WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.800 Last week we looked at Habakkuk chapter 1 and we saw that there's this guy named Habakkuk and he was a prophet. 00:00:09.740 --> 00:00:17.240 He was a unique prophet because he, instead of hearing God's words and telling God's words to God's people, 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:25.960 he did that indirectly by writing down a conversation he had with God about some stuff he was really struggling with. 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:31.440 And that mostly had to do with the hard things that he was seeing all around him. 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:37.340 He was seeing some stuff that just wasn't computing, hard, terrible stuff. 00:00:37.820 --> 00:00:41.140 And it wasn't computing with what he knew about his good God. 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:44.159 And so he was asking some hard questions. 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:53.579 And God answered him by saying, Habakkuk, you're going to make it as you trust in me. 00:00:54.280 --> 00:01:03.099 Those who are righteous, those who are faithful, who put their faith in God, will survive the judgment that's coming on Israel because of their sin. 00:01:04.019 --> 00:01:08.859 And we found out that applies to us today as we seek to be faithful where we're at. 00:01:08.859 --> 00:01:12.359 Put our trust in our good God that we will survive. 00:01:13.060 --> 00:01:16.280 We will make it through this hard time that we live in. 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.859 And we will make it to journey's end as we trust in him by faith. 00:01:20.859 --> 00:01:26.359 But now we're going to take a closer look at what God's going to tell us in Habakkuk chapter 2. 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:39.060 And he gave Habakkuk a fuller vision of what he's going to do about the evil that was all around Habakkuk. 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:43.140 So we'll see what that's going to lead us to. 00:01:43.219 --> 00:01:44.579 But first I've got to tell you a story. 00:01:44.579 --> 00:01:48.859 Raise your hand if you were ever in middle school. 00:01:50.819 --> 00:01:52.120 Okay, so you know what it's like. 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:54.700 Middle schoolers in the room, I apologize. 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:56.439 I'm not saying anything bad about you. 00:01:56.519 --> 00:01:59.039 I'm just saying how dumb a middle schooler I was. 00:02:00.099 --> 00:02:02.259 Well, when I was in middle school, I did a really dumb thing. 00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:03.200 In fact, it wasn't just dumb. 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:08.900 It was heartless and it was unkind and it was very not good. 00:02:08.900 --> 00:02:15.360 But we expect dumb things from toddlers because they're toddlers and they haven't learned things yet. 00:02:15.640 --> 00:02:19.879 And even elementary age children, we kind of, you know, we expect that to happen. 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:23.960 But with middle schoolers, I feel like they take the cake sometimes. 00:02:24.300 --> 00:02:25.120 At least I did. 00:02:25.700 --> 00:02:30.140 So one Sunday at church, I was hanging out with my brother and a few friends. 00:02:30.139 --> 00:02:39.139 And we were talking about how cool we were and we were talking about how uncool this one high school girl was. 00:02:39.979 --> 00:02:42.399 And she was just an annoying girl. 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:45.859 And we just wanted to, you know, put her in her place. 00:02:46.379 --> 00:02:47.519 We felt like that was our job. 00:02:48.139 --> 00:02:49.179 Middle schoolers, I know. 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:54.659 And so we decided, let's do something to put her in her place. 00:02:54.659 --> 00:03:02.960 And so in a moment of inspired genius, I grabbed a chalk eraser and I sought her out and I threw it at her in church. 00:03:05.819 --> 00:03:06.859 It's astounding. 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:13.800 Well, chalk dust got all over her and she ran off crying actually. 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:24.280 And leanless to say, when my parents found out very quickly, they justly made me apologize to her in person, 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:25.520 which was humiliating enough. 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:30.099 And then they had me work up some money to pay for a new sweater. 00:03:30.099 --> 00:03:39.759 So the unjust action was swiftly dealt with with satisfying justice. 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:47.259 Not very satisfying to me, but satisfying to the girl and definitely to my parents. 00:03:47.259 --> 00:03:56.500 In contrast to my pride that was elevating me in disliking her and wanting her to put her in her place, 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:01.979 I was shamed and humbled as I apologized to her in person. 00:04:02.179 --> 00:04:08.039 And then my lighthearted eraser toss was met with a heavy price tag. 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:13.680 Satisfying justice came about through this story. 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:16.480 And that's basically the essence of Habakkuk chapter 2. 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:22.819 That God is going to bring about satisfying justice. 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:24.519 It may take a while. 00:04:25.400 --> 00:04:29.199 It may be in a way that Habakkuk doesn't expect. 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:30.960 Or a way we don't expect. 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.860 But God will bring about satisfying justice. 00:04:35.420 --> 00:04:40.100 He will make things right in a way that is to be visibly satisfying. 00:04:40.100 --> 00:04:48.560 One day, God's justice will totally prevail against all pride and against all evil. 00:04:50.200 --> 00:04:55.200 So to help us get a handle on kind of where the text takes us, we're going to go through five W's. 00:04:55.939 --> 00:04:57.220 Okay, so it'll be a little easier to remember. 00:04:58.120 --> 00:04:58.420 Write. 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:00.460 Wait. 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:02.020 You don't have to write them down now. 00:05:02.220 --> 00:05:02.620 Wine. 00:05:03.580 --> 00:05:03.960 Woe. 00:05:04.080 --> 00:05:04.620 And wow. 00:05:05.420 --> 00:05:07.160 We'll get to each one in turn. 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:09.600 We're going to spend most of our time on the last two. 00:05:09.820 --> 00:05:10.660 Woe and wow. 00:05:11.060 --> 00:05:13.280 But let's get through write, wait, and wine. 00:05:13.380 --> 00:05:16.840 Just to kind of get a handle on what the text is doing this morning. 00:05:16.900 --> 00:05:19.460 To help us see how God's satisfying justice is going to come. 00:05:20.200 --> 00:05:22.040 So let's start with write. 00:05:22.420 --> 00:05:23.660 Let's look at verse 2. 00:05:25.260 --> 00:05:27.080 Of Habakkuk chapter 2. 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:27.879 Hopefully you're there. 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:30.140 This is God's word. 00:05:30.140 --> 00:05:33.560 And the Lord answered me. 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:35.840 Write the vision. 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:42.479 Make it plain on tablets so he may run who reads it. 00:05:43.359 --> 00:05:44.939 Write the vision. 00:05:45.119 --> 00:05:52.500 So whatever this satisfying justice is, it's going to be written down on a tablet, usually of stone or clay. 00:05:52.500 --> 00:06:02.860 And it's going to be inscribed permanently so that it can be a witness that God told it would happen before it happens. 00:06:03.259 --> 00:06:05.560 This gives confidence to Habakkuk. 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.939 He's grounded in something that is written. 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:15.000 It is something that is inscribed permanently as a witness. 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:22.579 And the one who reads it is either the one who runs or the one who runs may read it. 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:24.259 The Hebrew is difficult to translate there. 00:06:24.259 --> 00:06:38.620 Basically, the idea is that as there's a runner delivering a message, he's going to see this kind of billboard, permanent message of God's going to do something about this. 00:06:38.699 --> 00:06:47.339 And so the messenger going to God's people saying God is going to satisfy justice. 00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:49.699 He's going to make things right. 00:06:51.259 --> 00:06:54.119 So that's the idea we get with right. 