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 Father, we ask that your word written would enter deep into our hearts.

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 Father, you know even this morning,

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 Father, you know even this morning the problems we face.

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 You know, Father, the things that we face that seem insurmountable.

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 Father, you know those of us who are waking up in the middle of the night

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 and it just seems, Father, as if there are snakes and dragons

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 that are just eating us up and don't allow us to sleep.

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 And Father, you know the dark places in many of our lives.

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 And we thank and praise you, Father, that you know us perfectly and completely,

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 that you know us better than we know ourselves,

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 that, Father, you even know every dream we have at night

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 that we do not remember when we wake up.

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 And knowing us so perfectly, still you loved us and love us

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 and sent your Son to die upon the cross

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 to be our Savior and our Redeemer.

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 So, Father, you know us perfectly.

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 We invite you to pour out your Holy Spirit upon us this morning

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 in the point of our deepest need

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 and that you might, we ask that you might bring your word deep into our lives

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 so that we, Father, might be freed up to serve you and bring you glory

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 and to bear fruit for your great glory in our daily lives.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, I grew up in a very conservative Baptist-type church

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 that regularly had prophecy conferences.

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 And I don't know if any of you have,

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 maybe there's still probably churches like this,

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 but at least once a year we would have a prophecy conference

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 and the visiting evangelist or whatever,

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 he would stand there and he would talk about

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 how these things going on in the world,

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 you know, if you go to Revelation chapter 18 verse 5,

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 that's what's talked about here.

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 And go to Ezekiel and you go to Daniel

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 and it would be all these very elaborate things

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 that were going on in the world

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 and these elaborate interpretations

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 that were going on, you know, from the Bible.

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 And I have to confess,

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 and I don't mean to put anybody down here,

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 but I have to confess that I found it very confusing

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 as a child and as a teenager.

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 Part of the reason I found it so confusing

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 as a child and a teenager

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 was because when I read the verse,

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 it didn't seem to match up with what Russia was doing

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 or something like that.

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 And one of the consequences of this,

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 but I just sort of listened to it,

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 you know, I'd be a bit spellbound,

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 a bit skeptical,

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 but a bit overwhelmed by it.

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 I was also a bit curious

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 by the fact that books that people all seem to like,

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 that when they didn't happen the way they'd written,

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 that nobody would ever say,

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 I'm really sorry,

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 I guess I misunderstood the Bible.

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 And so it's all very confusing.

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 And one of the consequences of this for me

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 was that when I became ordained,

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 I was afraid to preach on the book of Revelation.

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 Because I'd just be honest with you,

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 I'd think, good grief,

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 there's no way I can try to figure out

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 all of this stuff

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 and sort of stand up to the congregation

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 and have my Bible in one hand,

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 so to speak,

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 and have the National Post

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 and the Citizen in the other hand

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 and be able to say,

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 you see this part over here

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 and then you close it

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 and then you say,

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 that's what this piece here is.

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 And I was just too,

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 I just didn't think I could do it.

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 And then about four or five years ago,

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 I don't want to sound overly mystical,

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 but it was as if God gave me a bit of a smack down

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 and said you have to start facing

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 some of your fears in preaching.

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 Those of you who go to churches,

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 every one of your clergy

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 have things they're afraid to speak about.

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 And if they tell you they don't,

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 they're probably not telling you the truth.

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 And so one of the things that you can do

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 as a gift to your pastor

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 is that pray that they will have courage

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 to confront their fears in preaching.

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 And so I realized

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 that it was God sort of saying,

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 George, you have to deal with

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 some of your fears of preaching.

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 So in fact, to be honest,

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 some of the books in the Bible,

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 I knew instantly

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 some of the things

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 that I was afraid to preach on.

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 I was afraid to preach on Ecclesiastes

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 because it just seemed

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 like on one hand I really liked it,

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 but I'm prone to depression, you know,

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 because it's like everything's bad,

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 everything's going to get worse,

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 and you're going to die.

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 Like that's the sort of book.

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 Like John Maxwell doesn't write books

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 on happy thoughts from Ecclesiastes for leaders,

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 although he should.

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 It would really probably help leaders

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 if they spent more time in Ecclesiastes.

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 And I realized I was afraid to preach on

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 1 and 2 Timothy

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 because I'd have to talk about

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 the ordination of women,

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 and I was afraid that I would

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 lose people over that.

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 And one of the other books

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 that I was afraid to preach on

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 was the book of Revelation.

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 And so I've preached through Ecclesiastes,

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 and I've preached through 1 and 2 Timothy,

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 and I've preached through Revelation.

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 And a big surprise to me

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 when I finally started to preach

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 through the book of Revelation

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 is that in the center of the book

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 of Revelation,

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 I found out that there was

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 a Christmas story.

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 And I discovered this in March,

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 which is when I preached it.

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 But to my great surprise,

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 I discovered that there is

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 a Christmas story.

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 And so in fact,

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 here's the title for the Christmas story.

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 Andrew, if you could put it up.

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 The Baby That the Dragon Wanted to Eat.

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 I don't know why

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 there's not storybooks about this.

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 You know, just think of all the dialogue.

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 You could have the dragon saying,

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 I hate that baby,

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 but my, it looks tasty.

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 And, sorry, I'm not allowed to say that.

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 Did I just say that?

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 I'll be on the tape, right?

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 You know, there's all these things

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 you could play with,

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 but it's actually,

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 there's a story in the Bible,

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 in the book of Revelation,

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 and you really should call it

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 The Baby That the Dragon Wanted to Eat.

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 And, you know,

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 maybe some of you folks

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 that are gifted in art,

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 like, here's a children's book

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 that nobody's exploited.

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 And maybe the dance troupe,

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 after hearing this sermon,

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 will say,

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 next year,

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 our Christmas ballet

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 will be about the baby

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 that the dragon wanted to eat.

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 They could have, you know,

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 the larger girls,

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 all linking arms,

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 and the tiniest little girl.

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 In fact, maybe they could bring in

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 a little two-year-old

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 to cower while they danced over her

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 and imitated trying to eat her.

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 And, I mean,

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 there's all sorts of potential.

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 But there actually is,

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 in the book of Revelation,

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 a Christmas story,

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 and it really is about a dragon

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 that wants to eat a baby.

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 Now, before I read this,

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 some of you are going to say,

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 whoa, George.

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 Before you even say that,

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 you might say to your wife

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 or your friend, Martha,

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 I knew we shouldn't come

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 to an Anglican church.

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 They're just going to ruin

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 the Bible for people.

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 They're completely disrespectful

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 to the Bible.

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 I knew we shouldn't come here.

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 Everybody knows

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 that the book of Revelation

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 is primarily about the way

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 they talk about it

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 at prophecy conferences.

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 But here's the thing.

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 I'm not going to prove it to you.

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 If you want,

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 you can go through my sermon archives

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 and hear my first sermon

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 on the book of Revelation

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 and some little videos about it.

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 But here's the thing

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 I discovered

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 about the book of Revelation.

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 If you could put up

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 the next point, Andrew,

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 that would be great.

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 Revelation is a book

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 about Jesus,

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 who he is,

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 what he has done,

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 is doing,

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 and will do.

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 That's what Revelation 1

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 tells you,

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 amongst other things,

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 that the book of Revelation

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 is actually a book

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 about Jesus.

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 And it talks about

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 who he is,

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 what he has done,

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 what he is doing today,

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 and what he will do.

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 So in other words,

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 people who do talk

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 about Jesus coming back,

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 I'm not,

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 I,

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 listen folks,

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 I'll stand before you

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 right now,

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 and I have absolutely

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 no embarrassment

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 or shame about it.

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 Jesus really lived,

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 he really existed,

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 he really died on the cross,

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 he really entered into death

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 and tasted everything

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 there is to taste of death

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 with nothing left over,

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 and on the third day

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 he really did

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 rise from the dead,

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 he wasn't resuscitated,

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 he defeated death,

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 he defeated that

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 which causes death,

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 which is sin,

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 he defeated every hostile

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 spiritual power,

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 he defeated hell itself,

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 he stands triumphant

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 on the other side of death,

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 he rose to heaven,

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 and he will come back again,

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 and I have no hesitation

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 about saying that,

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 that's what the Bible teaches.

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 And we should know

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 the blessed hope

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 that God is sovereign

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 over our world,

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 and that Jesus will return,

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 and he will bring

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 all things to their proper end,

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 and their proper conclusion,

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 and then he will judge

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 the living and the dead,

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 and then there will be

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 a new heaven

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 and a new earth,

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 where those who have put

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 their faith and trust in Jesus

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 will live forever with him.

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 That is the blessed

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 Christian hope.

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 And so for people

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 who talk about things

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 at the end of the world,

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 I'm not disagreeing

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 with them at all.

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 What I am saying

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 is that the book of Revelation,

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 if you read it,

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 knowing that it's a book

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 about Jesus,

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 about who he is,

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 what he has done,

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 which is why it can have

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 a Christmas story in it,

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 why it can talk about

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 the crucifixion,

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 what he is doing

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 and will do,

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 that's why the book

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 of Revelation,

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 all the way through,

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 at the beginning and the end,

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 it says you've got to keep

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 the words of this book.

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 You can't keep words

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 that are only talking

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 about the future,

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 but you can keep the words

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 if it's talking about Jesus,

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 helping you to remember

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 and understand

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 what he did in the past,

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 what he's doing around you today

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 and what he's going to do

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 in the future.

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 So that's what the book

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 of Revelation is all about.

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 So let's just read the story

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 and so if you have your Bibles,

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 it's Revelation chapter 12

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 verses 1 to 6.

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 If you don't have your Bibles,

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 there's a couple of extra Bibles

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 over there

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 and I think maybe Neil

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 can get you some extra Bibles

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 and you're welcome

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 to follow along.

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 Revelation 12, 1 to 6.

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 Here's the Christmas story

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 or the baby

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 that the dragon wanted to eat

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 and it goes like this.

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 I'm going to read it through

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 and then we'll sort of

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 just sort of process it

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 and camp there for a while

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 and try to sort of puzzle over it

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 because it's a bit of a,

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 well, you'll hear.

