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 Well, please do have a seat.

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 We've reached the terminus on our journey through the book of Daniel.

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 This is week 10 of 10.

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 Normally, I'm quite sad when we get to the end of a book,

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 having got so familiar with it over the preceding weeks.

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 I won't be that disappointed to leave Daniel behind,

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 particularly these last four sermons.

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 These visions of beasts and farm animals and these enormous timelines and all these figures.

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 It would be quite nice to have a break from that for a little while.

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 Though I think we should be encouraged that if we journey through the end of Daniel,

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 which is some of the most difficult portions of scripture,

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 if we can journey through that and learn some truth and worship God through them,

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 then I think we can be greatly encouraged and confident that there's little else in the Bible that should daunt us

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 if we've got through these last four chapters, these last six chapters together.

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 And so I think we've learned three enormous truths that have undergirded this entire book.

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 The first one is this, that God is the boss.

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 We've been reminded again and again and again and again that God is sovereign.

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 The most high God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.

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 Real comforting words with all that's going on in our world at these times.

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 The second big truth is what God has been reminding of as well through his word,

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 that God raises up and cuts down kingdoms according to his sovereign will.

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 With the ultimate purpose that in the end he will set up a kingdom that will be eternal and never shaken.

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 The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed.

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 Nor will it be left to another people.

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 It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.

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 That's where the world, all of history is heading.

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 And thirdly, I think what we've seen is that God's people have an important role to play in the unfolding eternal plan of God.

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 Whether serving or praying or trusting or persevering or standing firm

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 or proclaiming God's goodness to kings and kingdoms.

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 That Daniel is not just a pawn, but he is an active participant in God's unfolding plan.

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 So what's on the screen when Nebuchadnezzar throws Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego in the furnace?

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 He says our God can deliver us, but even if he doesn't, he's still worthy of our worship.

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 So let me pray and then we'll dive into chapter 12.

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 Father God, thank you for your word.

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 Thank you that it's true.

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 Thank you that it's living.

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 Thank you that it's active.

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 Thank you that it's enough.

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 Thank you that it's sufficient.

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 And Father, thank you that as we read Daniel chapter 12, it's full of hope.

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 It's full of glorious truth.

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 And may we leave clinging to it and loving you more because of it.

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 Father, thank you that it's your word.

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 So would you come and use it to do your work in our lives, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 As Natalie walked past the door of her son Simon's room,

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 she was alarmed to hear the sound of sobbing.

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 Simon had once again disobeyed lights out and was face down under his covers reading his book by torchlight.

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 Natalie crept into the room, sat on the bed and started to rub Simon's back.

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 After a minute or two, Simon crawled out from under the covers and looked with glistening eyes at his mum.

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 Gently, Natalie asked, why are you crying?

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 Simon pulled the book out from under his bed.

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 It was the lion, the witch and the wardrobe.

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 And Simon whimpered to his mum, it is just too sad.

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 It's all gone wrong.

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 Aslan is dead.

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 The white witch has won.

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 Her army is on the march and there is no sign of hope.

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 That's why I'm crying.

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 Natalie pulled Simon in for a hug, kissed his head and whispered,

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 It's okay.

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 I've read to the end.

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 We win.

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 Keep going.

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 Simon stared at his mum quizzically and she simply repeated the phrase,

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 It's okay.

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 I've read to the end.

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 We win.

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 Keep going.

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 As we conclude our studies in Daniel,

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 as we come to the big finale of Daniel chapter 12,

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 Natalie's advice to young Simon could equally be God's advice to Daniel.

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 Daniel, it's okay.

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 I've read to the end.

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 We win.

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 Keep going.

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 Daniel, near the end of his life,

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 after this series of outlandish and perplexing visions,

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 is given the advice that in the end,

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 it will be okay.

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 That God will win.

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 And that in the meantime,

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 he is to keep on going.

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 To keep on serving.

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 This chapter 12 comes on the back of Daniel chapter 11.

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 That enormous chapter that Johnny took us through so skillfully last week.

