WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.060 Can we again open our Bibles if you have one? Revelation chapter 5. Let's read verse 5 and verse 6. 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:09.400 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:53.920 I don't know how familiar you are with the book of Revelation, but there's probably two main myths about the book of Revelation. 00:00:53.920 --> 00:01:05.740 One is it's about the future. Many people who speculate about these things say that the book of Revelation talks about things that will happen in the future. 00:01:06.420 --> 00:01:09.859 And they read all sorts of amazing things into the book. 00:01:10.620 --> 00:01:19.599 And especially in these days of power politics in the Middle East, there are many folks who say, well, it's obvious, it's all there in the book of Revelation. 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:28.219 Well, the book of Revelation, frankly, may allude to the future, but it is very much a book which talks about today. 00:01:28.659 --> 00:01:33.259 So that's mythology number one, that it's a book entirely about the future. 00:01:34.979 --> 00:01:37.519 Mythology number two is that it's a difficult book. 00:01:38.119 --> 00:01:40.060 Now, there's a certain degree of truth in that. 00:01:40.379 --> 00:01:48.139 The book of Revelation is perhaps not the easiest book in the Bible, but it's not as difficult as we think. 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:50.959 Remember, the Bible is a people's book. 00:01:51.299 --> 00:01:54.439 The Bible is written for every single one of us. 00:01:54.519 --> 00:02:05.700 It's not for experts to stand up in a podium and to explain it and unpack it to people as if there was some priestly caste who is understanding, 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.360 and the ordinary people can't really get it. 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:13.420 The Bible is a book for every single person. 00:02:13.860 --> 00:02:15.780 And there, of course, there's symbolism in the Bible. 00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:19.180 We'll see symbolism in the verses we're going to read. 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:23.880 But at the end of the day, it's not as difficult as it appears. 00:02:25.340 --> 00:02:30.540 And so if you were to have an image here about Revelation chapter 5, indeed the whole of Revelation, 00:02:30.539 --> 00:02:35.419 you would ask the question, what is behind the locked door? 00:02:36.739 --> 00:02:38.500 Or what is behind the curtain? 00:02:39.379 --> 00:02:41.719 Because the word Revelation means an unveiling. 00:02:42.139 --> 00:02:45.519 So what we have is you imagine something and it's mysterious. 00:02:46.979 --> 00:02:51.500 And someone says, look, you go into that room, but don't look behind the curtain, 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.340 because there are mysteries behind the curtain. 00:02:54.340 --> 00:03:03.159 And so look at the Revelation as the unveiling, the opening of the curtain to see what is behind it. 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:09.460 Now remember also that whenever we read the Bible, and again we see this tonight when we look at Esther, 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:14.860 there is really one story in the Bible, and that's the story of Jesus. 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:21.280 And the story of how Jesus came to save, and that runs from Genesis right on to Revelation. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.599 How he came on a great rescue mission. 00:03:25.819 --> 00:03:32.900 And so the hero of the Bible, the hero of the day, the hero of the hour is always the Lord Jesus. 00:03:34.139 --> 00:03:37.159 And of course he is featured very much in this chapter. 00:03:37.620 --> 00:03:39.120 He is seen there in two figures. 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:40.560 He is seen there as a lion. 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:43.759 We see that, of course, in verse 5. 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:47.300 And he's seen also as the lamb. 00:03:47.300 --> 00:03:56.200 There was a 13th century Italian philosopher known as Bonaventure. 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:00.200 And someone, a student, said to Bonaventure, 00:04:01.160 --> 00:04:04.100 why don't people love God more? 00:04:05.640 --> 00:04:11.620 And his reply was, they don't love him because they don't know him. 00:04:13.460 --> 00:04:14.900 It's interesting, isn't it? 00:04:14.900 --> 00:04:18.439 They don't love him because they don't know him. 00:04:19.579 --> 00:04:21.740 That's true very much here in the Western Isles. 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:27.139 The church-going population of the Western Isles is, I think, the highest in the United Kingdom 00:04:27.139 --> 00:04:35.699 at something like 10%, but 90% of folk don't appear to know him or don't appear to even care. 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:40.259 And I think a lot of the problem is that folk just don't know him. 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:41.340 They don't know about him. 00:04:41.379 --> 00:04:42.899 They don't know what he is like. 00:04:42.899 --> 00:04:45.679 And sometimes we've not really helped. 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:50.079 And so what I want to do here is look at this passage. 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:55.359 And the key word in the passage is, if you wanted one key word in the passage, 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:57.279 it is the word worthy. 00:04:58.179 --> 00:04:58.759 Dominates it. 00:04:58.839 --> 00:04:59.899 You see it there in verse 2. 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:01.899 You see it in verse 9. 00:05:02.019 --> 00:05:03.259 You see it in verse 12. 00:05:03.579 --> 00:05:06.639 It's the theme of the song of the angels in verse 9. 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:10.519 And worthy are you to take the scroll and open its seals. 00:05:11.139 --> 00:05:11.620 Worthy. 00:05:12.899 --> 00:05:16.060 And again, we'll unpack that in a wee while, God willing. 00:05:17.379 --> 00:05:22.479 But this morning, as we look at the passage, I just want us to notice, strangely enough, three things. 00:05:23.339 --> 00:05:26.699 The first thing we notice there is the scroll. 00:05:26.699 --> 00:05:29.879 And that kind of dominates the chapter, isn't it? 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:30.699 The scroll. 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:32.279 What do we notice about the scroll? 00:05:32.420 --> 00:05:37.519 Well, verse 1 and verse 3, we notice that the scroll is sealed. 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:43.259 And so you're always wondering, what's inside a sealed scroll? 00:05:44.219 --> 00:05:49.319 Well, we've got to ask ourselves, what exactly is this scroll? 00:05:50.180 --> 00:05:52.180 Verse 1 says it's got writing on it. 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:54.620 There's writing on it on both sides. 00:05:54.899 --> 00:05:58.079 The idea there is it's packed with information. 00:05:58.240 --> 00:05:59.299 It's packed with writing. 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:06.959 And there's lots of ideas, lots of theories about what actually is written on the scroll. 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:11.120 Some folks say it's prophecies are written on the scroll. 00:06:11.819 --> 00:06:14.560 There's another interesting view. 00:06:14.919 --> 00:06:16.719 It's the last will and testimony. 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:20.199 Some folks say it's the last will and testimony of Jesus. 00:06:20.419 --> 00:06:22.060 That's what's written on the scroll. 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:25.560 And so the picture is it's like the reading of a will. 00:06:26.579 --> 00:06:29.319 What has Jesus left for the church? 00:06:29.539 --> 00:06:30.680 And it's in the scroll. 00:06:30.799 --> 00:06:33.579 And people are really keen to open the scroll. 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:35.879 So it could be prophecies. 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:38.360 One view is it's the last will and testimony of Jesus. 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:44.920 And another view, and I think this is probably the most accurate, is everything's in the scroll. 00:06:46.100 --> 00:06:48.279 The history of the world is in the scroll. 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:50.899 The future is in the scroll. 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:55.240 The purposes and plan of God are in the scroll. 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:59.879 Wouldn't you like to know the purposes and plan of God? 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:03.920 Well, sometimes it's a blessing not to know the purposes and plan of God. 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:09.120 Have that picture in your mind that that's what the scroll is. 00:07:09.500 --> 00:07:14.339 It is the purposes and plan of God for everything. 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:16.939 It's not the first time we see the scroll. 00:07:17.019 --> 00:07:18.939 You see the scroll in Exodus chapter 2. 00:07:19.159 --> 00:07:20.139 The same book. 00:07:20.659 --> 00:07:21.319 Sorry, Ezekiel. 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:23.300 Ezekiel chapter 2 verse 10. 00:07:23.659 --> 00:07:24.659 Exact same book. 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:25.300 It says, 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:29.660 And both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe. 00:07:30.700 --> 00:07:32.660 It's seen in Psalm 139. 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:35.760 Within the volume of the book, it written as of me. 00:07:35.860 --> 00:07:42.340 All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to pass. 00:07:43.580 --> 00:07:50.780 And of course, in an ancient tradition, a book was often sealed after the contents were witnessed by seven people. 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:55.039 And so it's the future of humanity here. 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:56.759 And it is jaw-dropping. 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:01.199 Because when the book is opened, chapter 8 verse 1, 00:08:01.579 --> 00:08:06.179 it says that there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 00:08:08.799 --> 00:08:10.759 But there's a problem, isn't there? 00:08:12.159 --> 00:08:13.699 You've got this book. 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:15.059 You've got this scroll. 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:19.039 And it's got everything in it. 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:21.080 It's like a safe. 00:08:21.900 --> 00:08:24.000 But nobody knows the combination. 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:29.319 And you see here, there, the problem with scroll. 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:31.160 In verse 2, I ask the question, 00:08:31.320 --> 00:08:36.180 Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals? 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.139 You've got the picture there, haven't you? 00:08:40.259 --> 00:08:41.200 The scroll. 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:46.200 I see two concepts there, don't you? 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:50.780 The first concept I see is the concept of frustration. 00:08:52.560 --> 00:08:56.180 Who is able to open the scroll? 00:08:56.179 --> 00:09:01.000 It's like you know something is there. 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.959 Now, in the idiom of the day, there's something bigger going on here. 00:09:05.379 --> 00:09:09.679 Because not only did the person who opened the scroll see its contents, 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:13.419 but actually, in the context here, 00:09:13.719 --> 00:09:17.219 the person who opened the scroll didn't just read it, 00:09:17.339 --> 00:09:18.919 but they enacted it. 00:09:19.459 --> 00:09:20.919 They made it happen. 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:25.959 So, this stuff in the scroll wasn't going to happen. 00:09:26.479 --> 00:09:28.559 Good things, bad things, all these things, 00:09:28.899 --> 00:09:30.500 the future of humanity, 00:09:30.939 --> 00:09:32.659 the history of the world, 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:36.379 everything wasn't able to get going 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:38.860 unless someone opened the scroll. 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:43.759 The promise of the new heavens and the new earth. 00:09:44.319 --> 00:09:47.360 Although the book of Revelation is not all about the future, 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:49.759 where it is somewhat about the future. 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:53.580 That this world is not all there is to be. 00:09:53.820 --> 00:09:56.039 That there is a new creation. 00:09:56.500 --> 00:09:58.000 That there is a new day coming. 00:09:58.539 --> 00:10:00.320 That there is an end to all the tears. 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:02.139 That there is an end to all the pain. 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:05.519 That there is an end to all the frustration. 00:10:06.019 --> 00:10:09.700 That this valley of tears is not determinist. 00:10:09.700 --> 00:10:13.340 But that there will be a glorious new creation. 00:10:13.560 --> 00:10:16.120 But there is nobody able to enact it. 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:18.700 Because nobody can open the scrolls. 00:10:22.220 --> 00:10:25.620 And the book was in the hand of a man on a throne. 00:10:27.280 --> 00:10:29.900 And he is encircled by a rainbow. 