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 Revelation 12, 1 to 6.

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 And a great sign

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 appeared in heaven,

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 a woman clothed with the sun,

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 with the moon under her feet

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 and on her head

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 a crown of 12 stars.

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 She was pregnant and crying.

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 She was crying out in birth pains

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 and the agony of giving birth.

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 And another sign appeared in heaven.

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 Behold, a great red dragon

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 with seven heads and ten horns

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 and on his heads seven diadems.

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 His tail swept down

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 a third of the stars of heaven

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 and cast them to the earth.

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 And the dragon stood before the woman

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 who was about to give birth

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 so that when she bore her child,

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 he might devour it.

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 She gave birth to a male child,

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 one who was to rule all the nations

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 with a rod of iron.

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 But her child was caught up to God

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 and to his throne.

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 And the woman fled into the wilderness

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 where she has a place prepared by God

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 in which she is to be nourished

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 for 1,260 days.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 So some of you are going to say,

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 whoa, okay, George,

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 that's really crazy.

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 That's a crazy story.

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 And, you know, frankly, George,

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 it bothers me that God

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 would speak in these ways.

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 Like, why can't God

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 just get to the point?

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 Like, why can't he just speak plainly?

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 Like, you know, I can sort of see why

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 George, you were afraid

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 of preaching about this

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 because, you know, frankly,

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 like Luke, you know,

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 the baby in the stable

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 and the shepherds

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 and the three wise men.

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 Some of those things

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 didn't actually happen in the Bible.

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 But, you know,

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 that's a very comforting type of story.

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 Like, why doesn't,

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 like, why does,

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 like, this just can't even be in the Bible.

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 It's just sort of,

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 it's all crazy imagery,

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 like dragons and just,

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 why on earth,

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 why can't God just speak plainly?

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 Just like a plain,

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 why can't he be as clear

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 and plain as a bank machine?

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 You know, press this button

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 and this button

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 and just nice and simple and clear.

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 Well, here's the thing.

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 Andrew, if you could put up the point.

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 The true and living God

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 truly speaks

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 and he is not stuck

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 on one genre.

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 The true and living God

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 truly speaks

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 and he is not stuck

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 on one genre.

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 So, you know,

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 here's the thing.

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 If you were to say,

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 you know,

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 why can't God be,

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 like, a bit clearer

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 and like,

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 and simple

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 and stuff like that?

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 Well, that sort of works for you.

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 But, you know,

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 frankly,

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 we got to get over ourselves.

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 You know,

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 I don't want to depress you,

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 but you're not the center

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 of the universe.

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 And God doesn't have to organize

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 all of his communication,

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 every word he says,

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 just to please you.

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 Like,

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 why would God

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 have to do that for you?

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 But, you see,

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 here's the thing is

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 that God understands

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 that people hear

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 in different ways.

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 That's why,

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 if you look in the Bible,

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 there's like laws.

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 Because some people,

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 they start to understand laws.

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 I know a person,

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 this is true,

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 and she was a lawyer.

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 She came to faith

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 by hearing Jim Packer

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 speak a sermon

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 on the book of Leviticus

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 about laws.

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 But that shouldn't be

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 a surprise.

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 She's a lawyer.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 she said,

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 all these things

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 in her head clicked,

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 you know?

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 And some of you

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 are more philosophically inclined,

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 and so, you know,

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 you like things like

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 the book of Romans.

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 And some of you

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 are more mystically inclined,

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 and so you like 1 John.

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 And some of you

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 like talking in riddles,

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 so you like the book of Proverbs,

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 or you like, you know,

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 you like the book of James.

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 And some people like

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 just simple narrative stories,

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 so there's things

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 in the Old Testament,

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 the Gospels,

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 and you really like them.

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 And that's fine.

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 And some people,

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 you know,

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 walking to London

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 doesn't do anything.

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 They sort of go,

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 snore.

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 Snore.

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 But one foot up,

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 one foot down,

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 that's the way

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 to London town.

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 They go,

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 whoa,

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 better rhythm.

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 Some imagery.

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 That sounds better

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 than I walked to London.

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 One foot up,

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 one foot down,

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 that's the way

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 to London town.

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 And for some people,

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 they don't want

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 to come out

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 and say it,

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 but frankly,

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 pastoral scenes

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 from the book of Luke

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 with shepherds

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 and, you know,

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 the baby,

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 and they don't want

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 to tell their friends

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 that they find it

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 a bit boring.

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 But then you say,

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 there be dragons.

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 And some people,

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 their ears

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 and eyes light up.

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 There be dragons?

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 Yes,

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 and angels

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 in battle.

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 And dragons

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 that are real dragons

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 like smog,

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 not like

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 I want to train

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 a dragon cartoons.

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 Big,

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 scary,

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 hulking dragons

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 that eat

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 people.

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 and all of a sudden,

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 they get interested

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 and they get excited.

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 And that's the fact

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 the matter is,

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 is that we got

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 to get over ourselves,

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 is that God's really,

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 I believe that

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 the true and living God

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 truly speaks,

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 but he's not stuck

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 on one genre.

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 And so for those

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 who,

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 there be dragons,

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 wake up.

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 Revelation 12,

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 1 to 6,

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 is your version

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 of the Christmas story

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 that helps you

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 to see

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 the dark

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 side

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 of the whole

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 story

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 of the book

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 of the birth

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 of Jesus.

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 I mean,

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 if you think about it

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 for a second,

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 if you,

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 like lots of people

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 read Matthew 1,

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 but very,

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 very few churches

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 spend very much time

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 on Matthew 2

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 because it's a little

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 bit awkward

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 preaching about

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 the slaughter

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 of the innocents.

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 It's like when you

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 preach the Psalms

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 and you stop

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 at the,

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 a little bit

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 towards before

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 the end of Psalm

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 137

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 because smashing

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 the heads of babies,

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 it's just a little bit,

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 well, frankly,

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 not very devotional

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 and uplifting

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 and we want to try

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 to lift people up.

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 But,

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 the slaughter

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 of the innocents

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 after the birth

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 of Jesus,

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 as soon as the powers

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 find that the baby

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 is born,

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 they want to kill

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 the baby

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 and every baby

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 just to make sure

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 they got that baby.

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 And as soon as Jesus

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 begins his public ministry,

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 the first thing

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 that happens

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 is he's tempted

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 by the devil

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 in the wilderness.

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 And Judas,

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 Satan enters

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 into Judas

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 to betray Jesus

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 so that Jesus

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 will die upon the cross.

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 And Pilate

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 and the others,

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 they know,

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 God speaks to Pilate

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 in a dream,

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 but Pilate

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 is going to,

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 he's going to allow

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 Jesus to be,

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 die a horrible death

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 and there is

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 in fact evil

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 in the midst

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 of this story

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 of the birth

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 of the baby

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 in Bethlehem

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 and John

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 in his book

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 of Revelation

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 is our God.

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 And for some people

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 who think in images,

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 this is the other

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 thing about it,

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 the way for them

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 to understand

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 this baby

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 and maybe to understand

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 the birth of this baby

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 and maybe start

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 to begin to understand

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 their life

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 is to picture

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 some people

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 would have been

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 shorter back then.

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 And I think

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 the average lifespan

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 for commoners

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 like Mary and Joseph

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 would have been 30.

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 And so picture

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 some young woman

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 about this tall

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 and very slight

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 because people

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 would have been

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 very skinny back then

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 and by our standards,

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 this tall

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 and slight

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 and maybe just 14

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 and heavy

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 with child.

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 And there is,

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 even a two-year-old

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 is more nimble

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 and better able

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 to protect themselves

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 than a heavily

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 pregnant woman

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 going into labor.

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 Two-year-old

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 can scamper

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 under the bed

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 to hide.

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 You're like this

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 with child

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 in labor pains.

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 You're not going to

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 scamper under any bed.

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 And picture the woman

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 heavy with child

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 going into labor

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 and smog

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 the dragon,

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 if you've seen

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.259
 the hobbit,

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 standing in front

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 towering

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 over

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 the tiny little girl

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 with his mouth open,

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 their mouths open

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 because there's

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 seven heads

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 and they're snapping

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 at each other

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 because every head

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 wants to eat the baby.

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 And yet that dragon

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 is defeated by God.

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 For some of us

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 we think in images.

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 Some of us

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 in the beginning

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 was the Word

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 and the Word

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 was with God

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 and the Word

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 was God.

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 He was in the beginning

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 with God.

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 All things were made

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 through him

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 and without him

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 nothing was made

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 that was made.

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 That lights our fire.

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 For others

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 the image,

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 the visible,

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 visceral image

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 is what gets us

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 through life.

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 And this story

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 is for you

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 and for me.

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 So let's look

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 at this story.

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 The power

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 of the image.

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 Let's look

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 at verse 1 and 2.

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 And it begins again

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 with the young woman.

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 And it goes like this.

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 And a great sign

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 appeared in heaven.

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 A woman

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 clothed with the sun

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 with the moon

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 under her feet

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 and on her head

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 a crown of 12 stars.

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 Just pause there

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 for a second.

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 One of the things

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 I discovered

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 when I actually

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 overcame my fear.

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 I trusted God

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 that I could preach

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 through the book

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 of Revelation.

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 Is there is no book

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 in the New Testament

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 that is more saturated

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 with the Old Testament.

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 Some of you

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 have read scholars

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 like Elaine Pagels.

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 She's all wrong.

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 She's all wrong.

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 I mean,

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 I think John

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 played with pagan imagery.

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 I mean,

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 he wasn't an idiot

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 and he would have been

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 surrounded by images

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.660
 from Rome

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 and Greek images

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 and fearsome gods

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 and goddesses

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 but to understand him

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:25.720
 you have to understand

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 that his mind,

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 that God uses a mind

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 that is completely

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:31.339
 and utterly saturated

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:32.079
 with the Old,

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 what we call

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 the Old Testament.

