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 Well, when Jenny and I have visitors coming to our house,

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 whether that's planned or unplanned, I go into clean mode.

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 It's kind of scary, actually, as my family would attest.

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 I want our house a welcoming place.

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 Jenny, don't get me wrong, she does a great job keeping her house clean,

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 but when people are coming, I want our place clean and tidy

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 for people to come in and feel welcome.

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 But what can happen is, in my cleaning, I can forget who's coming.

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 This morning, we can be so occupied with the things of God

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 that we can forget who's coming.

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 This morning, we're wrapping up the book of Revelation,

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 and we're going to be in the epilogue of the book of Revelation,

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 the last word, the afterword of the book of Revelation,

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 and we're going to see the last words of Jesus in the entire Bible,

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 Bible, in which he says,

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 I am coming soon.

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 Are you looking forward to his coming?

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 Famous last words.

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 Apparently, Jack Daniel, of Jack Daniel's fame,

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 his last words on his deathbed were,

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 one last drink, please.

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 Winston Churchill, on his deathbed, said,

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 I'm bored with it all.

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 The moment he died, I don't think he was bored anymore.

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 Steve Jobs, of Apple fame,

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 his last words were,

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 oh wow, oh wow, oh wow.

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 And the moment he passed into death

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 and stood before Jesus,

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 I'm guessing it turned to,

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 oh no, oh no, oh no.

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 Oh no.

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 Edgar Allan Poe, of the Raven fame,

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 his last words were,

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 Lord, help my soul.

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 Joan Crawford, of actress fame,

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 said, don't you dare ask God to help me,

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 and died.

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 Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist, said,

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 swing low, sweet chariot,

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 come.

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 This morning, we're looking at Revelation chapter 22,

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 through 6, through 21,

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 and we're going to see the last words of this book,

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 the last words of the Bible,

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 even the last words of Jesus,

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 recorded in Scripture.

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 And this afterward,

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 it's kind of a summary,

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 and when it talks about these words in 22, 6,

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 it's talking about all of the words of the book,

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 of the prophecy of Revelation.

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 This entire book shows us vision after vision

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 of not only what's to come,

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 but of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And so this morning,

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 as we wrap up this book,

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 and we have received the message of this book,

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 we've got to ask the question,

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 what do we do now?

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 In between Jesus' first coming and second coming,

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 having received these words of the book of Revelation,

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 what do we do now?

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 Well, the point of this section in Revelation 22 is,

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 we must keep these words of this prophecy

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 until He comes.

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 We must keep these words.

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 And this morning,

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 I just want to walk you through

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 seven truths

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 about these words that we must keep.

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 So I'm just going to pull them out of the text,

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 and they're going to provide

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 somewhat of a summary of our study

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 of the book of Revelation.

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 And so,

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 we need to keep these words

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 of the prophecy of this book

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 until Jesus comes,

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 and He has promised to come.

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 I'm coming soon.

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 So,

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 truth number one.

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 It's in 22, 6.

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 The angel says to John,

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 these words

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 are trustworthy and true.

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 So,

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 the first truth of these words,

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 these words are true words.

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 These words are true words.

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 And the angel,

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 when he says these words,

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 he's referring to all of the book of Revelation

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 from chapter 1

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 through chapter 22.

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 All of the visions.

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 All of the glories.

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 What chapter 119,

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 what God tells John

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 to write down for us.

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 All these words

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 are trustworthy and true.

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 Another way you can say that,

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 trustworthy and true,

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 you could say

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 that these words

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 of this prophecy

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 are reliable

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 and accurate.

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 Because

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 they are God's words.

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 Revealing reality.

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 I'm not sure

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 if you noticed this,

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 but in verse 6,

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 these words

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 are trustworthy and true.

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 And then we read,

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 in the Lord,

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 the God of the spirits

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 of the prophets

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 has sent his angel

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 to show his servants

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 what must soon take place.

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 In that little section,

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 there is a process

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 of transmission

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 of these words

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 that start with God,

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 go through his prophet,

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 and land in the church.

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 These words

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 are trustworthy

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 and true

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 because they are

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 originally from God.

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 These words,

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 the book of Revelation,

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 these are God's words.

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 They're true.

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 They depict reality.

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 They show us

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 what is to come.

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 Did you see the show?

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 He has sent his angel

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 to show his servants

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 what must soon take place.

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 And the book of Revelation

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 is showing us.

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 We see again and again

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 these visions

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 of what's to come

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 and of our great God.

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 These words are reliable

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 and true

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 because they are ultimately

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 from God

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 and they show us reality.

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 And if I were to sum up,

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 what is the reality

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 that this book shows us,

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 what God is showing us?

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 He is showing us this.

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 that all of humanity

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 is basically split

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 into two groups of people.

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 Those who belong to the Lamb

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 and those who belong

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 to the Beast

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 and one is worshipping the Lamb

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 and one is worshipping the Beast

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 and God is gradually moving

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 all of history

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 until that one great day

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 in which he judges all.

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 This book,

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 these words show us

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 what is to come.

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 It's a prophecy.

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 It reveals

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 what is going to happen

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 when he comes

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 and he makes all things right.

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 So the first truth

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 is this.

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 These words

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 are true.

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 They're from God.

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 They show us

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 reality.

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 Things as they

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 truly are.

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 And that's why

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 he must keep them

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 until he comes.

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 The second truth

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 I want you to see

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 is this.

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 These words,

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 all of them,

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 from beginning to end

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 in the book of Revelation,

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 they must be kept.

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 In verse 7,

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 we read,

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 Blessed is the one

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 who keeps

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 the words

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 of the prophecy

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 of this book.

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 Blessed is the one

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 who keeps

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 the words

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 of the prophecy

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 of this book.

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 Because these words

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 come from God

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 and they are

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 trustworthy and true

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 and they are

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 clear depictions

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 of what reality is,

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 we must keep them.

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 We must believe them.

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 We must obey them.

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 We must align

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 our lives

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 with them

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 accurately.

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 And so,

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 this does include

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 all the moral commands

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 from the book of Revelation

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 and there are many.

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 If you remember

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 from the seven letters

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 to the seven churches,

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 Jesus comes out strong.

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 He squarely

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 rebukes Pergamum

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 and Theotira

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 for their

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 sexual immorality

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 and he calls them

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 to repent.

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 Not just of their

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 sexual immorality

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 but of the teaching

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 that undergirded it.

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 Called them out of that.

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 And so,

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 for all of us

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 in the room,

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 the call there

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 is to,

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 if you're involved

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 with sexual immorality,

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 if you're doing

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 something sexually

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 that God forbids

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 through his word,

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 repent of it.

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 We gotta obey

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 these words.

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 We gotta keep

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 these words.

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 But that's not

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 all that we are

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 to keep.

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 Because in the book

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 of Revelation,

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 there are these

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 truth claims

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 all throughout

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 of what reality

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 truly is

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 and we must

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 keep hold of those

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 despite what

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 CNN says,

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 despite what

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 Fox News is saying,

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 despite what

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 you may be reading

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 on your NPR app,

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 this book

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 tells us

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 how things

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 truly are.

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 It's a revelation.

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 It pulls back

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 the curtain

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 and helps us

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 to see

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 what's truly

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 going on.

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 And so,

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 for example,

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 the book

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 of Revelation

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 reveals to us

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 that God

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 is on his throne

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 reigning

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 on high

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 and that

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 Jesus,

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 the Lamb,

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 has been

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 given

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 the scroll

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 with seven

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 seals

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 and he is

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 the divine

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 executor

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 of God's

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 will,

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 carrying out

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 God's plan

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 for the fullness

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 of time.

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 This book,

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 these words

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 claim a reality.

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 God is in

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 control.

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 We don't live

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 in a random

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 universe.

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 More so,

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 this book

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 claims in

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 Revelation 12

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 and 13,

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 we have

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 spiritual

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 opposition

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 as followers

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 of Jesus.

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 We have

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 an enemy,

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 the evil

00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:25.240
 forces of

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 darkness,

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 the anti-trinity,

00:10:27.539 --> 00:10:28.600
 actively seeking

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 to deceive

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 and destroy

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 and dismay

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 right now.

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 It's not

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 just creative

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 writing.

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 It's making

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 a truth claim

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 as to how

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 things truly

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 are.

