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 Let me just pray for us together.

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 It's part of what we call a pastoral prayer.

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 The idea isn't that I just pray and you just check out,

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 but actually that we pray together for our church,

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 for the city, and for what God is doing.

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 So if you just pray with me now.

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 Loving, sovereign, gracious Father,

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 we want to thank you that your perfect love casts out all fear.

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 Lord, we come before you and sometimes we're confused.

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 Sometimes we doubt.

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 Sometimes we wonder where you are in the midst of such perplexing times.

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 Sometimes we don't know how to respond.

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 And yet you tell us that you are the everlasting God

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 who does not grow tired or weary,

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 who watches over us,

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 who knows every hair on the head or on our heads.

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 You know everything.

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 And you are the one who sees through the moments in our lives

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 with the wide-angle lens of eternity.

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 Lord, our worries and fears are so temporary,

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 and yet you are eternal.

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 Help us to see you like that.

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 Thank you that you hold us in your loving arms.

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 Help us not to just kind of know the right doctrines in our heads,

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 but in our lives, whatever's going on in our city, in our families.

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 Lord, I pray that you'd help the truth of who you are

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 to go deep into our hearts and our souls, Lord.

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 That we'd have this deep, unshakable confidence in you.

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 And Father, forgive us where we look at the circumstances of our lives

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 through the lens of our own human understanding.

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 Forgive us where we fear because we've forgotten who you are.

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 Forgive us where we try to control our own little worlds

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 so that we don't have to completely depend on you, Lord.

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 I pray.

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 Open our eyes to see you this morning.

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 And Lord, we just want to keep praying for our city at this time.

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 And we pray, Lord, particularly for the church in this city.

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 We pray, Lord, unite your church.

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 Bring peace to this city.

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 Don't let the enemy bring division and bitterness and hatred into our hearts.

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 Let us have the courage and wisdom to know how to listen well to others.

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 How not to get sucked into anger, but to forgive and to bless and to love

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 and to seek opportunities to share you and be light across this city.

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 We need you to do that, Father, in us.

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 Because it's so hard to respond the way you want us to respond.

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 Please, we need you.

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 We need you.

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 Give us your grace, I pray.

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 Father, we also want to keep praying for our kids and our youth

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 as they're going back to school in this season.

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 Father, we know these are challenging times to be young.

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 And we pray, Lord, that we would not just see our kids and our youth as the next generation,

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 but actually see them as this generation that you can use for your kingdom,

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 that you want to draw to yourself and want to use, Lord, mightily in their schools

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 and with the people around them, Lord.

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 Father, we pray, bring them to yourself.

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 Bring them to yourself so that they would have this sense of identity,

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 not in their grades, not in how great their GPA is,

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 but their sense of value and significance only in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Father, would you give them courage to not be ashamed in their schools to stand up for you?

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 Would you use them, we pray.

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 And, Lord, we want to pray, Father, for the parents in Watermark.

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 Lord, it is one of the hardest jobs.

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 It is an impossible job unless you are the one who gives us the grace.

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 And so I pray, teach the parents here to know how to disciple their kids well.

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 Give them grace in the challenges.

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 Help them not to live under the guilt of feeling like they've failed in so many ways,

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 but let them rest in your unshakable kindness.

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 And out of that, would they parent kids not just for outward behavior change

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 or just to get great grades,

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 but would you help us to know how to shepherd their hearts,

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 to know you, to love you, to live for you in all of their lives.

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 And, Father, we pray for us even as we start on this Revelation series.

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 We pray for our hearts, Lord.

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 We pray that you would speak to us.

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 We pray against the enemy trying to distract us

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 or trying to cause us to turn away from you or to get fearful.

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 But, Lord, I pray, open our eyes to see you afresh.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 The scripture reading today comes from Revelation chapter 1.

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 Please follow along in your bulletins or on the screen.

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 The revelation of Jesus Christ,

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 which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place.

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 He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

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 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ,

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 even to all that he saw.

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy,

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 and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it,

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 for the time is near.

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 John to the seven churches that are in Asia.

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 Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come,

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 and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,

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 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,

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 the firstborn of the dead and the ruler of kings on earth.

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 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

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 and made us a kingdom, a priest to his God and Father,

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 to him be glory and dominion forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him.

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 Even those who pierced him and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him.

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 Even so, amen.

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 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God,

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 who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

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 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom

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 and the patient endurance that are in Jesus,

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 was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God

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 and the testimony of Jesus.

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 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day,

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 and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying,

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 write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches,

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 to Ephesus, to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Theatrera, and to Sardis,

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 and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

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 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me,

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 and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,

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 and in the midst of the lampstands was one like the son of man,

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 clothed with a long robe, with a golden sash around his chest.

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 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow,

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 and his eyes were like the flame of a fire.

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 His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace,

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 and his voice was like the roar of many waters.

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 In his right hand he held seven stars.

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 From his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword,

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 and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

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 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead,

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 but he laid his right hand on me, saying,

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 Fear not, for I am the first and the last, and the living one.

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 I died, and behold, I am alive forevermore,

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 and I have the keys of death and Hades.

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 Write, therefore, these things that you have seen,

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 those that are, and those that are to take place after this.

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 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand,

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 and the seven golden lampstands,

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 the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches,

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 and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great. Thank you, Jesse and Frankie.

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 Welcome again to Watermark.

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 If you don't know me, my name's Chris.

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 I'm one of the leaders here.

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 And we're starting on our series in Revelation.

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 And I'm really excited about this series.

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 In fact, I'm really, we would say in England, gutted,

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 which means very disappointed that I'm not going to be around for a lot of the series,

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 because this is one of my favorite books.

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 And I think God is going to do something really significant in us through this series.

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 And I think this is something which I think many of us,

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 if you're honest, and I say the word revelation,

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 you have a whole load of stuff that comes into your mind.

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 Because quite frankly, revelation is weird, right?

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 I mean, it's weird and it's scary,

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 because you've got kind of dragons and you've got like locusts and you've got monsters.

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 It feels a bit like Harry Potter meets Lord of the Rings.

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 A whole load of stuff.

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 And to me, actually, as a Westerner, it's a little bit like Chinese opera.

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 Because, you know, I look at it, bits of it look familiar,

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 but I just don't get what on earth's going on.

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 And I need someone to help and guide me in what it is.

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 And this is the kind of book that's just got so many different interpretations.

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 I mean, Revelation is the book for people who are conspiracy theorists.

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 Okay?

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 So, I just heard recently,

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 someone said to me that Donald Trump is the beast.

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 And the reason their logic went like this,

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 they said, well, Donald Trump,

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 they own a property which is at 666 Fifth Avenue,

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 and he came to power in 2016.

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 Which, if you put 666 plus 666 plus 6 plus 6 plus 6,

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 together it makes 2016.

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 I did the calculations.

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 And over time, it's not just Donald Trump.

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 I have heard, like, almost every U.S. president there's been.

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 Stalin, Mao, King John Il, the European Union,

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 and I have even heard, this is my favorite for the beast,

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 the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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 But we're not going to be talking about Donatello very much in this series.

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 And so what I want to do this morning is to actually spend some time introducing the book to you,

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 because this book isn't a book written for crazy conspiracy theories.

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 This book is about life and death.

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 It's got a message that God wants to speak to us.

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 You see, it's a bit like this.

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 When Fiona and I took a wedding in Kosomui a few years ago,

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 and we went out sea kayaking.

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 And halfway through, our boat just capsized and overturned in the water.

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 And we found ourselves being pulled out to the sea by the current of the waves.

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 And it was a scary moment.

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 And we looked over, and we could see the shore.

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 And at that moment, I could see my flip-flops going, my sun creaking.

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 Everything was floating out to the sea.

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 And we grabbed onto the boat, and we just started swimming.

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 We saw the shore, and we just started swimming as hard as we could to get to the shore.

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 And we made it, because that's why I'm here today.

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 Otherwise, I'd be out somewhere in the Indian Ocean.

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 But I don't know if you've ever been swimming in the sea.

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 And after a while, you suddenly kind of look up, and you realize that you've just got dragged out far further away from the shore than you realized.

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 Isn't that a scary moment?

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 And this is a little bit of what the book of Revelation is about.

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 Because the book of Revelation is trying to give you a wake-up call to say, it's trying to show you, that's where the shoreline is.

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 That's where the kingdom of God, that's where Jesus is.

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 But actually, we're in a culture which has a tide of idolatry, which wants to pull you and drag you further and further away from God.

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 And you've got to see both the danger that there is in being dragged out, but also the beauty that there is towards the shore.

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 So it encourages you to keep swimming towards that shore.

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 That is what Revelation is about.

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 Because it says, no matter how difficult it is to swim against the tide, Jesus is with you and he's overcome.

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 That's some of the message of Revelation.

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 And so the book starts with this.

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 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the things that must soon take place.

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 And so here's a few things about what this book is.

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 First of all, Revelation is a revelation.

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 Now the word revelation in Greek means apocalypse.

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 That's what the word is.

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 But apocalypse doesn't mean like end of the world.

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 Apocalypse means like an unveiling, a revealing.

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 It's a bit like when you pull back the curtain and you see like on the stage, you see like what's behind the stage, what's behind the scenes.

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 Or it's like if you kind of walk, you just walk into your home and someone's been cooking and you smell something and you're not sure what it is.

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 So you go to the saucepan and you lift the lid and you're like, oh, now I see what it is.

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 That is what Revelation is about.

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 It's an unveiling.

