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 Last Sunday was our first service together in three months of not having anything in person together.

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 And it was a great time. We sure enjoyed being together.

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 And we looked at a place in God's Word where, long ago, services were disrupted.

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 And then, after a period of time, resumed again.

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 And we looked at that day when King David led the people of Israel to begin services again at the tent that David set up in Jerusalem.

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 It was a joyful day. It was just a wonderful time.

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 David encouraged the people to get the instruments out.

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 He got the worship team together.

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 And he shared one of his own songs that day as an example of the kind of praise and song that they were to offer to the Lord.

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 And we saw last Sunday that the kind of worship that God desires is worship that comes from the heart.

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 We saw, in David's words, that God is worthy of our praise.

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 He deserves it. It's fitting for him to receive that from us.

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 And we looked at a whole bunch of reasons that David put into that song of why God is worthy.

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 Of us coming together and worshiping him Sunday after Sunday.

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 Well, today we want to add another reason to that list.

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 A reason for why God is worthy of our worship and our praise.

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 And we find that reason in Revelation chapter 4.

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 Revelation is a unique part of the scriptures.

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 It has some of the characteristics of a letter that's been written to a number of churches.

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 But it also has characteristics of a vision which God gave to the Apostle John.

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 And not just any vision, but a prophetic vision.

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 A vision in which things of the future are revealed.

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 And so, up until this point in the book of Revelation,

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 John is on the island of Patmos where he has been exiled because of his preaching the word of God

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 and because of his giving testimony about Jesus.

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 And it's here on the island of Patmos that God gave him an amazing vision.

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 The Lord Jesus himself was who John saw revealed to him that day.

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 And he saw the Lord Jesus not just in ordinary human form, but in his glorious appearance.

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 And the Lord Jesus commanded him to write words down, letters to give to various churches.

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 And it's just following this that we pick up the story of this vision that John is experiencing in chapter 4.

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 After this, I looked, and there before me, says John, was a door standing open in heaven.

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 And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said,

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 Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.

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 At once, I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven.

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 With someone sitting on it.

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 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby.

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 A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.

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 Surrounding the throne were 24 other thrones.

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 And seated on them were 24 elders.

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 They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.

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 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder.

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 In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing.

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 These are the seven spirits of God.

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 Also, in front of the throne, there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.

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 In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures.

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 And they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.

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 The first living creature was like a lion.

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 The second was like an ox.

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 The third had a face like a man.

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 The fourth was like a flying eagle.

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 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around,

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 even under its wings.

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 Day and night, they never stopped saying,

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 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,

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 who was and is and is to come.

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 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne

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 and who lives forever and ever,

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 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne

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 and worship him who lives forever and ever.

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 They lay their crowns before the throne and say,

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 You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power

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 for you created all things,

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 and by your will they were created and have their being.

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 Well, this is a very strange vision.

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 There are a lot of interesting details in it.

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 Lots of things that, if we're honest,

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 we have no idea what John is talking about.

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 But let's look at a few of the details that we see here in this vision.

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 The first thing that we want to notice is that this is a vision of heaven.

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 This is one artist's rendition of this vision.

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 John says,

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 There before me I saw a door standing open in heaven,

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 and a voice invites him, the voice who spoke to him earlier,

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 the voice of Jesus, to come up here and see some things,

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 and in some mysterious way that's beyond our understanding,

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 John was in the spirit, in this vision,

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 and it's as though he was taken up through this door into heaven,

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 where he got a glimpse of some very strange things,

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 some very amazing things.

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 John describes the first thing that he saw as a throne there in heaven,

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 and someone sitting on the throne.

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 He describes the appearance of this one sitting on the throne,

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 and his description is like no person that we have ever seen.

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 In fact, we almost get the sense that even John is reaching for words to describe this one.

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 Verse 3,

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 The one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby.

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 Perhaps John means to describe something of the way that he's beautiful,

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 he's glorious, he's reflective.

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 There's a bit of color there.

