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 We're going to sing firstly tonight from Psalm 138. Psalm 138, that's on page 431,

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 and verses 1 to 5.

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 Thee will I praise with all my heart. I will sing praise to thee before the gods,

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 and worship will toward thy sanctuary. I'll praise thy name even for thy truth and kindness

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 of thy love, for thou thy word has magnified all thy great name above. Psalm 138, these verses 1 to 5.

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 Thee will I praise with all my heart.

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 Before the gods and worship will toward thy sanctuary.

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 I'll praise thy name even for thy truth and kindness of thy love, for thou thy word has magnified

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 all thy great name above. Thou didst me answer in the day when I to thee did cry.

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 And thou, my fainting soul, with strength didst strengthen inwardly.

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 All kings upon the earth that are shall give thee praise, O Lord.

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 When I say from thy mouth shall hear thy truth and faithful word.

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 Ye in the righteous ways of God, with gladness they shall sing.

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 For great's the glory of the Lord, who doth for ever be.

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 Now we're going to join together once again in prayer. Let's call upon the Lord in prayer.

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 Lord, our gracious God, we know that these words we have been singing concerning you are true,

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 that you have not brought us to any other conclusion, but that this is your truth

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 when you speak about yourself through the word.

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 We thank you tonight, Lord, that you have reminded us once again of the greatness that belongs to you.

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 The greatness that belongs to you as it belongs to no other.

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 The greatness by which we find ourselves in your presence, exclaiming that you alone are God and worthy of our worship.

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 And we thank you, Lord, for this occasion once again when we are able to come before you to worship you.

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 Help us at all times to count it our great privilege to come into your presence,

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 to be together as a people, a worshiping people, a people seeking the Lord while he is to be found

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 and calling upon him while he is near.

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 And we ask tonight, Lord, that you would meet with us.

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 Your promise is that you will draw near to those who draw near to you.

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 We pray that this may be our very experience this evening.

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 You know each one of us here. You know us collectively.

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 You know the very thoughts of our minds.

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 You know the anxieties of our hearts.

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 You know all the things that trouble us and the things that give us to be glad.

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 And we bless you, Lord, that in regard to all of these and every aspect of our experience,

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 that you minister to your people that grace which daily keeps them and daily guides them and daily feeds them.

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 And we ask that tonight your grace will indeed be evident to ourselves.

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 Lord, we thank you that as we are in your presence,

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 so you assure us that you take such an interest in your people as to provide for them through the gospel.

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 We give thanks for the fellowship of your people,

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 for the fellowship that your people are,

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 as they come together to be a people,

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 together brought by the Lord himself to be a people noticed in the world,

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 a people whose testimony it is that the Lord is their God

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 and that you are indeed the one to whom they are answerable

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 and also the one they seek to commend to the world around them.

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 We ask, Lord, your blessing even more than we can ask or think to do for us

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 and to do for us abundantly through your Holy Spirit.

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 We thank you that as we wait upon you,

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 your promise is that your Holy Spirit will take the things of Christ

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 and show them unto us.

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 And we thank you for all the times that this has happened previously in our experience.

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 But we pray that it will be our experience once again.

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 And to that end, O Lord, open up your word for us, we pray.

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 Open up our minds to receive it.

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 Take away from us all that might resist your own call upon us through the gospel.

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 And come once again, we pray, to melt our hearts

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 and to bring us into that proper, willing and loving subjection of our lives to you.

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 We pray for your blessing, O Lord, for all the gatherings of your people,

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 wherever they are in the world tonight.

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 We know that you have a people in such different circumstances to ours.

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 We pray for them as we pray for ourselves.

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 We pray for your church worldwide.

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 We pray for all, O Lord, who confess you

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 and seek to have that confession made known in the presence of the world,

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 even the presence of a hostile world from time to time.

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 And we pray that you would bless every effort made, Lord, by your people

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 to spread the gospel abroad,

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 to testify to you and to bring the message of Christ,

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 crucified and risen from the dead before a lost world.

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 We ask your blessing, Lord, to be with all tonight

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 who are engaged in different types of activities that support your cause.

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 We pray for those of our own number who are involved locally with such things.

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 We pray, Lord, for Road to Recovery, for David and his leadership of that group,

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 and for all who receive benefit from it.

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 We pray for street pastors.

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 We ask, Lord, for them as they go about from week to week

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 and meet with various people and seek to bring them help practically

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 and at times spiritually too.

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 We pray for them.

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 We pray for their safety.

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 We pray that you would keep them, Lord, from week to week.

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 And we ask that you would help them as they go about

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 such an important task in our community.

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 We pray that you would bless those who care for others in their illness.

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 We pray for our hospitals and for our care homes.

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 We thank you for that provision that is made for us there.

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 We pray for those tonight, Lord, who are ill,

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 those who belong to us as families or in the congregation here

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 and who are at this time confined through illness.

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 We pray for those receiving treatment,

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 those anticipating such in days to come.

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 We pray for those who have been through surgery

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 and those anticipating that too.

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 We pray, O Lord, for them and all the fears that might accompany

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 such times and experience in their own lives.

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 We ask, Lord, that even if the fears are still there,

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 that you would give to them the calmness of heart

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 that would come to trust in you and know you

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 and know your presence with them.

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 We ask, too, again for our children

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 and pray that you would bless them at this time

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 and bless all those who are parents, grandparents.

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 We think especially, Lord, of parents who belong to us

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 whose concern for their children is that they be protected

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 from the evil of various types that are in the world,

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 protected from a kind of suggested proposals that come to them,

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 O Lord, from different quarters that would seek to lead them away

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 from your truth and from walking in the ways of the Lord.

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 Remember them here in this congregation itself, O Lord,

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 and bless to them the teaching they receive in their homes,

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 in the church and Sunday school,

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 and other ways in which your own word is set before them.

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 We pray that you would bless all the efforts made

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 and all who make the effort to teach our children,

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 our young people, the things of the gospel.

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 We ask for our schools that you would bless them, too,

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 all whom we know of our own number,

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 our teachers there and head teachers.

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 We pray your blessing for them, O Lord, in difficult times.

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 We ask that you bless the Education Authority

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 and all others, Lord, who are involved in the well-being of our young people.

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 Lord, protect us, we pray, from the ways of the evil one

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 and grant that we may overcome him with your truth

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 and with the power of your truth.

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 Remember, too, we pray at this time our nation,

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 and, Lord, we ask that you would give us direction,

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 that you would give us to know your guidance at this time

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 and your blessing.

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 Restore to us, we pray, the years the locusts have eaten,

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 as your prophet said long ago.

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 So, we pray that all that has happened, Lord,

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 over many years in taking the power of the gospel

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 to be reduced so much in our midst,

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 that that would be pleasing to you, Lord, to restore.

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 Hear the prayers of your people in that regard.

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 Establish your kingdom, we pray, throughout the world,

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 that your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Grant us now your blessing as we wait upon you here,

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 pardoning all our sin for Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's continue to praise God.

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 We're singing this time in Psalm 87.

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 Psalm number 87.

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 Again, it's in the Scottish Psalter, page 342.

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 This is a psalm, a short psalm,

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 that speaks of God's favor of his people, of his church.

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 His church is represented here by Zion and Zion's gates,

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 and the great and glorious future that belongs to God's people.

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 Upon the hills of holiness he his foundation sets.

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 God, more than Jacob's dwellings,

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 all delights in Zion's gates.

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 Things glorious are said of thee,

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 thou city of the Lord.

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 Rahab and Babel, I, to those that know me, will record.

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 And so on.

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 These verses of Psalm 87, to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Physiom 87, to all the hills of holiness.

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 On the hills of holiness he his foundation sets.

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 God, more than Jacob's dwellings, all delights in Zion's gates.

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 Things glorious are said of thee, thou city of the Lord.

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 Rehob and Abel, I to those that know me will record.

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 Behold him, Titus, and with it the Lamb of Palestine.

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 And likewise, Ethiopia, this man was born there.

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 And it of Zion shall be said, this man and that man there was born.

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 And he that is most high himself shall establish her.

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 When God the people writes, he'll count that this man born was there.

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 There be that sing and play and all my well springs in the air.

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 Now we have two readings of Scripture this evening.

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 First of all, in the book of the Revelation, chapter 19.

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 Read the passage there from verse 11 down to verse 21 to the end of the chapter.

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 And then we'll turn to 1 Corinthians 15, where we've had some studies for a time.

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 And reading verses 20 to 28.

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 So firstly, it's in Revelation, chapter 19, and from verse 11.

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 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse.

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 The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

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 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems.

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 And he has a name written that no one knows but himself.

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 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is the Word of God.

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 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.

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 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations.

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 And he will rule them with a rod of iron.

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 He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

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 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

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 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead,

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 Come, gather for the great supper of God, to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains,

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 the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders,

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 and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.

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 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him

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 who was sitting on the horse and against his army.

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 And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet,

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 who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast

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 and who worshipped his image.

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 These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns will suffer,

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 and the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse,

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 and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

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 And some verses now from 1 Corinthians 15.

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 I will read verses 20 to 28.

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 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead,

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 the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

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 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive,

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 but each in his own order.

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 Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

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 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father,

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 after destroying every rule and every authority and power.

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 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

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 For God has put all things in subjection under his feet.

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 But when it says all things are put in subjection,

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 it is plain that he is accepted who put all things in subjection under him.

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 When all things are subjected to him,

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 then the Son himself will also be subjected to him

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 who put all things in subjection under him,

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 that God may be all in all.

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 Amen.

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 May God bless to us reading those two passages of his word.

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 Before we turn to 1 Corinthians 15, let's sing once again.

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 This time in Psalm 110.

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 And sing Psalms version, Psalm 110, verses 1 to 5.

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 This is one of the great messianic psalms.

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 Psalms to do with the Messiah, with the Savior, with the Lord.

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 Quoted in the New Testament.

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 Quoted even by the Lord himself.

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 The Lord said to my Lord, sit here at my right hand,

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 until I make your foes a stool on which your feet may stand.

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 The Lord will make your reign extend from Zion's hill.

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 With royal power you'll rule among those who oppose your will.

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 When you display your power, your people flock to you.

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 At dawn arrayed in holiness,

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 your youth will come like dew.

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 Unchangeably the Lord with solemn purpose swore,

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 just like Melchizedek,

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 you are a priest forevermore.

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 The Lord's at your right hand.

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 There he will ever stay.

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 He on his day of wrath will crush

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 the kings who bar his way.

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 These five verses,

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 in Psalm 110,

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 the Lord said to my Lord,

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 The Lord said to my Lord,

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 sit here at my right hand,

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 until I make your foes a stool on which your feet may stand.