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 But what is it unveiling?

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 What is it revealing?

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 It's revealing behind the current events that are going on in the first century, there's a spiritual reality behind them.

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 You see, this book is written to churches in Asia Minor, which is western Turkey.

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 Some of us were there just a few months ago.

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 And what you know at that time is the Roman Empire looks all powerful.

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 In fact, peace, wealth, job security, career advancement, public approval, all of it is determined by how in favor you are with the Roman authorities around you and the religious system that goes along with it.

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 So the Roman emperor at the time was a guy called Domitian.

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 And there should be a little picture of him.

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 Here we go.

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 Handsome looking guy.

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 But somebody said this, Domitian was a profoundly insecure man.

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 To compensate for his insecurity, he ordered all citizens as subjects of the Roman Empire to worship him as Lord and God.

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 All citizens were to go to a temple built in his honor, take a pinch of incense, throw it on the fire, and say, Caesar, kurios, Caesar is Lord.

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 This is the background.

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 And Asia Minor, where Revelation is written to, is the center of emperor worship in the whole of the Roman Empire.

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 And it's filled with both worship of the emperor and all kinds of pagan gods.

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 And everybody worships them except Christians and Jews.

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 You see, the pull of the current was very strong to just go along with what everyone else was doing.

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 And do you know in Revelation, there's a number of commands which are repeated.

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 The most common commands are this.

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 Behold.

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 That means see.

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 Look.

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 And then don't fear.

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 Behold.

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 Stop looking in the natural, just the power of Domitian and the emperor around you.

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 He thinks he's in control.

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 But you've got to see with spiritual eyes who's really in control.

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 Stop seeing human circumstances with your eyes.

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 See them with my eyes.

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 That's what Revelation is about.

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 Behold.

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 Do you see what's going on behind the scenes?

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 Do you see?

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 So, this is what apocalypse is.

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 Revelation is.

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 But how does an apocalypse work?

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 And this is called kind of apocalyptic literature.

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 So, Revelation is written in this style.

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 We don't use it any longer.

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 But it's really common in between 200 BC and 200 AD.

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 And it has tons of kind of imagery in it.

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 And why is it written with all this kind of imagery and things?

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 Well, John, who we think was probably the last apostle alive, he wrote this book.

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 And he could have gone, hey, Jesus wins.

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 Just hold on tight.

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 The end's coming.

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 Don't worry.

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 The end.

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 See you, John.

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 But he doesn't.

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 Why doesn't he?

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 Well, because advertisers know.

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 If you're trying to sell a Tesla, you don't, your advert doesn't just have a little talking

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 head of someone going, it's a good car.

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 You should buy it.

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 It's nice for the environment.

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 No, a Tesla, what they do, they show you this dramatic kind of inspirational music.

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 They show you these scenes of these cars gliding on impossible terrain.

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 And the power.

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 And you get this kind of visual feast.

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 And at the end of it, then they bring you just to the Tesla logo.

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 And by that point, you want to buy one.

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 Because the idea is what Revelation is doing, it's bringing you full cinematic special effects.

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 Because it wants to get to your emotions.

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 It wants to feed your imagination.

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 It wants to show you the beauty of the shore, but also the horror of getting pulled out to sea.

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 It's trying to shake you up.

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 That's what it's trying to do.

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 Because do you know that your choices and my choices are not driven out of what I think,

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 I just kind of believe in my head.

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 They're also driven about what has captured your heart, your imagination, and your soul.

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 And so John is trying to capture you.

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 And so how does he do this?

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 Okay.

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 Well, one of the things he does in this is he uses lots of symbols.

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 So I'm going to show you a picture.

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 This picture was, oh, no, this should be another one.

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 Yes, this one.

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 This was produced this year.

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 Can anyone tell me what's going on?

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 Who?

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 The guy on the left?

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 Versus?

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 Okay.

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 Now, obviously there's little flags on there, but you know instantly what's going on, right?

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 If you were to come to me and go, I didn't know that dragon's arm wrestled.

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 You'd look at me and you'd go, you've missed the point, right?

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 Because you know what the image means.

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 Now, that's what Revelation is doing.

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 There's all these images in it.

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 And most of them are taken from Old Testament imagery.

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 And the problem for many of us is actually our Old Testament is, you know, we're a little rusty on the Old Testament.

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 But actually, you know, there's 404 verses in Revelation.

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 About 280 or more of them have illusions to the Old Testament.

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 So it's using all these images.

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 So that's why if you get to things like plagues, it should remind you of Egypt and the Exodus.

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 Or you get to beasts and kingdoms and it should remind you of Daniel.

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 And all these kind of things in the first century context, John is applying the Old Testament into his context.

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 With these images, which everyone would get.

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 It's just we have to work a little bit harder because we're in a different context.

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 But this is how apocalyptic literature works.

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 We take the context and then we apply the image even into our context.

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 So that's symbols.

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 Another thing that apocalyptic literature does is numbers.

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 You know, I heard one guy arguing with a scientist that the earth can't be round because in Revelation 7,

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 it says the seven angels were standing at the four corners of the earth.

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 Do you see, he's missed the point.

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 It's meant to be talking about the whole earth.

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 But, you know, we use numbers, right, to mean things.

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 If I use number four in China, why has the lift not got the number four?

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 Because it stands for death, right?

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 Eight.

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 What does eight mean?

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 Prosperity.

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 Fortune.

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 Okay.

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 If my wife says to me, I've told you a thousand times, don't put the sponge in the sink.

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 Has she literally told me a thousand times?

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 Probably.

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 You get the point, right?

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 So this is what apocalyptics is doing.

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 And so the number seven you will see come up everywhere in this passage.

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 Seven is the number of completeness or wholeness because of the number of days in creation.

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 We've got completes creation.

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 So there are seven churches here.

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 Now they are seven real churches which met in houses,

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 often before sunrise on Sundays.

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 And they're all on the postal route.

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 If you can show the picture.

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 They're all on the Roman postal route.

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 They go around.

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 So the messenger would have just carried them around.

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 One church to the next.

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 But he uses the number seven though deliberately,

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 not just to say it's written to them,

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 but also this is a message for all of the church.

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 And so that means when John wrote this,

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 he didn't write it to us.

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 He didn't say, dear watermark.

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 But he did write it for us because the message is for our context as well.

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 So revelation is a revelation, an apocalypse.

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 It uses all this imagery.

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 Okay?

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 A couple more small things before we get on to it.

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 It's also a prophecy.

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 He says,

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the word of the prophecy.

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 Now when you hear prophecy,

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 many of us think prediction into the future.

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 Well, that's a small part of prophecy,

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:05.419
 but most prophecy in the Bible is actually God just speaking into the context,

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 saying things like repent, don't fear.

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 Okay?

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.839
 There's hope.

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.099
 Be encouraged.

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.099
 Okay?

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:15.579
 Judgment is coming, so just turn to him.

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 That's what most prophecy is about.

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 And so if you're kind of seeing revelation just as like the Left Behind series

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:27.299
 or anything like if any of you have ever watched any of those things,

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:31.700
 you might have missed what John is actually trying to say here.

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 He's trying to speak to them and saying,

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 God wants to speak to you now.

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 Thus says the Lord.

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 So it's a revelation.

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 It's a prophecy.

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 But it's also a letter.

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 Someone would have come with a little scroll.

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 Revelation would have been on a scroll, by the way.

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 And they'd have opened it up.

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 And he would have said,

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 John, to the seven churches in Asia.

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 And then the book ends with,

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 The grace of Jesus be with you all.

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 It was a normal letter.

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 The whole book is a letter.

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 Written to real people in a real context in the first century

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 who were expected to understand it.

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.500
 Okay?

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.400
 So that's why he says,

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 Blessed are the ones who reads it aloud,

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 who hears it, people listening,

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 but especially who keep what is written in it.

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 They couldn't keep it if they didn't understand it.

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 Okay?

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:31.680
 So if you think the beast is Barack Obama,

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:33.960
 Donald Trump, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:38.079
 then clearly that's not what John has in mind

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:40.880
 because none of them knew about the turtles in the first century.

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:42.900
 Okay?

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:42.980
 Okay?

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:45.759
 It's not God's secret code.

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.900
 It's meant to be understood

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:51.160
 by all of us.

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.540
 Now, this is just introduction.

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.320
 Finally, I do have to say,

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:01.240
 there are some things in this book,

00:25:01.280 --> 00:25:02.840
 and I've read this book quite a few times,

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.500
 I still don't get,

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:06.560
 and Kevin still won't get,

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.920
 and that's okay.

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:10.280
 There will be some bits in this book

00:25:10.280 --> 00:25:12.140
 that probably you may disagree with.

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:14.440
 with the way that we share.

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.880
 That's okay.

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:19.259
 But don't lose sight of what John's message is.

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.580
 If you, and you're going to,

00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:21.480
 in your CGs,

00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:23.340
 you're going to be spending some time in this book,

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:26.360
 if you spend all your time in debates

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:27.800
 about whether the locusts

00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:30.640
 are really U.S. Apache helicopters or not,

00:25:30.780 --> 00:25:32.920
 you'll have missed the whole point

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:34.660
 of what John is trying to say to you.

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:37.120
 The idea is to get you swimming,

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:39.399
 keep swimming to Jesus,

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.659
 keep trusting Him,

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.919
 keep obeying Him,

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:43.079
 keep loving Him,

00:25:43.219 --> 00:25:44.879
 keep repenting and relying on Him.

