
 Our future victory

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.980
 is seen in the fact

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:07.280
 that we are standing

00:25:07.280 --> 00:25:09.300
 beside a sea of glass

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:10.560
 in the throne room of God,

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.920
 in the very presence of God,

00:25:12.280 --> 00:25:13.480
 with harps of God

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.400
 in our hands.

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:15.860
 We are not fallen

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.960
 by the sea.

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 We are standing

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.740
 by the sea

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.460
 in the same way

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.519
 that the Lamb

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.200
 who was slain

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:25.059
 in chapter 5,

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.700
 Revelation,

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:27.519
 the Lamb who had been slain,

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.259
 Jesus Christ,

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:30.220
 was seen standing

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:32.019
 before the presence

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.559
 of God

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.500
 in chapter 5.

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:33.980
 Likewise,

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:35.059
 God's people

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.940
 will be standing

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:37.299
 in resurrection power

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.299
 in eternity.

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.420
 And we're not

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.500
 standing idly by.

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:44.180
 We have the harps

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.100
 of God in our hands.

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.500
 There are two

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.500
 primary instruments

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.100
 that are mentioned

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:49.079
 in the book of Revelation.

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.139
 One is trumpet

00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:51.959
 and two is harps.

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.619
 Trumpets,

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.019
 in view in scripture,

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:56.419
 are generally ram's horns,

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:58.039
 not like the musical instruments

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.579
 and the trumpets

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.299
 that you guys play.

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.899
 Those are great instruments.

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.399
 But these trumpets

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:03.899
 in the Bible

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.659
 are not nearly

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.839
 as versatile or useful.

00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:07.659
 Their main function

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.599
 is just being loud.

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:10.599
 And so the trumpets

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.779
 are used

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:13.740
 usually in scripture

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:15.219
 in the context of war.

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:18.079
 trumpet blasts

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.480
 to threaten

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.819
 and to warn enemies

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.539
 you're coming.

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.700
 Trumpet blasts

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.759
 to rally your troops

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.680
 to come.

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:27.480
 So it's no surprise

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.819
 when the trumpet blasts

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.339
 in Revelation

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.900
 announce the judgments

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.480
 of God

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:33.140
 over and over again.

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.640
 Harps, however,

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.640
 are different.

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.339
 They have a different purpose.

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:40.559
 You never play harps

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.380
 during war.

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.539
 Right?

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:48.339
 He says in 1 Chronicles 15-16

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.700
 that the purpose of harps

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.839
 is to, quote,

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:52.659
 raise sounds of joy.

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.440
 He says in 2 Samuel 6-5

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.299
 that the purpose of harps

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.500
 is to celebrate

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.899
 before the Lord.

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:01.339
 The Psalms are full

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.079
 of exhortations

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.220
 to praise God

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.079
 with harps.

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.680
 So the fact that

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:07.039
 the saints of God

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.220
 are holding harps

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.879
 in their hands

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:10.399
 by that crystal seed

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.640
 before the throne of God

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.759
 is a representation

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:15.000
 of our victory celebration.

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:18.540
 The war will be

00:27:18.540 --> 00:27:19.300
 finally over

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:21.360
 and the trumpet blasts

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:22.160
 will cease

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:24.060
 and they will give way

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:26.200
 to the bright strings

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.660
 of harps

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.560
 celebrating our

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.320
 eternal victory.

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:34.259
 And verse 3 says,

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:36.100
 they sing the song

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.840
 of Moses,

00:27:37.300 --> 00:27:38.120
 the servant of God,

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.440
 and the song of the Lamb.

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.940
 Here's yet another allusion

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.240
 to the Exodus,

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.640
 Song of Moses.

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:45.220
 This is a reference

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.360
 to Exodus 15,

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.259
 when after God

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:48.059
 delivers his people

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.759
 out of Egypt

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:50.120
 through the Passover

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.940
 and through the Red Sea

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:53.100
 by splitting the Red Sea,

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:56.180
 Moses sings his song.

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.720
 He writes a song

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:59.279
 of praise to God

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.160
 in Exodus 15.

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.460
 Similarly,

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.519
 after God delivers

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.000
 his people

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.980
 in this ultimate

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.160
 end time Exodus,

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.600
 all of the redeemed

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.180
 will sing

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.759
 the Song of the Lamb.

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:11.079
 This song

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:12.140
 is being emphasized,

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.480
 highlighted in this passage

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.700
 because it's sandwiched

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:16.720
 between the two mentions

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:18.079
 of the seven plagues

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.240
 of God's wrath.

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.220
 It's a common

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.019
 literary device

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.720
 that scripture writers

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.519
 use to sandwich

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.299
 an important thing

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.599
 with two similar things

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.539
 to highlight it,

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.019
 like the meat

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.519
 of the sandwich.

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.099
 That's the meat.

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.559
 And it goes like this,

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.059
 the psalm,

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.759
 verse 3.

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:33.519
 Great and amazing

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.279
 are your deeds,

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.079
 O Lord God,

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.619
 the Almighty.

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.359
 Just and true

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.059
 are your ways,

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:39.119
 O King of the Nations.

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.660
 In verse 1,

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.099
 John said that the signs,

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.619
 the signs that he saw

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:45.319
 of God's seven plague judgments

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:47.259
 were great and amazing.

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.359
 And those exact same words

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.980
 are used here

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:51.039
 in the Song of the Lamb.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.339
 Great and amazing

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.940
 are your deeds.

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.859
 So there's,

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.000
 he's connecting

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.720
 the sign that he saw

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:59.480
 to the great deeds of God.

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:02.039
 So the song is praising God

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.500
 for,

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.980
 specifically for his deeds

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.720
 of judgment.

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:08.200
 And God here is called

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.059
 the Lord God,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.099
 the Almighty,

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.660
 which highlights

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:13.279
 God's absolute sovereignty.

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.519
 The Lord God is not

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.839
 somewhat mighty,

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.559
 but almighty.

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.339
 The Lord God is not

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.559
 partially sovereign.

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:25.380
 He is totally sovereign.

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.039
 And this is why

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:28.339
 he is declared

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.960
 and claimed

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.900
 as the king

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.720
 of the nations.

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.819
 Not a king

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.640
 of one nation.