00:06:54.259 --> 00:06:56.599 This is something that is declared. 00:06:57.099 --> 00:06:58.279 It is written. 00:06:58.859 --> 00:07:00.259 We can have confidence in that. 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:03.079 God will bring satisfying justice. 00:07:03.799 --> 00:07:07.979 Let's look then at verse 3 and we'll see what the wait is all about. 00:07:07.980 --> 00:07:10.080 Once we did right, now we're on wait. 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:14.259 Verse 3. 00:07:14.259 --> 00:07:17.600 For still the vision awaits its appointed time. 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:19.259 It hastens to the end. 00:07:19.660 --> 00:07:20.640 It will not lie. 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:23.500 If it seems slow, wait for it. 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:25.120 It will surely come. 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:27.420 It will not delay. 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:31.319 This satisfying justice is certainly coming. 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:35.460 There's no doubt that it's on its way, but it may not be immediate. 00:07:35.459 --> 00:07:39.620 Sooner or later, justice will be served. 00:07:39.739 --> 00:07:46.000 The Babylonians were going to inflict some terrible damage and violence upon God's people. 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:53.279 God is bringing that to pass, and yet He is going to bring judgment at a certain time, 00:07:53.339 --> 00:07:54.819 and a time that we have to await. 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:59.759 He's going to bring it when it is going to happen. 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:05.120 So this is helpful to us to know that there's going to be no Babylonian James Bond. 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:10.099 It's going to come in, cut the wires where the clock stops at 007. 00:08:10.459 --> 00:08:12.939 No, the clock is ticking all the way to zero. 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.860 It is going to come slowly but steadily. 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.259 The wrongs will be righted. 00:08:21.219 --> 00:08:21.819 Second. 00:08:22.620 --> 00:08:23.180 Sorry. 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:24.259 Third W. 00:08:24.819 --> 00:08:25.959 So we had right. 00:08:26.259 --> 00:08:27.099 We have wait. 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.079 Now wine. 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:32.340 This one's a little bit trickier, but I think we're going to get it. 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.860 Let's look at verse 4 and 5. 00:08:34.939 --> 00:08:38.259 It starts to tell us about the Babylonian, the Babylonian king, 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:40.480 and the kind of guy who's puffed up, 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:43.759 and something is going to happen to him. 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:45.419 So let's look at verses 4 and 5. 00:08:46.539 --> 00:08:48.679 Behold, his soul is puffed up. 00:08:48.860 --> 00:08:51.340 It is not upright within him. 00:08:51.340 --> 00:08:55.639 But the righteous shall live by his faith. 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:59.000 Moreover, wine is a traitor. 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:02.500 An arrogant man who is never at rest. 00:09:02.940 --> 00:09:05.580 His greed is as wide as shale. 00:09:06.220 --> 00:09:08.780 Like death, he has never enough. 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:15.300 He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples. 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:25.939 If you're a movie watcher, you probably like to watch previews or trailers to movies that kind of give you a sneak peek 00:09:25.939 --> 00:09:28.939 as to what the full feature is going to be about. 00:09:29.579 --> 00:09:33.299 Well, verse 5 particularly is kind of a sneak peek. 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:41.039 It's a preview to the woes that are coming upon the Babylonian that we're going to read about in the next couple of verses. 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.159 But this gives us a little snapshot. 00:09:43.339 --> 00:09:44.139 So what's going on here? 00:09:44.259 --> 00:09:46.419 Who is this Babylonian guy? 00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:47.759 What's he characterized by? 00:09:48.139 --> 00:09:51.159 And why is this satisfying justice coming to him? 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:58.980 Well, he uses the image of wine to describe the Babylonian. 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:06.919 It says that wine is basically poetic imagery for his pride. 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:12.139 It's a symbol for his self-obsession, his greed for conquering. 00:10:12.219 --> 00:10:12.799 We see that. 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:14.919 His greed is as wide as shale. 00:10:15.059 --> 00:10:16.439 Like death, he never has enough. 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:19.019 He has a lust for power and wealth. 00:10:19.579 --> 00:10:22.259 He delights in intoxicating pleasure. 00:10:22.979 --> 00:10:24.279 He has ruthless pride. 00:10:24.459 --> 00:10:30.099 And this imagery of a cup of wine kind of gathers that image all into one place. 00:10:30.959 --> 00:10:35.319 The wine is a symbol of this self-worshiping individual. 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:44.940 If we remember back in verse 11 of chapter 1, it talks about how these Babylonians, they were guilty men whose own might is their God. 00:10:45.020 --> 00:10:47.420 They worshipped their own strength. 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.980 They worshipped their own confidence. 00:10:51.360 --> 00:11:01.060 And this wine is a symbol of them toasting to their achievements and drinking down their self-made glory. 00:11:01.680 --> 00:11:04.060 Getting drunk on himself, basically. 00:11:04.059 --> 00:11:06.279 But notice what it says about wine. 00:11:06.359 --> 00:11:07.539 It says that wine is a traitor. 00:11:09.079 --> 00:11:10.179 It acts treacherously. 00:11:10.439 --> 00:11:14.719 It may delight the heart of the drunkard, but it will betray him in the end. 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:26.459 If you've ever known an alcoholic or been one, you don't have to be around too many to realize how it can rob you of your resources or your relationships or your respect. 00:11:26.460 --> 00:11:29.940 Pride acts in the same way. 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:32.460 It tastes good going down. 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:34.600 You can even get drunk on it. 00:11:34.800 --> 00:11:37.420 It kind of feels nice to feel your head swell a little bit. 00:11:37.940 --> 00:11:39.639 But it will betray you in the end. 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:42.320 It's a sneak peek. 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:44.500 Pride is the issue. 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:50.679 That's why God's satisfying justice is going to come on the Babylonians. 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:54.200 So let's see where that brings us. 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:56.519 Let's get to the fourth W. 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:57.659 We had right. 00:11:58.159 --> 00:11:58.919 We had weight. 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:00.620 We had wine. 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:02.240 And now we have woe. 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:03.840 W-O-E. 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:04.840 Woe. 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:10.540 We're going to see that all the way through verse 6, all the way to verse 19. 00:12:11.300 --> 00:12:12.180 Let's just check them out. 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.360 There's one in verse 6. 00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:14.120 Woe. 00:12:14.460 --> 00:12:16.600 Then we have down here verse 9. 00:12:16.780 --> 00:12:17.360 Woe. 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:18.540 Verse 12. 00:12:18.780 --> 00:12:19.340 Woe. 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:20.620 Verse 15. 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:22.540 And then verse 19. 00:12:22.740 --> 00:12:26.740 Five woes that are pronounced on the Babylonians. 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:28.379 We're just going to read them all straight through. 