WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.200 Well, let's open our Bibles, please, to Revelation. 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:29.679 Revelation chapter 15 and 16. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:45.140 So we're going to read not all of it. 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:46.420 Just follow along with me. 00:00:46.519 --> 00:00:48.060 I'll direct you as we go along. 00:00:48.140 --> 00:00:49.719 Revelation chapter 15. 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:57.219 And we'll read from verse 1. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:07.459 I saw in heaven another great and marvellous sign. 00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:12.000 Seven angels with the seven last plagues. 00:01:13.060 --> 00:01:16.400 Last because with them God's wrath is completed. 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:31.680 And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.840 They held harps given them by God. 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:40.980 And they sang the song of God's servant Moses and of the Lamb. 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:45.439 Great and marvellous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:50.359 Just and true are your ways, King of the nations. 00:01:51.399 --> 00:01:54.840 Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? 00:01:56.099 --> 00:01:57.539 For you alone are holy. 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:01.400 All nations will come and worship before you. 00:02:01.780 --> 00:02:05.219 For your righteous acts have been revealed. 00:02:05.219 --> 00:02:10.060 Let's jump to chapter 16, verse 1. 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:16.500 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, 00:02:17.219 --> 00:02:22.620 Go, pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth. 00:02:23.740 --> 00:02:34.439 The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:44.579 The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea and it turned into blood like that of a dead person and every living thing in the sea died. 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:52.139 The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers of springs of water and they became blood. 00:02:53.379 --> 00:02:56.539 Then I heard the angel in charge of the water say, 00:02:57.259 --> 00:03:03.020 You are just in these judgments, O Holy One, you who are and who were. 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:11.320 For they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve. 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:14.959 And I heard the altar respond, 00:03:15.739 --> 00:03:20.599 Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are your judgments. 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:29.060 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire. 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:36.259 They were seared by an intense heat and they cursed the name of God who had control over all these plagues, 00:03:36.259 --> 00:03:40.759 but they refused to repent and glorify him. 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:48.340 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast and its kingdom and was plunged into darkness. 00:03:48.340 --> 00:03:57.020 People gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, 00:03:57.480 --> 00:04:01.460 but they refused to repent of what they had done. 00:04:03.060 --> 00:04:11.099 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east. 00:04:11.099 --> 00:04:15.159 Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs. 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:21.680 They came out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:28.860 They are demonic spirits that perform signs and they go out to the kings of the whole world 00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:32.459 to gather them for the battle on that great day of God Almighty. 00:04:32.459 --> 00:04:37.099 Look, I come like a thief. 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:45.000 Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains closed so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed. 00:04:46.459 --> 00:04:52.219 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. 00:04:53.599 --> 00:05:01.159 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne saying, 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.160 It is done. 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:14.340 Well, if you just turn back to Revelation 12, we're going to start there. 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.840 And I'm just going to pray again for us. 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:33.000 Father, we thank you for our church family here. 00:05:33.919 --> 00:05:39.519 We thank you for the church family in Egberth and in Jalan 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:46.459 and the many church families that are meeting around the world this very day. 00:05:46.459 --> 00:05:52.899 We thank you for the freedom we have to do this. 00:05:54.719 --> 00:05:59.699 No threat of any police or anybody closing this meeting down. 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:09.079 But yet as we gather, we want to remember those who are in very difficult and hard situations. 00:06:11.019 --> 00:06:16.060 And we pray that as they hear your word and as they perhaps sing, 00:06:16.379 --> 00:06:19.480 sometimes singing quietly so that they're not heard, 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:23.379 that you would encourage them this day. 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.319 Build them up in their faith. 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:28.680 Strengthen them. 00:06:29.379 --> 00:06:32.640 That they will be courageous to stand strong for you. 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.439 And so we pray, Father, that as we hear your word, 00:06:38.379 --> 00:06:40.060 we too would be encouraged 00:06:40.060 --> 00:06:42.199 to persevere, 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:44.019 to keep going 00:06:44.019 --> 00:06:46.399 and to trust you 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:48.220 in all things. 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:50.019 Amen. 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:55.840 Well, we're at war. 00:06:57.259 --> 00:07:00.300 Look at chapter 12, verse 17. 00:07:00.300 --> 00:07:07.819 Then the dragon, who we know as Satan, 00:07:07.980 --> 00:07:09.680 was enraged at the woman 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:14.220 and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring. 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:16.540 Who are the offspring? 00:07:17.780 --> 00:07:20.500 Well, those who keep God's commands 00:07:20.500 --> 00:07:25.379 and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. 00:07:25.379 --> 00:07:29.360 Satan is at war with the church 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.079 against Christians. 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:34.920 And the battle is brutal 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:36.839 and it's bloody. 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:41.579 Salmoun, who is a colleague of Mickey, 00:07:42.699 --> 00:07:45.639 the man who we support in Kashmir. 00:07:47.219 --> 00:07:50.339 Salmoun runs a community radio program 00:07:50.339 --> 00:07:53.620 that attracts lots of gospel inquiries 00:07:53.620 --> 00:07:56.199 and seeks to serve the community 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:57.759 in other practical ways. 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:00.879 Well, I got a message this week 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.660 to say that Salmoun, Mickey's colleague, 00:08:04.340 --> 00:08:06.000 was brutally attacked 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:07.879 by 14 men 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:11.240 in a sustained and clearly targeted public beating. 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:14.459 Despite what happened to him, 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.259 they're not stopping their ministry. 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:20.220 But they've asked for prayers, 00:08:20.840 --> 00:08:23.399 for courage to keep going. 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:26.720 Every day around the world, 00:08:26.860 --> 00:08:28.340 one in seven Christians 00:08:28.340 --> 00:08:30.300 face severe persecution, 00:08:31.060 --> 00:08:32.000 beatings, 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:33.139 abductions, 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:35.039 imprisonment. 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:38.840 In fact, over 5,000 believers 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:41.299 will die for their faith 00:08:41.299 --> 00:08:43.159 in the coming year. 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:47.719 But this war that we've been talking about 00:08:47.719 --> 00:08:49.000 over these last few weeks, 00:08:49.439 --> 00:08:51.819 we know is also on our doorstep. 00:08:52.539 --> 00:08:54.500 Every day as we go to work 00:08:54.500 --> 00:08:56.079 or go to college 00:08:56.079 --> 00:08:57.699 or wherever we find ourselves, 00:08:57.839 --> 00:08:58.980 we are under pressure 00:08:58.980 --> 00:09:01.339 to compromise our faith. 00:09:02.819 --> 00:09:05.139 Why talk about Jesus 00:09:05.139 --> 00:09:07.039 or why declare, 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:08.779 this is what the Bible says, 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:10.120 when we know 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:12.959 it's only going to end badly. 00:09:13.959 --> 00:09:15.100 Say nothing. 00:09:16.100 --> 00:09:17.199 Go with the flow. 00:09:17.579 --> 00:09:19.159 Just keep the head down. 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:23.459 It may be subtle, 00:09:24.459 --> 00:09:25.939 but the battle is real. 00:09:27.939 --> 00:09:30.379 So how do people like Solomon 00:09:30.379 --> 00:09:31.419 keep going 00:09:31.419 --> 00:09:33.659 under such pressure? 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:35.759 How do we, 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:37.779 as Karageline Baptist Church, 00:09:38.100 --> 00:09:40.199 how do we stay faithful 00:09:40.199 --> 00:09:41.779 in the battle? 00:09:41.779 --> 00:09:45.100 How do we keep on going? 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:48.539 Well, chapters 15 and 16 00:09:48.539 --> 00:09:49.319 of Revelation 00:09:49.319 --> 00:09:50.779 to where we turn now 00:09:50.779 --> 00:09:54.819 show us what we can look forward to, 00:09:55.699 --> 00:09:57.539 which will give us motivation 00:09:57.539 --> 00:09:59.839 and give us encouragement 00:09:59.839 --> 00:10:02.399 to persevere and to keep on. 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:04.740 Look at chapter 15, verse 1. 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:07.839 I saw in heaven 00:10:07.839 --> 00:10:10.559 another great and marvellous sign. 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.919 So here we're at one level 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:14.939 where we're aware 00:10:14.939 --> 00:10:16.379 of the war that rages 00:10:16.379 --> 00:10:17.599 here on earth. 00:10:18.359 --> 00:10:19.299 But once again, 00:10:19.439 --> 00:10:20.899 we're taken into heaven 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:23.279 to see the world in history 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:25.139 from God's perspective. 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:27.299 And what do we see 00:10:27.299 --> 00:10:28.819 as we enter into heaven? 00:10:29.239 --> 00:10:30.539 Look at the rest of verse 1. 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:32.359 We see seven angels 00:10:32.359 --> 00:10:35.399 with the seven last plagues. 00:10:36.359 --> 00:10:36.799 Last, 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:38.679 because with them 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:39.779 God's wrath 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:41.719 is completed. 00:10:43.239 --> 00:10:43.979 You see, 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:45.219 what we're seeing here 00:10:45.219 --> 00:10:47.519 is that God's full 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:49.219 and final judgment 00:10:49.219 --> 00:10:51.120 is about to come. 00:10:51.859 --> 00:10:52.739 Look at verse 2. 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:54.319 And I saw what looked like 00:10:54.319 --> 00:10:56.439 a sea of glass 00:10:56.439 --> 00:10:58.839 glowing with fire. 00:11:00.099 --> 00:11:00.559 Now, 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:01.519 sea in the Bible 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:02.919 represents chaos 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:04.000 and destruction. 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:05.960 And here, 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:07.679 as we look closely, 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:10.840 the sea is smooth, 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:11.580 isn't it? 00:11:11.860 --> 00:11:14.379 It's like a sheet of glass. 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:16.279 But at the same time, 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:18.279 it's glowing with fire. 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:19.860 You see, 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:21.620 God is about to bring 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:23.720 a calm 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.120 to the powers of darkness. 00:11:27.059 --> 00:11:28.679 He's about to still 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:30.460 the forces of evil 00:11:30.460 --> 00:11:31.940 with the fire 00:11:31.940 --> 00:11:33.440 of judgment. 00:11:34.780 --> 00:11:36.259 God isn't unsettled 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:37.080 or paralyzed 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:38.600 by the chaos 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:39.240 that we see 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:40.000 all around us. 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:41.680 God isn't panicked 00:11:41.680 --> 00:11:43.340 by Satan's war. 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:44.680 Satan 00:11:44.680 --> 00:11:45.800 and his minions 00:11:45.800 --> 00:11:47.160 do not have 00:11:47.160 --> 00:11:48.240 the last word. 00:11:48.920 --> 00:11:49.800 God does. 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:51.960 So, 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:52.680 verse 7. 00:11:54.400 --> 00:11:55.800 Then one of the four 00:11:55.800 --> 00:11:56.900 living creatures 00:11:56.899 --> 00:11:59.679 gave to the seven angels 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.279 seven golden bowls 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:04.240 filled with the wrath 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:04.879 of God 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:05.519 who lives 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:06.860 forever and ever. 00:12:08.299 --> 00:12:08.559 Well, 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:09.480 what are they for? 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:11.139 Well, 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.319 look at chapter 16, 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:12.980 verse 1. 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:15.819 Then I heard 00:12:15.819 --> 00:12:16.720 a loud voice 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:17.519 from the temple 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:19.100 saying to the seven angels, 00:12:19.939 --> 00:12:21.360 Go pour out 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:22.399 the seven bowls 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:23.740 of God's wrath 00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:25.399 on the earth. 00:12:26.899 --> 00:12:27.639 You see, 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:28.659 a day is coming 00:12:28.659 --> 00:12:30.480 when the wrath 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.139 of God, 00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:33.439 like a torrent, 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:35.220 will be poured out 00:12:35.220 --> 00:12:36.159 on all those 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:37.519 who oppose Christ 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:39.139 and destroy 00:12:39.139 --> 00:12:39.959 his church. 00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:42.319 A day is coming 00:12:42.319 --> 00:12:43.860 when justice 00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:45.340 will be done. 00:12:47.959 --> 00:12:48.559 Now, 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:49.579 as we together 00:12:49.579 --> 00:12:50.500 think about 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:51.519 God's wrath, 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:52.419 his judgment 00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:53.840 being poured out, 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.120 how do you 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:58.000 feel about that? 00:12:58.200 --> 00:12:59.100 What do you think? 