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.819
 The king

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:35.380
 of all nations.

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.059
 Verse 3

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.079
 also praises God

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.559
 in this way,

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.860
 just and true

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.799
 are your ways.

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.720
 This clause

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.640
 echoing a couple

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.539
 different Old Testament

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.059
 passages.

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.299
 In Daniel 4,

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.360
 Babylonian king

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:49.019
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.840
 in his hubris

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.759
 boasts about how

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.860
 he in his own might

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:53.200
 built his glorious kingdom.

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.380
 And God

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.160
 brings him down

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.840
 a couple of notches

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.700
 and humbles him

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.900
 by taking away

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.580
 his reason

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.800
 and reducing him

00:29:59.800 --> 00:30:00.540
 to the state

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:01.820
 of animal-like existence

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:02.920
 for a period of time.

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.820
 And after that,

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:06.160
 God restores his senses

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.519
 and when he returns

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.019
 to his senses,

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.759
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.900
 then starts to praise

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.580
 and extol

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.540
 and honor

00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.440
 the king of heaven

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.560
 saying,

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:15.040
 for all his works

00:30:15.040 --> 00:30:15.920
 are right

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:17.540
 and his ways

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:18.540
 are just

00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:19.960
 and those who

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.900
 walk in pride

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.900
 he is able to humble.

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:23.840
 So the connection

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.519
 here is that

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.880
 God's ways

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.720
 are just

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.860
 and true

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.680
 in him

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.660
 humbling the wicked

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.720
 who have resisted him.

00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:32.240
 Similarly,

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.320
 Deuteronomy 32.4

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:33.880
 says of God

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.440
 the rock

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.180
 his work

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.000
 is perfect

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.320
 for all his ways

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:38.180
 are justice.

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.960
 A God of faithfulness

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.759
 and without iniquity

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:42.040
 just and upright

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:42.460
 is he.

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.700
 So in the words

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.480
 just and true

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.280
 are primarily

00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:46.080
 again speaking

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:47.400
 of God's justice

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.100
 and truthfulness

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:48.900
 in executing

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.560
 his judgments.

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:52.119
 God is being fair

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.079
 and just

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:54.279
 according to his

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:55.819
 unerring standards

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:57.720
 and he's being true

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.599
 to his own

00:30:58.599 --> 00:31:00.220
 unchanging character

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.379
 in bringing about

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.859
 these judgments.

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.599
 This focus

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.179
 on the judgments

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:05.799
 of God

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:07.159
 is confirmed

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:08.619
 by Revelation 16.7

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.419
 and 19.2

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:10.460
 both of which

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.259
 use these exact

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.940
 same words

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.599
 and say

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:14.440
 true and just

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:16.159
 are your judgments.

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.359
 We

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:20.179
 in our

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:20.579
 limited

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.919
 understanding

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.419
 in our

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:23.019
 fallen

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.759
 sin affected

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.359
 perspective

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.659
 might not

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:27.639
 always understand

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.339
 the why

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.279
 of God's judgments.

00:31:29.719 --> 00:31:30.319
 Why God?

00:31:31.439 --> 00:31:32.339
 But we

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.099
 can trust

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.099
 who God is

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.319
 that he's

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.979
 faithful

00:31:35.979 --> 00:31:37.079
 and true.

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.119
 He's always

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.659
 going to be

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.619
 true to whom

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.599
 he's revealed

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.339
 himself to be

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.740
 and he's

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.479
 always going

00:31:45.479 --> 00:31:45.979
 to be

00:31:45.979 --> 00:31:46.579
 faithful.

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:49.500
 therefore we

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.879
 can rest

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.419
 assured that

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:50.740
 God will

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.059
 be an

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.819
 impartial

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.879
 and exacting

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.719
 judge at the

00:31:53.719 --> 00:31:54.259
 time of the

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.099
 last assize.

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.779
 Verse 4

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.479
 continues the

00:31:57.479 --> 00:31:57.879
 song of the

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.099
 Lamb.

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.919
 Who will

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.740
 not fear

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.219
 the Lord

00:32:00.219 --> 00:32:02.019
 and glorify

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.639
 your name?

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.199
 This verse

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:04.799
 is an allusion

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.259
 to Jeremiah

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.299
 10, 6-7.

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.660
 It says,

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.579
 There is none

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.299
 like you,

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:09.379
 O Lord.

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.500
 You are

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.140
 great and

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.599
 your name

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.059
 is great

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.579
 in might.

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.440
 Who would

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.019
 not fear

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.379
 you,

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.799
 O king of

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.259
 the nations?

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.019
 For this

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.440
 is your

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.940
 due.

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.359
 For among

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.000
 all the

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.519
 wise ones

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.740
 of the

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.000
 nations

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.519
 and in all

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.039
 their kingdoms

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.740
 there is

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.720
 none like

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.180
 you.

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.720
 Fear and

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.339
 glory are

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:27.279
 God's due.

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.960
 There is

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:30.099
 none among

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:31.059
 all the

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.400
 earth,

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.920
 all the

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.400
 nations of

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:32.579
 earth,

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:32.919
 that is

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:34.039
 exempt from

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.939
 this duty

00:32:34.939 --> 00:32:36.059
 to worship

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.619
 God,

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:37.639
 not one.

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.639
 Even more

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.099
 immediately,

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.099
 verse 4

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.639
 is echoing

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.599
 Revelation 14,

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.179
 7,

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.480
 which we saw

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.059
 last week,

00:32:46.179 --> 00:32:46.539
 which said,

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.679
 Fear God

00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:48.339
 and give him

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.019
 glory because

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.819
 the hour of

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.399
 his judgment

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.359
 has come.

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.639
 At that point

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:52.980
 it was a

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.359
 command,

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.439
 fear God

00:32:54.439 --> 00:32:55.259
 and give

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.980
 him glory

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:57.259
 because of

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.720
 his judgment.

00:32:59.419 --> 00:33:00.240
 But now

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.980
 it's a rhetorical

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.339
 question.

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.899
 Who will

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.480
 not fear

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.899
 the Lord

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:06.259
 and glorify

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.699
 your name?

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.039
 The assumed

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.779
 answer is

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.480
 no one.