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 He goes on to describe 24 thrones that are seated around this one throne.

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 Here's another artist's rendition of it.

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 And an emerald rainbow, you can kind of see it around the throne.

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 Flashes of lightning coming from the throne.

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 Rumblings and peals of thunder.

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 You can see there on the picture, seven lamps blazing in front of it,

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 and the four living creatures.

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 A very strange and mysterious vision indeed.

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 And when we read this, I mean, we have all kinds of questions, I'm sure.

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 Like, why did God give a vision like this to John?

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 Is this actually what heaven looks like?

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 Or is this just a vision that kind of reveals truth or reality of what happens in the spiritual realm?

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 Is it symbolic?

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 What are the seven spirits of God?

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 What kind of creatures are these with six wings and eyes all over their bodies?

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 And who are these 24 elders, these kings who sit on these thrones and have golden crowns?

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 Well, I have a short answer and a longer answer.

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 And my short answer is I have no idea what all of these things refer to.

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 The slightly longer answer is that God doesn't waste his breath in anything he says or reveals.

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 And so I trust that there is some important meaning and purpose for revealing just what he did to John that day.

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 But sometimes God gives us more of a glimpse than an opportunity to gaze and fully understand.

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 And I think that's what's happening here.

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 Who are these four creatures?

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 What are they?

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 Are they real?

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 Or are they symbolic?

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 I think we're wise not to make too much of them.

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 Or presume in pride to know just what they are.

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 But I think it's also wise not to make too little of them.

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 They show up 11 times in this vision, this story which God has given.

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 And we can speculate.

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 We can guess.

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 We can look at all the details of the crowns and the clothing that they wear and the types of creatures that they are.

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 But I think it's safe to just admit that we don't know just what this is all about.

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 It appears as though God is just giving us a glimpse into something that is beyond us.

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 He does that sometimes.

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 Sometimes he does it in order to reveal something but also conceal something for a later time in which we will know more fully.

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 So what can we take from this very strange vision?

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 And really this is just a piece of the whole thing.

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 Well I think that we can start by concluding that wherever God rules from in the heavenly realms, it's glorious.

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 It's beautiful.

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 Not only that but he, the one who sits on heaven's throne, is glorious and beautiful.

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 He is someone who is to be feared.

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 John describes flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder coming from the throne.

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 Can you imagine how John would have felt in the midst of that, witnessing that?

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 Just a couple weeks back we had some storms come through Davidson.

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 And I still remember seeing the living room window just lighting up with flashes of lightning.

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 And hearing the booms of thunder.

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 And we just had to pause what we were doing and just kind of stand in awe and listen like,

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 Wow, this is powerful.

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 Even little Caleb, his attention was captured.

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 And he had to come over to the window and talk about the booms that he was hearing.

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 Can you imagine how John would have felt in this vision?

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 To see and hear that coming out of this glorious throne in heaven.

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 The Lord is glorious.

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 He is beautiful.

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 He is someone to be feared.

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 And all of this vision, in some ways, really points to the truth that he is holy.

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 That he is other.

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 He is above.

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 He is beyond.

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 He is distinct from us.

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 Superior.

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 Here he is.

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 And he is being worshipped day and night by creatures the likes of which we have never seen in our world.

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 They are declaring this truth.

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 That he is holy.

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 Holy.

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 Holy.

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 The repetition of that word signals that it's not just a little bit of holy.

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 It's a lot of holy.

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 So far above us.

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 And all other beings.

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 Holy.

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 Holy.

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 Holy.

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 Holy is the Lord.

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 God.

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 Almighty.

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 Holy.

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 The story goes on.

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 John sees these living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne.

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 And we just get the sense that we, through John's eyes, are seeing a worship moment.

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 A moment in which God is receiving worship.

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 And it goes on from here.

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 The 24 elders, John tells us, they, when they see the creatures giving praise to God, they fall down before this one seated on the throne.

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 They lay their crowns before him and they worship him.