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 Where he showed us the unfolding history of the kings and the kingdoms that will come

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 after Darius, the present Persian king.

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 Three more Persian kings.

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 Then Alexander the Great.

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 After Alexander's untimely death,

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 the kingdom is divided into four.

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 Decades of conflict between Syria in the north

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 and Egypt in the south.

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 All played out in the glorious land,

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 the land of Palestine,

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 particularly destructive to God's people dwelling there.

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 Then finally arises the contemptible person

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 in chapter 11, verse 21.

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 Antiochus IV, or Antiochus Epiphanes,

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 who is a terrorizer of God's people in his attitude and actions.

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 Then in verse 36 of chapter 11,

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 Antiochus Epiphanes fades into the background

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 and into the foreground comes this Antiochus on steroids kind of character.

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 The epitome of Antichrist,

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 the full and final enemy of God and his people.

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 Though terrible and terrifying,

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 this character meets his end at the very end of chapter 11.

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 Yet he will come to his end

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 and no one will help him.

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 Chapter 12 then happens,

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 the first bit happens in the same vision.

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 It is a flyover of the same part of history.

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 See those first words,

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 at that time.

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 This time where the scourge of God's people

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 is at his zenith.

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 And in many ways,

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 chapter 12 answers the question,

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 so what?

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 We've seen all this stuff.

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 We've seen these kingdoms rise and fall.

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 We've seen these characters

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 arise and terrorize God's people.

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 So what are we supposed to do about it?

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 And chapter 12, in many ways,

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 answers that.

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 The detail is difficult,

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 but I think the instruction is quite simple.

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 Well,

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 that God tells Daniel to do two things.

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 He tells him to hold God's word,

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 hold to God's word,

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 and he tells him to walk in God's way.

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 Hold to God's word,

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 walk in God's way.

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 What am I supposed to do

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 if all this is going to happen?

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 All these huge characters

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 are going to arise.

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 And I feel like a tiny little canoe

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 on a raging torrent of the sea.

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 What am I supposed to do?

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 And God says,

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 hold to my word,

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 walk in my way.

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 So let's get into this.

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 And firstly, we see,

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 hold God's word.

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 See, verse 1b,

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 that is this character,

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 this ultimate expression

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 of what Antichrist is,

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 arises.

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 Verse 1b,

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 there will be a time of distress

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 such as not happened

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 from the beginning of nations until now.

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 This is unprecedented distress.

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 This is unparalleled distress.

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 This is more distressing

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 than being an England football fan

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 on Monday nights.

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 This is horrendous

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 in every way.

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 A time of unprecedented distress.

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 See though,

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 it's also a time of God's people

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 being defended.

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 At that time,

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 Michael,

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 this angelic figure,

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 who in the book of Daniel

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 seems to have a special place

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 in defending God's people.

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 At that time,

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 Michael,

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 the great prince

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 who protects your people,

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 will arise.

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 As the Antichrist

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 arises

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 to rain down terror

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 on God's people

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 at the same time,

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 Michael arises

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 to protect.

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 Distressed,

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 but defended.

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 God's people

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 are helped

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 in distressing times.

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 How different it is

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 from the end of

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 Antichrist

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 we see in 45b,

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 yet he will come to his end

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 and no one

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 will help him.

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 God's people

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 defended

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 in distressing

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 times.

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 See as well,

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 defended,

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 distressed,

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 but also

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 delivered.

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 Defended,

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 distressed,

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 but also

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 delivered.

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 The end of verse 1.

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 But at that time,

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 your people,

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 everyone whose name

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 is found

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 written in the book

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 will be delivered,

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 will be saved.

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 A time of distress,

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 a time of defense,

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 but a time of

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 ultimate deliverance.

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 A time that God says

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 you'll be saved

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 ultimately.

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 Distress will not run

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 forever,

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 but there will be

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 a decisive action

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 from God

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 that he will

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 deliver his people.