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:30.540 And I'm just going to highlight each one. 00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:34.759 See how does this pride manifest itself in this guy? 00:12:35.220 --> 00:12:40.860 How does this root of pride bear fruit in this Babylonian? 00:12:41.040 --> 00:12:44.480 And how is that going to bring God's satisfying justice? 00:12:45.139 --> 00:12:45.399 All right. 00:12:45.460 --> 00:12:48.480 Let's read from verse 6 to verse 19. 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:50.240 Here we go. 00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:55.360 Shall not all these take up their taunt against him? 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.240 Him being the Babylonian. 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:01.300 And all these being the nations he's devoured. 00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:07.879 Shall not all these nations take up their taunt against him with scoffing and riddles for him? 00:13:07.939 --> 00:13:12.139 And say, woe to him who heaps up what is not his own. 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:13.719 For how long? 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:16.500 And loads himself with pledges. 00:13:17.079 --> 00:13:19.819 Will not your debtors suddenly arise? 00:13:20.459 --> 00:13:22.979 And those awake who will make you tremble? 00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:25.459 Then you will be spoiled for them. 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:30.400 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you. 00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:35.820 For the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them. 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:43.540 Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house to set his nest on high to be safe from the reach of harm. 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:48.280 You devised shame for your house by cutting off many peoples. 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:51.220 You have forfeited your life. 00:13:51.939 --> 00:13:56.399 For the stone will cry out from the wall and the beam from the woodwork respond. 00:13:57.779 --> 00:14:01.799 Woe to him who builds a town with blood and founds a city on iniquity. 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:09.740 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that people labor merely for fire and nations weary themselves for nothing? 00:14:11.079 --> 00:14:12.459 Skip to verse 15. 00:14:13.459 --> 00:14:16.000 Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink. 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:21.340 You pour out your wrath and make them drunk in order to gaze at their nakedness. 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:24.139 You will have your fill of shame instead of glory. 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:27.259 Drink yourself and show your uncircumcision. 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:30.659 The cup in the Lord's right hand will come around to you. 00:14:31.340 --> 00:14:33.220 And utter shame will come upon your glory. 00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:37.039 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:39.940 as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them, 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:44.419 for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them. 00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:50.279 What prophet is an idol when its maker has shaped it? 00:14:51.099 --> 00:14:53.439 A metal image, a teacher of lies. 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:58.939 For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols. 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:02.479 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, 00:15:02.979 --> 00:15:05.899 awake, and to a silent stone, arise. 00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:08.179 Can this teach? 00:15:09.079 --> 00:15:11.319 Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:14.659 and there is no breath in it at all. 00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:25.199 So, it's cool because we see in verse 5 that this Babylonian guy is just gobbling up the nations 00:15:25.199 --> 00:15:29.939 in his greed, his quest for power and material wealth. 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:34.940 But then, all of a sudden, that gets flipped on him here in Habakkuk chapter 2. 00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:41.460 God's saying that this is, the tables are going to turn on this guy who's drunk on himself. 00:15:43.040 --> 00:15:48.640 And the tables are going to turn in the mouth of those that he's conquered. 00:15:49.180 --> 00:15:50.160 So, it's irony. 00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:52.740 It's dripping with sarcasm. 00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:58.019 And so, those who have been conquered are now going to say to the one who conquered them, 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:00.299 woe, ha, look at you. 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:02.419 The tables are going to be flipped. 00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:06.279 But what exactly is going on here? 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:08.820 Well, let's take these woes one at a time. 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.639 We'll look at them quickly. 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:12.899 The first woe was on their unquenchable greed. 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:15.100 These are greedy people. 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:19.299 In their greed for material goods, the Babylonians went out conquering people like crazy, 00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.860 carting the booty back home. 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:26.080 We know that happened because Nebuchadnezzar went and sacked Jerusalem 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:31.680 and he carved off all the treasures of the temple to be in his own massive palace. 00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:35.039 He heaped up what was not his own, verse 6. 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:38.879 But notice that his arrogant greed comes at a price. 00:16:40.800 --> 00:16:48.840 Those whom he had put into his debt are now going to be his debtors. 00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:50.340 It's going to be flipped on him. 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.860 Verse 7. 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:52.899 Will not your debtors suddenly arise? 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:55.440 And those awake who will make you tremble. 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:59.320 And then he says, those whom you plundered, now they're going to plunder you. 00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:01.700 Just retribution. 00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:05.620 Satisfying justice is going to come on this proud Babylonian. 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:12.200 The second woe, verse 9 through 11, is on his perceived sense of security. 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:18.600 He was constantly politically scheming and empire building. 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:29.720 And it led him to think that he had finally established a house that was a nest that was set high and above anything that could possibly touch him. 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:37.360 In fact, the city of Babylon had a wall around it, speaking of his nest. 00:17:37.360 --> 00:17:47.220 It had a wall around it that a four-horse chariot, four horses side by side, a chariot behind it, could run along the width of the wall. 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.720 This is massive. 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:51.079 Practically unconquerable. 00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.839 It had a moat. 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.019 It had eight gates. 00:17:55.319 --> 00:18:00.019 And within this, within this wall, was the palace structure. 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:04.359 And the palace structure had a wall surrounding it. 00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:10.639 Inside the massive wall, the palace structure had a wall that was 136 feet thick. 00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:18.220 If there was a nest that was high and above any nest in the ancient world, it was Babylon. 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.339 Massive. 00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:25.460 But all this security in wealth and power doesn't impress God in the least. 