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 Just think of that for a second.

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 You, as a human being here on earth, what would it take to get you to bow down before another person here on earth?

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 I mean, we can hardly even imagine a situation where we would do that.

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 It would have to be the greatest of rulers, a powerful man, a person worthy of great respect, a person who is truly worthy to get us to bow down before him.

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 Now, flip that around and imagine that you are such a king.

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 And you have a kingdom and you have a crown of gold on your head that represents your rule and reign over your kingdom.

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 What would it take to get you to fall down on your face before someone else?

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 And to take the crown, the symbol of your authority and power and rule, and lay it at the feet of another.

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 You would only do that before the greatest of kings that this world has ever known.

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 This is the kind of moment that we see happening here through John's eyes in his vision.

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 Not only do they bring, do they take up the posture of worship and fall down before the one on the throne and lay before him their crowns, but they speak words of worship.

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 Verse 11, you are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power.

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 Just think about those words for a moment.

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 Worthy.

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 It is fitting.

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 It is right that you receive glory, worship.

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 It's what you are due.

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 Why?

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 They give one reason.

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 Also in verse 11,

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 For you created all things,

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 and by your will they were created and have their being.

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 This is an awesome statement.

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 And it's worth taking a time to just slow down and ponder it.

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 For you created, you made everything.

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 And it exists and continues to exist because of your purpose and intention, your will.

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 You are worthy for doing that.

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 You are worthy for doing that.

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 I love that little phrase.

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 Created all things.

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 That's a big little phrase.

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 All things means a lot.

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 Let's consider for a moment what is included in all things.

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 It includes the things of heaven.

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 It includes the things of earth.

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 It includes the physical.

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 It includes the spiritual.

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 It includes the really big things like clusters of galaxies.

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 It includes the really little things like protons, neutrons, and electrons.

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 It includes the laws which govern our world like gravity, thermodynamics, the laws of motion and physics.

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 It includes the systems which we see happening all over.

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 The rain cycle.

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 The tide.

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 The ebb and flow of the tide.

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 The way the moon affects those things.

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 All of it.

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 All things includes that liquid we call water

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 in which there are countless different kinds of living creatures.

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 Swimming.

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 Living.

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 It includes the sky and all the flyers which navigate the currents of wind

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 that we can hardly even imagine.

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 It includes all plants and trees.

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 It includes light.

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 It includes sound.

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 Everything.

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 All things.

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 You are worthy, our Lord and God,

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 for you created all things.

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 Everything.

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 What a statement.

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 Let's think a little more about some of these things

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 and just how they show the worthiness of God.

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 Plants.

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 Such an amazing thing.

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 There are so many different kinds all over earth

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 and they all grow and look a little different

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 and have so much variation and color,

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 different conditions in which they thrive.

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 You look up close, even at the back of a leaf,

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 and look at the detail,

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 the complexity of what's going on there.

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 I've got a massive poplar in my backyard

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 and it just floors me

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 that that whole tree grew out of a seed this big.

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 It's amazing.

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 Those of you who farm,

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 that tiny little canola seed,

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 isn't it amazing that the whole canola plant

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 is packed into that?

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 You can store it.

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 You can activate it whenever you want

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 just by putting it in the ground

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 and putting some water on it.

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 It's amazing.

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 Those of you who are doing some gardening,

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 maybe you've got some of these

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 that you're hoping to see in your garden

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 later this season.

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 Isn't it amazing that out of a tiny little tomato seed,

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 you can get a whole plant full of these

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 ripe, beautiful, red, juicy tomatoes.

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 God created all things.

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 Here's an example of something that we've created.

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 Let's talk about machines.

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 Some of you fix machines.

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 Some of you drive machines.

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 Here's a machine that's been made by man,

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:32.959
 a combine, and it's pretty impressive.

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 It can do some pretty amazing things.

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 It's got lots of processes,

00:20:36.439 --> 00:20:37.279
 lots of mechanisms,

00:20:37.479 --> 00:20:38.279
 lots of systems.