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:47.599
 The book's message is actually the same

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.759
 as the gospel message

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.979
 throughout the whole of the rest of Scripture.

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:53.239
 It's just written with special effects

00:25:53.239 --> 00:25:54.000
 to wake you up

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.439
 so you don't fall asleep in the sermon.

00:25:56.139 --> 00:25:56.399
 Okay?

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:59.239
 So, do you get that?

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.959
 It's a revelation,

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.980
 it's a prophecy,

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.860
 it's a letter.

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:03.579
 Shall we get into the book?

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.180
 Great.

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.640
 Let's get going.

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:07.799
 Okay.

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:11.240
 Verse 4.

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.340
 Grace to you,

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:16.059
 and peace from Him who is,

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.079
 and who was,

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.259
 and who is to come,

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.860
 and from the seven spirits

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:21.559
 who are before His throne,

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:23.120
 and from Jesus Christ,

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.279
 the faithful witness,

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:26.360
 the firstborn of the dead,

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:28.559
 and the ruler of kings on earth.

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:32.160
 Who is this letter from?

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:37.340
 It's from the Trinitarian God.

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.259
 He says,

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:41.299
 He who is and was and is to come,

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:42.700
 that's a reference to Exodus,

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:45.019
 where the Egyptian Pharaoh

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:46.299
 seemed all-powerful.

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:48.000
 Moses is to go to Him,

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.840
 and Moses says,

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.100
 Who do I say has sent you?

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.600
 He says,

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:52.279
 I am who I am.

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.779
 God's saying,

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.960
 I'm the eternal one.

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.759
 Don't define me by any ruler

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.900
 because I have existed

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:59.259
 before anybody else.

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:02.120
 And it says,

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.759
 It's from Him.

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:07.160
 And if I walk into Watermark this morning

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:10.539
 with a letter saying,

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.140
 Hey guys,

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:13.940
 the eternal Father,

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.519
 the Spirit of God,

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:18.240
 which is what the seven spirits are,

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:20.180
 and Jesus Christ,

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:22.100
 who is the supreme one,

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:24.740
 who is the one who testified to His Father

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.480
 even unto death,

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.360
 the firstborn one,

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.640
 the supreme over death,

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:29.320
 the one who is the head

00:27:29.320 --> 00:27:30.660
 over every chief executive,

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.680
 every president,

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.759
 every ruler,

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:35.860
 He's got a message for you this morning.

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:38.680
 Would you sit up and listen?

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.500
 If He said,

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.840
 I want to reveal to you

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:43.000
 and show you behind the scenes

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.880
 what's going on in your life right now,

00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.780
 would you sit up and listen?

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:50.040
 Because God does have a message

00:27:50.040 --> 00:27:51.100
 for us this morning

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:52.940
 through the book of Revelation.

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:55.580
 And what He's going to say,

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:59.240
 He's going to say

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:01.940
 some incredible things,

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.559
 but He starts off,

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:03.860
 John,

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.420
 with this fact

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.799
 that God Himself

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:08.480
 wants to speak to us.

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.519
 That's mind-blowing.

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.920
 He then goes into praise

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.539
 and He goes,

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:27.619
 Do you know what He's saying?

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.339
 He's saying,

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:32.240
 this God wants you little small churches,

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:35.119
 before anything else,

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.759
 He wants you to know

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.879
 that He loves you.

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.099
 Watermark,

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:41.919
 that He loves us.

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:44.439
 Did you get that?

00:28:45.459 --> 00:28:46.919
 That He loves us.

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.059
 I mean,

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.299
 that's just insane.

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.719
 And His love

00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.759
 is not conditioned

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:54.179
 by anything that's happening

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:55.819
 in this city right now.

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:57.699
 His love is not conditioned

00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:59.000
 by the circumstances

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.459
 in your family right now.

00:29:00.719 --> 00:29:01.779
 It's not conditioned

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.779
 by your health

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:04.139
 or your job situation.

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.740
 Do you want to know

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.240
 how you know

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:10.339
 the Trinitarian God loves you?

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.599
 Because of the cross.

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.240
 He says,

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:17.559
 He freed us from our sins

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.380
 by His blood.

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.019
 You know,

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.980
 I was speaking to a lady

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.859
 just last week

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.839
 and she came to me

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.279
 and she said,

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.599
 you know,

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.880
 we've been trying to have a baby

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:27.099
 for a year now

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.819
 and we haven't been able

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.420
 to conceive

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:30.279
 and I'm not sure

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.519
 whether God really loves me.

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.400
 And I think John

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.420
 would go to her,

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.420
 I know it's hard.

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.680
 But don't look

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.960
 with human wisdom

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:43.200
 in your circumstances here.

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.839
 Behold,

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.620
 see,

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.960
 don't fear.

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:49.000
 See the cross.

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.339
 See,

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.759
 my love is grounded

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:52.160
 in the fact

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.019
 that I've given

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.440
 everything for you.

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.660
 I shed my blood

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.779
 to set you free,

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.559
 to make you my people,

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:01.440
 to make you a kingdom,

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.140
 which means

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.359
 you make you mine,

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.700
 to make you my priest,

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.880
 which means you have access

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:07.039
 into my presence.

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:08.539
 I've done everything

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.960
 to bring you to myself,

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.920
 to set you free

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.519
 from shame

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.039
 and sin

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.759
 and fear.

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.039
 Don't you know

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.779
 that I love you?

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.240
 And then he goes,

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:17.920
 behold,

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.859
 he's coming

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.759
 on the clouds.

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.559
 Jesus is coming.

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.379
 And he doesn't just say,

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.440
 Jesus will come.

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.359
 He says,

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.519
 no,

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.619
 no,

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:26.779
 no,

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.839
 you've got to see

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.799
 Jesus coming

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:30.039
 as imminent,

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.460
 as close,

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.759
 as present,

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:34.079
 because he wants

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.759
 to shape

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.680
 the way you view

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:37.220
 your present circumstances

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.440
 in the light of him.

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.339
 And he says,

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.400
 one day,

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.920
 everyone who mocks

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:44.019
 your faith,

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.379
 who think it's just

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.259
 wishful thinking,

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:49.220
 this Jesus stuff,

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.539
 one day they will see him

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:53.599
 and the tribes

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.099
 on the earth

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.660
 will wail

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.700
 on account of him

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.359
 because they will be,

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.759
 they will see him

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.319
 on the shore

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.819
 and they'll see

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.619
 how far away

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.679
 they were swept out

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.679
 to see.

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.519
 But can you see him?

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.939
 Can you see his coming?

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:12.039
 Why do they need

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.919
 to hear this?

00:31:14.719 --> 00:31:15.819
 Let's go to verse 9.

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:19.119
 I, John,

00:31:19.439 --> 00:31:20.919
 your brother and partner

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:22.099
 in the tribulation

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:23.019
 and kingdom

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.359
 and patient endurance

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.319
 that are in Jesus,

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:28.599
 was on the isle of Patmos.

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:30.359
 Well,

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.279
 Patmos is just about

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.159
 a few hours away

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:34.719
 from the Turkish coastline.

00:31:35.959 --> 00:31:38.119
 But John is exiled there

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.779
 because he's been

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.659
 preaching the gospel.

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:42.339
 Because he,

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.519
 he's realized

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.839
 this is not a popular message

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.539
 at their time.

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:47.799
 To say Jesus

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:49.079
 as Lord and God

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.619
 is to say

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.539
 Emperor Domitian

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.359
 is not.

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.740
 And that doesn't

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.939
 go down very well.

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.679
 They say,

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.519
 your gods

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.599
 are actually false gods.

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.700
 And the churches

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.440
 are either facing

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.099
 compromise

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:04.500
 or persecution.

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.960
 Either hide your faith,

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.660
 blend in,

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.639
 try and kind of go

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.200
 with the flow

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.740
 of the current

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:10.000
 or stand up

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.019
 and be prepared

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.559
 that actually

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.539
 it may cost you.

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.799
 Just imagine

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:18.259
 if you're a parent,

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.639
 someone putting

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.680
 a knife

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.639
 to the throat

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.420
 of your child

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.359
 and telling you,

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:25.719
 all you have to do

00:32:25.719 --> 00:32:27.279
 is deny Jesus

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.879
 and just say

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.719
 Caesar is Lord

00:32:28.719 --> 00:32:30.079
 and we'll let them go.

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:34.039
 Can you feel the pain?

00:32:35.219 --> 00:32:36.059
 This is where

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.659
 the Christianity

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.659
 gets real.

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.699
 Where,

00:32:38.979 --> 00:32:39.939
 when Jesus says,

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:42.339
 if you acknowledge

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.399
 me before men,

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.740
 I will acknowledge you.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.500
 If you deny me

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.059
 before men,

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:47.139
 I will deny you.

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.979
 And suddenly,

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.919
 it feels so much

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:49.559
 more real.

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:51.940
 And it hasn't happened

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:53.139
 to all the churches yet,

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.039
 but just down the road

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.759
 in Pergamum,

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.659
 it has.

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:57.019
 One of the guys

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.799
 was just killed

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.539
 not long ago

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.519
 for their faith.

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:02.099
 And John's saying

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.740
 there's a cost

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.639
 to following Jesus.

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.919
 Is it worth it?

00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:07.519
 You know,

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.039
 in Iraq,

00:33:08.179 --> 00:33:08.679
 in Syria,

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.480
 in India,

00:33:09.679 --> 00:33:10.319
 in Somalia,

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.799
 even in parts of China,

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.759
 our brothers and sisters

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.279
 are facing

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.460
 the same kind of thing.