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:31.019 He says, you have devised shame for your house. 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.779 Your house is coming down. 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.500 Your secure nest is going to fall apart at the seams. 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:45.740 The building materials themselves that you've used to build this nest with, the stone in the wall, the beam from the woodwork, 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:49.680 they're going to cry out against you and your house is going to implode. 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:53.400 Your perceived sense of security is not going to last for long. 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:57.300 The satisfying justice is going to come on this proud man. 00:18:58.340 --> 00:19:06.759 The third one, verse 12 and 13, was on the Babylonians' violent and vain labor. 00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:09.140 His violent and vain labor. 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:19.220 Nebuchadnezzar in particular, the Babylonians in general, they had a penchant for building projects, as the wall might tell you. 00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:23.720 He managed to turn the city of Babylon into one of the seven wonders of the world. 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:38.880 It had the famous hanging gardens of Babylon that he had basically turned his city, part of his city, into a lush representation of one of his wives' mountainous homelands. 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:48.980 But notice that the foundation of these building projects were blood and iniquity. 00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:57.040 In verse 12, he builds a town with blood and founds a city on iniquity. 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:13.180 In building a name for himself, in working hard to build himself up, God is going to ensure that this man is going to receive satisfying justice for his violent, vain labor. 00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:15.839 All of it's going to be for fire and for nothing. 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.379 Verse 13, 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:29.080 So this satisfying justice is coming on his violent and vain labor. 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.900 Let's do the next one. 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:32.140 Verses 15 through 17. 00:20:33.040 --> 00:20:36.800 This is talking about the Babylonians' shameful depravity. 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:40.840 The pride represents itself in shameful depravity. 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:44.740 We're not exactly sure what's going on in these verses, but we get some hints. 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:53.240 There's nasty kind of sexual overtones in the reference to gazing at the nakedness of their drunk neighbors. 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:55.279 There's perversion going on here. 00:20:56.779 --> 00:21:00.959 There's a malicious desire to cause harm to the nations around them. 00:21:01.659 --> 00:21:03.599 You see that in verse 15. 00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:06.299 One thing is really clear. 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:15.899 Not only does Babylon use evil to build up their own name, but it loves to do evil. 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:20.299 That's when you know something has become depraved. 00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:23.819 It doesn't just use evil, but it loves to do it. 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:26.359 Verse 17 kind of gets at that. 00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.960 There's this reference to Lebanon. 00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:31.539 Lebanon was this beautiful country full of natural resources. 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:37.559 And it's recorded in history that Nebuchadnezzar, as well as other Babylonian kings, 00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:42.579 would just come in and basically just take the countryside by storm, 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:49.559 rape it of its natural resources, and cart it off to use it for their own building projects. 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:54.819 And so God is calling out judgment not only on his violence to human beings, 00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:56.720 but also to violence to creation. 00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:58.680 It seems that he just loves to do it. 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:07.140 The great pride of the Babylonians had doomed the works of their hands from the outset. 00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:09.620 Satisfying justice is on its way. 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.100 Next. 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.160 And last. 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:19.799 The last woe is in verse 18 and 19. 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:24.720 And this is on the Babylonians' futile idolatry. 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:27.240 Futile idolatry. 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:32.500 This is the source of the Babylonians' arrogant wickedness. 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:36.840 The core issue here is ultimately a matter of worship. 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:43.240 Instead of trusting in the living God, the God who is there outside of themselves, 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:47.460 the Babylonians then entrust in something that comes from them. 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:51.180 A counterfeit, self-produced God. 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.580 Verse 18 gets at it. 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:56.039 It's beautiful in its irony. 00:22:56.039 --> 00:23:00.579 Finally, God asks the Chaldeans a simple, thoughtful question. 00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:07.039 What profit, what good is an idol when its maker has shaped it? 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:11.319 He's saying, idols don't get you anywhere, Mr. Babylonian. 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.539 They may look like gods. 00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.319 They look flashy. 00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.359 They look nice. 00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:17.359 Overlaid with gold and silver. 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.359 But they're just stones. 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.980 They're just made of wood. 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.220 They're lifeless. 00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:24.299 There's no breath in them. 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:33.620 The Babylonians will have their idols exposed as futile, empty, and powerless 00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:40.400 compared to the real history-shaping power of the Word of the Living God. 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:42.120 Woe. 00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.240 Woe. 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.920 Woe. 00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:45.440 On the proud. 00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:52.700 The wine of self-obsession is going to become a cup of woe. 00:23:53.480 --> 00:24:03.820 On their greed, their perceived security apart from God, their empty, vain works, their shameful depravity, and their empty idols. 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:06.399 We have one more W left. 00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:12.539 And my notice, we skipped two really big verses. 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:16.039 Not big in length, but big in meaning. 00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:20.619 These are the two wows of this chapter. 00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:31.939 And we're going to see, we're going to be wowed by what God is saying about himself in contrast to this proud Babylonian. 00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:35.039 Verse 14 and verse 20. 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:37.019 Let's get to verse 14 first. 00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.900 The first wow. 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.400 Let me just read it for us. 