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 The Lord will make your reign extend from Zion's hill.

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 With royal power you'll rule among those who oppose your will.

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 When you display your power,

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 your people flock to you.

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 At dawn and haine in holiness,

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 your youth will come like truth.

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 Unchangeably the Lord with solemn purpose swore,

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 just like Melchizedek,

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 you are a priest forevermore.

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 The Lord's at your right hand.

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 There he will ever stay.

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 He on his day of wrath will crush

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 the kings who bar his way.

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 Please turn with me now to 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

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 We'll begin reading at verse 22.

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 We're looking tonight at verses 24 to 28 especially.

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 We can begin reading at verse 22.

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 For as in Adam all die,

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 so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

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 But each in his own order,

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 Christ the firstfruits,

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 then at his coming,

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 those who belong to Christ.

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 Then comes the end,

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 when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father

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 after destroying every rule and every authority and power.

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 For he must reign

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 until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:31.699
 And so on to the end of verse 28.

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.599
 In recent days,

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.359
 I've been noticing,

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.559
 in social media especially,

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:43.059
 when anticipating the coronation of King Charles III,

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.679
 as he'll be,

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:47.740
 a number of people keep putting up posts saying,

00:23:47.939 --> 00:23:49.399
 he's not my king.

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.679
 Of course,

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:53.439
 they have every freedom to do that.

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:56.240
 I don't know if they're people of independence mind

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 or whatever it is

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:59.900
 that brings them to say that.

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 But as we anticipate this coronation coming,

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:06.279
 people have such a view of it

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.799
 as says,

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.299
 well,

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.680
 he's not my king.

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:10.320
 It's a personal opinion.

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:12.180
 It's a personal decision.

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 It's something that they have chosen.

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 They're not going to acknowledge him as king

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 for themselves personally.

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 And they have freedom to do that.

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.600
 Of course,

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:26.380
 they're entitled in a personal freedom way

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 to think that and to say that.

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 But that doesn't mean that

00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:33.880
 what they're really saying

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:39.080
 makes the kingship of Charles

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 no longer relevant

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:43.080
 or inapplicable.

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:46.020
 They may very well choose to say,

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.460
 he's not my king,

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:49.819
 but in a political sense,

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:52.400
 he is the king of the nation.

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 He is the king over the nation.

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 And so,

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:58.360
 while people have the freedom to say that of him,

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 that does not displace the fact

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 that politically he's going to be

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 crowned as the king

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:07.120
 of the United Kingdom.

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 That is something

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:10.620
 that still remains in place

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 despite people maybe saying,

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 well,

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:14.400
 he's not my king.

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 And there's something like that

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:19.440
 in the way that people think about Jesus.

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:22.620
 The way they think about Jesus Christ

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 as the king,

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 as he's mentioned here

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:27.380
 and spoken of in Scripture,

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 as we read,

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 for example,

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:32.019
 in Revelation chapter 19,

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 as we read the Gospels

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 and find the inscription

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 that was placed over him

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 at the crucifixion.

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 This is Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the king of the Jews.

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 Jesus,

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 as a king,

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 brings that reaction

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:48.059
 on the part of some people,

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.919
 on many people,

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 sadly,

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.839
 who will say,

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.179
 well,

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.519
 he's not my king.

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 People who don't want to have

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:56.599
 Jesus rule over them.

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.059
 People who want to

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 just be free

00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:00.099
 of anything to do

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:01.079
 with Christ,

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 with God,

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 with this idea

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.960
 that somehow or other

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:05.299
 there is an authority

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 greater than themselves

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 or greater than in this

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 earthly life.

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 And so you'll find that

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:12.039
 this is the same,

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.139
 really essentially,

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 that they say of Jesus

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 and of his kingship.

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 Many are adamant saying,

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.119
 well,

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.639
 he's not my king

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 and he never will be my king.

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 And that's how things

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 are going to be

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 until the king returns.

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 That's how it's going to be

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:30.279
 until the end of the age.

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 There will still be some people

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.759
 that say,

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.259
 well,

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.299
 he's not my king

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.899
 and he's not going to be my king.

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.859
 But he is the king.

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 And as he will come

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.679
 at that last day,

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.519
 as we'll see here

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.599
 briefly tonight,

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:46.139
 every knee shall bow

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 and every tongue

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 will confess

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is Lord

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 to the glory

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.359
 of God the Father.

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 We can say as often

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.519
 as we like

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.179
 in this world,

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:56.539
 well,

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.740
 he's not my king.

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:59.539
 But every single person

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.819
 saying that,

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 as well as those

00:27:01.479 --> 00:27:02.939
 who say he is my king,

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.099
 are going to come

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 when the Lord appears

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 to bow in his presence

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.240
 and acknowledge

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:10.140
 that even if it is not

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.420
 willingly on their part,

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:13.100
 he is the king.

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:16.480
 He is the Lord.

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 And that's the situation

00:27:20.300 --> 00:27:21.740
 that you find here

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.380
 in these verses

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:24.660
 in 1 Corinthians 15,

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:27.200
 verses 23 to 28,

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:29.140
 describes the situation

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.580
 as it is now

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.460
 and will be

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:33.700
 until the Lord returns.

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:36.279
 And then when the Lord returns,

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.700
 certain things

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:39.059
 then fall into place.

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.539
 So let's look at these verses

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:43.640
 in regard to Christ.

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.039
 And this is a passage

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.840
 that's dense.

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.480
 It's a passage

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:48.299
 that's got difficulties in it,

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:49.819
 but we don't shirk

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.420
 the difficulty

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.440
 and there's nothing wrong

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.100
 with saying,

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.240
 even as preachers

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.819
 of the gospel,

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.680
 well, there are one

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.180
 or two things

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:56.640
 that I don't quite understand

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.600
 and can't get

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.580
 to the depths of.

00:27:58.840 --> 00:27:59.319
 We're dealing

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.200
 with God's Word.

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.140
 We're dealing with God.

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.539
 We're dealing

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.860
 with the Lordship of Christ.

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.559
 We're dealing

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.759
 with the reign of Christ.

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.259
 We're dealing

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.699
 with the greatness of Christ.

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.899
 You can't fit that

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:09.719
 into a mere human mind

00:28:09.719 --> 00:28:10.519
 like ours.

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.679
 But we can still come

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:14.179
 and fall in His presence

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:15.859
 and say that He is

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.899
 indeed our King.

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.299
 So first of all,

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.859
 how is this connected

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:22.659
 with the resurrection?

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.779
 We've been looking

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.899
 through the passages

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.559
 we've gone through

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.159
 this chapter

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:27.939
 at how Paul

00:28:27.939 --> 00:28:28.759
 is demonstrating

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.659
 the reality

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.879
 of such a thing

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.700
 as resurrection,

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.700
 beginning with the resurrection

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.940
 of Jesus Himself

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.000
 and arguing

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.060
 that if Jesus

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.840
 is not risen,

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.360
 then there is no hope

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:39.900
 for mankind.

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.180
 There's no hope for us.

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.620
 We're still in our sins.

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.600
 But of course,

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.300
 He's now saying

00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:46.480
 that He is,

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:46.960
 of course,

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:49.020
 in verse 20,

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.960
 but in fact,

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:51.820
 Christ has been raised

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:52.900
 from the dead.

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.620
 And following on

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:54.960
 from that,

00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:56.300
 we've seen last time

00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:57.700
 how He spoke about Him

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.819
 as the firstfruits

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:01.660
 and the firstfruits

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:03.480
 of those who have fallen asleep,

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:05.120
 those who are Christians

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.960
 who are no longer

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.740
 in this world.

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.680
 So resurrection

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:10.160
 is spoken of here

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:12.120
 as in a particular order.

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.900
 You see what He's saying

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.600
 in verse 23?

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.640
 This shall also happen,

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:15.940
 He says,

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:18.019
 but each in his own order.

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.460
 Christ the firstfruits,

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.420
 then at His coming

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:25.160
 those who belong to Christ.

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:26.480
 Now He's talking here

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:29.040
 about an ordered series

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:30.180
 of events

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.759
 to do with resurrection,

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.940
 to do with the conquering

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.700
 of death,

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.540
 which is what resurrection is

00:29:36.540 --> 00:29:38.100
 on the part of God's people,

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.620
 on the part of Christ Himself.

00:29:40.040 --> 00:29:40.920
 What He's saying here

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.800
 is that each in his own turn,

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.680
 Christ the firstfruits.

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.759
 That's already taken place.

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:48.380
 Jesus has been raised

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.320
 from the dead.

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.860
 Jesus is no longer,

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.200
 in terms of His body,

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.200
 it's no longer

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.000
 in the grave,

00:29:54.080 --> 00:29:54.700
 in the sepulcher.

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:56.380
 He rose triumphantly

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.759
 on the third day,

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.360
 and since then

00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:02.000
 been exalted to heaven.

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.620
 His resurrection

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:06.420
 is first in that order.

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.920
 And He talks about it here again

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.700
 as firstfruits,

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.440
 similar to the same

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.240
 as He's mentioned

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.000
 in verse 20.

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.340
 Remember,

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.980
 we mentioned then

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.600
 that firstfruits really means,

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:17.819
 going back to Leviticus 21,

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.480
 the firstfruits of the harvest.

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:23.160
 Israel were ordered by God

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.660
 to take the firstfruits

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.200
 of the harvest,

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:26.660
 to bring that into

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.519
 the house of God,

00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:29.480
 to wave that before the Lord

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:31.259
 because it was dedicated to Him.

00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:31.759
 In other words,

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.500
 it was saying,

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.360
 the whole harvest

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.720
 actually belongs to You,

00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:35.180
 O Lord,

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.620
 but You have given us

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.420
 the privilege

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.519
 of having that harvest

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.080
 to ourselves.

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.420
 Here are the firstfruits.

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.600
 We're offering that to You.

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.259
 Remember,

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.860
 we said that

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:44.120
 the firstfruits

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:45.519
 are really a sample

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.220
 of the harvest

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.200
 that was to follow.

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.779
 And indeed,

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.700
 the firstfruits

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:51.880
 indicated that the harvest

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:53.279
 was certain to follow.

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:55.000
 If there's a firstfruits,

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.920
 obviously there's a harvest there,

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.380
 and if the firstfruits

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:59.279
 are evident

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.319
 and brought into

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.240
 the house of God,

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.319
 it follows that

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.120
 the harvest

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:04.480
 is going to follow it.

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.779
 And that's what He's saying

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.920
 with the resurrection.

