WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.100 This morning we're starting a study of the book of Revelation. 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:05.679 It's very easy to find. 00:00:06.020 --> 00:00:07.140 Last book of your Bible. 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:11.740 And we're going to be in Revelation chapter 1, verses 1 through 3. 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:14.220 It's part of what's called the prologue of the book. 00:00:14.380 --> 00:00:17.179 But as you're turning there, I want you to imagine something. 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:22.640 Imagine hosting a party at your house for your neighbors. 00:00:23.900 --> 00:00:24.660 You've set a date. 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:26.060 They're coming to your home. 00:00:26.059 --> 00:00:30.140 And as they're coming into your house, you're standing inside the front door. 00:00:30.279 --> 00:00:32.259 And right next to you is a table. 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:37.460 And on that table is full of those, hello, my name is, name tags. 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:38.420 Do you know what I'm talking about? 00:00:40.519 --> 00:00:41.619 People are coming in. 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:42.780 They're writing their names down. 00:00:42.859 --> 00:00:43.599 They're going to mingle. 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:44.599 La, la, la, la, la. 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:47.099 And then you see him. 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:50.739 Or it. 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:55.179 Something is walking up to your front door. 00:00:56.060 --> 00:01:00.700 You know it's someone because it's got two legs. 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:04.320 But you're not sure what's going on. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:11.159 Everything about him is odd, even bizarre. 00:01:13.219 --> 00:01:17.800 You're not sure if you want this someone in your home. 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:30.599 As this someone gets closer, you hear him speaking over and over and over again. 00:01:30.659 --> 00:01:35.679 He's saying the same things seemingly over and over and over again. 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.500 Tattooed on his body are numbers. 00:01:41.500 --> 00:01:46.280 One particular number shows up in prominence. 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:47.359 It's the number seven. 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:49.920 There's the word number seven. 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:50.420 You see? 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:51.579 It's on his neck. 00:01:51.659 --> 00:01:52.500 It's on his hand. 00:01:52.620 --> 00:01:54.099 It's on his body. 00:01:54.180 --> 00:01:55.260 There's other numbers. 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:55.900 Twelve. 00:01:56.060 --> 00:01:57.340 One hundred forty-four thousand. 00:01:58.219 --> 00:01:58.740 Ten. 00:01:58.739 --> 00:01:59.739 Ten. 00:02:00.219 --> 00:02:03.919 And you immediately sense, well, those numbers mean something to him. 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:04.939 I just don't know what they mean. 00:02:08.219 --> 00:02:14.159 You can't really see his face because his hair is so heavy and dark. 00:02:14.539 --> 00:02:16.219 It's hard to really see. 00:02:16.340 --> 00:02:24.060 And his hair is like that lead guitarist for Guns N' Roses, the Slash, if you remember that guy. 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:26.060 Just thick hair. 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:27.140 It's kind of mysterious. 00:02:31.640 --> 00:02:33.840 Comes up to your front step. 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:39.900 And you can see his eyes. 00:02:41.819 --> 00:02:46.800 And as soon as you lock eyes, something happens in you. 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:52.300 You're immediately overcome with a sense of internal strength. 00:02:52.300 --> 00:02:55.820 You're immediately overcome by this sense of confidence. 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:57.420 This sense of hope. 00:02:58.300 --> 00:03:00.060 You're ready to tackle anything. 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:07.219 Because you've locked eyes with this one who's now walked up to your front door. 00:03:09.980 --> 00:03:14.400 You let him in and he leans over on the table and he starts filling out. 00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:16.340 Hello, my name is? 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:20.720 Hello, my name is? 00:03:22.300 --> 00:03:22.939 Revelation. 00:03:26.219 --> 00:03:34.100 The book of Revelation feels like the abstract art wing of the Chicago Art Institute. 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:40.660 You know that there's a lot of meaning in the pages of this book. 00:03:41.300 --> 00:03:44.220 But oftentimes you're like, I have no idea what this means. 00:03:44.460 --> 00:03:46.280 So you just avoid the wing. 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:55.479 You don't go into the abstract art wing and experience the glories that it possesses. 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:59.680 This morning, the book of Revelation has come to your front door. 00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:04.800 And he is not bringing doom and gloom, just doom and gloom. 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:08.500 He is bringing blessing and he's bringing strength. 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:13.699 He is coming proclaiming good news of Jesus Christ. 00:04:13.699 --> 00:04:16.180 He has something to show you. 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:25.480 And so we're going to look at just a section of what's called the prologue of the book of Revelation this morning. 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:31.699 You could split the book of Revelation into the prologue, which is chapter 1, verses 1 through 8. 00:04:31.699 --> 00:04:37.740 And then there's the epilogue at the end of the book of Revelation, which is chapter 22, 6 through 21. 00:04:37.939 --> 00:04:40.039 And everything else in between is the body. 00:04:40.620 --> 00:04:41.719 It's a giant letter. 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:47.080 And so we're just going to look at a section of the prologue this morning. 00:04:47.960 --> 00:04:49.140 1, 1 through 3. 00:04:49.200 --> 00:04:53.100 Would you hear the word of God? 00:04:54.840 --> 00:05:03.780 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. 00:05:03.779 --> 00:05:13.699 He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:17.739 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy. 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:23.899 And blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. 00:05:23.899 --> 00:05:38.479 This morning what I want to show you from these three verses is that you, Christian, you, servant of the living God, you need this book. 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:41.199 It's not an optional book. 