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 And that one of the problems

00:20:35.659 --> 00:20:36.659
 when we read

00:20:36.659 --> 00:20:37.460
 the book of Revelation

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 is that all the way

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 through it

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 he's taking a part

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 of a verse from Isaiah

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 and a part of a verse

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 from this

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 and a part of a verse

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:43.920
 from that

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 and a part of a verse

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 from here

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 and a part of a verse

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.320
 from that

00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:47.200
 and he takes these

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:48.180
 little bits and pieces

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:48.740
 of verses

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.660
 scattered all throughout

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.340
 the Old Testament

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 and it's as if God

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.360
 as the Holy Spirit

00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:53.120
 comes upon him

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 he takes them all

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 and he puts them

00:20:54.360 --> 00:20:54.880
 in his hand

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 and he sort of does

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.180
 like this

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:57.320
 like a conjurer

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 he throws it up

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 and out of it

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 comes a woman

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 with the crown

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 and dragons

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 and all of that

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 and it's scattered

00:21:04.320 --> 00:21:05.260
 from when we talked

00:21:05.260 --> 00:21:05.960
 about the dragon

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:07.200
 he's talking about

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 images from a whole

00:21:08.280 --> 00:21:09.660
 pile of different psalms

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.060
 and he's talking

00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:11.060
 about the book of Job

00:21:11.060 --> 00:21:11.480
 and he's talking

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.040
 about Daniel

00:21:12.040 --> 00:21:13.200
 he's talking about Ezekiel

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.100
 and he's taking

00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:15.100
 all of these little bits

00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:15.540
 and pieces

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.059
 of verses

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.839
 and whoa

00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:17.619
 there's a dragon

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.940
 and when you read

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.139
 and hear this

00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:20.940
 there was

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.720
 verse 1

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.379
 and a great sign

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:22.920
 appeared in heaven

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.799
 a woman clothed

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.500
 with the sun

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.240
 with the moon

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.920
 under her feet

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.559
 and on her head

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:28.119
 a crown of 12 stars

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:29.139
 the first thing

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:29.680
 you think of

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.799
 is Genesis 37

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.980
 and then there's

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.519
 a whole pile

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.359
 of other imagery

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:35.180
 which has mingled

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.059
 in with this

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:37.180
 the woman

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.000
 is Israel

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.759
 the woman

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:41.659
 is the Jewish people

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:43.019
 that's who

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.720
 the woman is

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.980
 it's not all

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.279
 going to be

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.000
 a one-on-one

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.819
 correspondence

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.420
 and in fact

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:47.759
 as we're going

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.200
 to see

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.220
 the image

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.759
 of the woman

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.380
 here is going

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.680
 to be one

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.400
 of those images

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:53.099
 that John

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.860
 like a poet

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:56.200
 he takes the image

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.500
 and he keeps the image

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.720
 but in every time

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.240
 the image

00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:00.220
 is reintroduced

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:02.180
 he changes the focus

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:03.000
 just a little bit

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.380
 he turns it slightly

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:06.039
 to give something

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:07.180
 very multifaceted

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.180
 and very powerful

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:09.759
 but if you read

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.799
 Genesis 37

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:12.099
 and you launch off

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.179
 take a good commentary

00:22:13.179 --> 00:22:14.299
 the woman

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.959
 is Israel

00:22:14.959 --> 00:22:17.359
 how odd of God

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.459
 to choose the Jews

00:22:18.459 --> 00:22:20.759
 you read the Old Testament

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:22.079
 he didn't choose

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.199
 the greatest people

00:22:23.199 --> 00:22:25.059
 the strongest people

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:26.119
 the wisest people

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.839
 when he called

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.319
 Abraham

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.579
 he called a man

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.199
 who worshipped

00:22:29.199 --> 00:22:29.740
 the moon

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:34.099
 he called a man

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.719
 who worshipped

00:22:34.719 --> 00:22:35.199
 the moon

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:39.700
 and God

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.240
 right from

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.460
 Genesis chapter 3

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.240
 has promised

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.700
 that through

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.740
 his people

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.700
 a people

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.799
 that he calls

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.860
 out by his

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.660
 great power

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:49.120
 for his great glory

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:50.660
 that out of this

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.500
 one people

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.460
 on the whole planet

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.299
 a Messiah

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.100
 will come

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:57.180
 and so the woman

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:58.779
 is Israel

00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:00.080
 verse 2

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:01.620
 and she was pregnant

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.680
 and was crying out

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.539
 in birth pains

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.659
 and the agony

00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:05.579
 of giving birth

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:07.259
 now the images

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.099
 of a woman

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.759
 in pain

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.799
 and giving birth

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:11.879
 longing for the Messiah

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.700
 to come

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:14.799
 and now the fearsome

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.240
 image

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.519
 of the dragon

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:19.099
 verse 3

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:21.539
 and another sign

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.420
 appeared in heaven

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.639
 behold

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:24.920
 a great

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.680
 red

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.440
 dragon

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:28.139
 with 7 heads

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:29.099
 and 10 horns

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:31.019
 and on his heads

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.819
 7 diadems

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:34.059
 as I said

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.500
 John has taken

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.339
 bits and pieces

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.179
 of Daniel

00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:38.079
 Ezekiel

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.779
 Job

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.419
 Isaiah

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:40.000
 and a whole

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.960
 parts of Isaiah

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.460
 and a whole

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.419
 pile of songs

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:44.619
 taken bits and pieces

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.379
 and fragments

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:45.919
 of verses

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:46.740
 and he wants

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:48.019
 his Christian readers

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:50.240
 and his Jewish readers

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.000
 who would become

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.500
 Christians

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:53.039
 to see

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.960
 and have a sense

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.480
 about how he's

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.379
 taken all of these

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:56.619
 bits and pieces

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.200
 of verses

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.339
 and he's put them

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.679
 together

00:23:58.679 --> 00:24:00.179
 in this powerful story

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:00.779
 I mean not him

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.659
 by his creativity

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.340
 because it's God

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:03.120
 the Holy Spirit

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:04.080
 that's speaking

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:04.740
 through John

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.519
 and causing this

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.040
 to be written

00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:07.040
 and the hope

00:24:07.040 --> 00:24:07.779
 is that

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:09.019
 as you start

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.560
 oh gosh

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.680
 that's Genesis 3

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.240
 and that's that

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.980
 part of Isaiah

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.580
 and that's that

00:24:12.580 --> 00:24:13.640
 part of Daniel 7

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.220
 and that's that

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.900
 part of Job

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:16.420
 and then you see

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.860
 the story

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.360
 so that when you

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:18.240
 go back and read

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.320
 Genesis and Job

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:20.420
 and Isaiah

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.220
 and the Psalms

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.820
 and Daniel

00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:22.720
 you don't just

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:26.240
 it's like a powerful

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.960
 conjurer

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:28.100
 that the images

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:29.340
 help you to understand

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:30.240
 Revelation 12

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.319
 and then Revelation 12

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.839
 you go back

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.259
 and you help you

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.160
 to understand the Bible

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.880
 in a whole fresh

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.380
 new way

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:36.019
 all these passages

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.779
 as you read them

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.740
 in your devotions

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.900
 you're coming along

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.460
 and whoa

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.819
 Revelation 12

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.740
 that's an image

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.200
 that's connected

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.640
 to that

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:45.819
 and this isn't

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.940
 just like a tiny

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.599
 little dragon

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:49.039
 if you have seen

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.440
 the movie

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.440
 the Hobbit movies

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.620
 think of smog

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:53.160
 that's what John

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.180
 wants you to think of

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:56.259
 only smog

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.500
 with seven heads

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:59.559
 towering

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.960
 over this

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:02.259
 and then in verse 4

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.640
 his tail swept down

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.680
 a third of the stars

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.200
 of heaven

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.839
 and cast them

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.359
 to the earth

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.460
 and the dragon

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.440
 stood before the woman

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.599
 who was about to give birth

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.440
 so that when she

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.500
 bore her child

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.539
 he might

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.720
 devour

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.380
 it

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:16.160
 and if

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:17.240
 if John

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.140
 is going back

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.200
 to Israel

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.599
 talking about the woman

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.980
 here he's going back

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.980
 to Isaiah 14

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.779
 and other parts

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.559
 in the Old Testament

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.880
 and he's describing

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.520
 the dragon

00:25:26.520 --> 00:25:27.200
 as the devil

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:30.540
 and he's describing

00:25:30.540 --> 00:25:32.920
 Lucifer's fall

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.580
 from heaven

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.680
 and taking a third

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.540
 of the angels

00:25:35.540 --> 00:25:35.980
 with him

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.600
 because in the book

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.100
 of Revelation

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:38.160
 generally stars

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.440
 refer to angels

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:41.700
 so Mary is ancient

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:43.160
 he is now

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.380
 pointing to something

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.360
 primordial

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:47.560
 before Genesis 3

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:49.600
 the fall of Lucifer

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:51.500
 and one third

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.280
 of the angels

00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:54.000
 leaving heaven

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.380
 in rebellion

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.220
 against God

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.900
 and becoming

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.839
 what we now know

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.579
 of as demons

00:25:58.579 --> 00:26:01.339
 and the prince

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.019
 of the demons

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.859
 is the dragon

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:04.319
 standing

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:06.059
 over

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.759
 Israel

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:09.039
 about to give birth

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.400
 to

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.660
 this

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.799
 baby

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:16.839
 and it's

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:19.660
 just before we get

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:19.980
 anything

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.539
 any further

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.859
 in this

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.299
 here's the thing

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.700
 some of you

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:21.919
 are saying

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.240
 George

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.639
 that's

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:25.119
 you can't

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.759
 really believe

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.299
 that the devil

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.779
 is real

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.859
 like you're just

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.319
 talking about

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.740
 psychological processes