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.340
 The firstfruits,

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.819
 Jesus the firstfruits,

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.059
 in His resurrection,

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.559
 well,

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.640
 that's taken place.

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:15.980
 And because that's taken place,

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.799
 the rest of the harvest,

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.819
 the resurrection of God's people

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:21.299
 to everlasting life,

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.980
 that is made certain.

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:24.180
 That is guaranteed

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.900
 because they are connected

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.559
 to Jesus.

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.920
 They are actually,

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.460
 this is actually a pledge.

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:31.019
 The fact that He has risen

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.720
 from the dead

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:33.299
 is God's pledge

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.519
 that God's people

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:36.079
 will rise from the dead

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:37.380
 and share together

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.740
 in that eternal life.

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:41.420
 If Jesus has been raised

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.960
 from the dead

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.940
 as He has been,

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.799
 as Paul is saying,

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:45.579
 then it follows that

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:47.059
 there is a resurrection

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:48.179
 for God's people

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:49.939
 to eternal life.

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.619
 You cannot think of

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:54.539
 Jesus being raised

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.359
 from the dead

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:57.539
 without having connected

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:59.619
 to that inseparably

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.819
 the resurrection

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.199
 of His saved people,

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.439
 the resurrection

00:32:03.439 --> 00:32:05.960
 of His whole redeemed church.

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:09.240
 And you notice here

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.299
 the language that's used

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.919
 is at His coming.

00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:13.699
 That's the first thing.

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.000
 He says,

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.059
 Christ the firstfruits.

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:17.299
 Then at His coming,

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:19.980
 those who belong to Christ.

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.179
 In other words,

00:32:21.399 --> 00:32:22.399
 that's what's still

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:23.639
 waiting to take place.

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:25.079
 It is made certain

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.099
 by the fact that

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:27.539
 He is risen from the dead,

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:29.279
 but it will take place

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.940
 at His coming.

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.419
 When He comes,

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.440
 when He returns

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.399
 to this world,

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:37.879
 then this will take place.

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:40.179
 Those who belong to Christ

00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:42.440
 will be raised from the dead.

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:46.059
 And that word

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.380
 coming,

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.059
 that is coming,

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:50.600
 it's an important word.

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.880
 It's a word which

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:53.420
 in the ordinary sense

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.120
 of usage

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:55.460
 was often used

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.460
 of an emperor

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.320
 or a king.

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:58.539
 Think about the emperor

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.480
 or the Roman emperor

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.259
 at the time

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.680
 of Paul himself.

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.440
 Well,

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.500
 if the emperor

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.000
 or somebody

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.059
 of that high rank

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.539
 was coming to a place,

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.779
 this is the kind of word

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.539
 they would use.

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:11.240
 It's a word that really means

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:13.200
 here is an arrival

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:15.019
 that's filled with splendor,

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.960
 that's got some significance

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.399
 about it more than most.

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:21.159
 And the word that's used here

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:23.139
 as Paul uses that word,

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.019
 it's not just,

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.379
 it's not used for an emperor

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:26.119
 or for a king

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.920
 in the normal sense,

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:28.799
 it's used here of Jesus.

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.099
 At His coming,

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.740
 at His arrival,

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:33.559
 at His glorious appearance,

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:36.960
 those who belong to Him

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:39.019
 will actually be raised

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.179
 from the dead.

00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:41.419
 And we spoke about

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:43.139
 the coronation

00:33:43.139 --> 00:33:44.700
 of King Charles.

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.679
 We still don't know

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:47.000
 exactly what that's going

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.519
 to involve

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.659
 in terms of ceremony,

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.919
 but I'm sure

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:51.639
 it'll have its own grandeur

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:53.200
 even if it's scaled back

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.579
 compared to previous times.

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.839
 It'll still have its own

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:58.039
 pomp and ceremony

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.879
 and grandeur

00:33:58.879 --> 00:34:00.240
 and all the regalia

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.839
 of kingly office

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:03.019
 will be on display.

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:05.099
 And it'll be a grand occasion

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:07.119
 and people will actually admire,

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.299
 and mostly will admire,

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:11.019
 the magnificence of it.

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:13.920
 But even if you multiply that

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:15.799
 a thousand times,

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.860
 it's still just a pale shadow

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:20.779
 of glory compared

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:24.179
 to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.779
 Because when He arrives,

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:31.500
 it just won't be a few people noticing

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:33.599
 or a few hundred or thousand people

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.739
 actually watching it.

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:36.199
 It'll be the whole earth.

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.239
 It'll be the whole universe.

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:39.079
 It'll be the whole creation

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:41.920
 involved in this dynamic event.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:44.460
 An event unlike any other

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.400
 that went before,

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:47.139
 apart from perhaps His death

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.900
 and resurrection.

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:50.800
 Because it's the creation

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.119
 being brought to

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.920
 its final conclusion,

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.280
 and it's God's people

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.559
 raised from the dead

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:58.000
 at His arrival,

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.840
 and it's Christ displayed

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:01.539
 in all the magnificence

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:03.219
 of His risen glory,

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:05.219
 of His glorified splendor,

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.239
 of what He is

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:07.239
 as the King of kings

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:08.920
 and the Lord of lords.

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:13.300
 And there is to be a splendor

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.619
 and a greatness

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:16.300
 and a grandeur

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:18.460
 of that arrival

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:20.139
 that is just unparalleled.

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.219
 You cannot really find

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.980
 anything adequate

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.440
 to picture it,

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:26.159
 to give an illustration of it.

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:30.000
 And you and I will be there.

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.699
 Even if it's a thousand

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.599
 and more years from now,

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.960
 you and I will be there.

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:40.179
 You and I will be witnesses of it.

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.980
 You and I will be taken

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.420
 into the event

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.559
 because that event

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.820
 will embrace all humankind.

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:50.059
 The question, of course, is,

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:52.300
 and we'll see it later on as well,

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:54.280
 what will your relationship

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.340
 be to the King?

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:58.159
 Will you be invited

00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:00.199
 to the marriage supper,

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:01.820
 to the reception of the Lamb?

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:04.420
 Will you be among those

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.420
 that are welcomed

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.460
 into the banquet?

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:09.579
 Will you be outside?

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:12.280
 Will you not have

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:14.340
 a personal relationship

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:16.760
 with this grand,

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:18.920
 wonderful, glorious King?

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:21.680
 Well, this is

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:23.480
 one of the great questions

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:25.180
 that were posed

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:26.460
 by the likes of Revelation

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.900
 in the chapter that we read.

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:29.840
 They're a very graphic description.

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.400
 But this is the King

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.960
 in His glory.

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:33.119
 So, resurrection

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:34.840
 in a particular order

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:36.579
 comes to its climax,

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:37.079
 if you like,

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.440
 with the arrival of the King.

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:41.280
 When He Himself will come,

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.220
 then they will be,

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.760
 those who belong to Him,

00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:47.099
 will rise at His coming.

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:49.420
 And then He says,

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:51.339
 then comes the end

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:53.000
 when He delivers the kingdom

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:54.019
 to God the Father

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:56.039
 after destroying every rule

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.920
 and every authority

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.539
 and power,

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:59.319
 for He must reign

00:36:59.319 --> 00:37:00.579
 until He has put

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.579
 all His enemies

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:03.339
 under His feet.

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.839
 Now, what is He talking,

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.960
 what is He talking about here

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.759
 when He says,

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:08.279
 then comes the end?

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:10.139
 The end of what?

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.880
 Or what is meant by

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:13.099
 the word end

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:14.019
 in that context?

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.659
 Then comes the end.

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.559
 It's obviously something

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:19.199
 related to the arrival of Christ

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:21.839
 or as soon as Christ has arrived

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:23.539
 and the King has come,

00:37:23.859 --> 00:37:25.179
 then comes the end.

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:27.319
 And the end here really means

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:30.039
 the end of this present age.

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:32.779
 The end of things as we know it

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:34.579
 in the world as it is

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:36.359
 and has been since the fall of man.

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:38.420
 The end in the sense

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:40.119
 in which a new age

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:43.199
 will come at His coming,

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:44.019
 at His arrival.

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.500
 You remember how

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:47.039
 2 Peter puts it,

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:48.000
 the new heavens

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:49.259
 and the new earth

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:50.759
 for which God's people

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:52.359
 are eagerly waiting

00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:53.339
 and anticipating

00:37:53.339 --> 00:37:55.279
 which will be following

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:56.500
 the resurrection

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.599
 or associated with

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.639
 the resurrection.

00:37:59.099 --> 00:38:00.420
 Remember there in chapter 3

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:00.920
 of Peter

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:02.599
 how he's dealing with those

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.359
 who are scoffing

00:38:03.359 --> 00:38:04.099
 at this idea

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:06.239
 that Jesus is returning.

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.619
 And all of this,

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:09.339
 all these years have gone by,

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.960
 they're saying,

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:11.160
 and yet,

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.320
 where is the promise

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.900
 of His coming?

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.480
 All things are continuing

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.960
 as they were

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:17.280
 from the beginning of creation.

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.880
 We've stopped believing

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:20.440
 in the coming of Jesus.

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:21.559
 This passage is saying

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.820
 that was in the Apostles' day.

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:25.100
 Even more so is it the case now.

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:28.500
 But he says,

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:30.240
 do not overlook this one fact,

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:30.820
 beloved,

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.740
 that with the Lord

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:34.460
 one day is as a thousand years

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:36.160
 and a thousand years is one day.

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:37.760
 God doesn't measure

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:39.360
 His diary by years

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:41.160
 in our way of calculation.

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:43.260
 God has His own plan.

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:44.900
 And however many years

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.540
 it may be

00:38:45.540 --> 00:38:47.600
 in our calculation of things,

00:38:48.600 --> 00:38:50.320
 as far as God is concerned,

00:38:50.680 --> 00:38:51.960
 He knows the exact moment

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:54.120
 in the history of this world

00:38:54.120 --> 00:38:56.780
 when the King will arrive,

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.600
 when He will come.

00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:00.400
 But he goes on to say,

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.079
 the day of the Lord

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:02.079
 will come like a thief.

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:03.260
 Then the heavens

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:04.579
 will pass away with a roar

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.980
 and the heavenly bodies

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.800
 will be burned up

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.320
 and dissolved

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.599
 and the earth

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:10.099
 and the works that are done on it

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.019
 will be exposed.

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.500
 Since all these things

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.559
 are thus to be dissolved,

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:15.119
 what sort of people

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.980
 ought you to be

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.539
 in lives of holiness

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.619
 and godliness,

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:20.420
 waiting for and hastening

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.940
 the coming of the day of God,

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.340
 because of which

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:25.180
 the heavens will be set on fire

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:26.340
 and dissolved

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:27.380
 and the heavenly bodies

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:28.559
 will melt as they burn.