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 It's got GPS.

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 I don't know if that model does or not,

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 but probably not.

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 It looks like an older one.

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 But what's amazing to me

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:51.240
 is that all throughout our world,

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.519
 we see that God has created

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:54.279
 all kinds of machines,

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.480
 living machines,

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 with all kinds of parts

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 and programming

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 that function in all kinds of ways

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 that blow this out of the water,

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 that make this look primitive.

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 I mean, think for a moment of this.

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 A dolphin.

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 It's got one of the most amazing systems

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 on the planet

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 for sonar,

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 echolocation.

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 I just have to tell you

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 a little bit about it.

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 Apparently, this thing is able to

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 create clicks

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 of all different kinds

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 and project them out into the water

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 through an acoustic lens

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 in its forehead.

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 It can bounce those sound waves

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 off a fish

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 up to 200 meters away,

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 get the waves back

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 through its jawbones,

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 and interpret that information

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 into a 3D image.

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 Like, that's astounding.

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 And what will blow our minds

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.980
 even more is that

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 it's so fine-tuned

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 and it works so effortlessly,

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 so naturally.

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 It's part of the programming

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 and wiring

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 that it can do this

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 to objects far and near,

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 back and forth so quickly.

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 It can see a whole swarm of fish

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 just going like this

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 and zero in on a single fish

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 with those waves

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 and just zip right in there

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 and grab it.

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 Not by sight,

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 but by this crazy sonar system

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:31.339
 that's wired into its head.

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 God created that.

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 It blows our minds.

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 It's amazing.

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:40.059
 Here's another example

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 of something amazing.

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 Birds.

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 What a creature.

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 A creature which can go

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 from standing still

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 and just start flapping

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 and climb right up

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 into thin air

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 and just hover

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 through the air.

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 We've done the best we can

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:05.180
 to replicate flight.

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 We've made our machines,

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 but they look big

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 and clunky

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 and they're primitive

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 compared to this.

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 I mean,

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 you think of what a bird

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 can do.

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 The engineering,

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 the design.

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 Birds are as common

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 as anything.

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 I mean,

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 we see them all the time

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 and yet

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:27.740
 the acrobatics

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.759
 that they can do

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 in the air.

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 They can snatch

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 an insect

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 out of the air

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 in mid-flight.

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 It's amazing.

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 A bird like this

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 can zero in

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 on a fish

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 down in the water

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 and dive

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 and grab that fish

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 right out of the water.

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 And all of that's

00:23:48.959 --> 00:23:49.699
 wired into this

00:23:49.699 --> 00:23:50.459
 little package.

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 All the programming

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 is there.

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 The mechanisms

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.459
 are there.

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 It has just

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.379
 the right parts.

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 It's amazing.

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 Another example

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:02.099
 of the

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:03.819
 awesome creativity

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.279
 of God.

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.759
 While we're on

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.659
 the subject of birds,

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 I just had to put

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 one of these in there,

00:24:10.300 --> 00:24:10.940
 a hummingbird.

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 What an amazing creation.

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 This thing can fly

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.580
 up to 50 kilometers

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 an hour

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 and then

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 in an instant

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 stop

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.100
 mid-air

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 and just hover.

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 And then

00:24:23.540 --> 00:24:24.460
 if it wants to,

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.420
 it can fly backwards.

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.620
 This particular

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.800
 kind of hummingbird

00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:30.680
 can do

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.840
 in-flight fueling.

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 Come right up

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.180
 to the flower,

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:34.640
 hover.

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 Think of the

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.519
 precision on that.

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.800
 Its beak

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 is like

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.420
 a tiny needle.

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 It can suck

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.740
 the nectar

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.800
 right out of a flower.

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.460
 In-flight fueling.

00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:46.300
 Give SpaceX

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:47.480
 a run for its money.

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.259
 Another amazing

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.160
 creation of God.

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.840
 And all of that

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.580
 packed into this

00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:53.620
 tiny little body.