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.659
 And we may not be

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.519
 under death threat,

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.419
 daily.

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.579
 I think most of us,

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.500
 that feels a little

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.359
 distant for us

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.919
 in Hong Kong.

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.720
 But John would still say

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.700
 we are a partner

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:29.480
 in God's kingdom,

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.659
 the shoreline,

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.980
 in the hope,

00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:33.299
 but also a partner

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.379
 in the tribulation,

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.579
 in the suffering.

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.559
 There is a cost.

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.619
 This is kind of

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:38.579
 the hard part.

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.339
 You know,

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:40.720
 for us,

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.379
 maybe it's losing

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.179
 a business deal.

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.220
 Maybe it's losing

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.139
 a guy that you

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.859
 really like.

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.460
 Maybe it's losing

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.000
 a job

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.379
 or losing

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.980
 a friendship.

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.899
 Maybe it's been

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:52.200
 called intolerant

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.039
 or bigoted

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.019
 or homophobic

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:55.319
 or something like that.

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.079
 Following Jesus'

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.740
 costs,

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.519
 and the current

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.659
 can seem strong,

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.839
 but he wants to say,

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.659
 Jesus is coming.

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.399
 Can you see him?

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.019
 Can you see him?

00:34:09.299 --> 00:34:10.179
 And so then,

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.579
 John,

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.039
 in the light of this

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.900
 kind of hard

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.920
 place,

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.779
 what he does,

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.579
 we're going to now see

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.980
 John has

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:19.559
 actually four visions.

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.699
 The book is structured,

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.940
 there's four visions there.

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.779
 We're just going to look

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.579
 at the first one.

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.420
 So,

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.599
 the first one

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.360
 is a vision

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:28.440
 of Jesus himself.

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.779
 How are we doing?

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.360
 Good.

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:38.300
 you see,

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.860
 John has this vision

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:41.099
 and he hears

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:43.559
 this voice behind him.

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:43.800
 You see,

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.559
 it's all kind of

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.460
 cinematic.

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:47.120
 I can't even say the word.

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.119
 So,

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.400
 he hears this voice

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.019
 behind him

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.440
 and he turns around

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:53.639
 and he sees

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:57.059
 seven golden lampstands,

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:58.259
 which we know later on

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:59.039
 are the churches

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.119
 that he's writing to.

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.380
 That's what they stand for.

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:03.319
 And why are they lampstands?

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.519
 Because the lampstands

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.599
 were in the temple of God

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.359
 in his presence

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:07.880
 and they would burn.

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.259
 So,

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:09.759
 when you walked in,

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:11.059
 it would have been dark

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:12.119
 and you walk in

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.279
 and you see

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.359
 these lampstands

00:35:14.359 --> 00:35:15.539
 burning with candles

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.099
 on them.

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:17.039
 They are light

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.759
 in the darkness.

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.279
 That is what the churches

00:35:19.279 --> 00:35:20.199
 are supposed to be.

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.860
 Light in the darkness

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.980
 of the world around them.

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.759
 And then what he sees,

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.019
 he's saying,

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:28.739
 these little tiny churches,

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.420
 they're only 20,

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.079
 30 people,

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.159
 something like that,

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.420
 like a big community group.

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.279
 You are the light

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:35.799
 in the midst

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:37.559
 of all this powerful empire.

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.659
 You are my light.

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.639
 Watermark,

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.779
 you are my light.

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:44.039
 And in the midst

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:45.360
 of the lampstands,

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.360
 who does he see?

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.000
 And this is beautiful.

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.539
 I love this.

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:50.420
 He sees Jesus.

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.120
 He sees his vision.

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.960
 And Jesus hasn't gone

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.579
 on holiday

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.240
 in the midst

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:55.800
 of the pressure

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.559
 that they're facing

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.680
 and the uncertainty.

00:35:58.340 --> 00:36:00.099
 He's not missing in action.

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:02.160
 Jesus is right

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:03.019
 at the center

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.800
 of the churches.

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.059
 This is,

00:36:06.140 --> 00:36:06.579
 I just think

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.140
 this is beautiful.

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.219
 Liverpool.

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.199
 You know,

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.299
 I'm a Liverpool fan.

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.539
 And do you know what,

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.480
 does anyone know,

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.599
 what is Liverpool's

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.559
 theme song?

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.639
 Here we're going to test

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.279
 whether you're really

00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:21.119
 true human beings

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.559
 or not.

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.539
 Pat?

00:36:25.379 --> 00:36:26.039
 Yes, Pat,

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.819
 would you like to sing it?

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.619
 No, it's okay.

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:30.199
 You'll never walk alone.

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.319
 I'm not even going to sing.

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:33.460
 You'll never walk alone.

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:35.179
 That is their song.

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.980
 And you'll hear it

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.679
 all the time

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.280
 when they're playing.

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.340
 And that is actually

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.840
 the song

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.840
 that Jesus wants

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:43.720
 to sing to them.

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.800
 Do you know

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.920
 that you'll never walk alone?

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.240
 Do you know

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.260
 it doesn't matter

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:50.860
 in the midst of the fear,

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.099
 in the midst of the uncertainty,

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.380
 in the midst of everything

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.079
 that's going on,

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:55.039
 you'll never walk alone.

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.639
 You may feel small,

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.260
 insignificant,

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:58.980
 powerless,

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.820
 but do you see him?

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:03.820
 Do you behold him?

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.480
 He's with you.

00:37:06.580 --> 00:37:07.480
 And if you know

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.720
 who it is who's with you,

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.880
 it changes everything.

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:13.800
 Because here now

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.940
 he begins to unpack

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:16.320
 what he sees.

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.680
 And he sees one

00:37:18.680 --> 00:37:20.720
 like a son of man,

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:22.720
 clothed with a long robe

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:24.000
 and a golden sash

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.120
 around his chest.

00:37:26.160 --> 00:37:27.180
 And the picture is

00:37:27.180 --> 00:37:28.120
 from the book of Daniel,

00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:30.180
 where the Ancient of Days,

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:31.440
 God himself,

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:33.059
 takes his seat to rule.

00:37:33.899 --> 00:37:35.519
 And then this God-man figure

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.460
 comes up to him

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:38.099
 and he is given a kingdom.

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:41.219
 And Jesus

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:43.419
 is this son of man

00:37:43.419 --> 00:37:44.239
 given a kingdom

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:45.299
 and he's dressed

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:46.179
 in the robes

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:47.359
 of the high priest

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:49.440
 with a golden sash

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.419
 around his waist.

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:51.000
 Sorry,

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.940
 around his chest.

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.899
 I don't know if you know,

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.339
 normally,

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.839
 if you're about to get to work,

00:37:54.899 --> 00:37:55.879
 you put a sash around,

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.919
 it's like a kind of belt,

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:58.159
 around your waist.

00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:00.159
 But if you put it around here,

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:01.259
 that shows that you've

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:02.399
 already done your work.

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.960
 The work's finished.

00:38:04.339 --> 00:38:05.199
 Jesus' work

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:06.619
 of saving us,

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:07.599
 he's dealt with sin,

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.579
 he's dealt with pain,

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:09.460
 he's dealt with death,

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.960
 he's our great high priest,

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:12.299
 brings us into access

00:38:12.299 --> 00:38:13.139
 into his presence.

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.219
 And then the hairs

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.759
 of his head

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:16.519
 are white

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.639
 like wool,

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.759
 like white wool,

00:38:18.839 --> 00:38:19.500
 like snow.

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.719
 Now,

00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:21.420
 I don't know about you,

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.059
 that kind of,

00:38:22.879 --> 00:38:24.099
 that seems a bit weird.

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:26.279
 But in our culture,

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:27.460
 you know,

00:38:27.540 --> 00:38:28.500
 we tend to value

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.100
 kind of youth

00:38:29.100 --> 00:38:29.400
 and like,

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.400
 if you get grey hairs,

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:32.019
 my wife cuts mine out

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.580
 and I'm sure,

00:38:33.080 --> 00:38:33.360
 like,

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:34.420
 you probably dye yours

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.800
 because we don't get the idea

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.480
 that actually,

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:37.780
 white grey hair

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:39.019
 is a sign of wisdom

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.500
 and also the whiteness

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.080
 is purity.

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:43.060
 So here is the man,

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:45.040
 here is the God man

00:38:45.040 --> 00:38:46.620
 who has all wisdom,

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.940
 who knows exactly

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.740
 what he's doing

00:38:48.740 --> 00:38:49.960
 and he does it right.

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:52.720
 And do you know

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.500
 in Daniel's vision

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.400
 who had white hair,

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:57.280
 it was God himself.

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.820
 What he's saying

00:38:58.820 --> 00:39:00.400
 is Jesus is divine.

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:02.559
 He is God himself.

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.019
 And he's saying,

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:07.199
 and then he looks at him

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:08.900
 and he sees his eyes

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:10.099
 are like a flame

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.780
 of burning fire.

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.440
 They're like lasers.

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.519
 And you know,

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:17.220
 fire burns,

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.599
 it penetrates,

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.539
 it purifies.

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:22.440
 What he's saying is,

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.619
 if his eyes

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.780
 are like fire,

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.720
 they can see right through

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:27.760
 every facade

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.820
 you ever put up.

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.380
 They can see

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.380
 right beyond

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:33.300
 every fake smile

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.920
 you put on

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:35.360
 right into your heart.

