WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.880 Revelation chapter 20 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.840 So again, just a reminder, on Wednesday we'll be having a joint home group so everybody is invited. 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:48.359 Bring your questions about Revelation or any side shoots off Revelation that you want to talk and chat about. 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:57.240 I'm not saying the answers will be provided but hopefully we will have a good discussion as we look to God's word together. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:04.239 We're going to read all of Revelation 20 this morning. 00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:18.760 Let's hear God's word. 00:01:20.579 --> 00:01:29.000 And I saw an angel coming out of heaven, having the key to the abyss and holding in his hands a great chain. 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:37.980 He seized the dragon, that ancient snake who is the devil or Satan and bound him for a thousand years. 00:01:38.980 --> 00:01:49.560 He threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it over him to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:55.480 After that, he must be set free for a short time. 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:01.680 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:11.500 And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. 00:02:11.500 --> 00:02:21.159 They had not worshipped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or on their hands. 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:28.759 They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:35.199 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. 00:02:36.539 --> 00:02:38.399 This is the first resurrection. 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:43.560 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. 00:02:44.640 --> 00:02:50.159 The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:54.680 and will reign with him for a thousand years. 00:02:56.199 --> 00:03:00.359 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison 00:03:00.359 --> 00:03:07.099 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:09.979 and to gather them for battle. 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:13.979 In number they are like the sand on the seashore. 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:22.099 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:27.819 But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 00:03:28.699 --> 00:03:32.799 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur 00:03:32.799 --> 00:03:35.859 where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. 00:03:37.339 --> 00:03:42.799 They will be tormented day and night forever and ever. 00:03:43.979 --> 00:03:49.659 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:56.359 The earth and the heavens fled from his presence and there was no place for them. 00:03:57.419 --> 00:04:03.819 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:06.560 And books were opened. 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:11.079 Another book was opened, which is the book of life. 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:16.680 The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:20.639 The sea gave up the dead that were in it. 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.639 And death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them. 00:04:25.960 --> 00:04:29.120 And each person was judged according to what they had done. 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:34.280 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:38.300 The lake of fire is the second death. 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:44.060 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:47.459 was thrown into the lake of fire. 00:04:47.459 --> 00:05:08.299 Father, you are the giver of all life. 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:13.879 And your word itself is life. 00:05:15.819 --> 00:05:19.500 And so we pray that as we listen to your word, 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:23.680 as we seek to understand this and apply it to our lives, 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:28.680 we will be filled with a vision of God, 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:31.800 his plan for this world, 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:34.960 the future that is to come, 00:05:36.280 --> 00:05:37.900 and our part in it. 00:05:39.939 --> 00:05:41.040 Help us, Father. 00:05:42.939 --> 00:05:43.900 Change us. 00:05:44.980 --> 00:05:46.800 And do your work amongst us. 00:05:47.840 --> 00:05:48.259 Amen. 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:48.340 Amen. 00:05:55.340 --> 00:06:00.259 Well, it seems we have a fascination with Marvel movies. 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:01.480 Any fans? 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:03.759 Iron Man. 00:06:03.960 --> 00:06:05.860 Well, I hope I've got this right anyway. 00:06:06.500 --> 00:06:09.020 Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, 00:06:10.060 --> 00:06:11.319 Guardians of the Galaxy. 00:06:12.340 --> 00:06:14.699 And we love spy thrillers too. 00:06:15.420 --> 00:06:17.920 Like James Bond and Jack Reacher. 00:06:18.960 --> 00:06:20.960 Ethan Hunt of Mission Impossible. 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:25.740 Now the thing that they all have in common is 00:06:25.740 --> 00:06:27.780 they're all heroes. 00:06:27.779 --> 00:06:33.099 They do what everyone else seems powerless to do. 00:06:33.159 --> 00:06:35.279 They confront criminals. 00:06:35.739 --> 00:06:37.539 They fight evil powers. 00:06:38.039 --> 00:06:40.139 And they ultimately bring justice. 00:06:40.139 --> 00:06:44.620 They establish a new rule and a new order. 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:48.979 The problem is, in the real world, 00:06:50.099 --> 00:06:51.659 the heroes don't win. 00:06:53.159 --> 00:06:54.899 Criminals get away with murder. 00:06:54.899 --> 00:06:59.060 Evil triumphs over those who do good. 00:06:59.859 --> 00:07:03.159 And injustice rules with devastating effects. 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.860 In the real world, from our experience, 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:09.560 it's the bad guys who do as they please. 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:13.020 And the good guys seem to suffer and struggle. 00:07:13.019 --> 00:07:19.099 You see, the reason why we have a fascination with these movies is 00:07:19.099 --> 00:07:23.299 because they achieve for us what we all long for. 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:25.279 Justice. 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:25.479 Justice. 00:07:26.679 --> 00:07:27.239 Order. 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:29.239 And rule. 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.859 The end of all that is not right. 00:07:34.679 --> 00:07:36.179 But here's the good news. 00:07:36.599 --> 00:07:38.039 What we long for 00:07:38.039 --> 00:07:41.739 doesn't have to be the stuff of Hollywood and movies. 00:07:42.299 --> 00:07:44.239 It all becomes a reality 00:07:44.239 --> 00:07:48.479 in Jesus, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.879 Revelation gives to us a vision 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:55.420 of the true and ultimate hero king. 00:07:56.580 --> 00:08:00.920 Let's read chapter 19, verse 11. 00:08:04.140 --> 00:08:07.280 I saw heaven standing open. 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.640 So, we have a perspective of earth 00:08:10.640 --> 00:08:13.259 and what is going on in the world. 00:08:14.340 --> 00:08:17.200 But here we are taken once again to heaven 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.319 to get heaven's perspective, 00:08:19.979 --> 00:08:21.039 God's perspective. 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:24.500 I saw heaven standing open 00:08:24.500 --> 00:08:27.959 and there before me was a white horse, 00:08:29.099 --> 00:08:31.360 a symbol of perfection and beauty, 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:34.159 whose rider is called 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.939 Faithful and True. 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:41.439 With justice, he judges 00:08:41.439 --> 00:08:43.439 and wages war. 00:08:44.460 --> 00:08:45.779 He's going to correct 00:08:45.779 --> 00:08:47.199 all wrongs 00:08:47.199 --> 00:08:48.620 and establish what is right 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:50.120 and punish what is unjust. 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.519 He's not swayed by emotion 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.659 or tainted by bribes. 00:08:54.779 --> 00:08:56.919 His verdict, his justice 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:58.559 is always pure, 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:00.100 fair, 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:01.699 and right. 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:04.319 Verse 12. 00:09:05.319 --> 00:09:06.439 His eyes 00:09:06.439 --> 00:09:08.740 are like blazing fire. 00:09:08.899 --> 00:09:10.100 He sees all 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:12.240 and he knows all. 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.659 And on his head 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:16.300 are many crowns. 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:19.200 He has supreme authority 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:20.460 over all things 00:09:20.460 --> 00:09:21.600 and all people. 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:24.700 He has a name 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:25.540 written on him 00:09:25.540 --> 00:09:26.779 that no one knows 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:27.899 but he himself. 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:29.980 He's not controlled 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:30.879 by anybody. 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:33.680 He is answerable 00:09:33.680 --> 00:09:34.620 to himself. 00:09:34.620 --> 00:09:38.679 He is dressed 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:39.639 in a robe 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:41.039 dripped in blood 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.139 and his name 00:09:43.139 --> 00:09:44.299 is the word of God. 00:09:44.419 --> 00:09:45.560 He is a warrior 00:09:45.560 --> 00:09:46.759 king. 00:09:48.419 --> 00:09:49.240 Verse 14. 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:50.460 The armies of heaven 00:09:50.460 --> 00:09:51.399 were following him 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:53.360 riding on white horses 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:55.440 and dressed in fine linen 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:57.259 white and clean. 00:09:58.259 --> 00:09:59.000 The saints 00:09:59.000 --> 00:09:59.860 and the angels 00:09:59.860 --> 00:10:01.080 that accompany him. 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:03.080 coming out 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:03.820 of his mouth 00:10:03.820 --> 00:10:05.120 is a sharp sword 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:06.280 with which 00:10:06.280 --> 00:10:07.500 to strike down 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:08.180 the nations. 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:09.560 His weapon 00:10:09.560 --> 00:10:10.440 of choice 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:12.720 is the word 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:13.340 of God. 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:15.240 It's the means 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:15.879 by which 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:17.040 he will establish 00:10:17.040 --> 00:10:18.440 his rule. 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:20.420 What he commands 00:10:20.420 --> 00:10:21.400 takes place. 00:10:21.560 --> 00:10:22.540 What he decrees 00:10:22.540 --> 00:10:23.700 will happen. 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:26.240 Verse 15. 00:10:26.340 --> 00:10:27.580 He will rule them 00:10:27.580 --> 00:10:29.240 with an iron scepter. 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:31.340 He treads 00:10:31.340 --> 00:10:32.419 the winepress 00:10:32.419 --> 00:10:33.279 of the fury 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:34.039 of the wrath 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:34.680 of God 00:10:34.680 --> 00:10:35.879 almighty 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:38.019 delivering 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:39.159 his judgment 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:42.139 and on his robe 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:44.120 and on his thigh 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.519 he has his name 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:47.080 written 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:49.379 King of Kings 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:51.360 and Lord 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:52.159 of Lords. 00:10:53.779 --> 00:10:55.159 Make no mistake 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:56.600 this is God's 00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:57.940 ruling king 00:10:57.940 --> 00:10:59.480 who comes 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:00.320 to confront 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:01.880 all sin 00:11:01.880 --> 00:11:03.120 to triumph 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:04.800 over all evil 00:11:04.800 --> 00:11:06.400 and to establish 00:11:06.400 --> 00:11:07.320 justice. 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:08.480 This is not 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:09.140 fantasy 00:11:09.140 --> 00:11:11.820 this is reality. 00:11:13.020 --> 00:11:13.420 Jesus 00:11:13.420 --> 00:11:14.660 King of Kings 00:11:14.660 --> 00:11:15.620 Lord 00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:16.680 of Lords. 00:11:19.100 --> 00:11:19.980 Now as we go 00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:20.900 through our text 00:11:20.900 --> 00:11:22.680 looking at the rest 00:11:22.680 --> 00:11:24.000 of chapter 20 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:25.740 we'll see 00:11:25.740 --> 00:11:26.639 three things 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:27.519 about this 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:28.399 king. 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:30.100 We're going to see 00:11:30.100 --> 00:11:31.120 the king's rule 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:32.700 has begun 00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:34.919 the king's rule 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:36.279 will come 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:38.299 and the king's 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:39.320 rule over me. 00:11:39.539 --> 00:11:40.039 So rule 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:40.840 has begun 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:42.379 rule 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:43.340 will come 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:45.019 and then 00:11:45.019 --> 00:11:45.580 rule 00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:46.980 over me. 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:49.460 So first 00:11:49.460 --> 00:11:50.679 the king's rule 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:52.120 has 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:53.240 begun. 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:55.740 does that say 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:56.320 has come? 00:11:57.340 --> 00:11:58.879 Oh that's a typo. 00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:04.560 That should be 00:12:04.560 --> 00:12:05.279 the king's rule 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:06.120 has begun. 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:09.180 So the king's rule 00:12:09.180 --> 00:12:10.060 is not just a 00:12:10.060 --> 00:12:10.980 future event 00:12:10.980 --> 00:12:12.200 it is a present 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:13.620 and ongoing 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:14.039 event. 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:14.980 We can see this 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:16.279 in two ways. 00:12:17.680 --> 00:12:18.200 First 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:19.100 Satan 00:12:19.100 --> 00:12:20.539 has been 00:12:20.539 --> 00:12:21.039 bound. 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:22.599 look at 00:12:22.599 --> 00:12:23.360 chapter 20 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:24.039 verse 1 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:26.719 and I saw 00:12:26.719 --> 00:12:27.159 an angel 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:27.879 coming down 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:28.679 out of heaven 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:30.299 having the 00:12:30.299 --> 00:12:31.019 key to the 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:31.480 abyss 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:33.139 and holding 00:12:33.139 --> 00:12:33.980 in his hand 00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:34.620 a great 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:35.559 chain. 00:12:36.099 --> 00:12:36.759 Here we have 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:37.279 the key 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:37.679 holder 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:39.120 the one 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:39.839 with supreme 00:12:39.839 --> 00:12:40.439 authority 00:12:40.439 --> 00:12:41.139 and absolute 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:41.639 power. 