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 Heavenly Father,

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 we know that no eye has seen,

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 no ear has heard

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 what you have planned

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 for those who love you

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 and yet you've given us

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 such a rich treasure trove

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 of information

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 and just an access to your will

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 through your word.

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 We pray that you'd give us

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 humble hearts to accept

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 the things that are said in here,

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 that you just open our eyes

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 so that we could behold

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 wondrous things from your word, Lord.

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 We pray all this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So like I said,

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 the topic today is human destiny

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 and I just thought I'd open

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 with a very famous quote.

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 So according to the

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 Westminster Shorter Catechism,

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 the first question, in fact,

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 it begins with,

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 what is the chief end of man?

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 And the answer that they give

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 is that the chief end of man

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 is to glorify God

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 and to enjoy him forever.

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 Now, this speaks of the purpose

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 for which mankind was created.

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 And that denotes kind of the importance

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 of the progress of the study here, right?

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 So we talked about the synthetic nature

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 of systematic theology.

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 We have to talk about creation,

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 sin, Christ, and redemption

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 in order to understand our broader topic,

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 which is the image of God in mankind.

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 And now we're going to be treating

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 of glorification

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 and communion with God.

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 Now, just a reminder,

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 our broader thesis has been

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 that humanity was created

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 actually in God's image

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 as God's very image itself.

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 That is, it pertains to the whole person,

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 both soul and body.

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 You know, remember from Genesis 2-7

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 that Adam was formed from the ground

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 and then God breathed into him

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 the breath of life.

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 That's all-inclusive.

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 It's holistic.

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 And that means it includes

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 every moral, relational, corporate,

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 spiritual, somatic,

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 as well as intellectual faculty.

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 And that we also talked about

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 last week a bit more

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 how that means sin

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 is also totally pervasive.

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 And it's affected the entire human race.

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 That we're, as it were, born sinners.

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 We talked about that a little bit

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 from Romans 5, 12-21.

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 Sin entered in and despoiled

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 the creation's relationship with God.

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 In fact, you'll recall

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 Genesis 3-8,

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 remember God shows up in the garden

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 walking to find Adam and Eve

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 and have communion with them

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 and what did they do?

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 They hid.

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 This violated that covenant

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 that God had created with them

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 in Genesis 2-16-17.

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 And that meant that there needed

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 to be a renewal of this image.

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 A renewal that only Jesus Christ,

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 who Colossians 1-15 says

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 is the image of the invisible God,

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 only he could affect.

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 Thus, Christians by the Holy Spirit,

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 according to Colossians 3-10,

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 have put on the new self

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 who is being renewed to a true knowledge

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 according to the image

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 of the one who created him.

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 And that's a pledge that we have

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 from Christ of restoration

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 of both body and soul.

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 In 1 Corinthians 15-49,

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 it says,

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 Just as we have borne the image

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 of the earthy,

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 we will also bear the image

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 of the heavenly.

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 Or Philippians 3, 20-21,

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 For our citizenship is in heaven,

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 from which we also eagerly await

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 for a Savior,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who will transform the body

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 of our humble estate

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 into conformity

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 with the body of his earthly glory,

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 by the exertion of the power

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 that he has even to subject

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 all things to himself.

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 Now, this leaves us

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 with the subject

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 of the future state of humanity.

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 And at this point,

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 our study diverges

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 between two paths.

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 You'll recall last week

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 we quoted Romans 6-23.

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 It says,

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 For the wages of sin is death,

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 but the free gift of God

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 is eternal life

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 in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 And that's going to form

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 a broad outline

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 of our entire study

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 for this morning.

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 We're going to,

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 on the one hand,

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 talk about death

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 and what it means

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 to be dead,

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 both in every possible

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 and conceivable category,

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 theologically speaking.

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 And then we're going

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 to be talking about life,

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 on the other hand,

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 and what true,

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 eternal life means.

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 But, of course,

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 both of those have to do

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 with one destiny,

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 one human destiny,

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 which is to glorify God.

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 Romans 11-36

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 says,

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 For from him

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 and through him

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 and to him

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 are all things to him

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 be the glory

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 forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 The only question is,

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 how?

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 And once again,

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 this takes us back

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 to the garden.

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 In Genesis 2-16-17,

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 that covenant

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 I mentioned earlier,

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 it says,

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 The Lord God

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 commanded the man,

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 saying,

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 From any tree of the garden

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 you may freely eat,

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 but from the tree

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 of the knowledge

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 of good and evil

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 you shall not eat,

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 for in the day

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 that you eat from it

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 you will surely die.

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 And you'll recall

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 that we talked,

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 that spoke of Adam

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 as our representative.

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 He did eat,

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 and in fact,

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 even though it didn't

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 look like it,

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 he did die.

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 And that brings up

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 the question,

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 what is death?

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 Death can be defined,

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 biblically speaking,

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 as a separation

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 of something

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 that has been

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 constituted by God

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 to be held in unity.

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 And this is written

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 about going quite a bit

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 back into church history

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 by Augustine,

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 and before him

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 a church father

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 named Lactantius.

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 And they talked about

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 these different categories

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 of death.

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 And this particular category

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 is spiritual death.

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 This is a spiritual death

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 that Adam separates

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 immediately upon sin.

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 As a separation

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 of the soul from God.

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 Genesis 3.8

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 said that

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 they heard the sound

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 of the Lord God

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 walking in the garden

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 in the cool of the day.

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 And the man and his wife

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 hid himself

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 from the presence

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 of the Lord God

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 among the trees

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 of the garden.

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 That was a break

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 in the spiritual relationship.

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 You know,

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 the word there,

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 to walk,

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 that implies actually

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 more of a presence

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 and a communion

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 with God

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 that was broken

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 when they hid from him.

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 as 1 Corinthians 15.22

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 says,

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 in Adam

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 all die.

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 And note

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 that that's

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 not just

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 a spiritual death,

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 but that that

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 has also

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 affected

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 a physical death.

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 The curse

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 of Genesis 3.19

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 says,

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 by the sweat

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 of your face

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 you will eat bread

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 till you return

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 to the ground

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 because from it

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 you were taken.

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 For you are dust

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 and to dust

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 you shall return.

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 Note that

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 of course

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 God should have

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 killed them

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 physically,

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 spiritually,

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 and as we're going

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 to see eternally

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 at that very moment.

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 This is judicial

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 language here.

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 And he had

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 a legal right

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 as the supreme judge

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 to kill them.

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 However,

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 he also had

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 within the right

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 of the judge

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 what's called

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 a temporal judicial

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 relaxation.

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 He had the right

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 to relax the law

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 to effect

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 a greater purpose.

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 Of course,

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 the law was going

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 to be fulfilled

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 and this is pointed

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 ahead to

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 by this

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 animal skin

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 sacrifice

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 as we see

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 in Genesis 3.21

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 where God kills

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 the animal

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 to clothe Adam

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 and Eve.

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 And that speaks

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 of the greater

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 purpose that God

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 had in view.

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 A promised provision

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 in the seat

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 of the woman

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 from Genesis

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 that he promised

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 in Genesis 3.15.

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 As Romans 5.12

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 said,

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 however,

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 death spread

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 to all men

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 because all

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 sinned

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 in Adam's

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 one transgression.

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 And that's

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 demonstrable

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 in that litany

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 of repetition

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 in Genesis 5

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 that says

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 and he died

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 and he died

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 and he died

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 in that genealogy.

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 That speaks

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 of the separation

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 of the body

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 from the soul.

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 And that's

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 most empirically

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 demonstrable fact.

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 All human beings

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 die.

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 Therefore,

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 we're all sinners.

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 By the way,

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 this eminence

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 to the body

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 and the idea

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 that the body

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 itself is a part

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 of the image

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 of God

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 that's affected

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 by sin,

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 affected by death,

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 that's why

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 we give eminence

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 as Christians

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 to the human body

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 after death.

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 Augustine,

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 Calvin,

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 Bavink,

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 and lately

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 Al Mohler

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 actually have all

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 talked about this.

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 Al Mohler in particular

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 in relation

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 to this idea

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 of the incineration

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 of the body

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 of the king

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 of Thailand

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 it was a couple

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 weeks ago

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 to free his soul

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 from his body.

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 He noted the difference

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 between that worldview

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 and the Christian worldview,

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 noting the peculiarity

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 of the dignity

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 given to the human body

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 after death.

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 It's still in God's image

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 and that's why

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 Christian tradition

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 has treated the body

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 with a dignity

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 after death.

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 Note also

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 Ecclesiastes 12.7

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 it says this,

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 Then the dust

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 will return

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 to the earth

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 as it was

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 and the spirit

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 will return

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 to the God

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 who gave it.

