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 It's great to worship with you all.

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 For those of you who don't know me, my name is Sean,

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 and I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Campus Church.

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 It's my joy to preach God's word to you this morning.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to give you a copy that you can have and bring with you.

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 We are in a series in the book of Revelation,

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 and if you are here and wondering why we're in a passage like this,

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 it's because we just happen to be going through the series in the book of Revelation.

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 This is, I think, one of the most difficult passages in the entire book of Revelation,

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 which means it's one of the most difficult passages in the entire Bible.

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 So I have my hands full this morning, and the sermon's dense too,

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 so I pray that God helps you guys with this.

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 And let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Father, give us your wisdom.

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 Give us understanding so that we might know your word and cherish it.

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 Lord, may any confusing things I say or things that are not of you just be forgotten,

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 but may what you want to say to your people this morning be remembered,

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 and may it lodge in our hearts and bear fruit in the days and months and years to come.

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 We humble ourselves before you, God.

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 It is your word.

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 Speak to us.

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 So that we might be faithful witnesses to Jesus, our Savior.

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 It's in his precious name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 I'm honestly going to skip right through the introduction because I have a long sermon.

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 And this is the main point of this passage is that Christ will preserve his people as they bear witness to him

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 despite satanic persecution.

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 And we're going to see the three points that I have outlined there.

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 Christ's preservation, the church's proclamation, Satan's persecution.

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 There's a lot of difficult and controverted aspects to this passage.

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 And so, but even if you don't, you know, agree with me on everything or fully understand everything,

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 my hope is that you can still walk away with the main point of this passage,

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 which I think is straightforward, that God will protect his people as they bear witness to their Lord

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 despite satanic persecution.

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 After receiving his commission to prophesy and to proclaim the gospel in the last chapter,

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 John continues to tell us of his prophetic vision in verses 1 to 2.

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 This is,

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 This symbolic act of measuring the temple comes from Ezekiel chapters 40 to 48.

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 Earlier in Ezekiel in chapter 8 to 11,

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 we see a vision of a temple that has been desecrated by idolatry.

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 It is no longer a worthy place for the glory of God.

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 And so the glory of God departs from that temple.

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 And then later in Ezekiel, there's prophecy of the Jerusalem,

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 Jerusalem, the city of God falling and the temple being destroyed.

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 And then in chapters 40 to 48, Ezekiel prophesies of a new temple,

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 of the,

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 when the glory of God will return to his abode.

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 And,

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 and from that temple,

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 a river flows and,

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 and the river that's flowing from the temple gives life wherever it goes.

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 And,

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 and it's,

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 that's kind of,

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 that's what's in view here with the measuring rod.

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 And in,

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 in that chapter,

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 in those chapters in Ezekiel,

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 an angel takes a measuring rod and painstakingly measures every part of the temple.

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 And the point of those detailed descriptions is to show that God knows the temple inside and out.

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 He's going to surely establish that temple and he's going to secure his temple.

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 That's what the,

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 the measuring implies and explains.

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 It's,

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 it's him.

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 Um,

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 he's not just,

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 you know,

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 eyeballing the dimension.

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 So imagine a construction worker was trying to build something.

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 Uh,

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 it needs to fit properly.

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 If it's going to be a secure building that doesn't collapse,

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 he needs to know its dimensions.

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 So he doesn't eyeball it.

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 He measures it out in a similar way that,

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 that act,

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 that act of measuring the temple shows how God is paying careful attention to it,

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 watching over it and firmly establishing it and securing it.

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 And,

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 and that's the meaning of what's going on here.

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 When Jesus,

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 I think it's his voice,

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 he instructs John to take the measuring rod and measure out the temple.

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 God's paying attention to it.

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 Now,

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 some people,

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 uh,

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 take this temple literally,

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 um,

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 and they think that revelation must've been written before the destruction of the,

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 uh,

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 Herodian temple in 70,

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 80,

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 but,

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 uh,

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 evidence suggests that revelation was written.

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 Historical evidence suggests that revelation was written after that period.

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 So this is not talking about that temple that was standing in the first century.

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 And,

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 um,

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 um,

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 it's also,

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 I don't think predicting that there will be a new physical temple built in Jerusalem,

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 uh,

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 in the future.

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 Uh,

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 I think the reason why I don't think that is because the temple that is in view in Ezekiel,

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 which is the one that's being referenced here,

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 uh,

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 is not a literal physical temple,

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 but a figurative and spiritual one.

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 There,

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 that river that I mentioned to you that flows out of temple,

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 it gives life to everyone,

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 uh,

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 to all the creatures,

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 wherever it goes.

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 And on its banks grow trees.

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 Uh,

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 and these are kind of healing trees.

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 Their trees leaves give healing to the nations.

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 Uh,

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 and,

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 and that's referenced later in revelation 21 to 22,

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 when the bride of Christ,

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 the wife of the lamb descends as the,

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 the new city of Jerusalem down to earth,

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 an angel measures that holy city.

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 And then,

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 and that city represents the church of Christ.

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 Its foundations have the names of the 12 apostles of the lamb.

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 And it says there specifically that in revelation 21,

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 22,

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 there is no physical temple in the city for its temple is the Lord God,

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 the almighty and the lamb.

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 And from the throne of God and of the lamb flows the river of the water of life.

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 And that on the banks of the river grows the tree of life on the banks of the river.

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 And those leaves from those trees are for the healing of the nations.

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 Sounds familiar,

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 right?

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 That's exactly what's,

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 uh,

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 what John is referring to in revelation 21.

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 And so then if the Ezekiel's temple,

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 which is fulfilled in revelation 21 is not a literal physical temple,

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 but a figurative one referring to God's presence with his people,

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 then likewise,

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 John's temple in revelation 11 also is a figurative one.

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 Already in the old Testament,

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 we have seen foreshadowing of how the temple will no longer exist.

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 Jeremiah 3,

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 16,

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 17 prophesied that there will be a day when the ark will be no more,

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 and that no one will look for it and it will never be made again.

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 Uh,

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 it says,

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 you know,

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 in John two,

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 19 to 22,

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 Jesus said that his body is the new temple,

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 uh,

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 which will be destroyed and then,

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 and built again or raised up on the third day.

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 Uh,

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 and then,

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 and then we see,

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 uh,

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 how Jesus in Hebrews 10 to one to 12,

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 he says he offered up his body as a once for all sacrifice to abolish all sacrificial system.

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 There's no longer any need for sacrifices and there's no longer any need for a physical temple where those sacrifices will be offered because Jesus has already come as the new temple and has offered himself once for all.

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 And that's why in the new Testament over and over again,

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 we see that the temple is not a physical temple that they're trying to build,

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 but rather the church of Christ,

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 the people of God.

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 First Peter two,

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 five Ephesians two,

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 21 to 22.

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 We are the ones who are being built up together,

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 Jews and Gentiles in Jesus Christ so that we can be together a dwelling place for God by the spirit.

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 And we've seen that already in revelation three,

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 12,

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 where Jesus promises to the church in Philadelphia that the one who conquers,

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 I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God.

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 Never shall he go out of it.

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 And I will write on him the name of my God.

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 And the name of the city of my God,

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 the new Jerusalem,

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 which comes down from my God out of heaven and my own new name.

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 So we've seen already in the book of revelation that it's the people of God who are the temple of God,

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 which is the city of God.

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 These images are all saying the same thing.

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 And so when it says in verse one,

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 rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there.

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 I think John's tipping his hat and telling us that he's referring to the people of God.

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 Because why would you,

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 you don't need to measure,

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 you might measure a temple.

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 You might not,

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 you don't measure the people who worship there.

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 But,

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 but here,

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 John says,

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 measure those who are worshiping there because it's a reference to the people.

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 So then what's this business about?

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 The inner sanctuary of the temple being measured and therefore protected.

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 But the outer court of the temple is left out.

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 And the holy city,

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 it says,

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 is trampled by the nations for 42 months.

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 Because the court outside the temple is associated with the holy city,

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 it's also a symbol for the people of God,

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 as we've seen.

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 And I don't think God is here,

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 where John is here,

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 making a distinction between true believers and fake believers.

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 True believers are measured and protected and fake believers are not.

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 I don't think he's making a distinction here between Jews who are protected versus Gentiles who are not.

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 Because the court outside was,

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 you know,

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 was where the God-fearing Gentiles would worship.

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 I don't think that's what John has in mind here,

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 especially because we've seen in Revelation 2,

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 9 and 3,

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 7 already,

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 that John refers to all true believers,

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 Gentiles and Jews,

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 as Jews.

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 And ethnic Jews are not the ones who are truly Jews,

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 if they are only Jews in name only,

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 or ethnicity only,

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 if they don't actually have faith in Christ.

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 And so I think what's going on here is possibly related to 2 Corinthians 4,

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 7 to 11,

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 which describes Christians as common jars of clay that hold a precious treasure of the gospel,

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 and it says,

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 that we are afflicted in every way,

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 but not crushed,

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 but not crushed,

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 but not driven to despair,

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 persecuted,

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 but not forsaken,

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 struck down,

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 but not destroyed,

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 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus,

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 so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

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 And then a few verses down,

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 he says,

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 so we do not lose heart,

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 though our outer self is wasting away,

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 our inner self is being renewed day by day.

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 So I think it's here,

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 it's describing the inner temple,

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 and this connection with the temple and the body is also biblical,

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 because you see that in 1 Corinthians 6,

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 19,

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 where our bodies are described as the temple of the Holy Spirit.

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 And so I think it's making the connection that while the inner temple,

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 so to speak,

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 we are protected spiritually as the members of the body of Christ,

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 but the outer temple,

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 our flesh,

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 our physical bodies are vulnerable to persecution and opposition and harm and affliction that comes from the evil one.

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 Now,

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 if this is the meaning of verses 1 to 2,

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 then it fits very well with what we saw of the seal that God puts on his elect,

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 his chosen 144,000 earlier in chapter 7,

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 because we mentioned there that the seal that God puts on his people is not a literal physical seal.

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 Nobody has the name of God written on their foreheads to be visible,

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 but rather it is a spiritual seal.

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 And it's a spiritual seal that offers spiritual protection,

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 because it is a Holy Spirit who preserves us and enables us to persevere till the end in faithfulness to God,

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 in our allegiance to Jesus.

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 And so I think that's what's in view here,

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 that the inner court is measured and protected.

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 We will be preserved,

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 but the outer court is trampled.

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 The Holy City is trampled for 42 months.

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 I think this interpretation is further confirmed by the mention of the 42 months.

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 Like all the other numbers we've seen so far in the book of Revelation,

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 this number is also symbolic.

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 First,

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 we should note that this period,

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 42 months,

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 is exactly the same as the 1260 days mentioned in verse 3.

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 So if you have your Bibles,

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 please be looking at that.

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 During which Christ's two witnesses are granted authority to prophesy.

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 If you approximate 30 days to a month,

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 and then you multiply 30 by 42,

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 that's the 42 months,

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 then you get 1260 days.

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 So verse 3 is just expressing in the number of days,

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 the same period that verse 2 expresses in the number of months.

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 But if this is a symbolic number,

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 why did John pick this number?

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 It seems a little random, right?

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 42 months.

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 This is not Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, right?

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 It's based on the prophetic vision of Daniel,

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 recorded in Daniel 12.

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 Do you remember from last week in Revelation 10,

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 when a mighty angel standing over the seas and the land

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 raises right hand to the heavens

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 and swears by the one who lives forever and ever

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 that there will be no more delay,

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 but when then the seventh trumpet is blown

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 that the mystery of God will be revealed,

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 fulfilled,

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 and the final judgment of God will come.

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 That's what we saw last week.

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 That's taken from Daniel 12, 7,

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 when an angel who was above the waters of the stream

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 raises his hands to the heavens

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 and swears by him who lives forever and ever,

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 and at that time,

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 the angel proclaims

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 that the end of the world would be

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 for a time, times, and half a time.

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 That's what it says in Daniel 12, 7.

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 A time, times, and half a time.

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 It refers to a year,

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 then two years,

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 and half a year,

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 which adds up to three and a half years,

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 which is exactly 42 months,

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 and 1,260 days.

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 So Daniel prophesied in his day

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 that the end of the world will be preceded

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 by a period of time, times, and half a time,

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 and John is giving us more insight,

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 prophetic insight,

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 about what that period is like.

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 That time period,

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 that 42-month, 1,020, 60 days,

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 that three and a half year period

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 is the church age.

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 It's the age of the temple of God,

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 of the two witnesses,

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 and the two olive trees,

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 and the two lampstands.

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 It's the time period

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 in which God's people are protected inwardly

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 and spiritually,

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 but they are persecuted outwardly.

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 The same 1,260 days

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 during which Christ's two witnesses prophesy

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 and bear witness to Jesus

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 is that 42 months.

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 Any remaining doubt is erased

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 by Revelation 12, 14,

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 if you turn there.

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 It says that the woman,

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 which represents the people of God,

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 is taken to the wilderness

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 where she is to be nourished

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 for guess how long?

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 A time, times, and half a time.

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 And we know that that's referring

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 to the 42 months

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 because earlier on,

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 Revelation 12, 6,

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 that same woman is protected

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 and nourished by God

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 in the wilderness

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 for 1,260 days.

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 So these are all referring

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 to the same time period.

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 And Revelation 11 to 13

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 is structured chiastically,

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 and by that I mean

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 the first half of Revelation

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 mirrors the second half of Revelation.

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 There's these matching,

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 corresponding elements

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 that give further insight

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 to what the book means.

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 And the judgment

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 of the seventh trumpet

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 in Revelation 11, 15 to 19

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 that Andrew will be preaching on

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 next week

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 is the very center of the book.

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 And so the preceding chapters

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 to 11 in 11

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 and then the following chapters

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 in 12 to 13

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 mirror each other.

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 So in 11, 1 to 14,

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 the holy city is trampled

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 for 42 months

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 while the two witnesses

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 are given authority

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 to prophesy for 1,260 days.

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 And that's mirrored

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 by chapters 12 and 13

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 where the woman

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 is sheltered

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 from the dragon

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 and nourished

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 for 1,260 days.

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 And the beast

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 is given authority

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 to blaspheme

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 for 42 months.

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 It's all referring

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 to the same period.

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 Notice 11,

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 notice the beast

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 in verse 7

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 of our chapter,

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 chapter 11.

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 It says that the beast

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 that rises from

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 the bottomless pit

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 makes war

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 on the two witnesses

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 and conquers them

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 and kills them.

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 This image of the beast

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 is taken from Daniel 7

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 and represents

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 worldly rulers

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 and powers

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 that do Satan's bidding

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 and wage war

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 against the saints,

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 against the people of God,

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 the church.

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 Later in Revelation 13,

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 5 to 7,

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 we're told a little more

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 about this beast.

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 It says that the beast

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 was given a mouth

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 uttering haughty

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 and blasphemous words

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 and it was allowed

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 to exercise authority

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 for 42 months.

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 It opened its mouth

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 to utter blasphemies

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 against God,

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 blaspheming his name

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 and his dwelling,

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 that is,

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 those who dwell in heaven.

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 Also,

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 it was allowed

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 to make war

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 on the saints

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 and to conquer them

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 and authority

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 was given it

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 over every tribe

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 and people

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 and language

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 and nation.

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 So notice the parallels

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 between that

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 and our current chapter,

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 11,

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 verses 2 to 3.

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 Like the two witnesses

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 of Jesus,

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 the beast is given

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 authority.

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 The two witnesses

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 are given authority

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 to prophesy

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 and to proclaim

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 the gospel

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 and the beast

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 is given authority

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 to blaspheme

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 the name of Jesus.

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 Now,

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 during that same period,

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 the inner temple

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 is protected

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 for 42 months

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 but the outer temple

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 is trampled.

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 So that's the time

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 in which this beast

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 is doing his trampling.

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 But,

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 and who are the,

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 who is the,

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 what is the dwelling place

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 that the beast

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 is trampling?

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 Revelation 13

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 told us explicitly

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 the dwelling place

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 that is those

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 who dwell in heaven.

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 So again,

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 that confirms

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 our interpretation

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 of verses 1 to 2.

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 It's not referring

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 to a literal

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 physical temple

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 but to the dwelling place

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 of God

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 which is the people

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 of God

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 who have a dwelling place

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 in heaven.

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 People who have

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 a citizenship

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 in heaven.

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 That's John's

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 technical way

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 of referring to Christians.

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 Christians are those

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 who dwell in heaven.

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 The unbelievers,

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 the non-Christians

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 are those

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 who dwell on earth.

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 That's how

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 John uses

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 those terms.

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 Now,

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 and then,

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 so during that,

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 this is,

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 the number,

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 the 1260

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 is also,

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 it also recurs.

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 In Revelation 12,

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 6,

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 a woman

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 who represents

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 the people of God

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 from whom Jesus

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 is born

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 is protected

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 and nourished

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 by God

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 in the wilderness

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 for 1260 days

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 and that's

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 the same period

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 during which

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 the two witnesses

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 are protected

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 as they prophesy.

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 So,

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 they're in the wilderness.

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 However,

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 while the woman

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 is protected

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 and nourished

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 for 1260 days,

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 it says

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 that the dragon

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 who is,

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 this represents

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:18.860
 Satan,

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 who is furious

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 that he cannot harm

00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:22.480
 this people of God

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 and then he

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 goes and makes

00:20:25.340 --> 00:20:26.279
 war against

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 the rest

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 of her offspring

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 on those

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 who keep

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 the commandments

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 of God

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 and hold

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 to the testimony

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 of Jesus.

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 So,

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.480
 once again,

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.019
 there's this

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.720
 juxtaposition

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.559
 between the people

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 of God

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 being protected

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 on the one hand

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 and the people

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 of God

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 being persecuted

00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:40.920
 on the other hand.

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.519
 On the one hand,

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.539
 Satan's frustrated

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.400
 by his inability

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.759
 to harm God's people

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:47.059
 but on the other hand,

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.160
 Satan makes war

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.599
 against them

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 and conquers them.

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:51.500
 This is the juxtaposition

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.980
 we see in Revelation 11,

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 1, 2, 3.

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 And so,

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.960
 I think John

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.599
 is using

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.480
 the two different

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.000
 expressions

00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:00.440
 for the same time period,

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:02.159
 1,260 days

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 and the 42 months

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 because he wants

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.399
 to convey

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:08.859
 these dueling realities

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.819
 that are in tension

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.559
 with each other

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:12.259
 of the church's witness

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.940
 on the one hand

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:14.220
 and the devil's blasphemy

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:14.700
 on the other,

00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:16.200
 of God's protection

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.720
 of the church

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.379
 on the one hand

00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:18.960
 and Satan's persecution

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.639
 of the church

00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.460
 on the other hand.

00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.039
 So,

00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.740
 these things

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.940
 are not happening

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.680
 sequentially

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 but rather

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 they're happening

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.820
 one after,

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 they're happening

00:21:26.540 --> 00:21:28.340
 together simultaneously.

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 Church is simultaneously

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 protected

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:32.279
 and persecuted.

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 So then,

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:35.200
 don't be surprised

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:37.560
 if you are ridiculed

00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:38.660
 or persecuted

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.380
 for your faith.

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.100
 Jesus said

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.580
 in the world

00:21:41.580 --> 00:21:43.040
 we will have tribulation.

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 Jesus said

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.300
 that he's sending us

00:21:45.300 --> 00:21:46.160
 out as sheep

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 in the midst of wolves

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 and everyone knows

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 what happens

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 to sheep

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 in the midst of wolves.

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 and people

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.820
 will deliver us

00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:54.560
 to courts

00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:55.360
 to flog us

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 and drag us

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 before governors

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 and kings

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 for Christ's sake.

00:21:58.320 --> 00:21:59.060
 That people

00:21:59.060 --> 00:21:59.800
 will revile us

00:21:59.800 --> 00:22:00.640
 and persecute us

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.680
 and save all kinds

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.600
 of evil falsely

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.220
 against us

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.600
 because of Jesus.

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.800
 All of these things

00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:06.420
 are in scripture.

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:08.380
 But remember also

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:09.240
 that despite

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.759
 satanic persecution,

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.340
 God will preserve

00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:13.700
 and keep us

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.680
 as we bear witness

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.140
 to Jesus.

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.640
 Remember,

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:18.140
 we are afflicted

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:19.000
 but not crushed,

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.320
 perplexed

00:22:20.320 --> 00:22:21.020
 but not driven

00:22:21.020 --> 00:22:21.500
 to despair,

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.040
 persecuted

00:22:22.040 --> 00:22:23.220
 but not forsaken,

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.020
 struck down

00:22:24.020 --> 00:22:25.560
 but not destroyed

00:22:25.560 --> 00:22:27.340
 because we have

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:28.360
 been measured by God.

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.620
 Every inch

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.540
 of who we are

00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:33.080
 is known by God

00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:34.500
 and cared for by God

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.380
 and every second

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.080
 of our lives

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:37.320
 is known by God

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:38.740
 and watched over

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.580
 by God

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.420
 and he will

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.920
 preserve his people

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.720
 and keep us

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 till the very end.

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 We might be

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.560
 trampled upon

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:48.480
 we might even

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.079
 be killed,

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.599
 we might be

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.440
 cast out

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.819
 from the synagogues

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.879
 and from the halls

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.440
 of power

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.940
 and places of social

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.899
 cloud in this world

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 but as Jesus promised

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.599
 in John 6,

00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:00.619
 37 and 39,

00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:02.339
 all that the Father

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:03.179
 gives me

00:23:03.179 --> 00:23:04.379
 will come to me

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.960
 and whoever comes

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.319
 to me

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.659
 I will never

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:08.460
 cast out

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:10.079
 for I have come

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.960
 down from heaven

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.159
 not to do

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:13.179
 my own will

00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:13.980
 but the will

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.980
 of him who sent me

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:16.539
 and this is the will

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.480
 of him who sent me

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.399
 that I should lose

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.299
 nothing

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.619
 of all that he

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.259
 has given me

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.500
 but raise it up

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:24.000
 on the last day.