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 So,

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 you can't

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 walk away

00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:44.879
 from the

00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:45.179
 book of

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 Revelation

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 and say,

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 yeah,

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 I think

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 that the

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 whole dragon

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 devil business,

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 I think

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 that's just

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 kind of

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 metaphoric.

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 It's a

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 claim that

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 there is an

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 enemy of

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 our soul.

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 He is

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 seeking to

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 work us

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 woe,

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 but his

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 days are

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 numbered

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 and he

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 will be

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 tossed

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 headlong

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 into the

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 lake of

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 fire.

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 Furthermore,

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 there's another

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 claim and

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 we see it

00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:08.519
 throughout this

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 text.

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 If you look

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 at verse

00:11:11.319 --> 00:11:11.700
 seven,

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 we see

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 red ink,

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 Jesus saying

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 and behold,

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 I am coming

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 soon.

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 In verse

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 12,

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 red ink,

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 behold,

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 I am coming

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 soon.

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 And then in

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 verse 20,

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 surely I am

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 coming soon.

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 Three times

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 in this text,

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 Jesus says,

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 I'm coming

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 back soon.

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 We've got to

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 hold on to

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 that.

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 We've got to

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 keep those

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 words.

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 It's a

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 claim of

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 reality.

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 Jesus is

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 sitting at

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 the right

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 hand of

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 the Father

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 in heaven,

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 sitting on

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 G,

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 waiting on

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 O,

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 from the

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 Father to

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 come back.

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 We're one

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 day closer.

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 These are

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 all these

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 truth claims.

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 So not only

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 do we need

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 to obey

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 the moral

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 commands of

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 the book

00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:50.259
 of Revelation,

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 we need to

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 obey the

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 truth claims.

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 Keep them

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 how things

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 truly are.

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 And here's

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 what this

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 means.

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 When we

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 keep the

00:12:00.040 --> 00:12:00.800
 words of

00:12:00.800 --> 00:12:01.620
 this prophecy

00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.120
 of this

00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:02.440
 book,

00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:03.960
 we don't

00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:04.320
 need to

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 freak out

00:12:04.780 --> 00:12:05.320
 and wonder

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 if the

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 earth is

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 going to

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 eventually

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 be invaded

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 and colonized

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 by these

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 slimy

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 aliens that

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 will make

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 all humanity

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 their slaves.

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 We don't

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 need to

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 worry about

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 that because

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 that's not

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 in the

00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:15.659
 book.

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 Nor,

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 if we

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 keep these

00:12:18.939 --> 00:12:19.360
 words,

00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:19.960
 we don't

00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:20.279
 need to

00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:20.980
 worry about

00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:21.700
 a zombie

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 apocalypse.

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 We need

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 to be aware

00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:25.580
 of an

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 apocalypse,

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 not a

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 zombie

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 apocalypse.

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 So if

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 you're a

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 fan of

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 The Walking

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 Dead,

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 throw it

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 out.

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 It's not

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 determining,

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 it's not

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 what's going

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 to happen.

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 It's not

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 if we

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 keep these

00:12:39.319 --> 00:12:39.679
 words,

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 we don't

00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:40.419
 need to

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 fear that

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 the earth

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 will be

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 devastated by

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 a giant

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 meteor wiping

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 out of all

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 the entire

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 human race.

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 But,

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 if Revelation

00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:55.179
 8, 10, and

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 11 is

00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:55.939
 accurate,

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 the third

00:12:56.460 --> 00:12:56.819
 trumpet,

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 it looks

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 like there

00:12:59.360 --> 00:12:59.879
 is going

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 to be a

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 meteor strike

00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.259
 that will

00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:03.980
 devastate a

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 third of

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 the drinking

00:13:06.539 --> 00:13:07.059
 water on

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 the planet.

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 that will

00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:10.860
 result in

00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:11.620
 the deaths

00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.100
 of a

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 third of

00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:12.939
 humanity.

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 I mean,

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 it doesn't

00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:20.200
 mean we're

00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:20.340
 going to

00:13:20.340 --> 00:13:20.860
 send Bruce

00:13:20.860 --> 00:13:21.779
 Willis up

00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:22.220
 into the

00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.960
 sky and

00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:24.279
 try to

00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:24.819
 destroy the

00:13:24.819 --> 00:13:25.340
 asteroid.

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 This is

00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:27.620
 God at

00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:27.899
 work.

00:13:29.939 --> 00:13:30.539
 If we

00:13:30.539 --> 00:13:31.519
 keep the

00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:32.360
 words of

00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:33.039
 this book,

00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:35.519
 it means

00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.319
 that as

00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:37.000
 we are

00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:38.180
 paying attention

00:13:38.180 --> 00:13:39.020
 to global

00:13:39.020 --> 00:13:39.440
 warming

00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:40.140
 happening all

00:13:40.140 --> 00:13:40.760
 around us,

00:13:40.760 --> 00:13:41.760
 if you keep

00:13:41.760 --> 00:13:42.740
 the words of

00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:44.060
 this book,

00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.580
 it raises the

00:13:45.580 --> 00:13:46.720
 possibility of a

00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.700
 third explanation

00:13:47.700 --> 00:13:48.860
 for global

00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.260
 warming.

00:13:50.020 --> 00:13:50.700
 Explanation

00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:51.260
 number one,

00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:52.780
 natural causes.

00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:54.620
 Explanation two for

00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:55.240
 global warming,

00:13:55.680 --> 00:13:56.520
 it's human

00:13:56.520 --> 00:13:57.080
 intervention,

00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:57.879
 the result of

00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:58.800
 human activity.

00:13:59.440 --> 00:13:59.620
 The

00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:01.280
 explanation three

00:14:01.280 --> 00:14:02.420
 of global warming

00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:03.379
 is that it's

00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:04.559
 actually God

00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:05.379
 at work

00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:07.039
 allowing the

00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.299
 earth to

00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:09.500
 heat up.

00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:12.599
 Revelation 16,

00:14:12.699 --> 00:14:13.360
 8 through 9,

00:14:13.459 --> 00:14:13.819
 the fourth

00:14:13.819 --> 00:14:14.479
 bowl judgment,

00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.579
 the sun was

00:14:16.579 --> 00:14:17.459
 allowed by God

00:14:17.459 --> 00:14:18.299
 to scorch

00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:19.319
 people by its

00:14:19.319 --> 00:14:20.139
 fierce heat.

00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.659
 It's possible.

00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:24.579
 It's an

00:14:24.579 --> 00:14:25.120
 explanation.

00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:27.319
 It may

00:14:27.319 --> 00:14:27.699
 happen.

00:14:27.699 --> 00:14:27.839
 It may

00:14:27.839 --> 00:14:27.860
 happen.

00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:31.759
 We must

00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:32.480
 keep these

00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:32.919
 words.

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.340
 And when we

00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:36.940
 keep these

00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:37.419
 words, we

00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:37.940
 don't need to

00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:38.620
 despair that

00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.480
 the bad guys

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.139
 are going to

00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.720
 get away with

00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:41.300
 it because

00:14:41.300 --> 00:14:42.980
 there is a

00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:43.500
 great white

00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.139
 throne judgment

00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:44.560
 coming.

00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:47.360
 So these

00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:48.019
 truth claims

00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.580
 of this

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.159
 book

00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:51.419
 function in

00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:52.379
 our lives

00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:54.440
 of what

00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:55.420
 reality truly

00:14:55.420 --> 00:14:55.840
 is.

00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:59.240
 Did you

00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:00.240
 notice in

00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:00.779
 verse 7,

00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:02.220
 the

00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:02.560
 blessed?

00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:05.300
 Blessed are

00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:05.899
 those who

00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:06.600
 keep the

00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.080
 words of

00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:07.600
 this book.

00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:11.620
 Blessed is

00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.379
 the one who

00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:13.500
 obeys.

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:13.980
 Blessed is

00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.240
 the one who

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.740
 does the

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.139
 words of

00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:15.639
 the prophecy

00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.060
 of this

00:15:16.060 --> 00:15:16.320
 book.

00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:17.759
 This is

00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.539
 the sixth

00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:20.120
 blessing

00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.879
 pronounced

00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:22.659
 on those

00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:22.940
 who have

00:15:22.940 --> 00:15:23.300
 been bought

00:15:23.300 --> 00:15:23.659
 by the

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:23.980
 blood of

00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:24.320
 the Lamb

00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:24.899
 who obey

00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:25.180
 Him.