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 And that speaks

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 more so

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 of the presence

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 of the soul

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 in the afterlife

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 either in torture

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 in hell

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 or life in heaven

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 which we'll talk about.

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 But that brings up

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 the subject

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 of the intermediary state.

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 Luke 16.19-31

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 as well as

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 1 Corinthians 5.1-8

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 talk about

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 the fact

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 that the soul

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 continues to exist

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 in the afterlife

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 in one of these states

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 or another.

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 In fact,

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 it seems to even bear

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 some sort of

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 body-like form

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 and that gets back

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 to the idea

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 of the essential nature

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 of the body.

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 You'll recall

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 in Matthew 17.3

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 as well as

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 depictions of the future

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 in Revelation 6.9-11

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 that there seem

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 to be humans

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 walking around

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 with some

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 recognizable

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 physical form.

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 We don't exactly

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 know what that's

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 going to look like.

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 It seems to be

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 a kind of

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 temporary

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 provisional body

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 that's been given

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 to us

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 that isn't the same

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 as our bodies

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 here on earth.

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 But after our bodies

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 have been separated

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 from our souls

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 after our death,

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 it seems as though

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 we're going to be able

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 to interact

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 with the environment

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 in some sort of

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 way like this

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 and that we'll be

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 in a way

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 like the angels

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 and how they're able

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 to take on

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 some sort of

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 corporeal manifestation

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 that's accidental.

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 It's only temporary.

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 Either way,

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 it's unavoidable

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 that we're going to

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 at some point

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 face death

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 physically

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 as well as eternally.

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 Hebrews 10.21

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 says,

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 it is appointed

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 for men to die once

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 then comes judgment.

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 That brings up

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 that third

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 and final category

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 of death

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 which is eternal death

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 or it's also known

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 as the second death

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 which brings us

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 straight to the

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 great white throne judgment.

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 So turn with me

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 to Revelation

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 Revelation 20.

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 I'm going to be reading

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 Revelation 20

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 verses 11 to 15.

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 Then I saw

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 a great white throne

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 and him who sat

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 on it

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 from his presence

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 earth and heaven

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 fled away

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 and no place

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 was found for them.

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 And I saw the dead

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 the great

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 and the small

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 standing before

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 the throne

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 and books were open

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 and another book

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 was open

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 which is the book

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 of life

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 and the dead

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 were judged

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 from the things

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 which were written

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 in the books

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 according to their deeds

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 and the sea

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 gave up the dead

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 which were in it

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 and death

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 and Hades

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 gave up the dead

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 which were in them

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 and they were judged

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 every one of them

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 according to their deeds.

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 Then death

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 and Hades

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 were thrown

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 into the lake

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 of fire.

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 This is the second death

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 the lake of fire

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 and if anyone's name

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 was not found

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 written in the book

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 of life

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 he was thrown

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 into the lake

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 of fire.

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 Now note here

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 in this text

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 which of course

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 we can't get into

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 in great detail

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 but it's speaking

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 of the resurrection

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 not only of believers

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 which is I think

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 what we generally

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 think about

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 but also

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 non-believers as well

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 of everyone

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 everyone in humanity

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 as a psychosomatic

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 a unity

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 made in the image

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 of God.

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 That is

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 when it talks

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 furthermore

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 about death

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 in this passage

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 it's talking

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 about the second death

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 as a great separation

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 not just of the soul

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 from God

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 but of both body

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 and soul

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 from God

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 forever.

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 1 Thessalonians 1

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 9 says

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 these will pay

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 the penalty

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 of eternal destruction

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 away from the presence

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 of the Lord

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 and from the glory

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 of his power.

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 And there's a

00:13:35.419 --> 00:13:36.600
 chilling reality here

00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:38.519
 in the

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 what's called

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 damnation

00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.360
 eternal damnation

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 separation

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 of body

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 and soul

00:13:42.680 --> 00:13:43.399
 from God

00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:44.519
 it's speaking

00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:44.940
 of the

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 continuation

00:13:46.820 --> 00:13:48.419
 of the image

00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:48.919
 of God

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 even in hell

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 and that's important.

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 Bruce DeMarist

00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:53.700
 who's a famous

00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:54.300
 theologian

00:13:54.300 --> 00:13:54.779
 today

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 contemporary

00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:56.220
 says this

00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:58.180
 hell represents

00:13:58.180 --> 00:13:59.220
 sinners ultimate

00:13:59.220 --> 00:13:59.960
 separation

00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:00.879
 from the life

00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.379
 of God.

00:14:01.940 --> 00:14:02.580
 Hell's ultimate

00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:03.139
 agony

00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.159
 is that

00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:05.360
 image bearers

00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:06.560
 should have missed

00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:07.600
 the lofty purpose

00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:08.820
 for which they were created.

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 in fact

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 it's Francis

00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:12.580
 Turretin

00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:14.040
 who has this

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 chilling quote

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 they are said

00:14:16.800 --> 00:14:17.780
 to live forever

00:14:17.780 --> 00:14:19.220
 that they may

00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:20.420
 die forever.

00:14:20.780 --> 00:14:21.780
 It's a living

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 death

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 and

00:14:24.060 --> 00:14:24.879
 in Romans

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 9 22

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.180
 in fact

00:14:26.180 --> 00:14:26.640
 it says

00:14:26.640 --> 00:14:27.360
 that

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 in this state

00:14:29.160 --> 00:14:29.879
 in the ultimate

00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.780
 state here

00:14:30.780 --> 00:14:32.040
 within God's

00:14:32.040 --> 00:14:33.120
 destiny and purposes

00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:34.580
 people are going

00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:35.320
 to be augmented

00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:35.920
 and fitted

00:14:35.920 --> 00:14:36.840
 in their final

00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:38.240
 bodily forms

00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:39.580
 as vessels

00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.160
 of wrath

00:14:40.160 --> 00:14:40.860
 prepared

00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:42.020
 for destruction.

00:14:44.060 --> 00:14:45.259
 They're in a way

00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:46.180
 glorifying God

00:14:46.180 --> 00:14:47.060
 and receiving wrath

00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:47.780
 which is a difficult

00:14:47.780 --> 00:14:49.000
 theological truth

00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:50.320
 and it's

00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:50.879
 in fact

00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:52.259
 a terrifying reality

00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:53.740
 a fully sensible

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.960
 experience

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.139
 both body

00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.920
 and soul

00:14:56.920 --> 00:14:57.920
 Isaiah 66

00:14:57.920 --> 00:14:58.420
 24

00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:59.640
 for their worm

00:14:59.640 --> 00:15:00.320
 will not die

00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.080
 and their fire

00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:02.460
 will not be quenched

00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:03.440
 and they will be

00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:04.139
 in abhorrence

00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:05.120
 to all mankind.

00:15:06.780 --> 00:15:07.019
 In fact

00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:08.060
 it was Lactantius

00:15:08.060 --> 00:15:08.980
 who wrote about this

00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:10.519
 and he says this

00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:10.780
 quote

00:15:10.780 --> 00:15:12.560
 because they have

00:15:12.560 --> 00:15:13.660
 committed sins

00:15:13.660 --> 00:15:14.420
 with their bodies

00:15:14.420 --> 00:15:15.620
 they will again

00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.740
 be clothed

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.400
 with flesh

00:15:17.400 --> 00:15:18.920
 so that they may

00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:19.600
 bear the sin

00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.120
 suffering

00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.580
 in their bodies.

00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:23.240
 That speaks

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.620
 of a

00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:25.120
 retributive justice

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.259
 of direct

00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:26.780
 equity

00:15:26.780 --> 00:15:27.259
 between

00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.320
 what people

00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:29.519
 have committed

00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.300
 in this life

00:15:30.300 --> 00:15:30.820
 as sins

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 and

00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:32.080
 the eternal

00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:32.539
 punishment

00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:32.960
 they're going

00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:33.639
 to be perfectly

00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.220
 fitted to receive

00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:36.060
 in all eternity.

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 In fact

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 it was Augustine

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 who talked about

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 the agony

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 of the soul

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 and the body

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 and this eternal

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 kind of inability

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 to function

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 properly

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 when reunited

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 it's a disharmony

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 that they can

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 never ever

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 get back

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 that they'll

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 always strive for

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 and never make

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 progress.

