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 Good morning, church. Pastor Matthew here on this cold Sunday morning and glad that we can join together in person, even as we're separated.

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 And as we're coming together, as I often say when we are separated, but we're together virtually,

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 So thank you. And it also gives me a sense that helps me know that I'm not just alone in a room in my house talking to a camera.

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 But there's actually other people here. I can sort of see some of the comments as I'm looking at the screen on the camera.

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 So special welcome to you. If you are new with us, we're glad that you're here and we'd encourage you to connect with us.

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 And that helps us to connect with you and to help connect you with our community.

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 We're going to jump right in this morning.

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 You'll remember that we are studying the book of 2 Peter together.

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 And the book of 2 Peter is a letter. It's a letter written by a man named Peter.

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 And he writes it to a church somewhere in the Roman Empire in the 60s AD.

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 And we're near the end of the letter now. We've been in chapters 2 and 3 and especially in chapter 3.

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 And as we're in chapter 3, we're continuing to talk about what we started in chapter 2, which is the idea of the false teachers.

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 And you'll remember that the false teachers are promoting a couple different things.

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 They're attacking the reality that Jesus is coming back to the earth.

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 And they're also attacking the authority of scripture.

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 We've been talking the last two weeks about their objection that we saw in verse 4.

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 And their objection is that Jesus is not coming back.

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 And the reason that they claim he's not coming back is because he hasn't come back yet.

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 In other words, why is it taking so long?

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 And we saw two answers to that last week.

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 One, Peter rejects the premise of their question.

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 He says, God's view of time, God's relationship with time is very different than your view of time, your relationship with time.

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 And then he also tells them, God is not slow, he's patient.

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 He's not slow, he's patient.

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 So that's where we've been.

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 Here's where we're heading this morning.

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 We have the same situation we had last week, which is we have got some heavy sledding theologically.

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 And so I want us to go in with a strategy.

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 You'll remember I told you last week we were not going to discuss all of verse 10 because we were going to discuss that this week.

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 So this week, we're starting at verse 10 and we're going to verse 13.

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 We are going to focus on verse 10, the end of verse 12, and verse 13.

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 We are not going to look at verse 11 at all.

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 We're not going to look at the beginning of verse 12.

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 We will cover those next week.

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 So there's just a lot going on in these passages.

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 They're very dense and we don't want to rush through them.

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 And so it's for that reason that we're taking it slow.

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 So we didn't cover as much of verse 10 last week.

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 We'll cover it this week.

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 We're not covering verse 11 this week.

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 We'll cover it next week.

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 And next week, we'll add verse 14.

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 With that strategy in mind, I want you to think of this question.

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 Ask yourself this question.

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 When you think of the end of the world, what comes to mind?

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 When you think of the end of the world, what comes to mind?

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 And in addition to that, when you think of what's talked about in Scripture as the new heavens and the new earth,

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 what comes to mind?

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 What comes to mind in that situation?

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 Christians have a variety of ideas about what this is going to look like.

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 Some Christians believe we're going to have this sort of disembodied existence.

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 Now, they wouldn't necessarily articulate it that way.

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 But when they think about the end of the world and the new heavens and the new earth,

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 they think we're escaping material reality somehow.

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 Now, some people think that maybe there's an alternate earth that we're going to go to.

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 There's this alternate universe.

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 And so I'm not going to give you the answer right away,

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 but I'm just going to remind you there's all kinds of ideas about what's going to happen.

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 And I'm sure you have an idea as well.

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 And so that's the question we're going to be asking this morning as we look at 2 Peter 3.

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 We're not going to look at everything the Bible has to say about the end of the world.

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 We're going to look at what this passage has to say about the end of the world.

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 And so it's with that that we turn now to God's Word.

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 I invite you to turn with me in your Bible, either a physical Bible like I have here,

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 or on your phone, or maybe on a web browser.

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 I do encourage you to have all of chapter 3 opened up because we're going to refer back,

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 especially to verse 7.

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 But as we come to this, remember that this is God's Word.

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 In Proverbs chapter 30, verse 5 tells us,

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 every word of God proves true.

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 He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

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 And so that's why we read now 2 Peter chapter 3, starting at verse 10.

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 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,

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 and then the heavens will pass away with a roar,

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 and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved,

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 and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

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 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved,

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 what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

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 waiting for and hastening the coming day of God,

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 because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved,

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 and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn.

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 Verse 13.

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 But according to His promise, we are waiting for new heavens

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 and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's Word.

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 Our Father in Heaven, we thank you again for your Word that you've given to us,

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 that you haven't left us alone to wander around,

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 but you speak clearly to us.

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 And we thank you that you do that,

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 even when it's cold outside and it's snowing,

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 and even when we're separated in person

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 and we have to join through the internet over video.

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 We ask that you would help us with that this morning,

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 the many distractions that come as we're watching a screen

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 rather than looking at a person,

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 and that you would show your power by still speaking clearly to us in your Word.

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 We ask these things knowing that you'll help us,

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 not because of what we've done or how we've performed,

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 but you'll help us as we ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Now, I didn't plan to preach this sermon from a room in my house,

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 but it actually proves to be timely and helpful.

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 And I want you to think for a second,

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 as you look at this room that I'm in,

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 what does it say to you?

