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

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 If you are new and you don't know me, my name is Sean.

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 I'm one of the pastors from Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 And we are in a series in the book of Revelation.

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 Revelation is a difficult book.

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 We're not one of those churches that are overly fascinated with the end times in the book of Revelation.

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 It just happens to be the book that we are going through.

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 And all of Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for us.

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 And so we're in Revelation 8, verse 13, the very last verse of chapter 8.

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 And we're going to go all the way through the end of chapter 9.

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

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 We'd love to bring a copy over to you that you could use and you could have.

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 Revelation is the last book in the Bible.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Father, we come to you recognizing how much we fall short of your glory.

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 And we thank you for the opportunity you give us for repentance and faith and salvation.

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 Lord, I pray for those who do not yet know you,

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 who have not truly repented of their sins here in this room.

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 Would you bring them to godly sorrow that leads to true repentance?

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 And Lord, I pray for those who have repented,

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 your people,

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 those who are sealed with the Spirit of God who are here this morning.

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 Would you encourage them and assure them of your protection,

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 your,

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 of how they have their identity in you

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 so that they need not fear

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 the great tribulation

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 and the judgments

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 that you will bring.

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 And remind us, Lord, most of all,

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 of Christ

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 and the work that he has done for us

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 to save us from

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 these dire judgments

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 that we will read about today.

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 Speak to us as you always do, God,

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 from your Word.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand for the reading of God's Word

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 from Revelation.

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 Starting in chapter 8, verse 13.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Then I looked and I heard an eagle

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 crying with a loud voice

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 as it flew directly overhead.

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 Woe, woe, woe

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 to those who dwell on the earth

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 at the blasts of the other trumpets

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 that the three angels are about to blow.

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 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet

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 and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth

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 and he was given the key

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 to the shaft of the bottomless pit.

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 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit

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 and from the shaft rose smoke

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 like the smoke of a great furnace

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 and the sun and the air

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 were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.

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 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth

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 and they were given power

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 like the power of scorpions of the earth.

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 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth

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 or any green plant or any tree

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 but only those people

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 who do not have the seal of God

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 on their foreheads.

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 They were allowed to torment them

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 for five months

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 but not to kill them.

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 And their torment was like

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 the torment of a scorpion

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 when it stings someone.

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 And in those days

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 people will seek death

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 and will not find it.

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 They will long to die

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 but death will flee from them.

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 In appearance

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 the locusts were like horses

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 prepared for battle.

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 On their heads

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 were what looked like crowns of gold.

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 Their faces were like human faces.

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 Their hair like woman's hair.

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 And their teeth like lion's teeth.

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 They had breastplates

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 like breastplates of iron.

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 And the noise of their wings

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 was like the noise

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 of many chariots

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 with horses rushing into battle.

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 They have tails

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 and stings like scorpions.

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 And their power to hurt people

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 for five months

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 is in their tails.

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 They have as king over them

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 the angel of the bottomless pit.

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 His name in Hebrew

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 is Abaddon.

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 And in Greek

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 he is called Apollyon.

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 The first woe has passed.

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 Behold,

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 two woes are still to come.

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 Then the sixth angel

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 blew his trumpet

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 and I heard a voice

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 from the four horns

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 of the golden altar

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 before God

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 saying to the sixth angel

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 who had the trumpet,

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 Release the four angels

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 who are bound

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 at the great river Euphrates.

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 So the four angels

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 who had been prepared

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 for the hour,

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 the day,

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 the month,

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 and the year

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 were released

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 to kill a third of mankind.

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 The number of mounted troops

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 was twice 10,000

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 times 10,000.

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 I heard their number

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 and this is how I saw

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 the horses in my vision

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 and those who rode them.

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 They wore breastplates

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 the color of fire

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 and of sapphire

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 and of sulfur

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 and the heads of the horses

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 were like lion's heads

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 and fire and smoke

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 and sulfur

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 came out of their mouths.

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 By these three plagues

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 a third of mankind

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 was killed

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 by the fire and smoke

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 and sulfur

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 coming out of their mouths.

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 For the power of the horses

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 in their mouths

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 and in their tails,

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 for their tails

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 are like serpents

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 with heads

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 and by means of them

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 they wound.

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 The rest of mankind

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 who were not killed

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 by these plagues

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 did not repent

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 of the works

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 of their hands

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 nor give up

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 worshiping demons

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 and idols of gold

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 and silver

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 and bronze

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 and stone and wood

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 which cannot see

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 or hear or walk

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 nor did they repent

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 of their murders

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 or their sorceries

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 or their sexual immorality

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 or their thefts.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated

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 this time.

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 In his famous

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 Sermon on the Mount

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 Jesus gives us

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 a list of beatitudes

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 or the series

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 of blessed statements.

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 Blessed are they

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 or happy are they

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 who are poor in spirit

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 for theirs is the kingdom of them.

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 Happy are those who mourn

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 for they will be comforted.

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 Happy are the meek

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 for they will inherit the earth.

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 Happy are those

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 who hunger and thirst

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 for righteousness

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 for they will be filled.

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 Happy are the peacemakers

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 for they shall be called

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 sons of God.

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 Happy are those

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 who are persecuted

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 for righteousness sake

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 for theirs is the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Happy are you

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 when they revile you.

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 Others revile you

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 and persecute you

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 and falsely say

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 all kinds of evil

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 against you

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 because of me

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 for in the same way

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 they treated the prophets

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 who were before you.

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 but sometimes

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 as we live in this world

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 Christians

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 have a hard time

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 believing

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 that these beatitudes

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 are actually true.

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 Sometimes it seems happier

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 in this sinful world

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 to be rich

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 and proud in spirit

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 rather than poor in spirit.

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 To laugh

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 rather than to mourn.

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 To be pushy

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 rather than meek.

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 To be full

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 and self-righteous

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 rather than hungering

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 and thirsting

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 for righteousness.

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 To be fighters

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 rather than peacemakers.

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 To be praised

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 and admired

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 rather than

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 to be reviled

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 and persecuted

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 for Jesus' sake.

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 Have you ever felt

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 that way before?

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 And if you've been tempted

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 to think in these ways before

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 that temptation

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 is from our enemy

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 Satan

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 who lies

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 and hides

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 the true spiritual reality

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 of things.

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 We know from

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 2 Corinthians 11

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 11 and 14

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 that even Satan

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 disguises himself

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 as an angel

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 of light

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 which is where we get

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 the name Lucifer

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 which means

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 bearer of light.

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 It also comes from

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 Isaiah 14 12

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 which says

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 that the day star

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 which is a reference

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 to an angel

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 was fallen.

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 But he's only

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 a counterfeit.

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 He's not the true

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 day star.

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 He's not the true

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 morning star.

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 He's not the true

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 angel of light.

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 Revelation 9

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 says in Revelation 22

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 16 rather

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 that Jesus

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 is the true

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 bright morning star.

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 So Satan

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 is only a counterfeit

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 in imitation

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 a cheap imitation

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 that seeks to deceive

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 people

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 and lead them astray.

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 Revelation 9

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 the passage we're in today

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 unmasks

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 the hideous reality

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 the evil reality

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 behind Satan

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 and his lies

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 and his temptations

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 with the purpose

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 of showing

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 deleting sinners

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 showing sinners

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 the true reality

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 of things

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 so that they would

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 repent of their

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 worship of demons

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 and idols.

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 And so the main

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 point of this passage

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 is this

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 in light of God's

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 judgments

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 on those who

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 worship demons

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 we should repent

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 of our idolatry

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 and worship

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 the true God.

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 That's the main

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 point of our passage.

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 First we're going

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 to talk about

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 woe number one

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 the demonic

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 tormenting locusts

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 and secondly

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 we're going to talk

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 about woe number two

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 the demonic

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 killing cavalry.

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 After the first

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 four trumpets

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 which we looked at

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 last week

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 we get a brief

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 intermission here

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 in verse 13

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 like the seven seals

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 which were grouped

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 into four and three

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 the four horsemen

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 of the apocalypse

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 and then the three

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 last seals

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 here there's

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 an arrangement

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 of four

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 plus three

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 pattern again

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 the four

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 judgment trumpets

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 that affect

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 the creation

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 it's showing

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 kind of

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 the creation

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 of the world

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 and then the last

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 three woes

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 that affect

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 people more

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 directly

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 and

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 and then

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 this structure

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 is intended

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 to show

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 the escalation

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 it sets apart

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 the last three

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 to show

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 that there's

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 a greater

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 severity

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 to them

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 so these

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 three woes

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 are going

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 to be worse

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 than the four

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 trumpets

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 that we saw

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 last week

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 it says

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 in verse 13

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 then I looked

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 and I heard

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 an eagle

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 crying

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 with a loud

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 voice

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 as it flew

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 directly overhead

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 woe

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 woe

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 woe

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 to those

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 who dwell

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 on the earth

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 at the blast

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 of the other

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 trumpets

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 that the three

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 angels

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 are about

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 to blow

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 an eagle

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 flying overhead

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 is a picture

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 of a predator

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 hovering over

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 its prey

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 immediately

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 before it

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 dives in

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 for the kill

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 later in

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 revelation 19

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 the birds

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 that fly

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 directly

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 overhead

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 are those

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 who will

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 eat the

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 flesh

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 of kings

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 who have

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 rebelled

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 against

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 christ

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 and so

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 this is a

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 majestic

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 yet foreboding

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 picture

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 and this eagle

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 pronounces a

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 threefold

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 woe

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 when you

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 rebel against

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 and sin

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 and refuse

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 to repent

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 toward a god

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 who is

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 thrice holy

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 that we saw

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 in revelation 4

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 holy

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 holy

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 holy

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 the only fate

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 that is fitting

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 for you

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 is a threefold

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 woe

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 woe

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 woe

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 woe

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 a more modern

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 translation

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 would have it

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 doom

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 doom

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 doom

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 but before I jump

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 into the woes

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 I want to add

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 a bit more context

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 and structure

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 to what I shared

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 with you last week

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 going through the first

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 four trumpets

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 I suggested to you

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 both the literal

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 and symbolic

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 meanings

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 possible meanings

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 of the trumpet

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 judgments

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 and shared my

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 preference for

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 the symbolic meaning

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 but also told you

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 that I might be

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 wrong about

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 that

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 it's possible

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 that the more

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 literal meaning

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 of the four trumpets

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 are in view

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 and if that's the case

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 then the trumpet

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 judgments clearly

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 haven't happened yet

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 and in that case

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 while the seven seals

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 deal with the entire

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 church age

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 the seven seals

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 the first seven seals

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 we saw

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 in chapter 6

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 deal with the entire

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 church age

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 from the first coming

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 of Christ

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 to the second coming

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 of Christ

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 the seven trumpets

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 and the seven bowls

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 then would deal

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 more narrowly

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 with the end

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 of the end times

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 toward the

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 what would be

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 the sixth

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 and the seventh seals

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 I hope you guys

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 follow what I'm saying

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 if you guys

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 are just coming in

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 for the first sermon

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 this probably doesn't

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 make any sense to you

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 I'm sorry about that

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 and this would fit in well

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 with the fact

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 that the trumpet judgments

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 were God's answer

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 to the martyred Christian's

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 prayer for vindication

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 of God's judgment

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 in the fifth seal

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 and then you saw

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 the final climactic judgments

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 in the sixth

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 and seventh seals

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 and so it's possible

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 that all seven trumpets

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 and all seven bowls

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 line up with those

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 two last seals

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 if these are meant

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 to be fulfilled

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 more literally

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 this would also fit well

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 with the fact

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 that the seven trumpets

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 and the seven bowls

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 line up

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 almost exactly

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 they're very parallel

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 the first trumpet

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 and the first bowl

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 both affect the earth

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 the second trumpet

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 and the second bowl

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 both affect the sea

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 the third trumpet

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 and the third bowl

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 both affect the rivers

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 and the springs

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 the fourth trumpet

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 and the fourth bowl

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 both affect the sky

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 or the sun

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 and the heavenly bodies

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 and then

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 the fifth trumpet

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 and the fifth bowl

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 both involve demons

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 who cause anguish

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 or torment

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 and then the sixth trumpet

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 and the sixth bowl

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 both involve demonic forces that originate from the Euphrates.

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 So if they're all parallel and they're all referring to the end of the end,

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 it's possible that these things are going to happen in the future.

