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 My brother-in-law has given us his Sky code so we can watch on the iPad and Sky TV. It's a remarkable thing and a wonderful thing.

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 What it means is that you can get up on a Saturday morning and you can watch three international rugby test matches. And then in the afternoon you can watch three international football games. It's a great recipe for family harmony.

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 But one of the things that you notice is as you watch rugby and football there's many, many differences. But one of the big differences is the managers or the coaches.

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 And you notice in football they stand in a little box by the side of the pitch and they shout and they gesticulate and they scream at their players.

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 But in rugby the coaches or managers don't stand at the side of the pitch. They now sit in the stands and they sit in the box.

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 And the reason for that is it gives them a better perspective. They can see the whole of the pitch. They can see the whole of the team.

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 And in Isaiah 13 we begin a new section of the book of Isaiah that we're working through.

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 And you can say it's as if Isaiah takes his audience up the steps of the stadium of the world.

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 So that you can get a better vantage point of what is going on. So that you can see the whole game.

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 And so from verses 13 to 23 you will see that there are ten oracles or ten burdens, ten messages that are delivered by Isaiah to ten nations.

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 On one level you could say that it's Isaiah's state of the nations address.

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 But what we're going to see is that Isaiah doesn't deliver these oracles to the respective nations.

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 He doesn't go to them. No, the audience for each oracle is actually the people of Judah.

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 And particularly the remnant.

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 That group of people within the people of Judah that were actually holding on to God.

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 They were trusting in God.

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 And not forsaking God.

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 And Isaiah speaks to them, these ten oracles.

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 So the question is why would it be important for these people,

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 to this small little group of God's people,

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 to hear about what is going to happen amongst the world?

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 What is going to happen to these other super nations?

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 These other nations?

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 And here's the reason.

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 Paraphrase Bob Dylan.

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 You've got to trust somebody.

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 You've got to trust somebody.

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 And Isaiah wants his audience to understand,

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 whatever you do,

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 you don't want to trust the nations.

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 Whatever you do,

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 you don't want to trust the nations.

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 And Judah, little tiny Judah,

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 is going to be tempted to seek alliances with other nations,

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 to deliver them,

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 to protect them from their enemies.

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 And Isaiah says,

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 don't put your trust in them.

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 And the question is,

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 well, if you're going to trust somebody,

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 who are you going to trust?

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 And over and over and over again,

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 Isaiah wants them to understand,

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 that they've got to trust the Lord.

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 They've got to trust God,

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 because he is sovereign over all the nations.

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 And through these chapters,

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 we are going to find that God is not just in the coach's box,

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 watching the action,

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 seeing what the opposition is doing,

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 and then acting and reacting accordingly.

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 No, God is in absolute control

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 of everything that is going on below.

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 that his game plan is being executed sovereignly,

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 with all the twists and all the turns.

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 But as we're going to see,

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 God has got his eye

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 on the final play of the game.

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 And the reason Isaiah gives us a glimpse

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 into the playbook of God here,

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 is because Isaiah's role here as the prophet

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 is to be a faith builder.

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 He wants to encourage the faith of the people of Judah.

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 He wants to encourage you and I

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 to not give up as God's people,

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 to not give up trusting God.

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 It is to encourage you and I

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 not to look for our security

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 and our identity in other things,

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 in other places,

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 but to keep trusting in the Holy One of Israel.

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 You've got to trust somebody,

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 says Isaiah.

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 And here is why that somebody needs to be God.

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 And the first oracle, Isaiah,

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 gives us specific reasons

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 why we are to trust God.

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 And the specific reason comes in five words.

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 Five words.

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 Why you need to trust God.

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 Why is it that he needs to be

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 your only and ultimate security?

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 Five words.

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 It's the day of the Lord.

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 The day of the Lord.

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 That's the reason.

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 The day of the Lord.

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 For what ultimate purpose?

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 So we're going to ask.

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 Four questions.

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 We're going to ask what, why, who,

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 and for what ultimate purpose?

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 What, why, who,

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 and for what ultimate purpose?

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 Number one.

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 What is the day of the Lord?

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 Look at verses one to eight.

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 What is the day of the Lord?

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 Verse one.

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 The oracle concerning Babylon,

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 which Isaiah, the son of Amor,

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 saw on a bare hill,

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 raised a signal,

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 cry aloud to them,

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 wave the hand for them

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 to enter the gates of the nobles.

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 I myself have commanded

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 my consecrated ones,

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 my set apart ones,

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 and have summoned my mighty men

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 to execute my anger,

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 my proudly exulting ones.

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 The sound of a tumult is on the mountain,

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 as of a great multitude.

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 The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,

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 of nations gathering together.

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 The Lord of hosts is mustering

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 a host for battle.

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 They come from a distant land,

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 from the end of the heavens.

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 The Lord and the weapons

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 of his indignation

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 to destroy the whole land.

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 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near.

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 As destruction from the almighty

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 it will come.

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 Therefore all hands will be feeble,

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 and every heart will melt,

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 and they will be dismayed.

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 Pangs and agony will seize them.

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 There will be an anguish

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 like a woman in labour.

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 They will look aghast at one another.

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 Their faces will be aflame.

