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 Here's how I want you to think about this morning's sermon.

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 Think of it as like Google Maps or Apple Maps on your smartphone.

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 You know, this is the kind of thing where, you know, you're going to go on a trip,

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 you type in the address where you're going, and you've got this route laid out for you to the destination,

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 and the brilliance of an app like this is you know where you are all along the way.

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 It orients you.

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 And this morning, I want to preach a sermon that's going to reorient you to the book of Revelation

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 because we started studying the book of Revelation this past September,

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 and we got through the first five chapters, then we took a break for Christmas,

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 and this morning, we're going to get back into the book of Revelation,

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 and what I want to do is give you a big picture of the book of Revelation.

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 I want to reorient you to the book of Revelation

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 so that the book of Revelation orients you to God's plan for the fullness of time.

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 The book of Revelation is going to frame you.

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 It's going to help you see right in order to live right.

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 The book of Revelation shows us where we are along the way of God's plan for all time,

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 and it has an intended effect.

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 The Revelation is going to get something done in you.

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 So this morning, I want to convince you of three truths,

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 and these three truths are going to build off one another, and here they are.

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 The book of Revelation is for you, Christian,

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 not just the specialists.

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 And the book of Revelation is for you, Christian,

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 to see.

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 It's designed to give you eyes of faith to see.

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 It's very vivid.

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 And then finally,

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 the book of Revelation is for you, Christian,

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 to see by faith in order to live a life worthy of Christ today

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 and every day of your life to come.

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 This book is not optional for Christians.

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 It's not above your pay grade.

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 It's vital for you.

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 We're living for Jesus in the trenches of everyday life.

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 So let's turn now to this point.

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 If you haven't opened to the book of Revelation,

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 please turn there.

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 Just open to chapter one.

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 We're going to be giving you wide, broad swaths of this book.

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 The book of Revelation is for you,

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 the everyday disciple of Jesus Christ.

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 There's a tragic misconception out there about the book of Revelation.

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 It's thinking that the book of Revelation is only for the experts

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 and the self-appointed end-time specialists.

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 And when I was growing up in the church,

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 the end-times specialists were usually guys with polyester leisure chutes

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 and massive comb-overs in their hair.

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 It was striking.

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 But this book isn't just for specialists.

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 That would be a mistake to make.

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 Let me give you a sample of what happens,

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 and maybe you can identify with this.

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 When you start talking about the book of Revelation,

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 what can happen is the language moves to technicalities.

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 And what it starts feeling like is you start talking about the book of Revelation

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 like it's some kind of technical manual for the end times.

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 And you've got to be up on all the language and the concepts

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 before you have any chance of understanding what this book means.

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 So just like if you start hearing of the schools of interpretation of the book of Revelation,

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 you start hearing things like the historicist school,

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 or the preterist school,

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 or the futurist school,

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 or the idealist school,

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 or the I'm going to pick from one of each of these school.

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 You can start feeling very distant from this book.

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 Like, oh, I've got to be some kind of PhD in New Testament

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 in order to understand the book of Revelation.

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 Well, that's not true.

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 Nor do you have to have this stated, very specific position on the millennial.

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 The millennium.

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 In Revelation chapter 20, verses 1 through 10,

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 are you a pre-millennialist?

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 A post-millennialist?

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 An all-millennialist?

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 You've heard the joke,

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 maybe you're a pan-millennialist.

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 You just think it all pans out in the end, kind of a thing.

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 Or maybe, as the issue of pre-millennialism comes up,

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 you're like thinking,

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 hey, are you pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib?

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 Maybe you're now going to AFib,

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 hearing all this talk about the trib.

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 Glossing over.

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 All this kind of technical jargon can make you think that the book of Revelation is for the experts,

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 for the specialists,

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 for the people who write books about that.

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 This is where the rocket mortgage commercials come in.

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 Do you know these commercials?

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 The comedian, Keegan-Michael Key,

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 is in these commercials,

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 and usually you have this couple who are witnessing something,

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 and they're witnessing something that's highly technical,

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 and they are feeling overwhelmed by that,

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 and all of a sudden,

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 Keegan-Michael Key's walk,

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 kind of comes in from nowhere,

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 and he says,

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 hey, it's not that complicated.

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 Don't get lost in the jargon.

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 It's really very simple.

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 Jesus wins.

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 All this technical language

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 can make the everyday Christian in the trenches

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 glaze over and falsely conclude that this book is above their pay grade.

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 You can start thinking things like,

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 well, I don't get it.

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 I don't get the 144,000.

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 I don't get the 12, 260 days.

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 I don't get the strange creatures.

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 I don't get the seven seals.

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 I don't get the seven trumpets.

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 I don't get the seven bulls of God's wrath.

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 What is this dragon?

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 What is the beast?

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 What is the false prophet?

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 Who's this lady, the prostitute, Babylon,

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 and who's this other lady, the bride, the new Jerusalem?

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 Who are these people?

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 Who are these things?

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 I don't get it.

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 And maybe you've been raised in a school of thought that says,

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 all you need to understand the book of Revelation

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 is the book of Revelation and your newspaper.

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 This morning I want to tell you this.

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 You need your revelation and your Old Testament.

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 Because of all of these symbols,

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 these numbers and figures,

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 they're rooted in the Old Testament.

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 So as we get through the book of Revelation,

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 you're going to build an instinct.

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 So when you hit something that's like,

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 whoa, what is the 144,000?