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.759
 There is

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.419
 not one

00:33:12.419 --> 00:33:13.079
 soul in

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.579
 the universe

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.000
 who will

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.960
 not fear

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.379
 the Lord

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:16.059
 and glorify

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.480
 his name

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.279
 when his

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:17.879
 final judgments

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.399
 are revealed.

00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.480
 As I

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.799
 mentioned

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.639
 last week,

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.079
 there are

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.480
 only two

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:21.939
 types of

00:33:21.939 --> 00:33:22.359
 people in

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.740
 the world.

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.379
 Those who

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:26.159
 now voluntarily

00:33:26.159 --> 00:33:27.319
 repent their

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.740
 sins and

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.399
 worship God

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:29.679
 or those who

00:33:29.679 --> 00:33:30.419
 will later

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:31.099
 in the future

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:32.699
 involuntarily

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:33.719
 worship God.

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.480
 One way

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.779
 or the

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.019
 other,

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.579
 God will

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:39.959
 get the

00:33:39.959 --> 00:33:40.419
 worship that

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:40.699
 is due

00:33:40.699 --> 00:33:41.099
 to him.

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:41.980
 But if

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.659
 you wait

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.359
 until that

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.000
 final judgment,

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:44.399
 you will

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:45.059
 not escape

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.500
 his judgment.

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.719
 The rest

00:33:49.719 --> 00:33:50.319
 of verse 4

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.899
 gives us

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.779
 three reasons

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.399
 why all

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:52.799
 will fear

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.179
 God and

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.740
 glorify his

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:53.939
 name.

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.240
 It says,

00:33:54.679 --> 00:33:54.899
 one,

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.639
 for you

00:33:55.639 --> 00:33:56.079
 are holy.

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.299
 Then two,

00:33:57.699 --> 00:33:58.500
 for all

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.219
 nations will

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.539
 come and

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.980
 worship you.

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.880
 So ESV

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.380
 omits the

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.980
 word for,

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.519
 but it's

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.019
 there in

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.480
 the original

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.980
 Greek.

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:04.819
 And then

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.120
 finally,

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.559
 third,

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.460
 for your

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:06.799
 righteous

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.559
 acts have

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.240
 been revealed.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.420
 The first

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.900
 reason is

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.559
 for you

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.300
 are holy.

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.059
 A more

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.300
 literal

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.760
 translation

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.460
 would be

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:15.199
 for alone

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.659
 holy.

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.400
 God is

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.500
 alone holy.

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.940
 He is

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:21.119
 unique and

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.280
 unparalleled in

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.760
 his holiness.

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.199
 He alone

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.639
 is holy.

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.780
 Therefore,

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.500
 all will fear

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.240
 him and glorify

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:27.619
 his name.

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:29.940
 The most

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:31.839
 basic meaning

00:34:31.839 --> 00:34:32.500
 of holiness

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.699
 is consecration.

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.559
 I know we

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.239
 often typically

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:36.019
 think of holiness

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.659
 as the opposite

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.539
 of wickedness,

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:39.440
 which is true

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.299
 by implication,

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.679
 but the

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.219
 Bible usually

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.960
 contrasts what

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.400
 is holy

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.839
 from what

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.480
 is common.

00:34:45.339 --> 00:34:45.799
 For example,

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.219
 it says in

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:47.139
 Leviticus 10.10,

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.579
 you are to

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.420
 distinguish between

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:49.119
 the holy and

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.639
 the common,

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.359
 and between

00:34:50.359 --> 00:34:51.019
 the unclean

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.639
 and the clean.

00:34:52.359 --> 00:34:53.019
 So to be

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.679
 holy is to

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.460
 be uncommon,

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.199
 to be specially

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.839
 set apart.

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.339
 So the

00:34:59.339 --> 00:35:00.039
 holiness of

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.619
 God then

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.559
 conveys how

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.139
 God is

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:03.159
 unlike us,

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.279
 how he

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.899
 is set apart

00:35:04.899 --> 00:35:05.439
 from us,

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.639
 that he

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:06.939
 is the

00:35:06.939 --> 00:35:07.819
 incomparable

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.159
 one,

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:08.939
 that he

00:35:08.939 --> 00:35:09.399
 is the

00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:10.219
 peerless

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.500
 one,

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.219
 that he

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.719
 is the

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.579
 matchless

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:12.919
 one,

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.539
 that he

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.919
 is the

00:35:13.919 --> 00:35:14.899
 unrivaled

00:35:14.899 --> 00:35:15.159
 one.

00:35:15.919 --> 00:35:16.179
 He

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.919
 alone is

00:35:16.919 --> 00:35:17.279
 holy.

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.339
 And God

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.639
 is not

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.000
 merely

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.500
 holy.

00:35:21.419 --> 00:35:21.939
 We saw

00:35:21.939 --> 00:35:22.460
 in Revelation

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.079
 4.8 that

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.359
 he is

00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:23.859
 thrice

00:35:23.859 --> 00:35:24.199
 holy.

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.299
 Holy,

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.259
 holy,

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:27.120
 holy.

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.100
 He is

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.600
 utterly

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:32.880
 perfect in

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.020
 his

00:35:33.020 --> 00:35:33.340
 holiness.

00:35:35.120 --> 00:35:36.100
 Numbers 23,

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:37.320
 19 contrasts

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.660
 man and

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:37.960
 God.

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.960
 God is not

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.640
 man that he

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:40.280
 should lie,

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.360
 or son of

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.780
 man that he

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.340
 should change

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.800
 his mind.

00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:43.460
 Has he

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.980
 said and

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.440
 will he not

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.820
 do it?

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.280
 Or has he

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.860
 spoken and

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.480
 will he not

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.100
 fulfill it?

00:35:48.100 --> 00:35:49.020
 Humans are

00:35:49.020 --> 00:35:49.540
 fickle.

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.740
 They lie,

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.260
 they change

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.800
 their mind,

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.380
 and they break

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.060
 their promises.

00:35:54.140 --> 00:35:54.360
 They

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:54.860
 need on

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.000
 their

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.460
 word.

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.599
 But God

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.880
 never

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.360
 lies.

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.660
 God never

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.539
 changes his

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.900
 mind.

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.800
 God always

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.980
 fulfills his

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.500
 promises.

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.519
 God is

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.460
 alone holy

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.880
 for that

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.200
 reason.