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 It blows our minds.

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:59.240
 How can it sustain

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.800
 that kind of

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:00.700
 muscle activity,

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.400
 that kind of

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:02.500
 energy requirement?

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:04.740
 the fuel that it would

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:04.960
 need,

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.099
 the energy output

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.619
 of this thing

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.180
 is amazing

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.799
 and it's all

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.400
 in this tiny

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.000
 little thing.

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 The best of drones

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.460
 that we have engineered

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.079
 doesn't even

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.500
 come close to this.

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.599
 You get maxed

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.440
 10 minutes of flight

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.099
 before the

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:20.160
 battery's dead.

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.160
 Or consider

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.980
 the caterpillar.

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.940
 Another thing

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.980
 that God has created.

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 I love these.

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:31.140
 They give,

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.599
 they baffle the minds

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.680
 of scientists

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.720
 over and over

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.620
 and over again.

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 It's the only creature

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.200
 in our world

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.960
 that we know of

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:41.519
 that forms a chrysalis,

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:44.380
 turns all of itself

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.860
 into a chemical soup.

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:48.799
 all of its organs

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.259
 gone

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.459
 into chemicals

00:25:50.459 --> 00:25:52.119
 and then re-emerges

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.839
 as a totally

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.719
 different creature.

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 A thing that

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:57.359
 eats differently,

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.679
 a thing that

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.819
 moves differently,

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.599
 flies differently.

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:01.459
 It's nothing like

00:26:01.459 --> 00:26:01.979
 what it was

00:26:01.979 --> 00:26:03.159
 when it went in.

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:05.039
 It baffles

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:06.199
 the minds

00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:07.519
 of the best

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:09.279
 of human biologists.

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:11.059
 How could something

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.599
 do that

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.719
 in just two weeks' time?

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:15.159
 It's amazing.

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:17.799
 And we're just

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.659
 getting started here.

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.719
 The whole world

00:26:20.719 --> 00:26:21.679
 is full of all kinds

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.439
 of stuff like this.

00:26:22.479 --> 00:26:23.579
 This is one of my favorites.

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.919
 A living cell.

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:29.099
 This is one of the most

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:31.000
 complex things

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.159
 on earth.

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:35.419
 A single living cell

00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:37.119
 has,

00:26:37.979 --> 00:26:38.599
 and these are not

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.199
 my words,

00:26:39.719 --> 00:26:40.299
 and these are not

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.819
 just the words

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.459
 of Christians,

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:44.099
 it has all kinds

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.379
 of micro machinery

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:47.620
 inside of it

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:49.120
 that are at work

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:50.160
 performing

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.680
 their various functions

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.640
 all the time.

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.480
 And I don't think

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.140
 they've just chosen

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.680
 those words

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.800
 because, you know,

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.760
 that's our experience.

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.280
 So, yeah,

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:58.820
 it kind of looks

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.420
 like machines.

00:26:59.760 --> 00:27:00.820
 No, they're machines.

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.060
 According to

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:04.460
 microbiologists,

00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:05.380
 there are

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:07.280
 biological motors

00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:08.160
 and rotors

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:09.000
 and bushings

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.300
 and walking mechanisms

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.319
 and all kinds

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.879
 of stuff

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.879
 going on

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.859
 all the time

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:15.659
 inside just one

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.619
 of these little things.

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.139
 There's factories

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:19.339
 called ribosomes

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.700
 that help produce

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.779
 proteins.

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:26.000
 There's a storage

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.039
 center

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:28.079
 where all the

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.740
 information

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.519
 and blueprints

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.220
 are kept

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.559
 on strands of DNA.