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:42.980 The angel 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:44.079 is representing 00:12:44.079 --> 00:12:45.159 the king's 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:45.519 rule 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:45.639 rule 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:46.799 and he 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:47.220 has the 00:12:47.220 --> 00:12:47.819 key to 00:12:47.819 --> 00:12:48.500 the abyss 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:49.259 the realm 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:50.000 of darkness 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:51.000 the gathering 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:51.919 place of evil 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:52.840 hell itself. 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.919 But he also 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:56.679 has a chain 00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:57.259 what's the 00:12:57.259 --> 00:12:58.059 chain for? 00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.299 Well look at 00:12:59.299 --> 00:12:59.879 verse 2 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:01.179 he seized 00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:01.799 the dragon 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:02.779 that ancient 00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:03.480 snake 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:04.899 whom we 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:05.860 first met 00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:06.939 right the way 00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:07.579 back in the 00:13:07.579 --> 00:13:08.159 garden of 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:08.460 Eden 00:13:08.460 --> 00:13:10.139 who is the 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:10.579 devil 00:13:10.579 --> 00:13:11.879 or Satan 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:13.620 and bound 00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:14.279 him for a 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:15.139 thousand years 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:16.220 he threw 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:16.700 him into 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:17.539 the abyss 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:19.700 and locked 00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:21.120 and sealed 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:21.740 it over 00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:22.139 him. 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:26.039 Now the 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:26.659 question that 00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:27.200 we need to 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:27.960 ask here 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:28.379 is 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:30.460 when was 00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:31.019 Satan 00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:31.860 bound? 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:33.659 When did 00:13:33.659 --> 00:13:34.500 this binding 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:36.120 take place? 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.159 Well we 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:38.580 know from 00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:39.399 the gospels 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:40.379 that Satan 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:41.679 already has 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:42.399 been bound 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:43.659 through the 00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:44.139 death of 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:44.519 Jesus. 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:46.279 So in 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:46.759 Mark's 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:47.079 gospel 00:13:47.079 --> 00:13:47.779 chapter 3 00:13:47.779 --> 00:13:48.219 there's an 00:13:48.219 --> 00:13:48.939 account where 00:13:48.939 --> 00:13:49.679 Jesus is 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:50.719 having a 00:13:50.719 --> 00:13:51.439 debate with 00:13:51.439 --> 00:13:51.919 the religious 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:53.079 leaders and 00:13:53.079 --> 00:13:53.959 he explains 00:13:53.959 --> 00:13:54.459 to them 00:13:54.459 --> 00:13:55.279 what he 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:55.779 came to 00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:56.779 do with 00:13:56.779 --> 00:13:57.479 Satan and 00:13:57.479 --> 00:13:58.199 Jesus uses 00:13:58.199 --> 00:13:58.599 like a 00:13:58.599 --> 00:13:59.259 little short 00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:00.059 parable to 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:00.659 explain. 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:02.779 We have 00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.259 them here 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:04.019 on screen. 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:06.059 Jesus says 00:14:06.059 --> 00:14:06.879 in fact no 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.620 one can enter 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:08.399 a strong 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:08.979 man's 00:14:08.979 --> 00:14:09.500 house. 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:10.879 The 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.559 strong man 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:11.980 being 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:12.860 Satan's 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:13.279 kingdom 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:15.120 without 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.200 first tying 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:16.860 him up. 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.960 Then he 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:19.879 can plunder 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.980 the 00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:22.039 strong man's 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:22.559 house. 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.159 The 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:25.340 imagery is 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:25.980 clear there 00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:26.360 isn't it? 00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:27.000 Jesus has 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.679 come to 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:28.759 bind 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.299 Satan 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:30.100 through his 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:30.600 death. 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:32.039 To tie 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:32.580 him up. 00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.200 To make 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:35.059 him powerless 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:36.539 so that 00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:37.460 he can 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:38.159 rescue 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:38.799 people 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:39.740 from 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.379 Satan's 00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:40.740 kingdom. 00:14:41.599 --> 00:14:42.319 He can 00:14:42.319 --> 00:14:42.919 plunder 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.179 the 00:14:43.179 --> 00:14:43.479 kingdom 00:14:43.479 --> 00:14:43.719 of 00:14:43.719 --> 00:14:44.159 darkness 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:45.719 and bring 00:14:45.719 --> 00:14:46.259 people 00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:47.459 into the 00:14:47.459 --> 00:14:47.759 kingdom 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.459 of light. 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:50.539 This is 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:51.219 also made 00:14:51.219 --> 00:14:51.859 clear in 00:14:51.859 --> 00:14:52.519 John's 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:52.879 gospel 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.859 chapter 12 00:14:53.859 --> 00:14:55.279 where Jesus 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:56.279 explains what 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:56.779 will happen 00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.439 to Satan 00:14:57.439 --> 00:14:59.500 when Jesus 00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:00.199 dies. 00:15:01.839 --> 00:15:02.099 Jesus 00:15:02.099 --> 00:15:02.740 says this 00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.659 now is 00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:04.200 the time 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:04.600 for 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:05.259 judgment 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:06.159 on this 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:06.580 world. 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.700 Now the 00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:09.419 prince of 00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:09.899 this world 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:10.419 the prince 00:15:10.419 --> 00:15:10.779 of this 00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:11.460 world is 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.320 Satan 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:13.139 who will 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.960 be driven 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:15.060 out and 00:15:15.060 --> 00:15:15.700 when I am 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:16.460 lifted up 00:15:16.460 --> 00:15:16.820 from the 00:15:16.820 --> 00:15:17.500 earth speaking 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:17.980 of his 00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.580 death his 00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:19.659 crucifixion on 00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:20.659 the cross he 00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:21.759 will draw all 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.419 people to 00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:23.019 myself. 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:25.159 He said 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:25.840 this to show 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:26.480 the kind of 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.060 death he 00:15:28.060 --> 00:15:28.519 was going 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:29.080 to die. 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:30.820 You see 00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:31.720 as Jesus 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:32.960 dies 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.519 Satan is 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.700 driven out 00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:38.060 and people 00:15:38.060 --> 00:15:39.040 are drawn 00:15:39.040 --> 00:15:40.540 to Jesus. 00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:43.660 The 00:15:43.660 --> 00:15:44.620 apostle Paul 00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:47.320 describes 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:48.040 the effect 00:15:48.040 --> 00:15:48.720 of Jesus' 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.580 death on 00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:50.360 Satan like 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:51.759 this in 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:53.019 military terms. 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:54.580 Christ he 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.120 says has 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.000 disarmed 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:57.399 the powers 00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:58.080 and the 00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:58.759 authorities. 00:15:59.259 --> 00:15:59.500 Who are 00:15:59.500 --> 00:15:59.720 they? 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:01.120 The realm 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.060 of darkness 00:16:02.060 --> 00:16:04.080 and he 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:04.560 made a 00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:05.100 public 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.840 spectacle 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:06.460 of them 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:07.799 triumphing 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.580 over them 00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.659 by the 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.159 cross. 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:13.379 You see 00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:14.000 as Jesus 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.539 dies 00:16:14.539 --> 00:16:15.320 Satan is 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.240 overcome. 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.100 He is 00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:18.000 bound up 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.620 he is 00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.399 driven out 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.080 and he 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:20.860 is disarmed. 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.720 His powers 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:22.560 of deception 00:16:22.560 --> 00:16:23.500 have been 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.019 defeated 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.600 and been 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.240 destroyed. 00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:26.440 Back to 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:27.159 verse 3. 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:34.000 verse 3. 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.699 He threw 00:16:34.699 --> 00:16:35.259 him into 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.480 the 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.039 abyss 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:37.779 and locked 00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:38.399 and sealed 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:38.879 it over 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.879 him to 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.740 keep him 00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.899 from deceiving 00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:42.659 the nations 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.439 anymore 00:16:43.439 --> 00:16:45.100 until the 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:46.120 thousand years 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.439 were ended. 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:50.120 So he's 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.719 been bound. 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.360 It's past 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:52.879 tense. 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:54.779 And if 00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.439 Satan's 00:16:55.439 --> 00:16:55.899 binding 00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.759 happened at 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.159 Jesus' 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:57.899 death, 00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:59.279 then the 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:00.200 thousand years 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:00.600 he is 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.360 bound for 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:02.500 reflects the 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.039 length of 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:03.519 time 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:05.039 Satan remains 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.420 bound. 00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:07.099 As we'll 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.559 see, it's 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.319 not a literal 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.299 thousand years 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.400 but represents 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:11.380 the time frame 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:12.000 between the 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.900 resurrection of 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:13.960 Jesus and 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.519 the return 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:15.099 of Jesus. 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.799 That's his 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:18.099 prison sentence 00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:18.779 if you like. 