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 The language is very unnerving.

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 And yet, as the reader and the listener,

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 we are drawn into this.

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 As we hear the various commands

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 that are being uttered,

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 raise a banner,

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 listen,

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 listen,

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 wail,

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 and other commands

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 as you go through the chapter,

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 it doesn't take too much investigation

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 to realise why all these commands

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 are being given.

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 They are being given

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 because the day of the Lord,

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 the day of the Lord

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 is actually a day of judgment.

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 It will, says Isaiah,

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 come like destruction

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 from the almighty,

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 and it is God

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 who is the one

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 who is in charge.

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 God is not watching

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 from a distance.

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 He is in charge,

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 he is directing,

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 he is controlling,

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 and yet the judgment

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 that is to come on Babylon,

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 we read off here,

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 is to come at the hands

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 of other nations.

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 God is gathering an army

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 from the other nations

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 around to defeat Babylon.

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 It's probably worth pointing out,

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 isn't it,

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 that in verse 3,

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 it says consecrated ones,

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 it might even say holy ones

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 in your translation of the Bible.

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 That doesn't mean holy

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 in the sense of

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 holy, holy, holy

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 is the Lord God almighty.

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 They're not holy in themselves,

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 but they are holy

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 in the sense of the word

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 is set apart.

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 They've been set apart,

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 they've been consecrated

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 by God

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 for the task

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 that he's called them to do.

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 And at the end of verse 3,

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 we see that they are

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 proudly exalted ones.

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 They are full of themselves,

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 aren't they,

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 the psalmist?

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 They think they're chocker,

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 they're full of themselves.

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 These warriors,

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 they are full of arrogance

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 and boasting.

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 But unknown to them,

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 God has claimed them

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 to achieve

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 his ultimate purposes.

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 And his purpose

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 is to bring wrath

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 and judgment to Babylon.

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 And the result of this day,

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 verse 7,

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 is

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 feeble hands

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 and melting hearts.

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 What a picture of helplessness.

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 Demoralization.

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 Total personal paralysis.

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 Feeble hands

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 and melting hearts.

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 The day of the Lord,

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 we see,

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 is a fearful day.

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 It's a day of divine judgment.

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 And at the same time

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 as we read on,

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 we discover, however,

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 that this day of the Lord

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 seems to point

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 beyond this particular judgment

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 that is coming

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 on the nation of Babylon.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 Behold,

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 the day of the Lord

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 comes cruel

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 with wrath

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 and fierce anger

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 to make the land

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 a desolation

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 and to destroy

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 its sinners from it.

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 For the stars

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 of the heavens

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 and their constellations

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 will not give their light.

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 The sun will be dark

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 on its rising

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 and the moon

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 will not shed its light.

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 I will punish

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 the world

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 for its evil

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 and the wicked

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 for their iniquity.

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 I will put an end

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 to the pomp

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 and the arrogant

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 and lay low

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 the pompous pride

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 and the ruthless.

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 Verse 13.

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 Therefore I will make

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 the heavens tremble

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 and the earth

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 will be shaken

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 and misplaced.

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 Can you see

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 the day of the Lord

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 that Isaiah is talking about here

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 is cosmic in its effect.

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 And that is the unison chorus

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 of the prophets

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 throughout the Old Testament.

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 The day of the Lord

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 is cosmic.

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 But this day of the Lord

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 is not only coming later

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 but it is also coming

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 much later.

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 And that is one

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 of the challenging parts

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 of reading

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 the Old Testament

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 prophets, isn't it?

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 Because the prophets

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 seem to occupy

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 they seem to operate

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 in three different

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 time zones.

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 You know,

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 you go into those

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 buildings sometimes

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 and there are

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 those offices

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 and there are

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 three clocks

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 on the wall.

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 There's a clock

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 at the time of the UK

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 GMT

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 Greenwich Mean Time

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 and then there's

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 a clock about Tokyo

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 and then one about

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 New York say

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 and there's three

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 different time zones.

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 And the prophets

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 of the Lord

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 they operate

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 in three different

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 time zones.

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 They operate

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 in the now

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 and the later

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 and the much later.

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 Have you got that?

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 The now

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 and the later

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 and the much later.

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 And we've already

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 seen them in the

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 first twelve chapters

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 how the prophet

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 in a sense

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 is speaking

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 in the now time zone.

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 He's contending

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 the people of Judah

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 for their abandonment

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 of God.

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 But here in chapter 13

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 we've been an example

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 of the later

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 time zone

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 and the much

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 later time zone.

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 But the difficulty

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 is that sometimes

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 the prophets

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 don't delineate

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 very quickly

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 very clearly today

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 entirely well

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 between the two

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 time zones

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 together.

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 But it's clear

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 he's not just

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 talking about

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 a later period

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 a time that's to come

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 but a much later

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 period.

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 That this judgment

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 on Babylon

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 is pointed

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 to a cosmic

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 judgment.

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 A cataclysmic

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 judgment

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 when God

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 will pour out

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 his wrath

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 in judgment

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 on the world

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 and we're told

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 here on the

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 whole earth.

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 The heavens

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 will tremble.