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 I want to assure you

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 if there are people

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.000
 some of you here

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.440
 are believers

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.639
 who are not assured

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:32.259
 that you will make it

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.680
 till the end

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.579
 if you don't know

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.339
 what you will do

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.319
 when you are persecuted

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:37.920
 by satanic forces

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.680
 if you fear

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.339
 what might happen

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.039
 to you in the future

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:42.920
 bank on this promise

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:44.200
 from the Lord Jesus himself

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.279
 it doesn't depend

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.340
 on you holding

00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:47.120
 on for dear life

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.680
 to Jesus

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.539
 as so much

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.120
 as Jesus

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:50.160
 holding you

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.640
 in his hands

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.840
 and saying

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:54.200
 I will never

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.120
 cast you out

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.640
 and nobody

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.279
 can ever

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.039
 snatch you

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.059
 out of my

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.840
 hand.

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.880
 There is no

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:04.059
 broken link

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.980
 in that chain.

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.539
 The Father gives

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.980
 and the Son

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.000
 keeps

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.339
 and all

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.740
 those

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.539
 whom the Son

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.039
 keeps

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.900
 makes it

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.359
 till the end

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.160
 and are raised

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.740
 to eternal life

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.640
 on that last day

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.539
 resurrection life.

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.200
 The world

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.740
 might kill

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.359
 our bodies

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.779
 but they cannot

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.740
 kill our soul

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:25.099
 because that

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.039
 power and prerogative

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.920
 belongs only

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.680
 to the Lord.

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.779
 John Patton

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.960
 was a 19th century

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.799
 Scottish missionary

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.900
 to the New Hebrides.

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.299
 It's a group

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.899
 of islands

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:40.240
 and at the time

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.000
 it was occupied

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.919
 by cannibals.

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.799
 People who practiced

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.680
 cannibalism

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.139
 but also

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:46.059
 infanticide

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:47.379
 and widow sacrifice.

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.480
 And on one occasion

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.099
 John Patton

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.980
 was along

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.700
 with his companion

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.079
 missionary

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.700
 was surrounded

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.940
 by this group

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.680
 of cannibals

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:57.519
 cannibalistic natives

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.700
 and later

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.619
 he recounts

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.579
 in his autobiography

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:02.019
 what was going

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.680
 through his mind

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.379
 in that moment.

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.200
 He did survive

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.879
 to tell the tale

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 and this is what

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.419
 he wrote

00:25:06.419 --> 00:25:08.019
 in his autobiography.

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.579
 My heart

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.419
 rose up

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.259
 to the Lord Jesus.

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:13.639
 I saw him

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:15.079
 watching all the scene.

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.940
 My peace

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.879
 came back to me

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.559
 like a wave

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.159
 from God.

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.700
 I realized

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.839
 that I was

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.559
 immortal

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.960
 till my master's

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.779
 work with me

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.339
 was done.

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.039
 The assurance

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.740
 came to me

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.480
 as if a voice

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.059
 out of heaven

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.680
 had spoken

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:31.279
 that not a musket

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.899
 would be fired

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.619
 to wound us,

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.539
 not a club

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.159
 prevailed

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.980
 to strike us,

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:36.000
 not a spear

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.720
 leave the hand

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.319
 in which it was

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.339
 held vibrating

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.960
 to be thrown,

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.019
 not an arrow

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.960
 leave the bow

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.339
 or a killing stone

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:43.059
 the fingers.

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.120
 Without the permission

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:46.339
 of Jesus Christ

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:48.440
 whose is all power

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.819
 in heaven

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:50.059
 and on earth,

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.940
 he rules all nature,

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.880
 animate

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:54.120
 and inanimate

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:55.559
 and restrains

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.660
 even the savage

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:58.079
 of the south seas.

00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:01.980
 no savage power

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.599
 of Satan

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.819
 can prevail

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.939
 against us

00:26:04.939 --> 00:26:05.859
 because Jesus

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:07.480
 is our good shepherd

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.559
 and he said

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.319
 concerning us

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.919
 in John 10,

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.759
 I give them

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.500
 eternal life

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.159
 and they will

00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:13.019
 never perish

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.439
 and no one

00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:15.379
 will snatch them

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.119
 out of my hand.

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:16.899
 No one.

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:19.240
 Not the most powerful

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.000
 people in the world.

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.279
 Not the most powerful

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.819
 kingdoms

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.960
 of this world.

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.839
 That's Christ's

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.139
 preservation

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:25.879
 of his saints

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:27.339
 and it's Christ's

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.779
 preservation

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.819
 that enables

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:30.539
 the church's

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.079
 proclamation

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.899
 of the gospel

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:33.159
 which is my second point.

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.819
 I already hinted

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.339
 to you earlier

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.279
 that the two witnesses

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.539
 are referenced

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.279
 to the church

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.059
 and I think

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.740
 that's confirmed

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.619
 by verse 4

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:41.059
 the two olive trees

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.439
 they're called

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:42.459
 the two olive trees

00:26:42.459 --> 00:26:44.339
 and the two lampstands

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.240
 that stand before

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.039
 the Lord of the earth.

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.919
 Those are both

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.779
 metaphorical

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.099
 and that shows

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.959
 that John is thinking

00:26:50.959 --> 00:26:51.939
 figuratively here.

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.439
 Both of the images

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.359
 of olive trees

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.199
 and lampstands

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:56.659
 come from Zechariah 4.

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:58.060
 There an angel

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:59.360
 shows Zechariah

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.000
 a vision

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.300
 of the golden lampstand

00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:02.480
 which has seven lamps

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.820
 on it

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.640
 with seven lips

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.480
 on each of the lamps

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.540
 and in the vision

00:27:05.540 --> 00:27:06.259
 he also sees

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.519
 two olive trees

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.380
 by it

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:09.279
 one on each side

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.160
 of that lampstand

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.360
 and then the angel

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:13.540
 explains to Zechariah

00:27:13.540 --> 00:27:14.800
 that the seven lights

00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:16.120
 upon the golden lampstand

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.840
 represent the Holy Spirit.

00:27:18.540 --> 00:27:19.080
 The light

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:20.500
 represents the Holy Spirit

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:23.360
 and the presence

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.840
 of God

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.340
 who is with

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:25.160
 the people of God.

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.720
 And then John 4.10

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.840
 is even more specific

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.259
 than that.

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.060
 It speaks of

00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:31.080
 the seven lamps

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:32.259
 represent the seven eyes

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.600
 of God

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.279
 which is the Spirit.

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:35.240
 And then the seven lights

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.200
 of the golden lampstand

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.820
 the lampstand itself

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.500
 represents

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.920
 the people of God

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:41.460
 and the temple of God.

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.540
 And so

00:27:42.540 --> 00:27:43.360
 we see that

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.240
 when Zerubbabel

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.100
 is rebuilding

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.580
 the temple

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.279
 that's recounted

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.560
 in Ezra 4 to 6

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:48.320
 Zerubbabel

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:49.340
 was a descendant

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.779
 of David.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.820
 He was a ruler.

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.820
 He was in the line

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.320
 of kings

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.960
 and he leads

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.919
 the exiles

00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:56.200
 from the Jewish

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.599
 exiles

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.779
 from the Persian

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.659
 exile

00:27:58.659 --> 00:28:00.220
 back to Israel

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.720
 and to start

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.339
 the work

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.960
 on laying

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.559
 the foundations

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:05.000
 for the second temple

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.839
 to rebuild the temple

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.779
 that had been raised.

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 And in Zechariah

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.500
 4.7-9

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:13.359
 God promises

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:14.399
 that not only

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:14.980
 will Zerubbabel

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.899
 lay the foundations

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.240
 for it

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.720
 he will also

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.859
 complete the temple

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.579
 and finish it

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.159
 and that's what

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:20.379
 the lampstand

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.080
 represents

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:21.940
 because the lampstand

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.820
 sits in the temple

00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:23.280
 of God.

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:25.440
 And Zerubbabel

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:27.740
 oh and in that context

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.200
 also

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.560
 not only in Ezekiel

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:30.140
 40 to 48

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.740
 but Zechariah

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.600
 also measures

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.220
 out the temple

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:34.200
 as it's being

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.320
 an angel

00:28:35.320 --> 00:28:35.880
 measures out

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:37.080
 Jerusalem

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.520
 rather

00:28:37.520 --> 00:28:38.000
 in which

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.440
 the temple

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.920
 will be built.

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.580
 So if you've been

00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:41.040
 with us

00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:41.640
 through this

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.420
 Revelation series

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:42.820
 you know

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.640
 from chapter 1

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.560
 that John

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.340
 saw a vision

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:46.300
 of seven golden

00:28:46.300 --> 00:28:47.080
 lampstands

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:48.020
 and John

00:28:48.020 --> 00:28:48.580
 told us

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:49.200
 explicitly

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.000
 in verse 20

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.559
 of chapter 1

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.120
 that the seven

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.819
 lampstands

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.660
 are the seven

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.180
 churches

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.380
 that Jesus

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.019
 addresses in

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.500
 chapters 2

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.819
 and 3.

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.819
 So the lampstands

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.960
 represent the church

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.840
 the temple

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.759
 represents the church

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.299
 they're all

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.140
 talking about

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.720
 the church

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.200
 of Christ.

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.779
 Then why are there

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:06.140
 only two lampstands

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.740
 here instead of

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.120
 seven

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:08.380
 like in chapters

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.500
 1 to 3

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:11.200
 because John

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.700
 is trying to

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.819
 emphasize the idea

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:14.080
 of two witnesses.

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.680
 The Old Testament

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.720
 law requires

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.819
 at least two

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.299
 witnesses

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.200
 as a basis

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.980
 for establishing

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.879
 a legal charge

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.700
 against somebody.

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.079
 And this gets

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.639
 carried over

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.500
 into the New Testament

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.139
 as well.

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.940
 That's why

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:27.419
 in 1 Timothy 5

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:28.919
 when church members

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:30.000
 bring a charge

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.919
 against an elder

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:32.259
 it says to not

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.119
 admit a charge

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.779
 against an elder

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.700
 unless it's by

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.240
 the testimony

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.139
 of two or three

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.819
 witnesses.

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.059
 That's why

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.039
 in Matthew 18

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:41.220
 when a brother

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.619
 or sister

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.659
 sin against you

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.500
 and then you

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.480
 confront that brother

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:46.960
 and call him

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.440
 to repentance

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.259
 but he refuses

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.860
 to repent

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.559
 then you're

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.400
 supposed to bring

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.579
 two or three

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.360
 others along

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.960
 with you

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.860
 because they're

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.380
 witnesses

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.440
 to establish

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.860
 the fact

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.519
 that this person

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.019
 really is

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.860
 unrepentant.

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.660
 And when

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.500
 the church

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.259
 when that

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.160
 goes to its

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.779
 logical end

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.360
 and the sinner

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:05.259
 refuses to repent

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.980
 even after being

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.720
 confronted by

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.299
 two or three

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:09.039
 and then is

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.539
 confronted by

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.259
 the whole church

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.059
 and still refuses

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.660
 to repent

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.880
 then the church

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.860
 the gathered church

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:15.000
 is supposed to

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.740
 disfellowship

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.300
 from that person

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:16.860
 declare that

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.259
 that person

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.279
 is an unbeliever

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.640
 and that's supposed

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.180
 to happen

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.019
 according to

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.920
 Matthew 18 20

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:23.420
 on the authority

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.900
 of the church

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:25.080
 for where two

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.759
 or three

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.600
 are gathered

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.240
 in my name

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.980
 there am I

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.620
 among them.

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.000
 Again

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.080
 it's going back

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.680
 to that idea

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.440
 of requirement

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.940
 for two witnesses.

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.420
 This is why

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:35.140
 in Luke 10

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.000
 when Jesus

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.680
 sends out

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.540
 his 72

00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:38.480
 disciples

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.540
 to go to

00:30:39.540 --> 00:30:40.040
 the towns

00:30:40.040 --> 00:30:40.580
 ahead of him

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.120
 to proclaim

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.739
 the gospel

00:30:41.739 --> 00:30:42.839
 he sends them

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.579
 out two

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.399
 by two

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:45.859
 because it's

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.559
 by their

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.099
 testimony

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.539
 it will be

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.019
 established

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.759
 that some

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.039
 who have

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.019
 rejected Christ

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.500
 and therefore

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.119
 are liable

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:52.539
 to God's

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.919
 judgment.

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.579
 This is why

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.699
 in John's vision

00:30:55.699 --> 00:30:56.139
 there are two

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.539
 witnesses

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.500
 and there are

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.579
 two lampstands

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.199
 to represent

00:30:59.199 --> 00:30:59.839
 the church.