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 Luke 16

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 23 says

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 rich man

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 in

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 Hades

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 it says this

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 in Hades

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 he lifted up

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 his eyes

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 being in

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 torment

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 and saw

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 Abraham

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 far away

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 and Lazarus

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 in his bosom

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 and that speaks

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 of the sight

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 of the blessedness

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 of the saints

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 the idea

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 that they can

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 actually possibly

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 even see

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 into heaven

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 see into

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 the glories

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 of heaven

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 that they're

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 missing out

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 on

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 but they'll

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 have an

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 eternal

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 inability

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 to reach

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 it

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 that is to

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 say in

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 summary

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 this eternal

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 state of the

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 second death

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 the eternal death

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 speaks of

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 the fact that

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 we're going to

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 be resurrected

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 in body and

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 soul

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 those who

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 are damned

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 and they're

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 going to have

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 the image of

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 God

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 fitted perfectly

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 to receive

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 not communion

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 with God

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 but his wrath

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 and eternal

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 separation

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 from him

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 forever

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 now

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 that was

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 the first

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 point

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 speaking of

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 the three

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 states of

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 death

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 spiritual

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 death

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 physical

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 death

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 and then

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 eternal

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 death

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 and so

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 we're going

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 to turn

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 to the

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 second

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 point

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 which provides

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 much more

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 of a

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 contrast

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 which is

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 eternal

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 life

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 in Christ

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 eternal

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 life

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 in Christ

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 and that

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 speaks by

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 the way

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 of a

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 quality

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 not

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 necessarily

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 of duration

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 John

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 17

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 3

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 says this

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 this is

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 eternal

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 life

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 that they

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 may know

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 you

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 the only

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 true

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 God

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 and Jesus

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 Christ

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 whom you

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 have sent

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 or in the

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 words of

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 1 Corinthians

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 15

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 49

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 which we

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 looked at

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 last week

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 will be

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 bearing the

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 image of

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 the heavenly

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 in fact

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 later on

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 in that

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 passage

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 it says

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 in verse

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 52

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 that in

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 a moment

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 in the

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 twinkling

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 of an

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 eye

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 at the

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 last

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 trumpet

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 the trumpet

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 will sound

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 and the

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 dead

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 will be

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 raised

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 imperishable

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 and we

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 will be

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 changed

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 so there's

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 a quality

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 that's

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 imparted

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 there

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 that is

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 in that

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 passage

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 where it

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 speaks of

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 us being

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 changed

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 and we're

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 going to

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 be changed

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 into conformity

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 with Christ

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 1 John

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 3

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 2

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 we will

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 be like

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 him

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 for we

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 shall

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 see him

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 as he

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 is

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 or again

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 as I

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 quoted

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 earlier

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 Philippians

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 3

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 20

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 to 21

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 for our

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 citizenship

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.420
 is in

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 heaven

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 from which

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 we also

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 eagerly

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 await for

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 a savior

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 the Lord

00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:18.399
 Jesus

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 Christ

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 who will

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 transform

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 the body

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 of our

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 humble estate

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 into conformity

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 of the body

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 of his glory

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 by the exertion

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 of his power

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 that he has

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 even to

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 subject all

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 things to

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 himself

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 so you know

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 I think it's

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 helpful sometimes

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.380
 to just stop

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 and ask

00:18:34.800 --> 00:18:36.580
 why does

00:18:36.580 --> 00:18:36.940
 the Bible

00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.680
 focus so

00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.140
 much on

00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:38.920
 the physical

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.760
 resurrected

00:18:39.760 --> 00:18:40.460
 body of

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:40.940
 Christ

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:44.220
 according to

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.640
 Luke 22

00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:46.320
 39

00:18:46.320 --> 00:18:48.400
 he's

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:48.920
 speaking to

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.420
 the disciples

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 he says

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 see my

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:50.940
 hands and

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:51.220
 feet

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.299
 that it

00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:52.740
 is I

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.460
 myself

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.340
 touch me

00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:55.039
 and see

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:56.100
 for a

00:18:56.100 --> 00:18:56.559
 spirit does

00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:56.940
 not have

00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.380
 flesh and

00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:57.740
 bones

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.700
 as you

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.120
 see that

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 I

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 have

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.720
 that is

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.059
 to say

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:02.620
 he's

00:19:02.620 --> 00:19:03.460
 saying there

00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:04.059
 that it's

00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:04.640
 the very

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.259
 same

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.759
 body

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.360
 that he

00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:06.680
 died

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:06.980
 in

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:09.120
 when Calvin

00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.720
 speaks of

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.299
 Christ's

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.779
 resurrection

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:12.039
 as the

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.640
 pledge of

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.039
 our coming

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.759
 resurrection

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:15.160
 in this

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:15.799
 mirror the

00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.500
 living image

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.099
 of resurrection

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.920
 is visible

00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:18.819
 to us

00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:20.680
 that is to

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:21.140
 say when we

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:21.680
 see Jesus

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.180
 Christ

00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:23.980
 when he's

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.559
 walking around

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:24.839
 with his

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.339
 body and

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:25.740
 he's saying

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.099
 I have

00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:27.640
 those piercings

00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.660
 through my

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.059
 body

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:30.559
 that that's

00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.500
 a vouchsafe

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:31.980
 for the

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.680
 very bodies

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.120
 that you're

00:19:33.120 --> 00:19:33.500
 going to

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:33.880
 have in

00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.220
 resurrection

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.759
 and that

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.039
 you can

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.860
 have confidence

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:37.339
 that as

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.979
 Job says

00:19:37.979 --> 00:19:39.579
 that I

00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:40.339
 will see

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:40.740
 God with

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 my eyes

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:41.719
 and not

00:19:41.719 --> 00:19:42.240
 another

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:43.240
 Job 19

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.299
 27

00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:47.740
 these are

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.240
 newly

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.859
 resurrected

00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:49.459
 bodies

00:19:49.459 --> 00:19:51.039
 they're pure

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.559
 without

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.439
 corruption

00:19:52.439 --> 00:19:52.959
 of sin

00:19:52.959 --> 00:19:54.039
 that's why

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.779
 the passage

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.199
 we read

00:19:55.199 --> 00:19:55.919
 earlier refers

00:19:55.919 --> 00:19:56.539
 to them as

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:56.979
 heavenly

00:19:56.979 --> 00:19:57.979
 or spiritual

00:19:57.979 --> 00:20:00.059
 and here

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.419
 I have to

00:20:00.419 --> 00:20:01.039
 commend the

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.779
 work of

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.439
 Francis

00:20:02.439 --> 00:20:02.819
 Turids

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.179
 who I

00:20:03.179 --> 00:20:03.399
 quoted

00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:03.859
 earlier

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.759
 who just

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.139
 has this

00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:05.579
 beautifully

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.259
 beatific

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.779
 vision

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.519
 of the

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.779
 heavenly

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.379
 state

00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:08.699
 and I

00:20:08.699 --> 00:20:09.159
 appreciate

00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:09.720
 with him

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.179
 he's very

00:20:10.179 --> 00:20:10.619
 biblical

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.099
 in his

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:11.539
 approaches

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.899
 he never

00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:13.359
 makes a

00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:13.699
 statement

00:20:13.699 --> 00:20:14.500
 without

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.279
 first saying

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.639
 what's

00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:16.339
 the biblical

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:16.879
 passage

00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:17.559
 that's going

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.179
 to furnish

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 this text

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 for us

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 he says

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:21.339
 this

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:23.720
 all defects

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 will be removed

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.279
 from the

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 bodies to

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 which they

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 have been

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 exposed

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 in this

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 mortality

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 but their

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 essence

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 will not

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 be

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 good

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 that is

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:33.660
 to say

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 there's a

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 renewed

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 image of

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 God

00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:36.759
 a platform

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.660
 for communication

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.880
 with God

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 immediately

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 in his

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 presence

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 forever

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 and in fact

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 that speaks

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 furthermore

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.259
 to the

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.840
 idea that

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 there's a

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 spiritual

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 sight that

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 we'll have

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.279
 of God

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 that somehow

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 will be

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 transformed

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 and have

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 an imparted

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 ability

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:54.039
 to directly

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 see God

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 revelation

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:56.080
 21

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 22

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 to 23

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 I saw

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 no temple

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 in it

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 that's the