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:25.580
 It's the

00:15:25.580 --> 00:15:25.920
 sixth of

00:15:25.920 --> 00:15:26.420
 seven.

00:15:26.800 --> 00:15:26.960
 The

00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:27.360
 seventh

00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:27.759
 blessing

00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.100
 is in

00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:28.940
 verse 14.

00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:29.700
 Blessed are

00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.080
 those who

00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:30.580
 wash their

00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:31.159
 robes.

00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.680
 To be

00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.419
 blessed means

00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:36.539
 to experience

00:15:36.539 --> 00:15:38.360
 God's

00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.539
 unmerited

00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:40.080
 grace,

00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.500
 undeserved

00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:42.000
 favor.

00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:43.419
 The Old

00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:43.759
 Testament

00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.700
 described it

00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:45.919
 as when

00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:46.519
 God would

00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:47.039
 shine His

00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:48.159
 face upon

00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.460
 you.

00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:50.519
 God

00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.420
 shines His

00:15:51.420 --> 00:15:52.840
 face upon

00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:53.440
 us,

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 not because

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 of anything

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 we have

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 done,

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 but because

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 He's a

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 God of

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 grace.

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 So here's

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 what this

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 means when

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 we read

00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:04.120
 these blessings

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.479
 in the

00:16:04.479 --> 00:16:04.739
 book of

00:16:04.739 --> 00:16:05.199
 Revelation.

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 We keep

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.879
 these words

00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:09.199
 not to

00:16:09.199 --> 00:16:09.899
 be blessed.

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 We keep

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 these words

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 because we

00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:14.019
 already have

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 been blessed.

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 We've

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 already been

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 bought by

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 the blood

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 of the

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 Lamb.

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 And so

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:19.939
 those who

00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:20.199
 have been

00:16:20.199 --> 00:16:20.879
 blessed with

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.459
 salvation

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 and live

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 faithfully

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 to the

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 Lamb.

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 And they

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 are a

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 blessed

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 bunch.

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 They

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 have washed

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 their robes

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 and made

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 them white

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 in the

00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:36.980
 blood of

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 the Lamb.

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 So when

00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.660
 you keep

00:16:40.660 --> 00:16:41.920
 these words

00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:42.400
 of the

00:16:42.400 --> 00:16:42.680
 book of

00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:43.379
 this prophecy,

00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:45.400
 the result

00:16:45.400 --> 00:16:46.340
 is

00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:48.040
 obedience

00:16:48.040 --> 00:16:49.280
 to Jesus.

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 us.

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.100
 Persevering

00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.279
 through

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 hardship,

00:16:54.839 --> 00:16:55.459
 tribulation

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 which are

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 surely to

00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:56.799
 come,

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 the result

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 is faithful

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.519
 discipleship

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:03.339
 to the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Okay,

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 we've hit

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 the first

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 two truths,

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 now the

00:17:09.399 --> 00:17:10.099
 last five,

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 and we're

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 going to

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 speed up

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 the pace.

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 The third

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 truth is

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 this.

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 These

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 words

00:17:16.899 --> 00:17:18.480
 must

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.400
 not

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:20.360
 be

00:17:20.360 --> 00:17:21.319
 sealed.

00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.120
 In

00:17:23.120 --> 00:17:23.339
 verses

00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:23.900
 10 and

00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:24.380
 11 we

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 read,

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 and he

00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:25.940
 the angel

00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:26.360
 said to

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 me,

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 do not

00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:27.559
 seal up

00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:28.079
 the words

00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.400
 of the

00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:28.839
 prophecy

00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:29.299
 of this

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.660
 book,

00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:30.740
 for the

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.180
 time is

00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.460
 near.

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.559
 Let the

00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:32.980
 evildoer

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.400
 still do

00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:33.700
 evil,

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 and the

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 filthy

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:34.620
 still be

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 filthy,

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 and the

00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:35.660
 righteous

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.120
 still do

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 right,

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 and the

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 holy

00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:38.259
 still be

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.700
 holy.

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 There's

00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:39.599
 some Old

00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:39.839
 Testament

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.279
 background

00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:40.559
 you need

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:40.839
 to know.

00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.720
 In the

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:42.980
 book of

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.380
 Daniel,

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.000
 God reveals

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.660
 these visions

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.339
 to Daniel

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.920
 of what

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.519
 will happen

00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:48.119
 in the

00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.440
 distant

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.879
 future.

00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.220
 And so

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.579
 in Daniel

00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:50.539
 chapter 12,

00:17:50.879 --> 00:17:51.819
 verse 4

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.839
 and verse 9,

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 God tells

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 Daniel,

00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:55.980
 after giving

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.859
 these visions,

00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:58.779
 to seal

00:17:58.779 --> 00:18:00.339
 up the

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:01.200
 words of

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.759
 the prophecy

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.440
 of the

00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:02.700
 book,

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.299
 until the

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 end.

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.079
 Here in

00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:07.720
 verse 10,

00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:09.599
 stark contrast

00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:10.160
 to Daniel,

00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.639
 which was

00:18:10.639 --> 00:18:11.139
 intentional,

00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:13.599
 the angel

00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.559
 commands John

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.899
 to not

00:18:15.899 --> 00:18:16.779
 seal up

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.500
 the words

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:17.879
 of the

00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.299
 prophecy

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.819
 of this

00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.119
 book.

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.019
 And why

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.419
 not?

00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:22.379
 For the

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:24.099
 time is

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.539
 near.

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.579
 The time

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.259
 of tribulation,

00:18:28.399 --> 00:18:28.720
 the time

00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.379
 of increasing

00:18:29.379 --> 00:18:29.940
 judgment,

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:32.200
 the end

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:32.940
 is near.

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 It's no

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.240
 longer far

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.539
 away,

00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:34.899
 Daniel

00:18:34.899 --> 00:18:35.679
 chapter 12.

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 It's no

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:37.039
 longer distant,

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.399
 which means

00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:38.819
 this,

00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:41.000
 we need

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:42.039
 these

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:43.099
 words

00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:44.319
 now.

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.339
 Don't seal

00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:46.659
 them up.

00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:48.379
 Don't close

00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:48.740
 the book.

00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.419
 These words

00:18:51.419 --> 00:18:52.259
 need to be

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.119
 available and

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.959
 functioning in

00:18:53.959 --> 00:18:54.439
 the life of

00:18:54.439 --> 00:18:55.019
 God's people.

00:18:55.939 --> 00:18:57.000
 We need

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:58.179
 the words

00:18:58.179 --> 00:18:58.619
 of the

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.480
 prophecy of

00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.019
 this book

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:01.379
 now to

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:02.079
 understand the

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.839
 conflict we

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.619
 are in and

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.339
 what is soon

00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:05.339
 to come and

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:05.919
 to give us

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.939
 these glorious

00:19:06.939 --> 00:19:08.679
 visions of

00:19:08.679 --> 00:19:09.539
 a risen,

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.500
 radiant,

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.399
 and reigning

00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:12.339
 Christ who

00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:13.000
 makes it all

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.619
 worth it.

00:19:14.959 --> 00:19:15.720
 You need

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:16.539
 the book,

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.299
 you need

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:17.959
 these words

00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:19.399
 now to

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.099
 faithfully

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:21.480
 follow Jesus

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.500
 in the midst

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.399
 of the

00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:24.220
 situation we

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.980
 find ourselves

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.359
 in,

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.699
 challenging on

00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:27.399
 all sides.

00:19:28.939 --> 00:19:29.740
 We need

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.119
 these words

00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.679
 now because

00:19:30.679 --> 00:19:31.339
 we live in

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:31.879
 between his

00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.559
 first coming

00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:33.099
 and his

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.779
 second coming

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.139
 and that's

00:19:34.139 --> 00:19:34.819
 the point

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.699
 of verse

00:19:35.699 --> 00:19:36.240
 11.

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.439
 When we

00:19:37.439 --> 00:19:38.099
 live in

00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.539
 between,

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.119
 there will

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.500
 be two

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.000
 groups of

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.359
 people.