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.339
 If there were

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.239
 seven lampstands

00:31:02.239 --> 00:31:02.619
 here I think

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.199
 we would easily

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:04.059
 misunderstand it

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.399
 and think

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:04.699
 that it's

00:31:04.699 --> 00:31:05.479
 referring to

00:31:05.479 --> 00:31:06.039
 the seven

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.399
 churches

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:06.759
 mentioned

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.179
 in chapters

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.579
 two and

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:07.819
 three

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.839
 but instead

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.519
 to tell us

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.759
 that it's

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.239
 referring to

00:31:10.239 --> 00:31:10.559
 the whole

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.039
 church

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:12.039
 throughout

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.460
 the church

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.859
 age

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.319
 there's

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.940
 only two

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:15.019
 lampstands

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.559
 here

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.779
 and so

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.119
 it's the

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.519
 witnessing

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.019
 church

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.619
 collectively

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.879
 that's why

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.259
 the two

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.579
 witnesses

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.180
 are described

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.960
 as standing

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.700
 before the

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.220
 Lord of the

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.480
 earth

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.920
 in verse

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.339
 four

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:25.000
 they are

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.480
 standing

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.799
 in the

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.259
 divine

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.039
 courtroom

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:28.000
 to bear

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.779
 testimony

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:31.899
 for Jesus

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.539
 bearing witness

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.240
 to Jesus

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:34.039
 but also

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.680
 bearing testimony

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.279
 against those

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.740
 nations who

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.819
 reject Jesus

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.939
 and that's

00:31:37.939 --> 00:31:38.339
 why they're

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.939
 clothed in

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:39.720
 sackcloth

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.159
 in verse

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:40.500
 three

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.720
 sackcloth

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.079
 is the

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.579
 garb of

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.059
 mourning

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:45.500
 the church

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.200
 mourns

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.059
 as we bear

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.720
 witness to

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.200
 the world

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.779
 because of

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.299
 their stubborn

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.159
 resistance to

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:50.659
 the gospel

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.879
 and because we

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.819
 know that God's

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.639
 terrible judgment

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.700
 is coming upon

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.619
 the world

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.899
 and remember

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.439
 where we are

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:57.839
 in the book

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.539
 of Revelation

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.379
 we are in the

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:00.039
 intermission

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.679
 between the

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.159
 second and

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:01.720
 third woes

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.579
 intermission

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.240
 between the

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.960
 sixth trumpet

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.779
 and the

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.680
 seventh trumpet

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.279
 judgment

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.700
 we're immediately

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.500
 before the

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.779
 final climactic

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.640
 judgment of God

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.299
 in the seventh

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.900
 trumpet

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:13.840
 and we

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:15.480
 because we know

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.340
 that as we

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:16.940
 bear witness

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:18.319
 and because the

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.840
 church knows

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.480
 what is coming

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.680
 we mourn

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.180
 as we bear

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.700
 witness to the

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:21.980
 world

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:23.680
 Charles Spurgeon

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:25.160
 once lamented

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.940
 the fact that

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:27.200
 there's so little

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.640
 mourning within

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.140
 the church

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.720
 and he says

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.140
 this

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.460
 beloved

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:33.400
 souls may be

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:33.799
 damned

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:35.480
 yet how few

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.019
 of you care

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.559
 about them

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.319
 sinners may

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.139
 sink into the

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:40.220
 gulf of perdition

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.419
 yet how few

00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:42.399
 tears are shed

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:42.919
 over them

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:44.859
 the whole world

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.519
 may be swept

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.299
 away by a

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.000
 torrent down

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.740
 the precipice

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.659
 of woe

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.720
 yet how few

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.559
 really cried

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.019
 to God

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.839
 on its behalf

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:53.240
 how few

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.940
 men say

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.379
 oh

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.119
 that my

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.559
 head

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.319
 were waters

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.919
 and mine

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.559
 eyes a

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.159
 fountain of

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.500
 tears

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.220
 that I may

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.980
 weep day

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.500
 and night

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.859
 for the

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.440
 slain of

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.899
 the daughter

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.240
 of my

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.619
 people

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:04.699
 we do

00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:04.919
 not

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.259
 lament

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.919
 before God

00:33:05.919 --> 00:33:06.479
 the loss

00:33:06.479 --> 00:33:07.079
 of men's

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.479
 souls

00:33:07.479 --> 00:33:08.459
 as it

00:33:08.459 --> 00:33:09.139
 well becomes

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:09.639
 Christians

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.019
 to do

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:12.919
 if we do

00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.599
 not weep

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.159
 if we do

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.899
 not mourn

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:17.419
 if we do

00:33:17.419 --> 00:33:17.799
 not bear

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.459
 witness with

00:33:18.459 --> 00:33:19.159
 sackcloth

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.419
 on

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:20.419
 it's because

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:21.159
 we do

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:21.799
 not understand

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.279
 the gospel

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.879
 well enough

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:24.819
 it's because

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.599
 we don't

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.839
 truly grasp

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.799
 what is

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.500
 at stake

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:31.579
 what about

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.019
 the two

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.880
 olive trees

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.660
 going back

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.160
 to Zechariah

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:35.099
 4 14

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.900
 an angel

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.539
 explains to

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.019
 Zechariah

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.339
 that the

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.819
 olive trees

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.720
 represent two

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.859
 anointed ones

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.579
 who stand by

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.099
 the lord of

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.460
 the whole

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.220
 earth

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.099
 the two

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:44.019
 anointed ones

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.019
 in Zechariah's

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.039
 days were

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:47.140
 the high priest

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:48.119
 and the

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.400
 governor

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.880
 the ruler

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.859
 the ruler

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.299
 is Rebabel

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.160
 and Joshua

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:52.740
 the high priest

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.740
 so a king

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.680
 and a priest

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.900
 are the two

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.599
 olive trees

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.179
 and they

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:57.579
 were meant

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.119
 to be

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.899
 like olive

00:33:58.899 --> 00:33:59.139
 trees

00:33:59.139 --> 00:34:00.039
 supplying olive

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.419
 oil

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:01.399
 so that it

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.859
 doesn't run

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.079
 out

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.539
 so that the

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.519
 lamp stand

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.899
 of God

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.359
 the church

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:05.139
 or the people

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.539
 of God

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.179
 can continue

00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:06.740
 to shine

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.139
 the light

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.519
 of God

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.579
 and be

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:10.679
 accompanied

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.940
 and dwelled

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.460
 by the Holy

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.159
 Spirit of God

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.599
 and so

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:15.420
 and so if the

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.139
 olive trees

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.339
 are Joshua

00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:17.960
 and Zerubbabel

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.980
 in Zechariah

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.440
 that raises

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:19.900
 the question

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.539
 of why

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.039
 they can't

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.299
 be two

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.880
 individuals

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.739
 here

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:24.059
 in Revelation

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.219
 maybe there

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.599
 will be a

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.000
 king and a

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.259
 priest

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.540
 that will

00:34:26.540 --> 00:34:27.200
 come later

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:28.240
 well that's

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.660
 because of

00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:28.960
 what we've

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.720
 seen so far

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.220
 about the

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.780
 two witnesses

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.160
 and the

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:32.000
 two lampstands

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.400
 and temple

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.760
 of God

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.300
 they all

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.440
 represent the

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.100
 church of God

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:36.160
 but also

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:37.220
 because Jesus

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:37.840
 Christ has

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.420
 already come

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.540
 and Jesus

00:34:39.540 --> 00:34:40.580
 is the

00:34:40.580 --> 00:34:41.180
 ultimate

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.800
 high priest

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.540
 and Jesus

00:34:42.540 --> 00:34:43.360
 is the

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:44.000
 ultimate

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.720
 Davidic

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.160
 king

00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:45.560
 that is

00:34:45.560 --> 00:34:45.960
 to come

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:47.480
 this was

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.020
 this was

00:34:48.020 --> 00:34:48.840
 and because

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.360
 of what

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.800
 Jesus has

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.120
 done

00:34:50.120 --> 00:34:51.100
 we were

00:34:51.100 --> 00:34:51.320
 told

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.600
 we were

00:34:51.600 --> 00:34:52.100
 told in

00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:52.440
 Revelation

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.100
 1 6

00:34:53.100 --> 00:34:53.580
 and 5

00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:53.960
 10

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.140
 that all

00:34:55.140 --> 00:34:55.580
 of God's

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.199
 people have

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.920
 been made

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.299
 have been

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.980
 turned into

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.719
 a kingdom

00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:00.000
 and priests

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.759
 to God

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:02.440
 so no longer

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.059
 do we need

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.739
 priests as

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.420
 mediators for

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.719
 us

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.739
 we ourselves

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:06.840
 are a priesthood

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.259
 of God

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.819
 and we

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.319
 ourselves

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:08.900
 are a

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.440
 kingdom of

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.739
 God

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.659
 because Jesus

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.679
 Christ has

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.159
 come and

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.739
 fulfilled

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.519
 what the

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.239
 priesthood was

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.779
 meant to be

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.460
 by making

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.139
 that once for

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.799
 all sacrifice

00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:17.360
 and by

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.159
 occupying the

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.279
 priestly order

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.120
 of Melchizedek

00:35:20.120 --> 00:35:20.540
 forever

00:35:20.540 --> 00:35:21.880
 as Hebrews

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.780
 7 talks

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.040
 about

00:35:23.040 --> 00:35:23.820
 and also

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.580
 coming as

00:35:24.580 --> 00:35:25.140
 the son

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:25.720
 of David

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.519
 the ultimate

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.280
 king

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:28.640
 who establishes

00:35:28.640 --> 00:35:29.040
 the kingdom

00:35:29.040 --> 00:35:29.600
 of God

00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:30.080
 the king

00:35:30.080 --> 00:35:30.780
 forever

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.540
 that was

00:35:31.540 --> 00:35:32.240
 prophesied

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.860
 of in

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.380
 first

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.940
 in first

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.380
 Samuel

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:39.760
 or second

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.380
 Samuel 7

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.660
 sorry

00:35:40.660 --> 00:35:42.400
 and so

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.920
 because

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.660
 Jesus has

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:43.940
 come

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.360
 I don't

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.860
 think it's

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.240
 right for

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.519
 us to

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.960
 expect

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.340
 another

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.900
 king to

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.160
 come

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:48.039
 or another

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.659
 priest to

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:48.879
 come

00:35:48.879 --> 00:35:49.279
 at the

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.559
 end

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.960
 of the

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.279
 age

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:51.500
 and so

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.799
 I think

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.299
 it's referring

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:53.099
 again to

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.659
 the church

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.399
 being the

00:35:54.399 --> 00:35:54.879
 priesthood

00:35:54.879 --> 00:35:56.299
 and a

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.599
 kingdom

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.579
 forever

00:35:57.579 --> 00:36:00.480
 and now

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.460
 the two

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.019
 witnesses are

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.539
 not the two

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.940
 individual

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.559
 witnesses that

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.019
 will arise

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.299
 in some

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:04.920
 future time

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.960
 but they do

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.599
 represent

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.719
 the church

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.399
 however

00:36:08.399 --> 00:36:09.099
 there are

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.480
 two

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:10.239
 individuals

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.980
 that

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.679
 are

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.139
 witnessed

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.799
 the church's

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.159
 prophetic

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.559
 witness

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.239
 is supposed

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.559
 to be

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.059
 patterned

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.359
 after

00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:16.619
 and that's

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.000
 Moses

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.619
 and Elijah

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:19.559
 there are

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.860
 numerous

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.420
 allusions to

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.739
 them in

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.260
 this passage

00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:22.320
 verse 5

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:22.619
 says that

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.460
 if anyone

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.079
 would harm

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.420
 them

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.179
 the church

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.460
 the two

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.800
 witnesses

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.880
 fire pours

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.179
 from their

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.599
 mouth and

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.019
 consumes

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.639
 their foes

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.619
 if anyone

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.039
 would harm

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.420
 them this

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.800
 is how

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.239
 he is

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.639
 doomed

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.019
 to be

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.320
 killed

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.519
 in 2nd

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.139
 Kings 1

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:35.099
 fire literally

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.820
 comes down

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.300
 from heaven

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:36.820
 to consume

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.400
 the soldiers

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:37.860
 that King

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.800
 Ahaziah sends

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.820
 to arrest