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 He will deliver

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 the people

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 whose names

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 are written

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 in the book,

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 in the roll call

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 of heaven,

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 in the senses

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 of God's people.

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 Those people

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 will be delivered.

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 This is

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 God's word.

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 It is sure

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 and it is

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 certain.

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 And it is

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 holding to this

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 truth

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 that will get

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 God's people

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 through this time

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 of distress.

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 This isn't

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 God offering

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 up a plot line

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 as a screenwriter.

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 This is

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 God laying

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 down indelibly

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 exactly what

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 will happen.

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 So that when

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 unprecedented

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 distress comes,

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 to know

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 that as God's

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 people we're

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 those that are

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 defended and

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 those that will

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 ultimately be

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 delivered.

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 That is what

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 will fuel

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 our perseverance.

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 That is what

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 will get us

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 through.

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 In distressing

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 times,

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 knowing that

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 we're defended,

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 and knowing

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 that we'll

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 ultimately be

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 delivered.

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 And so

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 holding to

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 God's word,

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 that's what

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 he's saying.

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 Believe these

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 things.

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 It's going to

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 get rough.

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 but I'm on

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 your side and

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 in the end

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 you'll be

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 delivered.

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 I think that's

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 what's exactly

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 meant by verse

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 four.

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 But you,

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 Daniel,

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 roll up and

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 seal the

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 words.

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 These are

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 full words.

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 There's nothing

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 to be added

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 to that.

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 Until the

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 roll up and

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 seal the words

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 of the scroll

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 until the time

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 of the end.

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 This is exactly

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 what will happen.

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 So you can

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 put a line

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 under it,

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 it is definite

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 and it'll all

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 come to pass

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 in the end.

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 Many will

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 come and go,

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 there'll be a

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 thorough investigation

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 of these things

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 and there'll be an

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 increase in

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 knowledge.

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 As time

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 progresses and

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 these things get

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 closer,

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 these words that

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 I've given you

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 will be seen

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 to be true.

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 these words

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 are God's

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 words.

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 And they're

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 to be held

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 onto and

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 clung to in

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 difficult times.

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 That it doesn't

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 matter how

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 difficult it

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 gets to

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 know that

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 we're defended

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 and in the

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 end,

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 if we're God's

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 people,

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 we'll be

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 delivered.

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 But see the

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 middle section

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 in verses

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 two and

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 three,

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 where we

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 peer over

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 the edge

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 beyond the

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 end.

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 they speak

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 of an

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 eternal,

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 a universal

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 resurrection

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 and an

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 eternal

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 division.

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 Verse two,

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 multitudes who

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 sleep in the

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 dust of the

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 earth will

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 awake,

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 some to

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 everlasting

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 life,

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 others to

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 shame and

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 everlasting

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 contempt.

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 Everyone

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 will be

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 raised.

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 Everyone who

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 dies and

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 sleeps in

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 the dust

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 will be

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 raised to

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 life again.

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 we know

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 a bit more

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 of the

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 story and

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 we'll be

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 raised to

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 life to

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 stand before

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 the Lord

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 Jesus,

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 to be

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 judged.

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 It's a

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 complete reversal

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 of Genesis

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 two.

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 From dust

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 you were

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 made and

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 from dust

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 you were

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 to return,

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 but at

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 the end

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 of time

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 you'll be

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 raised from

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 the dust

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 again.

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 And as

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 everyone is

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 raised,

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 so everyone

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 will be

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 judged and

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 there will

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 be an

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 eternal

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 division.

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 Some to

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 everlasting

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 life,

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 others to

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 shame and

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 everlasting

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 contempt.

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 Everyone will

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 stand before

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 Jesus and

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 will be

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 judged.

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 We won't

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 be judged

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 on what

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 we've

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 achieved,

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 what we've

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 made of

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 our lives

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 will be

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 judged on

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 what we've

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 received.

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 Whether we've

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 trusted that

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 Jesus is

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 a glorious

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 saviour who

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 came into

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 the world

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 so that on

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 that judgment

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 day he

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 might stand

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 in our

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 defence and

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 the judge

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 will also

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 be our

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 saviour and

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 our lord and

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 our king.