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 Whoa, who is this prostitute?

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 Whoa, what is this?

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 What are these plagues?

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 They're all designed to make you go back to your Old Testament.

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 It's not that hard.

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 This book is designed for you, Christian.

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 God authored this for you.

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 This is designed to give you perspective and strength

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 to walk daily with Jesus.

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 In fact, the language that the book of Revelation itself uses,

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 you heard it when David was reading from Revelation chapter 1.

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 This book is designed to bless you.

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 Listen to Revelation chapter 1 verse 3.

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy.

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 David, I hope you felt the blessing of that this morning.

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy.

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 And blessed are those who hear and keep what is written,

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 for the time is near.

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 Now flip to the end of the book of Revelation.

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 Revelation chapter 22 verse 7.

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 We read,

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 And behold, this is Jesus speaking,

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 I am coming soon.

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 And he says,

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 Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.

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 This whole book is to bless you, Christian,

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 not to make you feel like you're out of kind of touch

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 with these kind of pictures and symbols.

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 It's for your good.

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 It's for your good.

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 This book is designed to bless you.

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 So, if you're a parent in the room,

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 and you got kids,

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 and your desire, regardless of how old the kids are,

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 you got little tykes,

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 you got walkers,

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 you got elementary school kids,

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 middle school, high school,

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 you got kids in college,

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 and your desire is,

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 I just want to live a life worthy of the Lamb.

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 This book will help you in your parenting.

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 If you're a teenager wanting to live a life worthy of the Lamb,

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 at Tremper High School,

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 at CLS,

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 at Indian Trail,

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 Bradford,

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 wherever it may be,

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 at home,

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 this book will help you live a life worthy of the Lamb.

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 If you've reached the,

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 let's call it,

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 the sunset years of your life,

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 and you want to finish well,

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 living for the glory of the Lamb,

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 this book will help you close out your days well.

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 This book is not just for the specialists.

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 This book is for you, Christian.

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 You need to be convinced of that.

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 We've looked at who this book is for.

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 It's for the everyday Christian.

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 Now let's look at what this book is about.

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 The book of Revelation is for you,

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 so that you can see.

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 This book is designed to help you see,

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 to perceive,

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 to see by faith.

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 If you look at Revelation chapter 1,

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 verse 1,

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 the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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 what that means is this.

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 Jesus is both the one revealing these things,

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 and he's the one that this revelation is about.

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 And if you want to follow me,

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 track me.

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 You ready?

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 This is who this is about.

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 Revelation chapter 1, 12 through 16,

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 we have a vision of the risen,

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 radiant, and reigning Christ.

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 Chapter 5, verse 6,

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 we have a vision of a Lamb who was slain,

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 who is standing in the midst of the throne,

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 being worshipped.

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 Chapter 12, verse 5,

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 we have a vision of a male child

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 who will rule the nations.

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 Chapter 14, verse 14,

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 we have a vision of a son of man

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 seated in a cloud

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 with a crown and a sickle

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 to reap the great harvest of the earth.

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 Revelation chapter 19,

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 verses 11 through 16,

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 we have one who is the rider

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 of the white horse,

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 and he's got four names,

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 the last of which is

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 King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

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 And in Revelation chapter 21 and 22,

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 we have a vision of a Lamb

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 at the center of the new heavens

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 and the new earth

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 in the middle of the new Jerusalem,

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 and he is lighting up the place.

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 The book of Revelation is designed

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 to make you see,

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 to give you visions of Jesus.

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 And it does so in a variety of ways.

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 It gives you a variety of displays

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 of the glory of Jesus

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 and his unmatched worth.

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 The book of Revelation

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 is for you to see.

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 Now, here's where we may get into

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 a little, a little,

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 I'm a little nervous to do this

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 with you this morning.

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 But, I want to help you

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 get a sense of overview of the book.

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 And so, you can divide

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 the book of Revelation

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 in a variety of ways,

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 organizationally.

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 Here's the most basic way.

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 It's found in Revelation chapter 1,

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 verse 19.

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 The risen Christ is speaking to John.

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 He says to John,

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 write therefore the things

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 that you have seen.

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 Remember, this is a book

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 to help you to see

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 right there for the things

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 that you have seen.

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 And then he says two things.

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 Those that are

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 and those that are to take place

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 after this.

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 The book of Revelation

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 is a revelation of visions.

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 And it,

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 you can split it along two lines.

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 A vision of what has

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 already been

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 and then visions

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 of what are going to happen.

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 Of the present,

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 according to John's time,

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 and of the future.

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 And so, at its most basic level,

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 this book can be divided

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 into two parts.

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 John's vision

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 of how things are now.

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 That's chapter 1, 9

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 through the end of chapter 3.

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 The seven letters

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 to the seven churches.

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 And then,

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 starting in chapter 4, 1,

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 visions of what will happen.

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 And that takes place

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 all the way to chapter 22,

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 verse 5.

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 That's the basic structure

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 of the book.

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 Present and future

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 from John's perspective.

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 But what you need to know

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 is the bulk

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.139
 of this book, then,

00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:17.840
 is a series

00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:19.080
 of visions

00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:20.720
 of what will

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 take place.

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 And so,

00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:25.120
 though this book

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.840
 is about

00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:27.019
 what will happen,

00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:29.240
 it's a book

00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:30.799
 about what will happen

00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:32.460
 to help us live

00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:33.600
 for Christ

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 now.