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:06.539
 In the

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.920
 world of

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.300
 men,

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:09.039
 there are

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.400
 wrongful

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.980
 convictions

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:11.700
 and unduly

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.140
 harsh

00:36:12.140 --> 00:36:12.700
 sentences.

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.800
 In the

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.180
 world of

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.519
 men,

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.440
 there are

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.900
 wrongful

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.599
 acquittals

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:20.220
 and unduly

00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:20.820
 lenient

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.360
 sentences.

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:23.420
 because men

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.300
 are fickle.

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:25.240
 Because men

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.720
 can be

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.840
 bribed and

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.260
 corrupted.

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.099
 Because men

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.539
 can be

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.740
 biased and

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.500
 prejudiced.

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.660
 But God

00:36:31.660 --> 00:36:32.660
 cannot be

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:33.160
 bribed.

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.860
 And God's

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.680
 justice cannot

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.559
 be perverted.

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.180
 And no

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:39.079
 evidence can

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.559
 ever be

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.519
 hidden from

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.519
 the all-seeing

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.440
 eyes of God.

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.460
 And for that

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.420
 reason, on that

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.300
 final judgment

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.240
 day, all

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:47.099
 wrongs will

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.840
 be righted,

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.820
 and all

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.200
 those who

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:50.000
 escape justice

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.579
 in this world

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.179
 of men will

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.639
 be punished

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.159
 by God.

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:55.299
 That's a

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:55.619
 comforting

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.019
 Bible.

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.460
 Also, all

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.019
 will fear

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.420
 God and

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.039
 glorify His

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.719
 name, for

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:03.099
 all nations

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.519
 will come

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.920
 and worship

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.259
 you.

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.699
 This is an

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.199
 allusion to

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:07.000
 Psalm 86,

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.679
 9-10 that

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.239
 we read in

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.639
 our cult

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.179
 worship this

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.440
 morning.

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:12.079
 All the

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.840
 inhabitants of

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.219
 earth who

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.739
 had worshipped

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.239
 the dragon

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:15.039
 and worshipped

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.579
 the beast,

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.360
 thinking that

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:16.940
 they are

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.659
 all-powerful,

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.139
 thinking that

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.679
 they will

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.340
 rule forever,

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.219
 all those

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.819
 who bowed

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.559
 to economic

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.500
 pressure and

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.899
 religious

00:37:22.899 --> 00:37:24.659
 persecution of

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.099
 the beast,

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:25.759
 all those who

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.500
 took on the

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.079
 image of the

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.459
 beast and

00:37:27.459 --> 00:37:27.819
 the number

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.139
 of His

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.579
 name,

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.379
 will be

00:37:29.379 --> 00:37:30.099
 dismayed when

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.959
 they see all

00:37:30.959 --> 00:37:31.779
 nations come

00:37:31.779 --> 00:37:32.339
 and worship

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:35.099
 God and

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.639
 His Lamb.

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.559
 And when

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.359
 they behold

00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:40.439
 that mighty

00:37:40.439 --> 00:37:40.819
 throne,

00:37:40.939 --> 00:37:41.319
 worshipping

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:41.659
 God,

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.199
 they will be

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.859
 forced to

00:37:42.859 --> 00:37:43.459
 bow their

00:37:43.459 --> 00:37:44.739
 knees and

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.480
 confess that

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.439
 Jesus Christ

00:37:46.439 --> 00:37:47.539
 is Lord to

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.199
 the glory of

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.599
 God the

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:48.919
 Father.

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:51.839
 Even those

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:52.519
 who stubbornly

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.199
 defied God

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.480
 in this

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.079
 life and

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.359
 all those

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:54.879
 unbelievers

00:37:54.879 --> 00:37:55.079
 who,

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.639
 as Revelation

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.239
 16,

00:37:56.319 --> 00:37:56.739
 9 said,

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.279
 did not

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.919
 repent and

00:37:57.919 --> 00:37:58.279
 give God

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.619
 glory,

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.379
 they will

00:38:00.379 --> 00:38:01.359
 come and

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:02.139
 worship God

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.500
 on that

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.699
 day.

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.219
 The third

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.739
 reason why

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.139
 all people

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.500
 will fear

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.879
 God and

00:38:07.879 --> 00:38:08.419
 glorify His

00:38:08.419 --> 00:38:08.719
 name is

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.019
 given at

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.239
 the end

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.519
 of verse

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.799
 4.

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.859
 For your

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:11.239
 righteous

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.960
 acts have

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.219
 been

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.679
 revealed.

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:14.299
 Consistent

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:15.079
 with the

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.699
 theme of

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.279
 this chapter,

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.700
 I think

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.040
 this is

00:38:17.040 --> 00:38:17.240
 also

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:17.580
 referring

00:38:17.580 --> 00:38:17.800
 to

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.160
 righteous

00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:18.800
 acts

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.460
 that have

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.920
 just been

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.240
 revealed,

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.620
 righteous

00:38:20.620 --> 00:38:21.160
 acts of

00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:21.560
 God's

00:38:21.560 --> 00:38:22.040
 judgment.

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.040
 God

00:38:24.040 --> 00:38:24.460
 deserves

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.760
 praise for

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.660
 pouring out

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:26.880
 His

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.220
 righteous

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:27.760
 wrath on

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:28.100
 the wicked.

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.280
 Do you

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.000
 praise God

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.420
 for His

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:33.000
 wrath and

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.140
 His

00:38:33.140 --> 00:38:33.460
 justice?

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.080
 I still

00:38:36.080 --> 00:38:36.540
 remember

00:38:36.540 --> 00:38:37.519
 2016,

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.019
 some of

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.300
 you guys

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.600
 probably

00:38:38.600 --> 00:38:38.940
 remember

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.860
 this in

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.240
 the news,

00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:41.160
 when a

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.460
 Stanford

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:41.960
 University

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.600
 student was

00:38:42.600 --> 00:38:43.300
 sentenced to

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:44.120
 six months

00:38:44.120 --> 00:38:44.580
 in jail,

00:38:45.040 --> 00:38:45.940
 not six

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.340
 years,

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.440
 six months

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.960
 for sexually

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.720
 assaulting an

00:38:49.720 --> 00:38:50.460
 unconscious

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:52.539
 woman on

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.960
 campus.