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 This division

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 is picked up

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 in three of

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 Jesus' parables

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 in Matthew

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 25 where we

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 get the

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 bridesmaids.

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 Some are

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 wise, some

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 are foolish and

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 there's a

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 division.

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 Some are

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 welcomed in

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 and some are

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 left out in

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 the cold.

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 There's the

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 faithful and

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 diligent servants

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 who are given

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 the talents and

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 invest it well

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 and there's

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 the lazy

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 foolish servants

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 and the

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 diligent servants

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 are welcomed

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 into their

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 father's rest

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 and the

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 foolish servant

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 is thrown out

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 into outer

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 darkness where

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 there is

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 weeping and

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 gnashing of

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 teeth.

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 The end of

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 Matthew 25 is

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 the sheep and

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 the goats.

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 The sheep

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 gathered by

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 Jesus, the

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 goats scattered

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 from Jesus.

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 That Daniel is

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 telling us where

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 the ultimate

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 end of the

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 beginning will

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 be.

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 Everyone will

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 be raised and

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 then there will

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 be an eternal

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 separation and

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 the dividing line

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 will ultimately

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 be what we have

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 done with the

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 Lord Jesus.

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 How we've

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 responded to

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 him.

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 Whether we've

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 trusted him as

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 our Lord and

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 saviour or

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 whether we've

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 rejected him and

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 said no I want

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 to be God.

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 I want to be

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 Lord of my

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 own life.

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 What we do

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 with Jesus will

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 ultimately determine

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 what he does

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 with us.

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 If we accept

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 him he will

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 accept us.

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 If we reject

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 him he will

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 reject us.

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 If we've

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 trusted him we're

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 forgiven of our

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 sin.

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 If we've

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 rejected him we

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 stand before him

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 in our sin and

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 judgment will be

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 ours.

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 Some to

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 everlasting life.

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 Those that have

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 trusted Jesus

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 others to shame

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 and everlasting

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 contempt.

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 So what are we

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 supposed to do

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 in light of

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 that?

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 It's coming to

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 an end.

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 This is where

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 it's going.

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 What do we do

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 in the present?

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 Well verse 3

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 tells us

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 those who are

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 wise, those who

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 know these things,

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 who have understood

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 these things, who

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 have trusted these

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 things, will shine

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 like the brightness

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 of the heavens.

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 And those who

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 lead many to

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 righteousness like

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 the stars forever

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 and ever.

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 Those who have

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 trusted this

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 word will live

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 differently in

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 this world.

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 They'll shine.

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 They won't go up

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 and down with

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 raising geopolitical

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 politics but they

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 will have a

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 steadfast confidence

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 that no matter how

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 difficult it gets,

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 in the end they'll

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 be delivered.

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 An eternal,

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.000
 everlasting life will

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 be theirs.

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 And then notice

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 they not only

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 shine but they

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 share.

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 Those who

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 and those who

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 lead many to

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.179
 righteousness,

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 those who share

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 this word with

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 others in order

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 that they might

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 have the same

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 confidence, the

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:15.659
 same hope, the

00:18:15.659 --> 00:18:17.839
 same trust, will

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 shine like stars

00:18:18.919 --> 00:18:20.439
 forever and

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 ever.

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 Same language

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 that Paul picks

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 up in Philippians

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 2, that as we

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 work out our

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 salvation with

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 fear and

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.620
 trembling, we

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 shine like the

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 stars of heaven

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 as we hold

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 fast to the

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 word of life.

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 It's exactly the

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 same thing we see

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.380
 at the end of

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 1 Corinthians 15

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 where for 57

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:42.000
 verses Paul has

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 gone on about

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 the truth of the

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 resurrection and

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 all that it means.

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 And at the end

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 he writes,

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 therefore my dear

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 brothers and

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 sisters, stand

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 firm.

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 Let nothing

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 move you.