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:20.859 So Satan 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:21.940 remains bound 00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.379 from the 00:17:22.379 --> 00:17:23.660 resurrection to 00:17:23.660 --> 00:17:24.339 the return. 00:17:25.399 --> 00:17:26.440 Yes, he is 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.259 still active 00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:28.359 but he has 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:29.420 been restrained. 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:31.359 Yes, Satan 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:32.119 still has an 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:33.240 influence but 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.819 it has been 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.420 limited. 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:36.480 He still is 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.359 on the attack 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:38.259 but he has 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.220 been disarmed. 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.980 Now the 00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.839 reason Satan 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.379 has been 00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:46.420 bound is 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.339 so that the 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.940 church 00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:49.700 may now 00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:50.100 rule. 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.340 That the 00:17:51.340 --> 00:17:52.299 church might 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:53.340 rule. 00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:54.840 Let's pick 00:17:54.840 --> 00:17:55.299 it up in 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:55.940 verse 4. 00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.500 I saw 00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:02.019 thrones on 00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.460 which were 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.340 seated those 00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:04.240 who had been 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.820 given the 00:18:04.820 --> 00:18:05.820 authority to 00:18:05.820 --> 00:18:06.259 judge. 00:18:06.840 --> 00:18:07.700 So we've 00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.340 talked about 00:18:08.340 --> 00:18:09.400 Christ's 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:09.860 rule. 00:18:10.620 --> 00:18:11.480 Now there's 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.000 these other 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:13.299 thrones and 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.019 there's people 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.799 there who have 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.900 authority to 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:17.320 judge and to 00:18:17.320 --> 00:18:17.559 rule. 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:18.220 who were 00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:18.559 they? 00:18:20.159 --> 00:18:20.659 Well let's 00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:21.179 read on. 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:22.940 I saw the 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.559 souls of 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.039 those who 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.359 had been 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:24.940 beheaded 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:26.519 because of 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.299 their testimony 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:28.259 about Jesus 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.940 and because of 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.460 the word of 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:30.740 God. 00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.859 So here are 00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.679 believers who 00:18:32.679 --> 00:18:33.000 have been 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.639 martyred, 00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:34.879 persecuted for 00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.519 their faith 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.559 and they are 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:38.960 now with 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.700 Christ 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:41.419 ruling. 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:41.480 people. 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.380 But not 00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:44.080 just those 00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:44.480 who had 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:44.840 died. 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.740 I think 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.180 here in 00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.519 the second 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.039 part of 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.539 verse 4 00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:47.980 there's a 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.860 transition from 00:18:48.860 --> 00:18:49.300 those who 00:18:49.300 --> 00:18:50.080 had died 00:18:50.080 --> 00:18:52.060 to those who 00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:53.019 are currently 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:54.039 living. 00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:55.640 They 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.400 introduces 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:57.500 those who 00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:57.880 are now 00:18:57.880 --> 00:18:58.620 alive as 00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.060 Christians. 00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.100 They had 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:01.080 not worshipped 00:19:01.080 --> 00:19:01.660 the beast 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.640 or its image 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:04.380 and had not 00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:05.140 received its 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.860 mark on their 00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.660 foreheads or 00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:07.140 on their 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:07.660 hands. 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:09.980 they came 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.540 to life. 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.019 That is 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.820 speaking at 00:19:11.820 --> 00:19:12.640 their conversion 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.480 when they 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.019 heard the 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.720 gospel truth 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.100 when they 00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:15.560 came to 00:19:15.560 --> 00:19:15.779 life. 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.120 They reigned 00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:18.060 with Christ 00:19:18.060 --> 00:19:19.980 for a 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:21.060 thousand years. 00:19:22.620 --> 00:19:23.660 The rest 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.420 of the dead 00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:26.060 those who 00:19:26.060 --> 00:19:27.160 are unbelievers 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.779 those who 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.360 were not 00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:28.920 converted 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:30.600 did not 00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:31.200 come to 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.660 life 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:33.759 until a 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.720 thousand years 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.860 were ended. 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:37.979 this is the 00:19:37.979 --> 00:19:38.459 first 00:19:38.459 --> 00:19:39.859 resurrection. 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:41.939 You see 00:19:41.939 --> 00:19:42.679 if we are 00:19:42.679 --> 00:19:43.579 Christians 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.179 if we're 00:19:44.179 --> 00:19:44.839 people here 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.459 today who 00:19:45.459 --> 00:19:46.019 are trusting 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.679 in Jesus 00:19:46.679 --> 00:19:48.359 we have 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:48.699 two 00:19:48.699 --> 00:19:49.719 resurrections. 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.039 Maybe you 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.459 thought oh 00:19:51.459 --> 00:19:51.819 no there's 00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:52.279 only one 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.599 isn't there 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.019 no there's 00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.399 two. 00:19:54.219 --> 00:19:54.919 The first 00:19:54.919 --> 00:19:55.579 resurrection 00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:56.539 occurs when 00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.659 we trust 00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.419 in Jesus 00:19:58.419 --> 00:19:59.240 Christ and 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.359 so begins 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.240 our new 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.839 life. 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:04.179 The second 00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:04.859 resurrection 00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.859 is when 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.939 Jesus returns 00:20:06.939 --> 00:20:07.479 again and 00:20:07.479 --> 00:20:08.099 we receive 00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:08.659 our new 00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:09.459 physical 00:20:09.459 --> 00:20:10.199 bodies and 00:20:10.199 --> 00:20:11.179 we live 00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:11.519 in the 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:11.799 new 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.519 creation. 00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.679 We have 00:20:14.679 --> 00:20:15.059 a new 00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.659 life. 00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.339 So 00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:18.119 verse 6 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:19.839 blessed 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.519 and holy 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.079 are those 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.659 who share 00:20:21.659 --> 00:20:22.099 in the 00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:23.119 first 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.859 resurrection. 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.339 For those 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:25.619 who've 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.259 trusted in 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.599 Christ 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.359 what a 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.839 glory 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.279 what a 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:29.159 great joy 00:20:29.159 --> 00:20:29.879 it is 00:20:29.879 --> 00:20:30.699 what a 00:20:30.699 --> 00:20:31.179 blessing 00:20:31.179 --> 00:20:33.000 to be 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.419 able to 00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:33.979 say that 00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.480 yes I 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.819 have a 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.120 first 00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.660 resurrection 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.039 I've 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.440 come to 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.019 life in 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.480 Christ. 00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.220 The second 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.860 death when 00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.900 Christ returns 00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.339 has no 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:43.120 power over 00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:44.660 them but 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.039 they will 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.839 be priests 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.519 of God 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.860 and of 00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:49.519 Christ and 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.319 will reign 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.819 with him 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.339 or rule 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.940 with him 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:53.019 for a 00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.360 thousand 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:54.039 years. 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.099 years. 00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.539 You see 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.119 the church 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:00.819 will rule 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.619 we're told 00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.019 for a 00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.319 thousand 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:02.920 years 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.680 from the 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.259 resurrection 00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.980 of Jesus 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.940 to the 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.539 return of 00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:06.879 Jesus. 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.460 As we 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.379 trust in 00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:10.519 him so 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.700 we begin 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.899 to reign 00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:13.379 with him 00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:13.980 we rule 00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.399 with him 00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:14.839 now. 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.480 There are 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.960 those who 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.519 have passed 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.059 on from 00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.680 this life 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.519 and they're 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.159 ruling with 00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:20.440 Christ but 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.420 also Christians 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.379 today we are 00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.560 currently ruling 00:21:23.560 --> 00:21:24.260 with him. 00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.120 So what does 00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.840 it look like 00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.680 for us to 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.740 reign with 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.100 Christ? 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.700 What does it 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.320 mean for us 00:21:30.320 --> 00:21:31.580 to exercise 00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:32.720 Christ's 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.580 rule here 00:21:33.580 --> 00:21:34.140 on earth 00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:35.020 right now? 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.880 Well as 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.640 the church 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.720 preaches 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.360 the gospel 00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.000 of Jesus 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:42.080 so people 00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:43.180 are released 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:44.680 from Satan's 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.800 kingdom and 00:21:45.800 --> 00:21:46.200 they are 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.900 raised to 00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.480 new life 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.940 to reign 00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.640 with Christ. 