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.460
 no no no no

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.019
 and if you could

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.500
 put up the next

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.819
 point

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:34.159
 even though

00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:35.480
 John is using

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.659
 very very powerful

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.799
 poetic imagery

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:40.159
 he wants us

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.799
 to understand

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.339
 that the devil

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.919
 is real

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:43.639
 and he is evil

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:45.359
 and he affects

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:47.779
 real things

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:49.200
 but he is

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.639
 really

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.500
 and truly

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.119
 doomed

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:55.559
 even though

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.579
 John is using

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.980
 this

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.319
 fanciful imagery

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.759
 if we walk

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.460
 away from this

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.039
 thinking that

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.460
 they're just

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.160
 metaphors

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.019
 and stories

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:04.379
 of inner struggle

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:06.019
 against temptation

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:07.500
 or that it's

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.220
 like in the

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.980
 Soviet Union

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.879
 when poets

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.759
 talked about

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:12.440
 and playwrights

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.059
 talked about

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.720
 communism

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.339
 and used

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.960
 a veiled language

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.680
 and that John

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.539
 is talking about

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:19.000
 imperial power

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.980
 if you walk

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.600
 away from that

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.200
 you haven't

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.559
 heard

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:24.039
 John believes

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.579
 and knows

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.220
 that the dragon

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.819
 is real

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.019
 the devil

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.579
 is real

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.039
 and he is

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.380
 evil

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.039
 and he affects

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.940
 real things

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.860
 but he is

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.600
 really and

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.400
 truly doomed

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.620
 and the other

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.240
 thing Andrew

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.559
 if you could

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.840
 put up the

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.460
 next point

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:38.140
 is that the

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:39.200
 dragon hates

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.140
 all earthly

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.920
 and heavenly

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.400
 life

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.720
 the devil

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.320
 hates

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:47.259
 all earthly

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:48.300
 and heavenly

00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:48.780
 life

00:27:48.780 --> 00:27:52.580
 that's what

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.160
 he wants us

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.980
 to understand

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:56.120
 go back

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.880
 in your devotions

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.220
 and read

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.540
 Ephesians 6

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.580
 and the fact

00:27:59.580 --> 00:27:59.900
 of the matter

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.480
 is that for

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.019
 many of us

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.540
 who are in

00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:02.019
 the Christian

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.560
 church

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.700
 we're like

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.280
 a drunk

00:28:04.280 --> 00:28:05.300
 falling off

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:05.880
 a horse

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:07.140
 first we try

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.480
 to get on

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.840
 the horse

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.340
 and we fall

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:09.000
 off on one

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.300
 side

00:28:09.300 --> 00:28:10.240
 and then we

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.580
 try to get

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.120
 on the horse

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.739
 and we fall

00:28:11.739 --> 00:28:12.219
 off the other

00:28:12.219 --> 00:28:12.539
 side

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:14.159
 and the

00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:14.579
 Christians

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.859
 habitually

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.639
 we either

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.099
 end up

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.879
 acting as if

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:19.019
 we're rationalists

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.419
 and empiricists

00:28:20.419 --> 00:28:21.979
 as if all

00:28:21.979 --> 00:28:22.459
 there is

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:22.899
 are things

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.319
 that you can

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.019
 count and

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.739
 touch and

00:28:24.739 --> 00:28:26.039
 think through

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.019
 and manipulate

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.539
 with your

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.039
 power

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.919
 and we

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:29.439
 completely

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:29.959
 and utterly

00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:30.659
 act as if

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.139
 God is

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.559
 distant

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.219
 and demons

00:28:32.219 --> 00:28:33.099
 don't exist

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.639
 and there are

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.319
 no angels

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.859
 and prayer

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.599
 doesn't work

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:37.459
 and then in

00:28:37.459 --> 00:28:38.299
 reaction to that

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.879
 like a drunk

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.539
 falling off a

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.739
 horse

00:28:39.739 --> 00:28:40.399
 all of a sudden

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.819
 Christians

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.379
 start to act

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.139
 like pagans

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.480
 and they

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.700
 see everything

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.279
 is filled

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.839
 with demons

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.480
 there's demons

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.039
 everywhere

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.539
 they can't

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.099
 even take a

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.619
 step on the

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.079
 sidewalk

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.939
 without seeing

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.379
 a demon

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.939
 and everything

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.579
 is caused

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.259
 by a demon

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.839
 and we become

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.819
 just like pagans

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.419
 who think that

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:56.119
 there's a God

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:57.279
 or a God

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.379
 in every living

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.200
 type of thing

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.460
 and then in

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.359
 reaction to that

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.019
 like a drunk

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.519
 getting on a

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.099
 horse we fall

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.659
 off the other

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:04.200
 side and we

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.779
 become like

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.480
 rationalists

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.240
 and empiricists

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.359
 and the Bible

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:09.160
 believes in

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.539
 reason

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.200
 and believes

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.039
 in evidence

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:13.900
 and the Bible

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.579
 believes in

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.240
 minds and

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.579
 thinking

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.220
 but the Bible

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.019
 also teaches

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.819
 that there are

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.380
 devils

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.620
 and there are

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.019
 demons

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:22.200
 and to ignore

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.319
 them is to

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.819
 live an

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.880
 impractical

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.559
 life

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.240
 because if in

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.859
 fact there are

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.400
 demons

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:32.160
 then to deal

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.700
 with them

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.720
 is practical

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:36.440
 and to ignore

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:38.519
 them is foolish

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:40.000
 and impractical

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:42.240
 and so the

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.840
 point of the

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:45.100
 image is to

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:46.259
 clarify to us

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.380
 that there is

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:49.420
 evil

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.840
 intelligences

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.840
 which affect

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.720
 things and

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.700
 make a difference

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:55.420
 and we're not

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.259
 to brood about

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.819
 them and not

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.640
 to live in fear

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.340
 of them because

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:59.400
 they're doomed

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:02.000
 but we are to

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.680
 deal with them

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:04.120
 when we become

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.680
 aware of the

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.340
 fact that they

00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:05.880
 are there

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:08.100
 just as a

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.460
 bit of an

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.860
 aside

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:11.380
 during the

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.940
 first thing I

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.500
 do during the

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.120
 song set

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.840
 if you see me

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.320
 praying

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:15.700
 is I

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:17.740
 I pray that

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.480
 God will bind

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.000
 the demons

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.620
 that are present

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:21.240
 I don't do a

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.900
 worship service

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.519
 without praying

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.759
 that

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:25.740
 please pray that

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.039
 too

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.640
 you should do

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:27.940
 it in your

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.779
 small groups

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:30.580
 you should do

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:31.880
 it with your

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.560
 youth groups

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.779
 not necessarily

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.519
 out loud but

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.119
 just privately

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.339
 the devil never

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.159
 misses church

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.759
 and he never

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.500
 misses a bible

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.899
 study

00:30:39.899 --> 00:30:43.379
 so deal with

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.679
 it

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:45.659
 and then use

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.419
 your mind and

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:47.559
 all to try to

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.480
 understand the

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.919
 word but pray

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:51.359
 that the demons

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.059
 are bound and

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.879
 cast out and

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.759
 that Jesus be

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.519
 present and that

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.240
 the Holy Spirit

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.879
 fall and that

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.480
 God would be

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.119
 honored and that

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.619
 he will be

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.519
 glorified and that

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.159
 people will be

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.779
 freed and that

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.240
 they will be

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.880
 delivered and that

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.440
 the word will

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.960
 bear fruit in

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.540
 our lives

00:31:04.540 --> 00:31:05.820
 pray like that

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.720
 because God is

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.700
 not dead and he

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.560
 is not distant

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:09.980
 he hears

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.340
 he listens

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:13.200
 and he can act

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:15.580
 and Jesus has

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.220
 defeated the

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.640
 dragon

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:19.860
 have I gotten a

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.380
 little bit ahead of

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:20.860
 the story

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.360
 sorry

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:23.460
 where am I in my

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.740
 notes

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.920
 look back to

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.920
 verse 4 again

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.759
 or 5

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:28.140
 sorry now we're

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.700
 up to 5

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:30.240
 she gave birth to

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.100
 a male child

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:32.120
 one who was to

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.740
 rule all the

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.819
 nations with a

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:35.180
 rod of iron

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:37.080
 but her child was

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:38.039
 caught up to God

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.980
 and to his throne

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:40.660
 and the woman

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.380
 fled into the

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.059
 wilderness where

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.860
 she has a place

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.880
 prepared by God

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.500
 in which she is

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.100
 to be nourished

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.759
 for three and a

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.299
 half years

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.680
 1260 days

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.779
 now go back to

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:48.980
 5

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.680
 remember I told

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.059
 you that

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:51.380
 see I have to

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.960
 confess that

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.580
 I'm a

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.340
 like my

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:54.500
 personal favorite

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.100
 I mean I can

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.980
 handle philosophical

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.819
 types of things

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:58.080
 I have to say

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.879
 I like things like

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.299
 John in the

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.859
 beginning was the

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.419
 word and the

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:01.039
 word was with

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.799
 God and the

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:03.519
 word was God

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.279
 he was with God

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.819
 in the beginning

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.939
 all things were

00:32:05.939 --> 00:32:06.619
 made through him

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.259
 and without him

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.079
 nothing was made

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.460
 that was made

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.259
 I like things

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.779
 like that but I

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.740
 love stories

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.500
 fundamentally

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.599
 that's what I

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.439
 enjoy and I

00:32:13.439 --> 00:32:14.720
 love finding a

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.539
 really good novel

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.179
 that I can just

00:32:16.179 --> 00:32:17.139
 get immersed in

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:18.259
 and I can be

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.639
 one of those

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.720
 people that stays

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.720
 up an hour or

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.339
 two after their

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.259
 bedtime because they

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.659
 get gripped by a

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:24.519
 narrative or a

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.159
 story like a

00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:26.960
 story but in

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.799
 Apocalypse

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.799
 in John you

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.240
 have to read it

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.480
 slowly and what

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.039
 happens here with

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.859
 the image if you

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.859
 think about it the

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.700
 image is originally

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.799
 that of the woman

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.220
 of Israel and

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.579
 Israel is going to

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.279
 give birth to the

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.980
 Messiah but a

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:41.079
 nation can't do

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:43.339
 that so John

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.480
 takes the image and

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.299
 twists it just

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.839
 slightly I don't

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.299
 know how many of

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.740
 you have seen the

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:49.379
 movie the series

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:50.519
 Band of Brothers

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.819
 this isn't a

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.599
 spoiler alert I

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.859
 don't think but in

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.399
 the Band of

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.519
 Brothers at the

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.680
 very towards the

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.440
 very very end of

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:57.980
 the movie the

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.279
 surviving soldiers

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:00.460
 they're doing an

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.279
 activity because I

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.940
 don't want to spoil

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.500
 the end if you

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.860
 haven't seen it but

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.960
 all of a sudden it's

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:06.000
 a very moving thing