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:30.980
 But according to His promise,

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:32.579
 we are waiting for

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:34.199
 new heavens

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:35.699
 and a new earth

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:39.639
 in which righteousness dwells.

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:42.239
 See, that's the culmination

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:43.699
 of redemption.

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.639
 That's the end point

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:48.000
 of God's redemption

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:49.759
 when God's people are raised

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:52.059
 to share together with Christ

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.719
 the glories of the kingdom,

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:56.639
 the glories of Christ's reign

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:57.420
 in heaven.

00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:02.579
 And this is what history

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:06.779
 itself is developing towards.

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:08.019
 We think of history

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:11.259
 as we look out

00:40:11.259 --> 00:40:12.960
 over the history of mankind,

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:14.139
 the history of the world,

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:16.279
 as far as we're able to do that.

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:18.219
 Where is history heading?

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:19.799
 Where is history taking us?

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.139
 Well, some people will say,

00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:22.739
 well, you can never be sure about that.

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.880
 How can you actually know

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:25.219
 what's going to happen next year?

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:27.959
 Never mind in X number of years,

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:29.079
 a hundred, a thousand years,

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:30.259
 whatever it might be.

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:32.039
 Well, the Lord is saying,

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:34.399
 you should know where history,

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:35.299
 as a Christian,

00:40:35.399 --> 00:40:36.799
 you should know where history is heading.

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:39.399
 It's heading to the return of Christ.

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:43.059
 It's heading towards

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:44.299
 the coming of the King.

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:47.160
 It's heading towards

00:40:47.160 --> 00:40:48.640
 the final establishment

00:40:48.640 --> 00:40:50.160
 and consummation

00:40:50.160 --> 00:40:52.400
 of the kingdom of God in Christ.

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:54.539
 That's where it's heading.

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:58.120
 That's where time is heading

00:40:58.120 --> 00:40:59.460
 to that definite point,

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.720
 the end,

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.440
 when the King

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:04.160
 will arrive in His glory.

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:06.519
 But that's also

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:08.659
 not just the terminus

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.319
 of history,

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.039
 it's the terminus

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:12.399
 of your Christian hope,

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.839
 isn't it?

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:14.279
 Because every single person

00:41:14.279 --> 00:41:15.639
 that has the Christian hope

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:18.259
 is hoping towards

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:20.059
 that final end of things

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:21.159
 that the Bible describes.

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.719
 Your hope

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:24.500
 is not something uncertain.

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:26.019
 You might complain

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:26.980
 that it's not as strong

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:28.279
 as you would like it to be,

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:30.119
 but it's a positive hope

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:31.659
 because it's looking towards

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:34.219
 this final conclusion of things

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:35.779
 at the return of Christ

00:41:35.779 --> 00:41:37.319
 when the dead will be raised,

00:41:37.399 --> 00:41:38.179
 when the Lord's people

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.940
 will be raised,

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:40.219
 at His coming.

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:41.339
 Your hope

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:43.659
 is towards His coming.

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:46.179
 Romans chapter 8,

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.879
 these great words

00:41:47.879 --> 00:41:50.639
 that Paul wrote there

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.259
 to the Romans.

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:55.659
 And verses 19 to 25 especially,

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.500
 where he says,

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:57.219
 For the creation

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:59.039
 is waiting with eager longing

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.799
 for the revealing

00:41:59.799 --> 00:42:01.079
 of the sons of God.

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:02.399
 For the creation

00:42:02.399 --> 00:42:04.019
 was subjected to futility,

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.619
 not willingly,

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:06.319
 but because of Him

00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:07.199
 who subjected it

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:07.819
 in hope

00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:09.679
 that the creation itself

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.639
 will be set free

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:12.559
 from its bondage to decay

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:14.859
 and obtain the freedom

00:42:14.859 --> 00:42:16.019
 of the glory

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:18.319
 of the children of God.

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.179
 And so on.

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.699
 It goes on,

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:21.119
 speaking about ourselves,

00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:21.579
 groaning,

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.899
 having the first fruit

00:42:22.899 --> 00:42:23.579
 of the Spirit,

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:26.000
 having the Spirit of God

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:28.659
 as the first fruits in us

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:31.359
 that guarantees the harvest

00:42:31.359 --> 00:42:32.899
 of eternal life

00:42:32.899 --> 00:42:33.559
 in its fullness

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.739
 at His coming

00:42:34.739 --> 00:42:36.279
 and subsequent to His coming.

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:41.159
 And that's the terminus.

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:44.059
 The terminus of your Christian hope

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:46.500
 is the same terminus

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:48.319
 as the terminus of history

00:42:48.319 --> 00:42:50.719
 tied inseparably

00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:52.399
 to the coming of Christ.

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:55.119
 Do you have that hope?

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:59.240
 Are you hoping for the best

00:42:59.240 --> 00:43:00.240
 in this sense?

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:03.300
 Is your hope and trust

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:05.559
 in the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:43:05.680 --> 00:43:06.680
 this King of kings

00:43:06.680 --> 00:43:07.900
 and Lord of lords?

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:09.420
 Surely your hope

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.720
 is not anchored

00:43:10.720 --> 00:43:12.240
 in something less than that,

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:13.740
 something uncertain,

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.539
 something belonging

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:15.360
 to this world,

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:16.579
 something belonging

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.519
 to the philosophies

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.260
 of this world,

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.220
 something belonging

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:20.399
 to your own imagination,

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:21.419
 to your own reckoning,

00:43:21.819 --> 00:43:22.539
 something belonging

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:24.759
 to those who will bring

00:43:24.759 --> 00:43:25.759
 you a sense of history

00:43:25.759 --> 00:43:27.319
 without God involved.

00:43:30.319 --> 00:43:31.299
 The Christian hope,

00:43:31.379 --> 00:43:32.879
 this hope that the apostle

00:43:32.879 --> 00:43:33.559
 speaks of,

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:34.699
 is a positive thing,

00:43:36.219 --> 00:43:37.459
 a hope that looks forward

00:43:37.459 --> 00:43:38.659
 to the King's coming,

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:41.579
 to the arrival of the great

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:43.079
 King of kings

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:44.500
 and Lord of lords.

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:47.799
 And then he says,

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:51.260
 then comes the end,

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:52.320
 we've mentioned the end,

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:53.680
 when he delivers the kingdom

00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:54.800
 to God the Father

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:56.860
 after destroying every rule

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.620
 and every authority

00:43:57.620 --> 00:43:58.220
 and power,

00:43:58.900 --> 00:43:59.760
 for he must reign

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:00.620
 until he has put all

00:44:00.620 --> 00:44:02.980
 his enemies under his feet.

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:04.280
 The last enemy

00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:05.100
 to be destroyed

00:44:05.100 --> 00:44:07.200
 is death.

00:44:07.580 --> 00:44:08.860
 What are we to make of this?

00:44:10.180 --> 00:44:10.980
 Well, he's speaking here

00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:13.539
 about the reign of Christ,

00:44:14.080 --> 00:44:15.000
 and that's a reign

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:17.019
 that's presently underway.

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.600
 And has been

00:44:18.600 --> 00:44:19.800
 ever since he rose

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:20.320
 from the dead,

00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:21.200
 and especially since

00:44:21.200 --> 00:44:22.340
 he ascended to glory.

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:24.320
 He's saying here that

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:27.280
 he delivers the kingdom

00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:28.160
 to God the Father.

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:30.380
 Think about Jesus

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:31.220
 and the mission

00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:32.519
 the Father gave him

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:35.320
 as he was sent into this world

00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:36.260
 and came willingly

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:38.260
 as the servant of the Father.

00:44:38.720 --> 00:44:39.440
 As you find himself

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:40.660
 speaking of it often,

00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:42.000
 especially in John's Gospel.

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:44.539
 If you think about

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:47.099
 all that Jesus came to do

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:49.579
 was in terms of

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:51.619
 establishing a kingdom,

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:53.659
 a kingdom of God

00:44:53.659 --> 00:44:55.199
 where God reigns

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:55.960
 and where his people

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:57.500
 will be his willing subjects

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:58.199
 forevermore.

00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:00.820
 It's to establish that kingdom

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.880
 that Christ came.

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:03.320
 And that involves

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:04.440
 all that he did

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:05.880
 while he was in this world.

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:07.460
 It involves his death

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:08.119
 on the cross,

00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:09.840
 his obedience to the Father,

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:11.620
 his resurrection from the dead,

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:13.200
 his ascension to glory,

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:14.420
 and it will involve

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:15.840
 also his return,

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:17.079
 his coming,

00:45:17.200 --> 00:45:18.420
 as this passage puts it.

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:21.760
 And all of that being involved,

00:45:22.620 --> 00:45:23.720
 that is how the kingdom

00:45:23.720 --> 00:45:25.360
 will be established,

00:45:26.140 --> 00:45:27.220
 will be finalized,

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:28.240
 will be consummated.

00:45:28.680 --> 00:45:30.800
 And when it reaches that end,

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:32.360
 when it reaches that point,

00:45:33.120 --> 00:45:34.760
 when everything about the kingdom

00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:37.260
 is finally ready and finished,

00:45:37.600 --> 00:45:38.800
 and there's nothing else to do,

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:40.180
 when all his enemies,

00:45:40.260 --> 00:45:41.039
 as he puts it here,

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:42.480
 he must reign

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.780
 until he has put all his enemies

00:45:43.780 --> 00:45:44.720
 under his feet.

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:45.940
 Every rule,

00:45:46.080 --> 00:45:46.700
 every authority,

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.440
 every power,

00:45:47.700 --> 00:45:48.880
 including that of death.

00:45:49.640 --> 00:45:50.700
 When that is the case,

00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:51.980
 you can just,

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:53.680
 if we can imagine it this way,

00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:55.560
 speaking with all reverence here,

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:57.039
 you could say,

00:45:57.080 --> 00:45:58.420
 Jesus is saying to the Father,

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:58.920
 the Son,

00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:00.780
 saying to the Father,

00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:01.120
 Father,

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:03.380
 you sent me into this world

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:04.680
 of human beings,

00:46:04.780 --> 00:46:06.940
 I took human nature to myself.

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:09.240
 I died on the cross,

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:10.679
 I rose from the dead,

00:46:11.240 --> 00:46:12.559
 I am ascended to glory,

00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:14.320
 I am sitting at the right hand of God,

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:16.860
 and then I have come back to the world

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.960
 to be the judge of the world.