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 And if it's happening in the future and it's not already happening or has already happened,

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 then the literal interpretation is more plausible in that case.

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 So it's possible.

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 Honestly, there's so many different views points on this,

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 but I think these two that I'm presenting to you are probably the most likely.

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 I encourage you not to search on YouTube or Internet for the meaning of the book of Revelation

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 because I think maybe 90% or more of the stuff you're going to find is really not very helpful and not very biblical.

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 And so I would caution you against that.

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 It seems like almost everybody has an opinion about it.

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 And they think that they should publish their opinion online.

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 And I would encourage you to just search the scriptures carefully.

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 Read the book of Revelation over and over again.

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 Look at the Old Testament prophecies that are referenced in the book of Revelation again and again.

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 And that's the best way you're going to arrive at the right understanding of this book.

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 So if it's possible that the fifth trumpet and sixth trumpet are stuff that's going to happen in the future

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 or it's something that's going to happen.

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 Or the fifth trumpet at least is something that's happening already.

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 I'll preach with both of those things in mind.

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 Let's jump into the woes.

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 We'll cover only the first two woes today because the last woe doesn't take place until later.

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 But just keep in mind that there's three woes total, which are the last three of the trumpets, of the seven trumpets.

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 The first woe is the fifth trumpet.

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 And when it's blown, John sees a star fallen from heaven to earth.

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 I mentioned to you last week that a fallen star likely represents a fallen angel.

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 In chapter 8, verse 10.

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 Moreover, we saw in Revelation 1.20 that the seven stars that Jesus holds in his right hand,

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 we were told explicitly that they represent seven angels.

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 And in Luke 10.18, due to the proclamation of the kingdom of God by his disciples,

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 Jesus says that I saw Satan fall like lightning from the sky.

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 So it's this idea of a star, something like a star falling from heaven to represent demonic spirits where Satan is not uncommon.

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 That's why Satan is called a fallen angel.

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 Here in Revelation 9, the connection between a fallen star and a fallen angel is even more clear and certain

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 because it says in verse 1, right after telling us that a star fell from heaven,

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 and he, personal pronoun, he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.

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 So this star is no mere self-luminous celestial body of gas.

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 This star has personal agency.

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 This star receives the key and then opens the shaft of the bottomless pit in verse 2.

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 In fact, this star that has the key to the bottomless pit is explicitly described in verse 11,

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 a few verses down, as the angel of the bottomless pit,

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 who is king over the demonic locusts that we'll read about in a minute.

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 And this angel, like Wormwood, has a name.

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 This one is called Abaddon in Hebrew,

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 and Apollyon in Greek.

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 They both mean destruction or destroyer.

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 Abaddon is often parallel to death or the grave in the Old Testament,

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 and Apollyon is referenced to the destroyer, the thief,

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 that comes only to steal and kill and destroy, as Jesus said to describe the devil in John 10.

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 They're both an allusion going back all the way to Exodus, Exodus 12.23,

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 when the destroyer, God sends a destroyer to go throughout Egypt during the Passover

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 to kill the firstborn sons or the males of all of the Egyptian households

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 and all Egyptian animals that were not protected by the seal of God,

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 the blood of the Lamb.

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 And so it's a reference to that destroyer,

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 and that parallel is very suggestive because here, in verse 4,

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 the locusts, the demonic locusts that come out of this,

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 are explicitly forbidden from harming those who have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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 So it's reminiscent of the Exodus plague,

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 with the striking down of the firstborns.

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 I think it's likely that this fallen angel is nothing less than Satan himself,

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 the great dragon, the ancient serpent, which we'll see later.

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 He is thrown down from heaven to earth along with his angels, Revelation 12.9.

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 I think that's what this is depicting in another way.

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 This is confirmed by the fact that he has domain.

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 This is his domain.

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 He has key and authority over the abyss.

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 It's the bottomless pit.

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 This pit is so low underground, so to speak, that it's bottomless.

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 It's not like going down into our basements.

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 It's connected by a shaft because it goes down so low by a long pole,

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 and it's called the abyss.

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 It's the realm of demons.

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 Some people think that this is literally underground.

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 I mean, it's not impossible.

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 I don't know how scientists or geophysicists know this,

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 but they do say that if you go down to the,

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 to drill down to the core of the earth,

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 it's like the size of the moon.

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 It's basically a fireball that's hotter than the surface of the sun,

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 and it's made up mostly of iron or whatever.

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 I mean, I suppose that's possible.

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.299
 It would fit the description,

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:40.140
 but I think it's just as well.

00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:41.700
 It could be symbolic,

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:44.580
 but it's a bad place.

00:19:44.820 --> 00:19:47.900
 You don't want to have anything to do with.

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 And you're not going to find this in your,

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:54.420
 the English version of the Bibles,

00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:56.720
 because the book of Job in our English translation

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:58.880
 is taken from the Hebrew version

00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:02.000
 and not the ancient Greek version,

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:04.700
 but the Greek translation of Job in the Septuagint,

00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:06.740
 Job 41, 23 to 24,

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:10.460
 this abyss is described as where Leviathan,

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:13.680
 the Leviathan, the cosmic sea dragon,

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.660
 the serpent,

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:20.400
 who has the appearance of the morning star,

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:22.700
 again reminiscent of the language of Lucifer,

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.480
 the day star,

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.900
 who is, quote,

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:27.579
 king of all in his realm is said to live.

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 And it's said that this ancient dragon

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:34.660
 considers the Tartarus of the abyss as his captive.

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.680
 In Greek mythology,

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:40.079
 Tartarus is the deep dungeon prison for the Titans,

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.299
 in 2 Peter 2, 4,

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 we are told that God took the angels who sinned

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 and cast them into hell

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 and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness

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 to be kept until the judgment.

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 That phrase, cast them into hell,

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:56.839
 is actually cast them into Tartarus,

00:20:56.939 --> 00:20:58.019
 literally in Greek.

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 This is not the eternal fire prepared for the devil

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 and his minions and all those who follow them

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.759
 in Matthew,

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 that Jesus mentions in Matthew 25, 41.

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 It's not the lake of fire

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:10.319
 that Revelation 20 mentions,

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 which is the final destination

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 of the dragon and the beast

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 and the false prophet

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:16.519
 and all those who follow him instead of Christ.

00:21:17.100 --> 00:21:18.759
 So this is not that final destination.

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:21.180
 Rather, it's the temporary place of incarceration,

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 where the evil spirits who had sinned,

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 or demons,

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.980
 angels who had sinned,

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:27.860
 transgressed their boundaries,

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 as Jude 1, 6 speaks of,

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 probably alluding to Genesis 6,

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 are imprisoned at the moment.

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 And in Luke 8, 31,

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 this abyss is mentioned again.

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 This is where you encounter the demon region.

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 A man gathering demoniac

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 is possessed by a demon named region.

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 And then when Jesus is about to cast the demon out,

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.399
 he begs Jesus,

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:56.019
 please don't send me into the abyss.

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 The bottomless pit

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 that even demons fear to go to.

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.920
 But even here,

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:06.440
 we see that the ultimate sovereignty

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:09.200
 lies with our Lord Jesus Christ

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:11.279
 and not with Satan,

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 who receives this key.

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:14.740
 Look at the phrasing of verse 1.

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 He was given the key

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 to the shaft of the bottomless pit.

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 This is the divine passive construction

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 that indicates that

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:29.099
 while God is never the direct actor in evil,

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:32.220
 he is nonetheless completely sovereign over evil.

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 We were told in Revelation 1, 17 to 18,

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 who ultimately holds this key,

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 remember that?

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 Jesus said,

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 Fear not,

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 I am the first and the last

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 and the living one.

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 I died,

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 and behold,

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 I am alive forevermore,

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 and I have the keys.

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 Jesus,

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.920
 Jesus,

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 the Son of God,

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 is the one person in human history

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 who did not have to die,

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 but he died for the sins,

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 for our sins,

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 to save people

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:05.559
 and to save the world,

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 and so all who repent of their sins

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 and trust in him might be saved.

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:11.000
 But because he died

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 and because he was raised from the dead

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 and he was the one person

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.539
 in the history of humanity

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.079
 who has ever defeated death

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 in that way,

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.000
 he is the one who ultimately

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:21.720
 holds the keys of death and Hades.

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:21.920
 Now,

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:23.440
 he decides

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.700
 when to open

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 and when to close.

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 He decides

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 when he gives life,

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.819
 when he takes life.

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.380
 And so,

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:35.319
 even though this fearsome demon

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:37.319
 receives authority,

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:39.299
 he only receives authority.

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.519
 He's given the key

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.740
 from the one who has ultimate dominion,

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.619
 that is Christ.

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:45.759
 Satan is king

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:48.719
 over his demonic domain.

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:51.359
 He is described as a prince

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.139
 of this sinful world.

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.239
 However,

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:56.259
 in relation to King Jesus,

00:23:57.219 --> 00:23:58.879
 as you see here,

00:23:58.919 --> 00:24:00.199
 he's nothing but a lackey,

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.359
 a warden,

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:04.139
 a servant warden.

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:09.060
 It's like basically

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.860
 a prison guard here.

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:13.200
 That's how gloriously powerful

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.680
 and sovereign

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.740
 our Lord Jesus is.

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.360
 Satan,

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 remember that.

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.600
 Satan is only a counterfeit

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.640
 morning star,

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.680
 a counterfeit

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:21.520
 king.

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 Jesus is the true

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 and genuine one,

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 the amen,

00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:26.080
 the faithful

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 and true witness.

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.620
 And yet,

00:24:29.020 --> 00:24:30.080
 so many people

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:31.080
 in our world

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:32.480
 are serving this

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.740
 ancient serpent

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:35.720
 who rules over

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.839
 this bottomless pit

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:38.679
 instead of serving

00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.079
 Jesus,

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.059
 the Lord of life,

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:44.079
 who is exalted

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.179
 far above the heavens.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.679
 Which king

00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:48.599
 do you want to serve?

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.740
 The prison guard

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.759
 over the bottomless pit

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:54.240
 or the one who reigns

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.599
 at the right hand

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.119
 of the Father?

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.980
 The first woe unmasks

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.000
 the grotesque

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.700
 and macabre reality

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.920
 of the demonic forces

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:05.079
 so that people

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.920
 who dwell on the earth

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.700
 might be awakened

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:08.400
 from Satan's deception

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:10.380
 and see the truth,

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.880
 the light of the gospel

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.779
 of Jesus Christ.

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.839
 Let's look a little

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.640
 more closely

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.519
 at the grisly picture

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.059
 of the demons

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.980
 in the following verses.

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.480
 When the fallen angel

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.339
 opens the shaft

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.339
 of the bottomless pit,

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.440
 smoke like the smoke

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.480
 of a great furnace

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.680
 rises from the shaft

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.859
 and darkens the air

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.380
 and the sun.

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.000
 So imagine

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.079
 if something is enough

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.920
 to darken the sun,

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.259
 it's not this kind of

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:33.380
 transparent mist-like thing.

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.140
 It's a thick,

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:35.580
 dark plumage

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.720
 of smoke

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:38.320
 like the kind

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:38.779
 that erupts

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.480
 from a volcano.

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:41.140
 There's so much of it.

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:43.259
 And then out of that smoke

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.720
 emerges,

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.180
 it says,

00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:45.380
 locusts on the earth

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.400
 and they were given power

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.000
 like the power

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.700
 of scorpions

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.300
 of the earth.

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.900
 This is an obvious

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.519
 allusion

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:52.120
 to the Exodus,

00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:53.220
 like the eighth plague

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.600
 of Egypt

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.420
 in Exodus 10

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:56.380
 where a dense swarm

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:57.500
 of locusts

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.759
 came from the east

00:25:58.759 --> 00:26:00.140
 and covered all

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.680
 of Egypt

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.640
 so that the land

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.620
 was darkened.

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:02.900
 Again,

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.800
 that's another parallel.

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.960
 And it says

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.640
 that they ate

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.940
 all the plants

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.400
 in the land

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.240
 and all the fruit

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.759
 of the trees

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.340
 that the hail

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.000
 had left

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.100
 so that not a green

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.279
 thing remained

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:14.560
 in all of Egypt

00:26:14.560 --> 00:26:15.980
 except for where

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:17.160
 God's people,

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:17.660
 the Israelites,

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.100
 lived.

