WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.220 Let's pray before we begin. 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:23.140 Lord God, we thank you that we have hope in Christ, who is the resurrection and the life, who is the first fruit from the dead. 00:00:23.140 --> 00:00:24.219 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.500 Sense and reality of the hope that we have in Christ. Help us to long for the future, long for Christ's return. 00:00:39.380 --> 00:00:46.140 And would we be greatly comforted knowing that Christ has prepared an eternity for us. 00:00:47.120 --> 00:00:48.840 And in his name we pray. Amen. 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:57.000 So if you haven't been here before, in this series of Sunday School, this series is called Afterlife. 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.759 And we've been following the journey of a soul. 00:01:01.619 --> 00:01:06.780 And we've been asking, after the point of death, what happens to us? 00:01:06.780 --> 00:01:12.460 So we've seen that we don't just stop existing. Death isn't deletion. 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:15.840 There is an afterlife. Something happens after death. 00:01:16.180 --> 00:01:20.019 And in this series, we're asking, what exactly is that afterlife? 00:01:20.019 --> 00:01:25.799 And we've seen over the past few weeks that there is an intermediate state. 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:28.060 So here's the diagram we've been following. 00:01:28.199 --> 00:01:31.239 So we've got this life right now while we're alive. 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:37.439 And then at the point of death, if the earth continues, people still live on earth. 00:01:37.539 --> 00:01:41.359 But at the point of death, the soul, something happens to the soul. 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:46.439 And this is the intermediate state, the point between death and the return of Christ. 00:01:47.539 --> 00:01:54.879 And so we've seen that there is an intermediate state, a state of existence between death and the final state. 00:01:55.539 --> 00:02:02.620 And the final state is when Christ returns and kind of initiates how eternity will be permanently, forever. 00:02:02.620 --> 00:02:07.120 And for the believer, that means heaven in soul form. 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:11.000 We go to be with Christ in a realm in creation called heaven. 00:02:12.140 --> 00:02:15.319 And so the body's left behind, but the soul goes to be with Christ. 00:02:16.340 --> 00:02:20.680 And for the unbeliever, we saw last week, after death, it means hell. 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:24.120 A real place of punishment in creation. 00:02:24.780 --> 00:02:28.780 And in the intermediate state, that's in soul form in hell. 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.259 And then in the final state, it's body and soul in hell. 00:02:32.620 --> 00:02:39.219 And so, if you've noticed, we're missing one piece of the puzzle. 00:02:40.200 --> 00:02:47.360 We haven't yet touched on the final state for the believer, which is what we come to today. 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:56.020 And so just by way of reminder, we're going to go back to the return of Christ, judgment day, 00:02:56.180 --> 00:02:58.780 and the build up to that, which is something called the millennium. 00:02:59.920 --> 00:03:01.300 So we're going to go back to that. 00:03:01.300 --> 00:03:05.719 But today, I want us to complete the puzzle of the intermediate and the final state. 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:11.439 And there's something important to see here. 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:12.880 And it's my first point. 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:15.080 Heaven is not the end. 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:17.219 Heaven is not the end. 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:22.700 So heaven isn't actually the final state. 00:03:22.699 --> 00:03:28.280 But we can often say, oh, yeah, we're going to be in heaven forever. 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.739 That's kind of maybe the language some people use. 00:03:31.979 --> 00:03:36.780 Or if you, you know, in film and TV shows, how is eternity pictured? 00:03:37.619 --> 00:03:39.639 It's usually kind of a place called heaven. 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:41.060 Maybe it's got clouds. 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:42.599 It kind of looks like the sky. 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:48.019 Maybe we have wings or maybe we're kind of like ghosts, kind of ghost forms. 00:03:49.019 --> 00:03:57.680 And so kind of people's general impression of what eternity will be like is it's basically heaven forever in that final state. 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:04.360 But actually, heaven is where the believer goes to be after death. 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:06.900 But heaven is not the end. 00:04:06.900 --> 00:04:14.620 The souls in heaven, and in fact, all creation is waiting for something, waiting for something to happen. 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:17.220 And I want you to find out what that is. 00:04:17.259 --> 00:04:18.420 So I want you to break into groups. 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.720 Look up Romans 8, 18 to 23. 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:24.699 And answer these three questions. 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:25.439 It's quite quick. 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:27.600 I'll give you two minutes. 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:29.180 It will feel very quick. 00:04:29.379 --> 00:04:30.180 So work quickly. 00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:31.759 I'll answer those three questions. 00:04:36.899 --> 00:05:06.879 Thank you. 00:05:06.899 --> 00:05:36.879 Thank you. 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:37.599 00:05:37.600 --> 00:06:07.580 Thank you. 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:30.140 Okay, let's try to wrap it up there. How's everyone doing? Try to answer the third question. Okay, what do we have? So first question, what is creation like now, Rico? 00:06:30.139 --> 00:07:00.120 I think it's waiting. 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:20.160 What are we waiting for? Paul, did you get to it? Freedom. Freedom, okay. And look at the end of verse 23. We're waiting. What is that freedom? We are waiting for the redemption of our bodies. 