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 He will pour out

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 his wrath

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 and judgment

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 on the day

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 of the Lord

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 on which day

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 on which the day

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 that Babylon

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 will fall.

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 Well on the day

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 that Babylon

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 will fall

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 is just actually

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 a pale shadow

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 of that great

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 and terrible day.

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 The day of the

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 Lord is a day

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 of judgment.

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 But it's ultimate

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 manifestation

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 the ultimate

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 day of the Lord

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 still lies in the

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 future.

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 So that in a sense

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 is the what

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 of the day of the

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 Lord

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 a day of divine

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 judgment.

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 The second question

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 is why?

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 Why?

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 What is God's

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 reason for the

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 day of the Lord?

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 Look at verse 11

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 I will punish

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 the world

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 for its evil

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 and the wicked

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 for their

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 iniquity.

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 I will put

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 an end to

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 the pomp

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 of the arrogant

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 and lay low

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 the pompous

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 pride of the

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 ruthless.

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 Now the

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 danger here

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 is that we

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 read a verse

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 like this

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 and we begin

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 to think to

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 ourselves

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 well finally

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 God is going

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 to sort

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 this world

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 out.

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 He's going

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 to get rid

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 of all the

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 evils.

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 He's going

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 to get rid

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 of all the

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 wickedness.

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 He's going

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 to get rid

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 of the terrorists

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 and the rapists

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 and the murderers

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 and then he's

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 going to give

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 the rest of us

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 a much better

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 world to live

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 in.

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 And when we

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 go down that

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 route we

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 find ourselves

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 we give

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 ourselves far

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 too much

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 credit.

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 Listen to this

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 quote by the

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 Russian writer

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 Solzhenitsyn.

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 He says

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 if only there

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 were evil

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 people somewhere

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 insidiously

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 committing evil

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 deeds and it

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 were necessary

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 only to separate

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 them from the

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 rest of us and

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 destroy them.

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 But the line

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 dividing good and

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 evil cuts through

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 the heart of

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 every human

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 being and who

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 is willing to

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 destroy a piece

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 of his own

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 heart.

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 You see the

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 why of the

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 day of the

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 Lord is sin

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 and evil

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 but all of

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 us, every

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 single one of

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 us stand

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 condemned.

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 All of us

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 have missed

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 the mark

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 for how God

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 intends us to

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 live.

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 We do that

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 by sense of

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 commission

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 when we lie

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 or steal

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 or covet

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 what other

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 people have.

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 We do it by

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 sense of

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 omission

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 too when we

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 fail to love

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 other people

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 as we are

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 called to do.

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 When we

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 fail to

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 forgive

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 when we

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 refuse to

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 be content

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 with what we

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 have in

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 life and

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 we're always

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 wanting more.

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 All of us,

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 think about it

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 another way,

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 all of us

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 may have

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 built our

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 identity on

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 something other

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 than God.

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 And so by

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 this account

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 we are guilty.

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 We've looked

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 at other

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 things other

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 than God

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 and thought

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 if only I

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 had that.

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 If only I

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 had that I'd

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 be condemned.

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 If I just

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 had that dress

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 or if I

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 could just

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 live in that

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 house or

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 if I could

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 just have

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 that job

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 or if I

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 could just

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 have that

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 husband,

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 we've looked

00:14:07.939 --> 00:14:08.259
 at those

00:14:08.259 --> 00:14:08.679
 things and

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 we've thought

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 if only I

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 had those

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 things then I

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 feel valuable.

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 Then I feel

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 significant.

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 I feel I

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 have meaning

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 if I get

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 those results,

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 if I achieve

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 this.

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 And as such

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 we've made

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 those things

00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:24.740
 more fundamental

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 to our security

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 and our worth

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 than God.

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 And we've

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 enslaved

00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.220
 ourselves to

00:14:31.220 --> 00:14:31.720
 idols.

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 idols of

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 money,

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 possessions,

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.840
 reputation,

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 job or

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 possessions.

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 And thereby

00:14:41.180 --> 00:14:42.060
 we've condemned

00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:43.100
 ourselves and

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 that is why

00:14:43.820 --> 00:14:44.480
 the day of

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 the Lord,

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 the why of

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 the day of

00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:46.519
 the Lord is

00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:46.800
 sin and

00:14:46.800 --> 00:14:47.080
 evil.

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 And the

00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:49.980
 reality is

00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:50.620
 therefore all

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 of us,

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 every single

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.060
 human being

00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:55.480
 stands

00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:55.879
 condemned.

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.019
 judgment.

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 So the

00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:58.220
 what of

00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:58.559
 the day of

00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:58.899
 the Lord is

00:14:58.899 --> 00:14:59.379
 judgment and

00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:00.000
 the why of

00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:00.539
 the Lord is

00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:01.100
 the day of

00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:01.500
 the Lord is

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 sin.

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 But what

00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:04.580
 does Isaiah

00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:05.519
 say here about

00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:05.980
 who?

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 The who of

00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:08.580
 the day of

00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:08.939
 the Lord?

00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:10.659
 It's very

00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:11.340
 specific here.

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 The who of

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 the day of

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 the Lord.

00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:13.279
 Again in

00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:13.939
 chapter 13

00:15:13.939 --> 00:15:14.700
 and verse 1.