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:41.759
 There are

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.159
 those who

00:19:42.159 --> 00:19:42.740
 follow after

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.319
 the beast,

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.479
 evil doing

00:19:44.479 --> 00:19:44.899
 evil,

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.740
 filthy being

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.159
 filthy,

00:19:46.459 --> 00:19:47.000
 and those

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.479
 who follow

00:19:47.479 --> 00:19:47.959
 after the

00:19:47.959 --> 00:19:48.279
 lamb,

00:19:48.659 --> 00:19:49.319
 righteous doing

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.759
 right,

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.719
 holy being

00:19:50.719 --> 00:19:51.119
 holy,

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.819
 and we

00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:52.899
 need these

00:19:52.899 --> 00:19:54.419
 words unsealed,

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.419
 functioning in

00:19:55.419 --> 00:19:56.339
 our lives to

00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:57.359
 show us how

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:57.859
 to remain

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.659
 faithful to

00:19:58.659 --> 00:19:59.079
 the lamb,

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:01.500
 to walk

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:01.919
 with him

00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:03.339
 because he's

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.879
 worth it.

00:20:04.419 --> 00:20:04.799
 So brothers

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.279
 and sisters,

00:20:05.459 --> 00:20:06.059
 here we are at

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.399
 the end of the

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:06.639
 book of

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:07.759
 Revelation and

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.159
 I need to

00:20:08.159 --> 00:20:08.539
 tell you,

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.559
 don't close

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:09.960
 it up.

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.339
 Don't come

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.859
 back to it

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.139
 in two

00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.519
 years.

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.419
 Don't think

00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:16.279
 about our

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.119
 working through

00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:17.579
 the book of

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.480
 Revelation from

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.319
 September of

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:20.539
 2018 to

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.700
 June 2019

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:23.079
 as a notch

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.639
 we put on

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.059
 our belt.

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.500
 This book,

00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.279
 these words,

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.879
 are to be

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:29.480
 functioning in

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.139
 our lives.

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.440
 We're to

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.059
 live by them.

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.500
 We are to

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.220
 keep them.

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.299
 We need

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.339
 them now

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:38.419
 so that

00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:39.220
 these words

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:40.859
 don't seal

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:41.179
 them up,

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.599
 don't put

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.059
 them away.

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.759
 Let them

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.859
 speak.

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.480
 The fourth

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.139
 truth about

00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:48.779
 these words

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.220
 is that

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:50.480
 these words

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.480
 warn.

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:52.480
 Look at

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.019
 verse 12.

00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:54.459
 Behold,

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.019
 I am coming

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.500
 soon,

00:20:55.679 --> 00:20:56.199
 bringing my

00:20:56.199 --> 00:20:57.059
 recompense with

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:58.399
 me to repay

00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:59.500
 each one for

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.279
 what he has

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.619
 done.

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:00.679
 Now,

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:03.519
 this verse

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.820
 warns all

00:21:04.820 --> 00:21:05.460
 of us in

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.900
 the room

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:07.380
 and around

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.920
 the world

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:10.759
 that we

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.220
 will one

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.940
 day stand

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.480
 before the

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:12.980
 Lord Jesus

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.940
 Christ and

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.660
 give an

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:16.039
 account to

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.519
 him.

00:21:17.820 --> 00:21:18.680
 When he

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.480
 comes,

00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:21.080
 he will

00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:22.759
 reward or

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.240
 punish.

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.200
 These

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.480
 words warn

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.140
 us

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:30.980
 because our

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 actions

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:33.440
 reveal who

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.320
 we worship.

00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:35.860
 What we

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.360
 just saw in

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:36.960
 verse 11,

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.140
 evil being

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.560
 evil,

00:21:40.280 --> 00:21:40.820
 filthy being

00:21:40.820 --> 00:21:41.420
 filthy,

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.920
 righteous doing

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.300
 right,

00:21:44.040 --> 00:21:44.540
 holy being

00:21:44.540 --> 00:21:44.940
 holy,

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.960
 those actions

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:48.680
 reveal who

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.780
 they are

00:21:49.780 --> 00:21:51.000
 living for.

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:54.160
 And because

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.840
 our actions

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.440
 reveal who

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.100
 we worship,

00:21:56.099 --> 00:22:00.740
 they reveal

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.480
 whose mark

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.959
 we bear,

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.119
 who where

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:05.159
 our loyalties

00:22:05.159 --> 00:22:05.639
 lie.

00:22:07.719 --> 00:22:08.719
 These words

00:22:08.719 --> 00:22:09.699
 warn those

00:22:09.699 --> 00:22:10.459
 inside the

00:22:10.459 --> 00:22:11.159
 faith as

00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:11.619
 well as

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.339
 outside the

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:12.619
 faith.

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:13.859
 I'm not

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.099
 sure if

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.279
 you,

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.879
 verses 8 and

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.379
 9 caught

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.959
 your attention.

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.459
 They're

00:22:17.459 --> 00:22:18.219
 fascinating to

00:22:18.219 --> 00:22:18.419
 me.

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.359
 I,

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:19.799
 John,

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.099
 am the

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.519
 one who

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.959
 heard and

00:22:20.959 --> 00:22:21.399
 saw these

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:21.659
 things.

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.059
 He's saying,

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.839
 I'm a

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.199
 prophet.

00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:24.379
 These visions

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.799
 were given

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.259
 to me.

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.819
 And when I

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.259
 heard and

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.759
 saw them,

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.199
 what does

00:22:28.199 --> 00:22:28.539
 he do?

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.759
 I fell

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.899
 down to

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.919
 worship at

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:33.379
 the feet of

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:34.459
 the angel

00:22:34.459 --> 00:22:35.240
 who showed

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.740
 them to

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.000
 me.

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.279
 But the

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.779
 angel said

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.079
 to me,

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.859
 what do

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.219
 you think

00:22:39.219 --> 00:22:39.819
 you're doing?

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.879
 You must

00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.240
 not do

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.480
 that.

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:43.819
 I'm a

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.359
 fellow servant

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.859
 with you and

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.319
 your brothers,

00:22:45.439 --> 00:22:46.019
 the prophets,

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:46.839
 and with those

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.579
 who keep the

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.379
 words of this

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:48.619
 book.

00:22:48.699 --> 00:22:49.059
 There again,

00:22:49.199 --> 00:22:49.579
 keep the

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:49.859
 words of

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.259
 this book.

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.079
 And then

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.899
 the angel

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.240
 says,

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:53.019
 don't worship

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.359
 me,

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.659
 worship God.

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.480
 And it's a

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.200
 warning for

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.960
 us all.

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.640
 These words

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:01.620
 warn us.

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.299
 Think about

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.440
 it.

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.099
 If John,

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.799
 the disciple

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:08.240
 who put

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.940
 his head

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.220
 on the chest

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.799
 of Jesus

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:12.519
 and received

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.299
 these divine

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.440
 visions from

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.460
 angels,

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.880
 if he was

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.440
 tempted to

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.220
 worship an

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.620
 angel,

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.059
 what does

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.420
 that mean

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.120
 for us?

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.239
 us.

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.639
 As Christians,

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.079
 we can

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.139
 worship things

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:26.899
 that are not

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.279
 God.

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:30.219
 We can

00:23:30.219 --> 00:23:31.219
 worship certain

00:23:31.219 --> 00:23:32.139
 preachers,

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.819
 whether of

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:35.539
 a bygone age

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.779
 or present.

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.559
 We can

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.739
 actually worship

00:23:38.739 --> 00:23:39.439
 the Bible.

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.719
 We can put

00:23:41.719 --> 00:23:42.419
 the Bible on

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:42.839
 the same

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.679
 par as who

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.379
 God is.

00:23:46.439 --> 00:23:47.199
 We can

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:48.299
 worship theology

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.180
 or a theological

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.799
 system.

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.659
 We can

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.940
 worship worship.

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.399
 We can

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:59.019
 spin greed

00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:00.319
 into a

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.299
 worship.

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.500
 worship.

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.220
 You see,

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.139
 these words,

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.359
 they warn

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.940
 us inside

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.759
 the faith.

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.419
 They warn

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:12.940
 us to

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.759
 worship God

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.240
 alone.

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.299
 He is

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.960
 worthy of

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.940
 our exclusive

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.579
 devotion.

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.659
 But these

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.659
 words also

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.779
 warn those

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.919
 outside the

00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:23.200
 faith.