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:38.680 Do we see that? Every Christian alive is waiting for something, waiting for their bodies to be transformed. So our inner self is redeemed right now. Our sins are forgiven. Our hearts are changing. God is doing remarkable things inside of us. 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:51.199 But our body is dying, isn't it? And so we're waiting for the full redemption of body and soul. And so are the saints in heaven. 00:07:51.199 --> 00:08:06.139 So think back to our session on heaven. The saints in heaven, but believers in heaven, their souls are made perfect. So there's no more sin, no more pain. They have relief, true relief and joy with Christ right now. 00:08:06.139 --> 00:08:18.659 But they don't have their bodies, true relief and joy with Christ right now. And so we and the saints in heaven, we are waiting for the redemption of our bodies. 00:08:18.660 --> 00:08:27.680 We are waiting for the resurrection. And this brings me to my second point. The final state is resurrection. 00:08:29.840 --> 00:08:40.860 So think about how God made us. We are body and soul. So cast your minds back to the Being Human series and to Harry's session as well, the beginning of Afterlife. 00:08:40.860 --> 00:08:50.399 We are body and soul. We are body and soul. We aren't just kind of, we aren't really, really souls. That's who we really are. But we just happen to have bodies for a little bit. 00:08:50.940 --> 00:09:00.460 We aren't souls trying to escape our body and the soul is the real us. That's the good bit. No. God made us body and soul. 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:08.060 And at the end of day six of creation, what did he see? And what did he say? He said, it is very good. 00:09:08.059 --> 00:09:13.479 He sees humans, body and soul. And he said, very good. That's the way it should be. 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:18.419 And so we are meant to be, we are designed to be body and soul together. 00:09:19.439 --> 00:09:29.699 And so we can exist for a while as souls. And we saw that in the intermediate state in heaven for the believer and in hell for the unbeliever. 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:42.360 We can exist as souls in that state. And heaven for the believer, it really is joy and relief and sinless. 00:09:43.220 --> 00:09:53.360 But it's not the end. It's not the final goal. It's a temporary waiting period until the soul is united to the body. 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:58.200 And that goes for both the believer and the unbeliever. 00:09:59.139 --> 00:10:05.120 So look how Jesus talks about the end of this age when he returns and initiates this final state. 00:10:05.220 --> 00:10:07.899 John 5. These are the words of Jesus. 00:10:08.060 --> 00:10:09.279 Do not marvel at this. 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:29.079 And Paul in Acts has almost identical words. 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:33.959 There will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust. 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:38.240 And this idea was in the Old Testament too. 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:39.680 Look at Daniel 12. 00:10:40.420 --> 00:10:44.019 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake. 00:10:44.680 --> 00:10:49.200 Some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:56.060 History for everyone, every human being, history is heading somewhere. 00:10:56.059 --> 00:11:05.039 Every believer and unbeliever, dead or alive, in heaven or hell, we are all heading toward a resurrection. 00:11:06.199 --> 00:11:15.379 When Christ returns and every soul will be reunited with their physical, solid, actual bodies. 00:11:16.139 --> 00:11:18.919 And those bodies will be resurrected from the dead. 00:11:20.299 --> 00:11:23.059 And so look how the confession summarizes it. 00:11:23.059 --> 00:11:26.699 The confession has been our guide throughout all these Sunday schools. 00:11:28.339 --> 00:11:30.219 Look at Article 32.2. 00:11:31.219 --> 00:11:35.279 At the last day, such as are found alive shall not die but be changed. 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:44.019 And all the dead shall be raised up with the selfsame bodies and none other, although with different qualities. 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:45.419 We'll see what they are in a bit. 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:50.359 Which shall be united again to their souls forever. 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.840 And then Article 3. 00:11:52.840 --> 00:12:04.680 The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonor the bodies of the just, by his spirit, unto honor and be made conformable to his own glorious body. 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:10.579 So can you see, we are meant to be united body and soul. 00:12:11.439 --> 00:12:15.059 And that's what the final state will be like for every human being. 00:12:16.859 --> 00:12:21.659 Often, we either don't think about any resurrection. 00:12:21.659 --> 00:12:26.379 Or, if we do, we might only think about the Christian resurrection. 00:12:27.699 --> 00:12:34.059 But actually, can you see here that there's a double resurrection with two different destinations. 00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:37.839 The unbeliever has a resurrection to judgment. 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:42.379 And they are thrown body and soul into hell. 00:12:43.659 --> 00:12:47.819 Soul punishment in the intermediate state, it's in soul. 00:12:47.820 --> 00:12:50.860 But then the final state in hell is body and soul. 00:12:51.680 --> 00:12:52.780 We saw that last week. 00:12:52.940 --> 00:12:58.700 But the believer will have a resurrection to everlasting life. 00:13:00.140 --> 00:13:02.620 Living forever in our bodies. 00:13:04.140 --> 00:13:05.879 And so both will have bodies. 00:13:06.580 --> 00:13:08.160 But both technically alive. 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:10.080 No one's deleted, remember that. 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:13.980 But hell, it won't be living life. 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:15.860 It will be living destruction. 00:13:16.920 --> 00:13:18.080 It's no life at all. 00:13:19.020 --> 00:13:25.120 But the life that we will have will be real, eternal living. 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:29.040 And we know this is coming for us. 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:32.139 We can be sure that this will be our final state. 