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:30.960 Isn't he? 00:10:31.640 --> 00:10:32.980 And the rainbow there, 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.020 don't you just love rainbows? 00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:37.860 I don't know about you, 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:40.419 but my heart sings 00:10:40.419 --> 00:10:43.059 when I see a rainbow. 00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:46.899 Because it speaks to me about promise. 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:49.980 It speaks to me about God and the throne. 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:52.279 It speaks to me about a God who said, 00:10:52.419 --> 00:10:53.139 I am with you. 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:55.059 I will never leave you. 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.179 I'm the promise keeper. 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:01.980 And from the throne, 00:11:02.199 --> 00:11:03.679 yes, it's surrounded by a rainbow 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:05.679 and there's flashes of thunder. 00:11:06.439 --> 00:11:07.759 That's what God is. 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:10.139 God is a God of awe, 00:11:10.339 --> 00:11:11.399 of majesty, 00:11:11.599 --> 00:11:12.439 of wonder. 00:11:15.719 --> 00:11:17.959 But there's a frustration here, 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:18.639 isn't there? 00:11:20.719 --> 00:11:22.019 That's the first concept, 00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:22.779 it's frustration. 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:24.299 The second concept is 00:11:24.299 --> 00:11:26.559 what I've called worthiness. 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:32.519 They weren't looking for a powerful person. 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:36.899 Don't we today have world leaders 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:38.439 who talk about power? 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:41.339 They boast about power. 00:11:42.339 --> 00:11:45.120 My aircraft carrier is bigger than yours. 00:11:45.839 --> 00:11:48.239 My army is bigger than your army. 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:51.979 I am the emperor. 00:11:53.299 --> 00:11:54.519 What I say goes. 00:11:55.339 --> 00:11:55.679 Power. 00:11:57.259 --> 00:11:59.599 And it's seen there in the world stage. 00:11:59.719 --> 00:12:01.459 It's seen also in your office. 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.679 It's seen also in your home. 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:03.239 Power. 00:12:03.959 --> 00:12:06.579 And everybody is looking for power. 00:12:10.219 --> 00:12:13.019 But it's not a powerful person 00:12:13.019 --> 00:12:14.419 who opens a scroll. 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:17.839 This is how world politics, 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:19.319 this is how domestic politics 00:12:19.319 --> 00:12:20.699 gets it all wrong. 00:12:21.079 --> 00:12:22.399 Power is useless 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.259 in the kingdom of God. 00:12:24.659 --> 00:12:25.979 Power is also useless 00:12:25.979 --> 00:12:27.819 in the way the universe works. 00:12:27.820 --> 00:12:31.100 We're not looking for a man or woman of power. 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:33.400 Revelation chapter 5 00:12:33.400 --> 00:12:35.100 is looking for someone of worthiness. 00:12:36.160 --> 00:12:37.840 Who is worthy? 00:12:38.340 --> 00:12:40.000 Not a person who's powerful, 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:42.100 but a person who is good. 00:12:45.540 --> 00:12:46.060 Godly. 00:12:48.060 --> 00:12:48.620 Humble. 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:53.840 Not a person who sees himself as Jesus 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:57.179 or even a universal doctor. 00:12:57.179 --> 00:13:03.860 But someone who sees himself as nothing. 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:10.340 the power of goodness. 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:15.019 So the question goes out again. 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:19.639 Who is worthy? 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:23.439 You look in the world situation 00:13:23.439 --> 00:13:26.159 through history and through time, 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:26.879 who's worthy? 00:13:29.319 --> 00:13:30.779 Is there a worthy politician? 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:32.799 You see great humanitarians. 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.740 You know, 00:13:34.819 --> 00:13:36.279 we've seen them in the past. 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:37.339 Nelson Mandela, 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:38.199 Mother Teresa, 00:13:38.359 --> 00:13:39.779 great humanitarians, 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:41.299 wonderful people. 00:13:45.219 --> 00:13:46.319 The world leaders. 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.379 Who's good? 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:51.199 Is there one good figure 00:13:51.199 --> 00:13:55.479 for maybe the 00:13:55.479 --> 00:13:57.379 five of you 00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:59.000 who like Lord of the Rings? 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:01.379 Who is able 00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:03.120 to destroy the ring? 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:04.080 That that ring, 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:05.840 that malevolent thing 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:07.259 that brings misery 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:08.179 into the world 00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:10.039 is not a symbol of sin. 00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:11.500 It's not a symbol of transgression. 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:13.299 That misery thing 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:14.480 that brings 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:16.539 rottenness 00:14:16.539 --> 00:14:17.519 into the core 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:18.439 of everything in the world. 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:19.139 Who is able 00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:20.299 to destroy the ring? 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:24.559 Nobody. 00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:27.620 Verse 3, 00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:28.700 he's in despair. 00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:30.580 No one in heaven 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.460 or in earth 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:32.680 or under the earth 00:14:32.680 --> 00:14:33.400 was able 00:14:33.400 --> 00:14:34.620 to open the scroll 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.620 or to look into it. 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.020 Verse 4, 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:36.940 and I began 00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:38.320 to weep loudly. 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:39.220 That brings out 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.860 the original, 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:40.600 snorting, 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:41.780 wailing like an animal 00:14:41.780 --> 00:14:44.620 and inconsolable grief. 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:46.840 And if you have 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:47.420 a sensitive 00:14:47.420 --> 00:14:48.220 conscience, 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:49.860 that's how you'll feel 00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:50.360 just now 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:51.639 whenever you watch 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.240 the news. 00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:53.280 There are folk 00:14:53.280 --> 00:14:54.040 near to me 00:14:54.040 --> 00:14:54.820 who just can't 00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:56.060 watch the news anymore. 00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.160 It literally 00:14:57.160 --> 00:14:57.920 triggers 00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:59.219 an emotion 00:14:59.219 --> 00:14:59.879 of grief. 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.000 Where can we go? 00:15:01.099 --> 00:15:02.059 We're just lost. 00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:06.059 We need 00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:09.459 a Messiah. 00:15:11.459 --> 00:15:11.899 Don't we? 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:14.299 These islands 00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:15.199 need a Messiah. 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.579 Our nation 00:15:17.579 --> 00:15:18.559 needs a Messiah. 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.479 There are elections 00:15:20.479 --> 00:15:21.279 coming up 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.159 and folk are saying, 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:22.319 yeah, 00:15:22.319 --> 00:15:23.139 we are the people 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:24.219 who will sort this 00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:24.940 and sort that 00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:26.000 and sort the others. 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:31.320 Can't even get off 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:31.779 a ferry 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:32.720 in five minutes. 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:38.379 The world's 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.000 in a mess. 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.560 We need 00:15:41.560 --> 00:15:42.180 a Messiah. 00:15:45.160 --> 00:15:45.660 And so what 00:15:45.660 --> 00:15:46.000 do we see 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.500 in the passage? 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.639 We see a scroll, 00:15:47.800 --> 00:15:48.300 don't we? 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.360 And we're asking 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:51.060 this question, 00:15:51.160 --> 00:15:51.740 we need 00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:52.800 a Messiah. 00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:52.980 Messiah. 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:54.759 Enter 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:57.160 the Lamb. 00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:59.180 Point one, 00:15:59.300 --> 00:15:59.960 the scroll. 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:01.840 Point two, 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.540 the Lamb. 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:04.740 There's something 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:06.060 dramatic happens here. 00:16:06.420 --> 00:16:07.700 Look at verse five. 00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:08.740 I love the language 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.379 of verse five. 00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:09.899 It's very 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:11.279 military, 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:11.740 isn't it? 00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:13.000 Weep no more 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.740 and behold 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:15.120 the lion 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.879 of the tribe 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.500 of Judah. 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:17.420 The root 00:16:17.420 --> 00:16:18.019 of David 00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:18.879 has conquered 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:20.300 so that he 00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:21.279 can open 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:22.540 the scrolls. 00:16:22.920 --> 00:16:23.200 And there's 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:23.879 this image 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.920 of a lion, 00:16:25.140 --> 00:16:25.560 an image 00:16:25.560 --> 00:16:26.460 of power, 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.220 the king 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:27.840 of the jungle, 00:16:28.020 --> 00:16:28.940 invincibility. 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:29.540 You've seen 00:16:29.540 --> 00:16:30.820 a lion's jaws, 00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:31.340 how it can 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:32.740 just consume 00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.620 a wildebeest. 00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:34.900 A lion 00:16:34.900 --> 00:16:36.060 is at the top 00:16:36.060 --> 00:16:37.460 of the eating 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.360 hierarchy. 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:39.720 Lions eat 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.140 people, 00:16:40.280 --> 00:16:40.600 so there's 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.040 this image 00:16:41.040 --> 00:16:41.860 of power. 