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:42.739 It's not a book to avoid. 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:44.239 You need it. 00:05:45.099 --> 00:05:51.639 And I'm going to show you four reasons why you need this book from this text. 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:52.719 And here they are. 00:05:53.899 --> 00:05:57.620 You need this weird writing. 00:05:58.500 --> 00:06:01.859 Two, you need its blessing. 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.399 Three, you need help. 00:06:05.219 --> 00:06:08.839 Four, you need to see the Jesus that John saw. 00:06:11.579 --> 00:06:23.560 And so let's begin our study of the book of Revelation by saying you need its unique, even weird writing. 00:06:23.899 --> 00:06:29.099 Notice in verse one, it starts with the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:06:29.299 --> 00:06:34.399 And the book of Revelation takes its name from those first two words. 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:37.599 The revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:43.579 Literally, it's the apocalypse of Jesus Christ. 00:06:43.579 --> 00:06:51.439 Now, most of us, when we hear the word apocalypse or apocalyptic, we start thinking in terms of cataclysmic destruction. 00:06:52.339 --> 00:06:55.639 Recently, there was a bus crash down in Mexico, very tragic. 00:06:55.639 --> 00:07:03.719 And one of the persons who survived it when he was coming out of the bus and saw just the mass devastation. 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:06.819 He described it by saying it was apocalyptic. 00:07:06.819 --> 00:07:12.439 And what he was saying was, it's devastating. 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:24.139 But when we come to Revelation 1.1, we don't read the mass devastation of Jesus Christ. 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:27.220 It's the apocalypse. 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:30.100 The revelation of Jesus. 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:33.300 And what apocalypse means, it means unveiling. 00:07:33.939 --> 00:07:37.439 To reveal something that has been hidden. 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:39.240 Who's a Fixer Upper fan? 00:07:40.899 --> 00:07:42.219 Chip and Joanna Gaines. 00:07:42.420 --> 00:07:44.939 I'd like to spend a half a day with Chip Gaines. 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:47.600 I think I would basically laugh all day long. 00:07:49.240 --> 00:08:00.740 But basically, what Fixer Upper is, is at the end of the show, there is this revealing of a house that they've been working on all episode long. 00:08:00.740 --> 00:08:04.400 Think of it as the Fixer Upper apocalypse. 00:08:07.220 --> 00:08:08.160 There's this couple. 00:08:08.300 --> 00:08:08.680 They come. 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:09.620 They're looking for houses. 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:11.699 Oftentimes, they're coming from a hard situation. 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:12.660 Sometimes not. 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:15.860 The Gaines say, hey, how about this house? 00:08:15.900 --> 00:08:16.879 They're like, let's get this house. 00:08:16.939 --> 00:08:17.500 It's a dump. 00:08:17.980 --> 00:08:19.340 And so they're like, we're going to fix it up. 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:23.120 And as they're fixing it up, this couple can't see it. 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:27.840 And so weeks and months go by as they're fixing up this house. 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:30.840 And at the end, they bring this couple to the house. 00:08:30.980 --> 00:08:33.720 And they've got these two huge billboards on wheels. 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:39.759 And between those two billboards, there's this one big picture of the house before they did any work on it. 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:43.940 And then one of the Gaines says, are you ready to see your Fixer Upper? 00:08:43.940 --> 00:08:49.580 And then simultaneously, they open the billboards. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.740 They reveal this glorious house. 00:08:55.920 --> 00:08:57.600 The Fixer Upper apocalypse. 00:09:01.160 --> 00:09:02.660 You know why I watch that show? 00:09:03.660 --> 00:09:08.260 The moment they open it up and I see their expressions. 00:09:10.300 --> 00:09:11.220 Overwhelming joy. 00:09:11.220 --> 00:09:14.320 Overwhelming joy. 00:09:16.180 --> 00:09:19.980 They see what has been being worked on for them. 00:09:21.259 --> 00:09:32.700 Revelation is God, through John, pulling back life as we typically see it so that we can see the glories behind it. 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.279 What God has been doing all along. 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:45.279 Revelation is not the only apocalyptic book in our Bible or kind of portion of book. 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.000 Daniel, Ezekiel, Zechariah. 00:09:48.319 --> 00:09:50.939 They all have apocalyptic sections too. 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:59.419 And what's unique about apocalyptic literature is that it unveils the reality of things unseen with very vivid images. 00:09:59.419 --> 00:10:00.419 Unusual symbols. 00:10:00.419 --> 00:10:01.419 Unusual symbols. 00:10:01.419 --> 00:10:01.979 Unusual symbols. 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:03.679 Cryptic numbers. 00:10:04.059 --> 00:10:08.599 And oftentimes, that can make the average everyday Joe very uncomfortable. 00:10:10.259 --> 00:10:12.240 Even fearful. 00:10:14.500 --> 00:10:16.039 So you avoid it. 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:20.500 Well, God has apocalyptic literature. 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:23.019 He has this in our Bibles. 00:10:23.179 --> 00:10:24.480 It's not a mistake. 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:31.839 He uses it to communicate profound truths through very vivid pictures. 00:10:32.539 --> 00:10:36.459 Here's what you need to know about apocalyptic literature and about the book of Revelation. 00:10:36.460 --> 00:10:39.740 Revelation, God wants you to show you something. 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:41.759 He wants you to see something. 00:10:42.180 --> 00:10:46.540 And the way that you're going to see it is by hearing it, by reading it. 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:48.740 He has things to show. 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:53.660 I mean, just look at verse 1. 00:10:53.740 --> 00:10:58.680 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants. 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:05.659 If you look down at verse 2, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:13.199 One of the things that we're going to see over and over again in the book of Revelation is John saying, I saw this. 00:11:14.839 --> 00:11:15.859 I saw it. 00:11:17.259 --> 00:11:17.739 Behold. 00:11:18.579 --> 00:11:18.899 See. 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:20.459 I witnessed. 00:11:22.459 --> 00:11:25.459 There's something that God has for us to see. 