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 always give

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 yourselves fully

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 to the work of

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 the Lord because

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 you know that

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 your labor in

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 the Lord is not

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 in vain.

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 What are God's

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.420
 people to do in

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 the present in

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.859
 light of the

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 future?

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 Hold to God's

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.799
 word.

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 Live it out.

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 Trust in its

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 truth.

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 Live out its

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 commands and share

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 its message with

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 others.

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 It's okay.

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 I've read to the

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 end.

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 We win.

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 Keep going.

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 Truth.

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 Hold to God's

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 word.

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 That's what Daniel's

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 told to do.

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 That's what we're

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 told to do.

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 Then secondly we

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 get walk God's

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 way.

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 Verse 5 and 6

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 set up the

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 scenario.

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 This has all been

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 on the back of

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 chapter 10 and

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 11 where Daniel

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 has been in

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 conversation with

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 this man dressed

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 in linen hovering

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 over the water.

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 And now he's

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 joined by two

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 other figures one

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 on each side.

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 And one of the

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 new characters

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 asks a question

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 at the end of

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 verse 6.

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 How long will

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 it be before

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 these astonishing

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 things are

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 fulfilled?

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 It's a good

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 question.

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 If that's where

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 it's going how

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 long have we

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 got?

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 How much

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 sand is left

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 in the egg

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.200
 timer?

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 How long

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 until the

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 time of grave

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 distress,

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 great deliverance,

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 universal

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 resurrection and

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 eternal division?

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 It's a really

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 good question.

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 And it

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.560
 receives a very

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 cryptic and

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 confusing answer.

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 The man

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 clothed in

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 linen who was

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 above the

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 waters,

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 verse 7,

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 lifted his

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:42.019
 right hand and

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.880
 his left hand

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 towards heaven.

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 when you

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 make a solemn

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.200
 oath in the

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.740
 Old Testament

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 you raise one

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:47.980
 hand.

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 This is a very

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 solemn oath.

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 Raising both

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 hands.

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 And he says

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 it will be for a

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 time, times and

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 half a time.

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 There has been

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 countless ink

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 spilt on what a

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 time and times and

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 half a time means.

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 But I'm quite

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 simple.

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 So I'll give you

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 an initial response

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 of what I think

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:12.880
 it might mean.

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 A time, times

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 and half a

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 time.

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 How long will

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 it be?

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 Well it will be a

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.820
 time so you're

00:21:20.820 --> 00:21:21.360
 going to have to

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 wait.

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 It's not going to

00:21:23.780 --> 00:21:24.540
 be now, it's going

00:21:24.540 --> 00:21:25.000
 to be in the

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 future and you're

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 going to have to

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.420
 wait.

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.940
 And it's going to

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.920
 be times.

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 You're going to

00:21:30.040 --> 00:21:30.720
 have to wait a

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 lot.

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 You're going to

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:33.460
 have to be very

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 patient.

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 That even when a

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.200
 time is up,

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.860
 there's still

00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:38.980
 times to come.

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 And then you're

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.360
 going to have to

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.420
 wait half a time.

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 And the reason is

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.559
 half a time because

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:46.100
 God will decisively

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.940
 bring it to an

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 end.

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.519
 You're going to

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.340
 have to wait.

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.340
 You're going to

00:21:50.340 --> 00:21:50.920
 have to wait a

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 lot.

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 Then you're going

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.960
 to have to wait

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.680
 some more but God

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.920
 will decisively

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:56.980
 intervene and bring

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.759
 it to an end.

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 When the time is

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 up, when he says

00:22:00.360 --> 00:22:01.660
 the end has come,

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 that will be the

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.039
 time.

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 According to

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:08.559
 God's timescale,

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.779
 all unfolding

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.500
 according to

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.880
 God's sovereign

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.420
 will.

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.579
 How long?

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.960
 For a time,

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:15.539
 times and

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.279
 half a time.

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 A wait,

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.920
 a long wait,

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.940
 a little bit

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.359
 more of a

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.859
 wait and then

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.299
 God will

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:22.180
 decisively intervene.