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.259 And Jesus 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:45.480 is that lion, 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.140 isn't he? 00:16:46.400 --> 00:16:47.420 He is the one 00:16:47.420 --> 00:16:48.220 who is of the 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:48.920 tribe of Judah. 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:49.879 He is the one 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:50.340 of the root 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.960 of David. 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.080 People talk 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.879 about Jesus, 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.899 gentle Jesus, 00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.539 meek and mild. 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:54.840 Yes, 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.419 he is. 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:56.659 But he's also 00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.259 lying. 00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.740 He's also 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.720 all-consuming. 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.320 He's also 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:01.139 powerful. 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.939 Folks say 00:17:02.939 --> 00:17:03.600 they don't know 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.220 about Jesus. 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:04.799 Do they know 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.579 about the Jesus 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.220 who is not 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:07.779 some sort of 00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:09.660 leftover 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.559 hippie 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.660 from the 60s? 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.420 Someone who 00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.099 just floats 00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:13.779 about being 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.380 nice to 00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:14.799 everyone? 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.339 No. 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.659 But there's 00:17:19.659 --> 00:17:20.480 more to 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.379 Jesus than 00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:22.119 the lion 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:23.159 is of 00:17:23.159 --> 00:17:23.579 Jesus. 00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.700 The lion 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.039 is a 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.419 lamb. 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:29.460 Looking for 00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:30.200 a lion, 00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.460 finding a 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:31.919 lamb. 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:33.579 That could 00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.079 be the 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.879 metaphor for 00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:35.480 where we 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.220 are in 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:37.480 Stornoway 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:37.819 today. 00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.240 That could 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.500 be a 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.099 metaphor of 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:39.480 where we 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:39.879 are in 00:17:39.879 --> 00:17:40.399 Scotland, 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:40.720 in the 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.079 United 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.419 Kingdom. 00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:41.680 We're 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.259 looking for 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.940 a lion. 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:47.059 But he 00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:48.419 sent a 00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:48.819 lamb. 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:51.659 What do we 00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.119 notice about 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:52.480 a lamb? 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.379 Well, one or 00:17:53.379 --> 00:17:53.919 two things. 00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.759 We notice 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.779 weakness, 00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.440 don't we? 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.119 This reveals 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:00.899 the values 00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:01.579 of the 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:01.919 Kingdom. 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.899 Strength 00:18:02.899 --> 00:18:04.159 is through 00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:05.299 weakness. 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.319 Strength 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:08.200 is through 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.960 weakness. 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:11.839 If you 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.359 watch the 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:13.200 major world 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:13.980 powers, 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.700 it's almost 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.480 a comedy 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:16.899 show, 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.440 isn't it? 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.200 Let's 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.480 take 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.019 Vladimir 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.759 Putin. 00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.519 You ever 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.019 seen his 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.460 table? 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:25.980 You need 00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.980 binoculars to 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:28.039 see the 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.500 guy at the 00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.000 other end. 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:29.720 It's the 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.579 biggest table 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.019 I've ever 00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.579 seen in 00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:32.200 the world. 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:33.759 So you've 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.740 got little 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.659 Vlad at 00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:36.200 one end of 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:36.700 this huge 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:37.099 table. 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.519 It's the 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.980 optics of 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.500 power, 00:18:39.659 --> 00:18:40.240 isn't it? 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.059 the optics of 00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:40.240 power, 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.059 the optics of 00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:40.240 power, 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.240 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.240 and then 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.779 of course 00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.940 we have 00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:48.159 the 00:18:48.159 --> 00:18:48.659 president 00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:48.940 with 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.359 Air 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.759 Force 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.240 One. 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.000 Invincible 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.519 world 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.119 power. 00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:55.359 I live in 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.639 Edinburgh 00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:56.019 when the 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.599 royals are 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:56.919 in town. 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.339 You always 00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:57.680 know the 00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:58.200 royals are 00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.559 in town. 00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:58.980 There's a 00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.519 cavalcade, 00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.079 the cars 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.500 are there, 00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.619 the motorcycle 00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.299 outriders, 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:03.379 the cars 00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:03.700 with the 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.460 flashing blue 00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:04.839 lights. 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.259 It's the 00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.819 royals, 00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:06.039 there's 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.579 power, 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.379 there is 00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:08.500 power here. 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:12.579 But here 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.759 is the 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:16.279 power of 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.160 the Lamb. 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.839 Folk talk 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.500 about soft 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.140 diplomacy, 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:21.680 don't they? 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.480 Soft power. 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.900 We are 00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.380 Christians, 00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:26.819 we are 00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.160 people, 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.779 men and 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.180 women of 00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.759 the kingdom. 00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.500 And this 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:33.420 is where 00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.480 our power 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.180 comes from. 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:35.779 And the 00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:36.240 power of 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.200 the kingdom 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:38.140 is inverse. 00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:39.220 isn't it? 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.860 It's the 00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:41.520 power of 00:19:41.520 --> 00:19:42.160 gentleness, 00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:42.600 it's the 00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.040 power of 00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:43.780 opposites, 00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.200 that the 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.660 way up 00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:44.980 is the 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.560 way down, 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.259 that those 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.540 who have 00:19:46.540 --> 00:19:47.160 less have 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:47.680 more, 00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:48.620 that those 00:19:48.620 --> 00:19:49.020 who have 00:19:49.020 --> 00:19:49.660 nothing have 00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:50.220 everything. 00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:51.460 It's the 00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.300 mathematics of 00:19:52.300 --> 00:19:52.680 the kingdom. 