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 new heavens

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 and new

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 earth

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 for the

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 Lord

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.799
 God

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:02.960
 the

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 almighty

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 and the

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 lamb

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 are

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 its

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 temple

00:21:04.919 --> 00:21:05.539
 and the

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 city

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 has no

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 need

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.799
 of the

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 sun

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.439
 or moon

00:21:07.439 --> 00:21:07.879
 to shine

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.259
 on it

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.619
 for the

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 glory

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.119
 of God

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.399
 has

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 illuminated

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 it

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 and the

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 lamp

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.980
 is the

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 lamb

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 that's a

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 stunning

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 passage

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:19.699
 and speaking

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 of the

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 immediate

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 what's

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 called

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 the

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 immediate

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 beatific

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.059
 vision

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 of God

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 that we'll

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 have

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 and in

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 that

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 passage

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:26.660
 church

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.200
 speaks

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 later

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.120
 of its

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 implications

00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:30.759
 to

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 participation

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.539
 of the

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 very

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 divine

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 nature

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 of God

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 himself

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 writing

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 this

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 from this

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 will afterwards

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 flow a

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 perfect

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 likeness

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.519
 of the

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 saints

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.360
 to God

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:42.920
 the

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.319
 fulfillment

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.640
 of their

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 desires

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.740
 and of

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 their

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 perfect

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.740
 happiness

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.360
 to which

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 it

00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.319
 tends

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.240
 and in

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.519
 which

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 is

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.420
 consecrated

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 this

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.579
 is

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 nothing

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.120
 else

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.400
 than

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.579
 a

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:51.799
 certain

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 fusion

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.019
 and

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.720
 emanation

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.079
 of the

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:54.380
 deity

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.880
 upon

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.160
 the

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.540
 souls

00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:55.960
 of the

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.360
 saints

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.340
 communicating

00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:58.160
 to them

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.660
 the image

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.420
 of all

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.620
 his

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:00.340
 perfections

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:01.020
 as much

00:22:01.020 --> 00:22:01.340
 as they

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:01.840
 can belong

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.340
 unto a

00:22:02.340 --> 00:22:02.660
 creature

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:04.840
 wow

00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:06.340
 but what's

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:06.800
 he saying

00:22:06.800 --> 00:22:08.020
 well

00:22:08.020 --> 00:22:09.680
 there's

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.380
 several other

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.540
 classical theological

00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:12.340
 categories

00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:13.340
 so

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:14.560
 whereas Adam

00:22:14.560 --> 00:22:15.300
 was what they

00:22:15.300 --> 00:22:16.200
 call he was

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.840
 able not

00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:17.300
 to sin

00:22:17.300 --> 00:22:18.700
 yet he did

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.300
 choose to

00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:19.600
 sin

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.500
 and so he

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.800
 died

00:22:20.800 --> 00:22:23.100
 afterwards

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:24.699
 as sinners

00:22:24.699 --> 00:22:24.719
 as sinners

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 we're

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 not able

00:22:27.459 --> 00:22:28.159
 not to

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:28.419
 sin

00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:29.939
 so

00:22:29.939 --> 00:22:30.919
 from our

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.219
 hearts

00:22:31.219 --> 00:22:31.859
 being corrupted

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.419
 in Adam

00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:33.039
 there is

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.679
 no good

00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:34.039
 deed

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.339
 that we're

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:34.659
 able to

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:34.899
 do

00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:35.679
 that can't

00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:36.039
 result

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.899
 in sin

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.339
 even our

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.339
 righteous deeds

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:38.819
 according to

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.179
 Isaiah

00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:39.719
 are filthy

00:22:39.719 --> 00:22:40.139
 garments

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.599
 before

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.259
 God's

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.500
 sight

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:43.740
 however

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.539
 in this

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.359
 future state

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:46.339
 what the

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.199
 bible is

00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:47.679
 speaking of

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:47.959
 here

00:22:47.959 --> 00:22:48.519
 with the

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.099
 illumination

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.480
 and the

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.980
 filling of

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.360
 the glory

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:50.880
 of God

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.259
 and what

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.920
 Turretin is

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.480
 speaking of

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.779
 here

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.640
 he's talking

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.480
 about the

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.319
 fact that

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.259
 we will

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.039
 not be

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.700
 able to

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.019
 sin

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.640
 in the

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.019
 future

00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:00.579
 and I'm

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.000
 speaking of

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.940
 moral necessity

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.680
 we'll always

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.240
 be present

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.599
 with the

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.120
 direct

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:05.279
 revealed

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.720
 glory

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.279
 of God

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.839
 you'll

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.160
 recall

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.339
 in fact

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.160
 that idea

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.680
 back in

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.039
 the garden

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.400
 of God

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.900
 wanting to

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.319
 walk

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.920
 to be

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.500
 in direct

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.099
 communion

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.900
 with Adam

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.660
 and before

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.099
 then was

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:16.539
 when he

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.839
 falls

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.160
 right

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.680
 so we

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.060
 see in

00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:19.279
 fact

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.680
 in

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.200
 revelation

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.980
 a

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.600
 perfect

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.480
 restoration

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.320
 of the

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.779
 Edenic

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.200
 state

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.100
 made

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.600
 more

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.180
 permanent

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.880
 than had

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.180
 been in

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.800
 that first

00:23:27.800 --> 00:23:28.180
 state

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:29.279
 again

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.960
 I know

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.279
 I've quoted

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.720
 him a lot

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.040
 already

00:23:31.040 --> 00:23:31.540
 but Turretin

00:23:31.540 --> 00:23:32.200
 says this

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.360
 the saints

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:33.900
 will find

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.380
 in God

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.240
 whatever is

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.940
 necessary

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.519
 for them

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.660
 for as

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.000
 he is

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.420
 infinite

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.380
 and the

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:40.140
 inexhaustible

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.580
 fountain

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.240
 of all

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.720
 blessings

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:43.060
 he also

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:43.580
 has

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.120
 that

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:45.240
 with which

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.600
 he can

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.120
 satisfy

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.420
 the

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.060
 necessities

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:47.960
 and desires

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.480
 of all

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.920
 the same

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.340
 one who

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:51.100
 illuminates

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.960
 feeds

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.880
 heals

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.720
 protects

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.900
 enriches

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.920
 and works

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.660
 all things

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.580
 in all

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.800
 or in the

00:23:58.800 --> 00:23:59.340
 words of

00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.019
 scripture

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.000
 itself

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.539
 revelation

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:01.980
 22

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.620
 1-5

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:04.060
 then he

00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:04.519
 showed me

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.920
 a river

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.340
 of the

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:05.580
 water

00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.100
 of life

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.160
 here is

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.600
 crystal

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.340
 coming from

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:08.740
 the throne

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.120
 of God

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.500
 and of

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.920
 the lamb

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:11.180
 in the

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.380
 middle

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.680
 of its

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.000
 street

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.340
 on either

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.800
 side of

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:14.120
 the river

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.620
 was the

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:14.880
 tree

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.420
 of life

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.279
 bearing

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.160
 12 kinds

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.599
 of fruit

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.339
 yielding

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.740
 its fruit

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.319
 every month

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.220
 and the

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.440
 leaves

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.700
 of the

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:20.899
 tree

00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.279
 were for

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.720
 the healing

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.019
 of the

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.399
 nations

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.660
 there will

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.240
 be no

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.579
 longer

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.399
 any curse

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.379
 and the

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.599
 throne

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.039
 of God

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.500
 and of

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.879
 the lamb

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.359
 will be

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:28.740
 in it

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.819
 and his

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.500
 slaves

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.119
 will serve

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.359
 him

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:32.579
 they will

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:32.960
 see his

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.319
 face

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.440
 and his

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.779
 name will

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.039
 be on

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.920
 their foreheads

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.740
 and there

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.480
 will no

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.819
 longer

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.420
 be any

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.799
 night

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.660
 and they

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.039
 will not

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.460
 have

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.299
 need of

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.639
 the light

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.879
 of the

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.180
 lamp

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.700
 nor the

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:42.879
 light

00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.139
 of the

00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:43.299
 sun

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.720
 because

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.139
 the

00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.440
 Lord

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.759
 God

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:44.980
 will

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.500
 illumine

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.819
 them

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.919
 and they

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.379
 will reign

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.919
 forever

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:50.419
 this is to say

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.680
 this is a real

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.119
 a very real

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:54.680
 platform upon which

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.740
 we can worship

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.819
 God forever

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.819
 into eternity

00:24:57.819 --> 00:25:00.440
 and note in particular

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.659
 is another thing

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.799
 Turretin wants to devote

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.720
 a lot of time to

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.119
 Edwards devotes a

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.899
 considerable amount

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.779
 of time to

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.980
 in his writings as well

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:09.200
 this isn't just a

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.339
 static state

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.659
 I think sometimes

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:13.059
 we envision the

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.740
 heavenly state

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.539
 because of pop

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.099
 culture and

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.619
 whatever other

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.579
 influences out

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.000
 there as we're

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.399
 just kind of

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.159
 sitting on clouds

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:19.179
 strumming harps

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:19.559
 forever

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.220
 you know you'll

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.980
 see that imagery

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:23.039
 Ironic Turretin

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.319
 says well the

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.859
 heavenly state is

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.199
 going to be great

00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:25.539
 we're going to be

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.000
 doing a lot of

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.339
 things like

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.039
 strumming harps

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:29.379
 that's the opposite