00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:37.460
 There's another way

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 you can slice up this book.

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 Not just

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 in what has happened,

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:42.539
 and what will happen,

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 it's according

00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:45.740
 to visions.

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 Let me walk you

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 them through.

00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:52.399
 There are eight visions

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 in this book.

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 It forms

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 kind of a structure.

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 The first vision

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 is chapters 1 through 3,

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 a vision of the risen,

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 radiant,

00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:04.200
 and reigning Christ

00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:05.600
 issuing seven letters

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 to seven churches.

00:16:07.300 --> 00:16:08.340
 The second vision

00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:09.639
 takes place

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.180
 from heaven,

00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:10.939
 the lamb

00:16:10.939 --> 00:16:11.659
 who was slain.

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 He starts breaking

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.399
 the seven seals

00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:15.339
 of the scroll

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 of God's plan

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 for the fullness

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 of time.

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 That's chapter 4

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 through chapter 8,

00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:20.439
 verse 1.

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 The third vision

00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:23.319
 starts in heaven

00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:23.859
 and consists

00:16:23.859 --> 00:16:25.219
 of seven angels

00:16:25.219 --> 00:16:27.059
 blowing seven trumpets,

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 setting into motion

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 a series of more judgments.

00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.519
 Chapter 8,

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 verse 2

00:16:32.079 --> 00:16:33.239
 through chapter 11,

00:16:33.339 --> 00:16:34.000
 verse 18.

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 The fourth vision

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 starts in heaven.

00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:38.379
 Chapter 11,

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 verse 19

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 through chapter 14

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 through verse 8.

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 It's the very heart

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 of the book

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.120
 of Revelation.

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 And at the very heart

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 of the book

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.740
 of Revelation,

00:16:47.939 --> 00:16:48.840
 we have a vision

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:50.679
 of a great

00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:52.639
 cosmic conflict.

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:55.039
 In chapter 12,

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 we learn about

00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:57.379
 the dragon,

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 the serpent,

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 the devil.

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 We learn about

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 the beast,

00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.360
 chapter 13,

00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:04.160
 the first half.

00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:05.099
 We learn about

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:06.219
 a second beast,

00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:07.399
 also known as

00:17:07.399 --> 00:17:08.379
 the false prophet.

00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.299
 That's the second half

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 of chapter 13.

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 And the way that you

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.359
 need to understand

00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:13.319
 about the dragon,

00:17:13.719 --> 00:17:14.219
 the beast,

00:17:14.379 --> 00:17:15.799
 and the false prophet

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:17.619
 is that this

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 is the anti-trinity.

00:17:23.159 --> 00:17:24.359
 The dragon is the

00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:25.240
 anti-father.

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 The first beast

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 is the anti-Christ,

00:17:29.199 --> 00:17:30.199
 who appeared to be

00:17:30.199 --> 00:17:31.299
 slain and then raised.

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 And then the false prophet

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 is the anti-spirit.

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.659
 And the false prophet

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 uses all kinds of

00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:40.940
 wonders and miracles

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 in order to convince

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.740
 people to worship

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.919
 the anti-Christ.

00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:48.659
 The dragon,

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.180
 the beast,

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.139
 and the false prophet

00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:52.680
 is the anti-trinity.

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 And they are in conflict

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:56.220
 with God and His purposes

00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.059
 and the Christ.

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 And this fourth vision

00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:01.440
 ends with Christ

00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:04.480
 coming to earth

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.700
 with crown

00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:07.300
 seated on a cloud

00:18:07.300 --> 00:18:08.560
 with a sickle

00:18:08.560 --> 00:18:10.200
 to reap the earth.

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 Conflict.

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.680
 The fifth vision,

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:20.519
 chapters 15 and 16,

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.940
 seven angels

00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.680
 pouring out

00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:23.620
 the seven bowls

00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:24.880
 of God's wrath.

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 They're also called

00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.740
 the bowls

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:29.039
 of God's plagues.

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 The sixth vision,

00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:34.000
 chapter 17,

00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:35.240
 verse 19,

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.599
 chapter 17

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.440
 through chapter 19,

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.019
 verse 10,

00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:39.700
 we have the great

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:41.380
 prostitute Babylon

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:42.720
 in all her worldly

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.720
 pleasure

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.880
 and power

00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.839
 and prestige.

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 She finally is destroyed

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:49.180
 in chapter 18.

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 And here's how you need

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.240
 to think about

00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:52.980
 the great prostitute

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.900
 Babylon.

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 She's the anti-bride.

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 She,

00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:01.640
 those who are part

00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:03.620
 of this people

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.680
 bear the mark

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.319
 of the beast.

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 They worship

00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:12.640
 the beast.

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 And the great

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.460
 prostitute

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:18.099
 is very purposefully

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:19.259
 put in contrast

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:20.319
 to the bride

00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:21.039
 of the lamb,

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:21.799
 the church.

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:25.240
 There's a contrast

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.759
 between the prostitute

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.740
 Babylon

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 and the bride,

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 the new Jerusalem.

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 There's a reason

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.700
 why this section,

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.599
 chapter 17

00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:39.220
 through 19,

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:39.559
 10,

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 it begins

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:42.079
 with the prostitute

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 who then falls

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 and culminates

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.160
 the section

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:46.400
 in the marriage

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.779
 supper

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 of the lamb.

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.299
 The seventh vision

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.579
 is chapter 19,

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.200
 verse 11

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.319
 through chapter 20

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:56.420
 through 15.