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:36.319 And then when you come to a passage like Revelation 12 and there's this woman on a beast, you're kind of like, what do I see? 00:11:36.620 --> 00:11:37.639 What is this? 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:40.339 What am I seeing? 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:43.279 What are these images and numbers referred to? 00:11:44.139 --> 00:11:51.799 Well, all of a sudden you feel like you need a degree in eschatology to even open up the book of Revelation and you don't. 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:58.199 There's a story of a bunch of seminary students who are playing basketball at a church gym. 00:11:58.620 --> 00:12:01.679 The janitor had opened up the gym to them at no cost. 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:07.279 And while these seminary students are playing basketball, the janitor had his Bible open. 00:12:08.079 --> 00:12:09.439 And he's reading the book of Revelation. 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:14.819 One of the seminary students picks up on it and says, what are you reading? 00:12:15.300 --> 00:12:16.800 Janitor, well, the book of Revelation. 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:22.400 The student was kind of like, well, I just took my ST607 class and you know what? 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:27.260 My seminary prof still doesn't understand what the book of Revelation is about and neither do I. 00:12:27.260 --> 00:12:29.379 How are you making sense of it? 00:12:30.920 --> 00:12:33.200 And that janitor just said very simply, you know what? 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:37.940 Revelation is all about Jesus winning in the end. 00:12:39.180 --> 00:12:40.320 That's what it's about. 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:48.960 You don't need a degree to understand with confidence what the book of Revelation is revealing. 00:12:51.420 --> 00:12:55.360 Even its images, even its symbols, even its numbers. 00:12:56.900 --> 00:13:01.920 And so let me tell you real quick how we're going to navigate some of these things so that you have a sense of confidence moving forward. 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:12.059 When we approach the book of Revelation, we're going to have three things in our interpretive kind of pocket that we're going to use in order to make sense of all this stuff. 00:13:12.259 --> 00:13:13.179 First is this. 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:22.759 We're going to be looking for explanations of these symbols and of these kind of interesting creatures from within the text itself. 00:13:23.599 --> 00:13:24.539 So take a look at it with me. 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:31.159 If you open up to chapter 1 and you're looking at verse 12, we read, this is John seeing a vision. 00:13:31.339 --> 00:13:33.379 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me. 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:36.620 And on turning, I saw seven golden lampstands. 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:39.039 In the midst of the lampstands, one like a son of man. 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:43.980 And if you're reading that, you start asking the question, seven lampstands, what is that all about? 00:13:44.219 --> 00:13:45.839 And then he'd go on to verse 16. 00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:48.419 In his right hand, he held seven stars. 00:13:48.699 --> 00:13:50.980 And you're like, seven lampstands, seven stars? 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:52.259 What is all that about? 00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:53.759 I think I want to go home now. 00:13:55.259 --> 00:14:03.000 Now, if you just kind of hang on in there and you go down to verse 20, Jesus, the risen Christ, is speaking. 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:10.419 And he says, as for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands, 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:15.519 the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:18.539 He tells us what it means. 00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:24.639 That's one way we're going to understand some of the symbols and numbers from the book of Revelation. 00:14:24.819 --> 00:14:25.980 It's right there in the text. 00:14:26.719 --> 00:14:28.679 We're going to have angels helping us out. 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:32.799 The other way, the second way, is this. 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:38.679 The Old Testament is our ally. 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:51.679 Much of the symbolism and numbers and images that we find in the book of Revelation, they are tethered to something back in the Old Testament. 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:57.259 Take, for example, the number seven. 00:14:59.139 --> 00:15:03.219 Seven shows up many times in the book of Revelation. 00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:08.200 And so when you hear the word seven, you need to be thinking a certain way. 00:15:08.540 --> 00:15:11.980 What is the earliest reference to the number seven in your Bible? 00:15:12.300 --> 00:15:13.800 The seventh day of creation. 00:15:14.180 --> 00:15:16.660 It's when things were brought to completion. 00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:26.379 And so when we see these sevens repeated, there is this sense of fullness of completion that's trying to be communicated through that. 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:33.679 And what I want to do is as we go through, I want to help you make the connection. 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:44.980 Help you understand when John refers to this woman on a beast in Revelation chapter 12, what is he talking about? 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:49.480 There's linkages back into the Old Testament that give light to it. 00:15:50.680 --> 00:15:51.879 It brings clarity. 00:15:53.000 --> 00:16:01.399 The third thing that will help us understand this text is the basic understanding of the historical context going on in the first century. 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:07.879 This book was originally written to seven churches in Turkey in the first century. 00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:14.240 Particular people at a particular place at a particular time dealing with particular issues. 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:21.279 The more that we can understand that, that's going to help us get a sense of what John is saying. 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:28.220 So all these together give us great confidence in saying, hey, we may not know everything in the book of Revelation. 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:32.800 But God wants to give us. 00:16:33.300 --> 00:16:38.000 He wants to show us what he means in the book of Revelation. 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:40.639 And these are just simple tools that will help us to do that. 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.779 You need it. 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.860 You need this type of literature. 