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.299
 I said I was

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.660
 simple.

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.680
 Calvin also came

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.240
 up with that.

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:26.339
 So I'll give him

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.900
 a little bit of

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.660
 credit as well.

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.299
 And then Daniel

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.319
 follows the question

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:33.180
 in verse 8.

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.900
 How long will

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.360
 it be?

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.460
 A time,

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:35.940
 times and

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.560
 half a time.

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.340
 And then Daniel's

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:37.740
 question.

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.259
 My Lord,

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.140
 what will be

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.320
 the outcome?

00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:43.140
 What will the

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.860
 outcome be?

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.620
 The response

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.500
 comes, look at it

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.299
 in verse 9.

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.720
 Go your way.

00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:52.860
 Look at the

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.539
 beginning of verse

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.060
 13.

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.500
 Go your way.

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:57.000
 Literally,

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.640
 get on with your

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.620
 life.

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.299
 Get on with your

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.060
 business.

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.839
 Get on with

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.279
 what you've

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.759
 been doing

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.579
 up until now.

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.700
 Do what you've

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.339
 been doing.

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.720
 Continue in the

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.679
 way of godliness

00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:08.720
 and perseverance.

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.119
 Continue to

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.700
 serve in

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.099
 Darius'

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:12.039
 court as a

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.399
 diligent,

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.079
 faith-filled

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.579
 servant.

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.159
 Be prayerful.

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.339
 Be proclaiming

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.919
 the excellence

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:17.399
 of God.

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.539
 Stand firm

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:18.940
 and don't

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.500
 be moved.

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.779
 Be steadfast.

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.779
 Be undefiled

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.440
 and live set

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.200
 apart for God.

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.539
 And so we

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.099
 come to the

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.859
 end of Daniel

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.759
 and we're

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.079
 asking,

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.039
 so what?

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:29.919
 If all this

00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.299
 is going to

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.819
 happen in the

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.079
 future,

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.639
 what must I

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.200
 do now?

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.419
 And the

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.879
 answer is,

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.519
 keep doing

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:34.919
 what you're

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.319
 doing.

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.919
 Keep living

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.359
 for the

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:37.859
 Lord Jesus.

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.799
 Keep trusting

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.740
 the Lord

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.059
 Jesus.

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.059
 Keep praying.

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.099
 Keep sharing.

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.519
 Keep shining.

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.879
 Go your way,

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.700
 Daniel.

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.139
 It's like the

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.980
 end of John's

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.519
 gospel where

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.399
 Jesus talks to

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:53.159
 Peter and tells

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:53.599
 him how he's

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.039
 going to die,

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.480
 that you'll be

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.099
 led where you

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.599
 don't want to

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.139
 go, you'll be

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:56.779
 dressed.

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:59.599
 And then he

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.299
 looks at John

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.720
 and he says,

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.279
 but what about

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.660
 him?

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.079
 And what does

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.819
 Jesus say?

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.480
 You follow

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.980
 me.

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.920
 Follow me.

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.139
 Daniel's saying,

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.740
 well, if all

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.180
 that's going to

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.019
 happen, what

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.680
 will the outcome

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.099
 be?

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.740
 And God

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.200
 says, go

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.799
 your way.

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.559
 Because the

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.859
 words are

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.559
 rolled and

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.700
 sealed until

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.220
 the end of

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.639
 time.

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.660
 There's going

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.060
 to be a

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.400
 wait.

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.680
 And waiting

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.380
 time, verse

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.040
 10, will be

00:24:28.040 --> 00:24:28.960
 testing time.

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.480
 That is, as

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.400
 time progresses,

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.120
 some people

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:33.620
 will use that

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.300
 time well.

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.880
 They will be

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.779
 refined and

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.400
 sanctified.

00:24:36.560 --> 00:24:36.779
 They will

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:38.860
 pursue holiness.

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.660
 They'll be

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:41.040
 made spotless.

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.840
 They'll shine

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.720
 all the brighter.