00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:17.139
 The oracle

00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.659
 concerning

00:15:17.659 --> 00:15:18.279
 Babylon.

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 Like I said

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 at the beginning

00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:22.980
 of the sermon,

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 the ten oracles

00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.759
 here form something

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.440
 of a state of

00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:25.960
 the nations

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 for Israel.

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 For Isaiah's.

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 But for the

00:15:31.400 --> 00:15:32.980
 reader, we've

00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:33.360
 been reading

00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:33.880
 through, haven't

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 we?

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 I hope we

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 have.

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 And the first

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 12 chapters

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.640
 of Isaiah.

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 Particularly for

00:15:38.800 --> 00:15:39.640
 Isaiah's audience,

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 the first one

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:40.600
 would be a

00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.440
 massive surprise.

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 Who would

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 they have

00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:45.560
 expected it

00:15:45.560 --> 00:15:45.980
 to be about?

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 Who is the

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 nation that

00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:49.980
 they would

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 have expected

00:15:50.380 --> 00:15:50.980
 the first

00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:51.660
 oracle to

00:15:51.660 --> 00:15:52.020
 be about?

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 They would

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 have expected

00:15:54.140 --> 00:15:54.700
 it to be

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 about Assyria.

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 Assyria.

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 Up to this

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 point, Isaiah

00:15:58.020 --> 00:15:58.360
 has been

00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:59.180
 warning Judah

00:15:59.180 --> 00:15:59.880
 of the imminent

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 threat of

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 Assyria.

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 Assyria at

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 that point was

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 the superpower

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 nation to

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 the east.

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 But Isaiah

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 in the first

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 12 chapters

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 has learned

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 that Judah

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 is going to

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 be overthrown.

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 He's going

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 to be scattered.

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 But it's not

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 going to be

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 in the hands

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 of Assyria.

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 Assyria is

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 going to attack

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 Judah, but it's

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 not going to

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 overpower Judah.

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 No, the power

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 that was biding

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 his time in the

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 shadows, who is

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 going to

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 overthrow

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 Judah, was

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 indeed

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 first one,

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 Babylon.

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 Babylon held

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 the title

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 among the

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 nations of

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 the kind of

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 rising superpower.

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 The up and

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 coming nation.

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 And as such,

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 Babylon was

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 probably the

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 nation that

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 was most

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 tempting to

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 Judah.

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 It was most

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 tempting for

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 Judah to run

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 to them, to

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 the Babylonians,

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 and say, if

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 we do what

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 you tell us

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 to do, will

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 you protect

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 us?

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 Will you

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 guard us

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 against our

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 enemies?

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 And then in

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 this opening

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 oracle, God

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 chose through

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 Isaiah to

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 reveal what

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 was going to

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 happen to

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 them.

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 What is going

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 to happen to

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 Babylon?

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 After their

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 defeat of Judah,

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 they themselves

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 are going to

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 be destroyed.

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 You've got to

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 trust somebody,

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 Isaiah says,

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 but whatever

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 you do, don't

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 trust Babylon.

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 Because look

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 what God is

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 going to do

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 to her.

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 You've got to

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 trust in the

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 Lord.

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 Now there's

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 another reason,

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 isn't there,

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 why Babylon is

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 the head of

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 this list, of

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 these nations

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.340
 and oracles.

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 But I want to

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 make one quick

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 application.

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 I think all of

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 us probably have

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 felt a little bit

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 concerned about

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 the political

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 rhetoric of the

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 last few days,

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 no matter what

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 side you're on.

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 Our country is

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 at something

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 of a crossroads.

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 And I don't

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 want to encourage

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 patriotism or a

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 love for this

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.580
 country.

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 Nor am I

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 suggesting that

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 a Christian

00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:53.620
 should abandon

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 the political

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 process.

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 This country is

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 a great country

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.160
 to live in.

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 And this country

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 is so much

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 to serve the

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 rest of the

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 world.

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 But the UK,

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 like any

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:03.720
 country, can

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 become an

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:04.539
 idol.

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 And God

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 would view

00:18:08.100 --> 00:18:08.960
 any attempt

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 to find our

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 security in

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 this nation

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 in which we

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.299
 live, he

00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.039
 would find any

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.680
 attempt to do

00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:15.220
 that with the

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:16.259
 same contempt

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.640
 that he had

00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.279
 for those to

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.740
 find their

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.620
 security in the

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:20.419
 superpower nation

00:18:20.419 --> 00:18:21.099
 of Isaiah's

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:21.939
 day, namely

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 Babylon.

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 Isaiah says

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 to you and I

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 this morning,

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 the one that

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 you are to

00:18:26.739 --> 00:18:27.359
 trust in is

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 the Lord.

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 There is no

00:18:30.479 --> 00:18:31.379
 guarantee that

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 God will delay

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 the day of

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 the Lord.

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 But this nation

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 will not go the

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.099
 same way as

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:38.599
 Assyria, or

00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:40.019
 Babylon, or

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:41.519
 Rome, or

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:41.919
 Greece.

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 But there is

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:45.000
 one, isn't

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.339
 there, who

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.000
 outlasts the

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.379
 nations.