00:19:53.040 --> 00:19:53.300 And the 00:19:53.300 --> 00:19:54.060 paradox is 00:19:54.060 --> 00:19:54.580 things are 00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:55.580 not as 00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:56.780 they seem. 00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.759 Things are 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.120 not as 00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:01.580 they seem. 00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:05.280 Here we 00:20:05.280 --> 00:20:05.759 are in 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.140 this 00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:08.600 building. 00:20:09.280 --> 00:20:09.600 It's a 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:09.920 simple 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.380 building, 00:20:11.340 --> 00:20:12.080 traditional 00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:13.080 Presbyterian 00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:13.640 church, 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.480 plain 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.020 building. 00:20:19.020 --> 00:20:19.740 And yet 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.120 there's more 00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:20.820 power in 00:20:20.820 --> 00:20:21.180 here this 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.480 morning, 00:20:21.560 --> 00:20:21.960 isn't there, 00:20:23.540 --> 00:20:23.800 than 00:20:23.800 --> 00:20:24.280 Downing 00:20:24.280 --> 00:20:24.600 Street, 00:20:24.780 --> 00:20:25.200 Holyrood, 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.759 the Kremlin 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.200 and the 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.740 White House 00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.540 combined. 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.480 Isn't 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.740 there? 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:29.880 power. 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:32.880 But it's 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.420 a quiet 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:33.920 power. 00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.099 And that's 00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.359 the way 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:37.599 God most 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.700 often works. 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:38.940 Again, 00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.380 we'll see a 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:39.839 little bit of 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.319 that tonight 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.900 in Esther. 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.019 God doesn't 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.400 just work 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:42.680 with the 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.120 dramatic 00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.880 signs and 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.279 wonders. 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.079 He works 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:48.120 powerfully. 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.559 Have you 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:51.980 ever heard 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.380 the moon 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:53.099 operating in 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.620 the tide? 00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.359 Have you? 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:57.759 No, 00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.000 it's 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.619 silent. 00:20:59.699 --> 00:21:00.000 And yet 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:01.059 the seas 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:02.119 rise 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:03.679 and the 00:21:03.679 --> 00:21:04.119 seas 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.959 fall. 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:06.839 That's 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.359 power. 00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:09.759 The 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.519 lamb is 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.240 gentle, 00:21:11.459 --> 00:21:12.119 the lamb 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:13.039 is silent, 00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.699 the lamb 00:21:13.699 --> 00:21:14.740 is meek. 00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.719 We see 00:21:18.719 --> 00:21:19.259 weakness, 00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.059 but also 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.679 we see 00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:22.500 sacrifice, 00:21:22.679 --> 00:21:23.199 verse 6. 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.779 This is a 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.339 weird lamb. 00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.599 Verse 6, 00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.079 I saw a 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.000 lamb standing 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.919 as though 00:21:28.919 --> 00:21:29.459 it had 00:21:29.459 --> 00:21:30.659 been slain. 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.719 You know, 00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.859 the metaphors 00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.679 are bizarre. 00:21:34.219 --> 00:21:34.879 Not only 00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:37.279 is the 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.799 Messiah, 00:21:37.979 --> 00:21:38.419 not only 00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:38.639 is the 00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:38.939 one who 00:21:38.939 --> 00:21:39.339 is able 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.019 to open 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.279 the scrolls 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.599 a weak 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.240 lamb, 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.179 he's a 00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:44.539 dead 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.039 lamb. 00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:46.839 It looks 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.299 as if 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.879 he's been 00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.939 slain. 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.119 Now, 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.219 again, 00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:53.419 the gospel 00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:54.039 and grammar 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:55.199 as they 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.400 say, 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.700 I saw 00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.259 a lamb 00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.779 standing 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.460 as though 00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.940 it had 00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.200 been 00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.720 slain. 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.000 There's 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.880 an ambiguity 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.380 there. 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.680 Is it 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:01.960 dead? 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.220 Is it 00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.580 alive? 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:02.840 Well, 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.259 it looks 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.519 as though 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.080 it had 00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.400 been 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.160 slain, 00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.039 but, 00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:06.980 you know, 00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.980 it's 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:09.000 alive. 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:10.700 who 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.079 does that 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.700 remind you 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:11.819 of? 00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:11.980 That 00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.539 reminds you 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.079 of Jesus 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.359 and 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.880 resurrection. 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.700 He looks 00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:14.980 as if 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.319 he's been 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.700 slain, 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.140 but he 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.420 is 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.359 alive. 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.420 And this 00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.019 is us 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:23.480 right into 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.539 the heart 00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:26.339 of our 00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.839 faith. 00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:29.920 The 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.500 kernel of 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:30.619 the 00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:30.960 kernel, 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:33.339 the very 00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.359 epicenter 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.959 of the 00:22:34.959 --> 00:22:35.439 Christian 00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:35.979 faith. 00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.740 What is 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:36.939 the 00:22:36.939 --> 00:22:37.559 center of 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:37.759 the 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.240 gospel? 00:22:38.979 --> 00:22:39.379 What is 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.819 the center 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.199 of the 00:22:40.199 --> 00:22:40.500 church? 00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:40.959 It's not 00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:41.419 all the 00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:42.119 stuff. 00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.079 It's not 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.619 all the 00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.740 accoutrements. 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.199 It's not 00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:47.679 all the 00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.479 outward 00:22:48.479 --> 00:22:49.539 stuff in 00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.299 the church. 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.639 And that's 00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.240 what I 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.799 would love 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.259 to do, 00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.659 and that's 00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:53.960 what I 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.460 try and 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.720 do from 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.059 day to 00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.220 day. 00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:56.220 Get folk 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.639 to the 00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.200 kernel of 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.359 the 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.779 gospel, 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.659 and the 00:22:58.659 --> 00:22:59.339 kernel of 00:22:59.339 --> 00:22:59.539 the 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.779 gospel is 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:03.200 dear 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.000 dying 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.680 lamb, 00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:05.839 thy 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.440 precious 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:06.919 blood 00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:07.279 shall 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.919 never 00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.319 lose 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.559 its 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:08.980 power 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:10.359 till 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.879 all 00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.139 the 00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.700 ransomed 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.200 church 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.859 of God 00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.960 be saved 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.839 and sin 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:16.379 no more. 00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.019 This 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:20.079 is 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.559 a 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.220 foolish 00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.879 message. 