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.059
 If you

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.460
 looked at

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.839
 verses 14

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.299
 and 15,

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.720
 we read,

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.159
 blessed are

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.559
 those who

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.039
 wash their

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.519
 robes so

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:29.759
 that they

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.119
 may have

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.519
 the right

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.839
 to the

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.119
 tree.

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.159
 of life

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.680
 and that

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:32.960
 they may

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.659
 enter the

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.079
 city by

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.519
 the gates.

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.440
 Those

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.539
 inside the

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:36.859
 faith,

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.680
 in the

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:37.980
 city,

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.039
 robes

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.480
 washed

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.879
 white.

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.659
 And then

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:41.899
 in verse

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.299
 15,

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.339
 outside

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.139
 are the

00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.700
 dogs and

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.319
 sorcerers

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.839
 and sexual

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.359
 immoral

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.099
 and murderers

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.720
 and idolaters

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.259
 and everyone

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.940
 who loves

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.619
 and practices

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:51.299
 falsehood.

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.899
 These

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.740
 words of

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.419
 the book

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:55.899
 of Revelation

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.519
 from beginning

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.960
 to end,

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.480
 they are

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.379
 warning

00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:59.740
 those inside

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.259
 the faith,

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.200
 don't go

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:02.000
 after things

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.539
 that aren't

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.799
 God.

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.220
 And it's

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.779
 warning those

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.559
 outside the

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:04.819
 faith,

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:06.119
 stop your

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:07.099
 worship of

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.619
 that which

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.259
 is created.

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.180
 In verse

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.680
 15,

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.619
 those outside

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.099
 the city

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.599
 of light,

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.099
 the new

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.559
 Jerusalem,

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.440
 living in

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.700
 Jesus'

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.160
 word,

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:18.039
 in darkness,

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.319
 these are the

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.119
 ones who are

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.119
 evil and filthy,

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.740
 verse 11.

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:26.259
 Again and again,

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.960
 all throughout the

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.259
 Bible,

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.019
 all throughout

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.819
 the book of

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.259
 Revelation,

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.059
 there is

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:31.039
 warning after

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.579
 warning,

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.900
 warning about

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.440
 the dragon,

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.140
 warning about

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.660
 the beast,

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.319
 warning about

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.799
 the false

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.559
 prophet in

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:36.900
 Babylon,

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.019
 warning of

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.379
 the judgment

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:38.779
 to come,

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.640
 warning about

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.000
 the lake

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.400
 of fire,

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.779
 and it's

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.480
 all designed

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.619
 to warn

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.500
 someone outside

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.099
 the faith,

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.819
 stop what

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.259
 you're doing.

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.900
 You must

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.420
 repent and

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.480
 turn to the

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.920
 living God.

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:52.420
 Don't worship

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.319
 that which is

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.279
 not God.

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.779
 God is

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.779
 maybe you

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.440
 notice that

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.359
 these outsiders

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:00.900
 are called

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.619
 dogs and

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:01.920
 you're like,

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.039
 oh,

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.420
 that's not

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.879
 too nice,

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.720
 but when you

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.259
 realize that

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.720
 it's actually

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.079
 a fitting

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.039
 description because

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:08.119
 they're just

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:09.680
 behaving like

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.240
 the one they're

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.779
 worshiping,

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.339
 the beast.

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.680
 There's a

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.200
 little beast.

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.079
 Now,

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.500
 if you're in

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.940
 the room right

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.420
 now and you

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.879
 are feeling

00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.299
 this sense

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.960
 of conviction

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.319
 that you are

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.339
 outside of

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.140
 God's people,

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.660
 that you've

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.079
 not been

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.740
 taking God's

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.660
 word seriously,

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:29.839
 I'll tell

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.160
 you what,

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.920
 not only is

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:32.259
 God warning

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.900
 you today,

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:36.279
 He's inviting

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:38.759
 you because

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.960
 the fifth

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.619
 truth I

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.140
 want you to

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:43.240
 see is

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.640
 that not

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:43.960
 only do

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.480
 these words

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.200
 warn those

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.920
 inside and

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.759
 outside the

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.039
 faith,

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.859
 these words

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:50.140
 invite.

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.099
 All

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.720
 throughout

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.539
 the book

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.140
 of Revelation,

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.359
 invitation

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.979
 after invitation

00:26:57.979 --> 00:26:59.579
 to come,

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.599
 come to the

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:01.839
 one.

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.159
 In verses

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.819
 16 and

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.839
 17, we

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.299
 read that

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.399
 Jesus, I

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.000
 Jesus, this

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.399
 is Jesus

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:09.399
 speaking, have

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:09.819
 sent my

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.319
 angel to

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.939
 testify to

00:27:10.939 --> 00:27:11.259
 you about

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.859
 these things

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.699
 for the

00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:13.079
 churches.

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.199
 Again, it's

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:15.279
 this transmission

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.299
 of these words

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.899
 starting with

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.579
 God, going

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.159
 through Jesus,

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.119
 moving to an

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:20.039
 angel, then to

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.879
 John, to the

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.679
 churches, to the

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.039
 world.

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:24.619
 Lord, and

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.159
 here we have

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.759
 Jesus saying,

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:27.139
 I sent these

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:28.099
 words to you

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.819
 for the

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.220
 churches.

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.720
 And then we

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.279
 see in verse

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:37.039
 17, midway

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.440
 through, we

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.220
 read this, and

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.180
 let the one who

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.779
 is thirsty

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.299
 come.

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.399
 Let the one

00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:44.220
 who desires

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.539
 take the water

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.279
 of life

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:48.460
 without price.

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:51.980
 the one

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.620
 speaking is

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.220
 described as

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.720
 the root and

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.240
 descendant of

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.640
 David.

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.440
 Verse 16.

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.579
 It's a claim of

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.720
 messiahship, of

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.880
 kingship, of

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.319
 authority.

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.360
 He's described as

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.759
 the bright

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.620
 morning star.

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.019
 It's a picture

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.980
 of hope.

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.519
 So this

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:09.440
 king, who

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.980
 is the giver

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:12.019
 of hope, is

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.200
 calling out

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.579
 to those on

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.279
 the outside

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.940
 and thirsty,

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:18.299
 come drink

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.819
 of the water

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.359
 I give.

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.700
 Come and

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:21.980
 drink.

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.680
 There's an

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.700
 invitation here.

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.940
 These words

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:28.079
 invite those

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.220
 who are thirsty

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.019
 and on the

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.319
 outside to

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:32.559
 come in

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.799
 and drink

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.619
 of the

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.899
 water of

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.799
 life.

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.559
 And from

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.500
 22.1, we

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.180
 learn that this

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:41.139
 water flows

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.940
 from the

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.839
 throne of God

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.220
 in the new

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.720
 Jerusalem.

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.440
 To drink the

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.419
 water of life

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:47.940
 that Jesus

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.259
 offers is to

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.039
 come under

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.880
 the life-giving

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.880
 authority of

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.380
 God and the

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.640
 Lamb.

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.660
 Do you

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.019
 remember in

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.620
 John 4,

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.759
 Jesus is

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.299
 speaking at the

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.759
 woman at the

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.000
 well.

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.299
 She had gone

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.740
 through a lot

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.080
 of men.

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.279
 And Jesus

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.059
 says to her

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.000
 in verse 14,

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.539
 whoever drinks

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.799
 of this water

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.779
 that I will

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.880
 give will

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:11.140
 never be

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.759
 thirsty

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.980
 again.

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.019
 Again.

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.580
 Again.

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:14.660
 And

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:19.380
 maybe you

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.799
 walked into

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.259
 this building

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.820
 this morning

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.299
 and you

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.460
 didn't think

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.320
 yourself thirsty.

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.460
 You don't

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.820
 need a drink

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.220
 of water.

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.039
 But you

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.400
 know your

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.180
 soul is

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.620
 thirsty

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:31.120
 because of

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.940
 your guilt

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.720
 and your

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.220
 shame,

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.880
 your anger,

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.380
 your lust,

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.680
 your greed.

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.480
 The result

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.740
 of all of

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.279
 that has

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.980
 made you

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.180
 soul thirsty.

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.980
 You can't

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.500
 find anything

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.039
 to quench

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.240
 it.

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.700
 And today

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.440
 Jesus is

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.039
 saying to

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.380
 you,

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.519
 come to

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.000
 the waters

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.519
 I can

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.839
 give.