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.380
 that happens you see

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.140
 the actors you know

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.759
 doing whatever they're

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.559
 doing and all of a

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:11.500
 sudden it focuses on

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.539
 each actor at a time

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.299
 and it's a surprise

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.980
 the first time then

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.000
 you're prepared for it

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.840
 and the actor's face

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:19.039
 changes and you see

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.840
 the soldier whose

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:22.660
 life they told he

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:24.160
 lives today it's very

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:26.500
 movie actually the

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.700
 same face and all

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.320
 of a sudden it's a

00:33:28.320 --> 00:33:29.560
 different face and

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:30.500
 it's the real person

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:32.540
 and so what John

00:33:32.540 --> 00:33:33.759
 does here in this

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.640
 in this part with

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:36.900
 the woman is a

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:38.200
 nation on one

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.740
 hand can't give

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:41.259
 birth to a child a

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:42.320
 woman gives birth to

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:44.620
 a child and so all

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.500
 of a sudden here in

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.700
 verse 5 it's Mary

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:48.779
 it's Matthew 1

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:50.920
 it's Luke 2

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:52.339
 Luke 1 and 2

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.579
 it's Mary

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:56.660
 faithful Israel

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:58.099
 has come down to

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:59.379
 this one young

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.440
 Jewish girl

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:03.119
 who does what God

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:04.319
 has wished that his