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 Now, there's a variety of things it might say.

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 You might say that there's not a whole lot of things on the wall.

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 And so you might think, well, that's what it's like to live as a bachelor.

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 You know, it just doesn't know what to do with this room.

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 There are other things it might say to you.

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 I'll tell you what it says to me.

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 When I look at this room and a variety of places in my house,

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 it screams the 1990s.

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 This house was built in 1995.

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 I only bought it in 2019.

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 And so I have not had it that whole time.

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 But if you look at that door right there,

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 you look at those closet doors,

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 that is something that happens with 1990s houses.

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 You would not buy a house today and see those kinds of doors.

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 You wouldn't necessarily see those colors, right?

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 There's something dated about it.

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 And when I first walked into this house with my realtor,

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 back in the spring of 2019,

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 one of the first things she pointed out to me was the kitchen floors.

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 She said, these kitchen floors,

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 you can tell something's, they're not been treated well.

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 The owners are using too much water when they clean them.

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 Because you can see there's a little bit of a bend in some of the pieces.

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 It's sort of this, I'm not good at describing these materials,

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 but you know, it's a non-wood material.

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 Some kind of plastic.

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 But they said it's been cleaned with too much water.

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 And so you see the edges start to kind of come up on the different pieces of the floor.

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 Well, after I purchased the house,

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 I had a handyman come and take a look at a variety of things.

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 And he looked at the kitchen floors and he told me,

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 the problem with these kitchen floors is not that the previous owners

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 use too much water when they clean it.

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 The problem is that these floors aren't designed to be in contact with water.

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 You have the wrong kind of floors for a kitchen.

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 And unfortunately, those same floors are also in several of the bathrooms.

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 And so he looked and he said,

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 these floors are not meant to be in bathrooms.

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 So over time, regardless of what happens,

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 water is going to destroy them.

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 You have the wrong flooring.

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 Of course, this is what happens when you're a homeowner, right?

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 And you buy a home that's been in existence for a long time.

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 You inherit all sorts of decisions made by other people.

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 And so when it comes to these kitchens,

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 they have to be replaced.

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 They don't have to be fixed this year.

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 They don't have to necessarily have to be fixed next year,

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 but they must be fixed.

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 In other words, there is a coming day of judgment and wrath for my kitchen floors.

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 My kitchen floor has failed.

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 I might wait for a time.

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 I will not wait forever.

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 There will come a day when they will be destroyed.

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 And of course, there will be a process to it, right?

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 There's two parts.

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 First of all, it's going to have to be stripped down,

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 and then it's going to have to be remade.

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 That's the same thing we see Peter here talking about

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 when it comes to the judgment of the world,

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 the end of the world,

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 and the new heavens and the new earth.

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 There are going to be two steps,

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 just like with my kitchen floors.

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 When the judgment comes,

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 when the day of wrath appears,

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 so it is with the earth.

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 It is first,

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 and this is what we're going to look at at the beginning,

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 it is first going to be stripped down to the studs.

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 God is going to strip this world down by fire.

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 We look with me now at verse 10.

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 We've already looked at the beginning last week,

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 that the day of the Lord will come like a thief,

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 and then we see that the heavens will pass away with a roar.

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 Now, of course, we have to wonder

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 what exactly is meant by heavens

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 when we come up against a passage like this,

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 and we're going to clarify it by looking back at verse 7.

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 So I invite you to look back at verse 7 with me.

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 We looked at this a while ago,

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 but it says,

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 but by the same word,

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 the heavens and earth that now exist

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 are stored up for fire.

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 So verse 7 is going to clarify

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 a lot of what we come up against today,

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 and we see heavens and earth coming together as a pair,

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 and we also know they're going to be destroyed by fire.

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 So when we see heavens and earth as a pair,

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 what I want you to think of

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 is everything that God has created.

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 Now, today is Valentine's Day,

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 and as one person illustrates it,

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 when we come against phrases like this,

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 if you were to say to your spouse,

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 I love you, body and soul,

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 what do you mean?

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 Well, you're not trying to draw out

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 different distinctions about the human epistemology.

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 What you're actually trying to say is,

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 I love all of you.

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 I love you, body and soul.

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 You're not trying to make this philosophical statement.

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 You're making a personal, emotional statement.

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 I love every part of you.

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 The heavens and the earth are going to be destroyed.

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 Everything is going to be destroyed.

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 Verse 7 is easy because heavens and earth are together.

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 Verse 10 makes it slightly more challenging

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 because they're separated,

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 but the point remains the same.

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 What God has created will be judged by fire.

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 The heavens will pass away with a roar,

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 and this roar here is most likely the sound of fire.

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 You know that if you're by a bonfire,

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 there's a sense in which it roars.

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 Now, we're very careful about bonfires here in Colorado,

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 but if you're from the East Coast,

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 you are much more casual about them,

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 and you know that people love to have them in a large field,

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 and as they get larger and larger,

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 the sound increases as well.

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 The same thing is what we're told here in verse 10.

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 These heavens are going to burn up,

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 and there's going to be such a great fire

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 that you can hear it.

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 Now, we've been talking here about heaven and earth, right?

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 So we've covered the heavens,

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 and then we find out here the heavenly bodies

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 will be burned up and dissolved.