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.420
 Father,

00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:20.599
 here is the kingdom

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:23.320
 that you sent me to accomplish.

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:27.160
 I deliver it now to you.

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:29.660
 I am giving it to you

00:46:29.660 --> 00:46:30.960
 because I have finished it.

00:46:31.539 --> 00:46:32.640
 It's accomplished.

00:46:33.200 --> 00:46:33.880
 It's done.

00:46:35.640 --> 00:46:37.000
 And because it's done,

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:38.860
 I'm handing it to you

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:39.519
 as the one

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:41.360
 who sent me into the world

00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:42.440
 to accomplish it.

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:44.680
 I've been your servant,

00:46:45.680 --> 00:46:47.039
 I've reigned in heaven

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:49.460
 towards the accomplishment

00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:50.380
 of all things,

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:53.720
 the conquering of all our enemies.

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:55.280
 Every rule,

00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:56.539
 every authority,

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:57.860
 every power.

00:46:58.480 --> 00:46:58.880
 But he says,

00:46:58.980 --> 00:47:00.160
 he must reign

00:47:00.160 --> 00:47:01.940
 until he has put all his enemies

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:02.619
 under his feet.

00:47:02.680 --> 00:47:03.619
 You see what that is saying?

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:05.119
 Jesus is reigning

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:06.519
 from heaven tonight.

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:08.260
 He's reigning despite the fact

00:47:08.260 --> 00:47:09.280
 that you look out in the world

00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:10.840
 and think that it's just chaos

00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:11.920
 and think that people

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:13.260
 actually have it in themselves

00:47:13.260 --> 00:47:15.160
 to reign instead

00:47:15.160 --> 00:47:16.920
 of what we present

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:18.380
 as God in the gospel.

00:47:21.740 --> 00:47:23.960
 That reign of Jesus

00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:26.280
 is presently taking place.

00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:28.019
 Every single person in here

00:47:28.019 --> 00:47:30.360
 that's been converted to Christ

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:31.380
 and by Christ,

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.780
 by the Spirit of God,

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:35.680
 is itself another building block,

00:47:35.760 --> 00:47:36.619
 if you like,

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:37.920
 in the kingdom of God.

00:47:38.280 --> 00:47:40.880
 There is another bit of evidence

00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:41.619
 really for us

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.980
 that Christ is reigning.

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:45.619
 That Christ's reign includes

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:47.619
 the bringing in of His people.

00:47:48.839 --> 00:47:50.259
 Every single time someone

00:47:50.259 --> 00:47:52.539
 comes to know the Lord savingly,

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:54.319
 there is the Lord's reign

00:47:54.319 --> 00:47:55.420
 in evidence.

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.319
 It's taking place.

00:47:56.639 --> 00:47:57.799
 It's adding to the number

00:47:57.799 --> 00:47:58.759
 of the saved.

00:48:00.339 --> 00:48:01.219
 Here you are tonight

00:48:01.219 --> 00:48:01.880
 as a Christian

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:05.279
 and you're happy to acknowledge,

00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:06.519
 surely, I know you are,

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:09.500
 that you haven't converted yourself,

00:48:10.619 --> 00:48:12.940
 that you haven't made yourself

00:48:12.940 --> 00:48:14.019
 a new creation,

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:16.820
 and you're happy to confess

00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:19.360
 that He has chosen you

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:20.840
 and He has changed you

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:21.980
 and He has brought you

00:48:21.980 --> 00:48:22.880
 and He has drawn you

00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:24.099
 and He has changed your life

00:48:24.099 --> 00:48:25.759
 and He has turned your life around

00:48:25.759 --> 00:48:28.139
 and that itself

00:48:28.139 --> 00:48:29.039
 is a demonstration

00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:30.480
 of His reign.

00:48:33.239 --> 00:48:35.639
 Because without the reign of Christ,

00:48:35.759 --> 00:48:37.059
 nothing of that would take place.

00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:40.179
 how can you possibly think of

00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:42.159
 those who are spiritually dead

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:44.320
 like you and I are ourselves,

00:48:45.019 --> 00:48:46.019
 coming to have life,

00:48:46.119 --> 00:48:49.039
 coming to know of eternal life

00:48:49.039 --> 00:48:50.219
 being given to us?

00:48:51.420 --> 00:48:53.119
 It's Christ's reign, you see.

00:48:53.779 --> 00:48:55.579
 It's Christ from His throne above.

00:48:56.279 --> 00:48:57.519
 It's Christ the King

00:48:57.519 --> 00:48:59.980
 that's brought about that change

00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:01.400
 in your life.

00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:05.280
 And it reaches its finale

00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:07.539
 at the return of Christ.

00:49:08.380 --> 00:49:08.900
 He says here,

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:10.119
 the last enemy

00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:11.920
 that shall be destroyed

00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:12.980
 will be destroyed

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:14.260
 to be destroyed is death.

00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:15.360
 Here he is talking about

00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:16.800
 every rule,

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:17.660
 every authority,

00:49:17.940 --> 00:49:18.780
 every power.

00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:20.380
 For Him must reign

00:49:20.380 --> 00:49:22.380
 until He has put all His enemies

00:49:22.380 --> 00:49:23.400
 under His feet.

00:49:23.660 --> 00:49:24.559
 You might think tonight

00:49:24.559 --> 00:49:25.460
 that in Eastern Europe

00:49:25.460 --> 00:49:27.800
 Putin is undisputedly in charge.

00:49:27.860 --> 00:49:28.320
 He's not.

00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:30.160
 He's under the reign of Christ.

00:49:30.159 --> 00:49:30.399
 Christ.

00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:32.059
 You might think

00:49:32.059 --> 00:49:32.759
 that all other things

00:49:32.759 --> 00:49:33.379
 that have happened

00:49:33.379 --> 00:49:34.679
 in the history of the world

00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:35.779
 have demonstrated

00:49:35.779 --> 00:49:36.480
 that somehow

00:49:36.480 --> 00:49:37.940
 God is not in control.

00:49:38.339 --> 00:49:39.359
 That's not the case.

00:49:39.719 --> 00:49:40.859
 He must reign

00:49:40.859 --> 00:49:42.539
 until He has put all His enemies

00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:43.619
 under His feet.

00:49:46.059 --> 00:49:47.920
 And that's what will take place

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:51.000
 finally and demonstrably

00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:51.940
 at His coming.

00:49:55.779 --> 00:49:57.179
 It reaches its finale

00:49:57.179 --> 00:49:57.980
 at the resurrection

00:49:57.980 --> 00:49:59.779
 of God's people,

00:49:59.780 --> 00:50:00.800
 at the return of Christ.

00:50:00.900 --> 00:50:02.120
 You see how this chapter ends?

00:50:03.240 --> 00:50:04.120
 You might think it's

00:50:04.120 --> 00:50:05.940
 a long way away yet

00:50:05.940 --> 00:50:06.860
 before we reach the end,

00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:07.360
 but anyway,

00:50:07.680 --> 00:50:08.800
 this is how it finishes.

00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:10.480
 He says,

00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:12.500
 when this perishable,

00:50:12.600 --> 00:50:13.240
 verse 54,

00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:15.280
 puts on the imperishable

00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:15.900
 and the mortal

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:17.160
 puts on the mortality,

00:50:17.820 --> 00:50:19.660
 then shall come to pass

00:50:19.660 --> 00:50:20.720
 the saying that is written,

00:50:21.140 --> 00:50:22.400
 death is swallowed up

00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:23.000
 in victory.

00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:24.019
 O death,

00:50:24.120 --> 00:50:25.060
 where is your victory?

00:50:25.540 --> 00:50:26.660
 O death or O grave,

00:50:26.720 --> 00:50:27.580
 where is your sting?

00:50:27.579 --> 00:50:28.559
 What is that saying to us?

00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:30.279
 It's saying to us

00:50:30.279 --> 00:50:31.920
 that this has not yet fully

00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:36.000
 been revealed.

00:50:36.920 --> 00:50:38.239
 The saying,

00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:39.239
 death is swallowed up

00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:39.860
 in victory,

00:50:40.860 --> 00:50:43.920
 it still awaits fulfillment

00:50:43.920 --> 00:50:45.139
 in its totality.

00:50:45.299 --> 00:50:45.980
 Why is that?

00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:47.699
 Because it's not fulfilled

00:50:47.699 --> 00:50:48.599
 in its totality

00:50:48.599 --> 00:50:51.360
 until the last believer

00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:53.159
 is raised from the dead.

00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:54.779
 then shall be brought

00:50:54.779 --> 00:50:55.639
 to pass the saying

00:50:55.639 --> 00:50:56.119
 that is written,

00:50:56.579 --> 00:50:57.679
 death is swallowed up

00:50:57.679 --> 00:50:58.259
 in victory.

00:50:59.059 --> 00:51:00.219
 The victory in principle

00:51:00.219 --> 00:51:01.879
 is already accomplished.

00:51:02.159 --> 00:51:03.379
 Jesus has done that.

00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:05.659
 But the final demonstration

00:51:05.659 --> 00:51:06.819
 of that victory,

00:51:07.179 --> 00:51:08.119
 when all of God's

00:51:08.119 --> 00:51:08.819
 redeemed people

00:51:08.819 --> 00:51:09.960
 will be raised from the dead

00:51:09.960 --> 00:51:10.559
 to be with Him,

00:51:10.859 --> 00:51:11.379
 well, that's still

00:51:11.379 --> 00:51:12.019
 in the future.

00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:15.960
 The D-Day of redemption

00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:17.819
 has taken place,

00:51:17.819 --> 00:51:20.139
 to use a World War II analogy.

00:51:20.139 --> 00:51:23.900
 But victory in Europe day

00:51:23.900 --> 00:51:25.699
 followed after that,

00:51:25.759 --> 00:51:26.900
 sometime after that.

00:51:27.839 --> 00:51:29.039
 D-Day wasn't the end,

00:51:29.659 --> 00:51:30.960
 although it was the final

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:33.679
 or main principle of victory.

00:51:35.099 --> 00:51:36.219
 And so it is with the Lord.

00:51:36.299 --> 00:51:37.299
 He has died.

00:51:37.679 --> 00:51:39.039
 He's risen from the dead.

00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:40.119
 He's reigning from heaven.

00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:41.699
 He's bringing His people

00:51:41.699 --> 00:51:42.420
 to know Himself.

00:51:42.539 --> 00:51:44.099
 He's actually progressing

00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:45.719
 the work and the growth

00:51:45.719 --> 00:51:46.400
 of the kingdom.

00:51:46.400 --> 00:51:49.039
 And when He comes,

00:51:49.760 --> 00:51:50.460
 that'll be it.