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.700
 There's little machines

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.680
 that go in there

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.879
 and make copies

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.859
 of various strands

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:37.339
 and bring those copies

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.379
 to the factories

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.479
 and then the factories

00:27:39.479 --> 00:27:40.679
 call for all these

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.399
 other machines

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:42.519
 to bring the various

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.759
 pieces that are

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.799
 required to

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.019
 form these

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:47.439
 massive chains

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:49.000
 of amino acids

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.799
 that then get

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.639
 carried over

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.859
 to this other machine

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:53.039
 that folds them

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.359
 into the

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.319
 perfect shape

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.079
 so that they can

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.559
 function

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.759
 as the protein

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.579
 that they are.

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.279
 And all of this

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.839
 is happening

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.719
 all the time

00:28:01.719 --> 00:28:02.619
 in this complex

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.099
 world

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:04.719
 of the living cell.

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:06.640
 It's mind-blowing.

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.700
 It's breathtaking.

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:11.180
 God created it.

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:16.079
 I just have to say here

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:17.259
 there's one guy

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.799
 that I just

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.640
 I couldn't help but

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.980
 I came across

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.860
 his stuff this week

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.539
 and he's working

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.039
 at stuff

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.339
 on a very tiny level.

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.059
 He's a Nobel

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:25.700
 prize winning scientist

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.779
 and he's working

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.640
 on a nano car

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.620
 or he's actually

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.420
 made it already.

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.039
 It's a car

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.620
 that's got

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:33.940
 a little carbon

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:35.460
 helix

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.360
 kind of spherical

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.320
 thing for wheels

00:28:37.320 --> 00:28:38.500
 on each side.

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.160
 It's so tiny

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.759
 you can't even

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.480
 see it without

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.100
 a microscope

00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:42.160
 and he's trying

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:43.019
 to figure out

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.740
 how to get this

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.240
 to move

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.340
 on various surfaces

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:46.220
 how to coax

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.759
 the wheels

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.279
 to roll

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.140
 and maybe we

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.720
 can even load

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.100
 it up with

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.799
 a little cargo.

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.180
 That's machinery

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.860
 and engineering

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.400
 on a whole

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.000
 nother level

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.400
 but it's

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.400
 nothing compared

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.180
 to what's already

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.880
 going on

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.700
 and the kinds

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.220
 of machines

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.180
 God has already

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.220
 wired into

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.980
 every living

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.440
 creature.

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:05.620
 not only

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.320
 has God

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:07.320
 made this

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:07.620
 world

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.100
 and everything

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.539
 in it

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.860
 so functional

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.820
 so complex

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:12.880
 but he has

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.240
 made it

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.640
 beautiful.

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:16.180
 It's not

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.180
 just all

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.580
 of his

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.259
 masterpiece

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.059
 blueprints

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:21.840
 enacted

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:23.840
 he's made

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.380
 the world

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.259
 the universe

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.019
 his canvas

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:27.840
 and I mean

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.620
 just think of it

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.639
 all the birds

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.439
 could be grey

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:32.079
 all the butterflies