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:42.660 Let me get a running start. 00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:51.960 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and the nations weary themselves for nothing? 00:24:51.960 --> 00:25:04.220 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as waters cover the sea. 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:09.059 I got a running start because there's a great contrast here. 00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:15.180 He's contrasting the building up of the name of the Babylonians. 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:18.940 It's going to result only in fire and nothing, and there's a reason for that. 00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:23.900 For God wants to do something about his name. 00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:29.779 God ensures that all attempts to build on the foundation of pride will collapse. 00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:30.680 Why? 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:30.759 Why? 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:42.360 Because there will be no room when the knowledge of the glory of the Lord fills the entire earth. 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:53.039 No room for any project of self-obsession, any project of pride that's going to be making a name for man. 00:25:53.219 --> 00:26:01.000 It will be torn down so that the name of the Lord will be exalted. 00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:10.099 So that the knowledge of the glory of the Lord will be completely present in every part of creation. 00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:14.399 The image that God uses to get this across is total coverage. 00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.759 Did you catch that? 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:19.199 As the waters cover the sea. 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.959 Think about it. 00:26:20.699 --> 00:26:21.519 Atlantic Ocean. 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:31.719 The continental shelf off the eastern coast of the United States, it gets down, and then it goes even further, and it goes back up to Europe. 00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.319 Right? 00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:38.619 Wherever there is seabed, wherever there is ocean floor, does water cover it? 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.219 Yes. 00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.399 Yes. 00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.959 How does it cover it? 00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.179 Completely. 00:26:43.719 --> 00:26:46.279 As the waters cover the sea. 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:49.379 Where does the water not cover the sea? 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:51.479 It covers it completely. 00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.199 Totally. 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:54.259 Everything is soaked. 00:26:54.959 --> 00:27:03.179 So one day, the whole earth, the universe itself, will be sloshing wet with the knowledge of the glory of God. 00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:08.560 God's justice will be satisfying, and it will be visible. 00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:17.840 It will totally, without exception, prevail over all human pride and all human lifting up of itself. 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:19.839 Total justice. 00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.939 Total justice. 00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.939 Every wrong made right. 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.939 Every act of injustice. 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.220 Every sin. 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:36.419 Every transgression against God's perfect righteousness and against God's people will be fully met. 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:42.720 God's glory will be completely and publicly on display. 00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.899 That's the first wow. 00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:43.940 Wow. 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:46.220 The second wow is in verse 20. 00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:52.340 Let me give a running start just so we can see the context. 00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:59.360 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, awake, and to a silent stone, arise. 00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.780 Can this teach? 00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:06.380 Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath in it at all. 00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:10.120 But the Lord is in his holy temple. 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:15.939 Let all the earth keep silence before him. 00:28:17.939 --> 00:28:33.419 In contrast to the impressive looking but lifeless idols of the Babylonians, the living God, the God who is there, the God who created galaxies with a word, 00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:46.900 this God who is in his holy dwelling place, his temple, sitting on his throne, from which he rules and reigns over the whole earth. 00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:50.420 Nothing is untouched by his authority. 00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:54.759 And notice that he commands silence. 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:05.380 He tells the shifting, restless, arrogant, self-promoting, violent, idolatrous peoples of the earth, 00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:05.980 Hush! 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.360 Be silent! 00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:12.580 Listen to the judgment that is pronounced against you. 00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:18.279 The whole earth will be accountable before this living God, including his own people. 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:26.500 No one can stand before the presence of this holy God to contest his authority, 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:29.339 to answer back to his judgments, 00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:33.599 not even the vicious, conquering Babylonians. 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:40.319 All the earth must keep silence before him 00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:44.759 and await his word of satisfying justice. 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:51.539 One day, God's perfect justice will totally prevail over all pride, 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:54.160 over all the earth. 00:29:54.980 --> 00:30:00.059 And all the earth must keep silence before his terrifying holiness, 00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:03.579 awaiting his satisfying justice. 00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.200 That's the second wow. 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.700 That brings us to the end of our passage. 00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:13.400 And it's kind of hard being in the Old Testament sometimes, 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:15.920 because we're like, okay, sounds good. 00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:19.140 I think I can maybe sift some things that are about me. 00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.980 Okay, I get that. 00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:21.480 But what does this have to do with us? 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.160 2016. 00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.519 What does this have to do with me? 00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.840 What is it saying to us? 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:31.400 And I think it's saying very much this. 00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.420 Same thing. 00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:37.960 God's satisfying justice is real. 00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:42.279 God's satisfying justice is written. 00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.759 It's certain. 00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:47.360 It's coming, though we may have to wait for it. 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:51.240 And it's coming on those who drink the wine of pride. 