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 It starts

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 with the coming

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.200
 of the rider

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 of the white horse

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 and ends

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.319
 with the great

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:04.100
 white throne judgment.

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.640
 All the enemies

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.600
 of the lamb

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.420
 are conquered

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.620
 and the faithful

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.519
 are vindicated.

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.779
 People are thrown

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.920
 into the lake of fire.

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.180
 The enemies

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.960
 of Jesus,

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.620
 it's full

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.860
 and it's final.

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.480
 The king

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.220
 of kings

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.840
 and lord

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.660
 of the lords,

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.440
 the lamb

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:22.080
 has conquered

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:22.720
 the king

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:25.200
 and the king

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:25.519
 of the king

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.620
 of the king.

00:20:25.620 --> 00:20:25.759
 Another way

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.259
 you can say it

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.539
 is Jesus

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.059
 comes back

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.400
 and ties

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:28.160
 up all the loose ends.

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.880
 And in the eighth vision,

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:34.059
 chapter 21,

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:35.200
 1 through 22,

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.960
 5,

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.740
 all things

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.480
 are made new.

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.059
 A new heaven

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:42.980
 and a new earth,

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:46.160
 new Jerusalem.

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:49.360
 God is with us,

00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:50.000
 wiping away

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.700
 every tear.

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.000
 At that point,

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:52.620
 we will have

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.980
 new resurrected bodies.

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:56.620
 new joy,

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.559
 new peace.

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.660
 These visions

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:03.600
 move together

00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:04.880
 to build

00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:06.000
 to a climax

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:08.340
 fullness of time.

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:12.039
 One of the ways

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.779
 you can think about

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:14.160
 these structures

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.360
 is think about

00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:18.380
 the visions

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.620
 that will have

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.680
 taken place

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:22.019
 and the visions

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.980
 that will take place.

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.339
 that's like

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.500
 the skeletal structure

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.140
 of the book.

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.980
 And then all

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.839
 of these visions,

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.799
 there are like

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.980
 eight different

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:31.019
 muscle groups

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.400
 on the skeleton

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:34.140
 and they make

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:35.000
 the book

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:36.079
 move.

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.640
 But there's one

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:41.240
 more relationship

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:42.559
 that I want you

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:42.980
 to see.

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:46.940
 it's the relationship

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:48.599
 between four of

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.839
 four of the visions.

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.960
 Four of these visions

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.960
 are what called

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:55.299
 judgment cycles.

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.299
 The first judgment

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:59.339
 cycle is the first

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.759
 vision.

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.200
 The seven letters

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.259
 to the seven churches.

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.519
 The risen Christ

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:07.420
 judging the church.

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:08.759
 Remember,

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.839
 five out of the seven,

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.960
 he calls them to repent.

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:12.700
 And he calls all seven

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.240
 of these churches

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.960
 to overcome.

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:17.079
 And then the next

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.180
 judgment cycle

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:19.420
 is another judgment

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.640
 cycle of seven.

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.360
 Seven seals

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:23.759
 starting in heaven.

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.120
 The lamb breaks

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.660
 a seal

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:27.019
 and angels

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:28.340
 go into action.

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.279
 And what

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.920
 I really want you

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.319
 to see

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.900
 is this.

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:34.200
 That the fourth

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:35.500
 rider,

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.900
 death

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:38.240
 on a pale horse,

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.339
 he's given

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.940
 authority

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.660
 over

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:42.920
 one-fourth

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:44.740
 of the earth.

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:50.599
 That's chapter 6,

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.880
 verse 8.

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.359
 One-fourth

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:55.940
 of the earth.

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:58.579
 The third judgment

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.700
 cycle of seven

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.620
 are the seven

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.640
 trumpets.

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:04.180
 Starts in heaven,

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.640
 chapter 8,

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.160
 verse 2,

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:08.360
 and then angels

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.720
 are put into action

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.740
 and judgment

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.540
 falls

00:23:11.540 --> 00:23:12.900
 on one-third

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.960
 of the earth,

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.100
 one-third

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.880
 of the sea,

00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:16.900
 one-third

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.940
 of all waters,

00:23:18.300 --> 00:23:18.880
 one-third

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.560
 of heavens.

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.580
 And so you have

00:23:20.580 --> 00:23:21.460
 an intensifying

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.019
 of judgment

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:23.900
 from one-fourth

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.820
 of the seal

00:23:24.820 --> 00:23:25.320
 judgments

00:23:25.320 --> 00:23:26.940
 to one-third

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.540
 of the earth

00:23:27.540 --> 00:23:29.940
 and the trumpet

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.720
 judgments.

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.480
 And then the

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:35.060
 fourth judgment

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:35.700
 cycle

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:37.019
 are the bowls

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:38.039
 of God's wrath.

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.259
 And what we read

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.160
 in chapter 15,

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.840
 verse 1,

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.100
 is that these are,

00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:43.460
 this is the final

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.279
 movement

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.460
 of God's judgment.

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.460
 It too is enacted

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.380
 by angels

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:50.059
 and it completes

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:51.600
 God's wrath

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:52.759
 poured out

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.900
 on the earth.

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:55.100
 And instead of being

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:56.100
 one-quarter

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.860
 of the earth,

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:57.920
 moving to

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.480
 one-third

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.120
 of the earth,

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.779
 these bowl judgments

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.860
 are poured out

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.940
 on all

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.900
 the earth,

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:06.040
 all the inhabitants

00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:07.560
 of the earth.