00:13:00.420 --> 00:13:01.639 Are you anxious? 00:13:03.660 --> 00:13:05.259 Are you worried? 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:09.060 Are you fearful 00:13:09.060 --> 00:13:10.040 at the thought 00:13:10.040 --> 00:13:11.019 of what is going 00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:11.580 to happen? 00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:14.120 Well, 00:13:14.180 --> 00:13:15.160 if we are Christians, 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:16.300 we are to see it 00:13:16.300 --> 00:13:16.759 as something 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:17.740 that is good 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.960 and right. 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:20.560 It's something 00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:21.420 we are to 00:13:21.420 --> 00:13:22.700 long for 00:13:22.700 --> 00:13:24.160 and look forward 00:13:24.160 --> 00:13:25.800 for in anticipation 00:13:25.800 --> 00:13:27.500 because as we 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:28.480 see God's 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:28.920 judgment, 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:30.560 yes, 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.400 on the one hand 00:13:31.400 --> 00:13:31.940 it will be 00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:32.620 terrifying 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:34.000 for God's enemies, 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:36.460 but it will be 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:37.020 joyful 00:13:37.020 --> 00:13:39.259 for God's people. 00:13:40.640 --> 00:13:41.300 Terrifying 00:13:41.300 --> 00:13:42.060 for enemies, 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:44.340 but joyful 00:13:44.340 --> 00:13:46.160 for the church. 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:49.299 so as we 00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:49.759 see 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:51.519 God's 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:51.939 judgment, 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:53.539 as we 00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:54.159 see his 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:54.879 full and 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:56.000 final judgment 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:56.919 being poured 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:57.339 out, 00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:58.959 it will 00:13:58.959 --> 00:13:59.439 mean 00:13:59.439 --> 00:14:01.059 a celebration 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:01.879 of God's 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.419 just 00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:03.759 and righteous 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:04.480 acts. 00:14:05.199 --> 00:14:05.899 As God's 00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:06.659 wrath is about 00:14:06.659 --> 00:14:07.219 to fall, 00:14:07.719 --> 00:14:08.339 surprisingly, 00:14:08.579 --> 00:14:09.259 the first thing 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:10.000 we encounter 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:10.679 or we see 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:11.759 is that there 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.980 is a celebration 00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:13.779 going on. 00:14:14.319 --> 00:14:14.819 Look at the 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:15.540 picture before 00:14:15.540 --> 00:14:16.020 us in 00:14:16.020 --> 00:14:16.700 verse 2, 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:18.280 chapter 15. 00:14:19.280 --> 00:14:20.300 I saw what 00:14:20.300 --> 00:14:21.460 looked like a 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.360 sea of glass 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:23.000 glowing with 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:23.480 fire, 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:25.400 and standing 00:14:25.400 --> 00:14:26.240 beside the 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:26.580 sea, 00:14:27.160 --> 00:14:27.980 who's there? 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.180 Those who 00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:30.560 had been 00:14:30.560 --> 00:14:31.540 victorious over 00:14:31.540 --> 00:14:32.080 the beast 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:32.860 and its image 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:33.500 and over the 00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.040 number of 00:14:34.040 --> 00:14:34.600 its name. 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:36.500 And they 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:37.560 held harps 00:14:37.560 --> 00:14:38.400 given to 00:14:38.400 --> 00:14:38.940 them by 00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:39.440 God, 00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:41.300 and sang 00:14:41.300 --> 00:14:41.940 the song 00:14:41.940 --> 00:14:42.780 of God's 00:14:42.780 --> 00:14:43.140 servant 00:14:43.140 --> 00:14:43.600 Moses 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:45.120 and of 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:45.640 the Lamb. 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:47.460 God's 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:47.920 people, 00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:49.300 by the 00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:49.600 sea, 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.120 where it 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:51.200 is calm, 00:14:51.300 --> 00:14:51.640 where all 00:14:51.640 --> 00:14:52.220 the chaos 00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:52.660 has been 00:14:52.660 --> 00:14:53.380 stilled, 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:54.300 there they 00:14:54.300 --> 00:14:55.180 are standing 00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:56.000 victorious 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.920 over their 00:14:56.920 --> 00:14:57.300 enemy, 00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:58.300 and they're 00:14:58.300 --> 00:14:59.460 singing songs 00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.160 of praise. 00:15:00.520 --> 00:15:00.760 They're 00:15:00.760 --> 00:15:01.540 celebrating 00:15:01.540 --> 00:15:02.340 God's 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:03.580 just and 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:04.000 righteous 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.560 acts. 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:05.040 Look at 00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:05.640 verse 3, 00:15:05.860 --> 00:15:06.340 look at the 00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:06.700 song. 00:15:07.800 --> 00:15:08.360 They sing, 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:09.139 great and 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:09.740 marvellous 00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.120 are your 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.639 deeds, 00:15:10.800 --> 00:15:11.360 Lord God 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:11.919 Almighty. 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.740 Just and 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.519 true are 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:15.399 your ways, 00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.279 King of 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:16.840 the nations. 00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:18.879 End of 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.440 verse 4, 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:21.440 all nations 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:22.100 will come 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:22.700 and worship 00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.560 before you, 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.500 for your 00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:25.240 righteous 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:26.060 acts 00:15:26.060 --> 00:15:27.480 have been 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:27.980 revealed. 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.019 Now, 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.080 doesn't that 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:31.759 sound a bit 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.680 strange to 00:15:32.680 --> 00:15:32.920 you? 00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:34.220 When was 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:34.620 the last 00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:35.360 time we 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:36.360 sang a 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:36.779 song of 00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:37.620 celebration 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.179 and in 00:15:38.179 --> 00:15:38.879 praise of 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.799 God's 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:40.320 judgment 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:40.840 coming, 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:43.139 how can 00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:44.139 you celebrate 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:45.639 God's 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.039 judgments? 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:48.100 Well, 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.519 there's two 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:49.100 things we 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:49.700 can learn 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:50.940 from this 00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:51.340 song. 00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.500 First, 00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:55.560 God judges 00:15:55.560 --> 00:15:56.379 to save. 00:15:57.560 --> 00:15:57.919 You see, 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.440 this isn't 00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:58.860 the first 00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.480 time that 00:15:59.480 --> 00:15:59.899 we come 00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.659 across this 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.519 scene here 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.180 that we 00:16:02.180 --> 00:16:02.700 read about 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:03.120 in verse 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.519 2 and 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:03.840 3. 00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:05.379 God's 00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:06.139 people by 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.759 the sea 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:08.860 standing 00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:09.659 victorious 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.600 over their 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.200 enemy 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:13.340 and singing 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:14.259 songs of 00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:15.139 celebration. 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:16.899 Does that 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.460 ring any 00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:18.080 bells to 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.279 you? 00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:19.740 Well, 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.259 look with 00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:20.779 me back 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.639 to Exodus 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:23.580 chapter 14. 00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:24.980 Exodus 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:26.179 chapter 14. 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.500 What we 00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:30.220 find here 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:30.639 is that 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.080 God's 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:31.960 people are 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:33.019 in slavery 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:34.519 under the 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:35.539 cruel tyrant 00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:36.079 Pharaoh. 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.100 He's 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.659 treated them 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.179 brutally. 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:39.939 He's had 00:16:39.939 --> 00:16:40.600 them killed. 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.059 He's had 00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:41.639 them beaten. 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.579 And despite 00:16:44.579 --> 00:16:45.539 many warnings, 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.500 many plagues, 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.019 Pharaoh 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:48.079 was refused. 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:50.199 So God 00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:51.039 responds with 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.759 yet more 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.819 a final 00:16:52.819 --> 00:16:53.559 judgment. 00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:55.779 We can 00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.299 read what 00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:57.600 happens at 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.159 the end 00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.779 in chapter 00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.699 14. 00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:00.779 God's 00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.399 people are 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.740 on their 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.299 way out 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:02.779 of Egypt 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.360 towards 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:03.840 the Red 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.180 Sea. 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:04.640 But in 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:05.160 front of 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:06.000 them is 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.500 the sea 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.220 and pursuing 00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:08.099 behind them 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:09.319 rapidly are 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:09.920 the pursuing 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.440 enemies. 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.880 What's going 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.440 to happen? 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:13.799 Well, 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:14.720 chapter 14, 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.620 verse 21. 00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:16.900 As they 00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.359 come to 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:17.799 the sea, 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:19.779 then Moses 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.599 stretched out 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.119 his hand 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.559 over the 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:21.960 sea and 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.440 all that 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:22.940 night the 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:23.759 Lord drove 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.259 the sea 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.839 back with 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.440 the strongest 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.319 east wind 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.379 and turned 00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:27.839 it into 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.599 dry land. 