00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:57.120 However, that manifests itself in different fruits of pride, 00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:00.639 but the core sin that the judgment is poured out on 00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:04.259 is elevating ourselves up against the living God 00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:07.059 and saying, no, no, no, no, my way, not your way. 00:31:08.739 --> 00:31:10.779 And this does have to do with us, doesn't it? 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:14.319 God's satisfying justice comes upon the proud. 00:31:15.679 --> 00:31:17.179 None of us can say, 00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:19.199 I have not myself against God. 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:22.140 We can't escape the realities 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:25.100 that us lifting ourselves up against God 00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:27.759 manifest themselves in, right? 00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.660 Like greed. 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:32.799 False security in our wealth, 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:34.600 in our position, or in our power. 00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:38.799 Vain labors built on pride, 00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:41.039 not built on trust in the living God. 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:46.059 Secret or open, shameful depravity. 00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.660 False gods. 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.880 That we trust in. 00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:53.600 Our pride for all of us 00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:56.039 has manifested itself in ways like these. 00:31:57.259 --> 00:32:01.120 And we are silent before the living God. 00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:05.200 The God who's jealous for the knowledge of His glory 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:07.779 to soak the universe. 00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.840 We can't say anything. 00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:17.240 But the beautiful thing is that God has said something. 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:21.500 We are silent before God. 00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:23.240 We cannot answer in protest. 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:27.019 But there is one who is silent on our behalf. 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:29.240 There was one who, 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.860 like a lamb before the shearers is silent, 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.039 He opened not His mouth. 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:35.399 There was one who said, 00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:37.200 there is one who said, 00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.799 Father, 00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:40.480 if it be Your will, 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.039 let this cup pass from me. 00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.059 But, 00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.779 nevertheless, 00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.659 not what I will, 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.339 but Your will be done. 00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:49.059 He drank the cup of God's wrath 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:51.039 down for us. 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:54.500 So God's satisfying justice would come, 00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:56.159 not on us, 00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:58.440 but on Him. 00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.379 Talking about Jesus. 00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:04.639 Those who trust in Christ, 00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:09.899 we can stand before God 00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:11.740 in His holy temple 00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:13.220 and keep silence. 00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.480 But not because we're guilty, 00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.940 but because 00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:18.180 our guilt has been taken away. 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:23.960 We can face no woe of judgment 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:26.039 if we put our trust 00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.740 in the One 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:28.500 who has drained the cup 00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.799 of God's wrath dry. 00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:32.359 And instead of saying, 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.880 woe, 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.519 we can say, 00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:33.960 wow, 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:37.559 look at God's massively unfair grace. 00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:40.460 Paul in 2 Corinthians 2.4 00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.359 might have had 00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:43.240 Habakkuk 2.14 in his mind 00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.399 when he wrote, 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.440 God who said, 00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:48.039 let light shine out of darkness 00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:50.720 has shown into our hearts, 00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:52.859 not all the earth, 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.440 but in our hearts, 00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.839 to give the light 00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.879 of the knowledge 00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:58.619 of the glory of God, 00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.319 where? 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:01.720 In the face of Jesus Christ. 00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.200 One day, 00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.839 the fullness of God's 00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.700 perfect justice 00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:08.280 in Jesus Christ 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:10.280 will flood 00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:11.300 every corner 00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.639 of creation. 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.579 And for those of us 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.720 who have trusted in Him 00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.599 already, 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.559 and we know already 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:19.260 at least a little bit 00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.480 of the knowledge 00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.019 of His glory 00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.960 through Jesus, 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.980 by faith, 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.760 in our hearts, 00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.440 we can rejoice in that. 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.500 We can desire that. 00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.840 We can long for it. 00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.579 Instead of saying, 00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.220 whoa, 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.280 I'm under the burden 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:32.099 of God's wrath. 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.380 Instead, 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.920 we can say, 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.500 yes, 00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.139 wow, 00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:35.860 I want the knowledge 00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.539 of the glory 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.780 of this gracious God 00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:39.039 to come and soak 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.559 the universe. 