00:24:44.800 --> 00:24:45.480
 But for

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.019
 others, the

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.779
 waiting time

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.460
 will be testing

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.960
 time and

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.279
 they'll go

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.920
 from bad to

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.460
 worse.

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.860
 The wicked

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.740
 will continue

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:53.220
 to be wicked.

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:56.600
 But those

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:56.940
 who are

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:58.980
 wise will

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.680
 understand.

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.220
 There'll be

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.880
 this division.

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.900
 This division

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.480
 at the end

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.060
 will be seen

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:03.680
 as time

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.480
 progresses.

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.080
 The wicked

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:06.240
 will not

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.960
 understand,

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.540
 but the

00:25:08.540 --> 00:25:09.120
 wise will

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 continue to

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 understand.

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:13.259
 Verse 11

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.880
 was a lot of

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.380
 reading this

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.640
 week.

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 From the

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.460
 time that

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.840
 the daily

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.740
 sacrifice is

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:18.060
 abolished and

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:18.640
 the abomination

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.460
 that causes

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.300
 desolation is

00:25:20.300 --> 00:25:20.740
 set up, there

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.120
 will be

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:22.500
 1,290

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.080
 days.

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 Blessed is

00:25:24.800 --> 00:25:25.160
 the one

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.680
 who waits

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.080
 for and

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.600
 reaches the

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 end of

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 the 1,335

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.279
 days.

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 I think

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.880
 the great

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.320
 encouragement

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:34.900
 we can take

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.400
 from that

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.960
 is that

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.420
 distressing

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.000
 times will

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.540
 last 1,290

00:25:39.540 --> 00:25:40.120
 days.

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 But

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:44.100
 there'll be

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:44.500
 some of

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.019
 God's people

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.480
 who get to

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.980
 the end

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:48.779
 because 1,335

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.480
 days is

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.880
 longer than

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:52.220
 1,290

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.819
 days.

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 Times will

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.079
 get tough.

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.480
 But there'll

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.120
 be some

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:58.700
 who get to

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.079
 the end

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.380
 who will

00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:00.259
 be unmoved,

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.259
 who won't

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.100
 be capsized

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.700
 because of

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.120
 distress,

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.079
 who will

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:05.220
 see devastating

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.079
 things and

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.660
 continue to

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.240
 hold God's

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.319
 word and

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.620
 walk God's

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.059
 way.

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.200
 They will

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.920
 cross into

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.819
 eternity at

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.180
 the end

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.960
 having stood

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.680
 firm, even

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.079
 though an

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.940
 unparalleled

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:18.039
 period of

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.799
 disaster has

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.940
 befallen them.

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:21.600
 that Michael,

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.860
 the great

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.440
 prince who

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.200
 protects God's

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.720
 people will

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.519
 protect some

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.680
 to the

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.860
 very, very

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.539
 end.

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.160
 And then

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.920
 verse 13,

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.500
 see how the

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.120
 book finishes?

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.640
 As for you,

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.039
 Daniel,

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:37.259
 go your way

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.660
 till the end.

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.220
 Keep living a

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.279
 life for God

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.900
 until the end.

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:44.900
 You will

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:46.180
 rest.

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.600
 Daniel gets a

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.539
 double RIP

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.279
 as everyone

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.919
 will get.

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.559
 Then you

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.439
 will rest in

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:52.919
 peace.

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:53.740
 Daniel,

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:55.000
 you'll die.

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.919
 But that's

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.899
 not the end.

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.339
 And then at

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.079
 the end of

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.699
 the days,

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.480
 when all this

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.379
 has come and

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.719
 gone, you

00:27:03.719 --> 00:27:04.799
 will rise to

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.480
 receive your

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.079
 allotted

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.219
 inheritance.

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:08.079
 He will rest

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.740
 in peace.

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.980
 But then at

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.699
 the end, like

00:27:10.699 --> 00:27:11.519
 everyone, will

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.839
 rise in

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.319
 power.