00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:55.059 You need apocalyptic literature, even though it may make you feel uncomfortable. 00:16:55.940 --> 00:16:59.720 It's designed to affect you. 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.779 Well, that was the first point. 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:06.160 The next three aren't as long. 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:12.980 Not only do we need this type of literature, we need its blessing. 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:16.140 Look at chapter 1, verse 3. 00:17:16.860 --> 00:17:21.460 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy. 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:23.380 And blessed are those who hear. 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:29.180 And implied is, blessed are those who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. 00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:35.039 Here's what I want you to start happening in your heart. 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:41.680 That when you hear the book of Revelation, you start thinking blessing. 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:46.259 You start thinking, there be blessing in those verses. 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:52.319 There be blessing in the seals and the trumpets and the bowls. 00:17:52.980 --> 00:18:01.859 There be blessing in these images of beasts and of dragons and of this woman and of all these things. 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:03.500 There's goodness for us. 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.640 God wants you to see something. 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:36.620 God wants you to see something. 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:37.640 God wants you to see something. 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.280 God wants you to see something. 00:18:39.020 --> 00:18:40.480 You're going to be strengthened. 00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:44.120 You're going to be empowered by the blessing of it. 00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:49.740 That word, blessed, in verse 3, is repeated twice. 00:18:50.780 --> 00:18:54.040 That's the same word that shows up in Matthew 5 in the Beatitudes. 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.660 Blessed are the poor in spirit. 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:02.460 Throughout the book of Revelation, there are seven Beatitudes. 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:05.420 Seven blessings. 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:07.640 Seven blessings. 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:09.080 Interspersed throughout it all. 00:19:09.280 --> 00:19:19.580 God intends for you to be blessed, happy, joyful, a settled goodness of having read this book, to be in this book. 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:21.560 And did you notice who this blessing falls on? 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:25.880 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy. 00:19:26.580 --> 00:19:29.400 The link is between Revelation and prophecy. 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.080 The book of Revelation is prophetic. 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:38.120 And that word prophetic has this sense of foretelling what is going to take place. 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.460 We see that in verse 1. 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:42.019 The things that must soon take place. 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.700 Verse 3. 00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:43.920 The time is near. 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:49.560 But in addition to foretelling, it's also a forth telling. 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:52.220 How we must live now. 00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:59.140 All throughout chapter 2 and chapter 3, these seven letters to the seven churches. 00:19:59.360 --> 00:20:01.640 And then Turkey, or now Turkey. 00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:03.580 We hear this refrain. 00:20:04.580 --> 00:20:07.100 What the Spirit is now saying to the churches. 00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:10.859 Hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:15.639 There is a timely word to obey from the book of Revelation. 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:26.860 And the one who reads the words of this apocalyptic prophecy, they're blessed. 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.980 They're blessed by it. 00:20:29.560 --> 00:20:35.280 Because as I read Revelation 1, 1 through 3, guess what? 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:39.160 I'm so, so eager for you to be blessed by this book. 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:43.460 For you to see the Jesus of the book of Revelation. 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:49.400 But blessing not only falls on the one who reads it, but on the one who hears it. 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:51.600 Blessed are those who hear. 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.640 Who hear it read. 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.840 Who hear it preached. 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:59.279 Those who hear and understand. 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:03.779 They're going to be happy to know that Jesus is in control. 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:10.000 They're going to be happy to know that history is not some kind of odd. 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:13.180 God going anywhere. 00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:15.319 Fire hose out of control. 00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:17.220 But it is aimed. 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:24.619 They're going to be happy to hear what awaits them at the end. 00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:27.920 Revelation is going to make your soul sing. 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:34.920 All throughout the book of Revelation are praise choruses over and over and over again. 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:40.279 It's when blessing erupts into its consummation. 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.240 Praise. 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.320 You're going to want to sing. 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:52.019 And then there's those who are blessed who keep what is written in it. 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.819 To keep means to obey. 00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:58.319 To hold fast something. 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:03.539 And this is part of this theme of the book of Revelation. 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.779 It's a call to overcome. 