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.079 You say 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.599 to it, 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.099 what is 00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:29.859 the answer 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.259 to the 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.779 world's 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.539 ills? 00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.339 A 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.119 dying 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:36.720 lamb 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:38.240 who was 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.940 sacrificed 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.819 for our 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.099 sin. 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.700 Look at 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.200 how all 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.799 the faith 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.639 traditions 00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.940 view God. 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.460 I was 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.920 in India 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.840 recently, 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.640 and it 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.420 was dominated 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.800 by the 00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.680 Hindu faith, 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.920 and there 00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.480 are shops 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.940 that sell 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.400 idols, 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.700 and they're 00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.460 all there, 00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:57.820 and they 00:23:57.820 --> 00:23:58.519 all look 00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.160 very 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.420 idly. 00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.539 The 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.880 gods 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:04.000 of human 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.519 invention 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.000 are either 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.759 too 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:09.039 bizarre 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:11.039 and remote 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.460 and up 00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.240 there and 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.440 unattainable, 00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.980 or they're 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.660 too human. 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:18.660 this is 00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.060 not an 00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:19.460 avatar, 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:19.960 this is 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.420 a flesh 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.000 and blood 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.320 god, 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.000 this is 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.720 a god. 00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.500 We've 00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:26.820 seen the 00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.279 scroll, 00:24:28.800 --> 00:24:29.800 we've 00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:30.120 seen a 00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.580 lamb. 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.519 Thirdly, 00:24:33.560 --> 00:24:33.980 what are the 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.640 implications? 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.400 The question 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.040 we may ask 00:24:36.040 --> 00:24:36.340 is, 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:38.200 so what? 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.000 Who 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.380 cares? 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:43.120 here we 00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.460 are, 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.140 a few 00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.380 folk 00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.700 gathered 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.100 here in 00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.300 this 00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:45.640 building, 00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:45.960 Kenneth 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.200 Street. 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.620 You go 00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.180 home and 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.820 someone says, 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.080 oh, 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.480 what was he 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.900 on about 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.320 today? 00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.880 Well, 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.540 he spoke 00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:54.920 about a 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.200 lamb. 00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.880 What else 00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.120 did he 00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.680 speak about? 00:25:00.540 --> 00:25:01.220 Spoke about 00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.180 gentleness, 00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.920 spoke about 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.820 sacrifice, 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.560 a lamb who 00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:06.060 died for 00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.580 our sins. 00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:10.419 So what? 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.960 I think 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.579 this passage 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:14.980 speaks, 00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.460 and this is 00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.679 the application 00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.720 for today, 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.480 there's several 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.159 levels of 00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:19.679 application. 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.699 The first, 00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.919 the passage 00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.720 to me speaks 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.359 in terms of 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.119 reversals. 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.960 Number one, 00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.339 there's a 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.019 reversal of 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.559 power. 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.019 Look at 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.960 verse six. 00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:32.419 Here we 00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:32.839 move into 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.379 symbolism. 00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.000 The lamb 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.539 looking as if 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.919 it had been 00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:36.539 slain with 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.519 seven horns 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.000 and seven 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.259 eyes. 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.480 Well, 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.240 you know, 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.359 symbolism 101 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.339 tells you that 00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.099 seven is the 00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.480 number of 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.099 perfection. 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.240 Every school 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.799 girl knows 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.180 that. 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.879 Seven is the 00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:48.240 word of 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.700 perfection. 00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.639 So when you've 00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.200 got seven 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.079 horns, 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.159 horn is a 00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.819 symbol of 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.259 power. 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:53.980 Again, 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.759 that's not a 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:56.960 complex image. 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.119 The eyes, 00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.759 wisdom. 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.579 Zechariah speaks 00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.240 of the seven 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.019 eyes of the 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.500 Lord which 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.480 range throughout 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.220 the earth. 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.519 Stop right 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.839 there. 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.680 Stop right 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.519 there. 00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.160 The lamb 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.759 has seven 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.119 horns. 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.539 He's all 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.220 powerful. 00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.900 And he's 00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.500 got seven 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.099 eyes. 00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:17.559 He sees 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.619 everything. 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.359 Again, 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.059 the present 00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.779 tense is 00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.379 used of 00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.980 the power 00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.819 and not 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.460 the visibility 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.079 of the 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.440 lamb but 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.039 the vision 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.400 of the 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.940 lamb that 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.779 he can see 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.839 absolutely 00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.579 everything. 