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.879 The waters 00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.680 were divided 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.859 and the 00:17:31.859 --> 00:17:32.220 Israelites 00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:32.960 went through 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.460 the sea 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:34.000 on dry 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:34.480 ground 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.539 with a 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:35.980 wall of 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.519 water on 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.119 their right 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:38.259 and on 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.859 the left. 00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.680 The Egyptians 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.579 pursued them 00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.079 and all 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.720 Pharaoh's 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.419 horses and 00:17:43.419 --> 00:17:44.180 chariots and 00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:44.659 horsemen 00:17:44.659 --> 00:17:45.700 followed them 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.200 into the 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:46.559 sea. 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:49.019 Verse 26. 00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.620 Then the 00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:51.279 Lord said 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.960 to Moses, 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.340 Stretch out 00:17:53.340 --> 00:17:53.960 your hand 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.460 over the 00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:54.960 sea so 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.360 that the 00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:56.000 waters may 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.740 flow back 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.319 over the 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.860 Egyptians 00:17:57.860 --> 00:17:58.880 and their 00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.480 chariots 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.240 and horsemen. 00:18:02.840 --> 00:18:03.480 Moses 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.360 stretched out 00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:04.880 his hand 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.360 over the 00:18:05.360 --> 00:18:06.759 sea and 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.660 at daybreak 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.700 the sea 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.340 went back 00:18:09.340 --> 00:18:09.740 to its 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.240 place. 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.779 The Egyptians 00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.519 were fleeing 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.400 towards it 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:14.559 and the 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.559 Lord swept 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.679 them into 00:18:16.679 --> 00:18:17.259 the sea. 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:19.179 Verse 30. 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.399 That day 00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:22.859 the Lord 00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:23.919 saved Israel 00:18:23.919 --> 00:18:24.399 from the 00:18:24.399 --> 00:18:24.960 hands of 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.639 the Egyptians 00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:27.519 and Israel 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.259 saw the 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.799 Egyptians 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.980 lying dead 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:31.359 on the 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:31.740 shore. 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.220 You see 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:35.220 God brings 00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:36.059 his judgment 00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:37.740 and his 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.259 people 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:39.819 are saved. 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.299 God's 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.940 wrath is 00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:43.119 being poured 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:43.700 out on 00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:45.099 these tyrants, 00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:45.740 on these 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.099 who have 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.740 caused so 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.119 much 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:48.179 injustice 00:18:48.179 --> 00:18:49.159 to a 00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:49.559 people 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.539 so that 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:51.319 they might 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:51.939 in turn 00:18:51.939 --> 00:18:52.699 experience 00:18:52.699 --> 00:18:53.399 salvation. 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.279 And in 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.980 response, 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.579 Moses leads 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.219 the people 00:18:57.219 --> 00:18:58.119 in songs of 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.719 celebration. 00:18:58.719 --> 00:18:59.480 As they 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.159 turn round 00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:00.699 and look 00:19:00.699 --> 00:19:01.579 and see 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.480 their defeated 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:03.879 enemy swept 00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.480 up in the 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:04.799 sea, 00:19:05.219 --> 00:19:05.799 they begin 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.500 to sing. 00:19:07.439 --> 00:19:07.980 Look at 00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.819 chapter 15 00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.500 verse 1. 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.619 I will 00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.240 sing to 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.740 the Lord 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.220 for he 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.819 is highly 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.460 exalted, 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.839 both horse 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.619 and rider 00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:17.200 he is hurled 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.119 into the 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:18.440 sea. 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:19.980 The Lord 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.519 is my 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.079 strength 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.519 and my 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.059 defence. 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:22.880 He 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:24.119 has become 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:25.640 my salvation. 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.160 You see 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.579 they are 00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.460 celebrating 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:31.039 God's 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.779 just 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.700 and 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.299 righteous 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:34.299 acts. 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.919 Now let's 00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:36.359 go back 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:36.659 to 00:19:36.659 --> 00:19:37.359 Revelation 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.440 chapter 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.559 16. 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:44.980 You see 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.619 this isn't 00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.119 just the 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.659 song of 00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.200 Moses. 00:19:48.139 --> 00:19:48.759 Look at 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.359 verse 3. 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.139 This is 00:19:51.139 --> 00:19:51.599 the song 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.180 of God's 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.539 servant 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.099 Moses 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:55.019 and of 00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.740 the Lamb. 00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.460 This is 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.259 telling us 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.799 that a 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.259 day is 00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.740 coming 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.759 when the 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.240 Lamb, 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.220 the risen 00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.539 Lord 00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.019 Jesus 00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:06.220 is going 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.700 to come 00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.360 again to 00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:08.200 bring his 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.759 judgment. 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.440 Not just 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.120 on one 00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:11.680 people 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:13.940 or just 00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.500 in one 00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.120 particular 00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:15.759 place 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.579 as was 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.140 the case 00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:17.680 with 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.120 Moses. 00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.559 But it's 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:20.120 a judgment 00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:20.559 that is 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.000 going to 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.519 fall on 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.600 all people 00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:24.400 in all 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.740 of the 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.100 world. 00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.759 Just as 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.259 the waves 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.880 of judgment 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.700 came crashing 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.360 down on 00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:29.940 Pharaoh and 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.500 his armies, 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.960 so God's 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.360 judgment 00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:32.920 will come 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.819 crashing down 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.819 on all 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.500 his enemies. 00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:37.879 It will 00:20:37.879 --> 00:20:38.599 be a day 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.099 of 00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:40.139 justice. 00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.179 Everyone 00:20:42.179 --> 00:20:42.740 will be 00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.000 held 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.619 accountable. 00:20:44.679 --> 00:20:45.099 Every 00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.579 wrong 00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:46.059 will be 00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.339 put 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.839 right. 00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.379 As we 00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:48.839 think of 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.519 all the 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.339 injustices 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.299 going on 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.579 in the 00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:51.859 world 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.460 right now, 00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:52.980 whether it's 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.439 the war 00:20:53.439 --> 00:20:54.240 in Ukraine, 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.700 or whether 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.079 it's an 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.399 innocent 00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:56.919 victim 00:20:56.919 --> 00:20:57.279 being 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.939 burgled, 00:20:57.940 --> 00:21:00.299 all will 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.779 be put 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.259 right. 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.940 Everything 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.580 that we 00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.160 have said 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:04.740 and done 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.559 will be 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.120 laid out 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.779 before the 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.220 judge. 00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:08.380 All of 00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:08.580 our 00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.240 achievements 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.200 and successes, 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.140 all of 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.860 our failures 00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.380 and all 00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:13.220 our secrets, 00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:15.360 nothing 00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:15.860 will be 00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.160 hidden. 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.640 Everything 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.140 will be 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.420 laid 00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.799 bare. 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.820 And on 00:21:20.820 --> 00:21:21.580 that day, 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:22.980 God's 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.480 full and 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.860 final judgment 00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.599 will fall. 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.839 And heaven 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:28.379 will sing 00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.500 in celebration, 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.799 great and 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.539 marvellous are 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.319 your deeds, 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.019 Lord God 00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.539 Almighty. 00:21:34.219 --> 00:21:34.879 Just and 00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.299 true are 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.959 your ways, 00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.419 King of 00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:37.000 the nations. 