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.680
 chosen people would

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.680
 always do

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:08.800
 that when she is

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.679
 asked to do

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.619
 something that will

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:12.059
 bring salvation to

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.980
 the human race

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.440
 and bring God

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.739
 great glory

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:17.519
 she says

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:19.480
 be it unto me

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:21.039
 according to

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.679
 your will

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:25.400
 the cry that God

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.239
 desires

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:27.980
 his faithful

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.699
 people

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.980
 to call out

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.599
 to him

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:32.259
 is voiced

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:33.460
 by a young

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.840
 Jewish girl

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:36.219
 in the corner

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:37.039
 of the Roman

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.659
 Empire

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:40.780
 and from

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.219
 her

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:42.920
 the long

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.719
 promised

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.480
 Jewish

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.259
 Messiah

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:46.179
 who is

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.899
 the Savior

00:34:46.899 --> 00:34:47.659
 not only

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.000
 of the

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.259
 Jewish

00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:48.679
 people

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.039
 but of

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.500
 the whole

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.960
 world

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.099
 is born

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:52.539
 and here

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.419
 in verse 5

00:34:53.419 --> 00:34:54.719
 God

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:56.659
 through John

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:58.219
 puts together

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.940
 the entire

00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:00.079
 story of Jesus

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.879
 in these few

00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:01.299
 words

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.219
 and the point

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.879
 of the story

00:35:02.879 --> 00:35:03.399
 is that

00:35:03.399 --> 00:35:04.219
 here's the

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:05.500
 here's smog

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.199
 with seven

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.559
 heads

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:06.879
 and he's

00:35:06.879 --> 00:35:07.379
 bigger than

00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:08.099
 this building

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.639
 if he was

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:08.940
 here

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.739
 the only way

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.079
 he could

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.539
 enter into

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.039
 this building

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.440
 is by

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.039
 smashing

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.599
 the roof

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.339
 and smashing

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:13.940
 the walls

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.659
 and there's

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.179
 this slight

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:16.240
 Jewish woman

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.579
 here

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.019
 and she's

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.940
 heavy with

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.460
 birth

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.920
 and she's

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.539
 giving birth

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:19.860
 to this

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.260
 child

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.940
 and the

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.679
 seven heads

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.079
 are over

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.039
 this young

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:24.159
 woman

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.860
 now lying

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.280
 down

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.039
 and the

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.320
 heads

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:27.000
 are snapping

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.360
 at each

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.539
 other

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.179
 because each

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.700
 wants to be

00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:29.000
 the one

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.340
 to eat

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.840
 the baby

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:31.280
 and the

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.539
 baby

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.099
 that's born

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:33.440
 Psalm 2

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.300
 it's all

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:34.619
 of the

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.220
 prophecies

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:35.539
 of the

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.980
 Messiah

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.380
 the one

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.700
 who will

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:36.940
 rule

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.619
 the nations

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.700
 and more

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:39.099
 than rule

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.579
 the nations

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.179
 because he

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.460
 will be

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.760
 the one

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.460
 who saves

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.900
 the people

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.340
 from every

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.679
 nation

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.019
 and every

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.639
 people group

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.319
 and the

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:44.659
 baby

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.339
 is

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:45.859
 and all

00:35:45.859 --> 00:35:46.059
 of a

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.219
 sudden

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.440
 it's

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.879
 speeded

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.179
 up

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:48.219
 that's the

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.359
 way

00:35:48.359 --> 00:35:48.920
 John

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.279
 writes it

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.460
 it's

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.819
 speeded

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:49.980
 up

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.400
 he's

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.519
 going

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:50.719
 to be

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.139
 born

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.699
 he's

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:51.920
 going

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.719
 to live

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.219
 he's

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:53.339
 going

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:53.599
 to have

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.759
 his

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.079
 public

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.519
 ministry

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.799
 he's

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:54.920
 going

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.359
 to perform

00:35:55.359 --> 00:35:55.920
 miracles

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.619
 he's

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:56.819
 going

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.460
 to teach

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.339
 brilliant

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.819
 things

00:35:58.819 --> 00:35:59.059
 he's

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.159
 going

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.480
 to die

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.739
 upon

00:35:59.739 --> 00:35:59.940
 the

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.259
 cross

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.460
 he's

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.539
 going

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:00.639
 to

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:00.859
 taste

00:36:00.859 --> 00:36:01.079
 all

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.219
 there

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:01.359
 is

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:01.480
 to

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.739
 taste

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:01.900
 of

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.179
 death

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.619
 he's

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:02.719
 going

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.079
 to rise

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.659
 triumphant

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.000
 on the

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.219
 third

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.539
 day

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:04.980
 he's

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.099
 going

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.519
 to prove

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.860
 that he

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.000
 is

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.319
 alive

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:06.659
 to his

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.139
 disciples

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.699
 he's

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:07.819
 going

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:07.920
 to

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.360
 ascend

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.619
 into

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.059
 heaven

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:10.279
 it's

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.679
 all

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:10.860
 in

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.079
 one

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.339
 big

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.799
 thing

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.980
 and

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.880
 Smog

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.079
 the

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.579
 dragon

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:16.339
 is

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:17.159
 confounded

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:19.980
 he doesn't

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.259
 eat the

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.539
 baby

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:22.719
 the baby

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.299
 is with

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:24.719
 the

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.099
 father

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:26.460
 and he

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.639
 will

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.259
 return

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:28.799
 and with

00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:29.420
 the

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.339
 dragon's

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.940
 inability

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.500
 to

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.219
 defeat

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:33.279
 a

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:33.819
 small

00:36:33.819 --> 00:36:34.460
 pregnant

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.880
 woman

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.280
 and a

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.680
 small

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.180
 tiny

00:36:36.180 --> 00:36:36.700
 baby

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:37.740
 the

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:38.240
 dragon

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:39.440
 is

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.940
 doomed

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:43.340
 the

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.900
 dragon

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:45.260
 is

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:45.740
 doomed

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:49.780
 and

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.119
 then we

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.579
 show up

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:50.840
 in the

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.240
 story

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:53.160
 did you

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.280
 know

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.619
 that we

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.059
 show up

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.300
 in the

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.619
 story

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:56.519
 John

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:56.760
 in

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.400
 particular

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.720
 in the

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.019
 book of

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.460
 revelation

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.400
 has us

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.140
 now show

00:37:00.140 --> 00:37:00.440
 up in

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.599
 the

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:00.940
 story

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.400
 look at

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.660
 verse

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.140
 six

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:03.599
 and the

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:03.860
 woman

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.320
 fled

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.620
 into

00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:04.800
 the

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.220
 wilderness

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:06.080
 where

00:37:06.080 --> 00:37:06.260
 she

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.539
 has

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.700
 a

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:07.039
 place

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.620
 prepared

00:37:07.620 --> 00:37:07.920
 by

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.400
 God

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.620
 in

00:37:08.620 --> 00:37:08.860
 which

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.019
 she

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.180
 is

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:09.300
 to

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.480
 be

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.860
 nourished

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.059
 for

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.640
 1260

00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:12.180
 days

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:12.840
 remember

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.220
 I said

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.420
 how

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.760
 John

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.160
 takes

00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:14.420
 this

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.960
 image

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.620
 of

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:15.760
 the

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.039
 woman

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.640
 and the

00:37:16.640 --> 00:37:16.820
 woman

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.000
 is

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.380
 Israel

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.980
 Genesis

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.740
 37

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:19.180
 and a

00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:19.320
 whole

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.500
 pile

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.620
 of

00:37:19.620 --> 00:37:19.800
 other

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.160
 imagery

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.880
 and then

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.300
 it's

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.460
 not

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.700
 just

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.160
 Israel

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:22.400
 in

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.760
 general

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.080
 as an

00:37:23.080 --> 00:37:23.500
 abstraction

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.880
 it comes

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.080
 down

00:37:24.080 --> 00:37:24.480
 to one

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.800
 young

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.140
 woman

00:37:25.140 --> 00:37:25.600
 the same

00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:25.900
 woman

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.900
 and now

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.780
 we see

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.260
 God's

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.619
 faithful

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.000
 people

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.220
 but

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.680
 God's

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:29.980
 faithful

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.400
 people

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.599
 are

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.180
 changed

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:31.539
 Andrew

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.760
 if you

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:31.880
 could

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.139
 put up

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.440
 the next

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.840
 point

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:34.380
 the next

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.760
 woman

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.559
 we

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.039
 followers

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.340
 of

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:36.639
 Jesus

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:36.960
 are

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.519
 remnant

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.039
 Israel

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.360
 and

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.920
 grafted

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.220
 in

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:40.079
 pagans

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:43.099
 I'm not

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.319
 doing

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:43.880
 replacement

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.420
 theology

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.679
 here

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:44.980
 folks

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.199
 but

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.599
 just

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:45.900
 work

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.099
 with

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.219
 me

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.420
 with

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.619
 my

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.059
 points

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.400
 okay

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:50.299
 that's

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:50.400
 who

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:50.599
 this

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:50.819
 new

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:51.059
 woman

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.440
 is

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.319
 God's

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:52.679
 faithful

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.179
 people

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.639
 and

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.019
 God's

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.319
 faithful

00:37:54.319 --> 00:37:54.699
 people

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:54.920
 are

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:56.019
 Jewish

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.559
 believers

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.259
 in our

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:57.619
 midst

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.079
 and the

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.279
 rest

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.719
 of us

00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:01.059
 my

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.860
 Jewish

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.179
 brothers

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.460
 and

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.799
 sisters

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:04.119
 their

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.960
 ancestors

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.840
 were

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.119
 with

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.599
 Moses

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.920
 and

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.119
 with

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.460
 David

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:10.260
 mine

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:11.619
 stripped

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.079
 ourselves

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.460
 naked

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:12.800
 painted

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.320
 ourselves

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.760
 blue

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:13.940
 and

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.360
 danced

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.720
 like

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:15.039
 fools

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.380
 before

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.559
 the

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:15.840
 Romans

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.740
 sorry

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.000
 it's

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.159
 not

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.400
 quite

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.780
 equal

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.539
 but

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.920
 somehow

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.119
 or

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.240
 another

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.599
 God

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.340
 takes

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.780
 us

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:22.059
 stripped

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.440
 naked

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.900
 painted

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.340
 blue

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.019
 pagan

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.720
 taunting

00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:25.579
 pagans

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:25.940
 and

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.440
 grafts

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.559
 us

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.780
 into

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.179
 Israel

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:28.940
 and

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.119
 we

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.240
 are

00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:29.460
 that

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:29.780
 woman

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:31.679
 after

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:31.940
 the

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.300
 death

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.519
 and

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:32.980
 birth

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.260
 and

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:33.519
 death

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.699
 and

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.099
 resurrection

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.400
 of

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.699
 Jesus

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.000
 and

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.159
 his

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.740
 ascension

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:36.280
 who

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.340
 are

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.599
 waiting

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:36.840
 for

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.059
 his

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.519
 return

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:38.539
 we

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.199
 are

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.500
 that

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.880
 woman

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.940
 and

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.199
 we

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.559
 go

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.800
 to

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.000
 the

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.460
 wilderness

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.800
 where

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.259
 God

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:44.480
 has

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.940
 prepared

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.280
 a

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.780
 place

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.360
 for

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:46.679
 us

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.019
 to