00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:39.220
 You see,

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:41.159
 Jesus doesn't deal

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.860
 with pretenses

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.559
 and excuses.

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:45.760
 He knows what's going on

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:46.559
 right in your heart

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.159
 right now.

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:49.119
 And if you are

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.800
 right now

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:51.220
 feeling a million miles

00:39:51.220 --> 00:39:52.060
 away from God

00:39:52.060 --> 00:39:53.160
 and we come into church

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.760
 and we all put up

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.460
 our nice mask,

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.980
 Jesus sees right through it.

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.820
 He knows exactly

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.660
 where you are.

00:40:01.700 --> 00:40:02.600
 There's nothing

00:40:02.600 --> 00:40:03.260
 that's hidden.

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:04.039
 You're naked

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.900
 before him.

00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:06.600
 That feels scary,

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:07.120
 doesn't it?

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:09.700
 Except if you know

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:10.220
 that he's the one

00:40:10.220 --> 00:40:10.960
 who loves you

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:12.780
 and has freed you

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.780
 from your sins

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:15.140
 and you can run

00:40:15.140 --> 00:40:15.700
 to him.

00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:18.600
 So what that means is

00:40:18.600 --> 00:40:19.700
 we don't come pretending

00:40:19.700 --> 00:40:21.080
 before Jesus any longer.

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.180
 Do you know,

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.860
 in Watermark,

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.840
 there is no room

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:25.460
 for fake Christianity.

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.519
 Do you know that?

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:32.560
 If you're in pain today

00:40:32.560 --> 00:40:33.920
 and you think

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.440
 you've just got to

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.400
 put on a brave face

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:35.980
 and pretend

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.780
 that you're fine,

00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:38.360
 Jesus sees through that

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:40.559
 and he wants

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:41.320
 to draw you

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.039
 to himself.

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:43.200
 Don't be fake

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:43.539
 within.

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.960
 He sees

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:47.400
 and he wants

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:48.260
 to free you

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:49.180
 from your shame.

00:40:50.640 --> 00:40:51.599
 Do you see him?

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.820
 And then his feet

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.940
 are like burnished bronze

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:57.039
 and they're on fire,

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.300
 which is the idea

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:59.099
 of strength

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.720
 and purity.

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.740
 He's unshakable.

00:41:02.200 --> 00:41:02.380
 You know,

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:03.480
 bronze is heavy.

00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:05.360
 No political circumstance

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:06.920
 or persecution

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.519
 can move him

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.220
 off balance.

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.500
 And then his voice

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.599
 is like mighty waters.

00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:13.420
 His voice drowns out

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:14.940
 every other voice.

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.539
 He is glorious.

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:21.340
 And the last two things

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:22.400
 in this list,

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.500
 he says,

00:41:23.640 --> 00:41:24.640
 in his right hand

00:41:24.640 --> 00:41:25.980
 he has seven stars,

00:41:26.120 --> 00:41:27.760
 which are the seven angels.

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:30.360
 And the word angel

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:31.440
 means messenger.

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:33.519
 And some people

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:33.940
 have thought

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.360
 that actually

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:35.240
 the seven angels

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:35.799
 were kind of like

00:41:35.799 --> 00:41:36.559
 the pastors

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.339
 of the churches.

00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:39.459
 Which I think

00:41:39.459 --> 00:41:40.359
 is an amazing thought

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:41.199
 if you think about it

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:42.899
 because I know

00:41:42.899 --> 00:41:44.000
 like Ed and Oscar

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:45.199
 and Kevin and Simon,

00:41:45.319 --> 00:41:46.219
 they look beautiful.

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.779
 But I don't know

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:48.299
 if I've ever called

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:49.319
 them angels before.

00:41:50.359 --> 00:41:50.819
 I mean,

00:41:50.979 --> 00:41:51.759
 angel Kevin

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.859
 just led us before.

00:41:54.359 --> 00:41:54.459
 Right.

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:55.759
 No,

00:41:55.979 --> 00:41:56.959
 the angel,

00:41:57.319 --> 00:41:57.579
 you know,

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:59.019
 angel in the book

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.619
 of Revelation

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:01.219
 has a very specific meaning.

00:42:02.959 --> 00:42:04.099
 It means angel.

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:07.779
 And so,

00:42:07.899 --> 00:42:09.159
 what he's saying though

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:10.899
 is that every church

00:42:10.899 --> 00:42:11.859
 that he's writing to,

00:42:11.919 --> 00:42:12.599
 this is extraordinary,

00:42:12.899 --> 00:42:14.539
 has in the heavenly realms,

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:15.839
 in the spiritual realms,

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:17.279
 has before God

00:42:17.279 --> 00:42:18.139
 a representative

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:19.939
 who looks over us.

00:42:20.839 --> 00:42:21.359
 There's something

00:42:21.359 --> 00:42:22.199
 behind the scenes,

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:23.219
 even with watermark.

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:25.299
 Which is,

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:26.619
 I think that's incredible

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:27.419
 because you think,

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:28.099
 we worry,

00:42:28.399 --> 00:42:29.500
 will we have enough finances?

00:42:29.979 --> 00:42:31.099
 Will we have more people

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:32.299
 like on a Sunday or not?

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:34.160
 But he's saying,

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.300
 the angels,

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:36.539
 he holds them

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.380
 in his hands.

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.220
 And so,

00:42:40.640 --> 00:42:41.620
 if Jesus holds

00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:42.780
 the very spiritual

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.680
 representatives

00:42:43.680 --> 00:42:44.740
 in his hands,

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:46.180
 then why are we worrying?

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.440
 Why do we worry

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:49.460
 about all our finances

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.280
 and all the other things?

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.340
 He's already got us.

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:55.000
 Do you see him?

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:57.160
 Stop seeing in the natural.

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:58.480
 See behind.

00:42:58.480 --> 00:43:00.880
 Last thing

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:02.719
 of this list.

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.360
 He's got a sharp,

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:06.139
 two-edged sword

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:07.519
 coming out of his mouth.

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:10.519
 This is how you know

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.460
 that you're not supposed

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:12.559
 to take this literally.

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:14.260
 Because

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:16.820
 it would be very awkward

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:17.920
 to have a conversation

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.480
 with someone

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.659
 like a meter-long piece

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:20.679
 of metal in their mouth,

00:43:20.740 --> 00:43:20.980
 right?

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:21.940
 Just turn around.

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.800
 Oops, sorry.

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:25.500
 Right?

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:26.420
 It's not meant

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:27.039
 to be taken

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:28.260
 literally there.

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:29.500
 It actually comes

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.840
 from Isaiah 42

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:32.880
 where God brings

00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:33.539
 his servant

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.840
 to bring justice

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.300
 and he said,

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:36.579
 you made my mouth

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.920
 like a sharp sword.

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:39.260
 What he's talking about

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:39.699
 is talking about

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:40.659
 Jesus' word.

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:43.500
 That just with a word,

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:44.780
 Jesus has power.

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:47.139
 I don't know,

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:47.980
 like,

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:50.820
 authorities and rulers

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:52.719
 have to use military force

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:54.360
 to enforce their own

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:55.320
 authority and power,

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.639
 right?

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:57.280
 They have to bring in troops

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:58.700
 to kind of gain control

00:43:58.700 --> 00:43:59.300
 of something.

00:43:59.640 --> 00:44:00.340
 Jesus doesn't.

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:01.280
 He just needs a word.

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:03.280
 You know,

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:03.940
 in creation,

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:05.880
 what does God need?

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:07.580
 He needs just a word

00:44:07.580 --> 00:44:09.040
 to speak things into life.

00:44:10.640 --> 00:44:11.460
 You see,

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:13.440
 in Hong Kong,

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:14.940
 in our present circumstances,

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:16.620
 all it needs

00:44:16.620 --> 00:44:17.440
 is just one word

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:18.040
 from Jesus

00:44:18.040 --> 00:44:19.700
 and everything

00:44:19.700 --> 00:44:20.480
 would change.

00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:22.060
 Just one word.

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:24.759
 Do you see him?

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:26.340
 He's got the power

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:26.880
 to condemn

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.400
 and the power

00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:27.920
 to equip.

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:29.739
 His word hasn't got

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:30.840
 a blunt edge to it.

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:32.139
 That's why it's two-edged.

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:34.860
 It cuts.

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:40.139
 As the rain comes out,

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:43.639
 isn't it sometimes

00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:44.759
 hard to believe, though?

00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:47.500
 When you look around

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:49.500
 and the world

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:50.180
 sometimes seems

00:44:50.180 --> 00:44:51.020
 so messed up

00:44:51.020 --> 00:44:53.160
 and you go,

00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:55.100
 is Jesus really

00:44:55.100 --> 00:44:55.960
 that authoritative?

00:44:56.920 --> 00:44:57.280
 I mean,

00:44:57.580 --> 00:44:58.160
 really?

00:44:59.040 --> 00:44:59.960
 Does he really

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.840
 have that power?

00:45:02.060 --> 00:45:02.700
 And John

00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:03.060
 in the book

00:45:03.060 --> 00:45:03.640
 of Revelation

00:45:03.640 --> 00:45:04.560
 is going to go,

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.500
 behold,

00:45:07.680 --> 00:45:09.020
 see with the eyes

00:45:09.020 --> 00:45:09.400
 of faith,

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:10.320
 I want to show you,

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:11.040
 I want this to go

00:45:11.040 --> 00:45:11.500
 from here

00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:12.340
 down to here.