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:15.159
 and he

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.939
 will receive

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:16.759
 his allotted

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.939
 inheritance.

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.319
 This idea of

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.700
 allotted

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.559
 inheritance is

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.220
 a Joshua

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.980
 word.

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.419
 A word used

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:24.139
 for when Joshua

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:25.059
 was divvying up

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.559
 the promised

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.439
 land once God

00:27:26.439 --> 00:27:27.019
 has defeated

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.480
 all their

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.899
 enemies.

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.240
 And now

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.879
 Daniel is

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:32.099
 told that he

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.639
 will receive

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.179
 the ultimate

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:33.980
 expression of

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.259
 that.

00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.419
 He will

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:36.000
 receive his

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.500
 ultimate

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.079
 allotted

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.679
 inheritance,

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.119
 not in the

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.899
 geographical

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:41.639
 area of

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.940
 the promised

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.360
 land, but

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.720
 he will

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.460
 receive his

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.920
 allotted

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.759
 inheritance in

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.200
 the kingdom

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.820
 of God

00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:49.160
 forever and

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:50.800
 ever, ultimately

00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:51.920
 won by Jesus.

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.780
 Knowing that

00:27:53.780 --> 00:27:55.140
 this is ours,

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.200
 because God

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.060
 has said it,

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.340
 gives us two

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:59.120
 things to do

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.820
 in the present,

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.820
 to hold God's

00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:02.340
 word, to

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:03.200
 cling to it no

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.800
 matter what

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:04.360
 happens and

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.960
 know that it's

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:07.020
 true, and to

00:28:07.020 --> 00:28:07.860
 walk God's way,

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.540
 to continue

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:09.980
 living a godly

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.660
 life in the

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.340
 present, knowing

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.059
 all that is to

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.599
 come in the

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.000
 future.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.439
 You see, the

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:14.959
 message of

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.899
 Daniel 12 really

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.939
 is this message.

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.459
 It's okay.

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.559
 I've read to

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.199
 the end, we

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.599
 win.

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.779
 Keep on

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.639
 going.

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:26.240
 Keep on

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:28.059
 going, holding

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.659
 to God's

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:30.299
 word, walking

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.819
 in God's way,

00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:33.439
 until this all

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.480
 comes to pass,

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.779
 and we will

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.619
 see God

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:38.139
 ourselves and

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.740
 receive an

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.099
 allotted

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:40.119
 inheritance from

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.459
 him.

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.620
 because of

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:41.980
 the Lord

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.400
 Jesus.

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.500
 C.S.

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.200
 Lewis finishes

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.240
 the Narnia

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:48.319
 Chronicles, and

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.900
 on the last

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.640
 page of the

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.579
 last battle, he

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.259
 writes these

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.759
 words.

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:55.039
 And as he

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.220
 spoke, he no

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.980
 longer looked to

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.620
 them like a

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:59.259
 lion, but the

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.000
 things that began

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.900
 to happen after

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.640
 that were so

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.279
 great and

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.180
 beautiful that I

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.759
 cannot write

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.000
 them.

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:06.019
 And for us,

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.579
 this is the

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.519
 end of all the

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.000
 stories.

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.200
 stories, and

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.759
 we can most

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.720
 truly say that

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.539
 they all lived

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.420
 happily ever

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.920
 after.

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.160
 But for them, it

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.700
 was only the

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.400
 beginning of the

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.279
 real story.

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.359
 All their life in

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.259
 this world and all

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.220
 their adventures in

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.539
 Narnia had only

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.740
 been the cover and

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.799
 the title page.

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.460
 Now at last, they

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.940
 were beginning

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:28.000
 chapter one of the

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.400
 great story, which

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.420
 no one on earth has

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.920
 read, which goes on

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:33.180
 forever, and in

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.799
 which every chapter is

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:36.539
 better than the

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.099
 one before.

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.779
 It's okay.

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.680
 I've read to the

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.019
 end.

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.440
 We win.

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.899
 Keep going.

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.019
 Let me pray.