00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:51.579
 Then comes the end.

00:51:53.139 --> 00:51:54.420
 And when that comes,

00:51:56.360 --> 00:51:57.220
 and He delivers up

00:51:57.220 --> 00:51:59.539
 the kingdom to the Father,

00:52:00.519 --> 00:52:01.039
 He'll be saying,

00:52:01.139 --> 00:52:02.059
 Lord, Father,

00:52:02.200 --> 00:52:03.139
 here is the result

00:52:03.139 --> 00:52:05.900
 of all that I accomplished,

00:52:07.139 --> 00:52:08.539
 of all that I came to do.

00:52:10.440 --> 00:52:12.740
 And then there's one other thing.

00:52:13.340 --> 00:52:15.519
 When all things are subjected to Him,

00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:17.179
 then the Son Himself

00:52:17.179 --> 00:52:18.840
 will also be subjected to Him

00:52:18.840 --> 00:52:20.300
 who put all things

00:52:20.300 --> 00:52:21.719
 in subjection under Him,

00:52:22.519 --> 00:52:25.500
 that God may be all in all.

00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:28.659
 All these are difficult words,

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:34.259
 words that we can't have confidence

00:52:34.259 --> 00:52:35.500
 that any particular view,

00:52:35.579 --> 00:52:36.400
 and there are many views

00:52:36.400 --> 00:52:37.500
 of what these words mean,

00:52:38.239 --> 00:52:39.619
 that any view is superior

00:52:39.619 --> 00:52:40.199
 to the other.

00:52:40.199 --> 00:52:42.439
 But I think the best I've seen

00:52:42.439 --> 00:52:44.559
 in looking at how to try

00:52:44.559 --> 00:52:45.960
 and bring out the meaning

00:52:45.960 --> 00:52:46.799
 of these verses

00:52:46.799 --> 00:52:49.279
 is good old Matthew Henry.

00:52:50.399 --> 00:52:51.960
 Because this is what Matthew Henry

00:52:51.960 --> 00:52:54.299
 says about these final verses

00:52:54.299 --> 00:52:55.179
 in this passage

00:52:55.179 --> 00:52:57.639
 from verse 28 there.

00:52:59.859 --> 00:53:01.480
 Upon His ascension,

00:53:02.379 --> 00:53:04.119
 Jesus had power given Him

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:06.659
 to govern and protect His church

00:53:06.659 --> 00:53:08.659
 against all its enemies,

00:53:09.219 --> 00:53:11.059
 and in the end destroy them

00:53:11.059 --> 00:53:12.980
 and complete the salvation

00:53:12.980 --> 00:53:14.759
 of all who believe in Him.

00:53:15.599 --> 00:53:17.239
 This is not a power

00:53:17.239 --> 00:53:19.960
 appertaining to Godhead as such,

00:53:20.519 --> 00:53:22.299
 but power given and limited

00:53:22.299 --> 00:53:24.400
 to this special purpose.

00:53:25.480 --> 00:53:26.940
 And although He who has it

00:53:26.940 --> 00:53:27.819
 is God,

00:53:28.719 --> 00:53:30.699
 yet inasmuch as He

00:53:30.699 --> 00:53:32.179
 in this whole dispensation

00:53:32.179 --> 00:53:33.759
 acts not as God

00:53:33.759 --> 00:53:34.859
 but as mediator,

00:53:35.639 --> 00:53:37.239
 He may properly be said

00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:38.139
 to have this power

00:53:38.139 --> 00:53:38.980
 given to Him.

00:53:39.719 --> 00:53:40.779
 Jesus as mediator.

00:53:41.319 --> 00:53:43.379
 He may reign as God

00:53:43.379 --> 00:53:45.000
 with power unlimited,

00:53:45.779 --> 00:53:47.779
 and yet may reign as mediator

00:53:47.779 --> 00:53:49.899
 with a power delegated

00:53:49.899 --> 00:53:52.039
 and limited to these

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:53.500
 particular purposes.

00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:54.139
 That's to say,

00:53:54.359 --> 00:53:55.399
 bringing His people in

00:53:55.399 --> 00:53:56.519
 and completing the kingdom.

00:53:57.599 --> 00:53:59.239
 The Redeemer must reign,

00:53:59.319 --> 00:54:00.059
 He went on to say,

00:54:00.059 --> 00:54:02.579
 until His enemies be destroyed,

00:54:03.299 --> 00:54:04.960
 and the salvation of His church

00:54:04.960 --> 00:54:06.119
 and people accomplished.

00:54:06.679 --> 00:54:08.679
 And when this end is attained,

00:54:09.639 --> 00:54:10.980
 then He will deliver up

00:54:10.980 --> 00:54:12.279
 the power which He had

00:54:12.279 --> 00:54:14.159
 only for this purpose,

00:54:15.219 --> 00:54:16.199
 though He may continue

00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:18.980
 to reign over His glorified church

00:54:18.980 --> 00:54:20.340
 in heaven.

00:54:21.119 --> 00:54:22.139
 And in this sense,

00:54:23.079 --> 00:54:24.820
 it can be said that He shall reign

00:54:24.820 --> 00:54:27.440
 forever and ever.

00:54:27.539 --> 00:54:28.480
 Well, that's maybe something

00:54:28.480 --> 00:54:30.000
 you'd find difficult

00:54:30.000 --> 00:54:31.639
 just by just having it read out.

00:54:31.639 --> 00:54:33.539
 But what Henry was saying

00:54:33.539 --> 00:54:34.719
 was that Jesus,

00:54:35.219 --> 00:54:36.179
 as the mediator

00:54:36.179 --> 00:54:38.000
 between God and His people,

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:40.619
 was given certain powers

00:54:40.619 --> 00:54:42.139
 to accomplish these things.

00:54:42.940 --> 00:54:44.880
 And once He has accomplished them,

00:54:45.019 --> 00:54:46.539
 which will be at His return

00:54:46.539 --> 00:54:48.119
 once it's finished at that point,

00:54:48.920 --> 00:54:49.860
 He will hand the kingdom

00:54:49.860 --> 00:54:50.619
 to the Father

00:54:50.619 --> 00:54:54.819
 and continue to reign over His people

00:54:54.819 --> 00:54:56.279
 to all eternity.

00:54:57.639 --> 00:54:58.639
 But that power

00:54:58.639 --> 00:55:01.500
 was given for a specific purpose

00:55:01.500 --> 00:55:03.579
 as the mediator

00:55:03.579 --> 00:55:04.980
 of His people.

00:55:05.779 --> 00:55:07.359
 Well, what are we going to make of this?

00:55:07.719 --> 00:55:10.039
 It's a passage full of rich theology

00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:11.079
 but difficult things.

00:55:11.819 --> 00:55:12.619
 I hope you've been able

00:55:12.619 --> 00:55:14.619
 to follow the main gist of it,

00:55:14.699 --> 00:55:14.920
 at least,

00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:15.799
 because it really is

00:55:15.799 --> 00:55:17.299
 all to do with Christ.

00:55:17.300 --> 00:55:18.980
 It's all to do with Jesus.

00:55:19.560 --> 00:55:20.680
 Yes, it's about the resurrection

00:55:20.680 --> 00:55:21.740
 of God's people.

00:55:22.160 --> 00:55:23.039
 Yes, it's about hope

00:55:23.039 --> 00:55:23.720
 for the future

00:55:23.720 --> 00:55:25.200
 connected to that resurrection

00:55:25.200 --> 00:55:26.840
 and the resurrection of Christ.

00:55:26.940 --> 00:55:27.760
 Yes, it's all that.

00:55:28.400 --> 00:55:30.400
 But it's really about Jesus.

00:55:31.519 --> 00:55:32.860
 And if you take nothing else

00:55:32.860 --> 00:55:33.940
 from that this evening

00:55:33.940 --> 00:55:35.920
 but this fact

00:55:35.920 --> 00:55:37.560
 that Jesus as the King

00:55:37.560 --> 00:55:39.480
 is the King that you need

00:55:39.480 --> 00:55:40.880
 and the King you must have

00:55:40.880 --> 00:55:41.480
 in your place,

00:55:42.039 --> 00:55:43.580
 then you have benefited

00:55:43.579 --> 00:55:45.599
 from this half hour.

00:55:48.179 --> 00:55:49.460
 What practical use

00:55:49.460 --> 00:55:50.480
 can we make of it all?

00:55:50.559 --> 00:55:51.299
 Well, two things.

00:55:53.340 --> 00:55:56.460
 Christ is reigning now.

00:55:57.819 --> 00:55:59.519
 As you look out over that world

00:55:59.519 --> 00:56:01.400
 and I look out over that world tonight,

00:56:01.960 --> 00:56:04.440
 with all its chaotic scenes,

00:56:04.699 --> 00:56:05.639
 with the war,

00:56:05.940 --> 00:56:07.360
 with the devastation,

00:56:08.019 --> 00:56:09.340
 with everything that you see

00:56:09.340 --> 00:56:11.619
 that puts people's lives

00:56:11.619 --> 00:56:12.619
 into turmoil,

00:56:13.179 --> 00:56:14.299
 with everything that's happened,

00:56:14.359 --> 00:56:16.380
 even the natural order of things,

00:56:17.039 --> 00:56:17.920
 you might with others

00:56:17.920 --> 00:56:19.940
 be tempted to reach that conclusion.

00:56:20.119 --> 00:56:22.400
 This is just disorganized chaos.

00:56:23.480 --> 00:56:24.500
 And if God exists,

00:56:24.619 --> 00:56:25.859
 then He has lost control.

00:56:26.259 --> 00:56:26.539
 Friends,

00:56:27.319 --> 00:56:29.259
 Jesus is reigning.

00:56:30.059 --> 00:56:31.380
 And He must reign

00:56:31.380 --> 00:56:32.079
 and will reign

00:56:32.079 --> 00:56:33.619
 till He has put all His enemies

00:56:33.619 --> 00:56:34.339
 under His feet.

00:56:34.340 --> 00:56:36.140
 I cannot explain to you tonight

00:56:36.140 --> 00:56:37.079
 how all of this

00:56:37.079 --> 00:56:37.900
 is fitted together

00:56:37.900 --> 00:56:39.160
 in the plan of God.

00:56:39.500 --> 00:56:40.900
 I can't explain to you tonight

00:56:40.900 --> 00:56:42.420
 why God leaves such things

00:56:42.420 --> 00:56:43.260
 as they are,

00:56:43.880 --> 00:56:45.360
 whether it be a time of war

00:56:45.360 --> 00:56:45.940
 or famine

00:56:45.940 --> 00:56:47.140
 or loss of life

00:56:47.140 --> 00:56:47.920
 or devastation

00:56:47.920 --> 00:56:48.500
 or earthquake.