00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:15.180
 And you know,

00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:16.880
 he keeps going,

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:17.559
 do you see him?

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:20.240
 Because how do you

00:45:20.240 --> 00:45:21.220
 respond when you

00:45:21.220 --> 00:45:21.820
 see Jesus?

00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:24.140
 How do you respond

00:45:24.140 --> 00:45:24.960
 when you see Jesus?

00:45:26.240 --> 00:45:26.740
 You know,

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:27.579
 I have friends

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.059
 who go,

00:45:28.300 --> 00:45:29.480
 when I see Jesus,

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:31.180
 I'm going to ask him

00:45:31.180 --> 00:45:32.280
 why I didn't get

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:32.920
 that job.

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.460
 Or I'm going to ask him

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:35.420
 why he didn't let me

00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:36.280
 date that person.

00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:39.300
 I don't think

00:45:39.300 --> 00:45:39.740
 you will.

00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:42.100
 Because when

00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:43.940
 John sees Jesus,

00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:45.619
 he falls down

00:45:45.619 --> 00:45:46.239
 at his feet

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:47.079
 as though dead.

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:49.319
 He's not giving

00:45:49.319 --> 00:45:50.360
 Jesus a quiz.

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:52.719
 He's just

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:53.860
 stunned.

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:55.319
 He just falls down.

00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:56.079
 He's on the floor.

00:45:56.179 --> 00:45:56.880
 He's laid out.

00:45:56.960 --> 00:45:57.559
 He's trembling.

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:57.940
 He's going,

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:58.279
 man,

00:45:58.339 --> 00:45:58.860
 I'm dead.

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.699
 I wonder,

00:46:01.819 --> 00:46:02.400
 do we ever see

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:03.339
 Jesus like that?

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:06.819
 Or do we just have

00:46:06.819 --> 00:46:07.480
 what I call

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:08.380
 cuddly Jesus?

00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:09.440
 You know,

00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:10.400
 he's got a nice

00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:11.079
 little lamb

00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:11.799
 in his shoulder.

00:46:12.279 --> 00:46:12.500
 Right?

00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:13.119
 That's often our

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.860
 picture of Jesus.

00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:16.039
 And this picture

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.480
 is actually,

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.400
 it's a little bit

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:17.860
 scary.

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:18.799
 Right?

00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:23.519
 But what I love

00:46:23.519 --> 00:46:24.480
 is the next part.

00:46:25.279 --> 00:46:26.299
 Because we must

00:46:26.299 --> 00:46:27.159
 have that vision

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:27.659
 of Jesus.

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:29.659
 But then he goes,

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.739
 Jesus puts his

00:46:30.739 --> 00:46:31.599
 strong right hand

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:33.239
 in John and says,

00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:34.980
 fear not.

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:36.900
 I'm the first

00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:37.619
 and the last

00:46:37.619 --> 00:46:39.039
 and the living

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.380
 one.

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:41.880
 I've overcome.

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:44.920
 Because if you know

00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:46.460
 that I am the

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:47.059
 awesome,

00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:48.159
 fearful one,

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:49.000
 then just a word

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:50.440
 from me will drive

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:51.139
 out all the other

00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:51.699
 things that you're

00:46:51.699 --> 00:46:52.400
 afraid of.

00:46:54.779 --> 00:46:55.319
 You know,

00:46:55.380 --> 00:46:55.980
 I knew someone

00:46:55.980 --> 00:46:56.599
 who had a guard

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:58.799
 dog called Al.

00:46:58.800 --> 00:46:58.880
 Al.

00:47:00.580 --> 00:47:02.019
 And Al was one

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:02.580
 of those kind

00:47:02.580 --> 00:47:03.260
 of dogs that

00:47:03.260 --> 00:47:03.800
 you were like,

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:05.000
 don't mess with

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.720
 me kind of

00:47:05.720 --> 00:47:06.039
 dogs,

00:47:06.140 --> 00:47:06.420
 you know?

00:47:07.780 --> 00:47:08.160
 And so,

00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:09.180
 but with his

00:47:09.180 --> 00:47:09.660
 family,

00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:10.700
 he was like the

00:47:10.700 --> 00:47:11.720
 most loyal dog.

00:47:11.800 --> 00:47:12.480
 He would die

00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:13.000
 for them.

00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:13.980
 He was like,

00:47:14.220 --> 00:47:15.180
 he was so tender

00:47:15.180 --> 00:47:15.800
 and gentle.

00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:16.420
 He would lick

00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:16.660
 them.

00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:17.340
 They'd just be,

00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:18.519
 like just so,

00:47:18.640 --> 00:47:19.140
 like the three

00:47:19.140 --> 00:47:19.640
 year old kid

00:47:19.640 --> 00:47:20.240
 could go up to

00:47:20.240 --> 00:47:20.580
 him and just

00:47:20.580 --> 00:47:21.220
 kind of stroke

00:47:21.220 --> 00:47:22.080
 him and be

00:47:22.080 --> 00:47:22.539
 beautiful.

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:24.960
 But when a

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:25.940
 stranger came

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.320
 up,

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:28.699
 suddenly he'd

00:47:28.699 --> 00:47:29.159
 get on all

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:29.679
 fours and

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.039
 would start

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:30.699
 growling.

00:47:30.980 --> 00:47:31.500
 And if that

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:32.119
 person started

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.860
 backing away,

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.599
 then he would

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:34.159
 start moving

00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:35.139
 closer towards

00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:35.480
 him.

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:37.980
 Because Al

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:38.699
 was a guard

00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:39.079
 dog.

00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:44.900
 And though

00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:45.900
 he was tender

00:47:45.900 --> 00:47:46.539
 and gentle,

00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:47.259
 he was also

00:47:47.259 --> 00:47:47.779
 fierce.

00:47:49.860 --> 00:47:51.119
 But if you

00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:52.119
 walk down the

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:53.159
 road with Al

00:47:53.159 --> 00:47:55.480
 into like a

00:47:55.480 --> 00:47:56.219
 rough neighborhood

00:47:56.219 --> 00:47:56.679
 where you

00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:57.039
 would never

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:57.799
 normally go,

00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:01.199
 you know that

00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:01.960
 you'd be fine.

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:04.199
 Because you're

00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:04.639
 with Al.

00:48:05.759 --> 00:48:06.319
 And his

00:48:06.319 --> 00:48:07.179
 presence with

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:07.659
 you is your

00:48:07.659 --> 00:48:08.199
 confidence.

00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:10.920
 Because you

00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:12.219
 knew that he

00:48:12.219 --> 00:48:12.799
 was a guard

00:48:12.799 --> 00:48:13.159
 dog.

00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:15.259
 But he was

00:48:15.259 --> 00:48:15.980
 also a tender

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.759
 guard dog.

00:48:18.779 --> 00:48:19.559
 This is

00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:20.679
 John's picture

00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:21.299
 of Jesus.

00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:23.259
 he loves

00:48:23.259 --> 00:48:23.739
 us.

00:48:24.380 --> 00:48:24.940
 He's given

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:25.960
 everything for

00:48:25.960 --> 00:48:26.460
 us.

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:28.159
 But are we

00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:29.039
 close to him

00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:29.420
 or are we

00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:30.019
 running from

00:48:30.019 --> 00:48:30.339
 him?

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:32.420
 Because right

00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:32.980
 now in Hong

00:48:32.980 --> 00:48:33.440
 Kong there's a

00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:34.019
 lot of fear.

00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:36.859
 Let me ask

00:48:36.859 --> 00:48:37.319
 you, what are

00:48:37.319 --> 00:48:38.139
 you afraid of?

00:48:39.420 --> 00:48:40.119
 Is it the

00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:40.519
 economy?

00:48:41.679 --> 00:48:42.440
 Is it your

00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:42.960
 investments

00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:43.440
 failing?

00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:45.159
 Is it your

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.579
 health?

00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:47.359
 Is it

00:48:47.359 --> 00:48:48.279
 loneliness?

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:49.519
 Maybe never

00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:49.920
 getting a

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:50.719
 boyfriend or a

00:48:50.719 --> 00:48:51.019
 girlfriend?

00:48:51.819 --> 00:48:52.159
 Is it

00:48:52.159 --> 00:48:53.079
 barrenness?

00:48:54.459 --> 00:48:55.199
 Is it your

00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:56.079
 boss or your

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:56.639
 family?

00:48:57.699 --> 00:48:58.379
 Never able to

00:48:58.379 --> 00:48:58.859
 draw good

00:48:58.859 --> 00:48:59.319
 boundaries?

00:49:00.279 --> 00:49:01.019
 Is it sharing

00:49:01.019 --> 00:49:02.019
 your faith with

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:02.459
 others?

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:05.519
 We don't need,

00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:06.779
 Watermark, a

00:49:06.779 --> 00:49:07.639
 cuddly Jesus.

00:49:08.739 --> 00:49:09.500
 We need to

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:10.359
 behold him for

00:49:10.359 --> 00:49:11.079
 who he is.

00:49:11.959 --> 00:49:12.859
 We don't come

00:49:12.859 --> 00:49:13.719
 lightly before

00:49:13.719 --> 00:49:14.039
 him.

00:49:14.819 --> 00:49:15.619
 We don't treat

00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:16.379
 him lightly in

00:49:16.379 --> 00:49:17.139
 our office when

00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:17.919
 we're tempted to

00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:19.099
 just go and

00:49:19.099 --> 00:49:20.039
 hide our

00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:20.559
 faith and

00:49:20.559 --> 00:49:21.139
 just go along

00:49:21.139 --> 00:49:21.659
 with the flow

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:22.099
 of everything

00:49:22.099 --> 00:49:22.579
 else.