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:29.939
 of what I think

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.459
 when I think that

00:25:30.459 --> 00:25:30.959
 we're doing a lot

00:25:30.959 --> 00:25:31.399
 of really great

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:31.879
 things in heaven

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.359
 forever and

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.740
 ever and ever

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:34.019
 but his point

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.519
 was that we're

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:34.859
 going to have

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:36.000
 culture even in

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.679
 heaven we're

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:37.179
 going to have

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:38.220
 development of

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.659
 life we're

00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:39.139
 going to have

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:39.679
 an exciting

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:41.019
 rejuvenated

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.720
 experience

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:43.220
 there's a

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.860
 dynamic and

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.860
 eternal growth

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.940
 in heaven

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:47.640
 there's going to

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.420
 be culture

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.299
 fellowship

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.560
 work

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:52.180
 and we're

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.660
 even going to

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.580
 enjoy food and

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:53.940
 drink that

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.640
 passage that I

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.620
 just read I

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.259
 think most

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.100
 probably that

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.779
 speaking of the

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.820
 fact that if

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.420
 we take that

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.400
 literally that

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.920
 speaking of

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.420
 actual fruit that

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.960
 we're going to

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.640
 have on this

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:06.560
 tree and that

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.060
 we're going to

00:26:07.060 --> 00:26:08.720
 be able to in

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.819
 some way eat

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.440
 in a way that

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.279
 doesn't reflect

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.180
 corruption which

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.960
 is a fascinating

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:15.600
 concept in fact

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.360
 you even see

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.720
 cities here one

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.160
 of my former

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:19.240
 professors talked

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.039
 about the fact

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.860
 that creation

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.460
 begins in the

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.799
 garden and then

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.279
 we have this

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.460
 cultural mandate

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.819
 from God to

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:28.000
 grow and

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.779
 multiply and

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.620
 expand and

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:30.759
 be stewards of

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.519
 the earth right

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:33.519
 and we look at

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.120
 the end of

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:36.120
 creation we look

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.799
 at the new

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.460
 heavens and the

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.160
 new earth and

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.960
 it's a city

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:41.420
 a city that

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:43.299
 is made with

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.360
 these magnificent

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.840
 walls and in

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.299
 fact a new

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.779
 Jerusalem

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:49.980
 even more so

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.579
 however than

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:52.279
 that there is a

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.319
 perpetual growth

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.960
 a perpetual

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.160
 spiritual growth

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.840
 that comes with

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.420
 being in

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.160
 communion with

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:59.079
 God forever

00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:01.200
 that is to say

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.660
 in a sense we'll

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.960
 be doing theology

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.920
 forever which

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.259
 I understand for

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.940
 some might be a

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.720
 tedious concept

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.740
 but in this

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:10.160
 sense it's a

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.900
 enlivening concept

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.879
 an invigorating

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.640
 concept as I

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.279
 quoted earlier

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.500
 John 17 3

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.799
 where Christ

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.079
 says this is

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.019
 eternal life

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.960
 that they may

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:21.140
 know you the

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:22.379
 only true God

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.680
 and Jesus Christ

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.400
 whom you have

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:26.359
 sent and later

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.480
 in that high

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.339
 priestly prayer

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.759
 he says this

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.460
 which I quoted

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:32.319
 last week he's

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.079
 praying on our

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.980
 behalf and he's

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.819
 asking the father

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:36.139
 saying this

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:37.299
 the glory you

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.980
 have given me

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.919
 I have given

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.960
 to them that

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.579
 they may be

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:42.019
 one just as

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.779
 we are one

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:44.000
 I in them

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.899
 and you in me

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.980
 that they may

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.119
 be perfected

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.179
 in unity

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:50.200
 what's he saying

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.659
 here what he's

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.419
 saying the

00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:52.659
 finite restored

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.519
 image of God

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.460
 is the very

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.819
 condition for our

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:57.019
 eternal participation