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:33.939 think for 00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:34.379 a moment 00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:36.240 of the 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.960 people to 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.460 whom the 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.799 book of 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.339 revelation 00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.199 was written. 00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.699 It wasn't 00:26:41.699 --> 00:26:42.599 written to a 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.220 group of 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.759 comfortable 00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.339 Christians 00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.179 in an 00:26:45.179 --> 00:26:45.539 island, 00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:48.119 seated in 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.399 nice padded 00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:51.419 pews in a 00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.379 warm building 00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:53.659 like us. 00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:55.940 the book of 00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:57.080 revelation was 00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.860 written by 00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:59.060 two people 00:26:59.060 --> 00:26:59.980 who perhaps 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.779 the very next 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.640 day they would 00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.540 have been fed 00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:03.259 to the 00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.759 lions. 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.940 It was 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.500 written to the 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.040 persecuted 00:27:06.040 --> 00:27:06.460 church. 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.000 It was 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.400 written to 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.900 people who 00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.560 feared the 00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.300 Roman Empire. 00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.400 The Roman Empire 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.460 was tyrannical. 00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.600 It was going to 00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.700 massacre people. 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.680 That's who it 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.620 was written to. 00:27:17.040 --> 00:27:18.279 Not folk in a 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.259 tidy situation 00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.980 like us but 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.580 folk who in 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.179 fear of their 00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:21.779 lives. 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:23.980 Suffering 00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.980 persecution for 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.500 their faith. 00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.879 And so much 00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.579 of this was 00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.980 behind closed 00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.539 doors. 00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:32.000 See that again? 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:33.019 Closed doors, 00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:33.539 veil. 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.199 And they 00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:39.599 wondered, 00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:41.299 did anyone 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:43.460 ever notice? 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:45.939 Did you ever 00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:46.299 think that? 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.879 Does anybody 00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:48.220 ever notice? 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.279 I heard in the 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.939 news two days 00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.179 ago, 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.880 Nigeria. 00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.060 The persecution 00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:52.840 of Christians 00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:53.779 in Nigeria 00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.380 is going 00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:54.940 through the 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.640 roof and 00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.480 only recently 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.180 has it begun 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:58.019 to be spoken 00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.460 about. 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.820 I read 00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.759 this morning, 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.940 that's an 00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.360 incredible 00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.920 statistic, 00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:09.759 365 million 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.420 Christians, 00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.500 one in 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.799 seven Christians 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.380 in the world, 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.340 one in seven, 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:16.600 365 million 00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.299 are being 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.600 persecuted for 00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.340 their faith. 00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:22.960 who cares? 00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.920 Who knows? 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:24.960 Who knows? 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.560 He sees. 00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.680 In verse 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:33.960 seven, 00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:34.799 he took the 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.580 scroll from 00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.080 a hand. 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.900 Didn't he? 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.680 Verse seven 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.320 says that. 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.360 He went and 00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:40.960 took the scroll 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.519 from the right 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.100 hand of him 00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.660 who was seated 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.440 on the throne. 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.740 the will of the 00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.160 father and 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.360 son are one. 00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:51.180 Do you feel 00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.759 you're alone? 00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.600 Churches can 00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.059 feel 00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:57.360 isolating 00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.100 places at 00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.380 times, 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.759 don't they? 00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.259 you've got 00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.619 the inner 00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.119 people, 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.660 you've got 00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.400 the circle, 00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.420 the in 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.859 crowd, 00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.440 but you're 00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.019 not one of 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.400 the in 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.759 crowd. 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.140 You're just 00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.819 sitting there 00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.420 in the pew. 00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.299 Does 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.819 anybody know 00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.240 I'm here? 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.480 Does 00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.440 anybody care? 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.519 care? 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.519 He cares. 00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.380 There's a 00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.019 Zulu 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.920 greeting. 00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:25.259 Not used 00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.799 it often 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.440 myself, 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.080 but there's 00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.620 a Zulu 00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.160 greeting 00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:30.840 and it's 00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.920 sawabona. 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.600 Sawabona. 00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.759 It means, 00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.559 if there are 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.360 any Zulu 00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:38.140 speakers here, 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.779 they'll correct 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.360 my pronunciation, 00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:39.940 it simply 00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.279 means, 00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.640 I see 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.019 you. 00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.740 I see 00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.039 you. 00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.960 quiet, 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.559 marginal 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:50.140 person 00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:51.140 suffering 00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.980 without anybody 00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.559 knowing your 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.200 story. 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.299 The lamb 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.059 in the midst 00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.039 of the throne 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:59.180 sees you. 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.720 So there's 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:03.240 a reversal 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.580 of status 00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:04.820 here. 00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.140 Look at 00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.580 what the 00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.420 passage says. 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.960 These saints 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.259 have been 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.940 despised for 00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.380 many years, 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.880 not many 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.220 noble, 00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.779 not many 00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.160 wise, 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.559 but he 00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.580 sees you. 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:18.700 verse 8. 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:18.940 Isn't 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.440 that intriguing? 