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:10.000
 And so what you see

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.580
 here is a progression.

00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:12.460
 And the way to think

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.160
 about it is,

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:15.220
 think about a series

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:17.060
 of telescoping judgments.

00:24:17.540 --> 00:24:19.220
 Starting with the church,

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:21.519
 chapters 2 and 3,

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:25.440
 click out to chapters 4

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.400
 through 6,

00:24:27.280 --> 00:24:27.860
 the seals,

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 click out chapters 8

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.100
 through 11

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.779
 for the trumpets,

00:24:33.459 --> 00:24:35.079
 click out to chapters

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:36.799
 15 and 16

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.219
 for the bowls

00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:39.059
 of God's wrath.

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.919
 Increasing judgment

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:42.939
 poured out

00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:44.339
 on the earth.

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.839
 It's designed for us

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.459
 to see it.

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:52.119
 To see the effect

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:53.079
 progressively.

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:55.759
 God is in control

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:57.220
 and He is

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.460
 gradually

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.799
 pouring out

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.639
 His wrath

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.919
 in greater and

00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.879
 greater measures

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:04.579
 of the earth.

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:09.059
 All these things

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:11.359
 I want to put

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.059
 before you

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.879
 to help you

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.419
 understand

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.939
 what this book

00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.339
 is about.

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.899
 It's designed

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.859
 to help you see

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:18.659
 by faith,

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:21.480
 to orient you

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:23.019
 to where we are

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.620
 right now.

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.500
 What God is doing.

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.480
 God is at work.

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.559
 It's designed

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.599
 to orient you

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.420
 to live,

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.339
 to see,

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.380
 in order to live

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:38.599
 for Christ

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.400
 today.

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.240
 So we've looked

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.200
 at who this is for.

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.980
 This is for you.

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:44.259
 We've looked at

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:46.039
 what this is about.

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.599
 We've seen

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.480
 a variety

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.140
 of different things.

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.559
 Mainly,

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.759
 these are eight

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.299
 visions

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.519
 in the book

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.039
 of Revelation

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.279
 for you to see.

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.679
 And they're to

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.500
 have an effect.

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:58.919
 There's an

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.839
 intended effect

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:02.339
 that we don't

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.919
 go to the book

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.559
 of Revelation

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.559
 in order to

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.559
 fill our brains

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.419
 with interesting

00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:07.079
 facts.

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:07.799
 The book

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.379
 of Revelation

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:09.279
 is to have

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.019
 an effect

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.099
 on us,

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:13.279
 to compel

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.720
 us

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.259
 to live

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.639
 lives

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.220
 worthy

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.639
 of Jesus.

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:21.840
 Let me

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.320
 share with you

00:26:22.320 --> 00:26:22.800
 some of the

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.820
 intended effects

00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:24.560
 that this

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.320
 book

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:26.380
 should have

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.840
 on you.

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:30.300
 The first

00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:30.860
 effect

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.780
 is that

00:26:31.780 --> 00:26:32.080
 the book

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.720
 of Revelation,

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.940
 when you see

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:35.720
 what Revelation

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:37.040
 reveals,

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.460
 it should

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.240
 make

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.140
 you

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:41.140
 awe.

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.680
 It should

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.620
 awe

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.720
 us

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.060
 as a church.

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.899
 the scope

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.419
 of God's

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.740
 plan,

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.720
 the scale

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.240
 of his

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.659
 progressive

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.220
 wrath,

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:51.940
 what he

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.399
 would do

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.960
 for sinners

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.480
 and saving

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.799
 them through

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.159
 the blood

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.659
 of Jesus,

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.720
 spectacular

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.500
 visions

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.519
 of Christ.

00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:00.179
 Out of an

00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:01.200
 awe-filled

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.940
 heart,

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.099
 the mouth

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.519
 sings.

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.399
 When you're

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.079
 experiencing

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.839
 awe,

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.000
 the way

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.419
 that will

00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:11.139
 culminate

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:12.480
 is through

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.279
 worship.

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.420
 worship.

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.339
 What this

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.539
 book will

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.240
 do for us

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.960
 as a church

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.160
 is it will

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.220
 make us

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.000
 sing.

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.079
 All throughout

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.519
 the book of

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.960
 Revelation,

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.639
 we have

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:27.200
 worship chorus

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.099
 after worship

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.720
 chorus of the

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.099
 Lamb.

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.559
 This book is

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.259
 full of awe,

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.259
 it's full of

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.579
 worship,

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.559
 and one of the

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.299
 intended effects

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.200
 is to make

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.899
 you feel of

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.220
 awe,

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.539
 make you

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.980
 worship.

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:44.039
 another

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.559
 effect

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:46.920
 is to

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.740
 warn

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.960
 us.

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.579
 Particularly

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.019
 in that

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.640
 first

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.960
 vision

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.920
 of the

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.539
 seven letters

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.920
 to the

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.500
 seven churches,

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.000
 that first

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.220
 judgment cycle,

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.200
 we see

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.880
 these churches

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.759
 threatened

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:02.900
 by physical

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.660
 violence

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.480
 because they're

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.000
 followers of

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.279
 Jesus,

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.279
 we see them

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.900
 threatened

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:08.079
 by false

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.720
 teaching,

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.680
 we see them

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.160
 threatened

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.600
 by moral

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.539
 compromise,

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:14.500
 and all of

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.240
 these should

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.560
 serve for us

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:17.500
 followers of

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.120
 Jesus as

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.759
 warnings,

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.480
 because the

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:22.039
 threat exists

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.940
 and persists

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.600
 today.