00:49:23.940 --> 00:49:24.539
 We don't

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:24.860
 treat him

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:25.400
 lightly in

00:49:25.400 --> 00:49:26.200
 our fears.

00:49:28.659 --> 00:49:29.240
 But the

00:49:29.240 --> 00:49:29.980
 Trinitarian

00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:31.680
 eternal God

00:49:31.680 --> 00:49:32.460
 has a message

00:49:32.460 --> 00:49:33.099
 for us this

00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:33.380
 morning.

00:49:35.680 --> 00:49:36.500
 Just think of

00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:37.000
 the things you're

00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:37.480
 afraid of.

00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:37.880
 What's the

00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:38.539
 worst thing that

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:39.240
 could happen to

00:49:39.240 --> 00:49:39.420
 you?

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:42.059
 What's the

00:49:42.059 --> 00:49:42.619
 worst that could

00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:43.340
 happen to you?

00:49:44.300 --> 00:49:44.860
 Isn't it

00:49:44.860 --> 00:49:46.300
 ultimately that

00:49:46.300 --> 00:49:47.019
 we could die

00:49:47.019 --> 00:49:48.519
 or your

00:49:48.519 --> 00:49:49.140
 family could

00:49:49.140 --> 00:49:50.519
 die or your

00:49:50.519 --> 00:49:51.120
 dreams could

00:49:51.120 --> 00:49:51.500
 die?

00:49:53.700 --> 00:49:54.740
 Jesus says,

00:49:56.280 --> 00:49:57.820
 I have the

00:49:57.820 --> 00:49:59.280
 keys of

00:49:59.280 --> 00:50:00.360
 death and

00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:00.800
 Hades.

00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:02.840
 You know,

00:50:03.039 --> 00:50:03.780
 someone said

00:50:03.780 --> 00:50:04.660
 Jesus went

00:50:04.660 --> 00:50:05.200
 into the

00:50:05.200 --> 00:50:05.700
 prison of

00:50:05.700 --> 00:50:07.180
 death and

00:50:07.180 --> 00:50:07.800
 he came out

00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:08.120
 with the

00:50:08.120 --> 00:50:08.620
 keys.

00:50:10.280 --> 00:50:10.920
 You see,

00:50:10.980 --> 00:50:11.620
 he holds the

00:50:11.620 --> 00:50:11.920
 keys.

00:50:12.060 --> 00:50:12.500
 So if you

00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:13.580
 lose the

00:50:13.580 --> 00:50:14.340
 most precious

00:50:14.340 --> 00:50:15.000
 thing to

00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:15.300
 you,

00:50:15.300 --> 00:50:16.900
 even if

00:50:16.900 --> 00:50:17.660
 you die,

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:20.980
 he's got

00:50:20.980 --> 00:50:21.560
 the keys

00:50:21.560 --> 00:50:21.940
 just to

00:50:21.940 --> 00:50:22.360
 open the

00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:22.640
 door to

00:50:22.640 --> 00:50:23.120
 life.

00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:26.039
 You know,

00:50:26.100 --> 00:50:26.480
 he's just

00:50:26.480 --> 00:50:26.680
 not,

00:50:26.900 --> 00:50:27.720
 I've just

00:50:27.720 --> 00:50:28.039
 got the

00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:28.400
 keys to

00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:28.920
 the economy

00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:29.260
 on my

00:50:29.260 --> 00:50:29.720
 key ring.

00:50:30.140 --> 00:50:30.660
 It's not

00:50:30.660 --> 00:50:31.019
 just I've

00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:31.300
 got the

00:50:31.300 --> 00:50:32.160
 keys to

00:50:32.160 --> 00:50:32.780
 your personal

00:50:32.780 --> 00:50:33.519
 security on

00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:34.180
 my key ring.

00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:34.960
 I've got the

00:50:34.960 --> 00:50:35.760
 keys to

00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:36.400
 death and

00:50:36.400 --> 00:50:36.940
 your entire

00:50:36.940 --> 00:50:38.519
 future for

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:39.039
 eternity.

00:50:40.200 --> 00:50:40.720
 Behold,

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:42.120
 see,

00:50:42.820 --> 00:50:43.280
 do not

00:50:43.280 --> 00:50:43.780
 fear,

00:50:43.780 --> 00:50:45.040
 but come

00:50:45.040 --> 00:50:45.640
 to me.

00:50:49.560 --> 00:50:50.680
 My dad

00:50:50.680 --> 00:50:51.460
 last week

00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:52.780
 had a

00:50:52.780 --> 00:50:53.120
 stroke.

00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:55.500
 He's

00:50:55.500 --> 00:50:56.000
 making good

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:56.900
 progress now.

00:50:57.780 --> 00:50:58.660
 But in

00:50:58.660 --> 00:50:59.320
 one second

00:50:59.320 --> 00:51:00.300
 he went

00:51:00.300 --> 00:51:01.740
 from

00:51:01.740 --> 00:51:02.380
 normality

00:51:02.380 --> 00:51:03.580
 to ICU.

00:51:05.800 --> 00:51:06.519
 Everything

00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:07.140
 just stripped

00:51:07.140 --> 00:51:07.519
 away.

00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:10.260
 It's

00:51:10.260 --> 00:51:10.740
 scary.

00:51:10.739 --> 00:51:13.959
 my brother,

00:51:15.059 --> 00:51:15.559
 26

00:51:15.559 --> 00:51:16.219
 years old,

00:51:16.419 --> 00:51:17.199
 76 years

00:51:17.199 --> 00:51:17.439
 old,

00:51:17.479 --> 00:51:18.000
 died from

00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:18.639
 brain cancer.

00:51:19.779 --> 00:51:20.339
 Scary.

00:51:22.839 --> 00:51:23.539
 But if

00:51:23.539 --> 00:51:24.179
 Jesus holds

00:51:24.179 --> 00:51:24.959
 the keys

00:51:24.959 --> 00:51:26.639
 to

00:51:26.639 --> 00:51:27.199
 resurrection

00:51:27.199 --> 00:51:28.139
 life,

00:51:28.979 --> 00:51:30.339
 then I

00:51:30.339 --> 00:51:30.639
 don't need

00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:30.939
 to live

00:51:30.939 --> 00:51:31.479
 in fear.

00:51:32.299 --> 00:51:33.019
 We don't

00:51:33.019 --> 00:51:33.339
 need to

00:51:33.339 --> 00:51:33.659
 live in

00:51:33.659 --> 00:51:34.059
 fear.

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:37.039
 Because no

00:51:37.039 --> 00:51:38.059
 chief executive,

00:51:38.319 --> 00:51:39.000
 no president,

00:51:39.219 --> 00:51:39.839
 no ruler,

00:51:39.840 --> 00:51:40.579
 demission,

00:51:40.720 --> 00:51:41.579
 nobody else

00:51:41.579 --> 00:51:42.860
 has that

00:51:42.860 --> 00:51:43.260
 kind of

00:51:43.260 --> 00:51:43.700
 power.

00:51:45.019 --> 00:51:45.600
 Only

00:51:45.600 --> 00:51:46.420
 Jesus does.

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:48.360
 Only

00:51:48.360 --> 00:51:49.260
 Jesus does.

00:51:50.280 --> 00:51:51.000
 He loves

00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:51.420
 us.

00:51:52.600 --> 00:51:53.180
 He died

00:51:53.180 --> 00:51:53.940
 for us

00:51:53.940 --> 00:51:55.120
 to free

00:51:55.120 --> 00:51:55.519
 us from

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:56.200
 our sins.

00:51:56.840 --> 00:51:57.420
 And he's

00:51:57.420 --> 00:51:58.240
 calling every

00:51:58.240 --> 00:51:58.760
 one of us

00:51:58.760 --> 00:51:59.260
 to run

00:51:59.260 --> 00:51:59.600
 to him

00:51:59.600 --> 00:52:00.079
 today,

00:52:00.539 --> 00:52:01.340
 wherever

00:52:01.340 --> 00:52:02.260
 you are.

00:52:03.340 --> 00:52:03.820
 Bring

00:52:03.820 --> 00:52:04.160
 all of

00:52:04.160 --> 00:52:04.640
 your fear

00:52:04.640 --> 00:52:05.100
 to him.

00:52:05.099 --> 00:52:07.619
 if the

00:52:07.619 --> 00:52:07.980
 government

00:52:07.980 --> 00:52:08.519
 came in

00:52:08.519 --> 00:52:10.259
 and shut

00:52:10.259 --> 00:52:10.779
 down this

00:52:10.779 --> 00:52:11.259
 church,

00:52:12.659 --> 00:52:14.480
 Jesus

00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:15.339
 wouldn't

00:52:15.339 --> 00:52:15.659
 move a

00:52:15.659 --> 00:52:15.940
 muscle.

00:52:17.279 --> 00:52:17.960
 He's got

00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:18.559
 the keys.

00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:20.799
 His

00:52:20.799 --> 00:52:21.559
 presence,

00:52:22.519 --> 00:52:22.960
 in his

00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:23.460
 presence,

00:52:23.679 --> 00:52:23.900
 there is

00:52:23.900 --> 00:52:24.279
 freedom.

00:52:25.699 --> 00:52:26.059
 Do you

00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:26.559
 see him?

00:52:28.440 --> 00:52:29.059
 There's

00:52:29.059 --> 00:52:29.599
 no fear.