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.720
 At no

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.200
 cost to

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.420
 you.

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.059
 It's

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.519
 paid by

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.819
 him.

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.400
 Come and

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.680
 drink.

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.220
 You're

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.759
 invited to

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.019
 come.

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.740
 If that's

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.079
 you this

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.380
 morning,

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.839
 will you

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.640
 take what

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.400
 Jesus gives?

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.980
 Just say

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.220
 to him,

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.640
 I'll take

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.799
 it.

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.740
 I'll take

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.160
 the water

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.539
 that you

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.180
 alone offer.

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:16.600
 quench my

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.000
 soul.

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.680
 These words

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.700
 not only

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.220
 invite,

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:24.160
 these words,

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.920
 the sixth

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.420
 truth,

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:27.000
 these words

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.320
 stir

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.900
 longing

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:31.620
 in our

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.080
 hearts.

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.519
 There's

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.019
 another kind

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.779
 of invitation

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.880
 happening in

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.560
 this passage.

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:38.599
 passage.

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:40.940
 It's

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.700
 coming from

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.379
 those who've

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.200
 been quenched

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.259
 by the

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.819
 water of

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.200
 life.

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.460
 Let me

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.740
 help you

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.099
 see it.

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:49.899
 Remember

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:51.220
 in 22.7,

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.099
 Jesus says,

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.440
 behold,

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.879
 I'm coming

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.279
 soon.

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.679
 In 22.12,

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.240
 Jesus says

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.500
 again,

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:55.759
 behold,

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.119
 I'm coming

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.559
 soon.

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.559
 And then

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.379
 in 22.20,

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.899
 Jesus says,

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.599
 surely I'm

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.279
 coming soon.

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.619
 There's a

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.399
 response to

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.299
 that in

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.879
 this passage.

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:07.340
 there's a

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:08.100
 response

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:09.800
 of longing

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:11.700
 among those

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.860
 whose souls

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.260
 have been

00:31:13.260 --> 00:31:13.740
 quenched

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.860
 by Jesus.

00:31:16.260 --> 00:31:17.200
 We see it

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.060
 in verse 17.

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.180
 The spirit

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.560
 and the

00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:20.280
 bride say,

00:31:21.760 --> 00:31:22.600
 come.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.680
 Jesus says,

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.080
 behold,

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.480
 I'm coming

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.820
 soon.

00:31:27.540 --> 00:31:27.940
 The spirit

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.160
 and the

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.820
 bride say,

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.340
 come.

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:33.519
 The spirit

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.839
 is the

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.419
 Holy Spirit

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:34.720
 and the

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:34.939
 bride,

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.359
 of course,

00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:35.879
 is the

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.419
 church of

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:36.759
 God.

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.519
 Those who

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.699
 have been

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:38.220
 bought by

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.759
 the blood

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.199
 of the

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:39.579
 lamb,

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.619
 the blessed

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.220
 ones.

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.919
 And if

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:44.480
 the church

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.339
 is the

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.899
 bride,

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.279
 that makes

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.959
 the lamb

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:49.379
 the groom.

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.099
 And so

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.819
 when you

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.259
 read these

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.019
 words,

00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:55.299
 the spirit

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.740
 and the

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.559
 bride say,

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.079
 come.

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.059
 Think of it

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.559
 this way.

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.579
 The Holy

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.419
 Spirit who

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:01.139
 indwells each

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:02.279
 of us is

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.259
 stirring our

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:05.019
 hearts for

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:06.139
 our bridegroom.

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.199
 Come,

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.720
 Lord Jesus.

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.039
 Come,

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:12.720
 bridegroom.

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.980
 But we

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.679
 also read,

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.699
 and let the

00:32:19.699 --> 00:32:20.299
 one who

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.799
 hears,

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.659
 verse 17,

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.279
 say,

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.119
 come.

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.779
 Those who

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.579
 hear these

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.259
 words of

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.759
 Jesus,

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.759
 behold,

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.299
 I'm coming

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.779
 soon.

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.900
 These words,

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.019
 and by the

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.299
 way,

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.819
 these words

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.200
 of Jesus

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.619
 coming,

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.720
 they start

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.440
 in verse

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.720
 8 of

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.379
 chapter 1.

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.779
 The one

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.200
 who hears

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.940
 these words,

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.640
 let him

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:47.940
 say,

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.299
 come,

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.879
 Lord Jesus.

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.059
 Come.

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.119
 come.

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.839
 And in

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.899
 verse 20,

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.980
 John,

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.639
 the prophet,

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.500
 the apostle,

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.659
 he hears

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.279
 Jesus say,

00:32:59.399 --> 00:32:59.940
 surely I'm

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.700
 coming soon,

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.839
 and John

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.639
 himself says,

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.200
 amen,

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.599
 so be

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:04.879
 it.

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.240
 Come,

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.879
 Lord Jesus,

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.059
 come.

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:10.399
 Why are

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:11.179
 all these

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:12.079
 people saying

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.539
 come?

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.599
 Come.

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.700
 Because all

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.019
 of their

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.559
 souls have

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.319
 been quenched

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.720
 by Jesus,

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.879
 and their

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.700
 greatest longing

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.439
 is for their

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.159
 bridegroom,

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.559
 who is

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.779
 saying,

00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.299
 I'm coming

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.720
 soon,

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.779
 but you may

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.259
 be sitting

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.559
 in your

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.200
 pew saying,

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.139
 wait,

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.700
 hold on a

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.919
 second.

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.619
 John was

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.240
 given this

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.480
 vision in

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:35.379
 96 AD.

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.779
 If Jesus

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.460
 said,

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:40.000
 then I'm

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.799
 coming soon,

00:33:41.679 --> 00:33:43.240
 that is a

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.160
 really long

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.740
 soon.

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.700
 In 2 Peter

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:51.700
 3,

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.740
 3-4,

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.299
 Peter

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.079
 describes

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.740
 scoffers

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:58.059
 who scoff

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.500
 at these

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.099
 very words

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.720
 of Jesus,

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:00.660
 in which he

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:00.819
 says,

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.299
 I'm coming

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.640
 soon.

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.440
 The way that

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.420
 Peter describes

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:03.759
 it is,

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.099
 these scoffers

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.480
 are saying,

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.500
 where is the

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.279
 promise of

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.000
 his coming?

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.260
 For ever

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.500
 since the

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.159
 fathers fell

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.559
 asleep,

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.420
 all things

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.420
 continue as

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.940
 they were.

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.059
 That the

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.960
 first generation

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.880
 has died and

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:20.099
 nothing's changed.

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.039
 Where's your

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.440
 Jesus?

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.679
 He hasn't

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.099
 come and

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.440
 he's saying

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.960
 he's coming

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.460
 soon.

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.559
 And here we

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.980
 are almost

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.739
 two millennia

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.179
 later,

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.799
 since he said

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.219
 these things

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.519
 to the

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:32.840
 churches.

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.500
 You know,

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.940
 it can raise

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.179
 in your

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:35.440
 heart,

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.639
 it can make

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.119
 you wonder,

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:39.079
 are these

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:40.860
 words trustworthy

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.900
 and true?

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:44.259
 I'm coming

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.699
 soon?

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:49.599
 In 2 Peter 3,

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.599
 8, 9, and

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.920
 10, Peter

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.840
 answers the

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.719
 scoffers and

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.599
 those of us

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.279
 who wonder,

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.559
 how much

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.000
 longer?

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.980
 Why the

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.320
 delay?

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.880
 Peter says,

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:11.680
 God does not

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:24.240
 work on your

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.760
 timetable.

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.700
 God has a

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:26.920
 different

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.500
 timetable.

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.260
 But that's not

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.820
 low, he says.

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.760
 He then goes

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.340
 on to say,

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:35.080
 God is not

00:35:35.080 --> 00:35:35.580
 slow to

00:35:35.580 --> 00:35:36.060
 fulfill his

00:35:36.060 --> 00:35:36.480
 promise,

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:37.080
 I'm coming

00:35:37.080 --> 00:35:37.540
 soon,

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.340
 but is

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.380
 patient towards

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.080
 you all,

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.500
 not wishing

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.280
 that any

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.000
 shall perish,

00:35:44.140 --> 00:35:44.800
 but that all

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.520
 should repent.