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:26.160
 There can be a

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.019
 cost to life

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.600
 and livelihood

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.220
 for being a

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.720
 follower of

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.299
 Jesus today.

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.660
 There are

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.140
 certainly

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:33.080
 temptations

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:35.279
 to blur

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.920
 the biblical

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.680
 distinctions

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.660
 we find in

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.320
 God's word,

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.559
 and just

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.960
 kind of

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:41.119
 drift into

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.500
 false

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.960
 teaching.

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.919
 There are

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.639
 temptations

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.539
 abound

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.899
 to indulge

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.519
 the flesh

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.179
 in sexual

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.799
 immorality

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.779
 and greed,

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:51.480
 to go to

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.000
 bed with

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.379
 Babylon.

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.279
 These are

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.379
 warnings in

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.759
 the book of

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.220
 Revelation,

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.000
 and the

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.919
 effect is for

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.619
 us to take

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.399
 stock of

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:01.220
 our lives

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.639
 so that we

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.619
 can walk

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.599
 faithfully,

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.459
 to stay

00:29:05.459 --> 00:29:06.719
 true to

00:29:06.719 --> 00:29:07.480
 the Lamb.

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.219
 There's

00:29:10.219 --> 00:29:10.559
 going to be

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.980
 the ongoing

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.379
 threat of

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.839
 violence,

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.980
 the threat

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.319
 of false

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.759
 teaching,

00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:14.279
 the threat

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.659
 of moral

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.179
 compromise,

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.279
 but because

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.980
 of this

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.439
 book,

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.359
 we see it

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:18.919
 in our

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.719
 able to

00:29:19.719 --> 00:29:20.579
 stay true

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.919
 to the

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.240
 Lamb.

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.099
 Another

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.740
 effect of

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:25.980
 the book

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.579
 of Revelation

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:29.019
 is to

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.240
 sober us

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.139
 as a

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.519
 church.

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:33.079
 And here's

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.480
 what I mean

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.980
 by this.

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:34.940
 I don't

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.259
 know what

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.660
 was going

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.160
 on inside

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.460
 of you

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.740
 when I

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.279
 was describing

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.880
 these judgment

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.620
 cycles on

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.380
 greater and

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.980
 greater measures

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.299
 of the

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.620
 earth,

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.039
 but it's

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.160
 really sobering

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:44.259
 to see God

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.720
 gradually pouring

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.440
 out His

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.680
 wrath on

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.460
 His creation.

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.180
 He's not

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.799
 sparing

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.519
 creation.

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.460
 And what's

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.200
 even more

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.360
 sobering as

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.720
 you read

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.019
 through the

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.299
 book of

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.740
 Revelation,

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.460
 you might

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.740
 want to

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.339
 scratch these

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.099
 verses down.

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.160
 Chapter 1

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.779
 verse 7,

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:05.100
 chapter 9

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.720
 verses 20

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.360
 and 21,

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.580
 chapter 14,

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.080
 9 through

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.480
 11,

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.560
 chapter 16

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:10.120
 verse 9,

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.200
 16 verse 11,

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.920
 16 verses 20

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.500
 and 21.

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.580
 And what all

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:15.000
 of these

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.100
 verses point

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:17.080
 to is as

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.840
 God's wrath

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.360
 is poured

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:19.380
 out, you

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.200
 would think

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:21.480
 humanity

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.580
 would repent.

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.880
 But what

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:25.120
 these passages

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:26.000
 show is that

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.100
 even in the

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.540
 midst of

00:30:27.540 --> 00:30:28.100
 progressive

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.160
 pouring out

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.620
 of God's

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:29.940
 wrath,

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.420
 there are a

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.779
 majority

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.279
 of people

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.640
 who are

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:32.860
 like,

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.759
 whatever,

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.400
 God,

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.759
 we curse

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.320
 you.

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.000
 That's

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.580
 sobering.

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.920
 And furthermore,

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.500
 you start

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.400
 realizing what

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.259
 are the stakes

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.860
 for stuff

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.480
 like that.

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.440
 And then you

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.380
 read a passage

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.480
 like Revelation

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.220
 chapter 12,

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:50.779
 17,

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.640
 which talks

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.880
 about the

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:54.000
 devil being

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.980
 thrown down

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.860
 to earth as

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.480
 a result of

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.000
 the cross

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.500
 work of

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.880
 Jesus,

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:59.140
 and he

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:00.579
 is enraged.

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.660
 We've got

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.180
 an enemy

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:05.400
 prowling around

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.759
 like a lion

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.559
 seeking for

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.200
 someone to

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.680
 devour.

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.839
 It should

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.079
 sober us.

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.279
 We live in a

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.380
 spiritual war

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.039
 zone with

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:19.240
 eternally high

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.019
 stakes.

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.279
 So when we

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.539
 see through

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.420
 the book of

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.840
 Revelation,

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.400
 when it

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.140
 orients

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.840
 us,

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.180
 we start

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.860
 feeling the

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.420
 weight of

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.000
 how high

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.620
 the stakes

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:33.640
 are and

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:33.980
 the kinds

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.539
 of enemies

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.240
 we have.