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 And if you're like me,

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 and you're using an ESV translation of the Bible,

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 you'll see that there's a note at the bottom,

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 and it says it could be translated heavenly bodies.

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 It could also be translated elements.

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 I'm going to argue here that it's translated elements

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 for a variety of reasons.

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 A main one is that that matches most closely with verse 7.

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 Verse 7 tells us about heavens and earth.

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 Verse 10 is expanding on verse 7,

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 so we expect to hear about the heavens,

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 and then we expect to hear about the earth.

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 The elements then are giving us more detail

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 about what it means for the earth to burn.

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 Everything that makes up the earth is going to melt.

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 And so really what's going on in verse 10

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 is we're seeing an expansion,

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 an elaboration of what happened in verse 7.

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 And so that's essentially summing up for us

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 this judgment by fire that we've seen.

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 The heavens will pass away by fire.

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 It's going to be so loud there's a roar.

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 It's also going to be so hot that the elements,

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 here translated heavenly bodies,

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 will be burned up and dissolved.

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 So this is going to be a fire

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 that is incredibly hot.

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 Now I'll just point out that this is parallel

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 with verse 12.

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 In fact, verse 12 is essentially saying the same thing.

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 So I'm not going to recover all this material.

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 This will help you understand

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 why we waited for verse 10 for this week.

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 But verse 12 tells us,

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 the heavens will be set on fire.

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 Exactly what we saw in verse 10.

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 The heavens have a roar to them, a loud fire.

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 And the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn.

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 Again, we're going to translate heavenly bodies as elements.

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 So the earth is going to melt as it burns.

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 And so I've spent a long time just telling you

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 what verse 7 has already told us,

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 that the heavens and the earth that now exist

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 are being stored up for fire.

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 Now there's a variety of views about these things.

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 We don't want to get caught up in the details

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 because we want to understand the main point.

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 We don't want to get caught up in,

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 so caught up in the details that we miss the main point.

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 And the main point is this.

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 There is a totality to God's judgment.

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 It will touch everything.

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 He is coming in judgment for both the heavens and the earth.

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 Everything that he has created will be remade.

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 And we have to see also the parallel

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 that's going on here with the flood

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 to help us understand how this is going to work.

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 So we're told about this judgment by fire

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 in verse 7, verse 10, and verse 12.

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 And it's compared to the judgment

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 that has already happened by water.

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 So remember verse 5,

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 the heavens existed long ago and the earth,

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 again, heaven and earth together

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 for what God has existed, created.

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 The heaven and the earth,

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 verse 6, was deluged with water and perished.

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 So there was a judgment in the flood by water.

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 That's in the past.

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 There will be a judgment by fire.

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 That's in the future.

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 This raises, of course, for us the question,

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 what is this exactly going to look like?

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 What does it look like for the earth

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 to be judged and destroyed by fire?

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 What does it mean for the elements to melt

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 and the heavens to burn?

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 Well, this is actually a pretty easy question

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 for us to answer.

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 And all we have to do to answer it is this.

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 Think about the last time

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 that you witnessed a total and complete judgment

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 of the entire world.

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 Just think about that.

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 You know what that looks like.

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 You know what this will look like.

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 Of course, I joke, right?

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 You have never seen an entire and complete judgment

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 of the world.

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 And so, of course, there's going to be an element

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 in which we can't fully understand

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 or comprehend what this is describing.

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 This gets back to what we talked about last week.

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 Remember, I told you,

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 when we came to the portion

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 that a thousand years is like a day

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 and a day is like a thousand years to the Lord,

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 I reminded you that we have to have humility

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 when we come to these things

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 because God is so much higher than us.

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 He understands and knows things

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 that we have no frame of reference for.

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 You have never experienced

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 a total and entire judgment of the world.

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 You have no frame of reference for it.

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 And so, of course, it would be difficult,

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 in fact, perhaps impossible for us

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 to fully understand what this will look like.

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 Thankfully, the point, the goal of this passage

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 is not for us to know every detail

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 about the coming judgment,

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 but to have assurance, as we talked about last week,

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 that it will, in fact, happen.

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 God will come and judge the world by fire

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 even though he delays now.

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 And these things are outside of our frame of reference.

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 There's a certain sense in which we won't fully understand

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 what verse 10, verse 12, verse 7 is talking about

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 until we experience it.

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 Remember, we talked about this concept before.

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 People in the Old Testament had prophecies

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 about what Jesus' coming would look like

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 and they were surprised.

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 We have prophecies about what his second coming will look like

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 and we will be surprised.

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 And so there's some humility that comes here

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 as we think about and look at Jesus' second coming,

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 his judgment on the world.

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 What we do know is the main points.

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 It will be total and complete.

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 It will consume the heavens and the earth.

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 It will not be by water, but by fire.

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 Now, much of the application for this passage

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 is going to come next week in verses 11 and 12.

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 We have so much to cover just in terms of the new heavens

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 and the new earth that we need to split it into two.

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 And so some of this we just need to wait for next week.

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 We are laying groundwork right now

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 that we're going to see the fruit of next Sunday.

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 But I'll give you one application now.

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 There's one section you may have noticed in verse 10

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 that I did not talk about.

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 And it's at the end.