00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.359 All the 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:40.019 nations will 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.079 come and 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.899 worship before 00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.740 you, for 00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.779 your righteous 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:45.299 acts have 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.099 been revealed. 00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.279 Justice 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.659 will be 00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.000 done. 00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:53.379 You see, 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.179 justice is 00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.819 good news. 00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.299 isn't it? 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.399 Because we 00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.219 all long, 00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.959 every one 00:21:57.959 --> 00:21:58.339 of us, 00:21:58.719 --> 00:21:59.259 long for 00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.779 it all to 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.159 be put 00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.500 right. 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.439 Even now 00:22:01.439 --> 00:22:01.779 as we 00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.319 think of 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.939 hurts that 00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:03.259 have been 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.759 done to 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.059 us, 00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.299 or big 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.859 things that 00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.279 we see 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.839 going on 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.059 in the 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.379 world, 00:22:07.699 --> 00:22:08.399 we long 00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:08.759 for it 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.119 all to 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.479 be put 00:22:09.479 --> 00:22:09.959 right. 00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:13.299 But also 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.879 means a 00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:15.740 day when 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.240 we will 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.019 stand before 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.479 God. 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.559 Justice 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.179 not only 00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:21.259 means wrongs 00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.859 corrected, 00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.779 but it 00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.659 means punishment 00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:26.019 will be 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.660 received. 00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:29.620 God's 00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.560 full and 00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:31.660 final judgment 00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.840 will fall 00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:34.540 and when 00:22:34.540 --> 00:22:35.279 it does, 00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:37.259 all of 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.880 heaven will 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.680 celebrate 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.600 God's 00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:41.140 just and 00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.640 righteous 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.380 acts. 00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:45.100 The question 00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.580 is, 00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.900 is this 00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.560 something you 00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:47.960 and I 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.500 celebrate? 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:50.059 is this 00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.599 what we're 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.460 looking forward 00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:51.900 to? 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.599 Well, 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.400 when God's 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.059 just and 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.480 righteous 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.420 acts fall, 00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:00.059 there will 00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.559 be things 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.160 we can 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.880 celebrate 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.680 as his 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.140 people. 00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:06.680 As God's 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.079 full and 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.940 final judgment 00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.599 comes, 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.559 it will 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.039 mean the 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.920 vindication 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.480 of God's 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.059 suffering 00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:14.720 and persecuted 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.299 people. 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:17.299 as Satan 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.879 goes to 00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.399 war against 00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.039 the church, 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.159 there has 00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.619 been and 00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:20.980 there will 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.500 be many 00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.119 casualties. 00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:22.799 Many have 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.200 suffered 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.859 opposition 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.799 and persecution. 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.480 Innocent 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.980 believers 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.819 speaking out 00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.399 for Jesus 00:23:28.399 --> 00:23:29.119 and standing 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.559 for the 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.940 truth 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:31.119 get beaten, 00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.700 but 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.259 they are 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.059 not forgotten. 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.599 Through 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.339 God's 00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.859 judgments, 00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.059 God's 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.940 people are 00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.839 vindicated. 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.259 we see 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.740 this in 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.819 two ways. 00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.220 First, 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.179 God hears 00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:48.699 our cries. 00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.539 Turn with 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.799 me, 00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:51.220 please, 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.759 back to 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.279 Revelation 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.299 chapter 6. 00:23:54.959 --> 00:23:55.919 You may 00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.359 remember 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.439 this prayer, 00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.579 this cry 00:23:58.579 --> 00:24:00.299 from God's 00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.699 people. 00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.819 Revelation 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.839 chapter 6 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:09.859 shows us 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.539 what Christians 00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.259 are to 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.279 expect. 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.839 Verse 9. 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.099 When he 00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.639 opened the 00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.200 fifth seal, 00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.759 I saw 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.379 under the 00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.859 altar 00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.659 the souls 00:24:24.659 --> 00:24:25.299 of those 00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.779 who had 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.799 been slain 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:28.180 because of 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.579 the word 00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.079 of God 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.440 and the 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.960 testimony 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.519 they had 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.559 maintained. 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.279 So here 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.599 we have 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.019 a picture 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.619 of all 00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.039 God's 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.379 people 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.680 who have 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:35.839 been 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.339 faithful 00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.720 in their 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.220 witness, 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.659 faithful 00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.299 to the 00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.859 point of 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.299 death. 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.299 They 00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.159 persevered 00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.619 in hard 00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.180 times. 00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.019 And verse 00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.420 10. 00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.519 They 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.339 called out 00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.680 in a 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:46.920 loud 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.539 voice, 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.779 How 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.399 long, 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.319 sovereign 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.799 Lord, 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.579 holy and 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:51.940 true, 00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.539 until you 00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.240 judge the 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.799 inhabitants 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.319 of the 00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.799 earth and 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.259 avenge 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.480 our 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.899 blood? 00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.420 When 00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.940 will we 00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.240 get 00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.899 justice 00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:01.500 for all 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.859 that has 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.200 happened 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.019 to us? 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.599 For all 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.359 the wrongs 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:06.639 that have 00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.159 been done? 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.700 when is 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.240 justice 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.640 going to 00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:09.940 come? 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:11.940 Well, 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.240 look at 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.560 God's 00:25:12.560 --> 00:25:13.060 response 00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:13.519 in verse 00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.940 11. 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.220 Then each 00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.460 of them 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.860 was given 00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.320 a white 00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:17.740 robe, 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.740 a sign 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.279 of their 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.560 acceptance 00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:21.700 before God, 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.380 and they 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:23.880 were told 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.580 to wait 00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.240 a little 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.779 longer 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:27.420 until the 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.440 full number 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.900 of their 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.380 fellow 00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.200 servants, 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:30.960 their 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.680 brothers and 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.080 sisters, 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.860 were killed 00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.959 just as 00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:34.399 they had 00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:34.659 been. 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.539 What an 00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:37.939 answer. 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.799 How long, 00:25:39.959 --> 00:25:40.199 Lord? 00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.179 When are 00:25:42.179 --> 00:25:42.579 you going 00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.779 to put 00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.439 right all 00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:44.699 these 00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:45.319 wrongs? 