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.219
 be

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.920
 nourished

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.860
 if

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:48.920
 you

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.019
 could

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.239
 put up

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.360
 the

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:49.639
 final

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.280
 point

00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:50.659
 Andrew

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:52.599
 we

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.980
 the

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.380
 followers

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.659
 of

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:53.940
 Jesus

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.500
 dwell

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.840
 in

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.400
 God's

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:55.900
 sanctuary

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.860
 in

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.239
 the

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:57.719
 wilderness

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.679
 to

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:58.920
 bear

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.539
 witness

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.460
 until

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.719
 he

00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:01.320
 returns

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:04.019
 we

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.559
 followers

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:04.860
 of

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.099
 Jesus

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.599
 dwell

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:05.940
 in

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.719
 God's

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.460
 sanctuary

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.039
 in

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.220
 the

00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:08.659
 wilderness

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.280
 to

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.500
 bear

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.019
 witness

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.900
 until

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.099
 he

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.519
 returns

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.699
 you

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:12.820
 see

00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:12.980
 the

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.179
 word

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:13.400
 here

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.599
 which

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:13.740
 is

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.679
 translated

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:14.940
 as

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.400
 place

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:16.159
 it's

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.260
 the

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.639
 exact

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.019
 same

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.380
 word

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:17.659
 that's

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:17.800
 in

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:18.039
 John

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.699
 14

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:20.119
 let

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.380
 not

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.559
 your

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.820
 hearts

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.079
 be

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.480
 troubled

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.740
 I

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.059
 go

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.360
 to

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:23.780
 prepare

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.260
 in

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.440
 my

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:24.880
 father's

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.139
 house

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.420
 are

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.639
 many

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.220
 mansions

00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:26.619
 I

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:26.880
 go

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.139
 to

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.639
 prepare

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.179
 a

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:29.740
 place

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.659
 for

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:30.960
 you

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:32.960
 that

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.280
 word

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:33.880
 place

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.360
 is

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.500
 the

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:34.720
 same

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:34.960
 word

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.320
 here

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:37.320
 it's

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:37.500
 a

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.800
 word

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.140
 of

00:39:38.140 --> 00:39:39.019
 sanctuary

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.960
 where

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.460
 God

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.940
 is

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:42.539
 and

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.740
 where

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:42.980
 you

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.180
 are

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:43.860
 gods

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:45.519
 and

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.080
 we

00:39:46.080 --> 00:39:46.660
 today

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:47.280
 live

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.760
 in a

00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:48.220
 wilderness

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:48.600
 where

00:39:48.600 --> 00:39:48.800
 we

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.240
 cannot

00:39:49.240 --> 00:39:49.780
 in a

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.080
 sense

00:39:50.080 --> 00:39:50.860
 provide

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.180
 our

00:39:51.180 --> 00:39:51.460
 own

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.019
 resources

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:53.240
 but

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.539
 in

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.760
 a

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.080
 place

00:39:54.080 --> 00:39:54.260
 where

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.460
 we

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.860
 cannot

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.420
 prepare

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.740
 our

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:56.039
 own

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.580
 resources

00:39:56.580 --> 00:39:57.019
 we

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.240
 who

00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:57.400
 are

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:57.900
 followers

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.280
 of

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.620
 Jesus

00:39:58.620 --> 00:39:59.500
 don't

00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.780
 live

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:00.200
 without

00:40:00.200 --> 00:40:00.820
 resources

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.120
 we

00:40:01.120 --> 00:40:01.460
 live

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.660
 in

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:01.960
 a

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.580
 sanctuary

00:40:02.580 --> 00:40:03.160
 with

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:03.320
 the

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:03.559
 living

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.019
 God

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.660
 himself

00:40:04.660 --> 00:40:05.200
 who

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.860
 nourishes

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.480
 us

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.300
 and

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:07.580
 in

00:40:07.580 --> 00:40:07.840
 this

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.220
 place

00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:08.420
 of

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:08.960
 sanctuary

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.280
 where

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.680
 we

00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:09.840
 are

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.260
 nourished

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.420
 if

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:10.519
 you

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:10.660
 go

00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:10.840
 on

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:10.960
 and

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.120
 read

00:40:11.120 --> 00:40:11.260
 the

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.460
 rest

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.580
 of

00:40:11.580 --> 00:40:12.059
 revelation

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.600
 12

00:40:12.600 --> 00:40:13.220
 the

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:13.780
 dragon

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.200
 is

00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:14.460
 still

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.880
 trying

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.100
 to

00:40:15.100 --> 00:40:15.600
 devour

00:40:15.600 --> 00:40:16.080
 us

00:40:16.080 --> 00:40:16.559
 but

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:16.700
 in

00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:16.880
 the

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.260
 face

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.440
 of

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:17.580
 the

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:18.059
 dragon

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.280
 who

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.680
 tries

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:18.860
 to

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.320
 devour

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:19.580
 us

00:40:19.580 --> 00:40:19.720
 in

00:40:19.720 --> 00:40:19.860
 the

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.240
 wilderness

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:20.900
 we

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.320
 are

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:21.760
 in

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:22.200
 the

00:40:22.200 --> 00:40:22.700
 sanctuary

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.180
 with

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:23.460
 God

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.680
 where

00:40:23.680 --> 00:40:23.920
 he

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.420
 nourishes

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.880
 us

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.340
 and

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.620
 we

00:40:25.620 --> 00:40:25.840
 are

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.420
 called

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:26.840
 in

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.019
 the

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.460
 face

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:27.820
 of

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:27.960
 the

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.680
 dragon's

00:40:28.680 --> 00:40:29.019
 roar

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:31.119
 and

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.320
 with

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.519
 his

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.960
 breath

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.480
 upon

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:32.920
 us

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.680
 to

00:40:33.680 --> 00:40:33.940
 know

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.139
 that

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.340
 the

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.800
 breath

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.019
 of

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.200
 the

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.579
 Father

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:35.820
 the

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.079
 Holy

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.539
 Spirit

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.099
 dwells

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:37.400
 within

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.659
 us

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.159
 and

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:38.579
 we

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.159
 bear

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.920
 witness

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.400
 to

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.860
 Jesus

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:43.000
 in

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.400
 a

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.940
 place

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:44.460
 even

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.820
 like

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.099
 our

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:45.539
 country

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:45.840
 which

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.000
 is

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.760
 increasingly

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.200
 given

00:40:47.200 --> 00:40:47.599
 over

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:47.840
 to

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.059
 a

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.480
 culture

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:48.780
 of

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.200
 death

00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:50.559
 we

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:50.700
 are

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:50.780
 to

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:50.880
 be

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.079
 a

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.480
 sanctuary

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:51.880
 of

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.360
 life

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:53.440
 of

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.039
 deliverance

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.280
 from

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.700
 demons

00:40:54.700 --> 00:40:56.220
 and

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:56.379
 a

00:40:56.379 --> 00:40:56.739
 sanctuary

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.019
 of

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.399
 life

00:40:57.399 --> 00:40:58.419
 where

00:40:58.419 --> 00:40:58.539
 we

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:58.679
 are

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:59.039
 nourished

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.259
 by

00:40:59.259 --> 00:40:59.639
 God

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:01.519
 just

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:01.739
 in

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.359
 closing

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:02.759
 some

00:41:02.759 --> 00:41:02.879
 of

00:41:02.879 --> 00:41:02.980
 you

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.179
 might

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.459
 say

00:41:03.459 --> 00:41:03.959
 George

00:41:03.959 --> 00:41:05.659
 if

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:05.959
 you

00:41:05.959 --> 00:41:06.399
 knew

00:41:06.399 --> 00:41:07.159
 how

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:08.039
 dragonish

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.619
 I

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:08.939
 am

00:41:08.939 --> 00:41:10.519
 all

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:10.679
 I

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:10.819
 can

00:41:10.819 --> 00:41:10.980
 do

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.099
 is

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.279
 look

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.399
 at

00:41:11.399 --> 00:41:11.579
 that

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:11.959
 story

00:41:11.959 --> 00:41:12.139
 and

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.319
 think

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:12.519
 I'm

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.980
 outside

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.139
 of

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.319
 that

00:41:13.319 --> 00:41:13.639
 story

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:13.859
 I'm

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:14.019
 not

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.419
 nourished

00:41:14.419 --> 00:41:14.659
 by

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.099
 God

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:16.139
 George

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.339
 if

00:41:16.339 --> 00:41:16.599
 you

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:16.959
 knew

00:41:16.959 --> 00:41:17.239
 the

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:17.759
 dark

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.939
 dragonish

00:41:18.939 --> 00:41:19.899
 things

00:41:19.899 --> 00:41:20.779
 which

00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:21.239
 I

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:21.799
 do

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:22.799
 and

00:41:22.799 --> 00:41:23.239
 I

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:23.919
 enjoy

00:41:23.919 --> 00:41:24.199
 the

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:24.659
 taste

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:24.879
 of

00:41:24.879 --> 00:41:25.039
 the

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.439
 evil

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:27.039
 some

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.179
 of

00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:27.280
 you

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:27.420
 are

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.639
 saying

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.079
 George

00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:28.320
 if

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.559
 you

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:28.760
 knew

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:28.980
 the

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.579
 dragons

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:29.840
 that

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:30.099
 I

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.480
 have

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:30.700
 from

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:30.940
 my

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.420
 past

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.579
 and

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:31.840
 I'm

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.079
 living

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.340
 with

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:32.579
 right

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:32.800
 now

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.000
 if

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.260
 you

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:33.679
 knew

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:34.340
 how

00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:34.619
 I

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:34.980
 cannot

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.559
 even

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.099
 sleep

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:36.320
 at

00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:36.700
 night

00:41:36.700 --> 00:41:37.220
 because

00:41:37.220 --> 00:41:38.679
 there

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:38.840
 are

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.119
 these

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.720
 dragons

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:40.039
 and

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.400
 things

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.619
 that

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:40.940
 wake

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.220
 me

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.440
 up

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.639
 and

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.039
 tear

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.320
 me

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:42.639
 up

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.220
 and

00:41:43.220 --> 00:41:43.599
 eat

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:43.880
 me

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.240
 up

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.760
 and

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:45.200
 beat

00:41:45.200 --> 00:41:45.440
 me

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.639
 up

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:45.820
 if

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:46.039
 you

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.340
 knew

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.760
 those

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.240
 things

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:47.760
 you

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:47.960
 would

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.159
 know

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.340
 that

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:48.599
 I

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.960
 only

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.280
 hear

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:49.639
 these

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:49.980
 things

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.159
 and

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:50.480
 all

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:50.659
 I

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:50.980
 think

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.179
 is

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:51.339
 I

00:41:51.339 --> 00:41:51.559
 just

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:51.799
 wish

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:51.960
 I

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.159
 could

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:52.339
 be

00:41:52.339 --> 00:41:52.579
 like

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:52.799
 other

00:41:52.799 --> 00:41:53.179
 people

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:53.359
 and

00:41:53.359 --> 00:41:53.559
 have

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:53.759
 that

00:41:53.759 --> 00:41:54.039
 place

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.199
 of

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.619
 sanctuary

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.319
 and

00:41:55.319 --> 00:41:55.519
 if

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:55.639
 you

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:55.759
 are

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:55.980
 like

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.239
 that

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.480
 here

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:56.920
 today

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.259
 that

00:41:57.259 --> 00:41:57.619
 means

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:57.819
 you

00:41:57.819 --> 00:41:58.559
 understand

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:58.759
 your

00:41:58.759 --> 00:41:59.019
 need

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.179
 for

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.319
 the

00:41:59.319 --> 00:41:59.819
 gospel

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:02.100
 you

00:42:02.100 --> 00:42:02.280
 are

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:02.800
 ready

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.920
 to

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.080
 be

00:42:04.080 --> 00:42:04.440
 taken

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:04.600
 in

00:42:04.600 --> 00:42:04.720
 the

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:05.080
 arms

00:42:05.080 --> 00:42:05.280
 of

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:05.400
 the

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.780
 baby

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:06.080
 of

00:42:06.080 --> 00:42:06.760
 Bethlehem

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.660
 of

00:42:07.660 --> 00:42:07.840
 the

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.140
 savior

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:08.380
 who

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.780
 died

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.019
 for

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.200
 you

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:10.019
 you

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.180
 are

00:42:10.180 --> 00:42:10.420
 ready

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.559
 to

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:10.740
 be

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.100
 taken

00:42:11.100 --> 00:42:11.380
 by

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:11.800
 him

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.500
 because

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.660
 you

00:42:12.660 --> 00:42:13.180
 can't

00:42:13.180 --> 00:42:13.519
 defeat

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:13.860
 those

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.260
 demons

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:15.260
 I

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:15.720
 can't

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.059
 defeat

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:16.280
 the

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:16.740
 dragons

00:42:16.740 --> 00:42:17.220
 I

00:42:17.220 --> 00:42:17.460
 have

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:17.680
 no

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:18.080
 power

00:42:18.080 --> 00:42:18.260
 to

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:18.519
 defeat

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:18.780
 my

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.300
 dragons

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:20.440
 but

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:20.700
 I

00:42:20.700 --> 00:42:21.000
 have

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.260
 a

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:21.620
 savior

00:42:21.620 --> 00:42:22.160
 and

00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:22.539
 so

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:22.740
 do

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:23.019
 you

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:24.100
 who

00:42:24.100 --> 00:42:24.240
 will

00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:24.660
 take

00:42:24.660 --> 00:42:24.800
 you

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:24.920
 in

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.080
 your

00:42:25.080 --> 00:42:25.559
 arms

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:27.000
 and

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.220
 those

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:27.640
 dragons

00:42:27.640 --> 00:42:27.920
 look

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.160
 really

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:28.539
 big

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:28.940
 within

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.120
 and

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.460
 without

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.559
 and

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.319
 the

00:42:31.319 --> 00:42:31.699
 savior

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:31.980
 will

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.299
 put

00:42:32.299 --> 00:42:32.440