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.900
 Elijah

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:42.559
 and

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:44.360
 Elijah is

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.800
 also the

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.300
 same prophet

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.219
 who shuts

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.800
 the sky

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.580
 so that

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:47.860
 there is

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.640
 no rain

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.300
 causing

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.680
 famine

00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:50.019
 to come

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.700
 upon the

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:50.880
 land

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.100
 during

00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:51.700
 Ahab's

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.180
 rain

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:53.100
 and

00:36:53.100 --> 00:36:53.580
 interestingly

00:36:53.580 --> 00:36:54.060
 enough

00:36:54.060 --> 00:36:54.740
 Luke 4

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.260
 25

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:55.760
 and James

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.340
 5 17

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.880
 tell us

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.400
 that Elijah

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.460
 shut the sky

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.580
 and stopped

00:36:59.580 --> 00:37:00.100
 the rain

00:37:00.100 --> 00:37:01.539
 for how long

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:04.519
 three years

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.640
 and six months

00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:06.800
 right

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.580
 time times

00:37:07.580 --> 00:37:08.220
 and half a time

00:37:08.220 --> 00:37:10.320
 42 months

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:12.160
 1260 days

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:13.259
 so similarly

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:14.679
 verse 6

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.139
 says that

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.480
 these two

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.759
 witnesses

00:37:15.759 --> 00:37:16.299
 have power

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.659
 over the

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:16.980
 waters

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.399
 to turn

00:37:17.399 --> 00:37:17.879
 them into

00:37:17.879 --> 00:37:18.299
 blood

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:18.920
 and to

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.159
 strike

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.559
 the earth

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.019
 with every

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.319
 kind of

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:20.559
 plague

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.019
 as often

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.359
 as they

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:21.779
 desire

00:37:21.779 --> 00:37:22.379
 that's

00:37:22.379 --> 00:37:22.559
 an

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.179
 unmistakable

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:24.420
 reference

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.000
 to Moses

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:26.119
 who turns

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.480
 the water

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.980
 into blood

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.460
 as the

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.219
 first plague

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.759
 that God

00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:29.440
 brings upon

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.940
 Egypt

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:31.619
 and the

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.059
 phrase

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.819
 striking the

00:37:32.819 --> 00:37:33.059
 earth

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.679
 with every

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.259
 kind of

00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:34.699
 plague

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.379
 is a

00:37:35.379 --> 00:37:35.960
 summary

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.819
 statement

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.299
 that comes

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:37.779
 from 1

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.440
 Samuel 4

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.639
 8

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.579
 describing all

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.079
 the Exodus

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.699
 plagues

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.899
 in Egypt

00:37:41.899 --> 00:37:42.879
 so both

00:37:42.879 --> 00:37:43.279
 of these

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:43.819
 witnesses

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.699
 are patterned

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.639
 after Elijah

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:47.299
 and Moses

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:49.019
 and Moses

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.480
 of course

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.079
 is also the

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.799
 one who led

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:51.719
 Israelites out

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.039
 into the

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.299
 wilderness

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:53.119
 out of Egypt

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.439
 and if you

00:37:54.439 --> 00:37:54.719
 look at

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.559
 Numbers 33

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.659
 which recounts

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.439
 Israel's journey

00:37:57.439 --> 00:37:57.859
 through the

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.179
 wilderness

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:59.799
 they had

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.439
 exactly

00:38:00.439 --> 00:38:02.239
 42 encampments

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:03.679
 they had

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.699
 42 stops

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.079
 on their

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.379
 journey

00:38:05.379 --> 00:38:05.919
 which also

00:38:05.919 --> 00:38:06.419
 matches the

00:38:06.419 --> 00:38:07.259
 42 months

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:08.419
 that are

00:38:08.419 --> 00:38:09.039
 in view

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.719
 here

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:12.339
 so 42

00:38:12.339 --> 00:38:13.159
 is a

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.639
 significant

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.039
 number

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.459
 even if

00:38:14.459 --> 00:38:14.899
 it's not

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:15.459
 doesn't

00:38:15.459 --> 00:38:15.939
 answer the

00:38:15.939 --> 00:38:16.239
 ultimate

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.759
 question of

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:17.059
 life

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.679
 the universe

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.159
 and everything

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:19.159
 now

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.079
 why should

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.719
 the church's

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.319
 witness

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:22.879
 be patterned

00:38:22.879 --> 00:38:23.319
 after the

00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:23.839
 ministry of

00:38:23.839 --> 00:38:24.299
 Moses and

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:24.679
 Elijah

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:26.839
 they're the

00:38:26.839 --> 00:38:27.339
 two men

00:38:27.339 --> 00:38:28.079
 who appear

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:29.079
 with Jesus

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.679
 at his

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.539
 transfiguration

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.379
 to bear

00:38:31.379 --> 00:38:32.119
 witness to

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.779
 who Jesus

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:33.159
 is

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:33.519
 that he

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.139
 really is

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.500
 the son

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.879
 of God

00:38:34.879 --> 00:38:35.679
 and that's

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.179
 what we're

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.679
 supposed to

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:36.959
 do as

00:38:36.959 --> 00:38:37.419
 the church

00:38:37.419 --> 00:38:38.980
 but even

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.319
 more than

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:39.559
 that

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:39.840
 there's

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.080
 more

00:38:40.080 --> 00:38:40.500
 also

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.920
 Moses

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.120
 and

00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:41.600
 Elijah

00:38:41.600 --> 00:38:42.100
 both

00:38:42.100 --> 00:38:42.880
 ministered

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.160
 at a

00:38:43.160 --> 00:38:43.620
 time of

00:38:43.620 --> 00:38:44.000
 great

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.820
 conflict

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.700
 and great

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.559
 confrontation

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.420
 and opposition

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:48.000
 from the

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.700
 wicked kings

00:38:48.700 --> 00:38:49.500
 and kingdoms

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.240
 of this

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.660
 world

00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:52.000
 for

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.720
 for

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.980
 for

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.340
 Elijah

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.700
 it was

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:54.920
 King

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.320
 Ahab

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:56.720
 in Israel

00:38:56.720 --> 00:38:57.720
 and for

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:58.120
 Moses

00:38:58.120 --> 00:38:58.640
 it was

00:38:58.640 --> 00:38:59.019
 Pharaoh

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.900
 in Egypt

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:01.559
 and that's

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.280
 the context

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.780
 in which

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.240
 the first

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:03.600
 century

00:39:03.600 --> 00:39:04.039
 believers

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.740
 at the

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.000
 time

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.500
 Revelation

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.039
 was written

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.980
 are in

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.980
 they're being

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.640
 persecuted

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:09.980
 they're being

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.440
 oppressed

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:10.879
 by the

00:39:10.879 --> 00:39:11.159
 rulers

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.480
 and the

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.779
 kingdoms

00:39:11.779 --> 00:39:12.339
 around

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:12.659
 them

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.400
 and

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.879
 that

00:39:13.879 --> 00:39:14.460
 kind

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.579
 of

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.059
 situation

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.639
 is still

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:15.859
 the

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:16.659
 majority

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.259
 context

00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:17.719
 for

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.179
 the

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.460
 global

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.859
 church

00:39:18.859 --> 00:39:19.659
 we

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.279
 enjoy

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:20.920
 unprecedented

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.599
 freedoms

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:21.980
 here

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.299
 and unparalleled

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:23.679
 freedoms

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.159
 here really

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.639
 compared to

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:24.879
 the rest

00:39:24.879 --> 00:39:25.099
 of the

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.359
 world

00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:26.460
 but in

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.219
 many parts

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.440
 of the

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:27.659
 world

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.519
 this is

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.039
 the condition

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.839
 of believers

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:30.639
 facing

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.179
 opposition

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.859
 and

00:39:31.859 --> 00:39:32.460
 persecution

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.460
 and so

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.759
 we are

00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.359
 supposed to

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:34.699
 minister

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.099
 like

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.579
 Moses

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.199
 and Elijah

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.779
 who with

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.199
 courage

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:38.039
 and faith

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.799
 stood up

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.339
 against those

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:39.679
 powers

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.000
 and bore

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.399
 witness

00:39:40.399 --> 00:39:41.460
 to Jesus

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.719
 despite

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.519
 intense

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.139
 persecution

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:44.679
 from

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.939
 the beast

00:39:45.939 --> 00:39:47.059
 from satanic

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.599
 forces

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.399
 were to

00:39:48.399 --> 00:39:48.899
 bear witness

00:39:48.899 --> 00:39:49.419
 to Jesus

00:39:49.419 --> 00:39:50.639
 who preserves

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.059
 us

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:52.739
 now does

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:53.159
 that mean

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.539
 if we're

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.919
 supposed to

00:39:53.919 --> 00:39:54.199
 be like

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.779
 Elijah and

00:39:54.779 --> 00:39:55.059
 Moses

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.980
 we should

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.259
 literally

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.939
 call down

00:39:56.939 --> 00:39:57.859
 fire from

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:58.179
 heaven

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.779
 upon

00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.500
 non-Christians

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.039
 who reject

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.480
 the gospel

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:02.539
 I don't

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.000
 think so

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:04.519
 because in

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.380
 Luke 9

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:06.159
 51

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:06.980
 56

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.820
 Jesus

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.420
 disciples

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:08.860
 actually

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.380
 ask him

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.880
 that exact

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.340
 question

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.199
 right

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:12.059
 they go

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.300
 to a

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:12.559
 town

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:12.719
 of

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:13.059
 Samaria

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.300
 they

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:13.679
 proclaim

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:13.860
 the

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.199
 gospel

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:14.460
 the

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.699
 town

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.219
 rejects

00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:15.340
 the

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.719
 gospel

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.340
 and

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:16.440
 then

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.559
 the

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:16.860
 disciples

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.239
 are like

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:18.039
 Jesus

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.300
 this

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.559
 isn't

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:18.840
 right

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.360
 you're

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.480
 the

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.119
 Lord

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:20.320
 you're

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:20.420
 the

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.579
 son

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:20.719
 of

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.039
 God

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:22.159
 come

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.340
 on

00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:22.659
 you

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:22.800
 want

00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:22.880
 me

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.019
 to

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.179
 call

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.300
 down

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:23.480
 some

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.739
 fire

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:23.940
 from

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.159
 heaven

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.559
 upon

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:24.920
 judgment

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.139
 and

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.280
 then

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:25.539
 Jesus

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:25.900
 just

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.360
 rebukes

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.559
 them

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.219
 and

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:27.340
 then

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.460
 he

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:27.719
 moves

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:27.880
 on

00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:27.980
 to

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.079
 the

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.299
 next

00:40:28.299 --> 00:40:28.579
 town

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.440
 and

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:29.679
 so

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:29.960
 I

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.139
 don't

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.480
 think

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.079
 that's

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.819
 what

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:31.980
 we're

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.299
 supposed

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:32.519
 to

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:32.779
 do

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:34.360
 and

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:35.039
 I

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.239
 think

00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:35.559
 that's

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:35.819
 confirmed

00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:36.119
 by the

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.299
 fact

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:36.420
 that

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:36.539
 in

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:36.699
 verse

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.079
 5

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.799
 it

00:40:37.799 --> 00:40:37.960
 says

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.099
 if

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.380
 anyone

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.579
 would

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:38.900
 harm

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.219
 them

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:40.579
 this

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.779
 is

00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:41.159
 how

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.420
 he

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.639
 is

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.219
 doomed

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:42.799
 to

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:42.980
 be

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.299
 killed

00:40:43.299 --> 00:40:44.840
 I

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.019
 don't

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.239
 think

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:45.420
 this

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.559
 is

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.880
 talking

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.239
 about

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.799
 fire

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.219
 immediately

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.599
 coming

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:47.860
 out

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.099
 from

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.299
 the

00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:48.599
 mouth

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:48.980
 of

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.819
 Christians

00:40:49.819 --> 00:40:50.619
 and

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:50.940
 killing

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.279
 people

00:40:51.279 --> 00:40:51.420
 who

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:51.639
 reject

00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:51.799
 the

00:40:51.799 --> 00:40:52.079
 gospel

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:52.299
 I

00:40:52.299 --> 00:40:52.500
 think

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:52.900
 it's

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.219
 rather

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.519
 a

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.340
 pronouncement

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:54.519
 of

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:55.039
 judgment

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:56.259
 that's

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:56.460
 how

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:56.699
 he

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:56.900
 is

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.420
 doomed

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.699
 to

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:57.900
 be

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.179
 killed

00:40:58.179 --> 00:40:58.480
 because

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:58.719
 of

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:58.840
 his

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.199
 rejection

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.400
 of

00:40:59.400 --> 00:40:59.500
 the

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.779
 gospel

00:40:59.779 --> 00:40:59.940
 and

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.039
 the

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:00.380
 persecution

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:00.679
 of

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:00.820
 the

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:01.099
 saints

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.880
 and

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:01.980
 I

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.079
 think

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.239
 this

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:02.380
 is

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:02.699
 confirmed

00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:02.960
 by the

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.119
 fact

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.239
 that

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.360
 the

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.639
 fire

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:03.920
 doesn't

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.119
 come

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.300
 down

00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:04.519
 from

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.840
 heaven

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.119
 like

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.239
 in

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:05.739
 Elijah's

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:05.940
 day

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.519
 but

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:06.779
 rather

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.000
 it

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.219
 says

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:07.400
 it

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:08.460
 pours

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:08.860
 from

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.119
 the

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.719
 mouth