00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.599 Oh, 00:25:46.979 --> 00:25:48.019 just wait 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.359 a little 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.979 bit longer 00:25:48.979 --> 00:25:50.779 because there 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.099 are yet 00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.759 more people 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.299 to die 00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.799 for their 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.219 faith. 00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:57.319 In fact, 00:25:57.479 --> 00:25:58.199 more believers 00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:58.839 have died 00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.279 for their 00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.839 faith in 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.279 the last 00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.579 100 years, 00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.899 than in 00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.379 the last 00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.659 2000 years 00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.279 combined. 00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.219 Brothers and 00:26:08.219 --> 00:26:08.859 sisters in 00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.219 Christ, 00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:10.759 people just 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.879 like you 00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.399 and I, 00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.579 but just 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.240 living in a 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.659 different 00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.659 context, 00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.319 intentionally 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.219 and violently 00:26:19.219 --> 00:26:20.119 put to death 00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.740 because they 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.599 love Jesus 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.839 and they 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.699 love other 00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:24.539 people enough 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.359 to tell them 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.099 about Jesus. 00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.500 And the 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.579 cry goes up, 00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.799 how many 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.259 more? 00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:34.439 When will 00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:35.240 justice be 00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.539 done? 00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.479 How long 00:26:36.479 --> 00:26:37.159 until this 00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:38.000 brutal and 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.959 bloody war 00:26:38.959 --> 00:26:40.079 is over? 00:26:42.719 --> 00:26:43.439 Well, 00:26:43.479 --> 00:26:44.059 God hears 00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.619 the cries 00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:44.919 of his 00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.299 people. 00:26:46.719 --> 00:26:46.979 God 00:26:46.979 --> 00:26:47.740 listens to 00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.740 those who 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.159 in their 00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.079 death cry 00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:51.219 out for 00:26:51.219 --> 00:26:51.719 justice. 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:51.860 justice. 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.759 Let's go 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.400 back to 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.460 chapter 16. 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.799 Because here 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.480 we see that 00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.160 God does 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.000 answer with 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.600 justice. 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.180 The 00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.880 waiting that 00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.220 he had 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.819 told his 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.620 people is 00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.120 over. 00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.680 Here is the 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.519 ultimate answer 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.360 to those who've 00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.220 been martyred for 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.880 their faith. 00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.500 Chapter 16, 00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.160 verse 1. 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.920 I heard a 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.519 loud voice 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:20.900 from the 00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.580 temple saying 00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:21.940 to the 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.620 seven angels, 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.400 go, 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.279 pour out the 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.940 seven bowls 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.640 of God's 00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.100 wrath on 00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.620 the earth. 00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:28.320 Now, 00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.380 notice here 00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:30.100 the way that 00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:31.080 judgment comes, 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.759 verse 3. 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.900 The second 00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.660 angel poured 00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.420 out his bowl 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.019 on the sea 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.519 and it was 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.200 turned into 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.740 blood, 00:27:38.800 --> 00:27:39.320 like that 00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:39.880 of a dead 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.420 person. 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.500 And every 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.160 living thing 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.660 in the sea 00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.259 died. 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.060 The third 00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:46.740 angel poured 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.660 out his bowl 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.060 on the 00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:48.660 rivers and 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.180 the springs 00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.700 of water 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:51.220 and they 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.259 became blood. 00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:54.680 But why 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.680 all this 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.200 blood? 00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.660 Well, 00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.840 it's graphic 00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.940 imagery for 00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.380 what these 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.060 people have 00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.600 done to 00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.540 God's people 00:28:04.540 --> 00:28:05.920 and what 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.740 God is going 00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.680 to do to 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.040 them. 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.660 God's message 00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.380 is clear. 00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:11.100 Look at 00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.700 verse 5. 00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.360 Then I heard 00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:13.120 the angel in 00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.800 charge of the 00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:14.480 water say, 00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.040 you are just 00:28:16.040 --> 00:28:16.519 in these 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.000 judgments, 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.599 so holy 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:17.960 one, 00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.940 who were, 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.819 who are, 00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.259 and who 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.599 were. 00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.200 For they 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.839 have shed 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.380 the blood 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:23.740 of your 00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.640 holy people 00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.740 and your 00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.240 prophets, 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.059 and you 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.519 have given 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.279 them blood 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.940 to drink 00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.200 as they 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.779 deserve. 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.519 God hears 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.059 their cry 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.660 for justice. 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.559 He hasn't 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.019 forgotten. 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.480 He says, 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.240 you shed 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.700 the blood 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.160 of my 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.660 people, 00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.980 so I 00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.420 will now 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:42.920 come and 00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:44.039 shed your 00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.460 blood. 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.779 you 00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.360 killed 00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:46.660 and 00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.000 murdered 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.299 my 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.799 faithful 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.559 servants. 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.600 You 00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:49.960 left 00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.600 wives 00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:50.900 without 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.180 a 00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.539 husband, 00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.519 children 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.920 without 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.259 a 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.500 mother, 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.420 churches 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.900 without 00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.519 pastors, 00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.200 you 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.620 cut 00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:56.960 them 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.400 down, 00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:59.840 so I 00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.360 will pour 00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.799 out my 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.340 wrath on 00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:01.620 you. 00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:05.059 in chapter 00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.559 6, 00:29:05.719 --> 00:29:06.279 they cried 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.719 out, 00:29:06.959 --> 00:29:08.500 how long 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.059 sovereign 00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.539 Lord, 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.679 holy and 00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.279 true until 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.919 you judge 00:29:11.919 --> 00:29:12.659 the inhabitants 00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.159 of the 00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.579 earth and 00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.179 avenge our 00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:14.500 blood. 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.259 Well, 00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.799 God's 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.259 full and 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.159 final 00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.679 judgment 00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.459 falls as 00:29:18.459 --> 00:29:18.919 we hear 00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.279 another 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.679 cry, 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.399 verse 7. 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.559 The same 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.000 people 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.659 respond, 00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:24.839 and I 00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.339 heard the 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.659 altar 00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.319 respond, 00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.299 yes, 00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.479 Lord God 00:29:28.479 --> 00:29:29.079 Almighty, 00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.819 true and 00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:32.240 just are 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.599 your 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.179 judgments. 00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.720 God is 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.240 not a 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.200 bloodthirsty 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:40.539 tyrant who 00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.460 just enjoys 00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.319 doing these 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.779 sorts of 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.099 things. 00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.700 No, 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.259 God is 00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.679 fair and 00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:46.240 right. 