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.039
 could be black

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.419
 and yet

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:34.399
 God has put

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.139
 patterns

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:36.119
 and all

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.799
 different kinds

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.459
 of colours

00:29:37.459 --> 00:29:39.859
 sunsets

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.719
 and sunrises

00:29:40.719 --> 00:29:41.719
 he's infused

00:29:41.719 --> 00:29:42.179
 beauty

00:29:42.179 --> 00:29:42.759
 into all

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.139
 of his

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.759
 creation

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:46.139
 it's amazing

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:56.359
 foxes

00:29:56.359 --> 00:30:00.979
 this is the

00:30:00.979 --> 00:30:01.419
 start of the

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:02.000
 summer months

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.459
 we're about

00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:03.519
 to hopefully

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.439
 all of us

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:05.219
 get outdoors

00:30:05.219 --> 00:30:06.079
 and see

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.759
 more of what

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.419
 God has made

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:08.799
 and I just

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.359
 want to encourage

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.079
 us to look a

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.659
 little closer

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:12.059
 to gaze a

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.599
 little longer

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.259
 to open our

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.799
 eyes a little

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.299
 wider

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.539
 and to ponder

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.319
 a little deeper

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.839
 as we have

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.399
 opportunity

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.639
 to look

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:19.699
 at all

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.579
 that God

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.059
 has made

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.659
 right in front

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:21.959
 of us

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.619
 we're surrounded

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.159
 by it

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:24.339
 in fact

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.579
 we are

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.359
 ourselves

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:27.480
 creations

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.039
 of God

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.639
 that cell

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:28.919
 that I

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.240
 showed you

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.579
 just a

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.039
 moment ago

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.959
 that was

00:30:30.959 --> 00:30:31.220
 you

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.339
 when you

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.720
 started

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.099
 you were

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.439
 one of

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:34.759
 those

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.079
 and yet

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.579
 all

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.879
 you are

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.279
 today

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.779
 a living

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.240
 breathing

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.619
 human

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.019
 being

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:40.159
 was packed

00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:40.699
 into that

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.039
 one

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.619
 little

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:41.939
 thing

00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:42.359
 everything

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.679
 needed

00:30:42.679 --> 00:30:43.159
 to form

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:43.359
 you

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.740
 was

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.039
 there

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:45.879
 it's

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.359
 amazing

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:48.019
 there's

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.279
 a

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.220
 part

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.480
 of the

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.720
 scripture

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.119
 where it

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.339
 says

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.919
 the whole

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.419
 earth

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:52.119
 is

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.659
 filled

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.319
 with

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.519
 his

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.919
 glory

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:55.580
 and it

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:55.960
 is

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.800
 this

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.259
 earth

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.800
 this

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.360
 universe

00:30:59.360 --> 00:30:59.980
 is

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.660
 God's

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.539
 masterpiece

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:03.640
 and it's

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.039
 a reason

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.460
 why he

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.980
 is worthy

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.500
 of our

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.920
 worship

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:07.600
 you are

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.060
 worthy

00:31:08.060 --> 00:31:08.820
 our

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.080
 Lord

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:09.580
 and God

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.279
 to receive

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.840
 glory

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.860
 and honor

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.860
 and power

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:14.340
 for you

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:15.140
 created

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:16.680
 all things

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.039
 it's

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.539
 amazing

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:20.120
 it's a

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.539
 reason to

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.019
 celebrate

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.240
 to worship

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.960
 day after

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.340
 day

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.539
 it's

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:24.839
 a reason

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.059
 to

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.500
 continue

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.939
 coming

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.559
 and gathering

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.000
 together

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.379
 as we

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:27.539
 are

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.899
 today

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.980
 to sing

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.659
 to praise

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.139
 and to

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.559
 honor our

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.139
 Lord Jesus

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:35.159
 Father in

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.399
 heaven

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:36.740
 we thank you

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.079
 for your

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.399
 word

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:39.199
 we thank you

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:39.459
 that

00:31:39.459 --> 00:31:41.579
 in a sense

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:41.839
 you have

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.220
 given us

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.579
 a glimpse

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.079
 of heaven

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:44.819
 and the

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.220
 glory

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.159
 where you

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.559
 dwell

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:49.879
 we thank

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.019
 you

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.359
 that you

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.539
 have

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:50.839
 made

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.079
 this

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.480
 beautiful

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.940
 world

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.759
 for us

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.119
 to live

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:53.220
 in

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.460
 and that

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.659
 it's

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.019
 good

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.819
 and that

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.159
 we can

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:55.839
 enjoy it

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.259
 as a

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.440
 gift

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.919
 from you

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:58.139
 and we

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.500
 ask that

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.740
 you would

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.079
 open

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.659
 wide

00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:00.319
 our eyes

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.899
 to see

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.619
 your

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.139
 fingerprints

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:03.619
 over all

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:03.879
 of it

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.099
 and that

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.539
 we wouldn't

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.879
 take it

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.339
 for granted

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:07.379
 we love

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.619
 you

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.939
 we pray

00:32:08.939 --> 00:32:09.299
 this in

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.939
 Jesus name

00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:11.419
 amen