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.600
 It's what

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.259
 Martin Luther

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.900
 wrote about.

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.240
 Our ancient

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.259
 foe seeks

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.220
 to work

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.420
 us woe.

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.259
 But boy,

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.240
 our great

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.600
 God.

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.100
 Another

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:50.200
 effect is

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.660
 this.

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:55.060
 revelation

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:56.680
 will motivate

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.100
 us to

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:58.040
 witness.

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.640
 To witness.

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:00.840
 Our

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:01.220
 glorious

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.800
 God is

00:32:02.800 --> 00:32:03.300
 giving all

00:32:03.300 --> 00:32:03.820
 the inhabitants

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.200
 of the

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.900
 earth time

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.519
 to repent.

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.680
 That's what

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.800
 you see with

00:32:08.800 --> 00:32:09.560
 this progressive

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.220
 pouring out of

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.720
 God's wrath.

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.500
 He is giving

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.900
 everyone opportunity

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.720
 to repent.

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.660
 To turn from

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.259
 their sins and

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.640
 turn to

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.080
 Christ.

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.199
 Christ.

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.639
 Like I said,

00:32:20.699 --> 00:32:20.960
 there will be

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.419
 many who

00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:22.419
 refuse to

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.659
 repent,

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.099
 but there

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.539
 will be a

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.339
 definite few

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:25.099
 who will

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:26.319
 respond in

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.379
 repentance and

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.259
 faith upon

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.980
 hearing the

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.539
 chapter 14,

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.000
 7,

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.699
 the eternal

00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:32.279
 gospel

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.980
 proclaimed,

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.039
 fear God

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.579
 and give

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.039
 him glory

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.759
 because the

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.299
 hour of his

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.819
 judgment has

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.439
 come and

00:32:37.439 --> 00:32:38.179
 worship him

00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:38.559
 who made

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.419
 heaven and

00:32:39.419 --> 00:32:40.279
 earth and

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.079
 the sea and

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.819
 the springs of

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.099
 water.

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.399
 We get to

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:44.339
 tell people,

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.559
 come,

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.779
 worship the

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.480
 lamb who

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.559
 was slain for

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.920
 you.

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.700
 Escape the

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.200
 wrath to

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.480
 come.

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.259
 When you

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.180
 are oriented

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.319
 by the

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.620
 book of

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.160
 Revelation,

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.259
 it's going

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.019
 to compel

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:02.059
 you to go

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.860
 make disciples

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.299
 of the

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.740
 nations.

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.740
 The stakes

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.279
 are high.

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.799
 Another

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.420
 effect is

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:14.559
 that it's

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.400
 to assure

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.660
 us.

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.080
 this book

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.620
 of Revelation

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.880
 assures us

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.759
 that our

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.880
 great triune

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.900
 God is not

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.779
 only reigning

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.519
 on high,

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.460
 not only in

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.420
 full control,

00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.480
 but he is

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:27.620
 bringing about

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.940
 his purposes.

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:29.980
 And so the

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.519
 words of

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.460
 chapter 17,

00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:32.840
 verse 14,

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.820
 should ring in

00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:34.500
 your ears.

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.440
 They, the

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.140
 enemies of the

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.560
 lamb, will

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.360
 make war on

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.800
 the lamb,

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:39.680
 and the lamb

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:41.240
 will conquer

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.980
 them.

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:47.380
 he must

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.819
 win.

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.319
 He will

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.640
 win.

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.759
 Not only

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.079
 will the

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:53.140
 dragon be

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:54.240
 thrown down,

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:55.000
 not only has

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.240
 he been

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.680
 thrown down

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.000
 by the

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.440
 cross of

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.819
 Christ,

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.599
 but when

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.279
 Jesus come

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.240
 back, he's

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.519
 going to

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.380
 grab the

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.480
 dragon by

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.500
 the scruff

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.059
 of its

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.960
 neck and

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.519
 throw it

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.860
 into the

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.240
 lake of

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.559
 fire forever.

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.720
 Forever.

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.860
 The second

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.219
 death.

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:14.559
 be assured

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:14.920
 of it.

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:17.099
 We win.

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.679
 Jesus comes

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:21.300
 back, ties

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.699
 up all the

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.219
 loose ends.

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.840
 What this

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.380
 does is

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.460
 convinced of

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.820
 God's

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.300
 sovereignty,

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:30.119
 despite the

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.940
 raging of

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.480
 the devil,

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.940
 we remain

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:34.139
 faithful in

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.820
 the face of

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.420
 hardship,

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.920
 because it's

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.760
 worth it.

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.519
 Jesus is

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.039
 worth it.

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:43.559
 this book

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.639
 will make

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.300
 you see

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.219
 that the

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.740
 lamb will

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.400
 conquer

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:49.260
 finally and

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.719
 forever.

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.900
 The last

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:54.099
 effect.

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.659
 It makes

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:58.519
 you long.

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:01.380
 This book,

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.860
 when you

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:04.199
 are oriented

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:05.339
 by it,

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:06.960
 it will

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:08.000
 stir longing

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.779
 in your

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:10.379
 heart for

00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:11.179
 the lamb,

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.779
 to see

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.239
 Jesus,

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.139
 to be with

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.419
 him.

00:35:19.839 --> 00:35:20.559
 I've already

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.199
 shown you that

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.599
 the book of

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.279
 Revelation is

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:23.079
 packed full of

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.719
 these glorious

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.500
 visions of

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.859
 Jesus,

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:26.839
 and those are

00:35:26.839 --> 00:35:27.419
 designed to

00:35:27.419 --> 00:35:28.259
 make you long

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.719
 for him.