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.059
 in the divine

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:59.159
 in the divine

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.859
 glory

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:01.279
 yeah we'll get

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.799
 we'll get to

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.359
 that in a moment

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.819
 won't we

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.539
 let me just

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.039
 quote Jonathan

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.579
 Edwards on

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:04.879
 this

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.980
 Jonathan

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.720
 Edwards says

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:08.299
 speaking of

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.700
 what he calls

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.619
 an increasing

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.319
 union and

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.919
 conformity

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:11.839
 through eternity

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:14.179
 he cites

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.799
 these verses

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.359
 and then he

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:15.939
 notes the

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:16.319
 following

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:18.179
 the image

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.799
 is more and

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.460
 more perfect

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:21.159
 and so

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:21.899
 the good

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.279
 that is

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.839
 in the

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.240
 creature

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.359
 comes forever

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.980
 nearer and

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.819
 nearer

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.240
 to an

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.720
 identity

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.220
 with that

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.740
 of God

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:29.099
 and the

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.779
 view therefore

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.859
 of God

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.919
 who has a

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:32.639
 comprehensive

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.459
 prospect

00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:34.219
 of the

00:28:34.219 --> 00:28:34.799
 increasing

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.319
 unity

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.259
 and conformity

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.059
 through eternity

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.459
 it must

00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:39.299
 be an

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.779
 infinitely

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.439
 strict

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.279
 and perfect

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.919
 nearness

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:42.979
 conformity

00:28:42.979 --> 00:28:44.119
 and oneness

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:46.059
 for it will

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.099
 forever come

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.079
 nearer and

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.779
 nearer to that

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.679
 strictness and

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:50.559
 perfection of

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.039
 union

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.740
 which there is

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.439
 between the

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:54.319
 father and

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.899
 the son

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:56.459
 wow

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.259
 that's a

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.480
 glorious truth

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.500
 I think what

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.299
 he's trying to

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.100
 say there is

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.940
 that with our

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.100
 renewed faculties

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.600
 in the image

00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:04.039
 of God

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.579
 with our

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.519
 renewed platform

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.420
 for being able

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.140
 to partake

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.660
 of the divine

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:07.960
 nature

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.900
 to be able

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.519
 to commune

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.059
 with God

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.559
 to enjoy

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.100
 his presence

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.480
 that we're

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.200
 actually going

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.420
 to in some

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.200
 way in the

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.920
 eternal state

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.559
 forever and

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.940
 ever enter

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.860
 into the

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.480
 trinitarian

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.620
 communion that

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.340
 there is between

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:21.039
 father and

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.340
 son and in

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:23.620
 fact because

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.740
 we're finite

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:26.259
 beings right

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.640
 that's going

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.200
 to be an

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.859
 unending

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.559
 exploration

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:31.019
 and that's

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.519
 wonderful

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:33.359
 some people

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.019
 really throw

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.660
 around the

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.339
 difficulty of

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.160
 well we're

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:37.559
 finite and

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.180
 God's eternal

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.680
 how is this

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.059
 really going to

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.500
 work in

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.240
 eternity you

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.720
 know well

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.740
 it's because

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.359
 we're finite

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.559
 it's because

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.740
 God created

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.660
 us and

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.259
 created us

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.579
 with these

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.599
 amazing faculties

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:48.960
 that we'll

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.059
 be able to

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.900
 never exhaust

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.819
 that communion

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.279
 with him

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.920
 forever and

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.279
 ever and

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.480
 ever

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.940
 there's a

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.799
 unending

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.980
 growth that

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.799
 is in

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.680
 nearness to

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.940
 and resemblance

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.480
 of God

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.180
 that will

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.680
 never be

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.299
 reached and

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.799
 praise God

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.240
 for that

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.799
 as Paul

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.220
 writes in

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.799
 Romans 9

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.640
 23 will

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.519
 truly be

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.519
 vessels of

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.279
 mercy which

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.960
 he prepared

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.380
 beforehand for

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:14.360
 glory or

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:14.720
 in the words

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:16.120
 of Ephesians

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:17.759
 1 6 we'll

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.259
 be able to

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.059
 praise quote

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.700
 to the praise

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.519
 of the glory

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.860
 of his

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:22.299
 grace for

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.980
 all eternity

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.660
 so it's

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.920
 that realm

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.420
 of grace

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.920
 that realm

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.599
 of participation

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.380
 in the

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.180
 Lord that

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.720
 constitutes

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.539
 eternal life

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:31.360
 and it's

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:32.019
 as I said

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.360
 it's a

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:32.900
 quality

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:34.240
 it's not

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.799
 something that

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.420
 is just

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.839
 duration

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.240
 but it's

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.700
 because of

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.380
 who we

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:37.940
 will be

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.940
 remade

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.480
 into the

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.940
 image of

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.240
 God

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.740
 that enables

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.140
 us to

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.720
 partake in

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.220
 that heavenly

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.319
 glory forever

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.779
 and ever

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.599
 as his

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.120
 creatures

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:48.079
 now I

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.419
 thought I'd

00:30:48.419 --> 00:30:48.839
 give some

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.439
 points of

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:49.859
 application

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.159
 I've been

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.659
 doing that

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.339
 at the

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.659
 end of

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:52.000
 these

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:53.079
 sessions

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:54.319
 and I

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.759
 think the

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.939
 most direct

00:30:55.939 --> 00:30:57.000
 one is to

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:58.159
 simply praise

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.559
 God

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.199
 right

00:30:59.199 --> 00:31:00.739
 this is a

00:31:00.739 --> 00:31:01.259
 glorious

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.699
 truth

00:31:01.699 --> 00:31:02.619
 and it's

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.139
 humbling to

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.899
 realize that

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.659
 even though we

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.500
 were dead in

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.259
 our trespasses

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.899
 and sins

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:08.659
 that he

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.119
 in his

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.699
 grace

00:31:09.699 --> 00:31:10.679
 decided to

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.139
 make us

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.859
 partakers

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:13.119
 of that

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.399
 grace

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:13.619
 through

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:13.919
 Jesus

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.439
 Christ

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:16.299
 and that's

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.559
 something

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.140
 that we

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.440
 can do

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.799
 now

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.420
 in fact

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.480
 we can

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.860
 actually

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:21.100
 enter into

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:21.799
 the same

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.360
 praise that

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.759
 we'll have

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.039
 in the

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.740
 eternal state

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.080
 when we

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.640
 praise God

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:24.960
 and we

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.779
 thank him

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.059
 and we

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.240
 live

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.880
 thankful

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.320
 and holy

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:27.660
 lives

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.400
 before him

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:30.140
 and in

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.500
 fact that

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.400
 brings us

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.580
 to a

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:33.299
 second point

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:36.380
 that Peter

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.860
 will actually

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.340
 bring up

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:37.700
 in 2

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.039
 Peter

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.500
 11

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.779
 where he

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.100
 says

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:41.180
 what sort

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.620
 of people

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.200
 ought you

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.660
 to be

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.320
 in holiness

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.759
 of conduct

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.779
 and godliness

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:47.059
 and he's

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.559
 speaking there

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.339
 in light of

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.099
 the future

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.460
 state

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.019
 in light of

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.720
 eschatology

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.859
 and he's

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.220
 saying

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.299
 that considering

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.259
 we have that

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:56.039
 weight before us

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.759
 of Christ's

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.119
 imminence

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.720
 and his return

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.240
 and his coming

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.619
 back

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.319
 and we have

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.079
 all eternity

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.980
 before us

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.319
 that should

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.519
 impress upon us

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.359
 the need

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.039
 to want to be

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.319
 holy

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.919
 to want to be

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.379
 like him

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.879
 to want to

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.899
 conduct ourselves

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:08.659
 in resemblance

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.039
 of him

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:11.159
 and a third

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.659
 point that I

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:11.960
 would like

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.339
 to bring

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.819
 is that this

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.700
 has a very

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.899
 direct call

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.559
 to repentance

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.720
 I wasn't

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.599
 simply giving

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.039
 all that

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.700
 talk about

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.139
 what death

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.659
 means just

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:21.159
 for the sake

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.460
 of being

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.920
 morbid

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:23.599
 that there

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.200
 really is a

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.119
 very valuable

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:26.940
 ability that

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.579
 we have to

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.440
 call people

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.359
 to repentance

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:31.519
 as this

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.319
 text here in

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:33.119
 Revelation 22

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.740
 says right

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.960
 it ends

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.319
 with that

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:36.859
 call the

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.539
 spirit and

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.000
 the bride

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.439
 say come

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:40.479
 there's an

00:32:40.479 --> 00:32:41.299