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.279
 We're so far

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.860
 living here

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.839
 in Boston.

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.959
 We're so far

00:26:23.959 --> 00:26:25.059
 removed from locusts.

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.579
 I don't even know

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:25.979
 if you guys

00:26:25.979 --> 00:26:26.740
 have even seen

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.259
 a locust.

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.059
 I don't know

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.619
 that I've seen

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.099
 a locust.

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.699
 I've seen grasshoppers.

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:34.599
 And it's hard

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.079
 to imagine

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.719
 how devastating

00:26:35.719 --> 00:26:36.419
 they can be

00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:38.859
 but we're more

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.740
 bothered by pests

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:41.000
 like rats here.

00:26:41.959 --> 00:26:43.139
 But desert locusts

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:43.799
 are often called

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.419
 the world's

00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:45.399
 most devastating

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:45.839
 pests

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.479
 for a reason.

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.179
 When locusts

00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:49.279
 begin to form swarms,

00:26:49.699 --> 00:26:50.259
 they say that

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.279
 they multiply

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.279
 twentyfold

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.200
 in three months.

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.799
 Imagine their population

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.980
 growing twentyfold

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.920
 in three months.

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.819
 And they can reach

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.599
 densities of

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.940
 thirty-one million

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.599
 locusts

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.700
 per square mile.

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.399
 And they could

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:05.000
 occupy many square miles.

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.339
 So imagine

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.059
 what that's like

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.680
 if they covered

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.539
 like, you know,

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.359
 let's say even

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.740
 they covered

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.720
 their swarm

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.420
 of eighty million

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.839
 locusts

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:15.039
 covering maybe

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.639
 three or

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:18.319
 three square miles

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.660
 or so.

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.460
 They can consume

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.180
 the food equivalent

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.660
 of about

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.799
 thirty-five thousand

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.279
 people.

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:25.100
 What thirty-five thousand

00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.880
 people will eat

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:27.740
 on any given day.

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.120
 They could eat that

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.940
 on a single day.

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.319
 So you imagine

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.100
 that kind of swarm

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.759
 going through

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.799
 your farmland.

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.299
 There's nothing left.

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.779
 That's how devastating

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.920
 and dreadful,

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.460
 how dreaded

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.480
 these locust swarms

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.279
 were in that part

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.759
 of the world.

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.660
 And so that's

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.740
 what you should see,

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.160
 what you should feel

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:48.320
 when you hear locusts.

00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:51.480
 Once again,

00:27:51.540 --> 00:27:52.180
 the key difference

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.640
 here is that

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.340
 these locusts

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:55.060
 are primarily,

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.660
 I think,

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.220
 symbolic.

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:57.740
 I think

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:59.580
 that's why,

00:27:59.660 --> 00:27:59.820
 I mean,

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.519
 in 2020,

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:02.000
 there were locust swarms

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.759
 in East Africa

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.640
 that were so bad

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.400
 that the BBC

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.060
 called them

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.680
 the biblical

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.600
 locust plagues

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 of 2020.

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 I'm sure

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 some people

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 were crying out

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 that this is

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 a fulfillment

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 of the revelation,

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 but I just

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 don't think so

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 because these

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 are demonic locusts.

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 These are not,

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 those are real locusts

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 that eat plants.

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 And these locusts

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 are not interested

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 in plants at all.

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 Revelation 9, 45,

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 it says specifically

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 that these locusts

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 were told

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 not to harm

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 the grass of the earth

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 or any green plant

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 or any tree,

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 but only those people

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 who do not have

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 the seal of God

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 on their foreheads.

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 They were allowed

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 to torment them

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 for five months,

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 but not to kill them.

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 So these locusts

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 are not interested

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 in green things

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 at all.

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 They're just interested

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 in people

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 and in particularly

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 people who have

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 not been sealed

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 with the name of God.

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 Moreover,

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 another remarkable thing

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 about locusts

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 that we know

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 from Proverbs 30, 27

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 is that locusts

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 have no king,

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 yet all of them

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 march in rank.

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 But we are told

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 here in Revelation 9, 11

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 that these locusts

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 have a king.

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 They have as their king

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 an angel

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 of the bottomless pits.

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 These are not

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 literal locusts.

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 We can also tell

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 that these locusts

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 are symbolic

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 from the composite imagery.

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 And notice just how many times

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 the word like

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 is used

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 in the description

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 of these locusts.

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 Verse 3,

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 they were given power

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 like the power

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 of scorpions

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 of the earth.

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 Verse 5,

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 their torment

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 was like the torment

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 of a scorpion

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 when it stings someone.

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 Verse 7,

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 in appearance

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 the locusts

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 were like horses

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 prepared for battle.

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 On their heads

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 were what looked

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 like crowns of gold.

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 Their faces

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 were like human faces.

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 Verse 8,

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 their hair is like

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 woman's hair

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 and their teeth

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 like lion's teeth.

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 In verse 9,

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 they had breastplates

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 like breastplates

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 of iron

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 and the noise

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 of their wings

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 was like the noise

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 of many chariots

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 with horses

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 rushing into battle.

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 Like, like, like, like.

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 These are similes.

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 This is the language

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 of figurative comparison.

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 John's doing his best

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 to describe

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 what he saw

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 in his vision.

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 He's not telling us

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 exactly what it is.

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 He's just describing them.

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 It's a picture

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 for us to imagine.

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 And they are representative

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 of the thing

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 that's behind it,

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 the substance

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 that's behind it.

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 And because these

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 are demonic,

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 clearly,

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 I don't think,

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 as some people

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 have claimed,

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 that these locusts

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 are a description

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 of the Apache helicopter

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 or some other

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 modern warfare

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 contraption

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 that's going to come

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 as a whore

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 to attack people

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 or whatever.

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 You know,

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 I don't think

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 that's the case.

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 You know,

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 it's a composite picture

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 of what demons

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 are like.

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 And this description

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 of their appearance

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 exaggerates

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 various aspects

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 of the locusts

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 to make them look

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 as hideous

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 as possible.

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 Instead of these,

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 like, regular

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 things that,

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 you know,

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 stick out of their mouths

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 like you've seen locusts,

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 they have lion's fans

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 right there.

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 Can you imagine

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 what they can do

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 with that?

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 How much more

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 they can eat,

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 chew down with that?

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 And they,

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 like,

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 normally they have scales,

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 called,

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 like,

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 their thoraxes

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 look like scaled armor,

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 but they actually

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 have breastplate

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 of iron.

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 That's what that looks like.

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 These are, like,

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 these are locusts

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 on demonic steroids.

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 And they appear,

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 like,

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 their sound is like

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 rumbling of chariots,

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 like a powerful army.

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 And most of this image

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 is taken,

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 actually,

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 from Joel 1, 2,

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 which describes

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 the day of the Lord,

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 day of the Lord's judgment

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 when a locust-like army

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 will come.

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 It says,

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 and then,

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 and they're described

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 as having lion's teeth.

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 Their appearance

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 is like the appearance

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 of horses.

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 And like the war horses,

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 they run,

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 as with the rumbling

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 of chariots,

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 like a powerful army,

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 it says in Joel 1, 6.

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 So,

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 but here,

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 I don't think

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 it's a physical army,

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 but a spiritual,

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 demonic one.

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 And so,

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 whenever you're tempted

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 by the seductive power

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 of the enemy,

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 whenever you're looking

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 at sin

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 and saying,

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 oh, man,

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 that looks really good.

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 That,

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 that looks like

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 a really happy lifestyle.

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 That,

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 that looks blessed.

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 You look at

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 the enemy's temptations,

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 then that's what you feel.

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 Imagine these hideous,

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 demonic locusts.

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 That's what you're dealing with.

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 Not some pleasant sweets.

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 Do you want anything

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 to do with these creatures?

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 Of course we don't.

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 Three times,

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 in verses 3, 5, and 10,

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 we are told that

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 these locusts

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 wield the power of scorpions.

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 Scorpion's sting

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:51.580
 is an apt comparison

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 because their sting

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 is intensely painful,

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 but they are rarely fatal.

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 I hear that the scorpions

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 in the Middle East,

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 their stings

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 are even more painful

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 than the small kinds

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 you see in Arizona

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 and different places.

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 And,

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 but they're still not lethal.

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 And so,

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 it really fits well

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 with this,

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 the limitation

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 that God has placed

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 on them,

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 that they're not allowed

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 to kill

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 but only to torment.

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 And they're limited

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 for a five-month period.

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 And like most numbers

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 in Revelation,

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 that's probably also

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 a symbolic number.

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 But it's a symbolic number

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 that's readily available

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 because locusts,

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 their lifespan

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 is normally five months.

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 That's usually

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 how long locust swarms

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 stay around.

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 And then they,

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 I don't know if that's

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 their entire lifespan

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 or not.

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 But even during those five months,

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 they would normally

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.660
 only consume

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 for short periods of that.

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 But these demonic locusts

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 are active

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.740
 for the entire

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 five-month season.

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 And,

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 God has sovereignly

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 put boundaries

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 around the extent

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 and the duration

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 and the object

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 of their demonic activity.

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 As I've hinted already,

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 their extent is limited

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 in that they can only torment

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 but not kill.

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 Their duration is limited

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 in that they can only torment

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.659
 for five months.

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 So,

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.280
 at least it's not

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:11.700
 for an indefinite period of time.

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:13.099
 There's a limit to it.

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.700
 It's going to end

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 at some point.

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 Their object

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 is limited

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 in that they cannot

00:34:16.660 --> 00:34:17.320
 torment those

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:18.380
 who have the seal

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.880
 of God

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:20.099
 on their foreheads.

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.320
 This is hearkening

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 back to chapter 7

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 where the 144,000

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 representing

00:34:25.120 --> 00:34:26.280
 the true Israel,

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 the full number

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.480
 of God's elect people

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.079
 were sealed

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.420
 with the name

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.340
 of the living God

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.940
 so that they can be

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:34.079
 identified as belonging

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.519
 to God

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.200
 and so that they can be

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:35.780
 protected,

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:37.320
 spiritually protected

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 from these ensuing judgments.

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 So,

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 this is not a physical seal

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:41.920
 that you write

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.660
 with a sharpie

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 or it's not

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.680
 a computer chip

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.980
 that someone's

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.379
 going to put

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:47.199
 inside your body.

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:49.480
 This is a spiritual seal,

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:51.519
 the name of the living God

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 and it's written

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:55.539
 upon our souls

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.579
 as Christians

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.739
 by the Holy Spirit

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:59.839
 and those who do not

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.719
 have the seal

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.659
 of the living God

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.819
 are sealed

00:35:02.819 --> 00:35:03.500
 instead

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.759
 with the name

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:06.199
 of Satan's beast

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:08.119
 in Revelation 13, 17

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:09.500
 and these unbelievers

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.059
 who are then

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.519
 tormented

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:12.780
 by these demon locusts

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:14.179
 and there's no middle ground,

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:15.119
 there's a neutral ground.

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.860
 You're either taking

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:17.139
 the mark of the beast

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:18.119
 or you're taking

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.699
 the seal

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:20.079
 of the name

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:21.079
 of the living God

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.039
 and Jesus Christ.

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:26.679
 Notice the striking parallels

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.820
 with this passage

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:29.259
 in Luke 10, 18-20

00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:30.860
 which I already referenced earlier.

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:32.219
 Jesus said to his disciples,

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:34.179
 I saw Satan fall

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:34.879
 like lightning

00:35:34.879 --> 00:35:35.500
 from heaven.

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.619
 Behold,

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.599
 I've given you authority

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:39.039
 to tread on serpents

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:40.739
 and scorpions

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:42.359
 and over all

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.959
 the power

00:35:42.959 --> 00:35:43.519
 of the enemy

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.480
 and nothing

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.519
 shall hurt you.

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:46.819
 Nevertheless,

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.679
 do not rejoice

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.039
 in this

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.779
 that the spirits

00:35:48.779 --> 00:35:49.819
 are subject to you

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.279
 but rejoice

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:50.980
 that your names

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.459
 are written

00:35:51.459 --> 00:35:51.959
 in heaven.