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 because he

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.720
 is sovereign

00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.360
 over all the

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 nations.

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 And Isaiah

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.300
 says to you

00:18:52.300 --> 00:18:52.820
 and I, that

00:18:52.820 --> 00:18:53.340
 is who I

00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:53.800
 want you to

00:18:53.800 --> 00:18:54.140
 trust.

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 I want you

00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.160
 to trust in

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:56.580
 God.

00:18:58.260 --> 00:18:58.980
 So Isaiah

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.520
 puts Babylon

00:18:59.520 --> 00:18:59.980
 at the top

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.320
 of the list

00:19:00.320 --> 00:19:00.820
 because they

00:19:00.820 --> 00:19:01.060
 are the

00:19:01.060 --> 00:19:01.820
 superpower nation.

00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:02.460
 But there is

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.180
 another reason

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.540
 why they are

00:19:03.540 --> 00:19:03.900
 at the height

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.380
 of the list.

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 Which is

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:07.780
 this, that

00:19:07.780 --> 00:19:08.260
 more than

00:19:08.260 --> 00:19:09.180
 any other

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.960
 name in the

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.180
 Bible, Babylon

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:13.120
 personifies

00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.880
 something, doesn't

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.120
 it?

00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:16.199
 What does

00:19:16.199 --> 00:19:17.000
 Babylon remind

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.299
 you of?

00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:17.659
 It reminds

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:17.959
 you of

00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:19.139
 Babel in

00:19:19.139 --> 00:19:19.739
 Genesis chapter

00:19:19.739 --> 00:19:20.079
 11.

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.579
 Humankind's

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.500
 desire to be

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.239
 its own

00:19:24.239 --> 00:19:25.019
 saviour.

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:27.059
 But Babylon is

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.799
 the epitome of

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.279
 human pride.

00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:28.659
 Look at verse

00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:29.479
 11 again.

00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.479
 I will put an

00:19:31.479 --> 00:19:32.179
 end to the

00:19:32.179 --> 00:19:33.039
 pomp of the

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.459
 arrogant.

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.039
 And I will

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:36.079
 lay low the

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.259
 pompous pride

00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.979
 of the ruthless.

00:19:38.459 --> 00:19:38.819
 And then look

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.759
 at verse 19.

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.799
 And Babylon

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:42.000
 the glory of

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:43.119
 kingdoms, the

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.099
 splendour and

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:45.399
 pomp of the

00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:45.859
 Coltians.

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.359
 Well, it will

00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.059
 be like Sodom

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.439
 and Gomorrah

00:19:47.439 --> 00:19:47.879
 when God

00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:48.480
 overthrew them.

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.139
 And each time

00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:50.819
 when Babylon is

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.779
 mentioned in

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.500
 Isaiah chapter

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.559
 11, the

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.159
 actual Hebrew

00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:54.579
 word is

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.139
 Babel.

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.740
 It's

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.179
 Babel.

00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.240
 And that

00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.759
 rings a bell,

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.079
 does it?

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.759
 And it's true

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.099
 because in

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:03.059
 Genesis 11, the

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.759
 origin of the

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.599
 city is in

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.139
 fact the city

00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:05.719
 of Babel.

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:07.519
 What happened

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.259
 in Genesis 11?

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:08.699
 There was a

00:20:08.699 --> 00:20:09.619
 bid to organise

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.599
 life, to

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.599
 create security

00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.500
 and stability

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:16.259
 with our own

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:16.819
 resources.

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.460
 And without

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.259
 reference to

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.660
 God.

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.599
 So the people

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.460
 of Babel, do

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:23.680
 you remember,

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.380
 they said, let's

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.539
 build a city for

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.799
 ourselves and a

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.720
 tower that reaches

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.460
 up to the heavens

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.319
 so that we can

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.039
 make a name for

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:31.539
 ourselves and not

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.400
 be scattered over

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:33.000
 the whole earth.

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.799
 And it's pride.

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.839
 And they said, we

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:37.640
 will show God and

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.380
 in the end God

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:39.119
 shows them.

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.400
 He confuses their

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:42.160
 language.

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.840
 And he scatters

00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:44.360
 them throughout

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:45.040
 the earth.

00:20:45.820 --> 00:20:46.759
 But here we see

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.380
 in Isaiah that

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.300
 that city doesn't

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:48.960
 go away.

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.680
 It's back.

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:53.120
 Babel is back

00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:54.060
 and rearing its

00:20:54.060 --> 00:20:55.140
 ugly head in the

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:55.860
 time of Isaiah.

00:20:56.780 --> 00:20:57.720
 And it obviously

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.440
 hasn't changed

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.980
 its tune.

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.019
 It's still known

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.740
 for its pride.

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.720
 And God says, now

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.120
 I'm going to

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:04.380
 destroy this city.

00:21:04.780 --> 00:21:05.680
 And God does

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.740
 destroy the city

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.200
 of Babylon.

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.280
 But the thing

00:21:08.280 --> 00:21:09.280
 is, the spirit

00:21:09.280 --> 00:21:10.519
 of Babylon, the

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.259
 spirit of Babel

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.839
 lives on.

00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.839
 That initial

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.579
 day of the

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:17.519
 laws brings

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:19.259
 destruction for

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.920
 the physical

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.480
 city.