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:49.940 Isn't that 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.440 amazing? 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:52.360 if you're 00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:53.000 a Christian 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.900 there was 00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.480 a time 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:55.920 where you 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.380 can look 00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:56.860 back in 00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.440 your past 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.400 life where 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:58.820 you were 00:21:58.820 --> 00:22:00.039 held in 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.700 Satan's 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.840 kingdom by 00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.600 his lies 00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.360 and deception. 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.940 But when 00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.660 you heard 00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.360 the gospel 00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:09.120 you came 00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.880 to see that 00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.660 Satan has 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.279 no hold 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.700 on you 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.640 that through 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.420 Jesus your 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:14.039 sins are 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:15.100 forgiven and 00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:15.840 you've been 00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:17.240 set free. 00:22:18.580 --> 00:22:19.200 And now 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.059 look at the 00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.380 end of 00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:20.980 verse 6 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.819 they will 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.779 be priests 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.460 of God 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.080 and of 00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:24.539 Christ 00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.759 and will 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.480 reign with 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.840 him 00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:28.279 for a 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.640 thousand 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.340 years. 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.660 We will 00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.380 be priests 00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.299 that's our 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:33.799 calling 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.980 right now 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.460 today. 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.620 We serve 00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.400 him as we 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.000 go into 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.620 all the 00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:38.980 world 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.900 to share 00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.539 the gospel 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.319 with others. 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.759 As we do 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.480 people are 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.259 set free 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.059 from darkness 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:47.160 and Satan 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.680 can do 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.460 nothing about 00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.680 it. 00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.440 Satan 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.940 cannot 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.940 stop 00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.819 people 00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.660 believing 00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.160 in 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.640 Christ. 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.740 Now think 00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.299 about this 00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.880 with me. 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.240 This is 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.620 what is 00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.059 happening 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.920 right now 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:04.620 when you 00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.200 teach your 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.500 Sunday 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.480 school class. 00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.360 It's 00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.720 happening 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.220 when you 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.759 teach 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.440 at 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.880 Rock, 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.840 when you 00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.440 teach at 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.779 Rooted, 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.880 when you 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.360 share the 00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:17.079 gospel with 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.279 your 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.899 friends. 00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.359 We go 00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.279 into that 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.079 knowing that 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.399 Satan has 00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.079 been bound 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:26.000 and as the 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.059 gospel word 00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.799 goes out 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.359 people are 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.939 released. 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.480 People are 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.599 set free. 00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.059 This is God's 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.240 rule on earth 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.419 through his 00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:37.019 church. 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.599 This is where 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.199 it's happening. 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.579 So the 00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.299 king's rule 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.319 has begun. 00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.399 It's not just 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.940 a future 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.340 event. 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.259 His rule 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:47.240 is exercised 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.000 now through 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.620 the church 00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.440 as we 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.019 preach the 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.460 gospel in 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:51.940 the knowledge 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.660 that Satan 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.140 has been 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:54.880 bound and 00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.580 people will 00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:56.060 be set 00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.420 free. 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.060 So we 00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:01.019 can celebrate 00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.240 that the 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.960 king's rule 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.920 has begun. 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:08.140 second, 00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:13.460 the king's 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.259 rule will 00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.120 come, 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.380 future tense. 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.960 The rule 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.500 of the king 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.300 has begun 00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:19.740 and one 00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.200 day we 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.680 will see 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.019 it in 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.580 all its 00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:21.960 fullness. 00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.200 Two things 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.460 are going 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.800 to help 00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.180 us see 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.600 this. 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.220 First, 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.180 Satan 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:29.300 released. 00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:30.779 Look at 00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.200 the end 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.620 of verse 00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:31.980 3, 00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.940 chapter 20. 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:36.380 After that, 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.120 after his 00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.820 binding, 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.220 he, 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.779 Satan, 00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.340 must be 00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.279 set free 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.840 for a 00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.620 short time. 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.820 Down to 00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.440 verse 7. 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.640 When the 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.420 thousand years 00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.039 are over, 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.759 Satan will 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.600 be released 00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.259 from his 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.960 prison and 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.700 will go out 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.400 to deceive 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.100 the nations 00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.600 in the 00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.259 four corners 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.680 of the 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.019 earth. 00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.480 So we 00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.180 have seen 00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:00.160 that Satan 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.880 was bound 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.220 up, 00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.320 driven out, 00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.100 disarmed. 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.160 His powers 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.840 of deception 00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.560 were broken, 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.759 but now, 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.700 future, 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.340 at the 00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.920 dawn of 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.460 the king's 00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.960 return, 00:25:10.560 --> 00:25:11.160 Satan is 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.560 going to 00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:12.220 be released. 00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.860 God, 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.620 who locked 00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.100 him up, 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.820 is going 00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.460 to turn 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.040 the key 00:25:17.040 --> 00:25:17.920 and open 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.640 the abyss 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.860 and let 00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.519 him loose. 00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.720 And, 00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.460 verse 8, 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.900 he will 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.540 go out 00:25:26.540 --> 00:25:27.240 and deceive 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.920 the nations 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.360 in the 00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:29.000 four corners 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.380 of the 00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.700 earth. 00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.720 Satan 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.540 will return 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.119 to do 00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.599 what he 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.159 has been 00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.579 doing 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.740 before his 00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.200 binding. 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.819 He will 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.799 deceive the 00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.259 nations 00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.720 in such 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.079 a way 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.559 that they 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.539 do not 00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.940 believe 00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.420 Jesus. 00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.960 And he 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.539 will lead 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.279 them astray 00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:48.319 so that they 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.359 turn against 00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.920 God's 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.379 people. 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.460 In that 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.940 time, 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.899 as this 00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.379 happens, 00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.420 the day 00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.220 of forgiveness 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.000 will come 00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.359 to a 00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:57.799 close. 