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:11.059 To press through the challenges that face us. 00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:13.879 That face the first century church. 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:18.839 And so we are to obey the forth telling of this book. 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:20.680 The moral commands. 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.859 And we'll see them. 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:26.819 But we're also to keep the foretelling of this book. 00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:29.859 The framing of time. 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:33.180 And realizing that God is sovereign over all things. 00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:34.200 We're not to add. 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:36.279 We're not to take away from it. 00:22:36.340 --> 00:22:37.920 That's the warning of chapter 22. 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:41.440 But we must live our lives now. 00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:44.380 In light of what will soon take place. 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.500 And as a result. 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:48.779 We're going to experience a blessing from God. 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:53.539 We live now in light of what will be. 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:58.060 This book is filled with blessings. 00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:59.700 It's filled with beatitudes. 00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:05.380 The sixth beatitude shows up in chapter 22. 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:10.240 Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:13.759 It's nearly identical with what is said here in verse 3. 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:16.799 Who keep what is written in it. 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:21.600 The book of Revelation begins and ends with a pronouncement of blessing. 00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:25.480 For those who keep what is written in this book. 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:28.259 God wants to bless you through the book. 00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:31.539 He wants to bless you with what you will see. 00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.799 You need this book. 00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:42.079 Third, you need this book because you need help. 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.319 You need help. 00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.599 Read 1-1. 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:55.259 The revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him to show to his servants. 00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.059 Servants. 00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:59.640 It's a reference to the first century church. 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:05.339 It's a reference to the seven churches and all the followers of Jesus who were in those churches. 00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:08.220 And he calls them his servants. 00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.879 Literally his slaves. 00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.980 His devoted ones. 00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:12.539 His followers. 00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:17.759 Christians devoted to Jesus in the first century and 21st century. 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:24.660 There's a reason why this book was written to them. 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:30.660 Why do Christians need apocalyptic visions? 00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:33.839 Why do we need to see things? 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:44.799 It's because the Christians in the first century and Christians in our century experience multifaceted hardship and challenge. 00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:50.359 God knows his church. 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:57.240 We're going to see in Revelation chapter 1, chapter 2 and 3 that Jesus is among his churches. 00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:00.720 He knows what is happening in his churches. 00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:08.740 And because he knows his beloved church and he knows when his church is beleaguered, a church under attack, 00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:17.140 God in this instance, he shows them what they need to see in order to overcome, to remain true to Jesus. 00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:23.640 And what we're going to see in the book of Revelation is regularly challenged by false doctrine. 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:26.780 By teachings that are not true. 00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:30.440 I mean, turn to chapter 2, verses 14 and 15. 00:25:30.540 --> 00:25:32.640 This is a letter written to the church of Pergamum. 00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:34.480 And in verse 14 we read, 00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:36.100 But I have a few things against you. 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:38.020 This is Jesus saying to this church, 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:40.060 I have a few things against you. 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:45.600 You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam. 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:47.579 It's a false teaching. 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.799 Now look at verse 15. 00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:53.679 So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.419 It's false teaching. 00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:59.339 And when you buy into false teaching, you are deceived. 00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:03.839 And when you're deceived, you start living your life in ways that are filthy. 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:15.779 So this revelation brings us clarity in order to see the truth of who Jesus is and what will soon take place in order for us to overcome false teaching. 00:26:18.179 --> 00:26:20.480 And not just false teaching. 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:23.740 We're going to be challenged by persecution. 00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:26.299 Sometimes fierce persecution. 00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:28.659 Sometimes faint persecution. 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:33.100 Look at the letter to the church of Smyrna in chapter 2, verse 10. 00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.940 Jesus says to them, 00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:37.000 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:40.940 Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be tested. 00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:42.800 And for 10 days you will have tribulation. 