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.460
 When the

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.860
 word got

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.220
 out that

00:38:56.220 --> 00:38:56.519
 that was

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.260
 his sentence,

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.079
 there was

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.820
 widespread

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.720
 public

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:02.380
 fury at

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.079
 the unduly

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.480
 lenient

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.039
 sentence.

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.460
 And soon

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:07.820
 thereafter,

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.300
 a Stanford

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.980
 law professor

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.500
 launched a

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.420
 campaign to

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.619
 remove the

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.079
 judge who

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.440
 gave that

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.840
 sentence.

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:13.880
 It was the

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.740
 first attempt

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.460
 to recall a

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.099
 trial judge

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.699
 anywhere in

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.079
 the country

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:18.139
 since 1982.

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:20.019
 And no

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.539
 California

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.079
 judge had

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.480
 ever been

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.460
 recalled since

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:23.280
 1932.

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.460
 But this

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.059
 judge was

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.500
 recalled.

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.340
 Whenever we

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:32.740
 see this

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:33.199
 scared of

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:33.519
 justice,

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.260
 we long

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:34.920
 for true

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.599
 justice.

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.740
 It's not a

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.240
 good thing

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:41.039
 when justice

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.519
 is not

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.079
 served.

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:44.360
 God's

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.739
 righteous

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.519
 acts are

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.139
 finally

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.759
 revealed,

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.460
 when he

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.099
 finally

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:49.219
 judges the

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.759
 wicked of

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:50.239
 the earth,

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:51.360
 all will

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:52.259
 fear him

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:53.420
 and glorify

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.860
 his name.

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:58.239
 After the

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.719
 song of the

00:39:58.719 --> 00:39:58.980
 lamb,

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.739
 John's vision

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.299
 shifts in

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:00.880
 verse 5 and

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.840
 he sees the

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:03.179
 sanctuary of

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:03.799
 the tent of

00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:04.539
 witness that

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:05.019
 heaven was

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.340
 opened.

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.559
 This is yet

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.219
 another allusion

00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:08.019
 to Exodus,

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:09.059
 the tent of

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.659
 witness,

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.379
 or the

00:40:10.379 --> 00:40:10.980
 tent of

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.179
 the

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.699
 testimony,

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.239
 as it is

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.719
 often called

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:13.039
 in the Old

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.359
 Testament,

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:14.099
 is another

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:14.699
 name for

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:14.899
 the

00:40:14.899 --> 00:40:15.539
 tabernacle

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.699
 that Moses

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:17.139
 and the

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.420
 Israelites

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.159
 built in

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.599
 the wilderness

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:19.420
 to be the

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:20.099
 dwelling place

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.500
 of God.

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.599
 This

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.699
 tent of

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:24.299
 witness in

00:40:24.299 --> 00:40:24.960
 heaven is

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.920
 the heavenly

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.679
 equivalent of

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:27.099
 the earthly

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:27.759
 tabernacle that

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.059
 was with

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.699
 God's people

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.559
 on that

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.899
 Exodus

00:40:29.899 --> 00:40:30.379
 journey.

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:31.960
 The

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.599
 tabernacle is

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.099
 called the

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.579
 tent of

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.539
 witness or

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.699
 the tent of

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:37.039
 testimony because

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.859
 according to

00:40:37.859 --> 00:40:39.139
 Exodus 25-21,

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:40.839
 the tablets of

00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:41.440
 the testimony,

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:43.019
 the tablets of

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.859
 stone upon

00:40:43.859 --> 00:40:44.379
 which the

00:40:44.379 --> 00:40:45.079
 ten commandments

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:46.000
 were inscribed

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.619
 by the very

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.139
 finger of

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:47.500
 God,

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:49.440
 the tablets of

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:50.000
 the testimony

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.980
 were in the

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.699
 ark and stored

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:52.179
 inside the

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:52.759
 tabernacle and

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:53.819
 that's why the

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.400
 tabernacle is

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:54.799
 called the

00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:55.559
 tabernacle of

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:56.900
 testimony or

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.559
 the tent of

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:58.159
 witness.

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.920
 It served to

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.619
 be as a

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:00.400
 witness between

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:01.339
 God and his

00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:02.219
 people that

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:03.019
 they had pledged

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:04.339
 to live in

00:41:04.339 --> 00:41:05.339
 light of God's

00:41:05.339 --> 00:41:06.099
 will and to

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.739
 obey his

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.179
 commands.

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:11.559
 Remember how

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:12.500
 Revelation 12-17

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.519
 described God's

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.139
 faithful people.

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:14.579
 They are those

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.259
 who keep the

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.920
 commandments of

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:17.259
 God and hold

00:41:17.259 --> 00:41:17.980
 to the testimony

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.519
 of Jesus.

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:19.960
 So it's fitting

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.779
 then that here in

00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:21.420
 verse 6, the

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.379
 seven plagues

00:41:22.379 --> 00:41:24.279
 come out of the

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:25.440
 sanctuary, out of

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.359
 this tent of

00:41:26.359 --> 00:41:27.900
 witness against

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.759
 people of the

00:41:28.759 --> 00:41:29.159
 world who have

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.859
 not kept the

00:41:29.859 --> 00:41:30.339
 commandments of

00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:30.859
 God and who

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.519
 have not held

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.239
 on to the

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:32.940
 testimony of

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.219
 Jesus.

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:35.000
 The tent of

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.819
 witness is now

00:41:35.819 --> 00:41:36.779
 bearing witness

00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:38.360
 against, testify

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:39.720
 against the

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:40.320
 people of the

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:40.760
 world who have

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:41.300
 refused to

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:41.720
 repent of

00:41:41.720 --> 00:41:42.220
 their sins.

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.820
 In verse 7,

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.360
 these seven

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:49.980
 plagues are

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:51.280
 identified explicitly

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:52.080
 with the seven

00:41:52.080 --> 00:41:53.560
 golden bowls full

00:41:53.560 --> 00:41:54.280
 of the wrath of

00:41:54.280 --> 00:41:54.519
 God.

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:55.840
 This is

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.740
 significant because

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:57.400
 we have seen

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.480
 golden bowls before

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:59.100
 in the book of

00:41:59.100 --> 00:41:59.500
 Revelation.