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 After the heavens and the earth are burned up,

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 the works that are done on it will be exposed.

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 In other words, God is coming with this complete judgment

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 and as part of his judgment,

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 everything that's secret will be made known.

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 In fact, Jesus himself talks about this in Luke chapter 12.

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 He says,

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 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed

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 or hidden that will not be made known.

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 Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark

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 shall be heard in the light

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 and what you have whispered in private rooms

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 shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

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 God will delay his judgment for a time.

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 He will not delay his judgment forever.

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 There will be secrets for a time.

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 There will not be secrets forever.

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 And so the point that I made last week still stands.

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 Remember the beginning of verse 10.

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 The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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 When it comes and everything is revealed,

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 all secrets are made known,

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 will you be saved or will you be destroyed?

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 When God's judgment comes,

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 when everything that is secret is made known,

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 will you be saved or will you be destroyed?

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 You'll remember from the last several weeks,

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 there are only two kinds of people.

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 Those who have faith in Jesus Christ,

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 who have repented of their sins

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 and embraced his offer of salvation

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 because they know that when Jesus lived,

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 he lived the perfect life that we should have but didn't.

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 And when he died,

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 he received the punishment that we deserve

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 and saved us from it.

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 Those who have faith in Jesus Christ will experience that.

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 They do not need to be afraid of the end of verse 10.

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 All the works on the earth being exposed.

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 Those who do not have faith in Jesus Christ

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 must have great fear.

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 And as I've been telling you,

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 the time to repent is now.

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 God will delay his judgment.

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 He will not delay it forever.

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 He is coming like a thief in the night.

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 When he finally returns,

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 we will be surprised.

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 And when he returns,

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 every secret will be revealed and made known.

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 And so while we can't imagine or understand

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 or know every detail,

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 we know what we need.

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 We know that he's coming to judge.

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 And we know that the works that are done on the earth

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 will be exposed.

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 Remember,

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 I told you there's two steps

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 when the day of judgment and wrath come

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 for my kitchen floor.

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 Of course,

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 the first is that it's going to be stripped.

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 And that's what we've seen here in this passage.

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 The first step is this judgment by fire

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 that's going to strip the earth.

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 The second step,

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 however,

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 it's that it's going to be remade.

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 It's not just that I remove the old kitchen floor,

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 right,

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 but that I'm going to put something

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 more beautiful,

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 more wonderful,

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 more glorious,

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 more resilient,

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 something that can actually handle water on it.

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 And that's the same thing we see here

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 in this passage.

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 It's not just that fire comes and destroys,

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 but that the world is also going to be remade.

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 And that raises the question here,

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 right,

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 what does this fire do?

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 Does it destroy the world completely?

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 Is this earth that we live on

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 going to disappear?

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 This gets back to the question

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 I mentioned at the very beginning,

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 which is that a lot of people

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 have different ideas

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 about what's going to happen

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 at the end of the world.

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 What does it mean,

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 in other words,

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.460
 in verse 13,

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 when we're told that we're going to have

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 a new heavens

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 and a new earth?

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 In what sense is this world new?

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 Is it new in the sense that

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 God's going to create a new earth?

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 Is he going to create a new universe?

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 Well,

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 I'm not going to belabor it,

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 but I'm going to cut straight to the point

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 when we talk about

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 the new heavens

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 and the new earth,

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 I would put it in the words

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 of one theologian

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 who says this,

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 the new heavens

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 and the new earth

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 will be new in quality.

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 It will not be new

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 in time or origin.

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 It will be new in quality.

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 It will not be new

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 in time or origin.

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 Now,

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 if that sounds

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 fancy and technical,

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 then I just want you

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 to think about it this way.

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 If I told you

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 or someone told you

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.640
 that they were remodeling

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.319
 their kitchen,

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 they might say this.

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 They might say,

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 I'm getting a new kitchen.

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 Right?

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 And,

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.920
 that kitchen

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 is only new

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 in quality.

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 In other words,

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 it's still in the same room.

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 When I

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 have

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 the replacement

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 of my kitchen floors,

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 I'm not moving.

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 I'm not taking

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 the kitchen

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 and putting it upstairs.

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 It's going to stay downstairs.

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 I will have

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 the same address

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 when and if

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 I have new kitchen floors

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 and you send me

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 a Christmas card,

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 you're going to address

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 it the same way

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 that you did

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 the previous year.

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 We get a new earth.

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 In other words,

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 the address

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 stays the same.

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 That is what we mean

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 when we say

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 that the new heavens

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 and the new earth

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 are new in quality.

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 We might put it

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 in a different way.

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 If I get a new kitchen,

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 it will be new

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 in quality,

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 not new

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 in location.

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 God is going

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 to strip the earth

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 down to the studs.

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 That is different

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 than destroying

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 or annihilating

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 the earth.

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 Okay?

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 God will make

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.660
 all things new

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 here.

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 When I replace

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:19.519
 my kitchen floors,

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 I will have

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.400
 new kitchen floors

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 here

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.400
 in this house.

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.420
 The house

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.039
 that I'm talking

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.700
 to you from.

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.859
 The floors

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.879
 will be new

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:29.259
 in quality.

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.139
 They will not

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.659
 be new

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:33.000
 in location.