00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.080 They fell 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.460 down before 00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.900 the lamb, 00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.420 each one 00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.039 holding a 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.519 harp and 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.000 a golden 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.779 bow full 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.059 of the 00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.660 incense. 00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.400 Again, 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.880 we know 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.100 what the 00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.740 incense is, 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.539 which are 00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.180 the prayers 00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:30.220 of the 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.860 saints. 00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:33.240 the 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:37.599 prayers of 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:37.759 the 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.199 saints. 00:30:43.979 --> 00:30:44.679 And the 00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.119 prayers are 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.559 answered. 00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.139 The 00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:48.079 worthiness is 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.500 the scene. 00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.139 And notice 00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:49.559 what the 00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.979 worthiness 00:30:49.979 --> 00:30:50.339 is. 00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:50.740 The 00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.299 worthiness 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.419 arose from 00:30:52.419 --> 00:30:53.500 his death, 00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.819 slain with 00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:56.000 that blood. 00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:56.919 Verse 2, 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.279 there was 00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.919 silence in 00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.179 heaven. 00:30:58.679 --> 00:30:59.319 Verse 9, 00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.759 there's this 00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.740 chorus of 00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.799 wonder of 00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.579 praise. 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.480 There's a 00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.279 reversal of 00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.859 status. 00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:10.179 But then 00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.819 thirdly and 00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.200 finally, 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.659 there's a 00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.539 reversal of 00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:14.019 exclusivism. 00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:14.539 Look at 00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.200 verse 9. 00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.319 Whether you 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.500 are to 00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.059 take the 00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:18.039 scroll and 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.480 to open 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.899 its seals, 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.259 for you 00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.919 were slain 00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:20.339 and by 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.000 your blood 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.379 you ransomed 00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.079 people for 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.679 God from 00:31:23.679 --> 00:31:25.039 every tribe 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.740 and language 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.480 and people 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.399 and nation. 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:30.040 the true 00:31:30.040 --> 00:31:31.820 internationalism 00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:32.180 of the 00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.660 church. 00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:35.460 One of my 00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.100 big things, 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.740 I pray for 00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.160 our own 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.780 denomination, 00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.420 is it 00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.940 will become 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.519 bigger, 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.820 it will 00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.360 become 00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:42.080 poorer, 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.980 and it 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.460 will become 00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.080 darker. 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.380 Bigger, 00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:45.880 poorer, 00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.500 darker. 00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:46.920 What does 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.340 that mean? 00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.740 Bigger means 00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.040 that we 00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:49.519 want to 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.900 see our 00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.320 churches 00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:51.420 grow and 00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.120 expand. 00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.920 We want 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.220 to see 00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.940 people come 00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.660 to faith, 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.680 not just 00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.400 splitting 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.220 churches 00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.000 and forming 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.800 new churches, 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.080 not just 00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.960 doing that 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.880 constantly, 00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:02.460 it gets a 00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.019 bit weary, 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.120 but people 00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.840 who are 00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.900 non-believers 00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.640 seeing the 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.200 beauty of 00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.640 Jesus, 00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.240 seeing the 00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.740 beauty of 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.480 Jesus and 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.000 running to 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.480 him and 00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.300 filling up 00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:12.759 the churches 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.019 that we 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.259 have, 00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:13.980 planting new 00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.259 churches, 00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.840 bigger, 00:32:15.780 --> 00:32:16.700 also poorer, 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.240 that we 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.980 have folk 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.840 from every 00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:20.180 socio-economic 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.660 unit, 00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.160 that we've 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.620 got folk 00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:22.460 from housing 00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.860 schemes, 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.240 that we've 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.660 got folk 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.100 from all 00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:25.259 over as 00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.420 well, 00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.800 darker for 00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:27.860 ethnic 00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.840 diversity. 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.660 And that's 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.300 the promise. 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.600 You ransom 00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.140 people from 00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:38.259 every tribe 00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.880 and language 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.440 and people 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.019 and nation, 00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:41.080 whoever you 00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.539 are in 00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.080 this island. 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.539 And one 00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.840 of the 00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.860 great things 00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.180 about the 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.560 highlands 00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:45.120 and islands, 00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:46.340 whether not 00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:46.920 everyone sees 00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.340 it as great, 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.700 but I 00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.240 certainly see 00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.500 it as great, 00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:48.779 is the 00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.500 diversity 00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.940 of our 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.360 religions, 00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.600 people who 00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.640 come from 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.720 every single 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.120 area. 00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.480 And the 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.560 wonderful thing 00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:56.259 is that 00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.300 they're welcome 00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:57.660 in the 00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.180 church of 00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.900 God. 00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:05.560 Someone once 00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:05.920 said to me, 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.300 what's your 00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:06.600 name? 00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.020 I said, 00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:08.259 David Meredith. 00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.420 And the 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.940 reply was, 00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.520 Meredith, 00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:13.680 what sort 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.380 of a name 00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.200 is that? 