00:35:46.520 --> 00:35:47.340
 So not only

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.080
 on a different

00:35:48.080 --> 00:35:48.920
 timetable,

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.500
 he's got

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.620
 an unfinished

00:35:51.620 --> 00:35:52.960
 task he's

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.260
 doing.

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:56.180
 And then

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:57.020
 Peter says,

00:35:57.540 --> 00:35:57.860
 but the day

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.280
 of the Lord

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.900
 will come

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.280
 like a

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.560
 thief,

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.660
 imminent,

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.600
 unexpected.

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.840
 So when

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.680
 Jesus says

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.600
 three times

00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:06.200
 in Revelation

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.880
 22,

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.340
 6 through

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.820
 21,

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.400
 I'm coming

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.840
 soon,

00:36:11.040 --> 00:36:11.860
 he means

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.060
 it.

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.920
 He's just

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.460
 working off

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.800
 a different

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.420
 timetable

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:19.040
 and finalizing

00:36:19.040 --> 00:36:19.820
 an uncompleted

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.440
 task.

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.020
 The delay

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:23.259
 is so all

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:24.219
 those written

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.759
 in the

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.300
 Lamb's

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.780
 book of

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.500
 life will

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.699
 repent and

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.440
 wash their

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.519
 robes white

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.800
 in the

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.820
 blood of

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.480
 the Lamb,

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.000
 Revelation

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.380
 7,

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.820
 14.

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:37.340
 And as

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.380
 we wait

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:39.440
 for him

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.440
 to finish

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.599
 his great

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.340
 harvest,

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.019
 Revelation

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.659
 14,

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.920
 those of

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.460
 us with

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.920
 quenched

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.460
 souls,

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.219
 we say,

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.460
 oh,

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.800
 come,

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.980
 come,

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.240
 I don't

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.519
 know how

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.980
 much longer,

00:36:53.080 --> 00:36:53.519
 but come,

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:53.940
 come.

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.560
 His promise

00:36:57.560 --> 00:36:58.180
 stands,

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.440
 surely I am

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.720
 coming.

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.120
 So let me

00:37:00.120 --> 00:37:00.740
 ask you this

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.840
 question this

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:02.100
 morning.

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.660
 Is your

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.380
 soul

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.700
 longing

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:09.220
 for your

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:09.860
 bridegroom?

00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:12.440
 Or is your

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.200
 soul longing

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.820
 for something

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.240
 else?

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:18.019
 When he

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.519
 comes,

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.560
 and he will

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.900
 come,

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.799
 remember what

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.320
 he brings,

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:21.940
 a new

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.460
 heavens and

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.639
 a new

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:22.940
 earth,

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.239
 a new

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.779
 Jerusalem,

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:24.739
 no more

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.179
 tears,

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.860
 no more

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.279
 sin,

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:26.960
 no more

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.340
 struggle,

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.579
 no more

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.179
 threats,

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:29.500
 I was

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.000
 threatened this

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.219
 week,

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:30.759
 no more

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.299
 conflict,

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.000
 no more

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.420
 fears,

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.119
 no more

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.679
 anxiety,

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.400
 no more

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.820
 depression,

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.219
 no more

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.500
 hatred,

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:35.940
 no more

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.480
 disappointment,

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:40.440
 no more,

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:42.119
 no more

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.519
 tears.

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.940
 Come,

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.440
 Lord Jesus.

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:46.639
 1 John 3

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.099
 2 says,

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:47.460
 beloved,

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:47.900
 we are

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.280
 God's

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.920
 children now

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.360
 and what

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.800
 we will

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.260
 be has

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.780
 not yet

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.340
 appeared,

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.220
 but we

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:53.179
 know that

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.619
 when he

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.360
 appears we

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.820
 shall be

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.519
 like him

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.400
 because we

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.280
 shall see

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:59.980
 him as

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.539
 he is.

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.740
 I am

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.860
 coming soon

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:06.840
 like a

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.139
 thief,

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.619
 anytime.

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:12.779
 the

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.299
 seventh and

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.699
 final

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.940
 truth

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.359
 about

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:15.699
 these

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.159
 words

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:18.639
 is my

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.139
 favorite.

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.259
 These

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:30.980
 words of

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.559
 this book,

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:31.960
 of this

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.480
 prophecy,

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:35.679
 they show

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.239
 us time

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.639
 and time

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:36.980
 again

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:39.740
 what's

00:38:39.740 --> 00:38:40.119
 to come,

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:40.559
 yes,

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:43.719
 but even

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:43.980
 more

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.579
 gloriously,

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.119
 it shows

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.559
 us our

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.960
 Jesus.

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.719
 It's a

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.400
 magnificent,

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:52.519
 magnificent

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.719
 book

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.699
 revealing

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:55.740
 the glory

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.860
 of our

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.360
 Christ.

00:38:59.019 --> 00:39:00.019
 It paints

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.199
 glorious

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:01.940
 pictures of

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.300
 who he

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.639
 is.

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:04.240
 Here in

00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:05.219
 our passage,

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.099
 we learn that

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.800
 Jesus is the

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.180
 Alpha and

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:07.560
 Omega,

00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:08.680
 113.

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.980
 He's the

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.340
 first and

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:11.620
 last,

00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:12.120
 the beginning

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:12.440
 and the

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.640
 end.

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.260
 You can

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:13.600
 look at the

00:39:13.600 --> 00:39:14.080
 beginning and

00:39:14.080 --> 00:39:14.460
 the end and

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.640
 say,

00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:14.800
 well,

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.019
 that's

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.400
 interesting.

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.060
 You know

00:39:16.060 --> 00:39:16.260
 what the

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.840
 claim is?

00:39:17.600 --> 00:39:18.080
 He's the

00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:19.060
 source of

00:39:19.060 --> 00:39:19.780
 all and

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.400
 he is the

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.180
 end of

00:39:21.180 --> 00:39:21.440
 all.

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.580
 All things

00:39:22.580 --> 00:39:24.039
 exist by

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.560
 him and

00:39:24.560 --> 00:39:25.200
 for him.

00:39:26.060 --> 00:39:26.720
 That's the

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:27.560
 claim of

00:39:27.560 --> 00:39:28.000
 those three

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.400
 words.

00:39:32.700 --> 00:39:33.320
 But we

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.580
 also,

00:39:33.720 --> 00:39:33.980
 he's the

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.360
 root and

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:35.039
 descendant of

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.320
 David.

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.800
 He is

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.219
 David's

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.480
 greater

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:36.860
 son.

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.480
 He's the

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:37.779
 bright

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.519
 morning star.

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.400
 In him

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.480
 is our

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.119
 hope.

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.500
 Revelation,

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.000
 over and

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.579
 over again,

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.860
 paints these

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:49.000
 big pictures

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.719
 of Jesus

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.440
 for us

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.199
 because they're

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.739
 true.

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.019
 And God

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.900
 knows what we

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.400
 need when

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.960
 life gets

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.500
 hard.

00:39:57.779 --> 00:39:58.380
 He's showing

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:59.159
 us over and

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.900
 over again how

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:01.500
 worthy is

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.380
 the lamb

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.880
 who was

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.320
 slain.

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.500
 Endure.

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.280
 If you

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.880
 flip back

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.619
 in the book

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:11.199
 of Revelation

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:11.960
 to Revelation

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.599
 1.1,

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:15.960
 the first

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.980
 five words

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:18.239
 of this

00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:19.519
 book say

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.880
 the

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.420
 revelation

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:22.860
 of Jesus

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.480
 Christ.

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.199
 The

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.739
 revealing,

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.219
 the

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:28.119
 disclosing,

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:29.320
 the unveiling

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.300
 of Jesus

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:31.120
 Christ.

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.220
 And so

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:33.800
 in chapter

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.680
 1, 12

00:40:34.680 --> 00:40:35.539
 through 16

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.400
 we see

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:37.920
 this glorious

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.880
 picture of

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.440
 the risen

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.060
 radiant

00:40:40.060 --> 00:40:40.720
 and raiding

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.280
 Christ.

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:41.620
 Remember

00:40:41.620 --> 00:40:42.420
 those fire

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.000
 eyes?

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:44.380
 He's holy.

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.640
 Chapter

00:40:46.640 --> 00:40:47.340
 5,

00:40:48.720 --> 00:40:49.300
 the one

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:49.700
 seated on

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.039
 the throne

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.440
 holds up

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.060
 a scroll.