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.000
 Now,

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.879
 I've stated here

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:36.519
 I have to prove

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.000
 to you that this

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.359
 is true.

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.019
 You may think

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.680
 I'm just playing

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.379
 fast and loose

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.019
 with the words here.

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.180
 Right?

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.940
 Doesn't new

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:42.339
 mean new.

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:42.839
 Now,

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.339
 first of all,

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.799
 I'm going to call

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.220
 your attention

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.980
 to the context

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:46.039
 of this chapter

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.059
 itself.

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.259
 In this chapter,

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.240
 we're told

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.159
 about the flood.

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:50.539
 Right?

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.519
 Verse 6,

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.700
 the earth

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:53.980
 that then

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.619
 existed was

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.299
 deluged with

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.339
 water and

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.279
 perished.

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.700
 But what does

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.200
 it mean that

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.500
 the world

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.159
 perished in

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.619
 the flood?

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.039
 Well,

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.700
 we know

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.399
 that we

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.379
 still live

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:04.240
 on the same

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.500
 earth that

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.279
 suffered from

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.740
 the flood.

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.539
 So,

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.399
 it perished

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.079
 in the sense

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.460
 that it was

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.299
 purified.

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.159
 It perished

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.259
 in the sense

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.579
 that the sinful

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.940
 civilization that

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.700
 existed was

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.399
 done away with.

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.420
 It was that

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.579
 sense in which

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.139
 it perished.

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.399
 It's a related

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:22.339
 word that Peter

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.179
 here uses

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:24.919
 in verse 12,

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.319
 I believe,

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:26.019
 or verse 10

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.859
 to describe

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.539
 what's going

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.179
 to happen.

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.699
 Yeah,

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.399
 verse 12,

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.079
 what's going

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.579
 to happen

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.699
 to the earth.

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.599
 And so,

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.480
 in context,

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.220
 in the context

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.480
 of this chapter,

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.720
 when Peter

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.279
 talks about

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.799
 destruction,

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:40.359
 he's talking

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:40.779
 about new

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.240
 inequality.

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:41.859
 We know

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.339
 that because

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.839
 that's the

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.099
 kind of

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.460
 destruction

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.000
 that happened

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.619
 in the flood.

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.279
 And so,

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.859
 why would we

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.339
 assume that

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.799
 it's any

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.220
 different

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.460
 in this

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.220
 second judgment?

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.500
 The judgment

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.159
 by fire.

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:52.079
 So,

00:25:52.179 --> 00:25:52.699
 in the context

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:53.439
 of this passage,

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.059
 when we compare

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.059
 verses 6 and 7

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.879
 with verse 12,

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.159
 we should assume

00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:57.819
 that the judgment

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.899
 by fire is similar

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.500
 to the judgment

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.079
 by water.

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.179
 Both destroy

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:01.839
 the earth

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:03.199
 in a certain

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.720
 sense.

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.679
 Both,

00:26:04.939 --> 00:26:05.559
 neither one,

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.079
 I should say,

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:07.379
 annihilate the earth.

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:08.740
 The earth as we

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.779
 have it is still

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:11.039
 going to be here.

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.659
 Now,

00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:12.299
 there are a variety

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.960
 of other arguments

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.659
 I could make

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:15.079
 to explain to you

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.539
 that the earth

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.299
 is going to be new

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.079
 only in quality.

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.599
 I'll just give you

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.220
 a couple more.

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.319
 If you're familiar

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.299
 with the Apostle Paul,

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.920
 you know that in

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.920
 Romans chapter 8,

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.079
 he writes about

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.680
 the creation

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.779
 and he tells us

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.920
 this in verse 19,

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.940
 the creation

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:28.200
 has eager longing

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.980
 for the future.

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.059
 In other words,

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:31.100
 there's a sense

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:33.140
 in which

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.799
 the trees

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.579
 and the mountains

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.720
 are looking forward

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.200
 for Jesus'

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:36.860
 second coming.

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.319
 We don't know

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.039
 exactly what that

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.539
 looks like.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.579
 We just have to know

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.319
 that there's a sense

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.220
 in which that's true

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.380
 because Paul tells us

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.140
 the creation

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:44.019
 has eager longing

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.680
 for the future.

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:46.220
 And you have to ask,

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.460
 why would the creation

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.680
 have any sort of longing

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.400
 for the future

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.560
 if the future

00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:51.779
 involved the creation

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.380
 being completely annihilated?

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.200
 Then,

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.220
 he goes on to tell us

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.019
 in verse 21,

00:26:57.320 --> 00:26:58.720
 the creation itself

00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:00.160
 will be set free

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.100
 from its bondage

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.840
 to corruption

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:03.400
 and obtain the freedom

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.080
 of the glory

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:05.299
 of the children of God.

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:06.779
 And so,

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.480
 the creation

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.840
 is going to be set free.

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.539
 There is a sense

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.980
 in which

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.920
 there is a teaching

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:13.200
 here by Paul

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.759
 that the creation

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.279
 has something

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.259
 to look forward to.

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.660
 Our created world

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.700
 only has something

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.759
 to look forward to

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:22.100
 if God is renewing

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:23.319
 and restoring it

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.700
 rather than

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.900
 annihilating it.