00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.599
 But the pride

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.019
 from which

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.079
 Babylon was

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.319
 known continues.

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.099
 And indeed

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.779
 continues.

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.059
 So Isaiah

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.799
 here in verse

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.480
 11 is saying

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.160
 God is going to

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.720
 put an end to

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.339
 that arrogance

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.440
 and that pride.

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.000
 And he's going

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.519
 to humble the

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:35.980
 pride of the

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.279
 ruthless.

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.259
 And the

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.839
 question is,

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.440
 when is he

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:38.859
 going to do

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.639
 that and we

00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.579
 come back to

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.059
 the day of

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.479
 the Lord?

00:21:42.939 --> 00:21:43.699
 You see, what

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 is going to

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 happen on the

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 day of the

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 Lord isn't

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 just the focus

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:46.759
 of the Old

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 Testament.

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 But it's also

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.699
 the focus of

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 the New.

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 And when we

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.679
 turn to the

00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:53.059
 end of the

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 Bible in

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 Revelation

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 chapter 18,

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 here is what

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.500
 John tells

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 us of his

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 vision of

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 history.

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 Let me read

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 to you.

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 After this he

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 says, I saw

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 another angel

00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:04.759
 coming down

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.299
 from heaven,

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 having great

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 authority, and

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 the earth was

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 made bright

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 with his

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:11.519
 glory, and

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 he called

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 out with a

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.720
 mighty voice,

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 Fallen!

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.559
 Fallen is

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 Babylon the

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 great.

00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:19.359
 In her

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.939
 heart, she

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 says, I

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 sit as a

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 queen.

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 I am no

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 widow, and

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 mourning I

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 will never

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 see.

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 For this

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 reason, her

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.799
 claims will

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 come in a

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.980
 single day.

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 Death, and

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:32.000
 mourning, and

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.200
 famine, and

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 she will be

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 burned up with

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 fire, for

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 mighty is the

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.019
 Lord God who

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.460
 has judged

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:37.679
 her.

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 And you

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 read through

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.700
 Revelation

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.720
 chapter 18, and

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.639
 as confusing as

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.419
 Revelation can

00:22:43.419 --> 00:22:44.779
 be, but

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.379
 Babylon in

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.279
 Revelation 18

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.200
 looks like a

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.679
 place of

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:49.059
 culture, and

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:51.659
 of craft, and

00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:53.599
 home comfort, and

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.599
 normal daily

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.299
 pleasures.

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 Things that you

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 and I are very

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 very familiar

00:22:59.159 --> 00:23:00.059
 with in this

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:02.099
 life, and

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.460
 it's a good

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:04.899
 life, but

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.679
 Revelation says

00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.619
 it is inherently

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.200
 corrupt.

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 And here's

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.600
 what is

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.080
 important to

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:10.380
 see, that

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:10.960
 in Revelation

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.779
 18, that

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.340
 Babylon is

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 not just one

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.860
 nation, it's

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:17.120
 not a state, but

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 it is anywhere

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:19.580
 where a godless

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 world order

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.640
 holds sway.

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 This is how

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:24.460
 one commentator

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.440
 puts it, Greg

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.779
 Veal.

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.279
 He says any

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.440
 institution or

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.200
 facet of

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.039
 culture that

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.660
 is characterized

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.660
 by pride,

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.600
 economic

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:33.220
 abundance,

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.580
 persecution, and

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:36.119
 idolatry is

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.480
 part of

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.740
 Babylon.

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.599
 So you see,

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.279
 Babylon is all

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.019
 those things that

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.819
 seek to undermine

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.740
 God and his

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.079
 people.

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.519
 All those things

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.079
 that seek to

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:45.139
 lure us away

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.879
 from trusting

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.399
 God.

00:23:46.699 --> 00:23:47.599
 All those things

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.460
 that would say

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.699
 we should spurn

00:23:49.699 --> 00:23:51.079
 God, ignore

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:52.500
 God, pretend

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.639
 to be God, or

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:55.019
 mock God, and

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.559
 God says, I am

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.539
 not going to be

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.000
 mocked.

00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:00.039
 So is

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.920
 Babylon present

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.640
 in the UK?

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.779
 You bet it

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.019
 is.

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.819
 Is it present

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.240
 in Ireland?

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:06.980
 Yes.

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.420
 Is it present

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.940
 in Canada?

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.599
 In Afghanistan?

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.579
 In Mexico?

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.519
 In Iraq?

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:15.960
 In the

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.400
 Americas?

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:17.880
 Throughout

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.359
 Europe?

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.539
 And Australia?

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.920
 And Africa?

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.720
 Of course it

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:21.960
 is.

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.579
 And all

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.240
 those who are

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.759
 part of

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.640
 Babylon, who

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.539
 seek to find

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.879
 their satisfaction

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.960
 elsewhere,

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.139
 elsewhere other

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.980
 than in God,

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.879
 who seek to

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.319
 find their

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.680
 satisfaction in

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:36.099
 wealth and

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.299
 power and

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.059
 not in him,

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.559
 who seek to

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.379
 save themselves,

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.319
 who are full

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.059
 of pride,

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.159
 will one day

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:43.819
 come under the

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.680
 fearful judgment

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.240
 of the day of

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.599
 the Lord.