00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:45.060 Be faithful unto death. 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:48.860 Severe, fierce persecution. 00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:58.339 And when God's church, the people who follow Jesus get persecuted, whether fiercely or faintly, what can happen is you start to despair. 00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.639 You start to become discouraged. 00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:04.079 You can deny Jesus and you can get distracted. 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:13.500 So what this book does, this revelation of Jesus, it focuses you on Jesus. 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:23.140 It puts courage in your heart so that you can see Jesus in incredible ways that will say, he's worth it. 00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:30.980 And it gives you the strength to press through, whether fierce or faint persecution. 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:36.680 Whether it's jail time or whether you're being gossiped about by work, at work. 00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:42.840 This book gives courage. 00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.080 You need help. 00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:51.100 The third thing, the third challenge that we encounter, filthy practice. 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:56.380 Look at the church, Thyatira, in chapter 2, verse 20. 00:27:56.380 --> 00:28:10.900 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:14.700 There's a connection between false teaching and filthy practice for sure. 00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:18.280 But here, I just want you to see the filthy practice of it. 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:30.119 We are going to encounter, we are living in a time where seduction to filthy practice is all around us. 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.660 Sexual immorality. 00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:37.279 And the result is defilement. 00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:43.980 It's dirtying the white robes that have been given to you by Jesus. 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:57.599 And so what Revelation does is it calls us to cleanse ourselves in the blood of Jesus and then overcome filth by walking in purity. 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:04.440 First century Christians were challenged by that. 00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:07.440 And absolutely, we're being challenged to that today. 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.880 We need help. 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:16.300 And this book gives us help by calling us to overcome, by focusing on a Jesus who is glorious. 00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:21.520 You need this book. 00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:24.600 Which brings me to the last point. 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:30.340 You need to see the Jesus that John saw. 00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:34.980 You need to see the Jesus that John saw. 00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:37.980 You need this book. 00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:46.099 In chapter 1, verse 1, we read the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:50.180 The unveiling of Jesus Christ. 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:54.819 The pulled back and see Jesus. 00:29:54.819 --> 00:30:03.359 It has a dual sense that Jesus is in one sense the giver of the revelation. 00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:10.139 And it carries this other sense that Jesus is the one who this revelation shows us. 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:20.960 Over and over again through the book of Revelation, you're going to be given visions of Jesus in his glory. 00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:24.200 Can I give you a sample platter? 00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:31.819 Revelation chapter 1, verses 12 through 18. 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.880 We'll be there in two weeks. 00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:38.759 John sees the risen Jesus. 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:42.480 And in verse 17, he falls down like a dead man. 00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:46.100 What he sees is so overwhelming. 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.279 And it's glory. 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.340 It's glory. 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:53.880 And then Jesus says in that section, 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:59.120 Fear not, I'm the first and the last and the living one. 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:01.079 I died and behold, I am alive forever. 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:07.680 And I have the jingle, jingle, jingle keys of death and Hades. 00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.720 Do you know what that means? 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:13.779 He's got authority over death. 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.860 It's glorious with authority. 00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:22.719 You need to see the Jesus that John saw. 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:26.919 And when you see him, it's going to give you strength to overcome. 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:34.579 In chapter 5, 1 through 7, we have this striking vision. 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:40.599 Who's going to be able to open up the scroll with its seven seals? 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:45.740 Who has authority over the unraveling of time in history? 00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:49.039 John freaks out. 00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:50.899 He starts to cry because there's no one. 00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.480 And then someone says, 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:55.519 The lion of the tribe of Judah is able to do it. 00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:58.399 And do you know how he does it? 00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:02.860 The lion of the tribe of Judah is able to do it. 00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:06.780 Standing in the midst of them was a lamb who was slain. 00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:14.860 The lion gets it done by being a lamb who was slain. 