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.200
 And so,

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.000
 we see again,

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:30.160
 new means new

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.240
 in quality.

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.980
 Finally,

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.740
 if you think

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.860
 I'm playing fast and loose

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.840
 with the English language,

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.200
 I'll point out

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.180
 an argument

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.059
 by a man

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.960
 who writes

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.660
 in this book

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:41.880
 about the word

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.779
 new in Scripture

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.319
 and points out

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.660
 that the word

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.359
 new in Scripture

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.759
 often is used this way.

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.220
 He says this,

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:48.099
 and he's talking about

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:49.319
 2 Peter chapter 3,

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.460
 this is no verbal trick,

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.660
 rather it conforms

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.379
 to the nature

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:54.519
 of the theme

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.539
 of eschatological

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.740
 newness in Scripture.

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.619
 Eschatological

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.599
 is just a fancy word

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:58.960
 that means

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.879
 the end of the world.

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.119
 The redeemed

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:01.700
 have undergone

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.359
 a new birth.

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.599
 We are already

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.500
 new creatures

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.119
 in Christ,

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.319
 live under

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.119
 the new covenant

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.519
 and have new hearts,

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.200
 but we still remain

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.220
 what we were before

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.100
 in the sense

00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:13.000
 that we retain

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.019
 all of our

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.220
 substantial continuity

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.100
 with the world

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.799
 that God made

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.519
 before the fall.

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.920
 In the act

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.519
 of regeneration,

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.920
 God does not perform

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:22.019
 open heart surgery

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.799
 and literally

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.980
 give us different hearts.

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.920
 Rather,

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.720
 our hearts,

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.660
 a cipher

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.819
 for the whole person

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.720
 or seat of thought,

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.180
 emotion,

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.600
 and will

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.259
 are rebuilt,

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.220
 refurbished,

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.579
 renewed,

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.059
 restored,

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.680
 reconciled,

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.079
 redeemed,

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.900
 and regenerated.

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:35.299
 Same heart,

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.420
 new orientation,

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.559
 new power.

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.179
 So we see that

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:39.940
 the word new

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.899
 is used this way

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.480
 throughout Scripture.

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.059
 I'll just point to

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.740
 one example.

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.200
 We're told in 2 Corinthians

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.039
 chapter 5,

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.720
 verse 17,

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:47.079
 that if anyone is in Christ,

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.579
 he is a new creation.

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.659
 Well, we understand

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.919
 what kind of newness

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.319
 that is.

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.940
 It's the newness

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.879
 he speaks of here.

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.220
 A newness that means

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.619
 rebuilt,

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.179
 refurbished,

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.480
 renewed,

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:55.919
 restored,

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.679
 reconciled,

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.460
 redeemed.

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.299
 The same is true

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.819
 of our world.

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.659
 It will be new

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.399
 in the sense

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.679
 that it is rebuilt,

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.240
 refurbished,

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.559
 renewed,

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:03.980
 restored,

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.839
 reconciled,

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.539
 and redeemed.

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:08.019
 It is in that sense

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:09.579
 that it will be new.

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.460
 Now, I'll stop here

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.240
 in terms of my arguments.

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:13.579
 I have not even touched

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:15.240
 Jesus' discussion

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.099
 of the renewal

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.720
 of the world

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:18.420
 or the book

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.579
 of Revelation.

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.799
 I'll simply say this.

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.799
 When it comes to

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.759
 this category,

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.460
 the new heavens

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.299
 and the new earth,

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.960
 theologians would tell us

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.940
 it is a restoration

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:28.119
 and a renewal,

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:30.420
 not an obliteration

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.579
 or an annihilation.

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.339
 It is a restoration

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.740
 and a renewal,

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:36.660
 not an obliteration

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.900
 or an annihilation.

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.980
 I will install

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.680
 a floor

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:42.160
 that cannot be

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.299
 penetrated by water.

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.859
 In that sense,

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.599
 it will be new.

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.980
 God is going

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.559
 to create

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.160
 a world

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.700
 untouched by sin.

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.680
 In that sense,

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.740
 it will be new.

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.900
 Now,

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.279
 as we look

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.180
 at these concepts

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.200
 of the new heavens

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.799
 and the new earth,

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.380
 there's a variety

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.799
 of places

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.579
 I could go with this.

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.640
 I could talk with you

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.680
 about the inherent

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.780
 goodness of creation.

00:30:05.020 --> 00:30:05.740
 The fact that God

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.520
 loves it so much,

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:07.520
 he's going to redeem it.

00:30:07.780 --> 00:30:08.480
 I could talk with you

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.280
 about the wonder

00:30:09.280 --> 00:30:10.740
 of the material world.

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:12.020
 That there's a reason

00:30:12.020 --> 00:30:13.060
 that we enjoy,

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.940
 some of us,

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.920
 snow so much.

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.660
 Some of us hate it.

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.480
 There's a reason

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:18.140
 we enjoy the beauty

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.820
 of the mountains

00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:19.380
 in Colorado.

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.259
 That's something good

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.620
 and right.

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.440
 God designed us

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.020
 to be that way.

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.340
 That will not disappear

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:25.520
 when Jesus returns.

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.360
 And we could go

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.100
 in all those places.