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.980 And as 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.579 we look 00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.200 forward to 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.879 God's full 00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.500 and final 00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.220 judgment to 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.480 come, 00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.480 we know 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.159 that God 00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:54.240 will vindicate 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.079 his suffering 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:56.639 and persecuted 00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.379 church. 00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.379 And it 00:29:59.379 --> 00:30:00.119 also means 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.419 that he 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.080 hears your 00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:01.660 cries. 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.039 And he 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.340 doesn't 00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:04.160 forget your 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.759 cries. 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.620 And all 00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.360 the difficulties 00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.820 and the 00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:09.000 hardships that 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.400 you have 00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.160 gone through 00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.960 as a 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.360 believer, 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:11.960 as you've 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.500 taken your 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.220 stand and 00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.720 as you've 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.180 sought to 00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.740 witness for 00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.500 him and 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.880 all the 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.600 pushbacks. 00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:19.000 God hears 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.600 your cry. 00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.840 And God 00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.620 will vindicate 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.320 the suffering 00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:26.220 and persecute 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.839 the church. 00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.920 So there 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.600 can be a 00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.220 celebration 00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:34.440 because God 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.180 vindicates 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.799 his people. 00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.539 But there's 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.220 another reason 00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.660 we can 00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.120 celebrate. 00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.180 With the 00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.600 full and 00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:43.519 final judgment 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.579 will come 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.960 the destruction 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.740 of God's 00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.860 unrepentant 00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:49.200 and evil 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.680 enemies. 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:52.440 Satan's 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.940 war with 00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.460 the church 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.140 is severe. 00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.900 But God 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.440 will see 00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.940 that that 00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.460 war will 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.519 end with 00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.320 the destruction 00:30:59.320 --> 00:31:00.539 of all 00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.180 his enemies. 00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:03.279 But before 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.100 it comes 00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:06.180 there is a 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.640 call to 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.140 repentance. 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.740 You see 00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.160 when we 00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.779 read and 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.100 as we 00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:10.759 think about 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.259 God's 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.840 wrath being 00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:12.380 poured out 00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.360 the accusation 00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.840 can be 00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.980 that's not 00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.539 fair. 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:17.599 people 00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.220 didn't have 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.019 a chance. 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.200 They 00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.980 didn't know. 00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.599 Well God's 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.339 judgments are 00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:25.359 always true 00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.139 and just. 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.799 He is 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.180 fair. 00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.720 God has 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.059 given 00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.200 warning to 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.779 the world 00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:32.339 through the 00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.000 devastating 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.079 disasters that 00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.980 we experience 00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.539 in the world 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.139 every day. 00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.779 All the 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.240 wars, 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.779 all the 00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.359 violence, 00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.879 the floods 00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.579 and famines 00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.319 that we read 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.720 and hear 00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.079 about, 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.000 they're all 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.819 signs that 00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.440 this world 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.779 that we 00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.159 live in 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.779 is broken 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.279 and it's 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.960 not right 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.100 and that 00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.600 God is 00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.220 coming in 00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.620 judgment. 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.440 But he's 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.300 also given 00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:54.019 the testimony 00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.460 of the 00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.040 church as 00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.560 people have 00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:55.900 witnessed 00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.460 for him. 00:31:59.460 --> 00:31:59.900 And so 00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.380 God's 00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.259 judgments are 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.920 poured out, 00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:02.600 verse 9. 00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.360 They were 00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.080 seared by 00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.700 an intense 00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.100 heat. 00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.660 Again, 00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.259 I don't 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.660 think this 00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.400 is necessarily 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.779 literal but 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.259 just a 00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:13.180 description of 00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.600 God's 00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.540 final judgment. 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.900 verse 11. 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.900 And they 00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.640 cursed the 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.040 name of 00:32:19.040 --> 00:32:20.360 God who 00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:21.160 had control 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.740 over these 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.300 plagues. 00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.340 But they 00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:25.560 refused to 00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:26.680 repent and 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.860 glorify him. 00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.840 Verse 11. 00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.980 And cursed 00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.720 the God of 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:34.080 heaven because 00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.460 of their 00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.140 pains and 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.519 sores, but 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.720 they refused 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.759 to repent of 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.160 what they 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.680 had done. 00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:39.740 them. 00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.200 You see, it's 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.660 not that 00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.440 people don't 00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.600 have 00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.340 opportunity. 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.680 It's not 00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.519 God who's 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.000 hard. 00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.160 It's people 00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.600 who have 00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.440 become hard 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.060 hearted. 00:32:54.060 --> 00:32:54.799 With every 00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.580 call for 00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.140 repentance, 00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.380 for some, 00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.820 there is a 00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.380 deepening 00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.700 refusal to 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.680 listen to 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.100 God. 00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:04.740 God can't 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.379 be charged 00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.899 with being 00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.799 unfair or 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.459 unkind. 00:33:08.459 --> 00:33:09.359 When God's 00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.839 wrath is 00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.419 poured out, 00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.679 no excuse 00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:12.279 can be 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.719 made. 00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.699 You see, 00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.319 people who 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:17.000 refuse God, 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.839 who refuse 00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.659 the Lord Jesus 00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.259 Christ, 00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.759 at the end 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.279 of the day, 00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:23.059 only have 00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.919 themselves to 00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.240 blame. 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:26.759 in fact, 00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.220 what will 00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:29.200 happen is 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.519 there will 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.920 be a 00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:31.779 gathering for 00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.220 judgment. 00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.120 You see, 00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.660 as history 00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.559 moves along, 00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.640 it's moving 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.380 towards a 00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:40.019 final and 00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.900 ultimate battle. 00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.839 Look at 00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.700 verse 14. 00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.480 Verse 14, 00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:46.920 they, 00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.099 that is, 00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.720 Satan and 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.299 the powers 00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.960 of darkness 00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.500 and evil, 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.819 their demonic 00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.799 spirits that 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.620 have performed 00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.859 signs and 00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.500 they go out 00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.179 to the kings 00:33:56.179 --> 00:33:56.779 of the whole 00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.339 world, 00:33:58.739 --> 00:34:00.299 leading them 00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.979 astray, 00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.679 to gather 00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:03.259 them for 00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.879 battle on 00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.419 the great 00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:05.000 day of 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.819 God Almighty. 