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.220
 One last

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.399
 thing.

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.039
 I mentioned

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.299
 didn't I

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.019
 earlier that

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:55.159
 Isaiah serves

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.980
 as a faith

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.359
 builder.

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:59.259
 you might

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.579
 be wondering,

00:24:59.659 --> 00:24:59.879
 I haven't

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.279
 seen that

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.599
 yet,

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.299
 in Isaiah

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.159
 13, but

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.460
 here it

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.799
 comes.

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.240
 How is

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.639
 this meant

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.079
 to build

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.399
 up your

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:05.839
 faith?

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.720
 And I

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:07.960
 think the

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.319
 answer to

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.980
 that lies

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.319
 in the

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.180
 final question

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.899
 of the

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:11.180
 day of

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.460
 the Lord,

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.799
 which is

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.200
 what is

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.680
 its ultimate

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.299
 purpose?

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:14.899
 What is

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.359
 the day of

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:15.700
 the Lord's

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.039
 ultimate

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.599
 purpose?

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:17.819
 Look at

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.059
 Isaiah

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.839
 chapter 14

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.220
 and verses

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.839
 1 and 2.

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:21.720
 13,

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:21.959
 for the

00:25:21.959 --> 00:25:22.459
 Lord will

00:25:22.459 --> 00:25:22.759
 have

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.199
 compassion

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:23.559
 on

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.799
 Jacob

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.079
 and

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.279
 will

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.639
 again

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:25.959
 choose

00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:26.379
 Israel

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.439
 and

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:27.639
 will

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:27.939
 set

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:28.079
 them

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.159
 in

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.299
 their

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.480
 own

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.720
 land

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:28.899
 and

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.419
 sojourners

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:29.859
 will join

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.000
 them

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.539
 and attach

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.059
 themselves to

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.299
 the house

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.459
 of

00:25:31.459 --> 00:25:31.699
 Jacob

00:25:31.699 --> 00:25:32.279
 and the

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.519
 peoples

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.000
 will take

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.399
 them and bring

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.679
 them to

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.179
 their place

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:34.759
 and the

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:34.959
 house

00:25:34.959 --> 00:25:35.299
 of Israel

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.039
 will possess

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.279
 them in

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.799
 the Lord's

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.480
 land as

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.919
 male and

00:25:38.919 --> 00:25:39.639
 female slaves

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:39.919
 they will

00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.539
 take captive

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.099
 those who

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.379
 were their

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.559
 captives and

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.019
 rule over

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.419
 those who

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:43.740
 oppress

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.319
 them.

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:48.240
 Now there is a word

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.559
 That is so vital

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:51.139
 And it's the first word

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:52.379
 It's a three letter word

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.980
 Can you see it?

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.039
 For

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:56.519
 For

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:59.240
 First one

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:01.899
 For the Lord will have compassion

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:03.399
 Do you see why that is so important?

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.319
 Here is the reason

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:08.240
 For everything that we've just read

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.319
 On chapter 13

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:12.339
 The reason for God's judgment

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.159
 On Babylon

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:15.000
 Is ultimately

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:17.080
 God's compassion on his people

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:20.320
 The reason that God is going to bring judgment

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:21.480
 On all

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:23.860
 That is against God

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:25.500
 Is because God loves his people

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:28.640
 He wants to give his people

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:30.500
 A world that doesn't have to deal

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.519
 With all this kind of stuff

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:34.440
 And you see that points us to something

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:36.100
 That we see all the way through

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:37.360
 The teaching of the Bible

00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:40.140
 It's a pattern that is picked up

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.980
 In the book of Isaiah

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:43.200
 Which is how God seems to work

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:45.240
 Over and over and over again

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.759
 Which is that God

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.579
 Is the God

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.720
 Who brings salvation

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.339
 Through

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.579
 Judgment

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:54.379
 You go back to the beginning of the Bible

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.119
 You go to Noah

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.119
 And the flood

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.879
 And God judges those people

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.679
 In Noah's day

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.019
 Doesn't he

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.559
 In the flood

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:01.559
 But through the judgment

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.519
 Of the flood

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:04.559
 He saves Noah and his family

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.279
 In the boat

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:07.740
 Salvation through judgment

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.620
 He went the clock

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.359
 Forward a little bit

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.700
 And God judges Pharaoh

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.460
 And the Egyptians

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:14.220
 And he brings the water

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:16.079
 And the sea down

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.000
 On the Egyptians

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.460
 The same sea that he split

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:22.359
 In order to save his people

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.500
 Moses and the Israelites

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:25.339
 Is salvation through judgment

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:27.900
 And here we see that God

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:29.000
 Is going to judge Babylon

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.980
 But he's going to save Judah

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.799
 By bringing her back from exile

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:35.259
 Salvation through judgment

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:38.119
 And in these verses

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:39.920
 While God will bring his people

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:41.539
 Back from exile in Babylon

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.720
 And judge Babylon

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:44.460
 The fulfillment of all

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.920
 That is in these two verses

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.460
 Doesn't happen in their return

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:51.200
 And the reason for that is