00:56:48.920 --> 00:56:50.200
 I can't say to you tonight,

00:56:50.420 --> 00:56:51.360
 here is my reason

00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:52.340
 and I know it's sure

00:56:52.340 --> 00:56:53.380
 and true

00:56:53.380 --> 00:56:54.980
 as to why this is the case

00:56:54.980 --> 00:56:55.640
 and why God

00:56:55.640 --> 00:56:56.920
 has left it this way

00:56:56.920 --> 00:56:58.660
 for this particular time.

00:56:59.420 --> 00:57:01.079
 That's in the King's hand.

00:57:01.559 --> 00:57:03.079
 That's the King's prerogative.

00:57:03.079 --> 00:57:04.860
 Don't doubt Him

00:57:04.860 --> 00:57:06.539
 just because you don't understand

00:57:06.539 --> 00:57:08.119
 His ways in their totality.

00:57:11.579 --> 00:57:13.699
 Jesus is reigning.

00:57:13.819 --> 00:57:14.500
 This is what it's saying.

00:57:14.579 --> 00:57:15.840
 He must reign until,

00:57:17.259 --> 00:57:17.420
 yes,

00:57:17.500 --> 00:57:18.299
 but all His enemies

00:57:18.299 --> 00:57:19.199
 are under His feet.

00:57:20.880 --> 00:57:22.360
 And remember that too, friend.

00:57:23.960 --> 00:57:26.079
 When personally you are perplexed,

00:57:27.199 --> 00:57:29.079
 when you have troubles

00:57:29.719 --> 00:57:31.380
 individual to yourself,

00:57:31.380 --> 00:57:34.840
 when you have difficulties

00:57:34.840 --> 00:57:35.579
 and struggles

00:57:35.579 --> 00:57:36.940
 even in your faith,

00:57:37.300 --> 00:57:39.039
 when you may feel at times depressed,

00:57:39.860 --> 00:57:41.840
 when you're hurting inside,

00:57:41.940 --> 00:57:43.360
 when you think you can't share that

00:57:43.360 --> 00:57:44.400
 with anyone else,

00:57:45.220 --> 00:57:46.460
 when you are anxious

00:57:46.460 --> 00:57:47.440
 over your own life

00:57:47.440 --> 00:57:49.260
 or anxious over the lives

00:57:49.260 --> 00:57:51.000
 of loved ones connected with you,

00:57:51.160 --> 00:57:52.680
 or anxious even as you look out

00:57:52.680 --> 00:57:53.420
 over the world,

00:57:54.420 --> 00:57:55.660
 when you look into yourself

00:57:55.660 --> 00:57:56.619
 and have all of this

00:57:56.619 --> 00:57:58.039
 from time to time

00:57:58.039 --> 00:57:59.219
 that you detect

00:57:59.219 --> 00:58:00.619
 in your own thoughts

00:58:00.619 --> 00:58:01.519
 and in your processes

00:58:01.519 --> 00:58:02.320
 of your mind

00:58:02.320 --> 00:58:03.300
 and emotions,

00:58:04.300 --> 00:58:06.460
 never forget

00:58:06.460 --> 00:58:07.900
 that Jesus is reigning.

00:58:10.039 --> 00:58:11.039
 Never forget

00:58:11.039 --> 00:58:12.719
 that all the details

00:58:12.719 --> 00:58:14.139
 of your experience

00:58:14.139 --> 00:58:15.719
 come under His reign.

00:58:17.159 --> 00:58:18.320
 Everything that's been

00:58:18.320 --> 00:58:19.019
 in your life,

00:58:19.219 --> 00:58:20.179
 that is in your life,

00:58:20.239 --> 00:58:21.480
 that will be in your life,

00:58:21.820 --> 00:58:23.219
 none of that is outside

00:58:23.219 --> 00:58:24.380
 of the throne of heaven.

00:58:25.340 --> 00:58:26.260
 None of that is outside

00:58:26.260 --> 00:58:27.940
 of the prerogative of Christ.

00:58:28.460 --> 00:58:29.740
 None of that is outside

00:58:29.740 --> 00:58:30.360
 of the grasp

00:58:30.360 --> 00:58:31.260
 of the King of kings

00:58:31.260 --> 00:58:32.340
 and Lord of lords.

00:58:32.740 --> 00:58:34.140
 None of that is outside

00:58:34.140 --> 00:58:35.800
 the purpose of God

00:58:35.800 --> 00:58:38.160
 in placing these things

00:58:38.160 --> 00:58:38.900
 in His providence

00:58:38.900 --> 00:58:40.360
 in your life.

00:58:40.940 --> 00:58:41.780
 It's not as you would have

00:58:41.780 --> 00:58:42.420
 organized it

00:58:42.420 --> 00:58:43.660
 or I would have organized it.

00:58:44.000 --> 00:58:44.980
 It's not as we would have

00:58:44.980 --> 00:58:45.740
 purposed it.

00:58:46.460 --> 00:58:47.640
 It's not fitted together

00:58:47.640 --> 00:58:49.039
 as we might think best.

00:58:49.820 --> 00:58:50.980
 But He's the King.

00:58:52.260 --> 00:58:53.240
 He's the Lord.

00:58:53.239 --> 00:58:54.879
 He's the sovereign.

00:58:56.719 --> 00:58:57.859
 And He's the one

00:58:57.859 --> 00:59:00.059
 who is reigning.

00:59:01.859 --> 00:59:03.500
 And there are no defects

00:59:03.500 --> 00:59:05.419
 in His reign.

00:59:07.179 --> 00:59:08.299
 That's the first point.

00:59:08.399 --> 00:59:10.099
 Christ is reigning now.

00:59:10.179 --> 00:59:10.639
 And finally,

00:59:10.899 --> 00:59:11.639
 second point,

00:59:12.219 --> 00:59:13.679
 by way of practical application,

00:59:15.079 --> 00:59:17.279
 not only is Christ reigning now,

00:59:17.339 --> 00:59:19.559
 but Christ is available now.

00:59:20.619 --> 00:59:21.899
 This reigning Christ,

00:59:21.900 --> 00:59:24.920
 this Christ who is on the throne

00:59:24.920 --> 00:59:25.760
 of the universal,

00:59:25.960 --> 00:59:26.280
 ready,

00:59:27.380 --> 00:59:28.220
 this mediator,

00:59:28.360 --> 00:59:29.519
 this glorious person,

00:59:29.920 --> 00:59:31.420
 He is available now.

00:59:32.740 --> 00:59:33.940
 You're here tonight

00:59:33.940 --> 00:59:35.240
 and you haven't yet

00:59:35.240 --> 00:59:36.460
 given your life to Him.

00:59:37.220 --> 00:59:38.880
 You haven't yet surrendered

00:59:38.880 --> 00:59:40.900
 everything by way of

00:59:40.900 --> 00:59:42.300
 your heart's resistance

00:59:42.300 --> 00:59:43.139
 to Jesus

00:59:43.139 --> 00:59:44.180
 and the claims

00:59:44.180 --> 00:59:45.400
 of His kingship.

00:59:45.400 --> 00:59:48.160
 You're still holding back

00:59:48.160 --> 00:59:49.300
 from giving your life

00:59:49.300 --> 00:59:49.840
 to Him.

00:59:50.920 --> 00:59:52.000
 You're still saying,

00:59:52.119 --> 00:59:52.300
 well,

00:59:53.000 --> 00:59:54.280
 I'd love to do that,

00:59:54.340 --> 00:59:55.660
 but there's just one thing

00:59:55.660 --> 00:59:56.619
 or this thing or other

00:59:56.619 --> 00:59:58.400
 I'm not sure about yet.

00:59:59.680 --> 01:00:00.220
 Whatever

01:00:00.220 --> 01:00:02.960
 is in your resistance

01:00:02.960 --> 01:00:05.680
 to the kingship of Christ

01:00:05.680 --> 01:00:06.760
 over your life,

01:00:07.599 --> 01:00:08.300
 give it to Him.

01:00:08.300 --> 01:00:11.140
 because not only

01:00:11.140 --> 01:00:12.360
 is He reigning,

01:00:13.180 --> 01:00:14.880
 not only is He available,

01:00:16.360 --> 01:00:17.460
 but as the available

01:00:17.460 --> 01:00:18.440
 reigning King,

01:00:18.880 --> 01:00:19.980
 He's calling to you

01:00:19.980 --> 01:00:20.740
 through the Gospel.

01:00:22.060 --> 01:00:23.160
 And He's calling to you

01:00:23.160 --> 01:00:23.860
 through the Gospel

01:00:23.860 --> 01:00:26.080
 to take Him as He is,

01:00:26.240 --> 01:00:28.080
 to take Him at His word,

01:00:28.740 --> 01:00:30.420
 to take Him as your King,

01:00:31.140 --> 01:00:32.580
 to take Him as your Savior,

01:00:32.580 --> 01:00:33.940
 to take Him as the one

01:00:33.940 --> 01:00:35.380
 who will always look after you

01:00:35.380 --> 01:00:36.800
 on into eternity.

01:00:40.880 --> 01:00:42.380
 We began by saying

01:00:42.380 --> 01:00:43.059
 there's so many

01:00:43.059 --> 01:00:45.200
 that are presently saying,

01:00:45.280 --> 01:00:46.460
 well, He's not my King.

01:00:48.599 --> 01:00:50.260
 And I hope there's no one

01:00:50.260 --> 01:00:50.960
 here tonight

01:00:50.960 --> 01:00:53.119
 who will leave this building

01:00:53.119 --> 01:00:54.940
 and be saying that

01:00:54.940 --> 01:00:55.680
 about Jesus.

01:00:59.900 --> 01:01:00.760
 No one.

01:01:02.059 --> 01:01:03.280
 Why would there be?

01:01:05.380 --> 01:01:07.880
 But rather that you'll be

01:01:07.880 --> 01:01:08.660
 like the psalmist

01:01:08.660 --> 01:01:09.820
 in Psalm 105,

01:01:10.400 --> 01:01:11.640
 that's 145,

01:01:13.220 --> 01:01:15.220
 in the Scottish Psalter

01:01:15.220 --> 01:01:15.900
 version of it.

01:01:17.700 --> 01:01:18.200
 O Lord,

01:01:18.440 --> 01:01:19.079
 You are

01:01:19.079 --> 01:01:20.860
 my God

01:01:20.860 --> 01:01:21.460
 and King.

01:01:22.320 --> 01:01:23.880
 Thee will I magnify

01:01:23.880 --> 01:01:24.619
 and bless.