00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.659 You see, 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.619 Satan remains 00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.359 opposed to 00:34:09.359 --> 00:34:09.859 Christ and 00:34:09.859 --> 00:34:10.339 his church 00:34:10.339 --> 00:34:11.440 and as he 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.059 goes about 00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.659 his work, 00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.239 it's as if 00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:14.719 he's gathering 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.539 all those 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.259 who hate 00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:17.039 Christ and 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.619 hate his 00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.199 church and 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.199 he's bringing 00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:19.679 them all 00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.380 together for 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.779 battle. 00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:21.920 And included 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.679 in that are 00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.239 those who 00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.839 have refused 00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.539 to repent, 00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.479 verse 16. 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.839 Then they 00:34:27.839 --> 00:34:28.459 gathered the 00:34:28.459 --> 00:34:29.279 kings together 00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.139 in that place 00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.579 that in 00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.159 Hebrew is 00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.639 called 00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.899 Armageddon. 00:34:34.479 --> 00:34:35.679 Now Armageddon 00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.419 is not a 00:34:36.419 --> 00:34:37.619 literal location, 00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:39.379 but it's 00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:40.119 imagery for 00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.679 the war 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.359 between the 00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:41.959 church and 00:34:41.959 --> 00:34:42.319 Satan. 00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.659 It's not a 00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.639 physical battle, 00:34:45.399 --> 00:34:46.179 but it's a 00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:47.159 spiritual battle 00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.219 that rages on. 00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:49.079 We know about 00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.899 it right now 00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.619 when it 00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.780 intensifies as 00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.180 we get 00:34:52.180 --> 00:34:53.360 closer to 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.860 the time 00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.500 of Christ's 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.920 return. 00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.220 The prophet 00:34:59.220 --> 00:35:00.079 Zechariah 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.980 spoke about 00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.700 this final 00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:04.559 battle and 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.220 what was going 00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:05.940 to happen and 00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.380 what it would 00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.920 be like. 00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.340 Here's what he 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.760 said. 00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.119 On that 00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.559 day, 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.119 on that 00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.960 final day, 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.800 when all the 00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.480 nations are 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.300 gathered against 00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.579 her, 00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.539 I will 00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:18.880 make 00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.559 Jerusalem, 00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:20.099 that is 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.619 God's 00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.039 people, 00:35:21.299 --> 00:35:22.019 an immovable 00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.819 rock for 00:35:22.819 --> 00:35:23.400 the nations. 00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:25.059 And all 00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.840 who try to 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.259 move it 00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.860 will injure 00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.380 themselves. 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.960 And on 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.480 that day, 00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:29.980 the Lord 00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.799 will shield 00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.579 those who 00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.279 live in 00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:32.719 Jerusalem. 00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.440 On that 00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.759 day, 00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.400 I will set 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.860 out to 00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:37.259 destroy all 00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.940 the nations 00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:39.599 that attack 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.279 Jerusalem. 00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.159 So we 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.619 have the 00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.360 scene set, 00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.920 don't we, 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.519 here in 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.059 Revelation. 00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.860 Satan and 00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.500 his minions, 00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:51.059 all the 00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.679 kings and 00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.159 all the 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.799 rulers that 00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.279 have taken 00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.980 their stand 00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.819 against God 00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.759 over all 00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.380 of history. 00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:58.179 All those 00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.500 who've 00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.920 refused and 00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.480 will not 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.099 repent, 00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.739 will gather 00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.440 for battle 00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.380 against Christ 00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.880 and his 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.279 church. 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.099 But as 00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.659 they gather 00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.440 for war, 00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.719 God's not 00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.299 taken by 00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:11.860 surprise, 00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.559 for he is 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.440 gathering them 00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.219 for judgment. 00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.559 And on 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.079 that day, 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.579 God's 00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.159 people will 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.639 be like 00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.360 an immovable 00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.960 rock. 00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.340 And all 00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.819 who come 00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.519 against them, 00:36:22.819 --> 00:36:23.480 it's as if 00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.340 they will 00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.679 injure 00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.500 themselves. 00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:28.019 Verse 17, 00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:30.599 on that 00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:30.980 day, 00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.900 the seventh 00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.759 angel poured 00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.259 out his 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.900 bowl into 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.440 the air, 00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.119 and out 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.400 of the 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.639 temple came 00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.099 a loud 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.799 voice from 00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.279 the throne 00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:40.799 saying, 00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:42.519 it is 00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.580 done. 00:36:46.100 --> 00:36:46.880 That's the 00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.380 result. 00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.519 In the 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:49.960 end, there 00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.820 really is no 00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.680 great battle. 00:36:52.080 --> 00:36:52.620 The victory 00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:53.539 is decisive 00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:54.340 and complete. 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.560 Jesus, the 00:36:55.560 --> 00:36:56.300 king, wins 00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.160 over all his 00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:58.120 enemies, and 00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:58.860 they are all 00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.420 destroyed. 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.680 It's over. 00:37:01.580 --> 00:37:02.080 The war 00:37:02.080 --> 00:37:02.660 finished. 00:37:03.060 --> 00:37:03.519 No more 00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.280 Satan, no 00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:05.039 more suffering. 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:07.840 You see, as 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.779 we long for 00:37:08.779 --> 00:37:09.619 God's full 00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.219 and final 00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.960 judgment to 00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.860 come, we 00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.480 know that 00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.940 when it 00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:15.159 does, God 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:16.099 will destroy 00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:18.420 unrepentant 00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.739 and evil 00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.179 enemies. 00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.559 Now, as 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.039 we think 00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.880 about this, 00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.179 God's 00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.820 wrath being 00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.599 poured out, 00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:35.759 how do 00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.279 you feel? 00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.179 We asked 00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.579 the same 00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.239 question at 00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.739 the beginning. 00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.719 Are you 00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.259 anxious? 00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:44.440 Are you 00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.960 worried? 00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.319 Are you 00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.860 fearful? 00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:50.880 It's 00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:51.739 actually a 00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.420 terrifying 00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.360 thought to 00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:54.000 think that 00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:55.579 this is how 00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.119 it will all 00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.579 end. 00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:59.000 You see, we 00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.599 all want 00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.500 justice, don't 00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.739 we? 00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.440 But the 00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.920 thing is, we 00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.400 don't want 00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.059 justice to 00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.539 fall on 00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:05.800 me. 00:38:07.220 --> 00:38:07.980 We want 00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.500 God to 00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:08.960 deal with 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.380 all our 00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:09.760 enemies, 00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:12.700 but we 00:38:12.700 --> 00:38:13.220 want God 00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.679 to make 00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.280 exceptions 00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.500 for me. 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.579 God, 00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:20.679 fire on 00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.480 those people, 00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:23.760 but mercy 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:24.860 on me. 00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:27.800 God's 00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.260 full and 00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:29.079 final judgment 00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.820 is fearful. 00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:29.900 people. 