00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.440 We can turn to Him 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.860 and we can rejoice 00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.980 and say, 00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:45.360 wow, 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:49.640 maybe you haven't 00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:50.640 trusted in Jesus. 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.720 Maybe you have not 00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:53.700 turned your eyes 00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:54.700 to the one 00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:56.480 who is going to bring 00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.280 satisfying justice. 00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.600 one way, 00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:01.040 either on the cross 00:35:01.040 --> 00:35:02.580 or another 00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:03.900 at the end of all things. 00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:05.940 God, 00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.760 maybe you haven't 00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.260 turned to Him 00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.700 in faith. 00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.820 Maybe you have not 00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:12.540 decided to live 00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:13.340 by faith 00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:14.860 in this God. 00:35:16.560 --> 00:35:17.540 Let me just tell you, 00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:19.320 His satisfying justice 00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.900 is real. 00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:22.340 There is woe. 00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:24.380 There is bad stuff 00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.700 coming, 00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.319 judgment 00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:27.960 on those, 00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.259 all of us, 00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.219 who have drank 00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:31.159 the cup of pride. 00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.500 But for those 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.559 who turn to Jesus, 00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.399 to those who turn 00:35:36.399 --> 00:35:36.719 to the one 00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.339 who is silent 00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:38.299 for us, 00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:41.000 there is relief 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.619 from judgment. 00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.500 There is life 00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.359 in judgment 00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:44.059 and there is 00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:46.039 a way to get through 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:47.960 even the hard stuff 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.779 that we face now. 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.699 So let me 00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:53.179 ask you to consider 00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:54.019 just a few things 00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.440 this morning 00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.579 to apply this 00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:58.400 and to end 00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.059 our time together. 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:03.280 Just like Ben 00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.739 was saying 00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:05.300 when we began 00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.780 worship, 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:08.320 each week 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.739 hits us 00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.519 with something else, 00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:09.840 right? 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.840 Something difficult. 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.099 Something where 00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.679 we're forced 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.539 to ask, 00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.780 okay God, 00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.380 what's going on here? 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.480 Remember 00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.840 that God's 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.880 satisfying justice, 00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.460 the knowledge 00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.099 of His glory, 00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.139 it's written. 00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.759 it's written. 00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.400 We may have to 00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.119 wait for it, 00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.779 but it's written, 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:30.139 God will satisfy 00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.299 His justice. 00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.039 God will make 00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.679 all things right. 00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:34.259 So maybe you're 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:35.079 dealing with something 00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:36.500 today that's hard 00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.739 and you're asking, 00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.199 God, 00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:39.579 help me to have faith. 00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:41.519 Remember that one day 00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:43.019 all things will be 00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.440 made right. 00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.420 All things will be 00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.859 made right. 00:36:47.379 --> 00:36:48.259 Trust in that 00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:51.100 and pray for that. 00:36:52.580 --> 00:36:53.320 And then lastly, 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.560 examine yourself 00:36:56.560 --> 00:36:58.480 to see where 00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.020 you are still 00:36:59.020 --> 00:36:59.580 drinking from 00:36:59.580 --> 00:37:00.340 the cup of pride. 00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:04.260 Ask Him 00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.000 to reveal, 00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.480 is there greed 00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.860 in me? 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.100 Is my pride 00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:09.640 feeding 00:37:09.640 --> 00:37:10.260 violent, 00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.840 vain labor? 00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:13.460 not considering 00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.079 others, 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.500 not acting in love 00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.260 but instead acting 00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.880 out of pride? 00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:19.380 Am I setting myself 00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:20.440 up against other 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.840 people that either 00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.380 are in authority 00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.980 over me, 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.059 especially if you're 00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.760 a student, 00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:27.960 or maybe if you 00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:29.900 are struggling 00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.559 with loving 00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.100 someone that's 00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:32.820 in your family, 00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:35.100 is there a way 00:37:35.100 --> 00:37:35.640 that you are lifting 00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:36.680 yourself up in pride? 