01:01:25.700 --> 01:01:26.780
 I will Thee bless

01:01:26.780 --> 01:01:28.059
 and gladly sing

01:01:28.059 --> 01:01:30.700
 unto Thy holy name

01:01:30.700 --> 01:01:32.019
 always.

01:01:32.019 --> 01:01:34.139
 Lord,

01:01:34.340 --> 01:01:36.539
 You are my God

01:01:36.539 --> 01:01:38.460
 and King.

01:01:39.280 --> 01:01:40.079
 May God bless

01:01:40.079 --> 01:01:42.259
 His word to us.

01:01:43.039 --> 01:01:43.820
 Lord our God,

01:01:44.320 --> 01:01:45.460
 we give thanks

01:01:45.460 --> 01:01:46.920
 that as Your word

01:01:46.920 --> 01:01:47.400
 reveals

01:01:47.400 --> 01:01:49.099
 Your kingship to us,

01:01:50.219 --> 01:01:51.519
 that we are constrained

01:01:51.519 --> 01:01:52.420
 by Your Spirit

01:01:52.420 --> 01:01:54.360
 to come to bow

01:01:54.360 --> 01:01:55.039
 in Your presence.

01:01:55.940 --> 01:01:56.860
 We thank You

01:01:56.860 --> 01:01:57.619
 for the beauty

01:01:57.619 --> 01:01:58.579
 of Your kingship.

01:01:59.280 --> 01:01:59.980
 We thank You,

01:01:59.980 --> 01:02:00.199
 Lord,

01:02:00.280 --> 01:02:01.699
 for the comprehensiveness

01:02:01.699 --> 01:02:02.860
 of Your kingship,

01:02:03.340 --> 01:02:04.219
 for the way

01:02:04.219 --> 01:02:05.260
 that You are reigning

01:02:05.260 --> 01:02:06.280
 over all things,

01:02:06.840 --> 01:02:08.059
 and for the way

01:02:08.059 --> 01:02:09.059
 that the prospect

01:02:09.059 --> 01:02:10.199
 of Your appearance

01:02:10.199 --> 01:02:12.179
 fills Your people

01:02:12.179 --> 01:02:12.780
 with awe

01:02:12.780 --> 01:02:14.000
 and yet with gladness,

01:02:14.960 --> 01:02:15.579
 that there will be

01:02:15.579 --> 01:02:16.340
 a point coming

01:02:16.340 --> 01:02:17.519
 in the history

01:02:17.519 --> 01:02:18.240
 of the world

01:02:18.240 --> 01:02:19.780
 when everything

01:02:19.780 --> 01:02:20.800
 will be put right

01:02:20.800 --> 01:02:22.400
 and when the King

01:02:22.400 --> 01:02:23.480
 himself will show

01:02:23.480 --> 01:02:25.360
 that He is the King.

01:02:25.360 --> 01:02:27.420
 O grant, O Lord,

01:02:28.099 --> 01:02:28.820
 that we yearn

01:02:28.820 --> 01:02:29.760
 towards that day

01:02:29.760 --> 01:02:30.460
 with faith,

01:02:31.160 --> 01:02:31.740
 with trust,

01:02:31.860 --> 01:02:32.579
 with confidence

01:02:32.579 --> 01:02:33.700
 in You

01:02:33.700 --> 01:02:34.900
 as our Savior King.

01:02:35.539 --> 01:02:36.420
 Be with us now,

01:02:36.480 --> 01:02:36.860
 we pray,

01:02:36.980 --> 01:02:37.900
 for Jesus' sake.

01:02:38.320 --> 01:02:38.620
 Amen.

01:02:41.760 --> 01:02:42.539
 Let's conclude

01:02:42.539 --> 01:02:43.380
 by singing now

01:02:43.380 --> 01:02:44.160
 to God's praise

01:02:44.160 --> 01:02:45.340
 in Psalm 22,

01:02:46.079 --> 01:02:47.360
 Psalm 22,

01:02:47.500 --> 01:02:49.180
 verses 27 to 31.

01:02:50.720 --> 01:02:51.120
 Significant

01:02:51.120 --> 01:02:52.280
 at this great psalm

01:02:52.280 --> 01:02:52.840
 which deals

01:02:52.840 --> 01:02:54.360
 so much in the first part

01:02:54.360 --> 01:02:55.960
 of it with sufferings

01:02:55.960 --> 01:02:56.700
 that are associated

01:02:56.700 --> 01:02:57.460
 with the Lord,

01:02:58.019 --> 01:02:58.539
 where the Lord

01:02:58.539 --> 01:02:59.300
 found Himself,

01:02:59.420 --> 01:02:59.680
 indeed,

01:03:00.320 --> 01:03:01.320
 in the words of the psalm

01:03:01.320 --> 01:03:01.820
 at the beginning,

01:03:02.460 --> 01:03:04.000
 in terms of His forsakenness.

01:03:05.780 --> 01:03:06.340
 Yet we come

01:03:06.340 --> 01:03:07.400
 at the end of this psalm

01:03:07.400 --> 01:03:09.420
 to see the triumph

01:03:09.420 --> 01:03:10.160
 of the King,

01:03:11.019 --> 01:03:12.100
 the triumph of the Lord

01:03:12.100 --> 01:03:14.260
 over all of creation.

01:03:15.660 --> 01:03:16.680
 From verse 27,

01:03:17.180 --> 01:03:18.240
 the whole earth

01:03:18.240 --> 01:03:19.140
 will remember Him

01:03:19.140 --> 01:03:20.059
 and turn towards

01:03:20.059 --> 01:03:21.019
 the Lord their God.

01:03:21.019 --> 01:03:22.539
 all peoples

01:03:22.539 --> 01:03:23.759
 will bow down to Him,

01:03:24.400 --> 01:03:25.000
 the nations

01:03:25.000 --> 01:03:26.679
 of the world abroad.

01:03:26.739 --> 01:03:27.759
 On page 27,

01:03:28.199 --> 01:03:29.759
 verses 27 to 31.

01:03:29.759 --> 01:03:29.920
 Amen.

01:03:30.920 --> 01:03:31.759
 Amen.

01:03:32.759 --> 01:03:37.300
 The whole earth

01:03:37.300 --> 01:03:42.639
 will remember Him

01:03:42.639 --> 01:03:47.159
 and turn towards

01:03:47.159 --> 01:03:51.739
 the Lord their God.

01:03:51.739 --> 01:03:57.159
 All peoples will bow down

01:03:57.159 --> 01:04:00.119
 to Him,

01:04:00.119 --> 01:04:08.119
 the nations of the world abroad.

01:04:08.119 --> 01:04:23.000
 and over nations

01:04:23.000 --> 01:04:26.599
 He is King,

01:04:26.599 --> 01:04:30.839
 the rich of all

01:04:30.840 --> 01:04:34.960
 the earth will peace

01:04:34.960 --> 01:04:37.579
 and worship

01:04:37.579 --> 01:04:42.800
 with an offering.

01:04:42.800 --> 01:04:49.360
 All those whose destiny

01:04:49.360 --> 01:04:56.840
 will humbly kneel

01:04:56.840 --> 01:05:00.920
 before His throne.

01:05:00.920 --> 01:05:05.059
 They cannot keep

01:05:05.059 --> 01:05:09.220
 themselves alive

01:05:09.219 --> 01:05:16.039
 for they depend on Him

01:05:16.039 --> 01:05:16.959
 alone.

01:05:18.959 --> 01:05:26.599
 Posterity will serve the Lord.

01:05:26.599 --> 01:05:30.219
 a generation

01:05:30.219 --> 01:05:35.159
 still to come

01:05:35.159 --> 01:05:39.579
 will tell our people

01:05:39.579 --> 01:05:43.380
 yet on board

01:05:43.380 --> 01:05:47.699
 the righteous acts

01:05:47.699 --> 01:05:51.940
 that He has done.

01:05:51.940 --> 01:05:54.760
 I'll go to the main door

01:05:54.760 --> 01:05:55.760
 after the benediction.

01:05:58.159 --> 01:05:59.119
 Lord our God,

01:05:59.240 --> 01:06:00.320
 we pray that You would

01:06:00.320 --> 01:06:01.039
 bless us now

01:06:01.039 --> 01:06:01.740
 as we anticipate

01:06:01.740 --> 01:06:02.840
 a time of fellowship.

01:06:03.619 --> 01:06:04.360
 We pray that You would

01:06:04.360 --> 01:06:05.360
 bless what is prepared

01:06:05.360 --> 01:06:06.500
 for our bodily needs.

01:06:06.639 --> 01:06:07.400
 We thank You for

01:06:07.400 --> 01:06:08.740
 all who have provided

01:06:08.740 --> 01:06:09.559
 them for us.

01:06:10.320 --> 01:06:11.579
 We pray for Muriel

01:06:11.579 --> 01:06:12.760
 as she comes once again

01:06:12.760 --> 01:06:14.440
 to speak of her work

01:06:14.440 --> 01:06:15.039
 in Cambodia

01:06:15.039 --> 01:06:16.559
 and her anticipation

01:06:16.559 --> 01:06:17.400
 of returning.

01:06:18.079 --> 01:06:19.360
 Lord, we pray that all

01:06:19.360 --> 01:06:20.619
 of her preparations

01:06:20.619 --> 01:06:22.320
 will go smoothly for her.

01:06:22.860 --> 01:06:23.699
 We pray that You would

01:06:23.699 --> 01:06:25.099
 continue to watch over her

01:06:25.099 --> 01:06:25.920
 and protect her

01:06:25.920 --> 01:06:26.579
 and use her.

01:06:27.239 --> 01:06:28.500
 And we ask that as we hear

01:06:28.500 --> 01:06:29.860
 tonight of her work there

01:06:29.860 --> 01:06:31.579
 that as our prayers

01:06:31.579 --> 01:06:32.259
 go with her

01:06:32.259 --> 01:06:33.579
 so also may

01:06:33.579 --> 01:06:35.119
 our prayers continue

01:06:35.119 --> 01:06:37.159
 to remember her before You.

01:06:37.860 --> 01:06:38.619
 And now may the grace

01:06:38.619 --> 01:06:39.960
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

01:06:39.960 --> 01:06:41.599
 the love of God the Father

01:06:41.599 --> 01:06:42.480
 and the communion

01:06:42.480 --> 01:06:43.480
 of the Holy Spirit

01:06:43.480 --> 01:06:44.880
 be with you now

01:06:44.880 --> 01:06:45.760
 and evermore.

01:06:46.300 --> 01:06:46.579
 Amen.