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.619
 The ultimate fulfillment

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.579
 Of these promises

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:56.420
 Will depend on the ultimate

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:58.119
 Salvation through judgment

00:27:58.119 --> 00:28:02.240
 That all these were pointed to

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:04.879
 Listen to Saul's in it again

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:07.640
 The line dividing good and evil

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:09.660
 Cuts through the heart

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:11.700
 Of every human being

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 Remember back in the wise section

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 We saw that all of us

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 Found condemned

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 There is none righteous

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 No not one

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 None of us here can claim

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 To be without pride

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 And in that sense

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 All of us

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 Are condemned

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 But two thousand years ago

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 God in a sense

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 Brought the day of the Lord

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 Forward a bit

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 For some people

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 He brought the day of the Lord

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 And his wrath

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 And his judgment

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 Forward

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 And he pulled it out

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 On one person

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 The one person in human history

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 Who could never have been accused

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 Of being part of Babylon

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 Jesus Christ himself

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 You see what happened

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.500
 On the cross

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 Two thousand years ago

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 Was that the wrath

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 The judgment of God

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 For sin

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 Was poured out

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.780
 Upon the Lord Jesus

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 He took on

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 The role of Babylon

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 He took on the role

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 Of the consummate

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 Enemy of God

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 Such that on that day

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 As Isaiah prophesies here

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 The rising sun

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 Would be darkened

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 On that day as well

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 And for those who trust

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 In this Jesus

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 Who is being judged

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 There is salvation

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 Salvation through judgment

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 For those who trust

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 In Jesus

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 And nothing else

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 Nothing in themselves

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 For those who will move

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 From the boastful pride

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 That is characteristic

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.160
 Of Babylon

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 To the humble repentance

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 That judgment

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 Means our salvation

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 God judges

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 His son

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 On the cross

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 But he saves

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 All who will trust

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 In him

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 But for those

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.860
 Who will find

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.580
 Their security

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.259
 In God

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:07.660
 Through Jesus

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 There is no fear

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.279
 Of that fearful day

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:13.640
 Because for us

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.400
 The day of the Lord

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.080
 Has come

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 And Jesus

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 Has taken the wrath

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 And judgment

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 Of that day

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 For us already

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:23.220
 That all the wrath

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 That you and I

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.319
 Deserve

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 If we trust

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.680
 In Jesus

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 Has been paid for

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 It has been dealt with

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 And so in the book

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 Of Revelation

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 The chapter following

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 Chapter 18

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:33.440
 Where Babylon

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.180
 Falls

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:35.140
 In chapter 19

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 We have

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 A string of

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 Hallelujah choruses

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 And here is what

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.579
 John writes

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 Right in the midst of it

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 John 19

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 He writes

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 Then I heard

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 What seemed to be

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 The voice

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 Of a great multitude

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:51.759
 Like the roar

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.779
 Of many waters

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.720
 And at the sound

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.660
 Of mighty peals

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.120
 Of thunder

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.720
 Crying out

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.279
 Hallelujah

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:58.319
 For the Lord

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.220
 Our God

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.940
 The almighty

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.660
 Reigns

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:03.019
 Let us rejoice

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:05.660
 Let us exalt

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.380
 And give him

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.840
 The glory

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:07.500
 For the marriage

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.059
 Of the Lamb

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.660
 Has come

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:10.319
 And his bride

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.039
 Has made herself

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 Ready

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 It was granted

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:13.900
 To her

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.780
 To clothe herself

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 With fine linen

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 Bright and pure

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 John Oswald writes

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 He says

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 It is all too easy

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.500
 To be blown away

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.300
 By the glory

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:23.960
 Of the world

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 So we think

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:26.220
 Ah there is reality

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:28.440
 But that is not

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.539
 Where glory resides

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:31.740
 Glory resides

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.380
 In the Lord

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.400
 God almighty

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.700
 Who brought salvation

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.259
 To us

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.120
 Through judgment

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.120
 Of his son

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:38.440
 In our place

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:40.259
 And he says

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.220
 All who trust

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.720
 In him

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:43.839
 Have no fear

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:45.299
 Of the day

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.799
 Of the Lord

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:48.400
 And on that day

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.779
 Of the Lord

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.339
 When Babylon

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.839
 Falls

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.440
 When Babylon

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.960
 Is crushed

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.839
 When every

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.920
 Anti-God

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:54.160
 Force is crushed

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.600
 We will rejoice

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:57.960
 He will usher us

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.680
 Into a world

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.180
 Where there is

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.900
 No sin

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:01.080
 And no rebellion

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:03.900
 Where all the things

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.720
 We read of

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:06.480
 In chapter 13

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.000
 Of Isaiah

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.120
 Could not be further

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:09.120
 From our experience

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.940
 Or imagination

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.380
 Because the world

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.360
 Will be perfect

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:15.259
 And Isaiah says to you

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.460
 You've got to trust somebody

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:18.960
 Trust in the one

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.800
 In whom

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.980
 The glory

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.060
 Truly resides

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:23.160
 Not in any nation

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:25.440
 Not in anything

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.220
 In this world

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:28.519
 Trust in the Lord

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.160
 God almighty

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.740
 Let's pray