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.420
 of

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.539
 the

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:10.920
 witnesses

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.880
 that

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:12.400
 symbolic

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.940
 language

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.239
 much

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:13.599
 like

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:14.259
 Jesus

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:14.639
 how

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:14.860
 he

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:14.980
 is

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.440
 described

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:15.840
 in

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.219
 Revelation

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:16.659
 1

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:17.079
 16

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.340
 2

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.779
 16

00:41:17.779 --> 00:41:17.980
 and

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.320
 19

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.659
 15

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.539
 as

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.099
 having

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.599
 a

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:20.920
 double

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.179
 edged

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:21.639
 sword

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:21.819
 a

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:22.079
 sharp

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.480
 sword

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:22.879
 coming

00:41:22.879 --> 00:41:23.259
 out

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:23.379
 of

00:41:23.379 --> 00:41:23.539
 his

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.879
 mouth

00:41:23.879 --> 00:41:24.399
 and

00:41:24.399 --> 00:41:24.599
 that

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.119
 represents

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.379
 the

00:41:25.379 --> 00:41:25.739
 word

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:25.940
 of

00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:26.179
 God

00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:26.440
 which

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:27.039
 is

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.319
 a

00:41:27.319 --> 00:41:27.539
 living

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:27.759
 and

00:41:27.759 --> 00:41:28.199
 active

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.399
 and

00:41:28.399 --> 00:41:28.500
 a

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.639
 two

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:28.799
 edged

00:41:28.799 --> 00:41:29.059
 sword

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.299
 that

00:41:29.299 --> 00:41:30.159
 pierces

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:30.339
 the

00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:30.679
 division

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:30.859
 of

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.139
 soul

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:31.339
 and

00:41:31.339 --> 00:41:31.719
 spirit

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:31.879
 it

00:41:31.879 --> 00:41:32.000
 says

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.139
 in

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.359
 Hebrews

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:32.679
 4

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:33.059
 12

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.940
 and

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.199
 so

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.819
 when

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:35.759
 prophet

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:36.199
 and

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.500
 so

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.699
 this

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:36.879
 is

00:41:36.879 --> 00:41:37.159
 not

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:37.539
 referring

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.920
 to

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.619
 fire

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:38.940
 but

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.139
 the

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:39.460
 fire

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:39.659
 of

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:40.059
 God's

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.460
 word

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.699
 and

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:40.879
 the

00:41:40.879 --> 00:41:41.319
 judgment

00:41:41.319 --> 00:41:42.000
 that

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.359
 comes

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:42.659
 from

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:42.839
 their

00:41:42.839 --> 00:41:43.099
 mouth

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.519
 because

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:43.880
 those

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.119
 people

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.460
 reject

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:44.619
 the

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:44.940
 gospel

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.500
 and

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:45.819
 that

00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:46.579
 foretells

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.779
 that

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.380
 they

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:47.519
 are

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.019
 doomed

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.480
 to

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.719
 be

00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:49.019
 judged

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.179
 in

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.319
 that

00:41:49.319 --> 00:41:49.599
 way

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.179
 by

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:50.739
 fire

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:51.259
 in

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:51.440
 the

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:51.940
 judgment

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.159
 to

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:52.380
 come

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:53.619
 I

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:53.839
 think

00:41:53.839 --> 00:41:54.259
 it's

00:41:54.259 --> 00:41:54.659
 confirmed

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:54.880
 in

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.139
 Jeremiah

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.500
 5

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:55.860
 14

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.380
 when

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:57.039
 God

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.299
 says

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:57.440
 to

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:57.559
 the

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:57.880
 prophet

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:58.739
 behold

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.059
 I

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.239
 am

00:41:59.239 --> 00:41:59.559
 making

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.940
 my

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.559
 words

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.860
 in

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.119
 your

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:01.539
 mouth

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:01.860
 of

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:02.380
 fire

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.559
 and

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:03.719
 this

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:04.079
 people

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.519
 would

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:05.239
 and

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.400
 the

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.679
 fire

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:05.980
 shall

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.500
 consume

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.739
 them

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.539
 again

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:07.779
 it's

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:07.960
 the

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.339
 word

00:42:08.339 --> 00:42:08.559
 of

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:08.759
 God

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:08.920
 that

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:09.039
 is

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.460
 fire

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.659
 that

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:10.059
 proceeds

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.259
 from

00:42:10.259 --> 00:42:10.400
 the

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:10.659
 mouth

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.239
 of

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.380
 the

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:11.719
 prophet

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:12.139
 and

00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:12.739
 pronouncing

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.340
 God's

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:13.699
 judgment

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.400
 over

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:14.679
 them

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:16.440
 and

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:16.559
 I

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:16.679
 think

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:16.840
 this

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:16.960
 is

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.139
 also

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.480
 referring

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.619
 to

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:17.759
 the

00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:18.019
 fact

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.340
 that

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:18.559
 like

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:18.699
 I

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:18.960
 mentioned

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.420
 before

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:21.019
 you

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.299
 needed

00:42:21.299 --> 00:42:21.880
 two

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.599
 witnesses

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:23.820
 in

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.000
 order

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.420
 to

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.420
 prosecute

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:25.679
 someone

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:25.940
 and

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.400
 establish

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.619
 a

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:26.920
 charge

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.219
 against

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.579
 someone

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.480
 and

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:28.840
 Numbers

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:29.380
 35

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:29.639
 30

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:30.039
 says

00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:30.960
 if

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.079
 you

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.460
 translate

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:31.619
 it

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:31.960
 literally

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.579
 it

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:32.759
 says

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:32.960
 a

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.320
 murderer

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:33.639
 shall

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:33.799
 be

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.059
 put

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:34.239
 to

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:34.639
 death

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.079
 on

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.460
 the

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.340
 mouth

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.759
 of

00:42:36.759 --> 00:42:37.039
 two

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.500
 witnesses

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:38.940
 basically

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.539
 based

00:42:39.539 --> 00:42:39.699
 on

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.420
 testimony

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:40.759
 of

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:41.079
 two

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:41.579
 witnesses

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:42.579
 and

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:42.759
 so

00:42:42.759 --> 00:42:43.019
 when

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.259
 the

00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:43.699
 church

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:44.019
 goes

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.320
 around

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:44.480
 and

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:44.900
 proclaims

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.019
 the

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.340
 gospel

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:45.639
 as

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:45.779
 the

00:42:45.779 --> 00:42:46.079
 two

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.599
 witnesses

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:46.880
 of

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.279
 God

00:42:47.279 --> 00:42:48.239
 and

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:48.500
 when

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:48.900
 people

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.460
 reject

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:49.639
 the

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:49.840
 two

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:50.199
 witnesses

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:50.679
 and

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.139
 deny

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:51.659
 Jesus

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.039
 and

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:52.420
 reject

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:52.599
 the

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.039
 gospel

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:54.360
 it

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:54.579
 is

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:55.420
 based

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:55.880
 on

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.320
 our

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.940
 testimony

00:42:56.940 --> 00:42:57.699
 that

00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:57.960
 they

00:42:57.960 --> 00:42:58.259
 will

00:42:58.259 --> 00:42:58.500
 be

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:58.920
 judged

00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.119
 in

00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.259
 the

00:42:59.259 --> 00:42:59.460
 end

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.759
 by

00:42:59.759 --> 00:43:00.239
 God

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:01.719
 that's

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:01.980
 our

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.559
 function

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:02.920
 our

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.500
 witness

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.019
 is

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.159
 an

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:04.659
 opportunity

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:04.960
 for

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.219
 sinners

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:05.400
 to

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.799
 repent

00:43:05.799 --> 00:43:06.000
 and

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.199
 be

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:06.559
 saved

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.059
 but

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:07.239
 our

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:07.659
 witness

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:08.119
 also

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.360
 is

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:08.480
 a

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:08.840
 testimony

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.400
 against

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:09.720
 those

00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:09.840
 who

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.180
 reject

00:43:10.180 --> 00:43:10.360
 the

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.700
 gospel

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:11.360
 declaring

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:11.519
 that

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:11.680
 they

00:43:11.680 --> 00:43:12.079
 will

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.320
 in

00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:12.420
 the

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:12.600
 end

00:43:12.600 --> 00:43:12.800
 be

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:13.220
 doomed

00:43:13.220 --> 00:43:13.880
 to

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.059
 be

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.460
 judged

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:14.980
 and

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.440
 consumed

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:15.800
 by

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:16.039
 the

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.320
 fire

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:16.460
 of

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.740
 God's

00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:16.920
 word

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.059
 in

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.220
 this

00:43:17.220 --> 00:43:17.440
 way

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:20.920
 this

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:21.059
 is

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.220
 how

00:43:21.220 --> 00:43:22.180
 serious

00:43:22.180 --> 00:43:22.539
 our

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.019
 proclamation

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.360
 of the

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:23.680
 gospel

00:43:23.680 --> 00:43:24.300
 is

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:25.800
 I mean

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.039
 you don't

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.300
 go to

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:26.500
 the

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.820
 court

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.980
 you don't

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.140
 go to

00:43:28.140 --> 00:43:28.280
 the

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:28.620
 courtroom

00:43:28.620 --> 00:43:28.880
 of

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.300
 God

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:30.180
 flippantly

00:43:30.180 --> 00:43:30.440
 and

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:30.860
 casually

00:43:30.860 --> 00:43:31.180
 and

00:43:31.180 --> 00:43:31.519
 just

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:32.260
 say

00:43:32.260 --> 00:43:32.519
 whatever

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:32.740
 you

00:43:32.740 --> 00:43:33.100
 want

00:43:33.100 --> 00:43:34.880
 when

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.059
 we

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:35.240
 bear

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.620
 witness

00:43:35.620 --> 00:43:35.920
 to

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.059
 our

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.500
 unbelieving

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:36.860
 neighbors

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:37.079
 and

00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:37.559
 friends

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:38.320
 and

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:38.660
 family

00:43:38.660 --> 00:43:39.140
 members

00:43:39.140 --> 00:43:40.200
 we

00:43:40.200 --> 00:43:40.380
 are

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:41.080
 solemn

00:43:41.080 --> 00:43:41.660
 witnesses

00:43:41.660 --> 00:43:43.039
 before

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.380
 the

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:43.760
 throne

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:43.980
 and

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.140
 the

00:43:44.140 --> 00:43:44.400
 judgment

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.660
 throne

00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:44.800
 of

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:44.980
 God

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.620
 himself

00:43:45.620 --> 00:43:51.019
 if

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.200
 the

00:43:51.200 --> 00:43:51.640
 fire

00:43:51.640 --> 00:43:52.200
 proceeding

00:43:52.200 --> 00:43:52.420
 from

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.600
 the

00:43:52.600 --> 00:43:53.220
 mouth

00:43:53.220 --> 00:43:53.480
 in

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:53.680
 verse

00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:53.920
 five

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.059
 is

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.460
 figurative

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:54.760
 then

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.019
 verse

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.500
 six

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:55.840
 which

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:56.140
 speaks

00:43:56.140 --> 00:43:56.280
 of

00:43:56.280 --> 00:43:56.400
 the

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:56.760
 church's

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.120
 power

00:43:57.120 --> 00:43:57.280
 to

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.500
 shut

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:57.740
 the

00:43:57.740 --> 00:43:58.100
 sky

00:43:58.100 --> 00:43:58.360
 and

00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:58.480
 the

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:58.640
 power

00:43:58.640 --> 00:43:58.780
 to

00:43:58.780 --> 00:43:58.980
 turn

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.160
 the

00:43:59.160 --> 00:43:59.440
 water

00:43:59.440 --> 00:43:59.559
 into

00:43:59.559 --> 00:43:59.920
 blood

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:00.120
 and

00:44:00.120 --> 00:44:00.340
 strike

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:00.500
 the

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:00.700
 earth

00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:00.880
 with

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:01.100
 every

00:44:01.100 --> 00:44:01.300
 kind

00:44:01.300 --> 00:44:01.380
 of

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:01.660
 plague

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.440
 might

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:02.799
 also

00:44:02.799 --> 00:44:03.219
 be

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:04.119
 figurative

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:06.719
 and

00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:08.099
 I don't

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:08.420
 think

00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:08.899
 in light

00:44:08.899 --> 00:44:09.059
 of

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.579
 how

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:09.980
 Jesus

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:11.179
 lived

00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:11.359
 and

00:44:11.359 --> 00:44:11.679
 what

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:11.819
 he

00:44:11.819 --> 00:44:12.079
 taught

00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:12.259
 us

00:44:12.259 --> 00:44:12.359
 in

00:44:12.359 --> 00:44:12.500
 his

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:12.879
 pattern

00:44:12.879 --> 00:44:13.440
 that

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:13.639
 our

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:14.119
 posture

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:14.440
 should

00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:14.639
 be

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:14.879
 to

00:44:14.879 --> 00:44:15.639
 whenever

00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:16.000
 people

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.339
 reject

00:44:16.339 --> 00:44:16.500
 the

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:16.759
 gospel

00:44:16.759 --> 00:44:17.159
 immediately

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.639
 struck

00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:17.799
 out

00:44:17.799 --> 00:44:17.940
 with

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:18.059
 a

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:18.319
 plague

00:44:18.319 --> 00:44:18.859
 like

00:44:18.859 --> 00:44:19.219
 hey

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:19.480
 you

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:19.759
 reject

00:44:19.759 --> 00:44:19.859
 the

00:44:19.859 --> 00:44:20.000
 gospel

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.239
 here's

00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:20.339
 a

00:44:20.339 --> 00:44:20.519
 plague

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.000
 I

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.119
 don't

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:21.259
 think

00:44:21.259 --> 00:44:21.679
 that's

00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:21.960
 the

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:22.279
 posture

00:44:22.279 --> 00:44:22.460
 that

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:22.559
 is

00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:22.879
 taught

00:44:22.879 --> 00:44:23.599
 in

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:23.960
 scripture

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.799
 however

00:44:24.799 --> 00:44:25.039
 what

00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:25.239
 it

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:25.539
 is

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:25.859
 talking

00:44:25.859 --> 00:44:26.139
 about

00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:26.359
 is

00:44:26.359 --> 00:44:26.719
 that

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:27.819
 we

00:44:27.819 --> 00:44:28.179
 as

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.619
 God's

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.000
 people

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:29.239
 as

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:29.699
 God's

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.179
 authorized

00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:30.859
 witnesses

00:44:30.859 --> 00:44:31.559
 have

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:32.259
 great

00:44:32.259 --> 00:44:33.019
 authority

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.919
 and

00:44:33.919 --> 00:44:34.439
 power

00:44:34.439 --> 00:44:35.139
 as we

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:35.379
 go

00:44:35.379 --> 00:44:37.179
 in

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:37.519
 James

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:37.859
 5

00:44:37.859 --> 00:44:38.299
 16

00:44:38.299 --> 00:44:38.480
 to

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:38.899