00:40:52.140 --> 00:40:52.620
 An angel

00:40:52.620 --> 00:40:53.120
 says,

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.560
 who is

00:40:53.560 --> 00:40:54.380
 worthy to

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.720
 take up

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:55.280
 the scroll

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:56.620
 and break

00:40:56.620 --> 00:40:57.420
 its seals?

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.240
 And then

00:40:59.240 --> 00:40:59.780
 in 5,

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:00.580
 5,

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:01.260
 and 6,

00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:02.760
 the lamb

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.260
 who was

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.820
 slain

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.620
 is standing

00:41:04.620 --> 00:41:05.080
 in the

00:41:05.080 --> 00:41:05.519
 middle of

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:06.440
 the heavenly

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:07.019
 entourage

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.560
 and he

00:41:07.560 --> 00:41:08.180
 takes

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:09.640
 the scroll

00:41:09.640 --> 00:41:10.780
 and all

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.820
 of heaven

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:13.120
 bow down

00:41:13.120 --> 00:41:14.080
 and worship

00:41:14.080 --> 00:41:14.920
 the lamb.

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.620
 That

00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:16.580
 is the

00:41:16.580 --> 00:41:16.980
 one

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.660
 who's

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.080
 saying,

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.640
 I am

00:41:18.640 --> 00:41:19.060
 coming

00:41:19.060 --> 00:41:19.500
 soon.

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.280
 In

00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:22.500
 chapter

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.240
 12,

00:41:24.160 --> 00:41:24.700
 there's a

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.360
 child born

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:25.900
 of a woman

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:27.060
 and the

00:41:27.060 --> 00:41:27.540
 dragon

00:41:27.540 --> 00:41:28.480
 sought to

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.300
 devour him.

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:30.179
 But this

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:31.019
 child is the

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.679
 fulfillment of

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.240
 Psalm 2,

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.659
 9.

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:33.840
 He will

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.639
 rule the

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.440
 nations with

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:36.199
 a rod of

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.619
 iron.

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:38.219
 That is

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.820
 the one

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:39.519
 who is

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:39.940
 saying,

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:40.480
 I am

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.000
 coming

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.639
 soon.

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.199
 Chapter

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.800
 19,

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.440
 the rider

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.780
 on the

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:46.179
 white

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.800
 horse,

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.559
 he returns

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:50.039
 faithful and

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.579
 true with

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.000
 the word

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.579
 of God.

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:52.280
 He has a

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.659
 name that

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:53.139
 only he

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:53.619
 knows.

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.179
 And the

00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:54.980
 greatest title,

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.719
 the king

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:56.380
 of kings

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:57.260
 and lord

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:58.000
 of lords.

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:59.420
 This is

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.960
 the one

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.559
 who's

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.219
 promised,

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.440
 I am

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.920
 coming

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.440
 soon.

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:06.179
 He is

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:06.400
 the

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:07.039
 millennial

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.679
 king

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:08.559
 reigning

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:09.059
 over the

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.400
 old

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:09.780
 earth

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:11.480
 during

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:11.719
 the

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:12.139
 thousand

00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:12.460
 year

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:12.820
 reign.

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.820
 That's

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.000
 who's

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.320
 coming.

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:18.639
 He is

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.139
 the judge

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:19.400
 on the

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:19.679
 great

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.099
 white

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:20.679
 throne.

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:23.099
 That's

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.400
 who's

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.760
 saying,

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.119
 I'm

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:24.559
 coming

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:25.139
 soon.

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:29.660
 And in

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:29.900
 chapter

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.619
 21,

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:33.139
 this

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.619
 one

00:42:33.619 --> 00:42:37.059
 who's

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.200
 the

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.500
 temple

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:37.820
 of the

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:37.940
 new

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.440
 Jerusalem,

00:42:38.680 --> 00:42:38.800
 who

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.119
 lights

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:39.480
 up the

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.880
 place

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.119
 with

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:40.480
 lamb

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.079
 light,

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:43.460
 the

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.760
 one

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:44.200
 whose

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:45.079
 face

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.880
 we

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.160
 will

00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:46.820
 see,

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:47.960
 he

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:49.059
 is

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.960
 our

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:51.139
 bridegroom.

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:53.420
 and he's

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:53.619
 saying,

00:42:53.719 --> 00:42:53.819
 I'm

00:42:53.819 --> 00:42:54.299
 coming

00:42:54.299 --> 00:42:54.960
 soon,

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.440
 bride.

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:58.359
 I will

00:42:58.359 --> 00:42:58.639
 wipe

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:58.879
 away

00:42:58.879 --> 00:42:59.099
 your

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.579
 tears.

00:43:02.379 --> 00:43:02.980
 These

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.480
 words

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:05.460
 show us

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:05.960
 Jesus.

00:43:07.359 --> 00:43:07.739
 And that

00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:08.199
 is what I

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.759
 love so

00:43:08.759 --> 00:43:09.279
 much about

00:43:09.279 --> 00:43:09.579
 the book

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:09.719
 of

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:10.179
 Revelation

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:11.420
 and why

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:12.099
 this book

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.719
 has done

00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:13.579
 my soul

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.480
 and maybe

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.679
 your soul

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.579
 so good

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:16.920
 over the

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.440
 last several

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.900
 months,

00:43:18.759 --> 00:43:19.659
 again and

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:20.079
 again and

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.420
 again.

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.159
 These

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.900
 words give

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.079
 us

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.559
 Jesus,

00:43:24.699 --> 00:43:25.619
 the one

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:25.960
 who was

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.559
 slain for

00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:28.000
 us and

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.360
 the one

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:28.699
 who has

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:29.380
 promised to

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:29.880
 come back

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.539
 for us.

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.259
 Well,

00:43:34.279 --> 00:43:34.739
 this morning

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:35.059
 we've

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:35.559
 wrapped up

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:35.860
 the book

00:43:35.860 --> 00:43:36.480
 of Revelation

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:38.000
 in not

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.480
 a notch

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.799
 on our

00:43:38.799 --> 00:43:39.179
 belts.

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:40.819
 These

00:43:40.819 --> 00:43:42.059
 words we

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:42.739
 must keep.

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.380
 Famous

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:46.139
 last words.

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:49.199
 The book

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:49.819
 of Revelation,

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.400
 even the

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:50.980
 entire

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.640
 Bible

00:43:51.640 --> 00:43:52.720
 closes on

00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.000
 these

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.480
 words.

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:55.760
 Surely

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.360
 I am

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.840
 coming

00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:57.400
 soon.

00:43:59.200 --> 00:43:59.840
 So how

00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:01.039
 must we

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.680
 live

00:44:01.680 --> 00:44:02.700
 having

00:44:02.700 --> 00:44:03.280
 received

00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:03.580
 these

00:44:03.580 --> 00:44:04.220
 words and

00:44:04.220 --> 00:44:04.760
 yet Jesus

00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:05.200
 has yet

00:44:05.200 --> 00:44:05.740
 to return?

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:08.140
 We don't

00:44:08.140 --> 00:44:08.559
 seal them

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:08.820
 up.

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:11.280
 We keep

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:12.059
 these words

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:13.559
 until he

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:14.240
 comes

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:15.960
 because these

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.720
 words,

00:44:16.719 --> 00:44:18.539
 chapters

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:19.219
 22,

00:44:19.379 --> 00:44:20.199
 verse 21,

00:44:21.299 --> 00:44:21.719
 they are

00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:22.459
 the grace

00:44:22.459 --> 00:44:23.019
 of the

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.739
 Lord Jesus

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:25.379
 for us.

00:44:26.759 --> 00:44:27.099
 Amen.

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:27.259
 Amen.

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.639
 Come,

00:44:29.799 --> 00:44:30.179
 Lord Jesus.

00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:32.500
 Let's pray.

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:35.159
 God,

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.420
 thank you

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:35.739
 for this

00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:36.019
 book.

00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:38.840
 Would you

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.400
 now press

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:39.699
 it into

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:40.280
 our hearts

00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:42.199
 so that we

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.639
 may keep

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.039
 them until

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:43.539
 you come

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:46.880
 because we

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.360
 can't wait

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:47.960
 to see you

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.380
 face to

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.739
 face.

00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:50.380
 It's in

00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:50.659
 your name

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.079
 we pray.

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:52.159
 Amen.