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.720 The time 00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.519 of grace 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.579 will end. 00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.420 The age 00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.160 of repentance 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.859 will no 00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.440 longer be 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.960 possible. 00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.759 Instead 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.720 of salvation, 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.519 there will 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.859 be the 00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.460 coming of 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.379 condemnation. 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.400 Those who 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.160 have rejected 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:12.299 Jesus will 00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.099 only grow 00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.500 in their 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.960 rebellion 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.000 of Jesus. 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.099 And those 00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.480 who have 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.900 hardened 00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.680 their hearts 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.339 to Jesus 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.299 will only 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.900 deepen 00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.359 in their 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.839 hardness. 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.559 It's not 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.960 that they 00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.740 cry for 00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.119 mercy. 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.639 They don't 00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.139 want 00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.980 mercy. 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:31.039 It's not 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.440 that they 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.059 long for 00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.539 grace. 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.859 They don't 00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.420 want 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.359 grace. 00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:37.900 Satan's 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:39.139 final deception 00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:41.180 only affirms 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.740 what they 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.259 want. 00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.779 They don't 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.319 want 00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.160 Jesus. 00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.319 One day 00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.099 the church 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:53.139 will complete 00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.799 its great 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.319 commission 00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:56.180 of going 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.619 to the 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.079 nations 00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:58.599 and 00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.099 releasing 00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.619 people 00:26:59.619 --> 00:26:59.879 from 00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.539 captivity. 00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.740 One day 00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.299 that will 00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.519 be 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.059 finished 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.579 and the 00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.240 opportunity 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.159 for salvation 00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:08.039 will end. 00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.899 You see, 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.679 Satan's 00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:11.319 release 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.639 is all 00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.220 part of 00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.639 God's 00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.059 just 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.379 and right 00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.259 judgment. 00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:18.059 God is 00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.919 exercising 00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.759 his sovereign 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.419 rule as he 00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.319 does because 00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:22.179 as he releases 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.740 Satan. 00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.200 He does 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:26.200 it so 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.600 that he 00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.620 might be 00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.380 condemned. 00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.380 This 00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.840 great 00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.460 deception 00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:34.080 is going 00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:34.700 to lead 00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.120 to a 00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.519 gathering 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.140 of war. 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.560 Verse 00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:37.860 eight, 00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:38.600 we've 00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:38.820 already 00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.080 come 00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.480 past 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.200 this 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.900 in 00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.240 earlier 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.779 chapters 00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.180 called 00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.380 the 00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:43.640 war 00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:43.880 of 00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.940 Armageddon. 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.500 It's 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.940 the same 00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.500 thing here, 00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:46.980 it's nothing 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.580 different. 00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:48.840 Verse 00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:49.180 eight, 00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.320 he will 00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.759 go out 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.400 to deceive 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:52.019 the nations 00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.440 in the 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.140 four corners 00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.539 of the 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.860 earth, 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.220 Gog and 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.920 Magog. 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:56.900 They 00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.440 represent 00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.240 the enemies 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.759 of God 00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.019 who are 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.700 opposed to 00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.080 Christ 00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.620 and seek 00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.299 to destroy 00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.100 his church. 00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.640 To gather 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.160 them for 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.600 battle, 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.200 in number 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.580 they will 00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.060 be like 00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.880 the sand 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.880 on the 00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.700 seashore. 00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:11.420 The 00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.000 opposition 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.600 is going 00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.100 to come 00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:14.160 from every 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.759 direction, 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.240 from the 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.039 four corners 00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.440 of the 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:16.759 earth. 00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.900 Having 00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.480 believed 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.240 Satan's 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.540 lie, 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.360 they now 00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.820 believe 00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:21.300 they can 00:28:21.300 --> 00:28:21.880 destroy 00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.160 the 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.560 church 00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:22.960 once 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.160 and 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.380 for 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:23.780 all. 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.700 Verse 00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.080 nine, 00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:26.780 they marched 00:28:26.780 --> 00:28:27.540 across the 00:28:27.540 --> 00:28:28.120 breadth of 00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.580 the earth 00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:29.360 and surrounded 00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.940 the camp 00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.540 of God's 00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:30.940 people, 00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:31.500 the city 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.120 he loves. 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.080 We can 00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.540 see them 00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:34.080 there being 00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.680 hemmed 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:34.940 in. 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.259 It seems 00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.820 like there's 00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:37.540 an intense 00:28:37.540 --> 00:28:38.560 opposition 00:28:38.560 --> 00:28:39.560 and persecution, 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.860 the forces 00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.620 of darkness 00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.259 and evil 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.120 gathering 00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.900 around and 00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.440 surrounding 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.140 the church 00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.820 and pressing 00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:46.200 in. 00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:46.880 And when 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.380 we think 00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.900 everything 00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.680 is lost, 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.380 look at 00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.720 the rest 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.080 of verse 00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.460 nine, 00:28:52.780 --> 00:28:53.660 but fire 00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.360 came down 00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:54.980 from heaven 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.720 and devoured 00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.020 them. 00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.500 And the 00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.720 devil who 00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.700 deceived them 00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:01.360 was thrown 00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.900 into the 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.340 lake of 00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:02.680 burning 00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.180 sulfur, 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:04.800 where the 00:29:04.800 --> 00:29:05.360 beast and 00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:05.820 the false 00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.520 prophet had 00:29:06.520 --> 00:29:07.080 been thrown. 00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.660 You see, 00:29:09.760 --> 00:29:10.760 Satan is so 00:29:10.760 --> 00:29:11.440 full of 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.000 deception 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.840 that he 00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.280 has come 00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:15.160 to deceive 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:16.360 himself. 00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.800 He senses 00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.580 a victory 00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:21.180 as he 00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.680 wades 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.440 his war. 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.540 He's about 00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:24.160 to crush 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.820 the church, 00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.740 but the 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.320 gathering 00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:28.660 is all 00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.200 part of 00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.600 God's 00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:29.860 rule. 00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.660 God has 00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.759 merely released 00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.920 Satan so 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.320 that he 00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:35.000 might gather 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.720 his minions 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.240 and his 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.680 enemies 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:38.700 for destruction. 00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:38.840 destruction. 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.500 The victory 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.059 was never 00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.660 in doubt. 00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.440 It was 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.860 just a 00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.420 matter of 00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.840 when. 00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.140 When the 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.240 king returns, 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.319 he comes, 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.039 we were told 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.580 in chapter 00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.140 19, 00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.000 with the 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.840 armies of 00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.799 heaven and 00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.799 he destroys 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:57.039 his enemies. 