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:37.699 Is there a way 00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.159 that you need 00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.719 to repent 00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.519 of that pride 00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.859 today? 00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:41.719 And is there 00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.039 a way 00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.799 where God 00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:44.739 needs to 00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:46.279 fill your heart 00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:47.879 as He's going 00:37:47.879 --> 00:37:48.779 to fill the universe 00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.319 one day 00:37:49.319 --> 00:37:49.960 with the knowledge 00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.440 of the glory 00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.859 of God? 00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.239 Ask Him 00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:53.159 to do that today. 00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:54.960 Get that on your 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.779 minds and your hearts 00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.539 that one day 00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.159 God is going 00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.239 to soak the universe 00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.899 with the knowledge 00:37:58.899 --> 00:38:00.059 of His brilliant glory 00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:01.539 and we're all 00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.139 going to see it. 00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.480 With that, 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.940 we pray 00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:08.360 and then we'll 00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:09.440 end in song. 00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.119 Father, I pray 00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:16.539 that you would 00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:18.280 be at work 00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.139 in us 00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.619 as a church 00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.000 today. 00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:22.059 Thank you, God, 00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.820 for the promise 00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.500 that one day 00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.219 the knowledge 00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.760 of the glory 00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.539 of the Lord 00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:28.519 will fill 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:30.440 the whole earth 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.920 as waters 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.719 cover the sea. 00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.619 Father, 00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:35.099 may your 00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.759 complete 00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:37.079 satisfying 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.799 justice 00:38:37.799 --> 00:38:39.199 which has 00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.920 already come 00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.759 through Jesus 00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:42.699 has been 00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.319 dealt with. 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.900 You are the 00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.819 one who is 00:38:44.819 --> 00:38:45.900 just and the 00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.920 justifier of 00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.400 those who 00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:48.099 put their 00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.980 faith in Christ. 00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.440 Father, 00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.859 would you 00:38:50.859 --> 00:38:51.539 make your 00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.279 glory known 00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:53.739 to us 00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.079 today? 00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.319 Would you 00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:55.900 soak our 00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.400 hearts 00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.839 with the 00:38:56.839 --> 00:38:57.139 knowledge 00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.460 of the 00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.960 glory of 00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.199 God 00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.460 in the 00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.679 face 00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.019 of Jesus 00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.559 Christ? 00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.779 May that 00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.779 satisfy us. 00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.980 God, 00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.100 Father, 00:39:03.160 --> 00:39:03.480 for those 00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.060 who are 00:39:04.060 --> 00:39:05.420 dealing 00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.019 with 00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.940 pride 00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.820 or 00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.080 dealing 00:39:08.080 --> 00:39:08.540 with 00:39:08.540 --> 00:39:09.100 difficult 00:39:09.100 --> 00:39:09.800 circumstances, 00:39:10.140 --> 00:39:10.300 God, 00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.540 I pray 00:39:10.540 --> 00:39:10.840 that you 00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.440 would cause 00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:11.980 your glory 00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:13.400 to outweigh 00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:14.840 either 00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.220 difficult 00:39:15.220 --> 00:39:15.860 circumstances 00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.260 or their 00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.720 own sin. 00:39:18.620 --> 00:39:19.000 I pray 00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.160 that you 00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:19.400 do this 00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.620 for the 00:39:19.620 --> 00:39:19.940 glory of 00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.180 your name, 00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:20.440 Father. 00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.180 Amen. 00:39:21.180 --> 00:39:21.300 Amen. 00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.320 Amen. 00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.640 Amen. 00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:22.920 Amen. 00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.260 Amen. 00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.340 Amen. 00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.400 Amen. 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.640 Amen. 00:39:23.640 --> 00:39:24.040 Amen. 00:39:24.040 --> 00:39:25.540 Amen. 00:39:25.540 --> 00:39:28.000 Amen. 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.540 Amen. 00:39:28.540 --> 00:39:29.180 Amen. 00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.280 Amen. 00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:29.540 Amen. 00:39:29.540 --> 00:39:29.620 Amen. 00:39:29.620 --> 00:39:30.240 Amen. 00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:30.640 Amen. 00:39:30.640 --> 00:39:31.160 Amen. 00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:31.220 Amen.