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:36.340 Because this is Christ's final state. 00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:44.420 Jesus' final state, that he will be in forever, is a resurrected body. 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:49.740 And so whatever happens to Christ, we will follow him. 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:52.620 So just look at 1 Corinthians 15. 00:13:53.379 --> 00:13:54.259 1 Corinthians 15. 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:57.780 I urge you to read all of 1 Corinthians 15 after this. 00:13:57.920 --> 00:13:59.340 It's maybe my favorite chapter in the Bible. 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:01.460 It's just glorious. 00:14:01.560 --> 00:14:02.400 It's all about the resurrection. 00:14:03.420 --> 00:14:04.720 So look at 20 to 23. 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:08.580 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. 00:14:09.460 --> 00:14:12.000 The firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:17.840 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:22.399 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:23.840 But each in his own order. 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.720 Christ the firstfruits. 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:30.060 Then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ. 00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:34.879 The language of firstfruits here, it's a farming term. 00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:42.899 So the firstfruits is the first fruit of a harvest that kind of shows what the rest of the harvest will be like. 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:47.799 So imagine you have a whole harvest of apples in an apple orchard. 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:52.019 And you take the first ripe one, the first ready one. 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.879 You gather that in. 00:14:54.579 --> 00:14:55.899 And you pluck it. 00:14:56.099 --> 00:14:57.059 You taste that. 00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:59.519 And you realize, okay, this is amazing. 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:02.339 This is the best crop ever. 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:10.200 And now you know with that first fruit, you know the whole rest of the harvest is going to be like that first fruit. 00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.019 Right? 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:21.940 Well, Jesus' resurrection is the first taste, the first example of what we all will be like in the final state. 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.340 Or you can think of it like this. 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:31.399 You know when a football team comes out onto the pitch and they all walk out of the tunnel into the stadium. 00:15:32.160 --> 00:15:33.139 And who walks out first? 00:15:33.300 --> 00:15:34.180 It's the captain. 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:36.440 And you see what he's clothed like. 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:37.800 He's in his football kits. 00:15:38.180 --> 00:15:39.139 He comes out. 00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:43.840 And you know behind him the rest of the team are all going to look like him. 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:45.759 They're all going to have that same kit, aren't they? 00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:51.300 Well, that is like when Christ emerged from the grave. 00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:57.559 He emerged with a resurrected body and we're all going to follow behind him. 00:15:57.659 --> 00:15:59.379 He's our captain leading the way. 00:16:02.099 --> 00:16:06.139 But what exactly is this resurrection body like? 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:11.639 What does it mean to have a resurrection to everlasting life? 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:13.019 What will we look like? 00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:14.199 What will we be like? 00:16:15.319 --> 00:16:21.000 Well, if we want to know that, we just need to look ahead to the person who's gone first. 00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:23.679 We need to look at Jesus' resurrection. 00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:26.939 And so I want us to break into groups and do that. 00:16:27.179 --> 00:16:30.839 I want you to look up these three passages and just answer two questions. 00:16:30.979 --> 00:16:32.599 What is the same about Jesus? 00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:34.699 And what is different about Jesus? 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:37.479 So I'll give you, again, work quickly. 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.979 I'll give you three minutes for this. 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:39.680 00:16:39.680 --> 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--> 00:19:28.859 Thank you. 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:58.859 Thank you. 00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:02.299 Okay, let's bring it together. 00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:06.539 Okay, Luke 24. 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.859 So Jesus appears to the disciples. 00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:12.899 Matthew Thorne, what was the same, what was different? 00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:16.900 I was saying he was in 20 minutes. 00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:23.900 He was there and he was puzzling over the fact he had nail marks, which would be interesting 00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:26.840 in hand and he made the nail marks in his hand. 00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:27.759 Interesting, yeah. 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:29.759 What does that mean for us? 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:32.619 I mean, you know, we can kind of ask the question more. 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.680 What does that mean for us? 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.500 You know, we have a scar on this side. 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.240 Do we carry on? 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.920 That's a very good question. 