00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.300 But here's 00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.740 the thing, 00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:34.200 it doesn't 00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:34.640 need to 00:38:34.640 --> 00:38:34.860 be. 00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.480 There is 00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.200 a place of 00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:37.900 safety and 00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:39.160 security that 00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:39.800 will keep 00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:41.160 us and 00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.880 keep all 00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.360 who come 00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:43.059 to Christ 00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:45.500 safe on 00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.000 the day of 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.400 judgment. 00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.900 Look at 00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.740 verse 17. 00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.880 Did you 00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.380 hear that 00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.140 cry, that 00:38:52.140 --> 00:38:52.960 loud voice 00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.380 from the 00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.720 throne? 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:53.779 throne? 00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:56.659 It is 00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.939 done. 00:39:00.439 --> 00:39:01.159 We've 00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:01.559 heard that 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.399 cry before, 00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.959 haven't we? 00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.980 Not from 00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.599 the throne, 00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:08.279 but from 00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.939 the cross. 00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.879 Remember 00:39:10.879 --> 00:39:11.619 what Jesus 00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.579 shouted from 00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.239 the cross as 00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:13.859 he breathed 00:39:13.859 --> 00:39:14.500 his last? 00:39:15.879 --> 00:39:17.119 It is 00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:18.519 finished. 00:39:19.399 --> 00:39:20.039 It's 00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.480 done. 00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.519 done. 00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.440 It's 00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:22.920 over. 00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.760 You see, 00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.420 at the 00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:26.699 cross, as 00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.719 Jesus died, 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.480 as we so 00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.179 often sing, 00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.460 the wrath of 00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:31.059 God was 00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.719 satisfied. 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.719 The judgment 00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:34.659 that you and 00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.500 I deserve and 00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.039 that the whole 00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.920 world deserves 00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.980 was poured 00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.860 out on 00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:40.039 Jesus. 00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.320 That means 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:43.059 that all, 00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.139 anyone and 00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:45.219 everyone who 00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:46.139 is repentant 00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:47.139 can rest in 00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.920 the security 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:49.340 of the cross. 00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.519 As the 00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.139 waves of 00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.920 judgment come 00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.920 crashing down, 00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:55.460 it is Christ 00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.659 with his arms 00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.539 open wide 00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.760 that absorbs 00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.219 it all. 00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:01.099 The full and 00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:02.039 final judgment 00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.780 of God 00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.800 for you and 00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.300 for I 00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:06.019 falls on 00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.619 him. 00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.559 And so we 00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.360 can celebrate 00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:13.860 God's just 00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.559 and righteous 00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.340 acts. 00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.559 We can 00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.480 celebrate that 00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.740 God's vindication 00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:19.979 destruction of 00:40:19.979 --> 00:40:20.479 his people 00:40:20.479 --> 00:40:20.819 will be 00:40:20.819 --> 00:40:21.059 right. 00:40:21.339 --> 00:40:21.699 We can 00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:22.399 celebrate, 00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.359 yes, 00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.239 the destruction 00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.739 of all 00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.099 God's 00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.439 enemies. 00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.399 But it 00:40:28.399 --> 00:40:29.219 also means 00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:30.359 that we 00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:31.019 too have 00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.859 someone and 00:40:31.859 --> 00:40:32.539 somewhere to 00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.139 point other 00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.559 people. 00:40:34.419 --> 00:40:35.179 Not just 00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.619 us, 00:40:36.319 --> 00:40:37.259 but we can 00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:37.899 bring people 00:40:37.899 --> 00:40:38.479 to Jesus. 00:40:38.879 --> 00:40:39.639 We can show 00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:40.219 them that 00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:41.219 in this 00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:41.719 God, 00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.559 we have 00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.059 one who 00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.539 will bring 00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:45.519 grace and 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.939 mercy. 00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:47.940 God's 00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.940 God's 00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.940 God's 00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.940 God's 00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.940 God's 00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.940 God's 00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.260 God of 00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.960 justice who 00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.420 will hold 00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:54.880 all to 00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.760 account and 00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:56.079 he will 00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.900 correct every 00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.380 wrong and 00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.880 put all 00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.679 things right. 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.039 Yes, 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.659 we have the 00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.139 sure and 00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.900 certain hope 00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.820 of sharing 00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.280 in that 00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.159 final victory 00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:06.099 and that 00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.519 is the 00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.019 message 00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:08.000 God's 00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.539 church is 00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.000 to bring. 00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.000 That is 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.519 the weapon 00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.280 we use 00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:12.440 in this 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.820 war. 00:41:14.100 --> 00:41:15.019 A weapon 00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.680 of grace 00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:16.360 and mercy, 00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:17.920 forgiveness, 00:41:19.060 --> 00:41:19.720 Christ who 00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:20.340 died for 00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.740 you and 00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.220 for me 00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:22.780 so that 00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:23.380 justice 00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:24.440 could be 00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.760 done. 00:41:26.640 --> 00:41:27.560 You see, 00:41:27.660 --> 00:41:28.100 if we are 00:41:28.100 --> 00:41:28.620 Christians, 00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:31.019 God's 00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.400 judgment 00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:32.740 is good 00:41:32.740 --> 00:41:33.720 and right. 00:41:34.620 --> 00:41:35.100 It is 00:41:35.100 --> 00:41:35.780 something to 00:41:35.780 --> 00:41:36.519 long for. 00:41:37.580 --> 00:41:38.019 It is 00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.420 something 00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.740 we can 00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:40.240 celebrate. 00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:42.040 the 00:41:42.040 --> 00:41:42.760 vindication 00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:43.660 of all 00:41:43.660 --> 00:41:44.200 God's 00:41:44.200 --> 00:41:44.560 suffering 00:41:44.560 --> 00:41:44.840 and 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.460 persecuted 00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:46.019 people 00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:47.680 and the 00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:48.280 destruction 00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:49.740 of his 00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.820 unrepentant 00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:52.460 enemies. 00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:54.340 Let's pray 00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.840 together. 00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:19.180 Father, we 00:42:19.180 --> 00:42:19.960 confess that 00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.420 we live 00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.940 life 00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:23.800 so much 00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.360 by our 00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:24.720 own 00:42:24.720 --> 00:42:25.540 thoughts 00:42:25.540 --> 00:42:26.100 and our 00:42:26.100 --> 00:42:26.340 own 00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:27.019 ideas. 00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.860 But would 00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:30.640 you please 00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:32.160 give us 00:42:32.160 --> 00:42:32.760 afresh 00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:34.519 this vision. 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:37.739 help us 00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.360 to look 00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:39.019 into heaven 00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.599 itself 00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:41.500 and to 00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.059 see what 00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.659 you are 00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:43.179 going to 00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.460 do. 00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.980 And help 00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.659 us that we 00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:48.280 might be a 00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:50.039 people who 00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.900 continue to 00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.420 run to 00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.980 Jesus, 00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:53.840 our 00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.500 rescuer, 00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:54.900 our 00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.400 saviour. 00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:58.119 Thank you, 00:42:58.320 --> 00:42:58.539 Father, 00:42:58.539 --> 00:43:00.460 that your 00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:01.259 justice was 00:43:01.259 --> 00:43:01.820 poured out 00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:02.420 on him, 00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:05.279 that he 00:43:05.279 --> 00:43:05.719 took the 00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.420 blame for 00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:07.380 my sin, 00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:10.219 so that I 00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:10.900 can point 00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:12.900 others to 00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.480 Jesus, 00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:15.019 that they 00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.599 too might 00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:16.420 find grace 00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.159 and mercy, 00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:19.099 forgiveness, 00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.460 us, 00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.679 and that 00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:22.159 they too 00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.639 can look 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:23.299 forward to 00:43:23.299 --> 00:43:24.139 justice being 00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.460 done. 00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:27.259 Father, 00:43:27.339 --> 00:43:27.920 help us to 00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.259 live our 00:43:28.259 --> 00:43:29.940 lives in 00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.500 the light of 00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:31.079 your word. 00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.159 Give us 00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:33.739 strength and 00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:34.299 encouragement, 00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.019 we pray. 00:43:36.219 --> 00:43:36.799 In Jesus' 00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.299 name, 00:43:38.299 --> 00:43:38.599 Amen.