 open invitation

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.059
 to partake in

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.699
 God's glory

00:32:42.699 --> 00:32:43.299
 forever and

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.699
 ever to

00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:45.159
 repent and

00:32:45.159 --> 00:32:45.719
 to place your

00:32:45.719 --> 00:32:46.359
 hope and faith

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.000
 in Jesus

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.699
 Christ alone

00:32:47.699 --> 00:32:48.539
 for in him

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.719
 alone comes

00:32:49.719 --> 00:32:50.059
 the knowledge

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.519
 of God

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:52.219
 and eternal

00:32:52.219 --> 00:32:52.699
 life

00:32:52.699 --> 00:32:54.479
 so let me

00:32:54.479 --> 00:32:54.959
 close in prayer

00:32:54.959 --> 00:32:55.299
 and then we'll

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.559
 have some

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.039
 questions and

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.299
 answers

00:32:56.299 --> 00:33:00.139
 heavenly father

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.519
 again

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:03.059
 this is a

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.500
 difficult

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:05.899
 subject to

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.180
 entreat

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.500
 upon

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.100
 this is

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:08.600
 the very

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.400
 threshold of

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.040
 your glory

00:33:10.040 --> 00:33:10.720
 that we're

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.440
 talking about

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:13.120
 this is the

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.940
 eternal state

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.720
 and we know

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:16.000
 that you're

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.440
 limited

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.540
 and we'll

00:33:17.540 --> 00:33:18.080
 never be able

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.880
 to on earth

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.540
 because of our

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:20.160
 limitations

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:21.920
 both sinful

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:24.220
 and created

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.759
 as we are

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.420
 now we'll

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.940
 never be able

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.280
 to fully

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:27.080
 comprehend that

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:27.420
 but we're

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:27.780
 thankful

00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:29.300
 Lord that

00:33:29.300 --> 00:33:29.680
 you've

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:32.220
 enabled

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.640
 through your

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.720
 grace that we

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.580
 can contemplate

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:36.000
 that forever

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.439
 and ever

00:33:36.439 --> 00:33:37.019
 and that we'll

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:38.099
 be freed and

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:39.059
 liberated in our

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.759
 hearts and minds

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.359
 to be able to

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:41.000
 explore you

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.299
 Lord

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.619
 humble us before

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:44.159
 you give us

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:46.019
 renewed vigor

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:48.399
 so that we can

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:49.039
 live lives that

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.579
 are exactly

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.859
 this amazing

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:52.639
 calling you've

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.039
 given us

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:59.159
 I'm sure you

00:33:59.159 --> 00:33:59.819
 don't have any

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.599
 questions at all

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.000
 about the

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.779
 eternal state

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.960
 or what any

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.319
 of that

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.579
 meant

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:03.920
 I know

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.200
 that it

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.480
 was a

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.759
 lot

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:08.179
 go ahead

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.920
 if you just

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.199
 have any

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.420
 questions

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.800
 shoot a

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.179
 hand up

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:13.559
 Tyler I

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.699
 see

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.880
 why don't

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.139
 you go

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.500
 ahead

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.840
 you can

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.480
 have some

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.880
 questions

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.840
 first

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:22.400
 yeah so we

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.779
 were talking

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.340
 about the

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:25.860
 ability that

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.599
 we will have

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:28.000
 as creatures

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.679
 to be able

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:30.900
 to participate

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.639
 in God's

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.340
 glory to be

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.880
 able to love

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.159
 him

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.980
 right so God

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:36.380
 is a perfect

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.719
 creature right

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:39.340
 and he's able

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:41.639
 to it's hard

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.440
 for us to talk

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.159
 to him it's hard

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.900
 for us to be in

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.739
 communion with him

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.440
 to love him

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.940
 rightly

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.760
 everyone makes

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.300
 mistakes

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:49.440
 right only God

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.320
 makes mistakes

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:52.480
 and so only we

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.139
 make mistakes

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:54.179
 sorry only God

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.639
 doesn't make

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.619
 mistakes that's

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:55.960
 what we call

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.739
 bad theology

00:34:56.739 --> 00:35:01.539
 but right

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.759
 so only we

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.879
 make mistakes

00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:05.579
 but what

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.099
 we're talking

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.659
 about here is

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.179
 that God has

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:08.119
 created us so

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.819
 that someday

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:10.419
 we can love

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:11.239
 him better

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.179
 and we won't

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.500
 make mistakes

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:15.259
 and that's a

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.659
 wonderful

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:17.439
 truth that he's

00:35:17.439 --> 00:35:18.000
 promised us

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.599
 in his word

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:22.979
 so in 1st

00:35:22.979 --> 00:35:23.579
 Corinthians when

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.339
 it says you

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:24.719
 know we will

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.399
 behold him

00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:25.639
 and we will

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.219
 be transformed

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:27.699
 from his life

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:29.259
 one group

00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:29.799
 glory into

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.139
 another

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.099
 it says

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.739
 something about

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.500
 the beautiful

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:32.879
 glory

00:35:32.879 --> 00:35:33.199
 and the

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.059
 glory

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.859
 and the

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.099
 glory

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.619
 and the

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.239
 glory

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:37.519
 I was

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.799
 wondering

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:39.439
 when we

00:35:39.439 --> 00:35:40.019
 have final

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.319
 statement

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.759
 we see him

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.419
 face to face

00:35:41.419 --> 00:35:42.399
 ultimately

00:35:42.399 --> 00:35:43.459
 changed

00:35:43.459 --> 00:35:44.439
 between the

00:35:44.439 --> 00:35:44.799
 night

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.619
 and have

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:47.279
 you know

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.980
 transformed

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.019
 to the

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.559
 glorious

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.879
 state

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.780
 how does

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.260
 that work

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:55.539
 when we

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.180
 see something

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:57.039
 become like

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.220
 it

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:58.480
 I've always

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.960
 wondered

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.900
 how does

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.360
 that

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.760
 underlaying

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.200
 that passage

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.860
 there's

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.780
 several things

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:04.260
 going on

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.519
 there

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:06.039
 it's probably

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.680
 speaking

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.960
 not just right

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.180
 of a physical

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.519
 sight

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.019
 it's a

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.420
 spiritual

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.579
 beholding

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.260
 that we'll

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.820
 have

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:15.680
 and there's

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.180
 the idea

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.620
 that

00:36:16.620 --> 00:36:17.580
 God's

00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:18.019
 glory

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.600
 is so

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:19.580
 effectual

00:36:19.580 --> 00:36:20.220
 in fact

00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:21.620
 it's talked

00:36:21.620 --> 00:36:22.360
 about in

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:25.960
 1 Corinthians

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.580
 3

00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:27.660
 you kind of

00:36:27.660 --> 00:36:28.160
 see it a little

00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:28.700
 bit there

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.460
 if any man

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.940
 builds on the

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.300
 foundation

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.640
 gold,

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:30.900
 silver,

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.220
 precious,

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.640
 stone,

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:31.920
 wood,

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.120
 hay,

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.420
 straw

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.059
 each man's

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.340
 work will

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.880
 become evident

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.220
 the day

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:34.500
 will show

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:34.780
 itself

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.120
 because it

00:36:35.120 --> 00:36:35.240
 will be

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:35.620
 revealed

00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:35.980
 with fire

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.240
 the fire

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:36.539
 will test

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:36.840
 the quality

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.100
 of each

00:36:37.100 --> 00:36:37.340
 man's

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.559
 work

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.160
 if each

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.380
 man's

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.519
 work

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.760
 which he

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.019
 is built

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.240
 on it

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.600
 remains

00:36:39.600 --> 00:36:39.880
 he will

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.260
 receive a

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.580
 reward

00:36:40.580 --> 00:36:41.480
 if any

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.840
 man's

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.140
 work is

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.600
 burned up

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:42.960
 he will

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.159
 suffer

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.519
 lost

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.819
 but he

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.059
 himself

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.199
 will

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.339
 be

00:36:44.339 --> 00:36:44.599
 saved

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.759
 so

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:44.839
 as

00:36:44.839 --> 00:36:44.980
 through

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.420
 fire

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.420
 and talked

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.880
 about the

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.179
 dwelling

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.539
 of God

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.400
 in people's

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.779
 bodies

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.079
 as the

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.219
 holy

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.539
 with the

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:49.719
 holy

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.099
 spirit

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.380
 so it's

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.699
 almost the

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.159
 idea that

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.480
 God's

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.079
 glory

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:53.199
 is so

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:54.980
 powerful

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.659
 and effectual

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.000
 that when

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.599
 it shows

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:56.920
 up

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.880
 and you

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.259
 see it

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.799
 immediately

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.619
 everything

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.099
 that isn't

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.579
 pure and

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.119
 holy before

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.860
 him is

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.759
 purged

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:03.119
 away

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.739
 it's done

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.139
 away from

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.739
 his presence

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:06.119
 and all

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.699
 that remains

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.199
 is anything

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.659
 that's in

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.219
 likeness

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.440
 with

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.940
 himself

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:11.839
 and it's

00:37:11.839 --> 00:37:12.539
 so theologians

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.199
 throw around

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.960
 exactly how

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.599
 this works

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:16.539
 they'll get

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.139
 into the

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:18.820
 really detailed

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.539
 metaphysics of

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.699
 it and I

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.079
 would encourage

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.659
 you to go

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.099
 ahead and try

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.639
 and find a

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:23.259
 copy of

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.719
 Turretin

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.279
 I think he's

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.759
 more biblical

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.960
 about it and he

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.659
 talks about it

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.199
 in depth

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:29.199
 in a very

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:30.000
 scholastic form

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.880
 but he gets

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.900
 really into the

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.900
 details of it

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.460
 if you want to

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.460
 really search

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.539
 out what does

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.039
 that mean

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:38.239
 I think he's

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:38.840
 written quite a

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.340
 bit about it

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.880
 that I found

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.739
 somewhat helpful

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:51.899