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:01.820
 In Revelation 5-8,

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.780
 the 24 elders

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:04.280
 before the

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.900
 throne of God

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:06.080
 were holding

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:07.920
 golden bowls full

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.739
 of incense,

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:10.000
 which are the

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.679
 prayers of the

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:10.900
 saints.

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:12.360
 Incense symbolically

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:13.639
 represents the

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.139
 prayers of the

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.480
 saints in

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:14.759
 Revelation.

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:17.319
 And those

00:42:17.319 --> 00:42:18.059
 prayers of the

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.539
 saints, that

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.079
 incense is what

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.559
 we saw in

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.579
 Revelation 6-10

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:21.559
 when the saints

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.400
 were crying out,

00:42:22.659 --> 00:42:23.219
 O sovereign

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:24.239
 Lord, holy and

00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:26.079
 true, how long

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:26.759
 before you will

00:42:26.759 --> 00:42:28.279
 judge and avenge

00:42:28.279 --> 00:42:29.000
 our blood on

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.639
 those who dwell

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:30.219
 on the earth?

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:33.739
 In Revelation 8,

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.639
 3-5, we saw

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.539
 how God finally

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:36.920
 answers the

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.719
 saints' plea for

00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:38.519
 vindication and

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.239
 vengeance in the

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:39.920
 seventh seal

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:41.199
 judgment when the

00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:42.840
 golden censer or

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:44.139
 the bowl that

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:44.900
 contained the

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.679
 incense is then

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.639
 taken to take

00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:48.139
 the fire, the

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.800
 coals from the

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:49.719
 fire to throw

00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:50.900
 upon the earth

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.400
 in judgment

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.259
 against the

00:42:53.259 --> 00:42:53.800
 earth's woes

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:54.340
 or in rebellion

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:55.000
 against God.

00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:57.659
 To all the

00:42:57.659 --> 00:42:58.659
 saints who are

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.599
 weary from

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:01.320
 being harassed by

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:03.000
 the red dragon

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:04.539
 and the beast,

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:06.100
 to all the

00:43:06.100 --> 00:43:06.840
 saints who are

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:07.920
 weary and

00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:08.940
 battle-hearted

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.740
 because of the

00:43:09.740 --> 00:43:11.140
 deceptions and

00:43:11.140 --> 00:43:11.920
 the accusations

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:13.220
 of the dragon,

00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:15.380
 this is your

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:16.200
 sweet belief.

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:18.300
 This is your

00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:19.019
 vindication.

00:43:20.660 --> 00:43:22.880
 This is the

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.620
 answer to your

00:43:23.620 --> 00:43:24.480
 cry for help.

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:26.580
 Seven golden

00:43:26.580 --> 00:43:28.559
 bowls, the

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:29.220
 answer to the

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:29.799
 prayers of the

00:43:29.799 --> 00:43:30.759
 saints, not

00:43:30.759 --> 00:43:31.480
 full of the

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:32.139
 wrath of God.

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.699
 And again, I

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:35.459
 mentioned last

00:43:35.459 --> 00:43:36.619
 week that the

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:38.319
 cup or the

00:43:38.319 --> 00:43:39.139
 bowl of God's

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:40.219
 wrath is an

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.899
 Old Testament

00:43:40.899 --> 00:43:41.579
 reference.

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:43.259
 Isaiah 51, 17,

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:44.679
 51, 17 speaks of

00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:45.939
 the cup of God's

00:43:45.939 --> 00:43:46.819
 wrath, the

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:48.019
 bowl, the

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.519
 cup of

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.000
 staggering.

00:43:50.399 --> 00:43:51.439
 51, 22,

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:52.459
 Isaiah says,

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:53.199
 the cup of

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.859
 staggering, the

00:43:53.859 --> 00:43:55.119
 bowl of God's

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:55.639
 wrath.

00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:57.579
 And unrepentant

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.199
 sinners will be

00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:59.139
 forced to

00:43:59.139 --> 00:44:00.559
 down this

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.259
 terrible,

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.960
 undiluted

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:04.259
 liquor of

00:44:04.259 --> 00:44:05.019
 God's wrath

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:05.339
 to the

00:44:05.339 --> 00:44:05.779
 dregs.

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:10.159
 The fierce,

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:11.079
 wrathful presence

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:11.739
 of God can be

00:44:11.739 --> 00:44:12.359
 seen in verse

00:44:12.359 --> 00:44:12.719
 8.

00:44:13.259 --> 00:44:13.819
 Just as the

00:44:13.819 --> 00:44:15.299
 cloud, or

00:44:15.299 --> 00:44:16.299
 alternatively

00:44:16.299 --> 00:44:18.000
 smoke, covered

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.679
 the tent of

00:44:18.679 --> 00:44:19.819
 meeting in

00:44:19.819 --> 00:44:20.519
 Exodus 40,

00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:21.299
 34, 35,

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:22.059
 after completion

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.400
 of the

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:22.900
 tabernacle,

00:44:23.319 --> 00:44:23.699
 it said that

00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:24.359
 the glory of

00:44:24.359 --> 00:44:24.619
 the Lord

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:25.239
 filled the

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:25.879
 tabernacle and

00:44:25.879 --> 00:44:27.219
 Moses was not

00:44:27.219 --> 00:44:28.019
 able to enter

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.500
 the tent of

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:28.920
 meeting because

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:29.500
 the clouds

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:30.220
 settled on

00:44:30.220 --> 00:44:30.820
 it, and

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:31.420
 the glory of

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.740
 the Lord

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:32.440
 filled the

00:44:32.440 --> 00:44:32.940
 tabernacle.

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:34.119
 That same

00:44:34.119 --> 00:44:35.240
 event happens

00:44:35.240 --> 00:44:35.680
 here in

00:44:35.680 --> 00:44:36.119
 verse 8,

00:44:36.180 --> 00:44:36.559
 in greater

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.019
 fullness.

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:38.119
 The sanctuary

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:39.079
 was filled with

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:39.780
 smoke from the

00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:40.440
 glory of God

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:40.980
 and from his

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:42.320
 power, and no

00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:43.200
 one could enter

00:44:43.200 --> 00:44:43.800
 the sanctuary

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.500
 until the seven

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.280
 plagues of the

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:45.860
 seven angels

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:46.720
 were finished.