00:35:51.959 --> 00:35:52.619
 So here,

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:54.319
 Jesus is explaining

00:35:54.319 --> 00:35:56.199
 having authority

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:57.239
 over serpents

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:58.519
 and scorpions

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.699
 as having power

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:01.259
 over the enemy.

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:03.980
 Having authority

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.159
 over all the powers

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.559
 of the enemy.

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.399
 So scorpions

00:36:06.399 --> 00:36:07.000
 and serpents

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.879
 are symbols

00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:09.159
 of evil

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:11.299
 because they cause

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:11.980
 so much pain.

00:36:13.879 --> 00:36:15.399
 And so this is,

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.259
 I think this is what

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:18.480
 John is referring to here

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:20.000
 in using that image

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.759
 in this vision.

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.299
 And so over,

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.259
 this is,

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.539
 if you are then

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.599
 hurt by scorpions,

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.480
 I think most likely

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.179
 that it's referring

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:29.379
 in the symbolic sense

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.640
 to the spiritual torment

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:32.340
 that the enemy,

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:34.039
 the powers of the enemy

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:35.720
 inflict upon those

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.500
 who do not know

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.940
 the Lord

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.680
 and those who have not

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:38.300
 been sealed

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.880
 with the name of God.

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:42.160
 If this is,

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.640
 if this is,

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:45.119
 lies in the future

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.840
 and has yet

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.500
 to be fulfilled,

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.240
 I mean,

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.119
 it's also possible

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.780
 that there will be

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.820
 a physical torment

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:51.960
 inflicted by these demons.

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.160
 But it's something

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.720
 that believers

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.980
 will be protected from.

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.880
 And that's really ironic

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.760
 if you think about it.

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.980
 You think that,

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.219
 I mean,

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.800
 who are,

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.340
 who's,

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.780
 who's Satan against?

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.179
 Satan's against God.

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.719
 He's against God

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.280
 and his people.

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.599
 And you think that

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.340
 if Satan's out

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:09.039
 to get somebody,

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:10.639
 he would try to,

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.740
 to torment

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:13.139
 the Christians,

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.440
 the ones who do,

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.840
 have the seal of God.

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:18.179
 I'm sure he wants to,

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:19.240
 but he can't.

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:21.519
 He has no authority to.

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:24.139
 And that's the irony

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:24.719
 of it here,

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.900
 is that instead,

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.780
 Satan torments

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:28.220
 those who belong to him,

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.740
 those who have

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.820
 the mark of the beast,

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:32.420
 so that they long

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:33.140
 to die.

00:37:35.600 --> 00:37:36.840
 That's what Satan

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.820
 does to his followers.

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.640
 Sometimes I hear

00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:42.260
 Christians say,

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.460
 oh,

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.060
 it's so hard

00:37:43.060 --> 00:37:44.100
 to be a Christian.

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:45.880
 It would be nice

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:47.000
 to be a non-Christian

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.740
 and not have to worry

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:48.840
 about fighting sin

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.440
 all the time.

00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:51.180
 You've got to be kidding me.

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:56.139
 You'd rather be

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:57.299
 enslaved to sin.

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.619
 You'd rather be

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:03.419
 under divine condemnation.

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.599
 You'd rather have

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:07.279
 no eternal purpose

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:09.119
 or ultimate fulfillment

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.719
 in life.

00:38:09.919 --> 00:38:11.500
 You'd rather be afflicted

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:12.539
 with this tormenting

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.359
 power of Satan.

00:38:16.859 --> 00:38:17.679
 Absolutely not.

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:18.339
 Don't think,

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.780
 don't think for a moment

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.780
 that Satan

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.400
 will give you

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.320
 an easy way out.

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.760
 He will do everything

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.440
 in his power

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.480
 to make your life

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.180
 a living hell.

00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:34.420
 Satan's horde

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.320
 of demonic locusts

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:35.960
 torment those

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.000
 who do not know

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.539
 Jesus Christ

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.920
 and make them

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.120
 long for death.

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:39.940
 Imagine how

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:42.900
 painful this is.

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.320
 They long for death

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:46.860
 because life

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.920
 is such a torment

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:52.260
 yet they cannot

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:53.039
 have it.

00:38:53.640 --> 00:38:54.680
 Death eludes them.

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.220
 It flees from them.

00:38:58.680 --> 00:39:00.019
 This is such a

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:02.120
 dire picture

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:02.680
 of

00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:05.180
 futility,

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.860
 purposelessness,

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.640
 despair,

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.700
 hopelessness.

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:14.019
 This condition

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.719
 of unbelievers

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.359
 here forms

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:16.259
 a stark contrast

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:16.879
 with the way

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.399
 the believers

00:39:17.399 --> 00:39:18.059
 are described

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:19.019
 in Revelation 12,

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.460
 11,

00:39:19.839 --> 00:39:20.879
 as those who

00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:21.559
 bore faithful

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.399
 witness to Jesus

00:39:22.399 --> 00:39:23.299
 Christ and loved

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:24.139
 their lives

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:25.099
 not unto death

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:26.539
 because they were

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.039
 killed,

00:39:27.439 --> 00:39:27.799
 basically,

00:39:27.919 --> 00:39:28.779
 because of their

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.439
 faithful witness

00:39:29.439 --> 00:39:29.799
 to Jesus

00:39:29.799 --> 00:39:30.779
 by the unbelieving

00:39:30.779 --> 00:39:31.159
 world.

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.599
 They were persecuted

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.319
 and martyred.

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.360
 And so,

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:37.059
 these believers

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:39.660
 were killed

00:39:39.660 --> 00:39:40.860
 by these unbelievers

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:42.260
 but now they're

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:43.260
 in the eternal joy

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:44.760
 of an eternal life

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:46.420
 and these people

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.680
 who killed them

00:39:47.680 --> 00:39:49.280
 want to die

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:50.519
 but cannot die.

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.100
 That's the stark

00:39:52.100 --> 00:39:52.660
 contrast.

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:55.120
 It's a fitting

00:39:55.120 --> 00:39:55.559
 punishment.

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:58.320
 Now,

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.259
 I think

00:40:00.259 --> 00:40:02.579
 if this is

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.320
 referring to

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:04.019
 something that's

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.820
 already happening

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.619
 and it's of a

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.360
 spiritual nature,

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.860
 of course,

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.519
 there are Christians

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.299
 who can sometimes

00:40:08.299 --> 00:40:09.460
 fall into hopelessness

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:10.480
 and despair as well

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:13.699
 but then how do you

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:14.480
 square this reality

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:15.219
 with verse 4

00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:15.699
 which says that

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.219
 those who have

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:16.920
 the seal of God

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.559
 on their foreheads

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.179
 are protected

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:19.539
 from the torment

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.980
 of these demonic locusts

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:22.279
 and the difference

00:40:22.279 --> 00:40:23.460
 is that the non-Christians

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.360
 do not have

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:25.400
 the seal of God

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:27.079
 while Christians

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:28.340
 do have the seal

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.180
 of God's protection

00:40:29.180 --> 00:40:30.180
 over them.

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.920
 Ephesians 1,

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.880
 13 to 14 says,

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.440
 when we heard

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.240
 the word of truth,

00:40:33.700 --> 00:40:34.900
 the gospel of our salvation

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.900
 and believed in Jesus,

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.880
 we were sealed

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.619
 with the promised

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.340
 Holy Spirit

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:39.760
 with the guarantee

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:40.940
 of our inheritance

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:42.519
 until God redeems

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:44.099
 his possession.

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:46.260
 The Spirit of God

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:47.760
 guarantees our heavenly

00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:49.519
 inheritance to us

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:51.300
 and so we have a hope

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:52.480
 that has substance

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:54.240
 regardless of how you feel

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:55.300
 in the moment.

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:57.579
 It's not a wishful thinking

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.280
 but it's hope

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:59.160
 that is based on

00:40:59.160 --> 00:41:00.240
 and grounded in reality

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.860
 of something that will

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.700
 actually happen

00:41:01.700 --> 00:41:02.660
 in the future

00:41:02.660 --> 00:41:03.780
 and Christians

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:05.099
 all have that hope.

00:41:05.700 --> 00:41:07.280
 We all have that seal

00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:08.180
 as opposed to

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:08.720
 non-Christians

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:09.599
 who do not.

00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:13.980
 We have the means,

00:41:14.220 --> 00:41:15.200
 access to the shield

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.579
 of faith

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:16.860
 as Ephesians 6, 16

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:18.220
 which we can raise

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:20.160
 in order to extinguish

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:20.980
 the flaming darts

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:22.019
 of the evil one.

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:25.000
 Now let's look at

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.900
 the second woe

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:27.239
 which is the sixth trumpet.

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:29.460
 When it's blown

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:30.739
 it says it releases

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:32.719
 the four angels

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.900
 who are bound

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.780
 at the great river

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.320
 Euphrates.

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.960
 This is reminiscent

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:39.440
 of Revelation 7, 1

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.900
 where there were

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.440
 four angels

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.420
 standing at the four corners

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.920
 of the earth

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.699
 and were holding back

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:43.259
 the four winds

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.680
 of the earth.

00:41:47.520 --> 00:41:47.920
 I think

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:52.360
 there's some parallels

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:53.360
 there but I think

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:54.360
 these are different

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:56.360
 angels because

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:57.160
 there's a series

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:58.040
 of escalation.

00:41:58.840 --> 00:41:59.400
 We saw

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:00.740
 of the four horsemen

00:42:00.740 --> 00:42:02.160
 kind of the demonic angels

00:42:02.160 --> 00:42:04.000
 earlier Revelation 6

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.500
 as well

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:06.120
 and they were permitted

00:42:06.120 --> 00:42:07.240
 to take a fourth

00:42:07.240 --> 00:42:08.300
 of life

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:09.880
 kill a fourth

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.420
 of humanity

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:12.599
 and here

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:14.440
 they have the authority

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:15.360
 to kill a third

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:15.860
 of mankind

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:17.139
 Revelation 9, 18

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:19.180
 so there's an escalation here

00:42:19.180 --> 00:42:21.780
 and the four winds

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:22.780
 in chapter 7

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.880
 were restrained

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:25.139
 until God's people

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:25.639
 were sealed

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:27.260
 but this second woe

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:28.260
 occurs after

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:29.619
 God's people are sealed.

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:30.940
 So it says

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.619
 in verse 15

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.380
 that the four angels

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:33.460
 had been prepared

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:35.159
 for the hour

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:36.000
 the day

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.900
 the month

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:38.000
 and the year

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:39.720
 when they are released

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:40.639
 to kill a third

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:41.299
 of mankind

00:42:41.299 --> 00:42:42.019
 and so

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:43.259
 that seems to indicate

00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:44.439
 a very definite

00:42:44.439 --> 00:42:46.279
 planned time

00:42:46.279 --> 00:42:47.539
 that God has in mind

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:48.759
 when these four angels

00:42:48.759 --> 00:42:50.439
 are going to be released

00:42:50.439 --> 00:42:51.859
 and because of that

00:42:51.859 --> 00:42:52.399
 I think

00:42:52.399 --> 00:42:53.739
 whether you take

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.779
 all of the trumpets

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.679
 as lying in the future

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.699
 or

00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:57.839
 you know

00:42:57.839 --> 00:42:58.919
 or most of it

00:42:58.919 --> 00:43:00.139
 except for the last two

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.579
 perhaps

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.599
 lying in the

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:02.719
 lying in the present

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.779
 and happening in the present

00:43:03.779 --> 00:43:05.239
 I think this seal

00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:06.299
 definitely lies

00:43:06.299 --> 00:43:06.899
 in the future

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:08.820
 I don't want to say

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.180
 definitely

00:43:09.180 --> 00:43:09.900
 because it's hard

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.380
 to say anything

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:10.780
 definitely

00:43:10.780 --> 00:43:11.820
 about these seals

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.820
 and the trumpets

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:13.139
 and the bowls

00:43:13.139 --> 00:43:13.980
 but I think

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.519
 most likely

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.180
 this is lying

00:43:15.180 --> 00:43:15.660
 in the future

00:43:15.660 --> 00:43:16.240
 because there's

00:43:16.240 --> 00:43:17.320
 an appointed time

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:18.400
 prepared for the hour

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.820
 the day

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.340
 the month

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:19.840
 and the year

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:21.099
 to kill a third

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.519
 of mankind

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:24.840
 and that would fit

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:26.019
 because even in

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:27.119
 the seal series

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:29.079
 it's in the sixth seal