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:17.660 I'm sorry 00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.500 I wasn't a 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.180 McLeod or 00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:20.000 a Nicholson 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.360 or a 00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:21.000 McKenzie 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.559 or a 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.940 Smith 00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.400 or a 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.920 Bacani. 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:28.279 Every tribe 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.039 and language 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.720 and people 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.519 and nations 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.380 folk with 00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.120 the weirdest 00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:33.700 names and 00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.220 folk from 00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:36.120 every complexity 00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:38.360 purchased. 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.340 We look for 00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:43.539 the internationalism 00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.319 of the church. 00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:48.100 So what do 00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.460 we have 00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.700 here? 00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.340 Let's 00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:51.200 come into 00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.640 land. 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.000 We've got 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.600 the world 00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.440 in a mess. 00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.120 And how 00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.580 can I put 00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:00.120 it simply? 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.059 We've got 00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.840 a Messiah. 00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:04.200 A Messiah 00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:05.819 who can 00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:07.220 change the 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.920 world and 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.639 change your 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.139 heart and 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.619 change your 00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.240 life. 00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.300 What do 00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.679 we have 00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:13.920 here? 00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:15.179 Some folks 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.699 say it's 00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:17.299 too good 00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:17.739 to be 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.079 true. 00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.339 It is 00:34:21.339 --> 00:34:21.819 true. 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.299 Folks, 00:34:22.399 --> 00:34:22.599 it's 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.279 true. 00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.079 The 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.879 gospel's 00:34:24.879 --> 00:34:25.480 true. 00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.799 Jesus is 00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.500 the lamb. 00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.519 Jesus is 00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.899 the one 00:34:28.899 --> 00:34:29.519 who says 00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.259 trust in 00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.419 me, 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.019 lean in 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.279 me. 00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.399 Jesus is 00:34:32.399 --> 00:34:32.659 the one 00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:32.940 who says 00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.179 yes, 00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.599 I have 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.299 died, 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.919 but I've 00:34:34.919 --> 00:34:35.480 died for 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.099 you so 00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.579 that you 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.179 would not 00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.819 die. 00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:39.739 And I'm 00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.039 going to 00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.500 bring a 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.579 new creation. 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.719 I'm 00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:42.940 going to 00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.319 make this 00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:43.900 world 00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.900 new. 00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.840 There's 00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.159 going to 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.679 be a 00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.099 freedom 00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.840 from all 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.279 sin, 00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.619 freedom 00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.139 from all 00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.500 illness, 00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.099 freedom 00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.579 from all 00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.119 division, 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.480 freedom 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.880 from 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.519 everything. 00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:57.159 The four 00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.480 living 00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.099 creatures, 00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.400 what did 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.860 they do? 00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:03.120 verse 14. 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.700 They said 00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.559 Amen. 00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:08.240 And the 00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:09.820 elders fell 00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:11.920 and worshipped 00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.180 him. 00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:17.200 We're 00:35:17.200 --> 00:35:17.720 Lewis folk. 00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.019 We don't 00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.680 say Amen 00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:19.220 out loud. 00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.940 We say 00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.599 in here. 00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.740 Sing it 00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.240 out or 00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.620 keep it 00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:25.820 in. 00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.579 It doesn't 00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:26.980 matter. 00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.700 Our 00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:29.340 response 00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.980 this morning 00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.840 should be 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:32.460 Amen. 00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.860 And we 00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.780 fall down 00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:37.720 and 00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.300 worship 00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.800 him. 00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.700 Father, 00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.220 we thank 00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:41.600 you for 00:35:41.600 --> 00:35:42.340 your word, 00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.700 for its 00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.360 power, 00:35:45.600 --> 00:35:46.400 and the 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.960 power of 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.400 God 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.500 unto 00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.120 salvation. 00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.680 Help us 00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.280 today to 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:53.039 rejoice in 00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.600 the Lamb 00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:55.280 and to 00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.760 see him 00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.260 as King 00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.800 of Kings 00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.300 and Lord 00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.920 of Lords. 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.079 Amen. 00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:07.500 we sing 00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.180 in Psalm 00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:09.400 34 from 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.620 the 00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:10.140 Scottish 00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:11.000 Psalter, 00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:12.700 page 247. 00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:18.980 Scottish 00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:20.000 Psalter is 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.360 Psalm 00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.280 34 00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:25.579 from 00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.019 verse 00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.960 8. 00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:28.759 The tune 00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:28.900 is 00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.699 Denfield. 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.799 O taste 00:36:31.799 --> 00:36:32.259 and see 00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:32.860 that God 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.519 is good, 00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.259 who trusts 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.599 in him 00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.279 is blessed. 00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.799 Fear God 00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.039 has 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.440 saints, 00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:37.980 none that 00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.679 in fear 00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.159 shall be 00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.739 with want 00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.319 oppressed. 00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:41.179 Singing 00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.759 to verse 00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:43.019 15, 00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.139 to God's 00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.380 praise, 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.920 O taste 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.279 and see 00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:45.779 that God 00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.219 is good. 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.900 Standing 00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.599 need 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.400 to sing. 00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.599 Amen. 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.599 00:36:47.599 --> 00:37:17.579 Thank you. 00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:47.579 Thank you. 00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:49.599 Thank you. 00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:19.599 Thank you. 00:38:47.599 --> 00:39:07.299 And now may the grace of Lord Jesus, the love of God the Father, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be upon us all now and forever. Amen. 00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:37.280 Thank you. 00:39:37.300 --> 00:40:07.280 Thank you.