00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:18.179 you've got to see 00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:20.059 what John saw 00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:23.039 you've got to see this glorious one 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.839 and everybody bowing down and 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.519 worshiping him 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:29.019 Revelation chapter 00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:31.059 12 Jesus is 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:33.039 this male child born to this woman 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:35.039 out in this wilderness who's trying to 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.439 get gobbled up by a dragon 00:32:36.439 --> 00:32:39.179 and he is the one 00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:40.939 who will rule all the 00:32:40.939 --> 00:32:42.879 nations with a rod of iron 00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:44.039 Psalm 2 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:47.440 that's him you've got to see 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:49.240 what John sees 00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:50.399 about this one 00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:52.960 you need it 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:55.379 it will give you strength to overcome 00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:56.879 Revelation 14 00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:59.420 Jesus is the great reaper of 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:01.359 souls with a sickle that he 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:03.259 brings over the entire earth 00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:05.480 reaping all souls of 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.899 men 00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:08.960 authority over all 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:11.220 you've got to see 00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.859 what John saw 00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:14.799 it will give you strength 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:16.019 to endure 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:19.379 Revelation 19 00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:21.699 there's this rider on the white horse 00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:23.759 who has come to conquer 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.679 and he has four names 00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:27.219 and the last name is 00:33:27.219 --> 00:33:28.359 the king of kings 00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.099 and lord of lords 00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:30.740 authority over all 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.719 and he has come 00:33:31.719 --> 00:33:33.019 and he vanquishes 00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:34.379 all of his foes 00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:36.440 with words 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:40.720 you need to see 00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.560 the Jesus 00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:43.260 that John saw 00:33:43.260 --> 00:33:45.800 you need that 00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:49.260 you need big Jesus 00:33:49.260 --> 00:33:51.060 because he's big 00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:52.440 and he's Jesus 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:56.160 Revelation 21 00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.960 Jesus is at the center 00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.800 of the new Jerusalem 00:33:58.800 --> 00:34:00.020 portrayed as the source 00:34:00.020 --> 00:34:00.800 of light 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.980 so there's no need 00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.500 for sun 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.460 no night 00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.480 in him 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.119 the light 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.299 all the redeemed 00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:07.339 of the nations walk 00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:09.059 authority fulfilled 00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:12.800 that's who your Jesus is 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:14.900 you need to see him 00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:16.380 the way that John saw him 00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:18.340 because that's how he really is 00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:20.360 and he'll give you strength 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:22.440 to overcome 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:25.000 you need to see him 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:29.700 Revelation opens 00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.940 with a prologue 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:33.059 and one of the refrains is 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:35.480 to show what must soon 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.119 take place 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:37.260 the time is near 00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:39.000 and then the epilogue 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.800 at the end of Revelation 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:42.159 Revelation chapter 22 00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:45.880 there's three declarations 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.880 that Jesus says 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:49.639 three times 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.599 he says 00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:52.460 I am coming 00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.480 soon 00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.460 verse 7 00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.779 verse 12 00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:58.139 and then of course 00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.339 verse 20 00:34:59.339 --> 00:35:01.299 I'm coming soon 00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.799 what must soon 00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.420 take place 00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.500 the time that is near 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:06.460 I am coming soon 00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:08.619 the early church 00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.179 when they would have 00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:10.719 gathered together 00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.480 they would have heard 00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.619 the entire book read 00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:15.719 and they would have heard 00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.779 that this Jesus 00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:17.940 who is displayed 00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:19.179 