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.580
 This morning,

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.180
 I just want you

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:31.779
 to think of one thing

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.680
 that we take away.

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.840
 One application

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.500
 that we have,

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:35.279
 which is this.

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:37.380
 When it comes to Jesus

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.720
 and his victory,

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:41.480
 it is total and complete.

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.500
 Now,

00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:43.220
 it's good and right

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.320
 for us to think

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:45.259
 of Jesus' victory

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.580
 over sin and death

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:47.039
 as something

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.120
 that brings us

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:49.340
 salvation from

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.200
 eternal punishment.

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.660
 And that is

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.740
 the most important part

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.120
 for us

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.560
 of his victory

00:30:54.560 --> 00:30:55.900
 over sin and death.

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.960
 It is not less

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.440
 than that.

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.519
 The reality is

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.500
 that it is much

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:02.220
 more than that.

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.259
 His victory

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.600
 is so complete

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:06.360
 that it eradicates

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:06.960
 ultimately

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:08.460
 every piece of sin.

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:10.860
 It is a complete

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:12.779
 retaking of territory.

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.240
 You know,

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.920
 when it comes to war,

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:18.480
 victory and territory

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:20.200
 are intimately connected.

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:22.500
 If you win,

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.180
 you retake

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.200
 whatever territory

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.259
 you lost in the war,

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.559
 right?

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:28.119
 If you win,

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.179
 you might get to take

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:30.740
 some of your enemy's territory.

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:32.759
 The same is true

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.919
 of Jesus' victory.

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.700
 What sort of victory

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.639
 would it be

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:38.700
 if in winning the battle

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.940
 over sin and death,

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.639
 he lost the territory

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:43.799
 of this earth?

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.539
 No,

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.779
 Jesus' victory

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.639
 is complete.

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:51.500
 The surrender of sin

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.639
 is unconditional.

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:55.639
 He loses nothing.

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:58.679
 He takes back

00:31:58.679 --> 00:31:59.659
 everything.

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:01.159
 That's how powerful

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:02.319
 and complete

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.440
 Jesus' victory

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.179
 over sin

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:05.480
 and death is.

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:08.279
 It is not just

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.039
 good news,

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.359
 then,

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.579
 for us as individuals.

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.079
 Remember Romans chapter 8,

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:13.200
 the creation longs.

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.720
 It is good news

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:16.960
 for the entire world.

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:20.339
 God does not negotiate

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.740
 terms with sin.

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.079
 He does not

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.279
 cede territory

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.500
 to sin.

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.500
 His victory

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.440
 is complete.

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:29.200
 Sin's surrender

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.480
 is unconditional.

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.759
 He gains

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:33.019
 all his territory

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.539
 back.

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.639
 The earth

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:36.079
 is his.

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:37.220
 Romans chapter 8,

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.319
 the whole creation

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.879
 groans,

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:41.599
 the whole creation

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.899
 will be redeemed.

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.399
 And of course,

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.420
 this is made fully

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.639
 and finally true

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.240
 in Jesus.

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.859
 We're told in the New Testament

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:51.200
 about his complete victory.

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.440
 Colossians chapter 2,

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.200
 verse 15,

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:54.140
 tells us this.

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.360
 He disarmed

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:55.920
 the rulers

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.740
 and authorities

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.400
 and put them

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.400
 to open shame

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.740
 by triumphing

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.279
 over them

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.980
 in him.

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:03.100
 There's a disarming

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.500
 of rulers

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.100
 and authorities,

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.340
 right?

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.120
 There's open shame,

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.840
 there's a triumph.

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.799
 This is Roman

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.900
 military language.

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.460
 He completely

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.460
 defeats his enemies.

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.519
 1 Corinthians 15,

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.259
 verse 24,

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.519
 again speaking of Jesus.

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.240
 Then comes the end

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.120
 when he delivers

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.700
 the kingdom

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.740
 to God the Father

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.940
 after destroying

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.799
 every rule

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:22.200
 and every authority

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.859
 and power.

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:25.640
 Anything and everything

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:27.000
 lost to sin

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.960
 is regained by God,

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:31.680
 including the whole world.

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.579
 Of course,

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.140
 that doesn't mean

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.700
 there aren't things

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.220
 that are lost

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.720
 in the sense

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.480
 that they're judged.

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.720
 But when it comes

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.539
 to territory,

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:39.000
 it means that God

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.880
 takes it back.

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.980
 God's victory

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:42.220
 is complete.

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.220
 It's complete

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.140
 because of Jesus'

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.500
 victory on the cross.

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.940
 When he died,

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:48.620
 he did not just

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:49.660
 take the punishment,

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.380
 the penalty

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.580
 for our sins.

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.980
 He also defeated

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:54.960
 sin and death

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:56.100
 for all

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:57.019
 and forever.

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:59.640
 And so we then

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.500
 see that

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:02.420
 when he finally

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.019
 comes

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.320
 in his second coming,

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:06.080
 stripping the earth

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:07.620
 down to the studs

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:09.619
 and rebuilding it,

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.760
 recreating it,

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:12.039
 giving us a new heavens

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:13.260
 and a new earth.

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.500
 Remember,

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.860
 I started by asking you

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.660
 when it comes

00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:19.260
 to the end of the world,

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.880
 what do you think of?