 17

00:44:38.899 --> 00:44:39.579
 James

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:39.939
 talks

00:44:39.939 --> 00:44:40.139
 about

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.299
 the

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:40.659
 power

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:40.819
 of

00:44:40.819 --> 00:44:41.159
 prayer

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:41.779
 and

00:44:41.779 --> 00:44:41.899
 as

00:44:41.899 --> 00:44:42.019
 he

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:42.299
 talks

00:44:42.299 --> 00:44:42.539
 about

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:43.019
 how

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:43.459
 prayer

00:44:43.459 --> 00:44:43.559
 of

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:43.659
 a

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:43.919
 righteous

00:44:43.919 --> 00:44:44.179
 man

00:44:44.179 --> 00:44:44.419
 has

00:44:44.419 --> 00:44:44.779
 much

00:44:44.779 --> 00:44:45.139
 power

00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:45.319
 has

00:44:45.319 --> 00:44:45.559
 great

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:46.000
 power

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.579
 he

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:46.959
 uses

00:44:46.959 --> 00:44:47.179
 the

00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:47.599
 example

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:47.779
 of

00:44:47.779 --> 00:44:48.199
 Elijah

00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:48.459
 to

00:44:48.459 --> 00:44:48.719
 prove

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:48.859
 his

00:44:48.859 --> 00:44:49.139
 point

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:49.359
 how

00:44:49.359 --> 00:44:49.559
 he

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:49.919
 shut

00:44:49.919 --> 00:44:50.119
 the

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.419
 sky

00:44:50.419 --> 00:44:50.679
 for

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:50.980
 three

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.199
 and a

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.459
 half

00:44:51.459 --> 00:44:52.119
 years

00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:53.719
 and

00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:53.839
 then

00:44:53.839 --> 00:44:54.000
 he

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.279
 says

00:44:54.279 --> 00:44:54.659
 Elijah

00:44:54.659 --> 00:44:54.879
 was

00:44:54.879 --> 00:44:55.159
 just

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:55.460
 a

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:55.899
 man

00:44:55.899 --> 00:44:57.279
 like

00:44:57.279 --> 00:44:58.059
 all

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.199
 of

00:44:58.199 --> 00:44:58.639
 us

00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:00.579
 we

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:01.159
 have

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:01.659
 the

00:45:01.659 --> 00:45:02.099
 authority

00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:02.299
 of

00:45:02.299 --> 00:45:02.659
 Elijah

00:45:02.659 --> 00:45:03.599
 we

00:45:03.599 --> 00:45:04.179
 have

00:45:04.179 --> 00:45:04.379
 the

00:45:04.379 --> 00:45:04.779
 authority

00:45:04.779 --> 00:45:05.359
 of

00:45:05.359 --> 00:45:05.699
 Moses

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:06.039
 we

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:06.579
 have

00:45:06.579 --> 00:45:07.279
 all

00:45:07.279 --> 00:45:07.779
 authority

00:45:07.779 --> 00:45:08.000
 in

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:08.179
 heaven

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:08.319
 and

00:45:08.319 --> 00:45:08.480
 earth

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:08.839
 because

00:45:08.839 --> 00:45:09.839
 Jesus

00:45:09.839 --> 00:45:10.219
 in

00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:10.480
 his

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:10.739
 great

00:45:10.739 --> 00:45:11.119
 commission

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.539
 told

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:11.819
 us

00:45:11.819 --> 00:45:12.480
 all

00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:12.899
 authority

00:45:12.899 --> 00:45:13.039
 in

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:13.199
 heaven

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:13.339
 and

00:45:13.339 --> 00:45:13.579
 earth

00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:13.779
 has

00:45:13.779 --> 00:45:13.899
 been

00:45:13.899 --> 00:45:14.079
 given

00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:14.319
 to

00:45:14.319 --> 00:45:14.460
 me

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:14.659
 and

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:14.940
 now

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:15.259
 therefore

00:45:15.259 --> 00:45:15.699
 go

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:15.940
 and

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.199
 make

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:16.699
 disciples

00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:16.879
 of

00:45:16.879 --> 00:45:17.019
 all

00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:17.339
 nations

00:45:17.339 --> 00:45:18.539
 so

00:45:18.539 --> 00:45:18.819
 we

00:45:18.819 --> 00:45:19.099
 go

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.480
 with

00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:19.799
 this

00:45:19.799 --> 00:45:20.059
 great

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:20.399
 authority

00:45:20.399 --> 00:45:20.619
 we

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:21.059
 have

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.239
 the

00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:21.619
 power

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:22.259
 to

00:45:22.259 --> 00:45:22.440
 do

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:22.759
 all

00:45:22.759 --> 00:45:22.899
 of

00:45:22.899 --> 00:45:23.179
 these

00:45:23.179 --> 00:45:23.899
 things

00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:25.700
 because

00:45:25.700 --> 00:45:25.960
 there's

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.380
 salvation

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:26.619
 in

00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:26.780
 no

00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:26.960
 one

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.119
 else

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:27.280
 but

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.460
 the

00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:27.800
 name

00:45:27.800 --> 00:45:28.280
 of

00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:28.740
 Jesus

00:45:28.740 --> 00:45:29.380
 Christ

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:30.780
 and

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:30.900
 I

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:31.099
 think

00:45:31.099 --> 00:45:31.440
 so

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:31.680
 as

00:45:31.680 --> 00:45:31.860
 we

00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:32.320
 proclaim

00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:32.480
 the

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:32.780
 gospel

00:45:32.780 --> 00:45:33.019
 we're

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:33.260
 also

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:33.760
 pronouncing

00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:34.119
 God's

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:34.559
 judgment

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:34.880
 for

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.280
 those

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:36.420
 who

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:36.860
 refuse

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:37.019
 the

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:37.380
 gospel

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:38.320
 and

00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:38.579
 I

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:38.740
 think

00:45:38.740 --> 00:45:39.300
 that's

00:45:39.300 --> 00:45:40.420
 paralleled

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:40.680
 these

00:45:40.680 --> 00:45:41.039
 judgments

00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:41.380
 that are

00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:41.800
 in view

00:45:41.800 --> 00:45:42.079
 here

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:42.300
 like

00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:42.480
 the

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.940
 fire

00:45:42.940 --> 00:45:43.360
 that's

00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:43.559
 burning

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:43.720
 up

00:45:43.720 --> 00:45:43.880
 the

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:44.200
 earth

00:45:44.200 --> 00:45:44.700
 water

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:44.900
 being

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:45.099
 turned

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:45.300
 into

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:45.680
 blood

00:45:45.680 --> 00:45:46.380
 and

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:46.980
 the

00:45:46.980 --> 00:45:47.280
 people

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:47.519
 being

00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:48.039
 tormented

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:48.760
 and harmed

00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:49.220
 and some

00:45:49.220 --> 00:45:49.380
 even

00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:49.940
 being killed

00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:50.500
 these

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:51.059
 all have

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:51.480
 parallels

00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:52.099
 in the

00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:54.200
 revelation

00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:55.000
 so I

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:55.139
 think

00:45:55.139 --> 00:45:55.240
 it's

00:45:55.240 --> 00:45:55.460
 pointing

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:55.579
 to

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:55.720
 the

00:45:55.720 --> 00:45:55.900
 fact

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:56.039
 that

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:56.200
 the

00:45:56.200 --> 00:45:56.460
 church

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:56.740
 is

00:45:56.740 --> 00:45:57.039
 given

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:57.260
 that

00:45:57.260 --> 00:45:57.800
 authority

00:45:57.800 --> 00:45:58.619
 so that

00:45:58.619 --> 00:45:59.000
 when

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.500
 people

00:45:59.500 --> 00:45:59.900
 refuse

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:00.360
 and reject

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:00.599
 them

00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:00.840
 the

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:01.139
 judgment

00:46:01.139 --> 00:46:01.539
 of

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:01.800
 God

00:46:01.800 --> 00:46:02.400
 ultimately

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:02.800
 comes

00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:03.280
 upon

00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:03.660
 people

00:46:03.660 --> 00:46:04.000
 who

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.960
 deny

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.300
 them

00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:06.200
 because

00:46:06.200 --> 00:46:06.460
 Luke

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:06.660
 10

00:46:06.660 --> 00:46:07.039
 16

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:07.680
 Jesus

00:46:07.680 --> 00:46:07.940
 says

00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:08.059
 the

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:08.320
 one

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:08.579
 who

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:09.099
 hears

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:09.619
 us

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:10.119
 hears

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:10.519
 Jesus

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:11.660
 and

00:46:11.660 --> 00:46:11.760
 the

00:46:11.760 --> 00:46:11.920
 one

00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:12.059
 who

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:12.579
 rejects

00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:12.940
 us

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.559
 rejects

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:14.039
 Jesus

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:14.720
 and

00:46:14.720 --> 00:46:14.840
 the

00:46:14.840 --> 00:46:15.000
 one

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.160
 who

00:46:15.160 --> 00:46:15.660
 rejects

00:46:15.660 --> 00:46:15.940
 Jesus

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.460
 rejects

00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:16.740
 God

00:46:16.740 --> 00:46:16.920
 the

00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:17.240
 Father

00:46:17.240 --> 00:46:17.559
 who

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:18.019
 sent

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:18.340
 him

00:46:18.340 --> 00:46:19.940
 that's

00:46:19.940 --> 00:46:20.079
 the

00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:20.320
 kind

00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:20.440
 of

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:20.860
 authority

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.619
 for

00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:25.200
 Jesus

00:46:25.200 --> 00:46:25.639
 Christ

00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:25.820
 and

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:25.940
 the

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:26.160
 two

00:46:26.160 --> 00:46:27.059
 lampstands

00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:27.420
 that

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:27.559
 are

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:27.900
 shining

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:28.079
 the

00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:28.260
 light

00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:28.340
 of

00:46:28.340 --> 00:46:28.460
 the

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:28.760
 gospel

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:28.920
 in

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.019
 the

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:29.300
 world

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:31.320
 it's

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:31.559
 no

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:31.900
 wonder

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:32.200
 then

00:46:32.200 --> 00:46:32.559
 that

00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:33.200
 Satan

00:46:33.200 --> 00:46:33.820
 opposes

00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:34.059
 us

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:34.280
 so

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:34.780
 fiercely

00:46:34.780 --> 00:46:35.980
 that

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:36.240
 brings

00:46:36.240 --> 00:46:36.500
 me

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:36.619
 to

00:46:36.619 --> 00:46:36.760
 my

00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:37.019
 last

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:37.280
 point

00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:37.780
 Satan's

00:46:37.780 --> 00:46:38.340
 persecution

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:38.599
 it

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:38.740
 says

00:46:38.740 --> 00:46:38.880
 in

00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:39.059
 verse

00:46:39.059 --> 00:46:39.420
 7

00:46:39.420 --> 00:46:40.039
 and

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:40.160
 when

00:46:40.160 --> 00:46:40.280
 they

00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:40.440
 have

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:40.720
 finished

00:46:40.720 --> 00:46:40.900
 their

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:41.400
 testimony

00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:41.619
 the

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:41.940
 beast

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.160
 that

00:46:42.160 --> 00:46:42.500
 rises

00:46:42.500 --> 00:46:42.760
 from

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:42.900
 the

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:43.320
 bottomless

00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:43.539
 pit

00:46:43.539 --> 00:46:43.740
 will

00:46:43.740 --> 00:46:43.940
 make

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:44.300
 war

00:46:44.300 --> 00:46:44.519
 on

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:44.700
 them

00:46:44.700 --> 00:46:44.900
 and

00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:45.260
 conquer

00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:45.599
 them

00:46:45.599 --> 00:46:46.200
 and

00:46:46.200 --> 00:46:46.639
 kill

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:47.000
 them

00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:49.180
 note

00:46:49.180 --> 00:46:49.420
 the

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:50.200
 peril

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:50.480
 with

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:50.960
 Revelation

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:51.379
 13

00:46:51.379 --> 00:46:51.779
 7

00:46:51.779 --> 00:46:52.119
 where

00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:52.279
 the

00:46:52.279 --> 00:46:52.439
 beast

00:46:52.439 --> 00:46:52.579
 is

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:52.719
 given

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:53.059
 authority

00:46:53.059 --> 00:46:53.219
 to

00:46:53.219 --> 00:46:53.379
 make

00:46:53.379 --> 00:46:53.799
 war

00:46:53.799 --> 00:46:54.099
 on

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:54.259
 the

00:46:54.259 --> 00:46:54.519
 saints

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.019
 and

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.179
 to

00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:55.719
 conquer

00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:56.039
 them

00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:56.779
 so

00:46:56.779 --> 00:46:56.980
 this

00:46:56.980 --> 00:46:57.399
 confirms

00:46:57.399 --> 00:46:57.579
 that

00:46:57.579 --> 00:46:57.679
 the

00:46:57.679 --> 00:46:57.859
 two

00:46:57.859 --> 00:46:58.259
 witnesses

00:46:58.259 --> 00:46:58.739
 again

00:46:58.739 --> 00:46:59.000
 are

00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.219
 the

00:46:59.219 --> 00:46:59.579
 saints

00:46:59.579 --> 00:46:59.799
 the

00:46:59.799 --> 00:47:00.059
 people

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:00.239
 of

00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:00.480
 God

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:01.059
 but

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:01.639
 interestingly

00:47:01.639 --> 00:47:02.339
 in

00:47:02.339 --> 00:47:02.799
 13

00:47:02.799 --> 00:47:03.199
 7

00:47:03.199 --> 00:47:03.439
 it

00:47:03.439 --> 00:47:03.719
 doesn't

00:47:03.719 --> 00:47:04.059
 mention

00:47:04.059 --> 00:47:04.519
 killing

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:04.839
 them

00:47:04.839 --> 00:47:05.659
 it

00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:05.899
 just

00:47:05.899 --> 00:47:06.460
 mentions

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:08.379
 making

00:47:08.379 --> 00:47:08.659
 war

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:09.079
 against

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:09.339
 them

00:47:09.339 --> 00:47:09.699
 and

00:47:09.699 --> 00:47:10.359
 conquering

00:47:10.359 --> 00:47:10.699
 them

00:47:10.699 --> 00:47:12.319
 to

00:47:12.319 --> 00:47:12.480
 be

00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:12.739
 sure

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:13.039
 there

00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:13.259
 are

00:47:13.259 --> 00:47:13.639
 Christian

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:14.039
 witnesses

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:14.359
 who

00:47:14.359 --> 00:47:14.480
 are

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:14.839
 martyr

00:47:14.839 --> 00:47:15.119
 for

00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:15.339
 their

00:47:15.339 --> 00:47:15.779
 faith

00:47:15.779 --> 00:47:16.159
 throughout

00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:16.399
 the

00:47:16.399 --> 00:47:16.939
 entire

00:47:16.939 --> 00:47:17.299
 church

00:47:17.299 --> 00:47:17.639
 age

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:18.539
 and

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:18.699
 we

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:18.940
 see

00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:19.219
 that

00:47:19.219 --> 00:47:19.819
 in

00:47:19.819 --> 00:47:20.259
 Revelation

00:47:20.259 --> 00:47:20.659
 in

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:20.940
 Revelation

00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:21.420
 24

00:47:21.420 --> 00:47:21.659
 we

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:21.879
 see

00:47:21.879 --> 00:47:22.079
 the

00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:22.440
 souls

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:22.579
 of

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:22.739
 those

00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:22.839
 who

00:47:22.839 --> 00:47:22.900
 have

00:47:22.900 --> 00:47:23.000
 been

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:23.420
 beheaded

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:23.719
 for

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:23.900
 their

00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:24.299
 testimony

00:47:24.299 --> 00:47:24.539
 to

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:24.819
 Jesus

00:47:24.819 --> 00:47:25.299
 Christ

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:25.819
 because

00:47:25.819 --> 00:47:25.980
 they

00:47:25.980 --> 00:47:26.440
 refused

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:26.619
 to

00:47:26.619 --> 00:47:26.759
 bow

00:47:26.759 --> 00:47:27.039
 down

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:27.179
 to

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:27.299
 the

00:47:27.299 --> 00:47:27.579
 beast

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:27.839
 and

00:47:27.839 --> 00:47:27.960
 to

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:28.159
 worship

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:28.359
 the

00:47:28.359 --> 00:47:28.619
 beast

00:47:28.619 --> 00:47:29.699
 so

00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:30.219
 there

00:47:30.219 --> 00:47:30.480
 are

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:30.839
 believers

00:47:30.839 --> 00:47:31.079
 who

00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:31.259
 are

00:47:31.259 --> 00:47:31.719
 killed

00:47:31.719 --> 00:47:31.960
 even

00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:32.119
 in

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.279
 our

00:47:32.279 --> 00:47:32.539
 day

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:32.859
 and

00:47:32.859 --> 00:47:33.159
 throughout

00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:33.440
 church

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:33.779
 history

00:47:33.779 --> 00:47:34.099
 and

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:34.759
 until

00:47:34.759 --> 00:47:35.059
 Jesus

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:35.460
 comes

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:35.900
 there

00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:36.139
 will

00:47:36.139 --> 00:47:36.299
 be

00:47:36.299 --> 00:47:36.960
 disciples

00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:37.239
 Jesus

00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:37.480
 Christ

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:37.619
 will

00:47:37.619 --> 00:47:37.739
 be

00:47:37.739 --> 00:47:38.000
 killed

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:38.179
 for

00:47:38.179 --> 00:47:38.359
 their

00:47:38.359 --> 00:47:38.839
 testimony

00:47:38.839 --> 00:47:40.420
 however

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:40.639
 I

00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:40.779
 think

00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:41.019
 what's

00:47:41.019 --> 00:47:41.140
 in

00:47:41.140 --> 00:47:41.340
 view

00:47:41.340 --> 00:47:41.700
 here

00:47:41.700 --> 00:47:41.900
 in

00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:42.260
 11

00:47:42.260 --> 00:47:43.340
 7

00:47:43.340 --> 00:47:43.519
 to

00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:43.860
 10

00:47:43.860 --> 00:47:45.000
 is

00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:45.540
 something

00:47:45.540 --> 00:47:45.840
 that's

00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:46.040
 a little

00:47:46.040 --> 00:47:46.300
 more

00:47:46.300 --> 00:47:46.880
 conclusive

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:48.140
 that occurs

00:47:48.140 --> 00:47:48.480
 at the

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:48.900
 end

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:49.400
 of

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:49.560
 the

00:47:49.560 --> 00:47:49.880
 end

00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:51.019
 if

00:47:51.019 --> 00:47:51.160
 you

00:47:51.160 --> 00:47:51.540
 recall

00:47:51.540 --> 00:47:51.800
 from

00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:52.300
 Todd's

00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:52.540
 sermon

00:47:52.540 --> 00:47:52.840
 a few

00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:53.040
 weeks

00:47:53.040 --> 00:47:53.300
 ago

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:53.580
 he

00:47:53.580 --> 00:47:54.820
 preached

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:55.040
 from

00:47:55.040 --> 00:47:55.260
 Matthew

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:55.780
 24

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:56.220
 14

00:47:56.220 --> 00:47:56.980
 which

00:47:56.980 --> 00:47:57.240
 says

00:47:57.240 --> 00:47:57.380
 that

00:47:57.380 --> 00:47:57.540
 and

00:47:57.540 --> 00:47:57.800
 this

00:47:57.800 --> 00:47:58.240
 gospel

00:47:58.240 --> 00:47:58.400
 of

00:47:58.400 --> 00:47:58.519
 the

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.740
 kingdom

00:47:58.740 --> 00:47:58.940
 will

00:47:58.940 --> 00:47:59.080
 be

00:47:59.080 --> 00:47:59.360
 preached

00:47:59.360 --> 00:47:59.540
 in

00:47:59.540 --> 00:47:59.660
 the

00:47:59.660 --> 00:47:59.940
 whole

00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:00.420
 world

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:00.960
 as

00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:01.160
 a

00:48:01.160 --> 00:48:01.700
 testimony

00:48:01.700 --> 00:48:02.100
 to

00:48:02.100 --> 00:48:02.540
 all

00:48:02.540 --> 00:48:03.040
 nations

00:48:03.040 --> 00:48:03.820
 and

00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:04.260
 then

00:48:04.260 --> 00:48:04.560
 the

00:48:04.560 --> 00:48:05.040
 end

00:48:05.040 --> 00:48:05.360
 will

00:48:05.360 --> 00:48:05.740
 come

00:48:05.740 --> 00:48:06.580
 so

00:48:06.580 --> 00:48:06.740
 the

00:48:06.740 --> 00:48:07.080
 end

00:48:07.080 --> 00:48:07.500
 doesn't

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:07.920
 come

00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:08.280
 until

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:08.560
 the

00:48:10.780 --> 00:48:11.180
 end

00:48:11.180 --> 00:48:12.080
 and

00:48:12.080 --> 00:48:12.420
 here

00:48:12.420 --> 00:48:12.680
 it

00:48:12.680 --> 00:48:13.000
 tells

00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:13.220
 us

00:48:13.220 --> 00:48:13.340
 in

00:48:13.340 --> 00:48:13.519
 verse

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:13.860
 7

00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:14.420
 when

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:14.640
 they

00:48:14.640 --> 00:48:14.920
 have

00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:15.540
 finished

00:48:15.540 --> 00:48:15.920
 their

00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:16.540
 testimony

00:48:16.540 --> 00:48:17.540
 so

00:48:17.540 --> 00:48:17.820
 this

00:48:17.820 --> 00:48:18.000
 is

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.180
 the

00:48:18.180 --> 00:48:18.519
 end

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:18.680
 of

00:48:18.680 --> 00:48:18.820
 the

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:19.040
 world

00:48:19.040 --> 00:48:19.220
 the

00:48:19.220 --> 00:48:19.460
 end

00:48:19.460 --> 00:48:19.560
 of

00:48:19.560 --> 00:48:19.680
 the

00:48:19.680 --> 00:48:19.940
 church

00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:20.220
 age

00:48:20.220 --> 00:48:20.400
 and

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:20.560
 the

00:48:20.560 --> 00:48:20.940
 testimony

00:48:20.940 --> 00:48:21.260
 of

00:48:21.260 --> 00:48:21.460
 the

00:48:21.460 --> 00:48:21.700
 church

00:48:21.700 --> 00:48:21.880
 of