00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:30.839
 Let's

00:52:30.839 --> 00:52:31.139
 pray.

00:52:31.139 --> 00:52:31.259
 Let's

00:52:31.259 --> 00:52:31.279
 pray.

00:52:31.279 --> 00:52:31.539
 Let's

00:52:31.539 --> 00:52:31.639
 pray.

00:52:31.639 --> 00:52:32.139
 Let's

00:52:32.139 --> 00:52:33.199
 pray.

00:52:33.199 --> 00:52:33.360
 Let's

00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:35.079
 pray.

00:52:35.079 --> 00:52:43.900
 Father,

00:52:43.980 --> 00:52:44.420
 I just

00:52:44.420 --> 00:52:48.900
 I

00:52:48.900 --> 00:52:53.319
 realize how

00:52:53.319 --> 00:52:54.079
 small my

00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:54.460
 view of

00:52:54.460 --> 00:52:54.980
 you is.

00:53:00.980 --> 00:53:01.539
 Father,

00:53:01.639 --> 00:53:02.019
 I pray

00:53:02.019 --> 00:53:02.739
 for us

00:53:02.739 --> 00:53:05.699
 show us

00:53:05.699 --> 00:53:06.059
 Jesus.

00:53:08.659 --> 00:53:09.299
 We don't

00:53:09.299 --> 00:53:09.879
 want our

00:53:09.879 --> 00:53:10.459
 little view

00:53:10.459 --> 00:53:10.919
 of Jesus.

00:53:11.159 --> 00:53:11.439
 We want

00:53:11.439 --> 00:53:11.759
 who you

00:53:11.759 --> 00:53:12.439
 really are.

00:53:14.179 --> 00:53:14.779
 The one

00:53:14.779 --> 00:53:15.319
 who loves

00:53:15.319 --> 00:53:15.779
 us so

00:53:15.779 --> 00:53:16.659
 much that

00:53:16.659 --> 00:53:17.059
 you'd die

00:53:17.059 --> 00:53:17.719
 for us.

00:53:18.799 --> 00:53:19.359
 For the

00:53:19.359 --> 00:53:19.599
 one who

00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:20.339
 is awesome

00:53:20.339 --> 00:53:21.159
 that we

00:53:21.159 --> 00:53:21.419
 don't want

00:53:21.419 --> 00:53:21.819
 to tread

00:53:21.819 --> 00:53:22.159
 lightly

00:53:22.159 --> 00:53:22.739
 with you.

00:53:24.639 --> 00:53:25.079
 Father,

00:53:25.159 --> 00:53:25.719
 I pray for

00:53:25.719 --> 00:53:26.099
 those of

00:53:26.099 --> 00:53:26.359
 us who

00:53:26.359 --> 00:53:26.819
 right now,

00:53:26.899 --> 00:53:27.139
 we know

00:53:27.139 --> 00:53:27.439
 that we're

00:53:27.439 --> 00:53:27.699
 running

00:53:27.699 --> 00:53:28.399
 away from

00:53:28.399 --> 00:53:28.619
 you.

00:53:29.479 --> 00:53:29.739
 Our

00:53:29.739 --> 00:53:30.219
 hearts are

00:53:30.219 --> 00:53:30.819
 distracted.

00:53:30.820 --> 00:53:33.180
 Father,

00:53:33.260 --> 00:53:33.740
 I pray for

00:53:33.740 --> 00:53:34.160
 a wake

00:53:34.160 --> 00:53:34.640
 up call

00:53:34.640 --> 00:53:34.900
 this

00:53:34.900 --> 00:53:35.220
 morning.

00:53:36.900 --> 00:53:37.380
 Show

00:53:37.380 --> 00:53:38.019
 us

00:53:38.019 --> 00:53:38.760
 yourself.

00:53:41.920 --> 00:53:42.559
 I pray

00:53:42.559 --> 00:53:42.940
 for those

00:53:42.940 --> 00:53:43.180
 of us

00:53:43.180 --> 00:53:43.420
 who are

00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:43.960
 struggling.

00:53:46.960 --> 00:53:47.440
 Things

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:47.980
 around us

00:53:47.980 --> 00:53:48.160
 seem

00:53:48.160 --> 00:53:48.700
 overwhelming.

00:53:50.880 --> 00:53:51.360
 We

00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:51.920
 wonder how

00:53:51.920 --> 00:53:52.260
 we can

00:53:52.260 --> 00:53:52.780
 really hold

00:53:52.780 --> 00:53:53.320
 on to

00:53:53.320 --> 00:53:53.620
 you.

00:53:53.619 --> 00:53:56.699
 show us

00:53:56.699 --> 00:53:57.000
 that you

00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:57.139
 have

00:53:57.139 --> 00:53:57.719
 overcome.

00:53:59.239 --> 00:53:59.619
 We

00:53:59.619 --> 00:54:00.079
 just need

00:54:00.079 --> 00:54:00.500
 to hold

00:54:00.500 --> 00:54:00.839
 on to

00:54:00.839 --> 00:54:01.059
 you

00:54:01.059 --> 00:54:01.420
 because

00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:01.799
 you

00:54:01.799 --> 00:54:02.139
 are

00:54:02.139 --> 00:54:02.859
 the

00:54:02.859 --> 00:54:03.039
 one

00:54:03.039 --> 00:54:03.199
 who

00:54:03.199 --> 00:54:03.699
 holds

00:54:03.699 --> 00:54:03.940
 our

00:54:03.940 --> 00:54:04.480
 lives.

00:54:13.059 --> 00:54:13.539
 Maybe

00:54:13.539 --> 00:54:13.759
 some

00:54:13.759 --> 00:54:13.960
 of you

00:54:13.960 --> 00:54:14.279
 just need

00:54:14.279 --> 00:54:14.539
 to do

00:54:14.539 --> 00:54:14.880
 business

00:54:14.880 --> 00:54:15.119
 with

00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:15.380
 Jesus

00:54:15.380 --> 00:54:15.699
 right

00:54:15.699 --> 00:54:16.019
 now.

00:54:17.559 --> 00:54:18.039
 Allow

00:54:18.039 --> 00:54:18.239
 his

00:54:18.239 --> 00:54:18.519
 spirit

00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:19.199
 to convict

00:54:19.199 --> 00:54:19.519
 you.

00:54:20.679 --> 00:54:20.859
 Allow

00:54:20.859 --> 00:54:21.119
 him to

00:54:21.119 --> 00:54:21.500
 speak

00:54:21.500 --> 00:54:22.039
 to you.

00:54:23.619 --> 00:54:24.019
 He's

00:54:24.019 --> 00:54:24.279
 got a

00:54:24.279 --> 00:54:24.579
 message

00:54:24.579 --> 00:54:25.000
 for you

00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:25.259
 this

00:54:25.259 --> 00:54:25.559
 morning.

00:54:27.239 --> 00:54:27.779
 Do you

00:54:27.779 --> 00:54:28.279
 see him?

00:54:29.139 --> 00:54:29.539
 Do you

00:54:29.539 --> 00:54:29.960
 want to

00:54:29.960 --> 00:54:30.339
 see him?

00:54:31.880 --> 00:54:32.299
 Open

00:54:32.299 --> 00:54:32.819
 our eyes,

00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:33.219
 Jesus,

00:54:33.659 --> 00:54:34.519
 to fall

00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:34.980
 more in

00:54:34.980 --> 00:54:35.339
 love with

00:54:35.339 --> 00:54:35.579
 you.

00:54:39.159 --> 00:54:39.719
 If you

00:54:39.719 --> 00:54:40.319
 need prayer

00:54:40.319 --> 00:54:41.000
 afterwards,

00:54:41.199 --> 00:54:42.159
 I encourage

00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:42.960
 you to come

00:54:42.960 --> 00:54:43.519
 up now.

00:54:43.960 --> 00:54:44.139
 There's

00:54:44.139 --> 00:54:44.359
 going to be

00:54:44.359 --> 00:54:44.799
 some prayer

00:54:44.799 --> 00:54:45.460
 guys who's

00:54:45.460 --> 00:54:45.779
 going to be

00:54:45.779 --> 00:54:46.279
 here ready

00:54:46.279 --> 00:54:46.639
 to pray

00:54:46.639 --> 00:54:47.119
 for you.

00:54:47.779 --> 00:54:48.059
 Don't

00:54:48.059 --> 00:54:48.920
 put up

00:54:48.920 --> 00:54:49.460
 pretenses.

00:54:50.859 --> 00:54:51.079
 Jesus

00:54:51.079 --> 00:54:51.679
 sees right

00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:52.039
 through,

00:54:52.179 --> 00:54:52.339
 but he

00:54:52.339 --> 00:54:52.719
 wants to

00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:53.199
 heal you.

00:54:53.619 --> 00:54:55.079
 to restore

00:54:55.079 --> 00:54:55.440
 you.

00:54:57.319 --> 00:54:57.980
 So be

00:54:57.980 --> 00:54:58.420
 courageous

00:54:58.420 --> 00:54:58.960
 and come

00:54:58.960 --> 00:54:59.359
 up and

00:54:59.359 --> 00:54:59.920
 have people

00:54:59.920 --> 00:55:00.440
 pray for

00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:00.679
 you.

00:55:03.079 --> 00:55:03.759
 We love

00:55:03.759 --> 00:55:03.900
 you,

00:55:03.980 --> 00:55:04.239
 Jesus.

00:55:05.460 --> 00:55:05.759
 Amen.