00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.059 You see, 00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.660 there is no 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.160 fight. 00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.120 There is no 00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.500 war. 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.600 Satan is 00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:04.460 finally and 00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.000 ultimately 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.920 crushed, 00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.279 judged, 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:09.200 removed 00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.299 and 00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.899 condemned. 00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.240 Look at 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.660 the end of 00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.160 verse 10. 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.099 They will 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.220 be tormented 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.359 day and 00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.819 night 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.339 forever 00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.920 and ever. 00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.399 God's 00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:22.740 rule 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:24.460 will end 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.160 the opposition 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.720 to the 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.220 church. 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.920 Stop the 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.599 powers of 00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.619 evil in 00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.240 the world 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.339 and break 00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.000 the enemies 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.500 of God 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.399 and peace 00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:34.839 will reign. 00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.259 So the 00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.759 king's 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.319 rule will 00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.759 come. 00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.599 God will 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.559 establish his 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.460 rule fully 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.740 and finally 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.619 and he 00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.740 will restore 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.180 order and 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.579 justice. 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:51.160 So the 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.539 king's 00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.279 rule has 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.960 begun. 00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.920 The 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.299 king's 00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.000 rule has 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.920 or will 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.319 come. 00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.400 And then 00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.960 last, 00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.599 I'm not 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.019 getting gone 00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.440 very well 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.700 with the 00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.359 button today. 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:06.179 the king's 00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:06.799 rule over 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.179 me. 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.539 Look at 00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.240 verse 11. 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.799 The king's 00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:14.099 rule over 00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.500 me. 00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:17.479 Then I 00:31:17.479 --> 00:31:17.959 saw a 00:31:17.959 --> 00:31:18.919 great white 00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.559 throne 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:21.740 and him 00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.219 who was 00:31:22.219 --> 00:31:22.859 seated on 00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.159 it. 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.959 So here 00:31:24.959 --> 00:31:25.319 we are 00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.139 invited to 00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.799 enter into 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.479 the courtroom 00:31:27.479 --> 00:31:28.139 of heaven 00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:29.900 and God 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.300 is on 00:31:30.300 --> 00:31:30.800 the throne 00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:32.640 and he 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.080 is about 00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.740 to pronounce 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.920 his 00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.380 judgment. 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.620 As we 00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.100 enter the 00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.640 courtroom, 00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.200 look who 00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.800 is there. 00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:44.120 Verse 12. 00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.120 And I 00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.800 saw the 00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.400 dead, 00:31:49.520 --> 00:31:50.500 great and 00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.880 small. 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.180 Well, 00:31:51.520 --> 00:31:52.259 who are the 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.980 dead who've 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.520 been gathered? 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:55.639 Well, 00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.000 they're not 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.799 the physically 00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.400 dead, 00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.240 they are 00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.259 the spiritually 00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.779 dead. 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.420 Look back 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.240 at verse 5 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.839 again with 00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.119 me. 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.240 The rest 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.680 of the 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.160 dead, 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.420 that is 00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.000 those who 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.099 are unbelievers, 00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.460 did not 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.940 come to 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.700 life until 00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.440 the thousand 00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:16.359 years were 00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.819 ended. 00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.619 The dead 00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.960 are unbelievers, 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.619 those who 00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.480 have rejected 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.720 Jesus and 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.180 have now 00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.880 been raised 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.839 to physical 00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:28.759 life to 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.279 face the 00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.620 final 00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.120 judgment. 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.819 Verse 12. 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.200 So I 00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.680 saw the 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:33.960 dead, 00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.500 great and 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.860 small, 00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.000 standing 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.940 before the 00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.299 throne. 00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.700 And 00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.420 books were 00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.799 opened. 00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.839 Everyone who 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.620 stood opposed 00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.460 to Christ and 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.980 his church 00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.360 will be 00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.700 gathered, 00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.759 the powerful 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.319 and the 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.599 weak, 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.140 the rich 00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.480 and the 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.819 poor. 00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.779 This is 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.960 where history 00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.160 is headed. 00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.799 This is 00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.460 unavoidable. 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.420 This is 00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.480 God's full 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.140 and final 00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.720 judgment. 00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.039 And as 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.420 they are 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.860 gathered, 00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.799 books are 00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.220 opened. 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.319 The record 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.220 of history, 00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.019 the account 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.240 of everyone's 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.700 life. 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.819 And it's as if 00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.519 the evidence 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.460 is now being 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.279 read out 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.980 to God 00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.620 who is on 00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.140 the throne. 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:20.460 every thought, 00:33:21.300 --> 00:33:22.280 every word 00:33:22.280 --> 00:33:23.680 and every 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.640 deed will be 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.300 disclosed. 00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.920 Nothing will 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.420 be hidden. 00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:29.020 All will be 00:33:29.020 --> 00:33:29.820 revealed. 00:33:31.020 --> 00:33:31.660 Nobody can 00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.240 hide, 00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.680 verse 13, 00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:35.000 because the 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.340 sea, 00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.580 remember the 00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.680 symbolism of 00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.360 the sea of 00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:39.220 chaos and 00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.560 evil, 00:33:40.520 --> 00:33:41.640 the sea gave 00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.520 up the dead 00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:43.160 that were in 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.440 it, 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:45.240 and death 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.100 and Hades 00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:47.580 gave up the 00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.120 dead that 00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.580 were in 00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:48.900 them. 00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.820 So all 00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.400 were raised 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.000 up and 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.880 each person 00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.779 was judged 00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:55.620 according to 00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.080 what they 00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.640 had done. 00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:59.000 every 00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.520 government 00:33:59.520 --> 00:34:01.240 that stood 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.200 against Christ, 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.220 every leader 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.900 that opposed 00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.620 the church, 00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.020 those who 00:34:07.020 --> 00:34:07.660 had imprisoned 00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.300 pastors, 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.300 beat up new 00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.800 believers, 00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.619 murdered 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.220 Christians, 00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.119 all who 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.940 had slandered 00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.800 God's people, 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.000 rejected God's 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.360 word, 00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.320 all who 00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.960 had ignored 00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.820 Christ and 00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:21.099 rejected Christ, 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.160 they will be 00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:23.820 judged 00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:26.059 according to 00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.559 what they 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.139 had done. 