00:48:21.880 --> 00:48:22.280
 Christ

00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:22.900
 is

00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:23.640
 finished

00:48:23.640 --> 00:48:24.140
 and

00:48:24.140 --> 00:48:24.260
 then

00:48:24.260 --> 00:48:24.420
 at

00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:24.640
 that

00:48:24.640 --> 00:48:24.960
 point

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:25.180
 the

00:48:25.180 --> 00:48:25.519
 beast

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:25.920
 has

00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:26.120
 the

00:48:26.120 --> 00:48:26.480
 final

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:26.740
 this

00:48:26.740 --> 00:48:27.519
 authority

00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:28.300
 to

00:48:28.300 --> 00:48:28.820
 not

00:48:28.820 --> 00:48:29.040
 only

00:48:29.040 --> 00:48:29.280
 make

00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:29.519
 war

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:29.680
 and

00:48:29.680 --> 00:48:30.019
 conquer

00:48:30.019 --> 00:48:30.220
 them

00:48:30.220 --> 00:48:30.360
 as

00:48:30.360 --> 00:48:30.460
 he

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:30.600
 has

00:48:30.600 --> 00:48:30.800
 done

00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:31.060
 throughout

00:48:31.060 --> 00:48:31.240
 the

00:48:31.240 --> 00:48:31.440
 church

00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:31.740
 age

00:48:31.740 --> 00:48:32.240
 but

00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:32.440
 also

00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:32.640
 to

00:48:32.640 --> 00:48:32.960
 kill

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.260
 them

00:48:33.260 --> 00:48:35.280
 and

00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:35.580
 this

00:48:40.780 --> 00:48:41.019
 elsewhere

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:42.120
 that's

00:48:42.120 --> 00:48:42.460
 unlike

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:42.920
 anything

00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:43.120
 that

00:48:43.120 --> 00:48:43.560
 preceded

00:48:43.560 --> 00:48:43.840
 it

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:45.540
 and

00:48:45.540 --> 00:48:45.820
 it's

00:48:45.820 --> 00:48:45.940
 going

00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:46.100
 to be

00:48:46.100 --> 00:48:46.320
 so

00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:46.900
 devastating

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:47.140
 for

00:48:47.140 --> 00:48:47.280
 the

00:48:47.280 --> 00:48:47.600
 church

00:48:47.600 --> 00:48:48.140
 that

00:48:48.140 --> 00:48:48.240
 it

00:48:48.240 --> 00:48:48.380
 will

00:48:48.380 --> 00:48:48.720
 look

00:48:48.720 --> 00:48:48.980
 as

00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:49.120
 if

00:48:49.120 --> 00:48:49.320
 the

00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:49.680
 church

00:48:49.680 --> 00:48:49.940
 is

00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:50.380
 dead

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:52.600
 I'm

00:48:52.600 --> 00:48:52.740
 sure

00:48:52.740 --> 00:48:52.920
 there

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:53.040
 will

00:48:53.040 --> 00:48:53.260
 be

00:48:53.260 --> 00:48:53.500
 still

00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:53.740
 some

00:48:53.740 --> 00:48:54.000
 believers

00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:54.540
 alive

00:48:54.540 --> 00:48:55.600
 as

00:48:55.600 --> 00:48:56.080
 we

00:48:56.080 --> 00:48:56.280
 see

00:48:56.280 --> 00:48:56.400
 in

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:56.540
 1

00:48:56.540 --> 00:48:56.960
 Thessalonians

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:57.300
 4

00:48:57.300 --> 00:48:58.140
 when

00:48:58.140 --> 00:48:58.400
 Jesus

00:48:58.400 --> 00:48:58.660
 comes

00:48:58.660 --> 00:48:59.019
 back

00:48:59.019 --> 00:48:59.380
 but

00:48:59.380 --> 00:48:59.519
 the

00:48:59.519 --> 00:48:59.720
 church

00:48:59.720 --> 00:48:59.860
 will

00:48:59.860 --> 00:48:59.980
 be

00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:00.240
 driven

00:49:00.240 --> 00:49:00.760
 underground

00:49:00.760 --> 00:49:02.060
 the

00:49:02.060 --> 00:49:02.400
 church

00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:02.820
 will

00:49:02.820 --> 00:49:02.980
 be

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.560
 decimated

00:49:03.560 --> 00:49:04.980
 and

00:49:04.980 --> 00:49:05.080
 it

00:49:05.080 --> 00:49:05.220
 will

00:49:05.220 --> 00:49:05.519
 seem

00:49:05.519 --> 00:49:05.780
 to

00:49:05.780 --> 00:49:05.980
 the

00:49:05.980 --> 00:49:06.240
 sinful

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:06.980
 world

00:49:06.980 --> 00:49:07.460
 as

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:07.640
 if

00:49:07.640 --> 00:49:08.040
 they've

00:49:08.040 --> 00:49:09.140
 triumphed

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:09.440
 and

00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:09.539
 that

00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:09.699
 the

00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:09.940
 church

00:49:09.940 --> 00:49:10.119
 is

00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:10.420
 gone

00:49:10.420 --> 00:49:14.539
 and

00:49:14.539 --> 00:49:14.659
 it

00:49:14.659 --> 00:49:14.779
 says

00:49:14.779 --> 00:49:14.900
 in

00:49:14.900 --> 00:49:15.079
 verses

00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:15.359
 8

00:49:15.359 --> 00:49:15.460
 to

00:49:15.460 --> 00:49:15.679
 10

00:49:15.679 --> 00:49:15.819
 and

00:49:15.819 --> 00:49:15.940
 their

00:49:15.940 --> 00:49:16.199
 dead

00:49:16.199 --> 00:49:16.539
 bodies

00:49:16.539 --> 00:49:16.739
 will

00:49:16.739 --> 00:49:16.980
 lie

00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:17.099
 in

00:49:17.099 --> 00:49:17.199
 the

00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:17.460
 street

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:17.679
 of

00:49:17.679 --> 00:49:17.779
 the

00:49:17.779 --> 00:49:18.000
 great

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:18.299
 city

00:49:18.299 --> 00:49:18.460
 that

00:49:18.460 --> 00:49:19.279
 symbolically

00:49:19.279 --> 00:49:19.460
 is

00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:19.679
 called

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.099
 Sodom

00:49:20.099 --> 00:49:20.199
 and

00:49:20.199 --> 00:49:20.519
 Egypt

00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:21.239
 where

00:49:21.239 --> 00:49:21.420
 their

00:49:21.420 --> 00:49:21.639
 Lord

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:21.839
 was

00:49:21.839 --> 00:49:22.279
 crucified

00:49:22.279 --> 00:49:22.960
 for

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 three

00:49:23.259 --> 00:49:23.400
 and

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:23.480
 a

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:23.659
 half

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:23.980
 days

00:49:23.980 --> 00:49:24.279
 some

00:49:24.279 --> 00:49:24.480
 from

00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:24.599
 the

00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:24.940
 peoples

00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:25.139
 and

00:49:25.139 --> 00:49:25.420
 tribes

00:49:25.420 --> 00:49:25.579
 and

00:49:25.579 --> 00:49:25.920
 languages

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 and

00:49:26.119 --> 00:49:26.400
 nations

00:49:26.400 --> 00:49:26.619
 will

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:26.980
 gaze

00:49:26.980 --> 00:49:27.179
 at

00:49:27.179 --> 00:49:27.319
 their

00:49:27.319 --> 00:49:27.500
 dead

00:49:27.500 --> 00:49:27.799
 bodies

00:49:27.799 --> 00:49:27.960
 and

00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:28.259
 refuse

00:49:28.259 --> 00:49:28.539
 to

00:49:28.539 --> 00:49:28.739
 let

00:49:28.739 --> 00:49:28.859
 them

00:49:28.859 --> 00:49:29.019
 be

00:49:29.019 --> 00:49:29.359
 placed

00:49:29.359 --> 00:49:29.480
 in

00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:29.599
 the

00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:29.819
 tomb

00:49:29.819 --> 00:49:30.500
 and

00:49:30.500 --> 00:49:30.659
 those

00:49:30.659 --> 00:49:31.099
 who dwell

00:49:31.099 --> 00:49:31.420
 on the

00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:31.599
 earth

00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:31.779
 will

00:49:31.779 --> 00:49:32.239
 rejoice

00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:32.599
 over

00:49:32.599 --> 00:49:32.839
 them

00:49:32.839 --> 00:49:32.980
 and

00:49:32.980 --> 00:49:33.179
 make

00:49:33.179 --> 00:49:33.579
 merry

00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:33.719
 and

00:49:33.719 --> 00:49:34.179
 exchange

00:49:34.179 --> 00:49:34.699
 presents

00:49:34.699 --> 00:49:35.219
 because

00:49:35.219 --> 00:49:35.799
 these

00:49:35.799 --> 00:49:36.119
 two

00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:36.539
 prophets

00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:36.779
 had

00:49:36.779 --> 00:49:36.980
 been

00:49:36.980 --> 00:49:37.179
 a

00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:37.460
 torment

00:49:37.460 --> 00:49:37.699
 to

00:49:37.699 --> 00:49:37.940
 those

00:49:37.940 --> 00:49:38.079
 who

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:38.420
 dwell

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:39.039
 on

00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:39.239
 the

00:49:39.239 --> 00:49:39.619
 earth

00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:41.000
 these

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.299
 verses

00:49:41.299 --> 00:49:41.739
 reveal

00:49:41.739 --> 00:49:42.099
 just

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:42.480
 how

00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:42.899
 much

00:49:42.899 --> 00:49:43.519
 the

00:49:43.519 --> 00:49:43.779
 sinful

00:49:43.779 --> 00:49:44.279
 world

00:49:44.279 --> 00:49:44.739
 hates

00:49:44.739 --> 00:49:45.019
 the

00:49:45.019 --> 00:49:45.779
 lampstands

00:49:45.779 --> 00:49:45.940
 that

00:49:45.940 --> 00:49:46.440
 expose

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:46.759
 their

00:49:46.759 --> 00:49:47.259
 darkness

00:49:47.259 --> 00:49:48.920
 they

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:49.079
 will

00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:49.299
 not

00:49:49.299 --> 00:49:49.539
 even

00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:49.920
 give

00:49:49.920 --> 00:49:50.299
 them

00:49:50.299 --> 00:49:50.659
 a

00:49:50.659 --> 00:49:51.000
 burial

00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:52.279
 which

00:49:52.279 --> 00:49:52.559
 is

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:52.799
 like

00:49:52.799 --> 00:49:53.000
 the

00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:53.279
 height

00:49:53.279 --> 00:49:53.420
 of

00:49:53.420 --> 00:49:54.199
 indignity

00:49:54.199 --> 00:49:54.599
 for

00:49:54.599 --> 00:49:55.000
 the

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:55.339
 dead

00:49:55.339 --> 00:49:56.480
 in

00:49:56.480 --> 00:49:56.619
 the

00:49:56.619 --> 00:49:56.980
 Bible

00:49:56.980 --> 00:49:57.259
 if

00:49:57.259 --> 00:49:57.359
 you

00:49:57.359 --> 00:49:57.539
 look

00:49:57.539 --> 00:49:57.699
 at

00:49:57.699 --> 00:49:58.099
 the

00:49:58.099 --> 00:49:59.199
 kings

00:49:59.199 --> 00:49:59.440
 and

00:50:00.659 --> 00:50:00.719
 there's

00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:01.139
 a lot

00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:01.279
 of

00:50:01.279 --> 00:50:01.460
 really

00:50:01.460 --> 00:50:01.799
 bad

00:50:01.799 --> 00:50:02.159
 kings

00:50:02.159 --> 00:50:03.199
 and

00:50:03.199 --> 00:50:03.579
 you

00:50:03.579 --> 00:50:03.879
 think

00:50:03.879 --> 00:50:04.039
 that

00:50:04.039 --> 00:50:04.199
 these

00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:04.519
 bad

00:50:04.519 --> 00:50:04.779
 kings

00:50:04.779 --> 00:50:05.319
 why

00:50:05.319 --> 00:50:05.699
 give

00:50:05.699 --> 00:50:05.859
 them

00:50:05.859 --> 00:50:06.019
 a

00:50:06.019 --> 00:50:06.480
 dignified

00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:06.759
 burial

00:50:06.759 --> 00:50:07.099
 why

00:50:07.099 --> 00:50:07.460
 bury

00:50:07.460 --> 00:50:07.639
 them

00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:07.799
 with

00:50:07.799 --> 00:50:07.940
 the

00:50:07.940 --> 00:50:08.119
 rest

00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:08.199
 of

00:50:08.199 --> 00:50:08.319
 their

00:50:08.319 --> 00:50:08.619
 fathers

00:50:08.619 --> 00:50:08.839
 but

00:50:08.839 --> 00:50:09.279
 they

00:50:09.279 --> 00:50:09.599
 all

00:50:09.599 --> 00:50:09.920
 get

00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:10.359
 buried

00:50:10.359 --> 00:50:10.659
 with

00:50:10.659 --> 00:50:10.899
 their

00:50:10.899 --> 00:50:11.440
 fathers

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:12.460
 they're

00:50:12.460 --> 00:50:12.719
 given

00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:12.940
 the

00:50:12.940 --> 00:50:13.319
 dignity

00:50:13.319 --> 00:50:13.759
 of

00:50:13.759 --> 00:50:13.940
 a

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:14.199
 decent

00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:14.480
 burial

00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:14.699
 even

00:50:14.699 --> 00:50:14.920
 when

00:50:14.920 --> 00:50:15.099
 they're

00:50:15.099 --> 00:50:15.480
 terrible

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:15.779
 human

00:50:15.779 --> 00:50:16.019
 beings

00:50:16.019 --> 00:50:16.159
 who

00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:16.279
 do

00:50:16.279 --> 00:50:16.599
 terrible

00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:16.899
 things

00:50:16.899 --> 00:50:17.000
 to

00:50:17.000 --> 00:50:17.099
 the

00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:17.279
 people

00:50:17.279 --> 00:50:17.420
 of

00:50:17.420 --> 00:50:17.659
 God

00:50:17.659 --> 00:50:18.839
 people

00:50:18.839 --> 00:50:19.019
 who

00:50:19.019 --> 00:50:19.139
 are

00:50:19.139 --> 00:50:19.440
 left

00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:19.759
 out

00:50:19.759 --> 00:50:20.139
 not

00:50:20.139 --> 00:50:20.259
 to

00:50:20.259 --> 00:50:20.379
 be

00:50:20.379 --> 00:50:20.619
 buried

00:50:20.619 --> 00:50:20.899
 are

00:50:20.899 --> 00:50:21.219
 the

00:50:21.219 --> 00:50:21.679
 very

00:50:21.679 --> 00:50:22.239
 worst

00:50:22.239 --> 00:50:22.979
 of

00:50:22.979 --> 00:50:23.119
 them

00:50:23.119 --> 00:50:23.539
 all

00:50:23.539 --> 00:50:24.439
 like

00:50:24.439 --> 00:50:24.939
 queen

00:50:24.939 --> 00:50:25.539
 Jezebel

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:26.979
 in

00:50:26.979 --> 00:50:27.259
 2nd

00:50:27.259 --> 00:50:27.459
 Kings

00:50:27.459 --> 00:50:27.679
 9

00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:27.899
 10

00:50:27.899 --> 00:50:28.539
 and

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:28.959
 that's

00:50:28.959 --> 00:50:29.159
 how

00:50:29.159 --> 00:50:29.319
 the

00:50:29.319 --> 00:50:29.539
 church

00:50:29.539 --> 00:50:29.759
 gets

00:50:29.759 --> 00:50:30.059
 treated

00:50:30.059 --> 00:50:31.039
 by

00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:31.199
 the

00:50:31.199 --> 00:50:31.500
 world

00:50:31.500 --> 00:50:33.019
 but

00:50:33.019 --> 00:50:33.399
 notice

00:50:33.399 --> 00:50:33.919
 that

00:50:33.919 --> 00:50:35.479
 this

00:50:35.479 --> 00:50:35.839
 is

00:50:35.839 --> 00:50:36.059
 only

00:50:36.059 --> 00:50:36.319
 for

00:50:36.319 --> 00:50:36.799
 three

00:50:36.799 --> 00:50:37.079
 and

00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:37.179
 a

00:50:37.179 --> 00:50:37.459
 half

00:50:37.459 --> 00:50:37.919
 days

00:50:37.919 --> 00:50:39.359
 they

00:50:39.359 --> 00:50:39.859
 rejoice

00:50:39.859 --> 00:50:40.079
 they

00:50:40.079 --> 00:50:40.359
 make

00:50:40.359 --> 00:50:40.859
 merry

00:50:40.859 --> 00:50:42.079
 the

00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:43.359
 seeming

00:50:43.359 --> 00:50:43.719
 death

00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:43.859
 of

00:50:43.859 --> 00:50:43.979
 the

00:50:43.979 --> 00:50:44.259
 church

00:50:44.259 --> 00:50:44.659
 is

00:50:44.659 --> 00:50:44.819
 to

00:50:44.819 --> 00:50:45.099
 them

00:50:45.099 --> 00:50:45.799
 they

00:50:45.799 --> 00:50:46.679
 celebrate

00:50:46.679 --> 00:50:46.899
 it

00:50:46.899 --> 00:50:47.039
 with

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:47.319
 gift

00:50:47.319 --> 00:50:47.719
 exchanges

00:50:47.719 --> 00:50:48.019
 like

00:50:48.019 --> 00:50:48.199
 it's

00:50:48.199 --> 00:50:48.579
 Christmas

00:50:48.579 --> 00:50:49.719
 but

00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:49.919
 that

00:50:49.919 --> 00:50:50.379
 rejoicing

00:50:50.379 --> 00:50:50.679
 only

00:50:50.679 --> 00:50:51.119
 lasts

00:50:51.119 --> 00:50:51.379
 a

00:50:51.379 --> 00:50:51.579
 short

00:50:51.579 --> 00:50:51.940
 three

00:50:51.940 --> 00:50:52.099
 and

00:50:52.099 --> 00:50:52.179
 a

00:50:52.179 --> 00:50:52.360
 half

00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:52.619
 days

00:50:52.619 --> 00:50:52.840
 which

00:50:52.840 --> 00:50:52.980
 is

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:53.599
 a

00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:54.039
 fraction

00:50:54.039 --> 00:50:54.259
 of

00:50:54.259 --> 00:50:54.360
 the

00:50:54.360 --> 00:50:54.519
 three

00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:54.619
 and

00:50:54.619 --> 00:50:54.699
 a

00:50:54.699 --> 00:50:54.860
 half

00:50:54.860 --> 00:50:55.400
 years

00:50:55.400 --> 00:50:55.619
 of

00:50:55.619 --> 00:50:55.759
 the

00:50:55.759 --> 00:50:56.219
 church's

00:50:56.219 --> 00:50:56.699
 witness

00:50:56.699 --> 00:50:57.360
 and

00:50:57.360 --> 00:50:57.460
 so

00:50:57.460 --> 00:50:57.679
 that

00:50:57.679 --> 00:50:58.400
 serves

00:50:58.400 --> 00:50:58.579
 to

00:50:58.579 --> 00:50:59.119
 reassure

00:50:59.119 --> 00:50:59.440
 us

00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:00.039
 that

00:51:00.039 --> 00:51:00.599
 time

00:51:00.599 --> 00:51:00.860
 of

00:51:00.860 --> 00:51:01.019
 the

00:51:01.019 --> 00:51:01.559
 seeming

00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:01.920
 defeat

00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:02.019
 of

00:51:02.019 --> 00:51:02.139
 the

00:51:02.139 --> 00:51:02.380
 church

00:51:02.380 --> 00:51:02.579
 is

00:51:02.579 --> 00:51:03.159
 short

00:51:03.159 --> 00:51:03.880
 it

00:51:03.880 --> 00:51:04.059
 is

00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:04.420
 short

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:04.920
 lived

00:51:04.920 --> 00:51:07.099
 and

00:51:07.099 --> 00:51:07.400
 then

00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:07.920
 in

00:51:07.920 --> 00:51:08.079
 verses

00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:08.360
 11

00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:08.500
 to

00:51:08.500 --> 00:51:08.880
 13

00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:09.179
 after

00:51:09.179 --> 00:51:09.340
 the

00:51:09.340 --> 00:51:09.500
 three

00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:09.619
 and

00:51:09.619 --> 00:51:09.639
 a

00:51:09.639 --> 00:51:09.759
 half

00:51:09.759 --> 00:51:10.059
 days

00:51:10.059 --> 00:51:10.279
 a

00:51:10.279 --> 00:51:10.679
 breath

00:51:10.679 --> 00:51:10.880
 of

00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:11.139
 life

00:51:11.139 --> 00:51:11.319
 from

00:51:11.319 --> 00:51:11.619
 God

00:51:11.619 --> 00:51:11.960
 entered

00:51:11.960 --> 00:51:12.259
 them

00:51:12.259 --> 00:51:12.799
 and

00:51:12.799 --> 00:51:13.000
 they

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:13.340
 stood

00:51:13.340 --> 00:51:13.559
 up

00:51:13.559 --> 00:51:13.679
 on

00:51:13.679 --> 00:51:13.819
 their

00:51:13.819 --> 00:51:14.139
 feet

00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:14.319
 and

00:51:14.319 --> 00:51:14.559
 great

00:51:21.579 --> 00:51:35.119
 so

00:51:35.119 --> 00:51:35.719
 this

00:51:35.719 --> 00:51:36.279
 phrase

00:51:36.279 --> 00:51:36.539
 a

00:51:36.539 --> 00:51:36.880
 breath

00:51:36.880 --> 00:51:37.119
 of

00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:37.480
 life

00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:38.099
 entering

00:51:38.099 --> 00:51:38.519
 them

00:51:38.519 --> 00:51:39.000
 is

00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:39.279
 taken

00:51:39.279 --> 00:51:39.679
 directly

00:51:39.679 --> 00:51:40.039
 from

00:51:40.039 --> 00:51:40.619
 Ezekiel

00:51:40.619 --> 00:51:41.199
 37

00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:42.319
 where

00:51:42.319 --> 00:51:42.739
 the

00:51:42.739 --> 00:51:43.299
 prophet

00:51:43.299 --> 00:51:43.880
 Ezekiel

00:51:43.880 --> 00:51:44.099
 is

00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:44.380
 taken

00:51:44.380 --> 00:51:44.579
 by

00:51:44.579 --> 00:51:44.819
 God

00:51:44.819 --> 00:51:44.920
 to

00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:45.059
 a

00:51:45.059 --> 00:51:45.340
 valley

00:51:45.340 --> 00:51:45.500
 that

00:51:45.500 --> 00:51:45.599
 is

00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:45.940
 full

00:51:45.940 --> 00:51:46.099
 of

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:46.380
 dry

00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:46.739
 bones

00:51:46.739 --> 00:51:47.400
 and

00:51:47.400 --> 00:51:47.639
 he's

00:51:47.639 --> 00:51:47.920
 commanded

00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:48.139
 to

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:48.639
 prophesy

00:51:48.639 --> 00:51:48.840
 to

00:51:48.840 --> 00:51:48.960
 the

00:51:48.960 --> 00:51:49.219
 dry

00:51:49.219 --> 00:51:49.559
 bones

00:51:49.559 --> 00:51:49.779
 to

00:51:49.779 --> 00:51:50.000
 make

00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:50.219
 them

00:51:50.219 --> 00:51:50.659
 live

00:51:50.659 --> 00:51:51.079
 and

00:51:51.079 --> 00:51:51.199
 when

00:51:51.199 --> 00:51:51.879
 he prophesies

00:51:51.879 --> 00:51:52.399
 the breath

00:51:52.399 --> 00:51:52.899
 of life

00:51:52.899 --> 00:51:53.119
 from

00:51:53.119 --> 00:51:53.359
 God

00:51:53.359 --> 00:51:53.799
 enters

00:51:53.799 --> 00:51:54.019
 these

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:54.259
 dry

00:51:54.259 --> 00:51:54.579
 bones

00:51:54.579 --> 00:51:54.799
 and

00:51:54.799 --> 00:51:55.059
 they

00:51:55.059 --> 00:51:55.619
 stand

00:51:55.619 --> 00:51:55.819
 up

00:51:55.819 --> 00:51:56.000
 on

00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:56.159
 their

00:51:56.159 --> 00:51:56.460
 feet

00:51:56.460 --> 00:51:56.899
 and

00:51:56.899 --> 00:51:57.019
 they

00:51:57.019 --> 00:51:57.279
 become

00:51:57.279 --> 00:51:57.399
 an

00:51:57.399 --> 00:51:57.960
 exceedingly

00:51:57.960 --> 00:51:58.419
 great

00:51:58.419 --> 00:51:59.019
 army

00:51:59.019 --> 00:52:00.000
 and

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:00.379
 that's

00:52:00.379 --> 00:52:00.619
 a

00:52:00.619 --> 00:52:01.179
 prophetic

00:52:01.179 --> 00:52:01.759
 vision

00:52:01.759 --> 00:52:02.379
 of

00:52:02.379 --> 00:52:02.739
 God

00:52:02.739 --> 00:52:03.339
 reviving

00:52:03.339 --> 00:52:03.539
 the

00:52:03.539 --> 00:52:03.799
 house

00:52:03.799 --> 00:52:03.939
 of

00:52:03.939 --> 00:52:04.199
 Israel

00:52:04.199 --> 00:52:04.359
 the

00:52:04.359 --> 00:52:04.699
 people

00:52:04.699 --> 00:52:04.919
 of

00:52:04.919 --> 00:52:05.259
 God

00:52:05.259 --> 00:52:05.679
 making

00:52:05.679 --> 00:52:05.939
 those

00:52:05.939 --> 00:52:06.079
 who

00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:06.219
 are

00:52:06.219 --> 00:52:06.559
 as

00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:07.019
 dead

00:52:07.019 --> 00:52:07.419
 as

00:52:07.419 --> 00:52:07.759
 dry

00:52:07.759 --> 00:52:08.179
 bones

00:52:08.179 --> 00:52:08.699
 live

00:52:08.699 --> 00:52:09.139
 again

00:52:09.139 --> 00:52:09.619
 and

00:52:09.619 --> 00:52:10.000
 that's

00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:10.179
 what

00:52:10.179 --> 00:52:10.419
 God

00:52:10.419 --> 00:52:10.579
 will

00:52:10.579 --> 00:52:10.839
 do

00:52:10.839 --> 00:52:11.159
 for

00:52:11.159 --> 00:52:11.359
 the

00:52:11.359 --> 00:52:11.679
 church

00:52:11.679 --> 00:52:11.859
 at

00:52:11.859 --> 00:52:11.960
 the

00:52:11.960 --> 00:52:12.079
 end

00:52:12.079 --> 00:52:12.159
 of

00:52:12.159 --> 00:52:12.279
 the

00:52:12.279 --> 00:52:12.539
 age

00:52:12.539 --> 00:52:12.899
 the

00:52:12.899 --> 00:52:13.159
 church

00:52:13.159 --> 00:52:13.419
 that

00:52:13.419 --> 00:52:13.879
 seems

00:52:13.879 --> 00:52:14.339
 dead

00:52:14.339 --> 00:52:14.839
 God

00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:21.639
 resurrection

00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:22.599
 like

00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:23.059
 much

00:52:23.059 --> 00:52:23.219
 of

00:52:23.219 --> 00:52:23.480
 what's

00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:23.759
 happening

00:52:23.759 --> 00:52:23.879
 in

00:52:23.879 --> 00:52:24.000
 this

00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:24.259
 passage

00:52:24.259 --> 00:52:24.419
 is

00:52:24.419 --> 00:52:24.739
 symbolic

00:52:24.739 --> 00:52:25.480
 maybe

00:52:25.480 --> 00:52:25.679
 a

00:52:25.679 --> 00:52:26.019
 renewal

00:52:26.019 --> 00:52:26.199
 and

00:52:26.199 --> 00:52:26.619
 revival

00:52:26.619 --> 00:52:26.799
 of

00:52:26.799 --> 00:52:26.919
 the

00:52:26.919 --> 00:52:27.159
 church

00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:28.059
 but

00:52:28.059 --> 00:52:28.619
 because

00:52:28.619 --> 00:52:29.119
 they're

00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:29.319
 not

00:52:29.319 --> 00:52:29.500
 only

00:52:29.500 --> 00:52:29.919
 described

00:52:29.919 --> 00:52:30.099
 as

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:30.259
 being

00:52:30.259 --> 00:52:30.719
 raised

00:52:30.719 --> 00:52:30.939
 from

00:52:30.939 --> 00:52:31.099
 the

00:52:31.099 --> 00:52:31.419
 dead

00:52:31.419 --> 00:52:31.839
 but

00:52:31.839 --> 00:52:32.139
 also

00:52:32.139 --> 00:52:32.599
 described

00:52:32.599 --> 00:52:32.779
 as

00:52:32.779 --> 00:52:33.460
 ascending

00:52:33.460 --> 00:52:33.699
 to

00:52:33.699 --> 00:52:33.879
 heaven

00:52:33.879 --> 00:52:34.019
 in

00:52:34.019 --> 00:52:34.159
 a

00:52:34.159 --> 00:52:34.559
 cloud

00:52:34.559 --> 00:52:35.339
 as

00:52:35.339 --> 00:52:35.559
 their

00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:35.980
 enemies

00:52:35.980 --> 00:52:36.500
 watch

00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:36.819
 them

00:52:36.819 --> 00:52:37.980
 and

00:52:37.980 --> 00:52:38.519
 because

00:52:38.519 --> 00:52:38.939
 this

00:52:38.939 --> 00:52:39.059
 is

00:52:39.059 --> 00:52:39.500
 right

00:52:39.500 --> 00:52:40.399
 at

00:52:40.399 --> 00:52:40.519
 the

00:52:40.519 --> 00:52:40.839
 end

00:52:40.839 --> 00:52:40.980
 of

00:52:40.980 --> 00:52:41.099
 the

00:52:41.099 --> 00:52:41.339
 church

00:52:41.339 --> 00:52:41.559
 age

00:52:41.559 --> 00:52:41.699
 when

00:52:41.699 --> 00:52:42.019
 Christ

00:52:42.019 --> 00:52:42.219
 will

00:52:42.219 --> 00:52:42.619
 return

00:52:42.619 --> 00:52:42.839
 and

00:52:42.839 --> 00:52:43.139
 raise

00:52:43.139 --> 00:52:43.319
 the

00:52:43.319 --> 00:52:43.599
 dead

00:52:43.599 --> 00:52:44.359
 as

00:52:44.359 --> 00:52:44.859
 1 Corinthians

00:52:44.859 --> 00:52:45.339
 15

00:52:45.339 --> 00:52:45.639
 talks

00:52:45.639 --> 00:52:45.919
 about

00:52:45.919 --> 00:52:46.539
 I

00:52:46.539 --> 00:52:46.739
 also

00:52:46.739 --> 00:52:46.960
 think

00:52:46.960 --> 00:52:47.139
 it's

00:52:47.139 --> 00:52:47.519
 possible

00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:47.719
 that

00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:47.920
 this

00:52:47.920 --> 00:52:48.199
 is

00:52:48.199 --> 00:52:48.380
 a

00:52:48.380 --> 00:52:48.639
 literal

00:52:48.639 --> 00:52:49.279
 resurrection

00:52:49.279 --> 00:52:51.779
 1 Thessalonians

00:52:51.779 --> 00:52:52.099
 4

00:52:52.099 --> 00:52:52.519
 16

00:52:52.519 --> 00:52:53.019
 to 17

00:52:53.019 --> 00:52:53.519
 speak

00:52:53.519 --> 00:52:53.679
 of

00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:53.960
 this

00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:54.639
 is

00:52:54.639 --> 00:52:54.820
 for

00:52:54.820 --> 00:52:54.980
 the

00:52:54.980 --> 00:52:55.219
 Lord

00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:55.699
 himself

00:52:55.699 --> 00:52:55.940
 will

00:52:55.940 --> 00:52:56.340
 descend

00:52:56.340 --> 00:52:56.619
 from

00:52:56.619 --> 00:52:56.840
 heaven

00:52:56.840 --> 00:52:57.059
 with

00:52:57.059 --> 00:52:57.179
 the

00:52:57.179 --> 00:52:57.480
 cry

00:52:57.480 --> 00:52:57.619
 of

00:52:57.619 --> 00:52:57.960
 command

00:52:57.960 --> 00:52:58.619
 with

00:52:58.619 --> 00:52:58.759
 the

00:52:58.759 --> 00:52:59.059
 voice

00:52:59.059 --> 00:52:59.219
 of

00:52:59.219 --> 00:52:59.340
 an

00:52:59.340 --> 00:52:59.820
 archangel

00:52:59.820 --> 00:53:00.460
 and

00:53:00.460 --> 00:53:00.639
 with

00:53:00.639 --> 00:53:00.820
 the

00:53:00.820 --> 00:53:01.139
 sound

00:53:01.139 --> 00:53:01.340
 of

00:53:01.340 --> 00:53:01.460
 the

00:53:01.460 --> 00:53:01.759
 trumpet

00:53:01.759 --> 00:53:01.940
 of

00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:02.199
 God

00:53:02.199 --> 00:53:02.800
 and

00:53:02.800 --> 00:53:02.940
 the

00:53:02.940 --> 00:53:03.239
 dead

00:53:03.239 --> 00:53:03.500
 in

00:53:03.500 --> 00:53:03.900
 Christ

00:53:03.900 --> 00:53:04.119
 will

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:04.440
 rise

00:53:04.440 --> 00:53:04.960
 first

00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:05.759
 then

00:53:05.759 --> 00:53:05.980
 we

00:53:05.980 --> 00:53:06.159
 who

00:53:06.159 --> 00:53:06.300
 are

00:53:06.300 --> 00:53:06.779
 alive

00:53:06.779 --> 00:53:07.039
 who

00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:07.199
 are

00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:07.559
 left