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:30.840
 that we begin to see

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:32.180
 kind of the climactic

00:43:32.180 --> 00:43:32.619
 judgments

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:33.539
 that will occur

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.059
 in the future

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:35.360
 and likewise

00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:36.799
 in the seventh bowl

00:43:36.799 --> 00:43:37.320
 the seventh

00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:39.139
 in the seventh bowl series

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:40.259
 the sixth bowl

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:41.619
 actually has so many parallels

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:43.159
 to the sixth trumpet

00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:45.340
 both the demonic sources

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:46.639
 originating from Euphrates

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:48.380
 and in that

00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:49.299
 and in that

00:43:49.299 --> 00:43:50.119
 judgment

00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:51.079
 in Revelation 16

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:52.059
 they assemble

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.940
 the demonic

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:54.159
 beings

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.940
 that are released

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.799
 assemble

00:43:55.799 --> 00:43:57.500
 deceive the kings

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:58.619
 in order to

00:43:58.619 --> 00:43:59.659
 assemble an army

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:00.659
 to wage war

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.159
 against

00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:03.820
 against God

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:05.660
 at the battle

00:44:05.660 --> 00:44:06.320
 of Armageddon

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:07.400
 and so I think

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:07.980
 it's possible

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:09.200
 that this trumpet

00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:09.800
 sick trumpet

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.620
 is paralleling

00:44:10.620 --> 00:44:11.740
 that sixth bowl

00:44:11.740 --> 00:44:12.800
 that pen ultimate

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:14.280
 the second to last

00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:14.920
 sign

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:16.100
 of divine judgment

00:44:16.100 --> 00:44:17.840
 before Christ returns

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:19.580
 and the seventh seal

00:44:19.580 --> 00:44:20.620
 and the seventh bowl

00:44:20.620 --> 00:44:21.580
 seventh trumpet

00:44:21.580 --> 00:44:22.220
 are all

00:44:22.220 --> 00:44:23.640
 unleashed

00:44:23.640 --> 00:44:24.059
 I think they're

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.600
 the seventh

00:44:24.600 --> 00:44:25.820
 of each of those series

00:44:25.820 --> 00:44:26.220
 are referring

00:44:26.220 --> 00:44:27.260
 to the final judgment

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:30.360
 when these four angels

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:30.820
 are released

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:31.519
 they will appear

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.860
 with mounted troops

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.360
 that number

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:33.920
 twice

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.720
 ten thousand

00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:36.220
 times ten thousand

00:44:36.220 --> 00:44:38.860
 which is

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:40.860
 if you take it literally

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:43.059
 two hundred million

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:44.740
 but I think

00:44:44.740 --> 00:44:46.160
 that's probably

00:44:46.160 --> 00:44:47.079
 a figurative number

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:48.440
 for an extremely large

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:49.880
 demonic horde

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:52.280
 I saw somewhere

00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:52.700
 that

00:44:52.700 --> 00:44:59.660
 apparently like

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:01.139
 there was a times

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.940
 magazine article

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.839
 in 1965

00:45:02.839 --> 00:45:04.940
 that's

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:06.219
 before I was born

00:45:06.219 --> 00:45:07.000
 so I don't know

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:08.980
 but I looked it up

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:10.079
 and they said that

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:12.239
 I heard some preachers

00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:12.799
 say that

00:45:12.799 --> 00:45:14.179
 China

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:15.599
 boasted of

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:17.219
 having an army

00:45:17.219 --> 00:45:18.319
 of two hundred million

00:45:18.319 --> 00:45:20.299
 soldiers

00:45:20.300 --> 00:45:21.960
 and that

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:22.440
 and that

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:22.780
 that's

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:23.360
 fulfillment

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:23.840
 of this

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:24.300
 revelation

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:25.260
 prophecy

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:26.740
 and I looked up

00:45:26.740 --> 00:45:27.320
 the article

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:28.380
 and it actually

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:28.980
 doesn't say

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:29.740
 two hundred million

00:45:29.740 --> 00:45:30.480
 I think it says

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:31.160
 something closer

00:45:31.160 --> 00:45:31.519
 to like

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:32.340
 twelve point five

00:45:32.340 --> 00:45:32.620
 million

00:45:32.620 --> 00:45:33.900
 and so

00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:34.440
 I don't know

00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:35.260
 who made that up

00:45:35.260 --> 00:45:36.039
 but

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:37.180
 just this kind of

00:45:37.180 --> 00:45:37.539
 misinformation

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:38.580
 is all over the

00:45:38.580 --> 00:45:38.800
 internet

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:39.620
 so just don't

00:45:39.620 --> 00:45:40.320
 look on the internet

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:41.360
 for these things

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:43.660
 and

00:45:43.660 --> 00:45:45.940
 I think

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:46.380
 the

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:49.220
 but it's just

00:45:49.220 --> 00:45:50.280
 an extremely large

00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:51.340
 demonic horde

00:45:51.340 --> 00:45:52.860
 their horses

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:54.079
 have heads

00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:54.340
 I mean

00:45:54.340 --> 00:45:55.579
 they may involve

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.360
 human

00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:58.599
 who are doing

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:59.940
 the demon's

00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:00.519
 bidding

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:02.180
 but what's described

00:46:02.180 --> 00:46:03.059
 here is clearly

00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:03.460
 demonic

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:04.680
 the horses have heads

00:46:04.680 --> 00:46:05.940
 that look like

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.920
 lions heads

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.539
 when have you ever

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:08.640
 seen something like that

00:46:08.640 --> 00:46:09.780
 their mouths

00:46:09.780 --> 00:46:10.599
 they breathe out

00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:11.960
 fire and smoke

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:12.779
 and sulfur

00:46:12.779 --> 00:46:14.440
 which are called

00:46:14.440 --> 00:46:15.519
 the three plagues

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:16.380
 that kill a third

00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:16.779
 of mankind

00:46:16.779 --> 00:46:17.980
 and these horses

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:19.259
 also have tails

00:46:19.259 --> 00:46:20.279
 which are like

00:46:20.279 --> 00:46:21.579
 serpents with heads

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:23.639
 with which they wound

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:25.239
 so this demonic

00:46:25.239 --> 00:46:25.900
 cavalry

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:27.219
 wounds with their

00:46:27.219 --> 00:46:28.199
 serpent head

00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:28.639
 tails

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:30.259
 and kill with

00:46:30.259 --> 00:46:31.519
 their lion-like heads

00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:32.539
 and they spew out

00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:33.519
 fire and smoke

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:34.179
 and sulfur

00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:36.460
 the collar

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:37.380
 of their breastplates

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:38.460
 correspond to

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:39.400
 what they spew out

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:40.119
 from their mouths

00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:41.440
 the color

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:42.039
 of fire

00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:43.119
 of sapphire

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:43.719
 and of sulfur

00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:44.699
 sapphire

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:45.420
 is literally

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:45.839
 in Greek

00:46:45.839 --> 00:46:46.539
 hyacinth

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:47.299
 which matches

00:46:47.299 --> 00:46:48.219
 the bluish

00:46:48.219 --> 00:46:49.440
 the hue

00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:50.159
 of the smoke

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:50.539
 the color

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:51.000
 of smoke

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:52.920
 and the physical

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:53.359
 death

00:46:53.359 --> 00:46:53.880
 that these

00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:54.900
 demonic hordes

00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.859
 will bring about

00:46:55.859 --> 00:46:56.559
 leads to

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.239
 eternal

00:46:57.239 --> 00:46:58.639
 spiritual death

00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:00.539
 the second death

00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:02.500
 and

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:03.759
 because these people

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.339
 die without

00:47:04.339 --> 00:47:05.359
 repenting of their sins

00:47:05.359 --> 00:47:06.719
 this is signaled

00:47:06.719 --> 00:47:07.259
 by the mention

00:47:07.259 --> 00:47:07.900
 of the fire

00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:08.519
 and the smoke

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:09.079
 and the sulfur

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:10.019
 which are symbolic

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:11.759
 of divine judgment

00:47:11.759 --> 00:47:13.480
 in Genesis 19

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:14.280
 if you recall

00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:15.500
 in Sodom and Gomorrah

00:47:15.500 --> 00:47:16.659
 when God brings

00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:17.639
 judgment upon them

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:18.920
 what rains down

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:20.259
 is fire

00:47:20.259 --> 00:47:20.900
 and sulfur

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:23.079
 and fire

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:23.940
 and later

00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.900
 it makes the cities

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:25.840
 burn with smoke

00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:26.699
 so fire and sulfur

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:27.059
 and smoke

00:47:27.059 --> 00:47:27.780
 you see all of that

00:47:27.780 --> 00:47:28.539
 in Genesis 19

00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:30.099
 and then fire and sulfur

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:31.000
 are also together

00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:32.420
 mentioned as a pair

00:47:32.420 --> 00:47:33.719
 elsewhere in Revelation

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:34.679
 to represent God's

00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:35.340
 final judgment

00:47:35.340 --> 00:47:36.600
 for unrepentant sinners

00:47:36.600 --> 00:47:39.900
 it says in Revelation 21

00:47:39.900 --> 00:47:40.200
 8

00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:41.519
 but as for the cowardly

00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:42.340
 the faithless

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:43.180
 the detestable

00:47:43.180 --> 00:47:44.079
 as for murderers

00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:45.180
 the sexually immoral

00:47:45.180 --> 00:47:46.519
 sorcerers

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:47.140
 idolaters

00:47:47.140 --> 00:47:48.300
 and all liars

00:47:48.300 --> 00:47:49.039
 their portion

00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:50.100
 will be in the lake

00:47:50.100 --> 00:47:50.780
 that burns

00:47:50.780 --> 00:47:51.660
 with fire

00:47:51.660 --> 00:47:52.640
 and sulfur

00:47:52.640 --> 00:47:53.640
 which is

00:47:53.640 --> 00:47:54.519
 the second death

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:56.320
 those who

00:47:56.320 --> 00:47:56.900
 perish

00:47:56.900 --> 00:47:57.820
 during this

00:47:57.820 --> 00:47:58.860
 second woe

00:47:58.860 --> 00:48:00.320
 killed by this

00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:01.079
 demonic horde

00:48:01.079 --> 00:48:02.620
 will be destined

00:48:02.619 --> 00:48:04.000
 for the eternal fire

00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:05.219
 and sulfur

00:48:05.219 --> 00:48:06.940
 of the second death

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:10.179
 and if you are

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:11.019
 fortunate enough

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:11.920
 to survive it

00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:12.920
 then this is

00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:13.980
 a warning sign

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:14.839
 again

00:48:14.839 --> 00:48:15.980
 for unbelievers

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.539
 repent

00:48:16.539 --> 00:48:18.059
 and believe

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:18.859
 in Jesus

00:48:18.859 --> 00:48:19.900
 for salvation

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:20.839
 so that you might

00:48:20.839 --> 00:48:21.639
 be sealed

00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:23.219
 protected

00:48:23.219 --> 00:48:26.799
 Revelation 20

00:48:26.799 --> 00:48:27.299
 21

00:48:27.299 --> 00:48:27.920
 drive home

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:28.359
 that main

00:48:28.359 --> 00:48:29.339
 theological point

00:48:29.339 --> 00:48:30.279
 it says

00:48:30.279 --> 00:48:31.319
 the rest of mankind

00:48:31.320 --> 00:48:32.500
 who were not

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:33.300
 killed by these

00:48:33.300 --> 00:48:33.680
 plagues

00:48:33.680 --> 00:48:34.640
 did not repent

00:48:34.640 --> 00:48:35.300
 of the works

00:48:35.300 --> 00:48:35.940
 of their hands

00:48:35.940 --> 00:48:36.640
 nor give up

00:48:36.640 --> 00:48:37.539
 worshipping demons

00:48:37.539 --> 00:48:38.980
 and idols of gold

00:48:38.980 --> 00:48:39.500
 and silver

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:40.039
 and bronze

00:48:40.039 --> 00:48:40.500
 and stone

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:40.980
 and wood

00:48:40.980 --> 00:48:42.260
 which cannot see

00:48:42.260 --> 00:48:42.800
 or hear

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:43.420
 or walk

00:48:43.420 --> 00:48:44.460
 nor did they

00:48:44.460 --> 00:48:44.900
 repent

00:48:44.900 --> 00:48:48.380
 nor did they

00:48:48.380 --> 00:48:48.840
 repent

00:48:48.840 --> 00:48:49.600
 of their murders

00:48:49.600 --> 00:48:50.600
 or their sorceries

00:48:50.600 --> 00:48:51.500
 or their sexual

00:48:51.500 --> 00:48:52.080
 immorality

00:48:52.080 --> 00:48:53.220
 or their thefts

00:48:53.220 --> 00:48:54.940
 there are many

00:48:54.940 --> 00:48:57.080
 differing views

00:48:57.080 --> 00:48:57.900
 on how the seven

00:48:57.900 --> 00:48:58.300
 seals

00:48:58.300 --> 00:48:58.920
 and the trumpets

00:48:58.920 --> 00:48:59.380
 and the bowls

00:48:59.380 --> 00:49:00.480
 fit within human

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:00.860
 history

00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:01.519
 and with each

00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:01.800
 other

00:49:01.800 --> 00:49:03.280
 and to what

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.559
 degree

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:03.980
 they should be

00:49:03.980 --> 00:49:04.300
 interpreted

00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:05.039
 symbolically

00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:05.800
 but however

00:49:05.800 --> 00:49:06.920
 hopefully most

00:49:06.920 --> 00:49:07.380
 of us

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:08.320
 can still agree

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:09.179
 on this theological