00:44:47.680 --> 00:44:48.539
 The wrath of

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:49.320
 God is the

00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:50.720
 unquenchable flame

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:51.700
 of the glory of

00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:53.559
 God towards

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:53.940
 sinners.

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:55.700
 sinners, and

00:44:55.700 --> 00:44:56.039
 when the

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:57.039
 consuming fire

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:58.599
 is burning in

00:44:58.599 --> 00:45:00.220
 his righteous

00:45:00.220 --> 00:45:02.599
 anger, not

00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:03.139
 even the

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:04.059
 heavenly beings,

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:05.440
 they are

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.880
 of course.

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:07.820
 No one can

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:10.920
 enter until the

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:12.119
 wrath of God

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.900
 is finished.

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:16.599
 I want to

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:17.160
 appeal to those

00:45:17.160 --> 00:45:17.760
 of you and

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:18.500
 friends here who

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:20.019
 are not yet

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.680
 Christians, who

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:21.280
 have not put

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:21.880
 their faith in

00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:22.180
 Jesus.

00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:24.599
 This is

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:25.139
 something we

00:45:25.139 --> 00:45:25.519
 should truly

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:25.900
 fear.

00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:31.160
 More than an

00:45:31.160 --> 00:45:31.980
 AI apocalypse,

00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:35.639
 more than a

00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:36.699
 nuclear holocaust.

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:40.940
 What we

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:41.380
 should truly

00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:42.240
 fear is the

00:45:42.240 --> 00:45:44.000
 wrath of God,

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:44.900
 not the wrath of

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:45.639
 man or the

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:46.059
 wrath of the

00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:46.380
 nations.

00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:48.880
 Do not fear

00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:49.440
 those who kill

00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:50.000
 the body but

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.519
 cannot kill

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:52.179
 the soul, but

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:53.240
 fear him who

00:45:53.240 --> 00:45:54.099
 can destroy both

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:54.740
 soul and

00:45:54.740 --> 00:45:55.440
 body in hell.

00:45:58.280 --> 00:46:00.179
 But, having

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:00.980
 we all sinned,

00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:03.920
 having we all

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:04.639
 fallen short of

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.159
 the glory of

00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:05.360
 God?

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.500
 Isn't that what

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:07.119
 the Bible teaches?

00:46:08.900 --> 00:46:09.480
 And the

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:10.260
 righteous wrath

00:46:10.260 --> 00:46:12.639
 of God will

00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:13.320
 not stop

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:13.840
 unfinished.

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.599
 It will not

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:16.619
 let up until

00:46:16.619 --> 00:46:17.659
 it is finished,

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:19.059
 he says, until

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:20.199
 justice has been

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:20.800
 served.

00:46:21.240 --> 00:46:21.699
 He says in

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:22.280
 verse 1 that

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:22.880
 with the seven

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:23.699
 plagues the wrath

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:24.280
 of God is

00:46:24.280 --> 00:46:24.900
 finished.

00:46:25.340 --> 00:46:25.719
 He says in

00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:26.360
 verse 8, no

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:27.119
 one can enter the

00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:27.940
 sanctuary until

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:28.679
 the seven plagues

00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:29.059
 of the seven

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:29.719
 angels were

00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:30.740
 finished.

00:46:30.739 --> 00:46:32.139
 but those

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:33.119
 who face that

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:33.739
 judgment do

00:46:33.739 --> 00:46:34.699
 not escape.

00:46:35.319 --> 00:46:35.679
 They are

00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:38.159
 consumed forever.

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:40.619
 So how can we

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:41.579
 escape that final

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:42.479
 judgment of God?

00:46:44.359 --> 00:46:45.459
 There's only one

00:46:45.459 --> 00:46:46.319
 way for us to be

00:46:46.319 --> 00:46:46.599
 saved.

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:48.779
 In John chapter

00:46:48.779 --> 00:46:49.979
 19, Jesus the

00:46:49.979 --> 00:46:50.799
 Son of God as he

00:46:50.799 --> 00:46:52.139
 is dying on the

00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:54.359
 cross for our

00:46:54.359 --> 00:46:55.319
 sins, bearing the

00:46:55.319 --> 00:46:56.519
 penalty for our

00:46:56.519 --> 00:46:56.979
 sins.

00:46:56.980 --> 00:47:01.019
 absorbing in our

00:47:01.019 --> 00:47:01.880
 place the wrath

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:03.360
 of God, satisfying

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:04.519
 the wrath of God

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:05.039
 to our sinners.

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:06.099
 On that cross,

00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:09.219
 Jesus says as his

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:10.360
 breath is expiring,

00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:12.599
 it is finished.

00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:18.019
 Because there on

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:19.039
 that cross, Jesus

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:21.719
 himself drank down

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:22.579
 to the dregs that

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:24.740
 bowl of wrath that

00:47:24.739 --> 00:47:25.879
 was reserved for

00:47:25.879 --> 00:47:26.379
 us.

00:47:27.759 --> 00:47:28.939
 That's the only

00:47:28.939 --> 00:47:30.679
 way for us to

00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:31.099
 be saved.

00:47:31.819 --> 00:47:32.519
 There is a

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:32.899
 bowl.

00:47:33.859 --> 00:47:34.819
 Somebody must

00:47:34.819 --> 00:47:35.559
 drink it.

00:47:38.619 --> 00:47:39.639
 If you don't

00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:40.639
 accept Jesus'

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:42.359
 sacrifice on your

00:47:42.359 --> 00:47:43.139
 behalf, drinking

00:47:43.139 --> 00:47:44.239
 that for you,

00:47:44.739 --> 00:47:45.559
 you'll be the one

00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:46.159
 drinking it in

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:46.519
 the end.

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:53.300
 And Jesus had

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:54.059
 to die because

00:47:54.059 --> 00:47:54.400
 that was the

00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:54.820
 only way to

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:55.619
 satisfy the

00:47:55.619 --> 00:47:56.259
 wrath of God.