00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:07.759
 will

00:53:07.759 --> 00:53:07.920
 be

00:53:07.920 --> 00:53:08.179
 caught

00:53:08.179 --> 00:53:08.360
 up

00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:08.659
 together

00:53:08.659 --> 00:53:08.900
 with

00:53:08.900 --> 00:53:09.079
 them

00:53:09.079 --> 00:53:09.199
 in

00:53:09.199 --> 00:53:09.320
 the

00:53:09.320 --> 00:53:09.600
 class

00:53:09.600 --> 00:53:09.760
 to

00:53:09.760 --> 00:53:09.920
 meet

00:53:09.920 --> 00:53:10.100
 the

00:53:10.100 --> 00:53:10.340
 Lord

00:53:10.340 --> 00:53:10.640
 in

00:53:10.640 --> 00:53:10.780
 the

00:53:10.780 --> 00:53:11.039
 air

00:53:11.039 --> 00:53:11.640
 and

00:53:11.640 --> 00:53:11.860
 so

00:53:11.860 --> 00:53:12.059
 we

00:53:12.059 --> 00:53:12.280
 will

00:53:12.280 --> 00:53:12.660
 always

00:53:12.660 --> 00:53:12.920
 be

00:53:12.920 --> 00:53:13.300
 with

00:53:13.300 --> 00:53:13.500
 the

00:53:13.500 --> 00:53:13.700
 Lord

00:53:13.700 --> 00:53:14.880
 so

00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:16.039
 a

00:53:16.039 --> 00:53:16.180
 lot

00:53:16.180 --> 00:53:16.280
 of

00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:16.480
 people

00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:16.740
 think

00:53:16.740 --> 00:53:16.920
 that

00:53:16.920 --> 00:53:17.200
 that

00:53:17.200 --> 00:53:17.940
 passage

00:53:17.940 --> 00:53:19.080
 teaches

00:53:19.080 --> 00:53:19.400
 the

00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:19.960
 rapture

00:53:19.960 --> 00:53:20.559
 but

00:53:20.559 --> 00:53:20.720
 this

00:53:20.720 --> 00:53:20.840
 is

00:53:20.840 --> 00:53:21.080
 not

00:53:21.080 --> 00:53:21.480
 the

00:53:21.480 --> 00:53:22.000
 rapture

00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:23.820
 because

00:53:23.820 --> 00:53:26.039
 for

00:53:26.039 --> 00:53:26.400
 one

00:53:26.400 --> 00:53:26.780
 this

00:53:26.780 --> 00:53:27.160
 is

00:53:27.160 --> 00:53:27.380
 definitely

00:53:27.380 --> 00:53:27.620
 not

00:53:27.620 --> 00:53:27.840
 a

00:53:27.840 --> 00:53:28.140
 pre

00:53:28.140 --> 00:53:28.740
 tribulation

00:53:28.740 --> 00:53:29.120
 rapture

00:53:29.120 --> 00:53:29.380
 because

00:53:29.380 --> 00:53:29.780
 these

00:53:29.780 --> 00:53:30.039
 people

00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:30.220
 have

00:53:30.220 --> 00:53:30.480
 gone

00:53:30.480 --> 00:53:30.820
 through

00:53:30.820 --> 00:53:31.000
 the

00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:31.460
 tribulation

00:53:31.460 --> 00:53:32.360
 they

00:53:32.360 --> 00:53:32.900
 suffered

00:53:32.900 --> 00:53:33.240
 greatly

00:53:33.240 --> 00:53:33.420
 for

00:53:33.420 --> 00:53:33.559
 the

00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:34.220
 gospel

00:53:34.220 --> 00:53:34.820
 and

00:53:34.820 --> 00:53:35.039
 then

00:53:35.039 --> 00:53:35.220
 they

00:53:35.220 --> 00:53:35.320
 are

00:53:35.320 --> 00:53:35.680
 raised

00:53:35.680 --> 00:53:35.920
 so

00:53:35.920 --> 00:53:36.120
 it's

00:53:36.120 --> 00:53:36.360
 not

00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:37.720
 a

00:53:37.720 --> 00:53:38.059
 rapture

00:53:38.059 --> 00:53:38.360
 where

00:53:38.360 --> 00:53:40.539
 you're

00:53:40.539 --> 00:53:40.840
 taken

00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:41.220
 before

00:53:41.220 --> 00:53:41.460
 all

00:53:41.460 --> 00:53:41.620
 the

00:53:41.620 --> 00:53:41.820
 bad

00:53:41.820 --> 00:53:42.019
 stuff

00:53:42.019 --> 00:53:42.380
 happens

00:53:42.380 --> 00:53:43.460
 that's

00:53:43.460 --> 00:53:43.620
 not

00:53:43.620 --> 00:53:43.780
 what

00:53:43.780 --> 00:53:44.079
 happens

00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:44.260
 you

00:53:44.260 --> 00:53:44.440
 go

00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:44.620
 through

00:53:44.620 --> 00:53:44.820
 all

00:53:44.820 --> 00:53:44.980
 the

00:53:44.980 --> 00:53:45.200
 bad

00:53:45.200 --> 00:53:45.480
 stuff

00:53:45.480 --> 00:53:45.740
 and

00:53:45.740 --> 00:53:45.880
 then

00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:46.099
 they're

00:53:46.099 --> 00:53:46.340
 raised

00:53:46.340 --> 00:53:46.519
 here

00:53:46.519 --> 00:53:47.120
 so

00:53:47.120 --> 00:53:47.280
 this

00:53:47.280 --> 00:53:47.400
 is

00:53:47.400 --> 00:53:47.579
 not

00:53:47.579 --> 00:53:47.800
 that

00:53:47.800 --> 00:53:48.000
 kind

00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:48.079
 of

00:53:48.079 --> 00:53:48.360
 rapture

00:53:48.360 --> 00:53:49.300
 it's

00:53:49.300 --> 00:53:49.539
 also

00:53:49.539 --> 00:53:49.800
 not

00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:49.940
 a

00:53:49.940 --> 00:53:50.180
 rapture

00:53:50.180 --> 00:53:50.559
 because

00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:50.820
 a

00:53:50.820 --> 00:53:51.120
 rapture

00:53:51.120 --> 00:53:51.220
 is

00:53:51.220 --> 00:53:51.320
 when

00:53:51.320 --> 00:53:51.460
 you're

00:53:51.460 --> 00:53:51.740
 taken

00:53:51.740 --> 00:53:52.340
 away

00:53:52.340 --> 00:53:52.860
 to

00:53:52.860 --> 00:53:53.120
 heaven

00:53:53.120 --> 00:53:53.660
 and

00:53:53.660 --> 00:53:53.860
 you're

00:53:53.860 --> 00:53:54.039
 not

00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:54.360
 here

00:53:54.360 --> 00:53:54.519
 on

00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:54.720
 earth

00:53:54.720 --> 00:53:55.059
 anymore

00:53:55.059 --> 00:53:55.720
 but

00:53:55.720 --> 00:53:55.900
 the

00:53:55.900 --> 00:53:56.180
 word

00:53:56.180 --> 00:53:56.320
 that

00:53:56.320 --> 00:53:56.460
 is

00:53:56.460 --> 00:53:56.780
 used

00:53:56.780 --> 00:53:57.079
 here

00:53:57.079 --> 00:53:57.360
 for

00:53:57.360 --> 00:53:57.940
 meet

00:53:57.940 --> 00:53:58.539
 is

00:53:58.539 --> 00:53:58.740
 not

00:53:58.740 --> 00:53:58.880
 a

00:53:58.880 --> 00:53:59.019
 word

00:53:59.019 --> 00:53:59.180
 that

00:53:59.180 --> 00:53:59.480
 means

00:53:59.480 --> 00:53:59.680
 to

00:53:59.680 --> 00:54:00.039
 meet

00:54:08.360 --> 00:54:10.140
 in

00:54:10.140 --> 00:54:10.400
 certain

00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:10.940
 cultures

00:54:10.940 --> 00:54:13.660
 when

00:54:13.660 --> 00:54:13.860
 you

00:54:13.860 --> 00:54:14.559
 have

00:54:14.559 --> 00:54:14.720
 a

00:54:14.720 --> 00:54:15.000
 guest

00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:15.340
 you

00:54:15.340 --> 00:54:15.700
 walk

00:54:15.700 --> 00:54:15.880
 them

00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:16.039
 out

00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:16.200
 the

00:54:16.200 --> 00:54:16.460
 door

00:54:16.460 --> 00:54:17.860
 or

00:54:17.860 --> 00:54:18.059
 you

00:54:18.059 --> 00:54:18.700
 go

00:54:18.700 --> 00:54:19.019
 out

00:54:19.019 --> 00:54:19.180
 to

00:54:19.180 --> 00:54:19.340
 meet

00:54:19.340 --> 00:54:19.460
 them

00:54:19.460 --> 00:54:19.559
 and

00:54:19.559 --> 00:54:19.900
 bring

00:54:19.900 --> 00:54:20.059
 them

00:54:20.059 --> 00:54:20.240
 into

00:54:20.240 --> 00:54:20.400
 the

00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:20.720
 house

00:54:20.720 --> 00:54:21.280
 it's

00:54:21.280 --> 00:54:21.519
 something

00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:21.720
 you

00:54:21.720 --> 00:54:21.960
 do

00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:22.260
 for

00:54:22.260 --> 00:54:22.380
 an

00:54:22.380 --> 00:54:22.720
 important

00:54:22.720 --> 00:54:23.180
 person

00:54:23.180 --> 00:54:23.360
 a

00:54:23.360 --> 00:54:23.880
 dignitary

00:54:23.880 --> 00:54:25.900
 that's

00:54:25.900 --> 00:54:26.180
 what's

00:54:26.180 --> 00:54:26.320
 in

00:54:26.320 --> 00:54:26.500
 view

00:54:26.500 --> 00:54:26.800
 here

00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:27.420
 Jesus

00:54:27.420 --> 00:54:27.880
 uses

00:54:27.880 --> 00:54:28.059
 that

00:54:28.059 --> 00:54:28.320
 same

00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:28.599
 word

00:54:28.599 --> 00:54:28.780
 in

00:54:28.780 --> 00:54:28.920
 the

00:54:28.920 --> 00:54:29.280
 parable

00:54:29.280 --> 00:54:29.559
 of

00:54:29.559 --> 00:54:29.740
 the

00:54:29.740 --> 00:54:30.300
 bridesmaids

00:54:30.300 --> 00:54:30.800
 in

00:54:30.800 --> 00:54:31.059
 Matthew

00:54:31.059 --> 00:54:31.800
 25

00:54:31.800 --> 00:54:33.980
 Jesus

00:54:33.980 --> 00:54:34.440
 is

00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:34.960
 compared

00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:35.140
 to

00:54:35.140 --> 00:54:35.300
 the

00:54:35.300 --> 00:54:35.840
 bridegroom

00:54:35.840 --> 00:54:36.220
 that's

00:54:36.220 --> 00:54:36.599
 coming

00:54:36.599 --> 00:54:38.099
 to

00:54:38.099 --> 00:54:39.380
 his

00:54:39.380 --> 00:54:39.639
 home

00:54:39.639 --> 00:54:39.980
 so

00:54:39.980 --> 00:54:43.039
 they

00:54:43.039 --> 00:54:43.199
 can

00:54:43.199 --> 00:54:43.659
 consummate

00:54:43.659 --> 00:54:43.799
 their

00:54:43.799 --> 00:54:44.099
 marriage

00:54:44.099 --> 00:54:44.639
 but

00:54:44.639 --> 00:54:44.920
 as

00:54:44.920 --> 00:54:45.079
 they

00:54:45.079 --> 00:54:45.319
 wait

00:54:45.319 --> 00:54:45.440
 to

00:54:45.440 --> 00:54:45.559
 do

00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:45.719
 that

00:54:45.719 --> 00:54:45.860
 there

00:54:45.860 --> 00:54:45.980
 are

00:54:45.980 --> 00:54:46.679
 bridesmaids

00:54:46.679 --> 00:54:46.860
 who are

00:54:46.860 --> 00:54:47.259
 attending

00:54:47.259 --> 00:54:47.559
 to

00:54:47.559 --> 00:54:47.759
 the

00:54:47.759 --> 00:54:48.559
 bride

00:54:48.559 --> 00:54:49.199
 and

00:54:49.199 --> 00:54:49.380
 they're

00:54:49.380 --> 00:54:49.599
 supposed

00:54:49.599 --> 00:54:49.799
 to be

00:54:49.799 --> 00:54:50.079
 waiting

00:54:50.079 --> 00:54:50.339
 with

00:54:50.339 --> 00:54:51.480
 lampstands

00:54:51.480 --> 00:54:51.860
 you can

00:54:51.860 --> 00:54:52.219
 see a lot

00:54:52.219 --> 00:54:52.679
 of parallels

00:54:52.679 --> 00:54:52.960
 here

00:54:52.960 --> 00:54:53.960
 but

00:54:53.960 --> 00:54:54.739
 these

00:54:54.739 --> 00:54:55.440
 bridesmaids

00:54:55.440 --> 00:54:55.819
 some of

00:54:55.819 --> 00:54:55.960
 them

00:54:55.960 --> 00:54:56.139
 are

00:54:56.139 --> 00:54:56.559
 foolish

00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:56.819
 and

00:54:56.819 --> 00:54:57.000
 they

00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:57.219
 don't

00:54:57.219 --> 00:54:57.420
 keep

00:54:57.420 --> 00:54:57.599
 their

00:54:57.599 --> 00:54:58.259
 lampstands

00:54:58.259 --> 00:54:58.539
 burning

00:54:58.539 --> 00:54:58.880
 and so

00:54:58.880 --> 00:54:59.000
 they

00:54:59.000 --> 00:54:59.239
 fall

00:54:59.239 --> 00:54:59.639
 asleep

00:54:59.639 --> 00:55:00.039
 and

00:55:00.039 --> 00:55:00.179
 they're

00:55:00.179 --> 00:55:00.380
 not

00:55:00.380 --> 00:55:00.699
 ready

00:55:00.699 --> 00:55:01.099
 when

00:55:01.099 --> 00:55:01.319
 the

00:55:01.319 --> 00:55:01.619
 actual

00:55:01.619 --> 00:55:02.099
 bridegroom

00:55:02.099 --> 00:55:02.619
 comes

00:55:02.619 --> 00:55:03.360
 however

00:55:03.360 --> 00:55:03.739
 some

00:55:03.739 --> 00:55:03.920
 are

00:55:03.920 --> 00:55:04.279
 wise

00:55:04.280 --> 00:55:04.400
 and

00:55:04.400 --> 00:55:04.519
 they

00:55:04.519 --> 00:55:04.740
 keep

00:55:04.740 --> 00:55:04.880
 the

00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:05.280
 lampstand

00:55:05.280 --> 00:55:05.640
 burning

00:55:05.640 --> 00:55:06.260
 and so

00:55:06.260 --> 00:55:06.440
 they're

00:55:06.440 --> 00:55:06.760
 able to

00:55:06.760 --> 00:55:07.320
 stay awake

00:55:07.320 --> 00:55:07.720
 and they're

00:55:07.720 --> 00:55:08.140
 able to

00:55:08.140 --> 00:55:08.760
 meet

00:55:08.760 --> 00:55:09.360
 the

00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:10.140
 bridegroom

00:55:10.140 --> 00:55:11.160
 and accompany

00:55:11.160 --> 00:55:11.680
 him back

00:55:11.680 --> 00:55:12.140
 to the

00:55:12.140 --> 00:55:12.519
 home

00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:12.940
 of the

00:55:12.940 --> 00:55:13.300
 bride

00:55:13.300 --> 00:55:14.220
 that's

00:55:14.220 --> 00:55:14.420
 what

00:55:14.420 --> 00:55:14.640
 this

00:55:14.640 --> 00:55:14.880
 word

00:55:14.880 --> 00:55:15.120
 means

00:55:15.120 --> 00:55:15.260
 so

00:55:15.260 --> 00:55:15.360
 it's

00:55:15.360 --> 00:55:15.580
 not

00:55:15.580 --> 00:55:15.780
 a

00:55:15.780 --> 00:55:16.100
 rapture

00:55:16.100 --> 00:55:16.300
 where

00:55:16.300 --> 00:55:16.700
 Christians

00:55:16.700 --> 00:55:16.860
 are

00:55:16.860 --> 00:55:17.080
 taken

00:55:17.080 --> 00:55:17.519
 away

00:55:17.519 --> 00:55:18.080
 but

00:55:18.080 --> 00:55:18.400
 rather

00:55:18.400 --> 00:55:18.660
 as

00:55:18.660 --> 00:55:19.080
 Jesus

00:55:19.080 --> 00:55:19.660
 descends

00:55:19.660 --> 00:55:19.920
 we

00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:20.480
 rise

00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:20.960
 to

00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:21.340
 meet

00:55:21.340 --> 00:55:21.620
 him

00:55:21.620 --> 00:55:22.120
 in

00:55:22.120 --> 00:55:22.240
 the

00:55:22.240 --> 00:55:22.500
 air

00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:22.940
 and

00:55:22.940 --> 00:55:23.040
 then

00:55:23.040 --> 00:55:23.140
 we

00:55:23.140 --> 00:55:23.500
 accompany

00:55:23.500 --> 00:55:23.680
 him

00:55:23.680 --> 00:55:23.880
 back

00:55:23.880 --> 00:55:24.160
 down

00:55:24.160 --> 00:55:24.360
 to

00:55:24.360 --> 00:55:24.680
 earth

00:55:24.680 --> 00:55:24.980
 where

00:55:24.980 --> 00:55:25.340
 Jesus

00:55:25.340 --> 00:55:25.580
 then

00:55:25.580 --> 00:55:26.400
 establishes

00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:26.600
 his

00:55:26.600 --> 00:55:26.980
 kingdom

00:55:26.980 --> 00:55:28.220
 on

00:55:28.220 --> 00:55:28.480
 earth

00:55:28.480 --> 00:55:29.019
 so

00:55:29.019 --> 00:55:29.360
 that's

00:55:29.360 --> 00:55:29.539
 the

00:55:29.539 --> 00:55:30.159
 meaning

00:55:30.159 --> 00:55:30.420
 that's

00:55:30.420 --> 00:55:30.599
 why

00:55:30.599 --> 00:55:30.860
 I don't

00:55:30.860 --> 00:55:31.059
 think

00:55:31.059 --> 00:55:31.500
 revelation

00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:32.119
 or any

00:55:32.119 --> 00:55:32.400
 part

00:55:32.400 --> 00:55:32.759
 of the

00:55:32.759 --> 00:55:33.199
 scripture

00:55:33.199 --> 00:55:33.579
 actually

00:55:33.579 --> 00:55:34.019
 teaches

00:55:34.019 --> 00:55:34.380
 the kind

00:55:34.380 --> 00:55:34.480
 of

00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:34.800
 rapture

00:55:34.800 --> 00:55:35.079
 that is

00:55:35.079 --> 00:55:35.759
 popularized

00:55:35.759 --> 00:55:36.320
 today

00:55:36.320 --> 00:55:38.519
 now

00:55:38.519 --> 00:55:39.659
 and I

00:55:39.659 --> 00:55:39.840
 think

00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:40.300
 this is

00:55:40.300 --> 00:55:40.980
 plausible

00:55:40.980 --> 00:55:41.280
 because

00:55:41.280 --> 00:55:41.639
 this is

00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:41.940
 immediately

00:55:41.940 --> 00:55:42.460
 before the

00:55:42.460 --> 00:55:42.679
 final

00:55:42.679 --> 00:55:43.079
 judgment

00:55:43.079 --> 00:55:44.420
 there's

00:55:44.420 --> 00:55:44.719
 a great

00:55:44.719 --> 00:55:45.139
 earthquake

00:55:45.139 --> 00:55:46.559
 and

00:55:46.559 --> 00:55:47.099
 in

00:55:47.099 --> 00:55:47.599
 Revelation

00:55:47.599 --> 00:55:47.940
 6

00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:48.280
 12

00:55:48.280 --> 00:55:48.820
 a great

00:55:48.820 --> 00:55:49.199
 earthquake

00:55:49.199 --> 00:55:49.800
 preceded

00:55:49.800 --> 00:55:50.300
 the last

00:55:50.300 --> 00:55:50.940
 and final

00:55:50.940 --> 00:55:51.659
 seal

00:55:51.659 --> 00:55:52.219
 the seventh

00:55:52.219 --> 00:55:52.500
 seal

00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:53.159
 and here

00:55:53.159 --> 00:55:53.460
 again

00:55:53.460 --> 00:55:53.840
 the great

00:55:53.840 --> 00:55:54.159
 earthquake

00:55:54.159 --> 00:55:54.719
 precedes

00:55:54.719 --> 00:55:55.199
 the final

00:55:55.199 --> 00:55:55.820
 seventh

00:55:55.820 --> 00:55:56.659
 trumpet

00:55:56.659 --> 00:55:58.239
 and

00:55:58.239 --> 00:55:58.780
 there's

00:55:58.780 --> 00:55:59.340
 retributive

00:55:59.340 --> 00:55:59.980
 justice

00:55:59.980 --> 00:56:00.820
 the justice

00:56:00.820 --> 00:56:01.260
 of God

00:56:01.260 --> 00:56:01.620
 is beginning

00:56:01.620 --> 00:56:02.080
 to take

00:56:02.080 --> 00:56:02.440
 place

00:56:02.440 --> 00:56:02.760
 in verse

00:56:02.760 --> 00:56:03.160
 13

00:56:03.160 --> 00:56:03.960
 7,000

00:56:03.960 --> 00:56:04.300
 people

00:56:04.300 --> 00:56:04.940
 were killed

00:56:04.940 --> 00:56:06.640
 this is

00:56:06.640 --> 00:56:07.019
 likely

00:56:07.019 --> 00:56:07.380
 because

00:56:07.380 --> 00:56:08.300
 in 1 Kings

00:56:08.300 --> 00:56:08.900
 1918

00:56:08.900 --> 00:56:10.580
 God tells

00:56:10.580 --> 00:56:11.060
 Elijah

00:56:11.060 --> 00:56:12.220
 that he

00:56:12.220 --> 00:56:12.820
 has preserved

00:56:12.820 --> 00:56:13.860
 7,000

00:56:13.860 --> 00:56:14.340
 of his

00:56:14.340 --> 00:56:14.720
 faithful

00:56:14.720 --> 00:56:15.120
 people

00:56:15.120 --> 00:56:15.420
 who have

00:56:15.420 --> 00:56:16.000
 not bowed

00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:16.380
 their knees

00:56:16.380 --> 00:56:16.660
 to the

00:56:16.660 --> 00:56:16.980
 idols

00:56:16.980 --> 00:56:17.720
 to Baal

00:56:17.720 --> 00:56:18.860
 and so

00:56:18.860 --> 00:56:19.280
 likely

00:56:19.280 --> 00:56:20.180
 here

00:56:20.180 --> 00:56:21.860
 that 7,000

00:56:21.860 --> 00:56:22.320
 are killed

00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:22.940
 because they

00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:23.640
 killed the

00:56:23.640 --> 00:56:24.320
 7,000

00:56:24.320 --> 00:56:25.000
 remnant

00:56:25.000 --> 00:56:25.540
 it's a

00:56:25.540 --> 00:56:25.820
 symbolic

00:56:25.820 --> 00:56:26.220
 number

00:56:26.220 --> 00:56:27.200
 but 7,000

00:56:27.200 --> 00:56:27.600
 remnant

00:56:27.600 --> 00:56:28.180
 of God's

00:56:28.180 --> 00:56:28.480
 people

00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:28.960
 the faithful

00:56:28.960 --> 00:56:29.460
 the church

00:56:29.460 --> 00:56:29.840
 have been

00:56:29.840 --> 00:56:30.119
 killed

00:56:30.119 --> 00:56:30.480
 by the

00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:30.740
 beast

00:56:30.740 --> 00:56:31.420
 and so

00:56:31.420 --> 00:56:31.719
 now

00:56:31.719 --> 00:56:31.940
 it's

00:56:31.940 --> 00:56:32.740
 the 7,000

00:56:32.740 --> 00:56:33.260
 of those

00:56:33.260 --> 00:56:33.619
 who killed

00:56:33.619 --> 00:56:33.800
 them

00:56:33.800 --> 00:56:34.340
 are now

00:56:34.340 --> 00:56:34.599
 killed

00:56:34.599 --> 00:56:35.119
 by this

00:56:35.119 --> 00:56:35.880
 earthquake

00:56:35.880 --> 00:56:36.740
 so there's

00:56:36.740 --> 00:56:37.219
 justice

00:56:37.219 --> 00:56:38.039
 happening

00:56:38.039 --> 00:56:39.000
 and then

00:56:39.000 --> 00:56:39.380
 the rest

00:56:39.380 --> 00:56:39.559
 of the

00:56:39.559 --> 00:56:39.760
 people

00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:40.179
 who witness

00:56:40.179 --> 00:56:40.440
 this

00:56:40.440 --> 00:56:41.159
 are terrified

00:56:41.159 --> 00:56:42.039
 and give

00:56:42.039 --> 00:56:42.740
 glory to

00:56:42.740 --> 00:56:43.380
 the God

00:56:43.380 --> 00:56:43.960
 of heaven

00:56:43.960 --> 00:56:46.199
 but it's

00:56:46.199 --> 00:56:46.639
 too late

00:56:46.639 --> 00:56:47.460
 these people

00:56:47.460 --> 00:56:47.880
 are not

00:56:47.880 --> 00:56:48.699
 repenting

00:56:48.699 --> 00:56:49.780
 this is

00:56:49.780 --> 00:56:50.840
 just terror

00:56:50.840 --> 00:56:51.480
 not

00:56:51.480 --> 00:56:52.300
 faith-filled

00:56:52.300 --> 00:56:53.019
 fear of God

00:56:53.019 --> 00:56:54.059
 but terror

00:56:54.059 --> 00:56:55.019
 at what

00:56:55.019 --> 00:56:55.500
 at the

00:56:55.500 --> 00:56:56.340
 might of

00:56:56.340 --> 00:56:56.639
 God

00:56:56.639 --> 00:56:57.079
 at the

00:56:57.079 --> 00:56:58.460
 authority

00:56:58.460 --> 00:56:59.019
 of God

00:56:59.019 --> 00:57:00.079
 because they

00:57:00.079 --> 00:57:00.519
 have no

00:57:00.519 --> 00:57:00.960
 choice

00:57:00.960 --> 00:57:01.319
 but to

00:57:01.319 --> 00:57:01.679
 acknowledge

00:57:01.679 --> 00:57:01.920
 it

00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:02.420
 and give

00:57:02.420 --> 00:57:02.799
 glory

00:57:02.799 --> 00:57:03.219
 to him

00:57:03.219 --> 00:57:05.319
 if you're

00:57:05.319 --> 00:57:05.739
 not yet

00:57:05.739 --> 00:57:06.179
 a believer

00:57:06.179 --> 00:57:07.299
 among us

00:57:07.299 --> 00:57:07.739
 this morning

00:57:07.739 --> 00:57:08.599
 I urge you

00:57:08.599 --> 00:57:09.019
 to put your

00:57:09.019 --> 00:57:09.599
 faith in

00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:10.179
 Jesus Christ

00:57:10.179 --> 00:57:10.980
 because one way

00:57:10.980 --> 00:57:11.279
 or another

00:57:11.279 --> 00:57:11.819
 you will

00:57:11.819 --> 00:57:12.219
 bow your

00:57:12.219 --> 00:57:12.679
 knee before

00:57:12.679 --> 00:57:12.900
 him

00:57:12.900 --> 00:57:14.099
 one way

00:57:14.099 --> 00:57:14.339
 or another

00:57:14.339 --> 00:57:14.819
 you will

00:57:14.819 --> 00:57:15.239
 confess

00:57:15.239 --> 00:57:15.779
 his name

00:57:15.779 --> 00:57:17.099
 you can

00:57:17.099 --> 00:57:17.519
 do that

00:57:17.519 --> 00:57:18.000
 willingly

00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:19.119
 and live

00:57:19.119 --> 00:57:19.619
 for him

00:57:19.619 --> 00:57:20.019
 and for his

00:57:20.019 --> 00:57:20.339
 glory

00:57:20.339 --> 00:57:20.839
 in his

00:57:20.839 --> 00:57:21.239
 love

00:57:21.239 --> 00:57:22.179
 or you

00:57:22.179 --> 00:57:22.599
 will do

00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:22.759
 it

00:57:22.759 --> 00:57:23.500
 unwillingly

00:57:23.500 --> 00:57:23.780
 at the

00:57:23.780 --> 00:57:23.980
 end

00:57:23.980 --> 00:57:24.199
 of the

00:57:24.199 --> 00:57:24.460
 age

00:57:24.460 --> 00:57:24.840
 when the

00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:25.079
 judgment

00:57:25.079 --> 00:57:25.539
 comes

00:57:25.539 --> 00:57:28.619
 this

00:57:28.619 --> 00:57:29.119
 promise

00:57:29.119 --> 00:57:29.340
 of

00:57:29.340 --> 00:57:29.920
 resurrection

00:57:29.920 --> 00:57:30.460
 and final

00:57:30.460 --> 00:57:31.059
 vindication

00:57:31.059 --> 00:57:32.059
 offers us

00:57:32.059 --> 00:57:33.000
 great comfort

00:57:33.000 --> 00:57:33.619
 as we

00:57:33.619 --> 00:57:34.000
 endure

00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:34.860
 Satan's

00:57:34.860 --> 00:57:35.380
 persecution

00:57:35.380 --> 00:57:38.159
 in verse

00:57:38.159 --> 00:57:38.500
 eight

00:57:38.500 --> 00:57:38.880
 the way

00:57:38.880 --> 00:57:39.219
 the two

00:57:39.219 --> 00:57:39.559
 witnesses

00:57:39.559 --> 00:57:40.159
 die

00:57:40.159 --> 00:57:40.920
 are killed

00:57:40.920 --> 00:57:41.559
 is compared

00:57:41.559 --> 00:57:42.300
 to how

00:57:42.300 --> 00:57:42.900
 the Lord

00:57:42.900 --> 00:57:44.059
 was crucified

00:57:44.059 --> 00:57:45.280
 in Jerusalem

00:57:45.280 --> 00:57:48.880
 like

00:57:48.880 --> 00:57:49.340
 Jesus

00:57:49.340 --> 00:57:50.219
 who was

00:57:50.219 --> 00:57:50.659
 crucified

00:57:50.659 --> 00:57:51.400
 we too

00:57:51.400 --> 00:57:51.780
 will be

00:57:51.780 --> 00:57:52.280
 persecuted

00:57:52.280 --> 00:57:53.600
 and God's

00:57:53.600 --> 00:57:54.060
 people too

00:57:54.060 --> 00:57:54.420
 will be

00:57:54.420 --> 00:57:54.720
 killed

00:57:54.720 --> 00:57:56.800
 Jesus

00:57:56.800 --> 00:57:57.640
 ministered

00:57:57.640 --> 00:57:58.440
 for about

00:57:58.440 --> 00:57:59.320
 three years

00:57:59.320 --> 00:57:59.700
 or three

00:57:59.700 --> 00:58:00.120
 and a half

00:58:00.120 --> 00:58:00.540
 years

00:58:00.540 --> 00:58:01.220
 depending on

00:58:01.220 --> 00:58:01.500
 how you

00:58:01.500 --> 00:58:01.840
 count it

00:58:01.840 --> 00:58:02.280
 because you

00:58:02.280 --> 00:58:03.019
 see him

00:58:03.019 --> 00:58:03.800
 go through

00:58:03.800 --> 00:58:04.120
 three

00:58:04.120 --> 00:58:04.780
 Passovers

00:58:04.780 --> 00:58:06.040
 in the

00:58:06.040 --> 00:58:06.440
 gospel of

00:58:06.440 --> 00:58:06.620
 John

00:58:06.620 --> 00:58:06.940
 with his

00:58:06.940 --> 00:58:07.380
 disciples

00:58:07.380 --> 00:58:07.960
 after he

00:58:07.960 --> 00:58:08.400
 began his

00:58:08.400 --> 00:58:08.760
 ministry

00:58:08.760 --> 00:58:09.960
 and so that

00:58:09.960 --> 00:58:10.540
 matches the

00:58:10.540 --> 00:58:11.019
 time period

00:58:11.019 --> 00:58:11.340
 of the three

00:58:11.340 --> 00:58:11.700
 and a half

00:58:11.700 --> 00:58:12.140
 years of

00:58:12.140 --> 00:58:12.440
 ministry

00:58:12.440 --> 00:58:12.780
 of the

00:58:12.780 --> 00:58:13.040
 church

00:58:13.040 --> 00:58:13.320
 here

00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:14.680
 and also

00:58:14.680 --> 00:58:15.320
 when Jesus

00:58:15.320 --> 00:58:15.800
 dies

00:58:15.800 --> 00:58:16.380
 he's raised

00:58:16.380 --> 00:58:16.700
 on the

00:58:16.700 --> 00:58:17.240
 third day

00:58:17.240 --> 00:58:17.960
 which matches

00:58:17.960 --> 00:58:18.620
 the three

00:58:18.620 --> 00:58:19.000
 and a half

00:58:19.000 --> 00:58:19.460
 days

00:58:19.460 --> 00:58:21.900
 before which

00:58:21.900 --> 00:58:22.220
 the two

00:58:22.220 --> 00:58:22.519
 witnesses

00:58:22.519 --> 00:58:23.400
 are

00:58:23.400 --> 00:58:24.019
 resurrected

00:58:24.019 --> 00:58:25.019
 so this

00:58:25.019 --> 00:58:25.579
 pattern

00:58:25.579 --> 00:58:26.740
 is ultimately

00:58:26.740 --> 00:58:27.220
 following the

00:58:27.220 --> 00:58:27.820
 pattern of

00:58:27.820 --> 00:58:28.320
 Jesus

00:58:28.320 --> 00:58:30.539
 if they

00:58:30.539 --> 00:58:31.059
 persecuted

00:58:31.059 --> 00:58:31.420
 Jesus

00:58:31.420 --> 00:58:32.000
 they'll also

00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:32.820
 persecute us

00:58:32.820 --> 00:58:33.639
 and we're

00:58:33.639 --> 00:58:34.180
 commanded to

00:58:34.180 --> 00:58:34.680
 follow in his

00:58:34.680 --> 00:58:35.160
 footsteps

00:58:35.160 --> 00:58:37.519
 Jesus died

00:58:37.519 --> 00:58:38.220
 for the cross

00:58:38.220 --> 00:58:38.840
 on the cross

00:58:38.840 --> 00:58:39.700
 for our sins

00:58:39.700 --> 00:58:42.019
 Jesus died

00:58:42.019 --> 00:58:42.740
 so that we

00:58:42.740 --> 00:58:43.680
 might live

00:58:43.680 --> 00:58:45.280
 and he did it

00:58:45.280 --> 00:58:45.860
 for the joy

00:58:45.860 --> 00:58:46.320
 that was set

00:58:46.320 --> 00:58:46.880
 before him

00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:48.000
 so that he

00:58:48.000 --> 00:58:48.720
 might obey

00:58:48.720 --> 00:58:49.280
 his father

00:58:49.280 --> 00:58:50.100
 and redeem

00:58:50.100 --> 00:58:50.660
 us

00:58:50.660 --> 00:58:51.580
 and that's

00:58:51.580 --> 00:58:51.960
 the call

00:58:51.960 --> 00:58:52.400
 for us

00:58:52.400 --> 00:58:53.900
 as well

00:58:53.900 --> 00:58:55.980
 we will be

00:58:55.980 --> 00:58:56.480
 persecuted

00:58:56.480 --> 00:58:58.380
 some of us

00:58:58.380 --> 00:58:58.960
 will be killed

00:58:58.960 --> 00:59:00.580
 but

00:59:00.580 --> 00:59:02.260
 we must

00:59:02.260 --> 00:59:03.040
 bear witness

00:59:03.040 --> 00:59:04.560
 as Jesus

00:59:04.560 --> 00:59:04.960
 did

00:59:04.960 --> 00:59:07.800
 bear the cross

00:59:07.800 --> 00:59:08.600
 pick up our

00:59:08.600 --> 00:59:08.960
 cross

00:59:08.960 --> 00:59:10.160
 and follow him

00:59:10.160 --> 00:59:11.420
 and as we

00:59:11.420 --> 00:59:12.220
 follow in his

00:59:12.220 --> 00:59:12.620
 footsteps

00:59:12.620 --> 00:59:13.380
 we can rest

00:59:13.380 --> 00:59:13.740
 assured

00:59:13.740 --> 00:59:15.120
 that resurrection

00:59:15.120 --> 00:59:16.060
 awaits us

00:59:16.060 --> 00:59:17.519
 vindication

00:59:17.519 --> 00:59:18.260
 awaits us

00:59:18.260 --> 00:59:19.700
 and that

00:59:19.700 --> 00:59:20.400
 God's judgment

00:59:20.400 --> 00:59:21.380
 is still to

00:59:21.380 --> 00:59:21.620
 come

00:59:21.620 --> 00:59:23.080
 let's pray

00:59:23.080 --> 00:59:33.880
 father

00:59:33.880 --> 00:59:34.880
 give us

00:59:34.880 --> 00:59:35.480
 eyes

00:59:35.480 --> 00:59:37.000
 eyes of

00:59:37.000 --> 00:59:37.360
 faith

00:59:37.360 --> 00:59:40.340
 so that we

00:59:40.340 --> 00:59:41.060
 do not walk

00:59:41.060 --> 00:59:42.180
 by sight

00:59:42.180 --> 00:59:42.760
 but we walk

00:59:42.760 --> 00:59:43.640
 by faith

00:59:43.639 --> 00:59:47.619
 faith

00:59:47.619 --> 00:59:49.920
 in the

00:59:49.920 --> 00:59:50.359
 eternity

00:59:50.359 --> 00:59:51.000
 that awaits

00:59:51.000 --> 00:59:51.219
 us

00:59:51.219 --> 00:59:51.699
 faith

00:59:51.699 --> 00:59:53.179
 in the

00:59:53.179 --> 00:59:53.619
 reality

00:59:53.619 --> 00:59:54.119
 of the

00:59:54.119 --> 00:59:54.480
 invisible

00:59:54.480 --> 00:59:54.900
 God

00:59:54.900 --> 00:59:55.199
 who is

00:59:55.199 --> 00:59:55.500
 sovereign

00:59:55.500 --> 00:59:56.219
 over us

00:59:56.219 --> 00:59:57.000
 and will

00:59:57.000 --> 00:59:57.319
 judge

00:59:57.319 --> 00:59:57.859
 the world

00:59:57.859 --> 01:00:00.259
 faith

01:00:00.259 --> 01:00:01.339
 in the

01:00:01.339 --> 01:00:01.879
 son of

01:00:01.879 --> 01:00:02.179
 God

01:00:02.179 --> 01:00:02.579
 Jesus

01:00:02.579 --> 01:00:03.299
 who died

01:00:03.299 --> 01:00:03.619
 and was

01:00:03.619 --> 01:00:03.980
 raised

01:00:03.980 --> 01:00:04.599
 for us

01:00:04.599 --> 01:00:06.079
 faith

01:00:06.079 --> 01:00:06.480
 that even

01:00:06.480 --> 01:00:07.119
 through all

01:00:07.119 --> 01:00:07.859
 affliction

01:00:07.859 --> 01:00:09.319
 and persecution

01:00:09.319 --> 01:00:11.000
 and perplexity

01:00:11.000 --> 01:00:12.079
 of this

01:00:12.079 --> 01:00:12.440
 life

01:00:12.440 --> 01:00:14.260
 that we

01:00:14.260 --> 01:00:14.619
 will not

01:00:14.619 --> 01:00:15.219
 be crushed

01:00:15.219 --> 01:00:17.340
 that we

01:00:17.340 --> 01:00:17.699
 will not

01:00:17.699 --> 01:00:18.360
 be destroyed

01:00:18.360 --> 01:00:20.000
 because you

01:00:20.000 --> 01:00:20.659
 preserve us

01:00:20.659 --> 01:00:21.079
 oh Lord

01:00:21.079 --> 01:00:23.880
 embolden us

01:00:23.880 --> 01:00:24.420
 as witnesses

01:00:24.420 --> 01:00:25.099
 Lord

01:00:25.099 --> 01:00:26.679
 use us

01:00:26.679 --> 01:00:27.000
 for your

01:00:27.000 --> 01:00:27.300
 glory

01:00:27.300 --> 01:00:28.920
 in Jesus

01:00:28.920 --> 01:00:29.340
 name we

01:00:29.340 --> 01:00:29.559
 pray

01:00:29.559 --> 01:00:30.519
 amen

01:00:30.519 --> 01:00:30.619
 amen