 yeah

00:37:51.899 --> 00:38:01.599
 I could be

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:01.899
 explain

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.900
 yeah

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:06.720
 you've talked

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:07.220
 about it

00:38:07.220 --> 00:38:08.019
 being

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.579
 essentially

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:11.059
 this

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.700
 psychosomatic

00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:12.079
 union

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:13.019
 yes

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.280
 right

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:18.320
 I suppose

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:18.700
 the question

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.340
 is something

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.880
 about

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.980
 how

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:25.720
 how do we

00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:26.240
 end up

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:27.119
 the same

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:29.219
 beings

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:30.819
 after the

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:31.400
 resurrection

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:32.359
 as before

00:38:32.359 --> 00:38:32.900
 death

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.380
 yeah

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:34.599
 because it

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.440
 seems

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.839
 like

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.659
 we spend

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.119
 at least

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:39.179
 some time

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.779
 in the

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.159
 intermediate

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.719
 state

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.839
 not being

00:38:41.839 --> 00:38:42.519
 the same

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.139
 psychosomatic

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.559
 union

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:43.819
 right

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:47.259
 oh I thought

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.480
 you were going

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.819
 to bring up

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.579
 the cannibal

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.039
 question

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:50.579
 something I

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:50.880
 wanted to

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.139
 call the

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.440
 cannibal

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.819
 question

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:53.279
 that's a

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:53.779
 good one

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:57.000
 yeah so

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:58.360
 there is

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.719
 the idea

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.139
 that there's

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.519
 some sort

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.039
 of and again

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:01.739
 well I'll

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:02.480
 refer you to

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.519
 John Cooper

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.760
 he's written

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.500
 a bit about

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.059
 the intermediate

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.920
 state and

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.860
 the idea of

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.880
 the holistic

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:10.099
 psychosomatic

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:10.920
 unity

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:13.639
 and he has

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.280
 a whole section

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.579
 on the

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:14.960
 intermediate

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.500
 state that

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.900
 he finds

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.539
 fascinating

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.659
 and he's

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.079
 the one that

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.619
 throws around

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:19.099
 that God's

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.480
 going to

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:20.159
 give us

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.960
 a provisional

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.420
 body

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.579
 but he

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.539
 ends the

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.179
 discussion by

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.679
 saying

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.699
 there's

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.300
 something about

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.160
 this state

00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:28.039
 that I

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.840
 am not

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.340
 sure

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:30.400
 exactly how

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.980
 this works

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:32.000
 because

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.760
 you know

00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:33.220
 the biblical

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:34.460
 teaching

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:35.800
 clearly says

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:37.060
 our great

00:39:37.060 --> 00:39:37.580
 hope is that

00:39:37.580 --> 00:39:37.860
 we're going

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.080
 to be

00:39:38.080 --> 00:39:38.600
 resurrected

00:39:38.600 --> 00:39:39.340
 in body

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.840
 and soul

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.280
 and we're

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.500
 going to

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.100
 be reunited

00:39:41.100 --> 00:39:41.539
 then

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.260
 and it's

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:43.100
 this amazing

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:44.160
 renewal

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:46.080
 but that also

00:39:46.080 --> 00:39:46.840
 Paul says

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:48.360
 to be absent

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.900
 from the body

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.260
 is to be

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.680
 present from

00:39:49.680 --> 00:39:50.000
 the Lord

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.340
 and he

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.900
 talks about

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.400
 it as

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:53.280
 this wonderful

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:53.780
 state

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:55.040
 where if

00:39:55.040 --> 00:39:55.420
 I die

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.680
 I'm going

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:55.920
 to be

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.540
 in God's

00:39:56.540 --> 00:39:56.940
 presence

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.400
 that's

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:57.880
 wonderful

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:59.380
 but then

00:39:59.380 --> 00:39:59.700
 you might

00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:00.940
 reply to

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.160
 Paul

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:01.480
 but we

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.100
 don't have

00:40:02.100 --> 00:40:02.540
 our bodies

00:40:02.540 --> 00:40:03.100
 so how

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:03.519
 can we

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.320
 be experiencing

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.000
 any of that

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.760
 so I guess

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.560
 I'm kind of

00:40:06.560 --> 00:40:07.880
 punting on that

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.440
 one aren't I

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:09.400
 because the

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.980
 answer is

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.500
 there's something

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:11.000
 about that

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.760
 glorified state

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:12.220
 that we don't

00:40:12.220 --> 00:40:12.800
 quite know

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.320
 yet

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:15.019
 but we do

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.780
 seem to

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.980
 have a kind

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.640
 of some

00:40:17.640 --> 00:40:18.019
 sort of

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.680
 provisional

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:19.440
 body I guess

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.519
 that's what

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:20.940
 I'll say

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.519
 so that we

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.220
 can at least

00:40:22.220 --> 00:40:23.500
 interact in

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.980
 some way

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.500
 yeah

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.400
 yeah

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.000
 yeah

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:27.659
 if I'm

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:29.079
 if what I

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.500
 am

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.380
 is this

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.780
 particular

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:31.400
 psychosomatic

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:33.720
 then I am

00:40:33.720 --> 00:40:34.220
 not

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:35.340
 the psychosomatic

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:36.059
 being told by

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.500
 my soul

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.179
 in a different

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:37.579
 body

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.099
 yeah

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:39.800
 yeah

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:41.240
 but

00:40:41.240 --> 00:40:42.500
 if I'm just

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.340
 my soul

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:44.260
 the body

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:44.840
 seems a whole

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.159
 lot less

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:45.579
 important

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:47.340
 yeah

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:48.780
 I mean

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.780
 that's

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:50.360
 something that

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:51.000
 you'd have

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.660
 to I guess

00:40:51.660 --> 00:40:52.060
 you'll just

00:40:52.060 --> 00:40:52.460
 have to ask

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:52.920
 God when you

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.240
 get to the

00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:53.700
 eternal state

00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:54.519
 how he works

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:54.920
 that out

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.840
 because the

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.400
 idea is that

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:56.920
 you're in

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.460
 communion with

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.720
 God and

00:40:57.720 --> 00:40:58.160
 you're held

00:40:58.160 --> 00:40:58.540
 by his

00:40:58.540 --> 00:40:59.280
 power somehow

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:00.200
 and that's

00:41:00.200 --> 00:41:00.560
 that's the

00:41:00.560 --> 00:41:01.060
 only way that

00:41:01.060 --> 00:41:01.519
 I have to

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.060
 answer that

00:41:02.060 --> 00:41:03.019
 that question

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.720
 yeah

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.440
 sorry Ben

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:04.840
 I know that's

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.440
 not intellectually

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.080
 satisfying

00:41:06.080 --> 00:41:06.840
 but it's

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:08.180
 it's

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:08.560
 it's what

00:41:08.560 --> 00:41:08.940
 we've got

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.500
 yeah

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.180
 yeah

00:41:10.180 --> 00:41:10.860
 yeah

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:12.040
 I'll be honest

00:41:12.040 --> 00:41:12.600
 about it

00:41:12.600 --> 00:41:13.160
 yeah

00:41:13.160 --> 00:41:14.620
 yes in the

00:41:14.620 --> 00:41:14.780
 back

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:17.400
 we pray

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:19.220
 oftentimes

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.940
 so that

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.740
 we can be

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.560
 close to

00:41:21.560 --> 00:41:21.940
 God

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.460
 to be

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.940
 in the

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:23.260
 earth

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:24.620
 and to

00:41:24.620 --> 00:41:27.360
 basically

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.860
 I guess

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.400
 to be

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:29.560
 in a

00:41:29.560 --> 00:41:30.300
 familiar place

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:30.920
 with God

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.880
 but I also

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.780
 hear people

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.380
 say that

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:34.880
 the place

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.140
 of the

00:41:35.140 --> 00:41:35.460
 gospel

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.760
 will be

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:36.400
 in them

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:37.580
 is there

00:41:37.580 --> 00:41:38.120
 a difference

00:41:38.120 --> 00:41:38.640
 and is it

00:41:38.640 --> 00:41:39.080
 a danger

00:41:39.080 --> 00:41:40.260
 to have

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:40.900
 pray for

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.540
 one to be

00:41:41.540 --> 00:41:41.920
 close to

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.100
 God

00:41:42.100 --> 00:41:42.380
 versus

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.760
 to be

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:44.019
 part of

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.180
 you

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:46.139
 yeah

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:47.859
 I mean I

00:41:47.859 --> 00:41:48.379
 think underlying

00:41:48.379 --> 00:41:48.919
 that if I'm

00:41:48.919 --> 00:41:49.539
 understanding you

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:50.119
 correctly

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:51.599
 is the

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.099
 understanding

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:53.399
 when we pray

00:41:53.399 --> 00:41:53.839
 we're not

00:41:53.839 --> 00:41:54.639
 necessarily

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:56.919
 calling God

00:41:56.919 --> 00:41:57.500
 down from

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.879
 heaven

00:41:57.879 --> 00:42:00.219
 that when we

00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:00.859
 pray it's

00:42:00.859 --> 00:42:01.559
 more like

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:02.279
 he's

00:42:02.279 --> 00:42:03.259
 it's us

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.619
 humbling

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.000
 ourselves

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.480
 before him

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:04.839
 and lifting

00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.259
 ourselves

00:42:05.259 --> 00:42:05.859
 up to him

00:42:05.859 --> 00:42:06.419
 so there's

00:42:06.419 --> 00:42:07.539
 not necessarily

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.359
 a break

00:42:08.359 --> 00:42:09.079
 between

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:11.839
 us

00:42:11.839 --> 00:42:12.699
 making

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.379
 God do

00:42:13.379 --> 00:42:13.659
 something

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:14.059
 different

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:15.000
 when we

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.319
 pray

00:42:15.319 --> 00:42:16.219
 but it's

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:16.719
 more like

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:17.119
 we're being

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:17.819
 conformed

00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:18.500
 to him

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:18.920
 greater

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.699
 did that

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:20.039
 did that

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.440
 answer the

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:20.739
 question

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:20.960
 or

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:21.879
 to a certain

00:42:21.879 --> 00:42:22.179
 extent

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:22.480
 okay

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.920
 I think

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.740
 sometimes

00:42:23.740 --> 00:42:24.079
 fast

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.780
 like

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.219
 God

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:30.320
 has to

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:30.460
 and

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:30.960
 say

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:34.400
 oh

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:35.599
 yes

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:37.539
 there's

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:38.519
 a

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:42.440
 thing

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:43.539
 there's

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:48.179
 I can see somebody saying, you know, God is part of me now.

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.900
 Oh, yes.

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:54.719
 And all of a sudden, there's a, you know, I'm inspired.

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:59.259
 I am part of God now.

00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:03.619
 And you're served as a God, not part of God.

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.639
 Right, yeah.

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:10.239
 So that goes back to a very basic distinction of the creator versus creature,

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:13.239
 which is so fundamental to impress upon people.

00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:14.799
 Because people will assume that, won't they?

00:43:14.879 --> 00:43:18.819
 They'll assume, they'll think, you know, God can be part of me.

00:43:18.939 --> 00:43:21.419
 He can be part of who I want, who I wish, who I desire, you know.

00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:27.139
 Whereas that's in a way you could almost respond when people say that, right,

00:43:27.259 --> 00:43:32.339
 with Paul in Romans 1 when he says people have exchanged the image of God

00:43:32.339 --> 00:43:33.479
 for the image of themselves.

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:36.079
 And in that way, they're almost kind of putting God in,

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:39.539
 putting themselves in the place of God when they're saying something like that.

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:44.000
 Whereas we're able to actually give a pretty good rebuff to that and say, you know,

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:49.079
 well, the point, the goal of eternal life and blessedness is actually, like,

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:54.500
 humble submission before him and loving him in who we are without ourselves becoming God

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:55.920
 or not becoming God.

00:43:55.920 --> 00:44:00.300
 But we're able to love him and adore him and worship him forever,

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:03.920
 which is a whole lot better because he's a whole lot more than we are.

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:17.200
 Well, it's 9.45, so I think it's a good time to dismiss and matriculate upstairs.

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:20.339
 Thank you so much for coming out to the Sunday School.