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:09.699
 point

00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:10.880
 that the sovereign

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:12.159
 judgments of God

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:12.860
 should make

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:13.880
 sinners repent

00:49:13.880 --> 00:49:17.059
 these unbelieving

00:49:17.059 --> 00:49:17.800
 earth dwellers

00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:18.740
 should have repented

00:49:18.740 --> 00:49:19.880
 of their sins

00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:20.480
 and turned

00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:21.139
 toward God

00:49:21.139 --> 00:49:22.039
 the alarms

00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:23.300
 were blaring

00:49:23.300 --> 00:49:23.960
 all over

00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:24.820
 all around them

00:49:24.820 --> 00:49:25.139
 and throughout

00:49:25.139 --> 00:49:25.800
 their lives

00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:27.260
 and yet they chose

00:49:27.260 --> 00:49:27.740
 to ignore

00:49:27.740 --> 00:49:28.740
 the warning signs

00:49:28.739 --> 00:49:30.439
 ignore the birth

00:49:30.439 --> 00:49:31.599
 pains of redemption

00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:33.439
 which is why

00:49:33.439 --> 00:49:34.159
 they will perish

00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:34.919
 when the final

00:49:34.919 --> 00:49:36.139
 trumpet is blown

00:49:36.139 --> 00:49:37.119
 the seventh trumpet

00:49:37.119 --> 00:49:37.739
 is blown

00:49:37.739 --> 00:49:39.899
 and these verses

00:49:39.899 --> 00:49:41.699
 also vindicate God

00:49:41.699 --> 00:49:42.379
 and demonstrate

00:49:42.379 --> 00:49:43.379
 his righteousness

00:49:43.379 --> 00:49:44.599
 in judging sinners

00:49:44.599 --> 00:49:46.099
 because despite

00:49:46.099 --> 00:49:47.299
 many opportunities

00:49:47.299 --> 00:49:47.899
 for repentance

00:49:47.899 --> 00:49:50.000
 sinners are stubborn

00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:51.119
 in their rebellion

00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:51.859
 against God

00:49:51.860 --> 00:49:54.019
 they do not

00:49:54.019 --> 00:49:54.579
 give up

00:49:54.579 --> 00:49:55.579
 worshipping demons

00:49:55.579 --> 00:49:56.579
 and idols of gold

00:49:56.579 --> 00:49:57.099
 and silver

00:49:57.099 --> 00:49:57.640
 and bronze

00:49:57.640 --> 00:49:58.079
 and stone

00:49:58.079 --> 00:49:58.500
 and wood

00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:59.519
 this is the violation

00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:00.440
 of the second half

00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:01.539
 I mean the first half

00:50:01.539 --> 00:50:02.320
 of the ten commandments

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:03.140
 which deal with

00:50:03.140 --> 00:50:04.160
 loving God

00:50:04.160 --> 00:50:06.180
 with our whole hearts

00:50:06.180 --> 00:50:07.780
 they also refuse

00:50:07.780 --> 00:50:08.240
 to repent

00:50:08.240 --> 00:50:08.940
 it says in verse

00:50:08.940 --> 00:50:10.500
 21

00:50:10.500 --> 00:50:12.380
 repent of their murders

00:50:12.380 --> 00:50:13.579
 or their sorceries

00:50:13.579 --> 00:50:14.760
 or their sexual immorality

00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:15.620
 or their thefts

00:50:15.620 --> 00:50:16.260
 this is a summary

00:50:16.260 --> 00:50:17.300
 of the second half

00:50:17.300 --> 00:50:18.559
 of the ten commandments

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:19.360
 which deal with

00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:20.099
 loving our neighbors

00:50:20.099 --> 00:50:20.860
 as ourselves

00:50:20.860 --> 00:50:22.900
 this is a summary

00:50:22.900 --> 00:50:23.680
 of the ten commandments

00:50:23.680 --> 00:50:25.039
 in verses 20 and 21

00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:25.980
 which are summarizing

00:50:25.980 --> 00:50:27.079
 the greatest commandment

00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:27.780
 that Jesus gives

00:50:27.780 --> 00:50:28.500
 to love God

00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:29.280
 with your whole heart

00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:30.120
 and love your neighbor

00:50:30.120 --> 00:50:30.660
 as yourself

00:50:30.660 --> 00:50:32.300
 and all of humanity

00:50:32.300 --> 00:50:34.240
 has broken these laws

00:50:34.240 --> 00:50:36.160
 the only difference

00:50:36.160 --> 00:50:36.780
 between Christians

00:50:36.780 --> 00:50:37.500
 and non-Christians

00:50:37.500 --> 00:50:38.240
 on that front

00:50:38.240 --> 00:50:39.000
 is that Christians

00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:39.660
 have repented

00:50:39.660 --> 00:50:40.400
 of having broken

00:50:40.400 --> 00:50:41.019
 these laws

00:50:41.019 --> 00:50:44.480
 consider how

00:50:44.480 --> 00:50:45.320
 the unbelieving world

00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:45.900
 is in violation

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:47.620
 of the first half

00:50:47.620 --> 00:50:48.360
 of the ten commandments

00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:49.840
 first of which is

00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:50.400
 you shall have

00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:51.079
 no other gods

00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:51.599
 before me

00:50:51.599 --> 00:50:52.400
 and second

00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:52.920
 is you shall

00:50:52.920 --> 00:50:53.380
 have making

00:50:53.380 --> 00:50:54.039
 for yourself

00:50:54.039 --> 00:50:55.160
 you shall not

00:50:55.160 --> 00:50:55.720
 make for yourself

00:50:55.720 --> 00:50:56.300
 an image

00:50:56.300 --> 00:50:56.680
 in the form

00:50:56.680 --> 00:50:57.099
 of anything

00:50:57.099 --> 00:50:57.760
 in heaven above

00:50:57.760 --> 00:50:58.440
 or in the earth

00:50:58.440 --> 00:50:59.720
 or in the waters

00:50:59.720 --> 00:51:00.039
 below

00:51:00.039 --> 00:51:01.099
 and you shall not

00:51:01.099 --> 00:51:01.800
 bow down to them

00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:02.599
 and worship them

00:51:02.599 --> 00:51:04.660
 we don't find

00:51:04.660 --> 00:51:05.660
 many non-Christians

00:51:05.660 --> 00:51:06.200
 around us

00:51:06.200 --> 00:51:07.160
 worshiping demons

00:51:07.160 --> 00:51:07.800
 explicitly

00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:09.400
 although in Salem

00:51:09.400 --> 00:51:10.019
 they do have

00:51:10.019 --> 00:51:11.280
 Satan's temple

00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:11.920
 and some people

00:51:11.920 --> 00:51:12.660
 do do that

00:51:12.660 --> 00:51:13.660
 and there are

00:51:13.660 --> 00:51:14.360
 real Satan

00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:14.880
 worshippers

00:51:14.880 --> 00:51:15.880
 but most people

00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:16.400
 who claim to be

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:17.059
 Satan worshippers

00:51:17.059 --> 00:51:18.119
 are just trolls

00:51:18.119 --> 00:51:19.119
 fishing for attention

00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:20.460
 and we don't need

00:51:20.460 --> 00:51:21.179
 to give it to them

00:51:21.179 --> 00:51:23.500
 and however

00:51:23.500 --> 00:51:24.519
 the reality is

00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:25.819
 as 1 Corinthians 10

00:51:25.819 --> 00:51:26.679
 18 to 21

00:51:26.679 --> 00:51:27.339
 tells us

00:51:27.339 --> 00:51:28.279
 when people

00:51:28.279 --> 00:51:29.619
 worship idols

00:51:29.619 --> 00:51:31.099
 false gods

00:51:31.099 --> 00:51:32.920
 of other false religions

00:51:32.920 --> 00:51:34.759
 it says

00:51:34.759 --> 00:51:35.679
 in 1 Corinthians 10

00:51:35.679 --> 00:51:36.199
 18 to 20

00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:36.839
 that there are

00:51:36.839 --> 00:51:38.179
 actually demons

00:51:38.179 --> 00:51:39.980
 lying behind

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:41.079
 that idolatry

00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:45.019
 so false religions

00:51:45.019 --> 00:51:46.299
 like Islam

00:51:46.299 --> 00:51:48.239
 and Hinduism

00:51:48.239 --> 00:51:49.639
 are not

00:51:49.639 --> 00:51:51.239
 benign aspects

00:51:51.239 --> 00:51:52.400
 of human culture

00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:53.719
 that we can celebrate

00:51:53.719 --> 00:51:54.980
 as part of our

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:55.940
 cultural diversity

00:51:55.940 --> 00:51:59.059
 they lead people

00:51:59.059 --> 00:51:59.779
 to the worship

00:51:59.779 --> 00:52:00.840
 of demons

00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:03.099
 the Bible is

00:52:03.099 --> 00:52:03.940
 very clear

00:52:03.940 --> 00:52:04.460
 about that

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:06.679
 some people

00:52:06.679 --> 00:52:07.239
 in the West

00:52:07.239 --> 00:52:07.960
 like to claim

00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:09.139
 that Buddhism

00:52:09.139 --> 00:52:09.559
 is

00:52:09.559 --> 00:52:10.239
 oh Buddhism

00:52:10.239 --> 00:52:11.239
 is a philosophy

00:52:11.239 --> 00:52:12.840
 it's not a religion

00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:13.779
 there's no God

00:52:13.779 --> 00:52:14.579
 it's just a system

00:52:14.579 --> 00:52:15.380
 of how to live

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:17.320
 have you been

00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:18.440
 to a Buddhist country

00:52:18.440 --> 00:52:20.000
 if you go to a country

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:20.779
 that actually

00:52:20.779 --> 00:52:21.679
 is Buddhist

00:52:21.679 --> 00:52:22.299
 and where

00:52:22.299 --> 00:52:23.440
 everybody is Buddhist

00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:24.799
 they worship demons

00:52:24.799 --> 00:52:26.719
 there's all kinds

00:52:26.719 --> 00:52:27.559
 of spirits and gods

00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:28.539
 involved in Buddhism

00:52:28.539 --> 00:52:34.179
 and it's not

00:52:34.179 --> 00:52:34.880
 even if you're not

00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:35.659
 involved with these

00:52:35.659 --> 00:52:36.519
 false gods

00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:37.119
 sometimes

00:52:37.119 --> 00:52:37.619
 idolatry

00:52:37.619 --> 00:52:39.299
 can be more subtle

00:52:39.300 --> 00:52:41.360
 Habakkuk 1.11

00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:42.680
 speaks of guilty men