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:23.039
 What do you think of

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.720
 when you think

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.940
 of the new heavens

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:26.160
 and the new earth?

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.380
 Ronald Reagan,

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.579
 President Ronald Reagan

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.360
 liked to talk

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:32.240
 about his strategy

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:33.340
 in the Cold War

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.460
 to defeat

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.300
 the Soviet Union.

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:37.120
 And he used this phrase

00:34:37.120 --> 00:34:37.860
 in various ways

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.579
 at various times.

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.240
 One of them was

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.680
 in one of his

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.760
 State of the Union addresses.

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.599
 He described

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:43.180
 his strategy

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:45.000
 against the Soviet Union.

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.860
 He said this,

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.900
 my idea

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:48.680
 of American policy

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:49.860
 towards the Soviet Union

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.579
 is simple

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:52.220
 and some would say

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.780
 simplistic.

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.180
 It is this,

00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:55.539
 we win

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.880
 and they lose.

00:34:57.660 --> 00:34:59.059
 What do you think

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.820
 of that?

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:02.820
 Brothers and sisters,

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.300
 when we come

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.140
 to this world,

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.059
 we know

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:07.000
 that Jesus

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.000
 has won

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.960
 and sin

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.740
 has lost.

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.840
 It is total

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.800
 and complete.

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.840
 and so we look

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.620
 for the total

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:14.420
 and complete

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.580
 reclaiming

00:35:15.580 --> 00:35:17.780
 of all his territory,

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.760
 the restoration

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:20.240
 of this

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:22.140
 entire earth.

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.720
 That is what we

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.280
 think of

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.060
 and see

00:35:25.060 --> 00:35:26.340
 when we ask

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.000
 how the world

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.960
 is going to end

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.220
 and we think

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:30.220
 of the new heavens

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:31.100
 and the new earth.

00:35:31.160 --> 00:35:31.740
 And ultimately,

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.840
 it is true

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:34.100
 because of Jesus

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:35.200
 who has conquered

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:36.760
 sin and death

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:38.140
 and has disarmed

00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.640
 the rulers

00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:39.300
 and authorities

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:40.019
 and put them

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:41.100
 to open shame

00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:42.400
 by triumphing

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.960
 over them

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.840
 in him.

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.120
 Let's pray.

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.680
 Our Father in Heaven,

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.740
 we thank you

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.880
 for the encouragement

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:51.240
 and hope we take

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.060
 that you have

00:35:52.060 --> 00:35:52.900
 defeated sin

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:54.320
 and your defeat

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.820
 over it

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.660
 is so great

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.860
 and so complete

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.539
 that you will

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.019
 come back

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.760
 and reclaim

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.660
 this earth

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.560
 once and for all.

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.880
 We ask that you

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.680
 would give us

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:03.519
 that hope

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.260
 and that confidence

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:05.460
 as we live this week

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:07.200
 and you would prepare us

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:08.240
 again next week

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:09.280
 to hear from your word

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:10.400
 as we look to see

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.360
 what kind of lives

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.040
 we live

00:36:12.040 --> 00:36:13.500
 in response

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.920
 in preparation

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:16.180
 for your return.

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:18.140
 We ask these things.

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.800
 I'm grateful

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:19.540
 that we ask them

00:36:19.540 --> 00:36:20.700
 not because of our victory

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:22.180
 but because of Jesus' victory

00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:23.240
 and so we ask them

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.820
 in his name.

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.700
 Amen.

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:29.840
 As we end our time

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.720
 together,

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:32.820
 we'll have us end

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.560
 our time together

00:36:33.560 --> 00:36:34.340
 with a benediction

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:35.580
 and you'll remember

00:36:35.580 --> 00:36:36.720
 that a benediction

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:37.840
 is a good word

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.380
 from God.

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.420
 God,

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.519
 it's a word

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.320
 that is true

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:41.180
 in a world

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:42.180
 filled with words

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:43.660
 that are not true.

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.480
 It's tradition

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.460
 for the minister

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.940
 to hold up

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.500
 his hand

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.760
 to send out

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.400
 God's blessing

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.180
 on God's people

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:51.320
 and it's tradition

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.960
 for God's people

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.420
 to hold out

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.820
 their hands

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.940
 to receive God's blessing

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.960
 and so I invite you

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.559
 even as you're

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.039
 at your homes

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.500
 to hold out

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.000
 your hands

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.940
 and to hear

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.820
 God's good word

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.360
 over you

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.400
 from Hebrew

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.960
 chapters 13.

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:03.619
 Now may the God

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.079
 of peace

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.760
 who brought again

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.300
 from the dead

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:06.099
 our Lord Jesus

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.960
 the great shepherd

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.559
 of the sheep

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.599
 by the blood

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.699
 of the eternal covenant

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.780
 equip you with

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.820
 everything good

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.519
 that you may do

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.059
 his will

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:14.460
 working in us

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.440
 that which is pleasing

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.159
 in his sight

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:17.400
 through Jesus Christ

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.760
 to whom be glory

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:19.900
 forever and ever.

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.619
 Amen.

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.780
 Thanks for joining us.

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 Stay warm

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 and we look forward

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 to seeing all of you

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 very soon.

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 Thanks so much.

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 And we look forward