in all of his authority 00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:20.759 at the beginning 00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:23.179 he's going to show 00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.719 what must soon 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.339 take place 00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:25.199 and at the end 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:26.440 I am coming soon 00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.480 do you know the intended 00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.399 effect on you 00:35:28.399 --> 00:35:31.719 you're looking for Jesus 00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:34.379 set your heart on him 00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:37.419 he is coming for you 00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:40.279 he's in the 00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:41.960 presently 00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.839 seeking 00:35:42.839 --> 00:35:43.919 to come 00:35:43.919 --> 00:35:44.779 to you 00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:49.080 this morning 00:35:49.080 --> 00:35:49.620 we've covered 00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:50.480 quite a bit of ground 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.200 just to introduce 00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.840 this book 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:55.060 you need this book 00:35:55.060 --> 00:35:56.920 even though it's kind of weird 00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:58.500 you need it 00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:01.480 you need its 00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.540 blessing 00:36:02.540 --> 00:36:06.040 doesn't confuse 00:36:06.040 --> 00:36:08.240 you need its help 00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:09.300 you're under siege 00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:12.580 and you need to see 00:36:12.580 --> 00:36:13.120 the Jesus 00:36:13.120 --> 00:36:14.760 that John saw 00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:17.200 because we forget 00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:21.680 brothers and sisters 00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:25.280 revelation has come 00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:26.200 into your home 00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:28.500 hello my name is 00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.000 revelation 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:32.420 he's not a party 00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.400 guest to be avoided 00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:37.120 he is to be welcomed 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:39.739 he's to be embraced 00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:42.000 he's to be 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:43.000 knit into our life 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:45.039 because 00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:46.380 he uniquely 00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.679 brings good news 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.699 of Jesus Christ 00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.420 that is going to put 00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:50.019 courage 00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:51.239 in your heart 00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:53.159 and enable you 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.859 to overcome 00:36:53.859 --> 00:36:55.199 the challenges 00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.900 we face 00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:58.279 you need 00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:59.420 the book 00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.619 of revelation 00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:02.599 pray with me 00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:05.259 God in heaven 00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:07.740 thank you for this book 00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:10.200 and over the next 00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.880 several months 00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.680 as we make our way 00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:11.940 through 00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:14.260 would you wow us 00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:16.980 again and again 00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:20.380 with Jesus 00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:23.860 give us strength 00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.460 to endure 00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:26.620 to overcome 00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:29.340 for you 00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.960 Jesus 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:37.980 bless us 00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.019 bless us 00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.860 God 00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:40.840 with the words 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.420 of this book 00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:43.480 in Jesus name 00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.920 we pray 00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:45.420 amen 00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:55.340 we pray 00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.700 and again 00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.000 we pray 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.099 in Jesus 00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:01.079 to length 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:02.039 all 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.599 to be 00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.400 we pray 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.780 for him 00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:03.900 we pray 00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.360 in Jesus 00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.900 Hastings 00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:06.180 and again 00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:06.480 you 00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.380 come 21 00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:09.039 tombre 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.500 to be 00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.420 him 00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.559 and then 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.019 do 00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.599 my 00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:14.059 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