00:52:42.680 --> 00:52:43.620
 whose own might

00:52:43.620 --> 00:52:44.740
 is their God

00:52:44.740 --> 00:52:47.140
 do you put your confidence

00:52:47.140 --> 00:52:48.440
 in your own strength

00:52:48.440 --> 00:52:50.580
 in your own power

00:52:50.580 --> 00:52:51.519
 maybe the authority

00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:52.160
 you have

00:52:52.160 --> 00:52:54.820
 and you live

00:52:54.820 --> 00:52:55.840
 as if might

00:52:55.840 --> 00:52:56.539
 makes right

00:52:56.539 --> 00:52:58.620
 then you are

00:52:58.620 --> 00:52:59.580
 a worshiper

00:52:59.580 --> 00:53:00.820
 of power

00:53:00.820 --> 00:53:02.380
 an idolater

00:53:02.380 --> 00:53:04.039
 Job 31

00:53:04.039 --> 00:53:04.780
 24-20

00:53:04.780 --> 00:53:04.980
 says

00:53:04.980 --> 00:53:05.400
 if I have

00:53:05.400 --> 00:53:06.000
 made gold

00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:06.860
 my trust

00:53:06.860 --> 00:53:07.679
 or called

00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:08.300
 fine gold

00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:09.099
 my confidence

00:53:09.099 --> 00:53:09.579
 if I have

00:53:09.579 --> 00:53:10.099
 rejoiced

00:53:10.099 --> 00:53:11.000
 because my wealth

00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:11.619
 was abundant

00:53:11.619 --> 00:53:13.000
 or because my hand

00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:13.780
 had found much

00:53:13.780 --> 00:53:14.860
 this also

00:53:14.860 --> 00:53:15.860
 would be an iniquity

00:53:15.860 --> 00:53:16.420
 to be punished

00:53:16.420 --> 00:53:17.019
 by the judges

00:53:17.019 --> 00:53:17.659
 for I would have

00:53:17.659 --> 00:53:18.659
 been false

00:53:18.659 --> 00:53:19.659
 to God

00:53:19.659 --> 00:53:20.519
 above

00:53:20.519 --> 00:53:22.760
 this is why

00:53:22.760 --> 00:53:23.260
 Jesus says

00:53:23.260 --> 00:53:24.039
 you cannot worship

00:53:24.039 --> 00:53:24.639
 both God

00:53:24.639 --> 00:53:25.199
 and money

00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:26.679
 there are many

00:53:26.679 --> 00:53:27.300
 many people

00:53:27.300 --> 00:53:28.260
 in our country

00:53:28.260 --> 00:53:29.139
 and in the world

00:53:29.139 --> 00:53:29.760
 that worship

00:53:29.760 --> 00:53:30.360
 money

00:53:30.360 --> 00:53:32.559
 if your primary

00:53:32.559 --> 00:53:33.220
 confidence

00:53:33.220 --> 00:53:34.059
 in life

00:53:34.059 --> 00:53:34.780
 for your own

00:53:34.780 --> 00:53:35.220
 security

00:53:35.220 --> 00:53:35.880
 and for your

00:53:35.880 --> 00:53:36.360
 well-being

00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:37.820
 is not in God

00:53:37.820 --> 00:53:38.400
 who provides

00:53:38.400 --> 00:53:38.900
 for you

00:53:38.900 --> 00:53:40.099
 but in your

00:53:40.099 --> 00:53:40.860
 bank account

00:53:40.860 --> 00:53:42.260
 in your job

00:53:42.260 --> 00:53:42.820
 security

00:53:42.820 --> 00:53:46.840
 you're worshipping

00:53:46.840 --> 00:53:47.200
 money

00:53:47.200 --> 00:53:49.579
 if that's

00:53:49.579 --> 00:53:50.000
 what you're

00:53:50.000 --> 00:53:50.340
 occupied

00:53:50.340 --> 00:53:51.340
 primarily with

00:53:51.340 --> 00:53:53.340
 Philippians 3-19

00:53:53.340 --> 00:53:53.780
 says that

00:53:53.780 --> 00:53:54.220
 the enemies

00:53:54.220 --> 00:53:54.860
 of the cross

00:53:54.860 --> 00:53:55.400
 of Christ

00:53:55.400 --> 00:53:56.200
 that their

00:53:56.200 --> 00:53:56.700
 God

00:53:56.700 --> 00:53:57.099
 is their

00:53:57.099 --> 00:53:57.599
 belly

00:53:57.599 --> 00:53:58.700
 and they glory

00:53:58.700 --> 00:53:59.400
 in their shame

00:53:59.400 --> 00:53:59.960
 with minds

00:53:59.960 --> 00:54:00.300
 set on

00:54:00.300 --> 00:54:01.139
 earthly things

00:54:01.139 --> 00:54:02.099
 if your

00:54:02.099 --> 00:54:03.059
 primary purpose

00:54:03.059 --> 00:54:03.519
 in life

00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:04.559
 is to enjoy

00:54:04.559 --> 00:54:05.360
 good foods

00:54:05.360 --> 00:54:06.199
 and good drinks

00:54:06.199 --> 00:54:06.940
 and to travel

00:54:06.940 --> 00:54:07.519
 and enjoy

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:08.420
 beautiful scenery

00:54:08.420 --> 00:54:09.940
 it's not wrong

00:54:09.940 --> 00:54:10.900
 to enjoy

00:54:10.900 --> 00:54:11.559
 such things

00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:12.380
 but if that's

00:54:12.380 --> 00:54:12.980
 your primary

00:54:12.980 --> 00:54:14.260
 purpose in life

00:54:14.260 --> 00:54:15.340
 that's what

00:54:15.340 --> 00:54:16.039
 you live for

00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:17.099
 that's what

00:54:17.099 --> 00:54:17.380
 you have

00:54:17.380 --> 00:54:17.900
 your mindset

00:54:17.900 --> 00:54:18.079
 on

00:54:18.079 --> 00:54:18.360
 then you

00:54:18.360 --> 00:54:18.740
 have your

00:54:18.740 --> 00:54:19.139
 mindset

00:54:19.139 --> 00:54:19.840
 on earthly

00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:20.300
 things

00:54:20.300 --> 00:54:20.740
 not on

00:54:20.740 --> 00:54:21.199
 things of

00:54:21.199 --> 00:54:21.519
 heaven

00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:24.619
 and you're

00:54:24.619 --> 00:54:25.079
 worshipping

00:54:25.079 --> 00:54:25.440
 your own

00:54:25.440 --> 00:54:25.880
 belly

00:54:25.880 --> 00:54:28.559
 gluttony

00:54:28.559 --> 00:54:29.940
 is idolatrous

00:54:29.940 --> 00:54:31.599
 and sometimes

00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:32.119
 it's the

00:54:32.119 --> 00:54:32.420
 skinniest

00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:32.780
 people

00:54:32.780 --> 00:54:33.059
 who are

00:54:33.059 --> 00:54:33.340
 the most

00:54:33.340 --> 00:54:34.000
 gluttonous

00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:36.800
 Colossians 3-5

00:54:36.800 --> 00:54:37.460
 teaches us

00:54:37.460 --> 00:54:38.480
 that covetousness

00:54:38.480 --> 00:54:39.320
 is idolatry

00:54:39.320 --> 00:54:40.679
 it's not an

00:54:40.679 --> 00:54:41.260
 accident that

00:54:41.260 --> 00:54:41.639
 the first

00:54:41.639 --> 00:54:42.179
 commandment is

00:54:42.179 --> 00:54:42.860
 you shall have

00:54:42.860 --> 00:54:43.420
 no other

00:54:43.420 --> 00:54:44.420
 gods before

00:54:44.420 --> 00:54:44.720
 me

00:54:44.720 --> 00:54:45.480
 and the

00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:45.740
 tenth

00:54:45.740 --> 00:54:46.079
 commandment

00:54:46.079 --> 00:54:46.340
 is you

00:54:46.340 --> 00:54:46.820
 shall not

00:54:46.820 --> 00:54:47.119
 covet

00:54:47.119 --> 00:54:48.039
 it bookends

00:54:48.039 --> 00:54:48.480
 the two

00:54:48.480 --> 00:54:49.480
 it bookends

00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:50.099
 the ten

00:54:50.099 --> 00:54:50.720
 commandments

00:54:50.720 --> 00:54:52.720
 covetousness

00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:53.599
 so if

00:54:53.599 --> 00:54:54.379
 you desire

00:54:54.379 --> 00:54:54.799
 what you

00:54:54.799 --> 00:54:55.339
 don't have

00:54:55.339 --> 00:54:56.000
 what rightly

00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:56.559
 belongs to

00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:56.799
 another

00:54:56.799 --> 00:54:57.379
 person

00:54:57.379 --> 00:54:59.579
 it's

00:54:59.579 --> 00:55:00.279
 idolatry

00:55:00.279 --> 00:55:01.879
 maybe it's

00:55:01.879 --> 00:55:02.419
 someone else's

00:55:02.419 --> 00:55:02.839
 boyfriend

00:55:02.839 --> 00:55:03.959
 or girlfriend

00:55:03.959 --> 00:55:04.819
 or someone else's

00:55:04.819 --> 00:55:05.319
 career

00:55:05.319 --> 00:55:06.439
 or someone else's

00:55:06.439 --> 00:55:07.219
 family or their

00:55:07.219 --> 00:55:07.819
 vacation

00:55:07.819 --> 00:55:10.779
 it's guilty of

00:55:10.779 --> 00:55:11.419
 idolatry if

00:55:11.419 --> 00:55:12.519
 that's what's

00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:13.259
 driving your

00:55:13.259 --> 00:55:13.639
 life

00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:14.459
 that's the

00:55:14.459 --> 00:55:15.079
 animating

00:55:15.079 --> 00:55:16.239
 source of

00:55:16.239 --> 00:55:16.739
 your life

00:55:16.739 --> 00:55:19.159
 all these

00:55:19.159 --> 00:55:19.979
 specific biblical

00:55:19.979 --> 00:55:20.859
 examples teach

00:55:20.859 --> 00:55:21.359
 us that an

00:55:21.359 --> 00:55:22.599
 idol is not

00:55:22.599 --> 00:55:24.059
 necessarily a

00:55:24.059 --> 00:55:24.699
 physical idol

00:55:24.699 --> 00:55:25.559
 or a false

00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:26.959
 god but what

00:55:26.959 --> 00:55:27.959
 you count on

00:55:27.959 --> 00:55:29.079
 and put your

00:55:29.079 --> 00:55:30.419
 trust in other

00:55:30.419 --> 00:55:31.000
 than god

00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:32.659
 what you desire

00:55:32.659 --> 00:55:33.599
 more than god

00:55:33.599 --> 00:55:34.019
 what you are

00:55:34.019 --> 00:55:35.219
 devoted to more

00:55:35.219 --> 00:55:35.799
 than god

00:55:35.799 --> 00:55:37.859
 and I believe

00:55:37.859 --> 00:55:38.319
 there are people

00:55:38.319 --> 00:55:38.979
 here who need

00:55:38.979 --> 00:55:39.739
 to repent who

00:55:39.739 --> 00:55:40.519
 are not actually

00:55:40.519 --> 00:55:41.139
 followers of

00:55:41.139 --> 00:55:41.439
 Jesus

00:55:41.439 --> 00:55:43.819
 and you need

00:55:43.819 --> 00:55:44.419
 to repent

00:55:44.420 --> 00:55:47.740
 what do you

00:55:47.740 --> 00:55:48.460
 count on and

00:55:48.460 --> 00:55:49.119
 put your trust

00:55:49.119 --> 00:55:49.579
 in other than

00:55:49.579 --> 00:55:49.920
 god

00:55:49.920 --> 00:55:52.639
 your beauty

00:55:52.639 --> 00:55:53.740
 attractiveness

00:55:53.740 --> 00:55:54.400
 your academic

00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:55.180
 credentials

00:55:55.180 --> 00:55:56.500
 your intelligence

00:55:56.500 --> 00:55:57.559
 your wealth

00:55:57.559 --> 00:55:59.039
 your spouse

00:55:59.039 --> 00:56:06.900
 maybe you

00:56:06.900 --> 00:56:07.260
 idolize

00:56:07.260 --> 00:56:08.000
 politicians

00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:09.700
 think the

00:56:09.700 --> 00:56:10.300
 next president

00:56:10.300 --> 00:56:10.840
 will be the

00:56:10.840 --> 00:56:11.460
 savior of the

00:56:11.460 --> 00:56:11.700
 world

00:56:11.700 --> 00:56:13.920
 solve all our

00:56:13.920 --> 00:56:14.340
 problems

00:56:14.340 --> 00:56:17.120
 maybe you

00:56:17.120 --> 00:56:17.460