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.460 The earthly 00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.340 powers who 00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:31.380 ruled Christians 00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:33.539 harshly will 00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.360 now be ruled 00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.259 justly by 00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.679 God. 00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.739 And the 00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.559 verdict is 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.960 fair. 00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.799 Anyone, 00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.079 verse 15, 00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.599 anyone whose 00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.480 name was not 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.239 found written 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.779 in the book 00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.380 of life, 00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.039 was thrown 00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.639 into the 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.759 lake of 00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.179 fire. 00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.699 Not a, 00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:57.359 literal fire, 00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.579 but a place 00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.539 of agony. 00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.619 Their destiny 00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.460 will be like 00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.939 that of 00:35:03.939 --> 00:35:04.460 Satan. 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.579 Look back 00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.059 at the end 00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.439 of verse 00:35:06.439 --> 00:35:06.879 10. 00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.239 It's not 00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:11.199 an annihilation 00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:11.879 or the end 00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.480 of something. 00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.799 They will be 00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.559 tormented 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.899 day and 00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:16.339 night, 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.639 forever 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:19.339 and ever. 00:35:21.339 --> 00:35:22.099 Hell is 00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.859 not a place 00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.640 of joyful 00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:24.800 rebellion. 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:26.940 It's a place 00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.660 of eternal 00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.220 sorrow. 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.820 Sin will be 00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.579 an endless 00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.380 torment. 00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.320 People will 00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:34.500 thirst for 00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.240 mercy and 00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.720 forgiveness, 00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:36.880 but it will 00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.460 never be 00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.019 quenched. 00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:40.320 It will be a 00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.079 desire for 00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.740 grace and 00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.800 hope, but it 00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.400 will never 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:44.120 ever be 00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:44.820 realized. 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.059 beast. 00:35:47.580 --> 00:35:48.320 This will 00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.740 be the 00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:50.880 destiny of 00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.460 those who 00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.400 have refused 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.880 the Lord 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.320 Jesus. 00:35:56.120 --> 00:35:56.780 But it 00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.260 doesn't have 00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:57.920 to end this 00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.440 way, does 00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.740 it? 00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.340 Because there 00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.980 is another 00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.500 ending. 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.320 There is a 00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.760 greater destiny, 00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.260 not one of 00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:07.059 darkness and 00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.780 death, but of 00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:09.019 light and 00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.400 life. 00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.280 Instead of 00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.900 chaos and 00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.700 evil, it 00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.559 can be beauty 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.320 and glory. 00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:14.519 You see, in 00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.140 the midst of 00:36:15.140 --> 00:36:15.780 all of this, 00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.240 there is 00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:17.039 another book. 00:36:17.160 --> 00:36:17.700 Did you see 00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:17.980 it? 00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.680 Look at the 00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:20.059 middle of 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.820 verse 12. 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.460 Another book 00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.240 was opened, 00:36:25.580 --> 00:36:26.800 which is the 00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.940 book of 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.440 life. 00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.860 Verse 15, 00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.200 anyone whose 00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:33.100 name was not 00:36:33.100 --> 00:36:33.920 found written 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.760 in the book 00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:37.240 of life was 00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.900 thrown into 00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.580 the lake of 00:36:38.580 --> 00:36:38.940 fire. 00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.019 You see, 00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:42.200 if your 00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.740 name, 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:44.220 is in 00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.960 this book, 00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.620 then it 00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:47.519 means judgment 00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.940 passes over 00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.300 you. 00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.960 No harm 00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.519 will come 00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.000 to you. 00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.960 So how 00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.620 do I make 00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:55.860 sure that 00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.780 my name 00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:58.440 is written 00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.480 in this 00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.920 book of 00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.340 life? 00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.240 That when 00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.840 the judgment 00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.539 comes, 00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:05.080 my name, 00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:06.039 Johnny Grant, 00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.100 is going to 00:37:07.100 --> 00:37:07.780 be in that 00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.140 book? 00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.239 book. 00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.679 Well, 00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.239 turn with 00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.480 me, 00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:11.900 please, 00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.480 back to 00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.039 Revelation 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.039 chapter 3. 00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.199 Revelation 00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:17.219 chapter 3. 00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.359 Revelation 00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:17.379 chapter 3. 00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:34.440 I want you 00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:35.539 with me to 00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.539 imagine that 00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.200 this book 00:37:37.200 --> 00:37:38.119 that I have 00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.539 here 00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:41.660 is a 00:37:41.660 --> 00:37:42.539 record of 00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:44.079 your life 00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:45.420 or my 00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.840 life. 00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:45.940 book. 00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:48.039 It's all 00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.960 contained in 00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.480 here from 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.200 beginning to 00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:50.620 end. 00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.600 And as you 00:37:52.600 --> 00:37:53.220 flick through 00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.880 the pages, 00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:56.160 you'll see 00:37:56.160 --> 00:37:56.940 aspects of 00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.519 your life, 00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.800 maybe your 00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.240 birth, 00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:01.820 your first 00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:03.680 toddler steps, 00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.680 maybe some 00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.680 achievement when 00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.120 you were at 00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:08.539 school, 00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:10.000 a wedding 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.539 day, 00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.660 children. 00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:12.819 children. 00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.839 You flick 00:38:13.839 --> 00:38:14.239 through it 00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:14.599 all and 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.480 it's all 00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.819 there. 00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.000 Everything 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.980 you've said 00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.420 and done 00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.199 and thought 00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.099 is also 00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.699 in here. 00:38:22.899 --> 00:38:23.980 And as I 00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.659 look at this 00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.299 evidence, 00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.519 this book 00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.099 of my 00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.619 life, 00:38:28.879 --> 00:38:29.500 there's lots 00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.940 of things 00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.379 that I would 00:38:30.379 --> 00:38:30.960 love you to 00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.480 read and 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.799 see, 00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:34.239 but there's 00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.639 lots of 00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.920 things I 00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.239 would be 00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.639 terribly 00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.420 ashamed and 00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:38.199 embarrassed if 00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.659 you saw 00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:38.920 them. 00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:41.900 because in 00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.480 this book 00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.260 of evidence, 00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:45.940 there is a 00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.539 history of 00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.380 my life that 00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.220 has opposed 00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:48.860 Christ, 00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:51.000 where I 00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:52.700 have rejected 00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.400 and turned 00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.360 against Christ 00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:56.480 and not 00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.139 loved him as 00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.659 I should. 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.360 And there's a 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.000 record in 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.700 here too 00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:04.559 of how I've 00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.420 hurt the 00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:05.920 church, 00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:08.000 how I've 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.780 hurt God's 00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.480 people from 00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.019 things that 00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.619 I've said 00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:12.460 and things 00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.840 that I've 00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.159 done. 00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.500 And it's 00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.059 all here. 00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:17.980 I can't 00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.380 make it 00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:19.320 go away. 00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:22.240 And God 00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:23.500 sees this 00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.880 evidence. 00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:26.680 And it's 00:39:26.680 --> 00:39:27.440 very clear 00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:29.940 that 00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:31.260 without 00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.840 Christ, 00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.539 I will be 00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.059 judged 00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:34.900 according to 00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.400 what I have 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.680 done. 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:39.139 I'm not 00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:39.460 going to 00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:41.180 stand in 00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:41.840 that judgment 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:44.480 because it 00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:44.880 is not 00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.300 enough. 