 you

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.599
 on

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:32.779
 his

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:33.319
 shoulders

00:42:33.319 --> 00:42:34.699
 and

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:34.960
 he's

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.179
 way

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:35.420
 bigger

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:35.619
 than

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:35.819
 that

00:42:35.819 --> 00:42:36.219
 dragon

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:38.259
 he

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:38.599
 can

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:38.980
 defeat

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.139
 it

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.279
 and

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.559
 will

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:41.799
 not

00:42:41.799 --> 00:42:42.079
 because

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.279
 you're

00:42:42.279 --> 00:42:42.679
 strong

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:42.819
 or

00:42:42.819 --> 00:42:43.019
 I'm

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.279
 strong

00:42:43.279 --> 00:42:43.579
 because

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:43.759
 you

00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:44.019
 just

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.400
 know

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:44.940
 you

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:45.339
 need

00:42:45.339 --> 00:42:45.779
 the

00:42:45.779 --> 00:42:46.119
 savior

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.339
 I

00:42:46.339 --> 00:42:46.559
 didn't

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:46.739
 think

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:46.920
 I was

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.039
 going

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.139
 to

00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:47.420
 cry

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:50.460
 you

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:50.900
 know

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.259
 you

00:42:51.259 --> 00:42:51.619
 need

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:51.880
 the

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.219
 savior

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:54.299
 so

00:42:54.299 --> 00:42:54.559
 there's

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.819
 no

00:42:54.819 --> 00:42:55.059
 better

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.559
 time

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:55.759
 than

00:42:55.759 --> 00:42:55.980
 right

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.400
 now

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:57.000
 today

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.739
 to

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:57.980
 say

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.420
 Jesus

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.240
 I

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.579
 need

00:42:59.579 --> 00:42:59.720
 you

00:42:59.720 --> 00:42:59.880
 to

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.099
 hold

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.240
 me

00:43:00.240 --> 00:43:00.340
 in

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:00.460
 your

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:00.639
 arms

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:00.840
 I

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.059
 need

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:01.159
 you

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:01.320
 to

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.500
 put

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:01.680
 me

00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:01.860
 on

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.360
 your

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:02.920
 shoulders

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:04.079
 and

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.220
 I

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:04.500
 need

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:04.619
 you

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:04.760
 to

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:05.059
 defeat

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.300
 these

00:43:05.300 --> 00:43:05.740
 dragons

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:05.980
 and

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.240
 demons

00:43:06.240 --> 00:43:06.420
 in

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:06.599
 my

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:06.840
 life

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:06.960
 and

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.079
 I

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.300
 need

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:07.420
 you

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:07.559
 to

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:07.800
 never

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:08.480
 let

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:08.659
 me

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:08.900
 go

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:09.159
 because

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:09.380
 I'm

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:09.559
 just

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:09.840
 worried

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.059
 these

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.500
 dragons

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.720
 will

00:43:10.720 --> 00:43:11.180
 devour

00:43:11.180 --> 00:43:11.400
 me

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.639
 from

00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:11.960
 without

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.099
 or

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.420
 within

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:13.400
 and

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:13.720
 Jesus

00:43:13.720 --> 00:43:14.200
 turns

00:43:14.200 --> 00:43:14.519
 no

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:14.680
 one

00:43:14.680 --> 00:43:14.960
 away

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.860
 there

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.039
 is

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.360
 no

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:16.980
 dragon

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:17.500
 within

00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:18.320
 and

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:18.539
 no

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:18.980
 dragon

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.380
 without

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:19.900
 that

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:20.039
 will

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.320
 make

00:43:20.320 --> 00:43:20.519
 our

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.860
 savior

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.200
 turn

00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:21.360
 his

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:21.640
 eyes

00:43:21.640 --> 00:43:21.880
 from

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.059
 you

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.519
 he

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:22.840
 saw

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.260
 every

00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:23.780
 dragon

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.740
 he

00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:25.000
 knows

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.360
 every

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:25.800
 dragon

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:25.960
 in

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.079
 your

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.360
 life

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:26.519
 and

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:26.980
 everyone

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.220
 is

00:43:27.220 --> 00:43:27.599
 defeated

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:27.840
 and

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.180
 everyone

00:43:28.180 --> 00:43:28.460
 is

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:28.800
 doomed

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.480
 and

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:29.599
 he

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.400
 died

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:30.680
 because

00:43:30.680 --> 00:43:30.820
 he

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.320
 loves

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:31.640
 you

00:43:31.640 --> 00:43:34.840
 we

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.120
 can

00:43:35.120 --> 00:43:35.400
 live

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:35.620
 here

00:43:35.620 --> 00:43:35.960
 knowing

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:36.240
 that

00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:36.620
 Jesus

00:43:36.620 --> 00:43:36.940
 is

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.300
 greater

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:37.559
 than

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:38.019
 every

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:38.599
 dragon

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:38.880
 I

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.059
 have

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:39.360
 ever

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:39.900
 faced

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.380
 am

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:40.880
 facing

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.180
 or

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:41.460
 will

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:41.960
 face

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:43.220
 call

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:43.440
 out

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:43.599
 to

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:43.840
 him

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:45.220
 and

00:43:45.220 --> 00:43:45.400
 we

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:45.579
 can

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:45.780
 know

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:46.000
 that

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.320
 Jesus

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:46.640
 is

00:43:46.640 --> 00:43:46.960
 with

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.180
 me

00:43:47.180 --> 00:43:47.380
 as

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:47.539
 I

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:47.940
 face

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.500
 my

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:49.099
 internal

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:49.420
 and

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:49.940
 external

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.559
 dragons

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:51.659
 call

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:51.880
 out

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.019
 to

00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:52.259
 him

00:43:52.259 --> 00:43:53.799
 and

00:43:53.799 --> 00:43:53.920
 in

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.079
 the

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:54.380
 face

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.559
 of

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:54.980
 every

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.500
 dragon

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:55.799
 we

00:43:55.799 --> 00:43:56.000
 can

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.320
 think

00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:56.559
 on

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:56.920
 Jesus

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:57.279
 and

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:57.539
 keep

00:43:57.539 --> 00:43:57.739
 his

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:58.239
 commandments

00:43:58.239 --> 00:43:58.579
 and

00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:58.779
 bear

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:59.179
 witness

00:43:59.179 --> 00:43:59.420
 to

00:43:59.420 --> 00:43:59.659
 him

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:00.880
 and

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:01.019
 it

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:01.199
 might

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.440
 be

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:01.900
 faltering

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.059
 and

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.219
 it

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:02.380
 might

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.619
 be

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:02.940
 hard

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.759
 but

00:44:03.759 --> 00:44:04.019
 there's

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.219
 no

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:04.779
 dragon

00:44:04.779 --> 00:44:05.500
 afflicted

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:05.900
 person

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:06.299
 here

00:44:06.299 --> 00:44:07.360
 that

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.860
 God

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.659
 cannot

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.179
 use

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:09.380
 in

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.759
 Jesus

00:44:09.759 --> 00:44:10.079
 to

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:10.299
 bring

00:44:10.299 --> 00:44:10.519
 him

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:10.900
 glory

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:13.559
 absolutely

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:14.619
 no

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:14.940
 one

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:16.400
 please

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:16.840
 stand

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:25.260
 and

00:44:25.260 --> 00:44:25.559
 I'm

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:25.660
 not

00:44:25.660 --> 00:44:25.760
 going

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:25.820
 to

00:44:25.820 --> 00:44:26.019
 lead

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.140
 you

00:44:26.140 --> 00:44:26.220
 in

00:44:26.220 --> 00:44:26.360
 a

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:26.780
 sinner's

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:27.059
 prayer

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:27.420
 because

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:27.700
 that'll

00:44:27.700 --> 00:44:27.900
 just

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.059
 end

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.200
 up

00:44:28.200 --> 00:44:28.480
 making

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.680
 you

00:44:28.680 --> 00:44:28.880
 think

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.039
 that

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.260
 there's

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:29.460
 some

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:29.820
 magic

00:44:29.820 --> 00:44:30.340
 formula

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:30.600
 that

00:44:30.600 --> 00:44:30.700
 you

00:44:30.700 --> 00:44:30.940
 have

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:31.100
 to

00:44:31.100 --> 00:44:31.480
 remember

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:32.300
 if

00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:32.400
 you

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:33.300
 are

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:33.539
 here

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:33.780
 today

00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:33.900
 and

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.059
 you've

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.260
 never

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:34.780
 given

00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:34.940
 your

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.119
 life

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:35.300
 to

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:35.599
 Jesus

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:36.000
 just

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.380
 say

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:38.280
 Jesus

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:38.740
 take

00:44:38.740 --> 00:44:38.900
 me

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:39.039
 and

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.440
 I

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.619
 want

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:39.699
 to

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:39.840
 be

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:40.159
 yours

00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:40.480
 I

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:40.960
 want

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.740
 to

00:44:41.740 --> 00:44:42.039
 be

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:43.119
 Revelation

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.679
 12

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:44.280
 6

00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:45.179
 I

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:45.480
 want

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:45.579
 to

00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:45.719
 be

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:46.260
 Revelation

00:44:46.260 --> 00:44:46.780
 12

00:44:46.780 --> 00:44:47.340
 6

00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:50.420
 Jesus

00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:50.840
 just

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.199
 take

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.320
 me

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:51.440
 I

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:51.559
 want

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:51.639
 to

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:51.780
 be

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:52.199
 yours

00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:52.900
 and

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.179
 just

00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:53.500
 your

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:53.780
 own

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:54.179
 words

00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:54.480
 the

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:54.780
 cry

00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:54.940
 of

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:55.059
 your

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.300
 own

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:55.579
 heart

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:56.559
 and

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:56.740
 those

00:44:56.740 --> 00:44:56.880
 of

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.019
 us

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.119
 who

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.219
 are

00:44:57.219 --> 00:44:57.679
 followers

00:44:57.679 --> 00:44:57.960
 of

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.280
 Jesus

00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:58.519
 but

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 we're

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 listening

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 to

00:44:59.400 --> 00:44:59.539
 the

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 dragons

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 and

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 we're

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 letting

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 them

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 eat

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 us

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 up

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 there's

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 no

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 time

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 better

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 than

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 right

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 now

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 just

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 to

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 call

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 out

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 to

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 Jesus

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 and

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 ask

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 him

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 to

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 help

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 you

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 to

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 face

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 the

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 dragons

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 and

00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:09.440
 bear

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 witness

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 to

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 Jesus

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 there's

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 no

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 better

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 time

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 than

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 right

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 now

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 to

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 do

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 it

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 won't

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 be

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 better

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 tomorrow

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 won't

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 be

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 better

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 next

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 week

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 no

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 better

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:15.980
 time

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 than

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 now

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 just

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 closing

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 bow

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 our heads

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 in

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 prayer

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 dear

00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:23.480
 Lord

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 this

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 is

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 a

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:24.760
 prayer

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 that's

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 in

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 your

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 bulletin

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 you

00:45:26.120 --> 00:45:26.260
 can

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 take

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 it

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 home

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:26.780
 and

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 read

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 it

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 yourself

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 but

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 I'm

00:45:27.560 --> 00:45:27.700
 going to

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 pray

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.040
 it

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 out

00:45:28.180 --> 00:45:28.380
 for

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 all

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 of

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 us

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 right

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 now

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 dear

00:45:30.160 --> 00:45:30.360
 Lord

00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:30.520
 I

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 thank

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 you

00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:31.180
 that

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 you

00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:31.440
 know

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 the

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 name

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 and

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 power

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 of

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 every

00:45:33.140 --> 00:45:33.640
 dragon

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 I

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 face

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 within

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 and

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 without

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 I

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 thank

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 you

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:37.580
 for

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 Jesus

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.840
 I

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:39.180
 thank

00:45:39.180 --> 00:45:39.340
 you

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:39.480
 that

00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:39.760
 by

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:40.060
 his

00:45:40.060 --> 00:45:40.400
 death

00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:40.620
 and

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 resurrection

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 sin

00:45:42.080 --> 00:45:42.400
 and

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:42.800
 death

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 and

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 every

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:44.460
 dragon

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:44.840
 have

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.040
 been

00:45:45.040 --> 00:45:45.460
 defeated

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 I

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:46.800
 thank

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:46.960
 you

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 that

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 by

00:45:47.339 --> 00:45:47.779
 faith

00:45:47.779 --> 00:45:48.019
 in

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 Jesus

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 I

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:49.819
 can

00:45:49.819 --> 00:45:50.319
 share

00:45:50.319 --> 00:45:50.900
 his

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:51.539
 victory

00:45:51.539 --> 00:45:52.900
 help

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.079
 me

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 to

00:45:53.319 --> 00:45:54.039
 trustingly

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:54.719
 and

00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:55.440
 obediently

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:55.859
 walk

00:45:55.859 --> 00:45:56.099
 with

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:56.500
 Jesus

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:57.420
 in

00:45:57.420 --> 00:45:57.599
 the

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:58.019
 dying

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.639
 days

00:45:58.639 --> 00:45:59.219
 of

00:45:59.219 --> 00:45:59.420
 the

00:45:59.420 --> 00:45:59.759
 doomed

00:45:59.759 --> 00:46:00.400
 dragon

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:01.059
 and

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.259
 its

00:46:01.259 --> 00:46:01.779
 followers

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:02.579
 in

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:03.079
 Jesus

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:03.759
 name

00:46:03.759 --> 00:46:04.119
 we

00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:04.519
 all

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:04.960
 pray

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.339
 and

00:46:05.339 --> 00:46:05.779
 say

00:46:05.779 --> 00:46:07.099
 Amen