 turn to

00:56:17.460 --> 00:56:18.120
 horoscopes

00:56:18.120 --> 00:56:19.440
 tarot cards

00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:24.960
 what do you

00:56:24.960 --> 00:56:25.880
 desire and

00:56:25.880 --> 00:56:26.440
 covet what are

00:56:26.440 --> 00:56:27.320
 you devoted to

00:56:27.320 --> 00:56:27.860
 more than god

00:56:27.860 --> 00:56:28.280
 what are you

00:56:28.280 --> 00:56:28.660
 what are you

00:56:28.660 --> 00:56:29.440
 devoted to

00:56:29.440 --> 00:56:30.059
 if someone

00:56:30.059 --> 00:56:30.660
 looked at your

00:56:30.660 --> 00:56:31.200
 life and

00:56:31.200 --> 00:56:32.660
 asked what

00:56:32.660 --> 00:56:33.280
 is and tried

00:56:33.280 --> 00:56:33.700
 to figure out

00:56:33.700 --> 00:56:34.100
 what is this

00:56:34.100 --> 00:56:34.940
 person devoted

00:56:34.940 --> 00:56:35.620
 to would it

00:56:35.620 --> 00:56:36.160
 be god

00:56:36.160 --> 00:56:37.519
 or would it

00:56:37.519 --> 00:56:37.880
 be something

00:56:37.880 --> 00:56:38.320
 else

00:56:38.320 --> 00:56:41.300
 would it be

00:56:41.300 --> 00:56:42.039
 finding love

00:56:42.039 --> 00:56:45.739
 would it be

00:56:45.739 --> 00:56:46.219
 climbing the

00:56:46.219 --> 00:56:46.559
 ladder of

00:56:46.559 --> 00:56:47.019
 success

00:56:47.019 --> 00:56:55.400
 would it be

00:56:55.400 --> 00:56:55.579
 having

00:56:55.579 --> 00:56:56.039
 children

00:56:56.039 --> 00:57:00.179
 matthew 10

00:57:00.179 --> 00:57:00.679
 37

00:57:00.679 --> 00:57:03.679
 It says, whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.

00:57:04.500 --> 00:57:08.000
 Whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

00:57:13.159 --> 00:57:16.839
 Idolaters do not worship God with all their hearts because their allegiance is divided.

00:57:17.440 --> 00:57:20.619
 They have other things that they're worshiping, and this is a warning to repent.

00:57:22.500 --> 00:57:27.059
 Verse 21 tells us that the earth dwellers also refuse to repent of their murders or their sorceries

00:57:27.059 --> 00:57:29.119
 or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

00:57:29.119 --> 00:57:33.099
 This is a violation of the second greatest commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself.

00:57:41.960 --> 00:57:52.339
 Instead of loving their neighbors, they love themselves, so they hate, and hatred leads to murder.

00:57:52.340 --> 00:58:02.420
 However, they commit sexual immorality and adultery because they care not for the well-being of someone else's marriage,

00:58:02.840 --> 00:58:04.360
 but only for their own pleasure.

00:58:05.500 --> 00:58:10.840
 They steal because they want to possess what belongs to someone else for themselves.

00:58:10.840 --> 00:58:15.400
 This is how the unbelieving world is.

00:58:21.559 --> 00:58:24.100
 And if that's you, you need to repent.

00:58:26.820 --> 00:58:30.780
 Repentance is not merely feeling sorry that you were caught red-handed.

00:58:30.780 --> 00:58:34.900
 Some people are only sorry because they were caught.

00:58:36.200 --> 00:58:38.900
 Not sorry for the wrong that they have actually done.

00:58:39.280 --> 00:58:43.980
 If you only feel grief for wrongdoing when you're caught doing it,

00:58:44.080 --> 00:58:49.460
 and you never feel grief before God for sins that nobody else in the world knows of,

00:58:49.720 --> 00:58:51.400
 then you're probably not repentant.

00:58:51.400 --> 00:58:57.400
 Because true Christians feel grief and godly sorrow for wrongdoing,

00:58:58.119 --> 00:58:59.599
 not just because they were caught,

00:58:59.860 --> 00:59:02.460
 but because they know that they're displeasing the Lord.

00:59:06.039 --> 00:59:07.260
 But it's even more.

00:59:07.360 --> 00:59:11.619
 Repentance is even more than just merely expressing sorrow or regret for sin.

00:59:13.940 --> 00:59:16.740
 It's actually turning from the sin.

00:59:16.739 --> 00:59:22.439
 2 Corinthians 7, 10 to 11 says that godly grief produces a repentance

00:59:22.439 --> 00:59:25.559
 that leads to salvation without regret.

00:59:26.299 --> 00:59:29.119
 Repentance entails turning from sin,

00:59:30.119 --> 00:59:34.719
 turning to God from idols to serve the living and true God.

00:59:34.799 --> 00:59:36.459
 This is 1 Thessalonians 1, 9.

00:59:36.539 --> 00:59:40.579
 It's a change in belief that leads to a change in behavior,

00:59:40.739 --> 00:59:41.479
 in the way you live.

00:59:42.439 --> 00:59:45.479
 And of course, the change in behavior might take time.

00:59:45.480 --> 00:59:47.260
 It might be slow.

00:59:47.440 --> 00:59:48.860
 It might include setbacks.

00:59:49.139 --> 00:59:53.059
 But there will be a real, genuine, and discernible change

00:59:53.059 --> 00:59:54.539
 in the life of a true believer.

00:59:57.019 --> 00:59:59.260
 Imagine, right, I've used this illustration before

00:59:59.260 --> 01:00:00.539
 that your friend is driving,

01:00:00.940 --> 01:00:03.360
 and you're mounting the GPS,

01:00:04.079 --> 01:00:06.800
 and your friend is clearly going in the opposite direction.

01:00:07.360 --> 01:00:08.679
 You say, hey, you've got to turn around.

01:00:08.760 --> 01:00:10.019
 You're going in the wrong direction.

01:00:11.000 --> 01:00:13.840
 And then your friend just keeps driving in the same direction.

01:00:13.840 --> 01:00:14.160
 Right?

01:00:15.440 --> 01:00:19.320
 I mean, then you would think that your friend didn't hear you right.

01:00:19.920 --> 01:00:22.400
 Or, right, I mean, did you really hear me?

01:00:22.820 --> 01:00:23.940
 Like, you're going the wrong way.

01:00:24.340 --> 01:00:25.079
 You've got to turn around.

01:00:25.700 --> 01:00:28.440
 Like, something's wrong if they're not actually turning around.

01:00:28.539 --> 01:00:30.500
 It shows that they haven't actually believed you.

01:00:30.960 --> 01:00:34.180
 They actually haven't heard you, or they just don't believe you.

01:00:34.260 --> 01:00:35.140
 They think you're wrong.

01:00:35.139 --> 01:00:39.359
 Likewise, if you tell someone about the Bible,

01:00:39.480 --> 01:00:40.719
 if you tell someone about Jesus,

01:00:40.920 --> 01:00:42.199
 if you tell someone the gospel,

01:00:42.719 --> 01:00:44.559
 and they say, oh, yeah, yeah, sure, I believe in it,

01:00:44.599 --> 01:00:45.859
 but there's no turning,

01:00:46.679 --> 01:00:49.119
 I can assure you they haven't heard you.

01:00:49.480 --> 01:00:50.440
 They haven't repented.

01:00:54.039 --> 01:00:58.000
 Now, some of you have an overly active conscience,

01:00:59.000 --> 01:01:00.239
 and very sensitive conscience,

01:01:00.239 --> 01:01:04.259
 and maybe you're tormented every day thinking that maybe I'm not repentant enough.

01:01:05.399 --> 01:01:07.859
 Man, I don't think I'm safe because I'm not repentant enough.

01:01:08.459 --> 01:01:11.539
 And I want to assure you that, yes,

01:01:11.539 --> 01:01:13.840
 even when you make the turn,

01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:18.460
 and you're trying to follow the directions that God's given you,

01:01:19.039 --> 01:01:20.900
 you're still going to have some wrong turns.

01:01:22.779 --> 01:01:24.539
 Sometimes you're going to have some regression.

01:01:26.019 --> 01:01:32.360
 But the big difference is that you're still trying to follow the directions that God's given you.

01:01:32.739 --> 01:01:35.579
 You have made a decisive turn in your life.

01:01:35.579 --> 01:01:40.819
 So don't try to,

01:01:40.900 --> 01:01:42.940
 I love the song that we sang.

01:01:43.059 --> 01:01:46.039
 I was hoping that there would be lyrics up here that I can read.

01:01:46.900 --> 01:01:48.159
 The Come Ye Sinners,

01:01:49.039 --> 01:01:51.599
 and the verse was talking about how we can be,

01:01:52.400 --> 01:01:56.539
 don't try to work up a fancy,

01:01:56.639 --> 01:01:59.679
 or get to a place where you feel like your works are sufficient,

01:02:00.900 --> 01:02:04.440
 where you've done enough to get to a good place before God,

01:02:04.440 --> 01:02:05.460
 good place with God.

01:02:05.460 --> 01:02:06.460
 You can't get there.

01:02:07.240 --> 01:02:10.019
 What God requires is you feel your need for Him.

01:02:11.019 --> 01:02:15.059
 What God requires is that you know enough to say that my works are not enough.

01:02:16.099 --> 01:02:18.800
 That turn, that turn is what saves you.

01:02:19.139 --> 01:02:19.420
 Why?

01:02:19.579 --> 01:02:21.820
 Because Jesus died for your sin.

01:02:23.860 --> 01:02:25.139
 If Jesus wanted,

01:02:25.280 --> 01:02:27.360
 if God wanted you to save yourself,

01:02:27.500 --> 01:02:29.320
 if God wanted you to earn your salvation,

01:02:29.699 --> 01:02:32.360
 then Jesus would never have died on that cross.

01:02:32.360 --> 01:02:38.059
 But Jesus died on that cross because He wanted to pay the price for your sin,

01:02:38.059 --> 01:02:44.960
 and because He wanted to give His righteousness to you as a gift so that you can be saved.

01:02:45.380 --> 01:02:48.659
 And so if you are here today and wondering if you can be saved or not,

01:02:48.699 --> 01:02:49.559
 if you can repent,

01:02:49.840 --> 01:02:51.279
 you can repent,

01:02:51.280 --> 01:02:53.500
 and you can turn from your sins,

01:02:53.500 --> 01:02:59.300
 and you can have the seal of God and a guarantee of eternal life by the power of the Holy Spirit.

01:03:01.740 --> 01:03:02.700
 Let's pray.

01:03:02.699 --> 01:03:17.359
 Father,

01:03:17.359 --> 01:03:17.419
 Father,

01:03:18.039 --> 01:03:22.500
 bring every single person here,

01:03:23.500 --> 01:03:26.619
 if there's any who has not truly repented,

01:03:26.619 --> 01:03:36.859
 bring them to the godly sorrow that leads to repentance, Lord.

01:03:39.380 --> 01:03:39.940
 And Lord,

01:03:39.980 --> 01:03:42.739
 I pray for those of us who do know you,

01:03:45.239 --> 01:03:47.619
 who are sometimes discouraged, by the way,

01:03:49.619 --> 01:03:51.880
 remind us of your amazing grace,

01:03:51.880 --> 01:03:58.800
 the wonderful gift and opportunity of repentance you've given us,

01:03:58.880 --> 01:04:02.860
 and the privilege that we have turned from our slavery to sin and turned to you,

01:04:06.619 --> 01:04:10.840
 and help us to rejoice and to delight in Christ,

01:04:10.940 --> 01:04:16.340
 and live in light of that seal of the name of the living God that is upon our souls.

01:04:16.340 --> 01:04:21.720
 Oh, what joy and glory

01:04:21.720 --> 01:04:26.460
 awaits us in eternity,

01:04:27.220 --> 01:04:32.000
 and what protection and security we have here in this life.

01:04:33.620 --> 01:04:35.019
 We thank you for that, God.

01:04:36.100 --> 01:04:37.500
 In Jesus' name we pray.

01:04:37.960 --> 01:04:38.300
 Amen.