00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.400 But I 00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.960 want you to 00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.460 think with 00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:51.920 me of 00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.639 another book, 00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.119 the book 00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.760 of life. 00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.220 And this 00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:56.639 book of 00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:57.280 life is 00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:58.280 the life 00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.940 of Christ. 00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.059 And again, 00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:02.000 you can 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.559 read through 00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.300 and see all 00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:03.900 that Christ 00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.460 has done. 00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:07.260 how he 00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:07.960 loved and 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.699 obeyed his 00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:09.079 father 00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.740 perfectly. 00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:12.380 How he 00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.920 never said 00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.720 anything wrong. 00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.199 How he 00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.900 loved those 00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.400 whom other 00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:18.179 people didn't 00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.539 love. 00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.920 And how he 00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.519 gave his 00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.720 life ultimately 00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:24.599 to death 00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.340 on the cross 00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:27.360 for people 00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:27.920 like me. 00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:31.539 this is the 00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:31.900 book of 00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.280 life. 00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:36.340 This is 00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:36.680 the book 00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:37.440 of evidence. 00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:40.059 And the 00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.820 wonderful thing 00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:43.180 is that 00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:43.720 there's been a 00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:44.720 great exchange, 00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.300 hasn't there? 00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.860 For Christ 00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:49.900 has taken 00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:51.460 my book 00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:52.180 of evidence, 00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.460 the story 00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:54.400 of my life, 00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:54.460 life, 00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:56.139 with all 00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.860 its mess 00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.420 and all 00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.660 its 00:40:57.660 --> 00:40:58.460 brokenness. 00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:01.000 And he 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.559 has taken 00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.180 the judgment 00:41:02.180 --> 00:41:03.639 for me 00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:05.660 and for 00:41:05.660 --> 00:41:05.980 you. 00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:08.420 And it's 00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:09.079 all 00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:11.019 dealt 00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.380 with. 00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.619 He 00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:13.220 suffers 00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.760 judgment. 00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:15.139 He suffers 00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:16.599 hell for 00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:16.980 you and 00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.420 for me. 00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.920 And not 00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.700 only that, 00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.320 he not 00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.079 only takes 00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.779 that judgment, 00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.639 but he 00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.199 gives to 00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:27.179 me the 00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:27.579 book of 00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.000 life, 00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.739 the life 00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.420 of Christ, 00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:32.900 the perfect 00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.400 life. 00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.360 So when 00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.099 God now 00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:36.659 looks at 00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:36.940 me, 00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:39.079 he sees 00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.679 Christ 00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:41.219 in all 00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:41.880 his beauty 00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:43.380 and in 00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.759 all his 00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.079 goodness. 00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.460 And in 00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:47.119 that book, 00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:49.239 you could 00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.719 flick through 00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.400 the pages 00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:52.280 and 00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.380 he'll 00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:52.820 be full 00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:53.480 of names. 00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.099 Names 00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:56.800 of people 00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:58.320 who have 00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:58.780 trusted 00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.440 Christ. 00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:03.180 And my 00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:03.619 name, 00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:05.180 my name 00:42:05.180 --> 00:42:05.519 is going 00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.720 to be 00:42:05.720 --> 00:42:06.039 there 00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:08.079 because 00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.360 of 00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:08.780 Christ. 00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.660 And your 00:42:11.660 --> 00:42:12.160 name can 00:42:12.160 --> 00:42:12.660 be there 00:42:12.660 --> 00:42:13.940 because 00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.180 of 00:42:14.180 --> 00:42:14.579 Christ. 00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:18.480 one day 00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:20.059 a judgment 00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:20.539 is going 00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:21.000 to come 00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:23.539 and it's 00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:23.920 either the 00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.259 book of 00:42:24.259 --> 00:42:24.819 evidence 00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:26.980 or the 00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.340 book of 00:42:27.340 --> 00:42:27.719 life. 00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.440 Let's 00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:31.739 read 00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:32.319 Revelation 00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:32.819 3 00:42:32.819 --> 00:42:33.619 verse 5. 00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.039 The 00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.440 one 00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:38.059 who is 00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.739 victorious, 00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:41.039 the one 00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.539 who has 00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.219 trusted 00:42:42.219 --> 00:42:42.939 Christ, 00:42:44.259 --> 00:42:44.619 will 00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:45.319 like them 00:42:45.319 --> 00:42:46.079 be dressed 00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.879 in white, 00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.579 a symbol 00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:49.159 of their 00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:49.919 new 00:42:49.919 --> 00:42:51.239 perfection 00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:52.859 and purity 00:42:52.859 --> 00:42:54.019 in Christ. 00:42:55.359 --> 00:42:56.199 And he 00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.439 says, 00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:56.859 I will 00:42:56.859 --> 00:42:58.159 never blot 00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:58.819 out the 00:42:58.819 --> 00:42:59.299 name of 00:42:59.299 --> 00:43:00.219 that person 00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:01.519 from the 00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.980 book of 00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.419 life, 00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.419 but will 00:43:04.419 --> 00:43:05.059 acknowledge 00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.719 that name 00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.539 before my 00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:07.059 Father 00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:08.599 and his 00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:09.079 angels. 00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.559 No matter 00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.400 what sin, 00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:12.920 no matter 00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.460 what has 00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:13.860 happened, 00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.840 it can 00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:15.360 never 00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:16.360 erase 00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:17.880 your name 00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:19.039 from the 00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.420 book of 00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:19.779 life. 00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.500 Nothing 00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:23.139 can erase 00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.960 your name 00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:25.239 from the 00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:25.599 book of 00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:25.980 life, 00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:28.019 but he 00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:28.219 will 00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:28.960 acknowledge 00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:30.539 your name 00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:32.400 before the 00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.799 Father 00:43:32.799 --> 00:43:34.779 and before 00:43:34.779 --> 00:43:35.380 his 00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:36.460 angels. 00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:36.759 Amen. 00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:36.860 Amen. 00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:36.880 Amen. 00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:36.960 Amen. 00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:38.820 Amen. 00:43:38.820 --> 00:43:38.920 Amen. 00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:38.960 Amen. 00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.960 Amen. 00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.539 Amen. 00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:42.460 Where is 00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:42.940 your name 00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:43.320 written? 00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:48.079 Where is 00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:48.519 your name 00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.860 written? 00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.759 Where is 00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:53.259 the name 00:43:53.259 --> 00:43:53.639 of your 00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:54.299 friends 00:43:54.299 --> 00:43:55.539 and family? 00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:58.000 Where are 00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.579 their names 00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:58.940 written? 00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.840 Satan 00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:02.380 has been 00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.759 bound. 00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:05.380 We have 00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:06.039 the gospel 00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:08.000 that can 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:08.679 release 00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:09.719 people 00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:11.159 so that 00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:11.699 they might 00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:12.139 have 00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:13.299 eternal 00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:13.799 life. 00:44:14.859 --> 00:44:15.579 Let's 00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:15.899 pray 00:44:15.899 --> 00:44:16.719 together. 00:44:16.719 --> 00:44:16.859 Amen. 00:44:16.859 --> 00:44:17.359 Amen. 00:44:17.359 --> 00:44:17.679 Amen. 00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:17.759 Let's pray 00:44:17.759 --> 00:44:18.339 together. 00:44:18.339 --> 00:44:18.779 Let's pray 00:44:18.779 --> 00:44:18.819 together. 00:44:18.819 --> 00:44:18.879 Amen. 00:44:18.879 --> 00:44:19.639 Let's pray 00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:19.739 together. 00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:20.139 Amen. 00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:20.500 Amen. 00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:34.500 Father God, we thank you. 00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:38.440 we thank you for your rule 00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:40.579 over all things and all people. 00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:45.099 And we thank you that because of the Lord Jesus, 00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:48.559 he is reigning even now. 00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:53.019 And that we as your people can reign with him. 00:44:53.019 --> 00:45:04.039 help us to go with the encouragement and the knowledge of bringing the good news to a world in great need. 00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:16.159 We pray that your gospel will go forth and that people will be released so that their names are written in the book of life. 00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:25.599 We pray, Father, that you will do that work amongst us, in our community, and amongst our friends, we pray. 00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:27.739 In Jesus' name. 00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:29.319 Amen. 00:45:29.319 --> 00:45:29.460 Amen. 00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:47.159 Amen. 00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:48.159 Amen. 00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:49.500 We're going to sing a couple of songs. 00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:54.259 The first one reminding us of what has been achieved on the cross.