00:47:57.960 --> 00:47:58.840
 The fact that

00:47:58.840 --> 00:47:59.800
 God was

00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:00.719
 forbearing towards

00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:01.360
 sinners throughout

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:02.480
 the ages, that he

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:03.119
 didn't punish

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:03.920
 sinners right then

00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:05.579
 and there with

00:48:05.579 --> 00:48:06.519
 his fire of

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:08.460
 judgment, that we

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:09.400
 are still alive

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:11.099
 right now instead

00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:12.199
 of being consumed

00:48:12.199 --> 00:48:13.019
 by the wrath and

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:13.519
 the judgment of

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:14.960
 God, that brings

00:48:14.960 --> 00:48:16.239
 into question

00:48:16.239 --> 00:48:17.659
 the justice of

00:48:17.659 --> 00:48:17.879
 God.

00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:20.279
 It impugns the

00:48:20.279 --> 00:48:20.939
 character of

00:48:20.939 --> 00:48:21.159
 God.

00:48:21.779 --> 00:48:22.379
 God, are you

00:48:22.379 --> 00:48:23.199
 always really

00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:24.239
 true and just?

00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:25.559
 If so, what's

00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:26.359
 going on in this

00:48:26.359 --> 00:48:26.679
 world?

00:48:28.319 --> 00:48:29.339
 What's with all

00:48:29.339 --> 00:48:29.919
 this sin?

00:48:30.500 --> 00:48:31.419
 What's with all

00:48:31.419 --> 00:48:32.259
 this wickedness?

00:48:32.379 --> 00:48:33.139
 What's with all

00:48:33.139 --> 00:48:34.559
 this evil outside

00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:36.219
 and within my

00:48:36.219 --> 00:48:36.739
 own heart?

00:48:37.539 --> 00:48:38.239
 How can you

00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:40.199
 be just and

00:48:40.199 --> 00:48:44.119
 tolerate this

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:44.500
 sin?

00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:47.879
 the cross had

00:48:47.879 --> 00:48:48.379
 to happen.

00:48:48.779 --> 00:48:50.019
 Jesus had to

00:48:50.019 --> 00:48:50.299
 die.

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.179
 He had to

00:48:51.179 --> 00:48:51.839
 satisfy the

00:48:51.839 --> 00:48:52.299
 wrath of God

00:48:52.299 --> 00:48:52.719
 in order to

00:48:52.719 --> 00:48:53.659
 vindicate God's

00:48:53.659 --> 00:48:55.359
 character, that

00:48:55.359 --> 00:48:56.379
 his ways truly

00:48:56.379 --> 00:48:57.859
 are true and

00:48:57.859 --> 00:49:00.479
 just, that he

00:49:00.479 --> 00:49:01.159
 is the just

00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:02.059
 judge worthy of

00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:02.459
 our worship.

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:05.659
 So please, don't

00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:06.639
 wait until the

00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:07.259
 end of the age

00:49:07.259 --> 00:49:07.759
 when the sudden

00:49:07.759 --> 00:49:08.219
 plates are

00:49:08.219 --> 00:49:08.559
 finished.

00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:11.799
 you can't

00:49:11.799 --> 00:49:12.980
 today hear Jesus

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:13.960
 proclaim over

00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:15.019
 your sins, no

00:49:15.019 --> 00:49:15.639
 matter what you

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:17.219
 have done, no

00:49:17.219 --> 00:49:17.860
 matter where you

00:49:17.860 --> 00:49:19.619
 have been, you

00:49:19.619 --> 00:49:20.480
 can hear Jesus

00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:21.299
 say, oh, you,

00:49:21.860 --> 00:49:23.119
 it is

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:24.400
 finished.

00:49:26.279 --> 00:49:27.279
 Let's pray.

00:49:27.280 --> 00:49:37.360
 Father, we

00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:38.300
 praise you, your

00:49:38.300 --> 00:49:38.900
 son Jesus

00:49:38.900 --> 00:49:39.400
 Christ.

00:49:42.740 --> 00:49:43.800
 We praise you

00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:47.240
 that we do

00:49:47.240 --> 00:49:47.840
 not have to

00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:48.660
 bear the penalty

00:49:48.660 --> 00:49:49.280
 for our sins

00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:49.660
 or sins.

00:49:52.660 --> 00:49:53.420
 We cannot

00:49:53.420 --> 00:49:55.280
 imagine bearing

00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:56.320
 bearing your

00:49:56.320 --> 00:49:57.019
 wrath, Father,

00:49:57.960 --> 00:49:58.560
 your discipline,

00:49:59.420 --> 00:50:01.800
 the front

00:50:01.800 --> 00:50:02.240
 and count

00:50:02.240 --> 00:50:02.600
 of your

00:50:02.600 --> 00:50:02.920
 judgment.

00:50:07.240 --> 00:50:07.980
 Thank you

00:50:07.980 --> 00:50:08.420
 for sending

00:50:08.420 --> 00:50:09.780
 your son

00:50:09.780 --> 00:50:10.580
 Jesus out

00:50:10.580 --> 00:50:10.860
 of your

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:11.540
 love for

00:50:11.540 --> 00:50:13.840
 us so

00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:14.200
 that your

00:50:14.200 --> 00:50:14.660
 wrath might

00:50:14.660 --> 00:50:15.240
 be satisfied.

00:50:20.900 --> 00:50:21.660
 Help us

00:50:21.660 --> 00:50:22.220
 to see

00:50:22.220 --> 00:50:24.200
 the gravity

00:50:24.200 --> 00:50:24.519
 of our

00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:24.740
 sin

00:50:24.739 --> 00:50:26.099
 the fury

00:50:26.099 --> 00:50:26.459
 of your

00:50:26.459 --> 00:50:26.759
 wrath

00:50:26.759 --> 00:50:29.219
 so that

00:50:29.219 --> 00:50:29.719
 we might

00:50:29.719 --> 00:50:30.519
 appreciate

00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:31.139
 even more

00:50:31.139 --> 00:50:33.579
 the mercy

00:50:33.579 --> 00:50:33.979
 we have

00:50:33.979 --> 00:50:34.339
 received

00:50:34.339 --> 00:50:34.599
 at the

00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:35.000
 cross of

00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:35.559
 Jesus Christ.

00:50:40.119 --> 00:50:40.919
 In Jesus'

00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:41.339
 name we

00:50:41.339 --> 00:50:41.599
 pray.

00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:42.279
 Amen.