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.239
 Revelation

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.339
 closes with

00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:32.959
 an epilogue.

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.399
 It's chapter

00:35:33.399 --> 00:35:34.000
 22,

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:35.179
 verse 6

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.939
 through 21,

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.000
 and in that

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.599
 epilogue,

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.619
 the risen,

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.559
 radiant,

00:35:39.959 --> 00:35:41.179
 reigning lamb

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:42.219
 who was slain,

00:35:42.479 --> 00:35:43.799
 he says three

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.299
 times,

00:35:44.419 --> 00:35:45.039
 22-7,

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.899
 22-12,

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.699
 22-20.

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:48.379
 He says to

00:35:48.379 --> 00:35:49.199
 his waiting

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.699
 bride,

00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:52.079
 I am

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:53.219
 coming soon,

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:53.739
 baby.

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.819
 Hold on.

00:35:56.820 --> 00:36:00.180
 And in

00:36:00.180 --> 00:36:00.920
 chapter 22,

00:36:01.080 --> 00:36:01.680
 verse 20,

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.960
 John responds,

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.240
 and it's the

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:05.180
 response of

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.820
 all of our

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.220
 hearts,

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.760
 amen.

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.880
 Come,

00:36:09.120 --> 00:36:09.960
 Lord Jesus,

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.019
 longing,

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.539
 longing for

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.960
 the lamb.

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:19.220
 This book

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:20.160
 is for you to

00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:21.220
 see by faith

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:23.180
 in order to

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:23.600
 long for

00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:24.039
 Jesus.

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.139
 Jesus.

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.300
 When a

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:28.940
 church is

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.599
 seeing by

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.639
 faith what

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.059
 God has

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.599
 revealed through

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:31.980
 the book of

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.460
 Revelation,

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.279
 and they

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:34.340
 experience greater

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.920
 measures of

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.739
 all worship,

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:37.279
 they sense

00:36:37.279 --> 00:36:38.199
 God's ongoing

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.940
 warning, so

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.759
 they steer clear

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.579
 of the threats,

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.900
 they are sober,

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.920
 they understand

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.779
 the stakes,

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:45.320
 they witness

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:46.300
 because they

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.059
 see God's

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:48.019
 patient mercy,

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.000
 and they see

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.519
 the opportunity

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.159
 to call people

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.579
 to worship

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.139
 the lamb.

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:52.859
 when we are

00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.900
 assured that

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.619
 Jesus will

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.960
 win, and

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.619
 when we have

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.279
 this growing

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:58.619
 longing in

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.199
 our hearts,

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.819
 do you know

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.539
 what all

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.920
 these do

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.579
 together?

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:06.199
 They give you

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.879
 strength to

00:37:06.879 --> 00:37:07.339
 endure.

00:37:10.339 --> 00:37:11.379
 It's the one

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:12.239
 big intended

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:13.460
 effect of the

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.759
 book of

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.199
 Revelation,

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.199
 and it's in

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.940
 chapter 13,

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.619
 verse 10.

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.779
 Here is a

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.819
 call for the

00:37:18.819 --> 00:37:20.739
 endurance and

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:22.799
 faith of the

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.259
 saints.

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:27.319
 To live life

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:29.579
 worthy of the

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.940
 lamb.

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.480
 Until you

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.420
 breathe your

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:33.619
 last, or

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.839
 until he

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.659
 comes back.

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.179
 This morning,

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:38.779
 I've tried to

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.420
 convince you of

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.000
 three things.

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.599
 I've tried to

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.199
 convince you that

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.579
 the book of

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.279
 Revelation is

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:43.460
 not just for

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.119
 the specialists,

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:45.099
 it's for you.

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.799
 And secondly,

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.079
 it's not just

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.619
 for the specialists,

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.539
 it's for you to

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:52.000
 see by faith.

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:55.480
 And it's for you

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.719
 to see by faith

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.519
 in order to

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.239
 live a life

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:59.519
 worthy of the

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.460
 lamb today.

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.239
 When you're

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:06.099
 oriented by the

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.380
 book of

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.859
 Revelation,

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:10.099
 the book of

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.980
 Revelation will

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:12.139
 orient you to

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.859
 the way things

00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:13.699
 really are,

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:16.480
 and you live a

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.840
 life worthy of

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.320
 the lamb,

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:21.119
 with joy in

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.599
 your heart,

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:24.199
 all the way

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:24.460
 through.

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.280
 Next week,

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:30.500
 we will see the

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.179
 risen lamb

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:32.280
 opening the

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.960
 seven seals.

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.099
 Let me pray.

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.240
 God in heaven,

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.360
 press this into

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:39.900
 our hearts.

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:42.780
 God help us to

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.760
 press on together,

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.880
 to be faithful to

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.660
 you, Lord Jesus.

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.920
 You are worthy.

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.780
 You have won the

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.160
 victory,

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:53.160
 and you will come

00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:54.059
 back and tie up

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.599
 all the loose

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:54.980
 ends,

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:57.260
 and we will see

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:58.300
 you face to face,

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:01.660
 and you will wipe

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.519
 away every tear.

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:06.320
 Put strength in our

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.780
 hearts now,

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.500
 in Jesus' name,

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.360
 amen.

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.500
 Amen.