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:39.440 We'll come to that at the end. 00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:42.119 Remember to ask that at the end, okay? 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:43.879 Yeah. 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:49.020 There are a lot of questions. 00:20:49.320 --> 00:20:50.920 Yeah, we don't know. 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.640 But Matthew, you're right there. 00:20:53.020 --> 00:20:56.180 Do you see Jesus, he was Jesus, right? 00:20:58.060 --> 00:21:03.120 He even, there was a continuity from pre-resurrection to post-resurrection. 00:21:03.520 --> 00:21:05.240 He had the scars, right? 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:08.380 And a key thing to see here, he was physical. 00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:12.800 So they thought, this is a ghost, right? 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:12.879 Right? 00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.259 What are ghosts? 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:17.779 Like, you could pass your hand through a ghost. 00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:20.720 That's why Jesus says, give me a bit of fish. 00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:21.740 I'll eat it. 00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:23.779 I'm physical, right? 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:25.480 You can touch me. 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:28.599 Because what if a ghost eats fish? 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.279 What will happen? 00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.980 It would just drop to the floor, right? 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:35.779 So if you're ever spooked out and you're worried if you're seeing a ghost, 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.519 keep a can of tuna by your bed. 00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:39.460 Give him some fish. 00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:41.039 Then you know if it's a ghost or not, right? 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:47.779 But a key thing here, it is Jesus, and he's physical, right? 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:49.240 He's touchable. 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:53.279 How about John 20 with Mary Magdalene? 00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.720 Chris Kitchen. 00:21:55.720 --> 00:22:05.920 We were just talking about why is it that Mary couldn't identify him right away. 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:08.200 He's there again in bodily form. 00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:11.180 Of course, he says, don't cling to me. 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.140 I have not yet seen him. 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:17.299 So there's also an implication there of having a resurrected body, 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.940 someone to be touched. 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.079 Right, exactly. 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:22.079 Yeah. 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.980 So physically there in front of her. 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.220 Yeah. 00:22:24.439 --> 00:22:27.539 And yet something about him is perhaps different. 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.000 Yeah. 00:22:28.679 --> 00:22:30.460 Maybe less easy to identify. 00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.359 Yeah. 00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:33.179 You're absolutely spot on there, right? 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:34.919 So let's look at the same. 00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:36.319 He is physical. 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.599 She can cling to him. 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.419 Right. 00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:40.299 But there seems to be something different. 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:43.059 There is some sort of difference. 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.419 She can't quite recognise him at first. 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:49.379 But she does recognise him because as soon as he speaks, 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:51.919 that's the voice of Jesus, right? 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:54.619 There is a difference. 00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:56.419 He's the same but different. 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.460 How about John 20? 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.799 This is with Thomas. 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.299 Dad. 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.059 Go on. 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.359 Did you get that? 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.839 Yeah. 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:12.740 And he was the same in that he wore the scar 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:15.599 and in fact he asked Thomas to touch him. 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:15.899 Yeah. 00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:18.939 But he was different in that he said the door was locked 00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:20.059 and he didn't exist in the pier. 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.079 Oh, interesting. 00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.159 Yeah. 00:23:22.719 --> 00:23:23.159 Yeah. 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:26.659 So let's first stick with the same, okay? 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.659 So he has the scars. 00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.399 It's his body. 00:23:29.479 --> 00:23:31.779 It's not like a different, you know, 00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:34.599 that old body gets deleted. 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:36.480 Right, I'm just going to build a new one now 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.039 and it's, you know, completely fresh. 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:39.399 No, it's the same body. 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.119 There's continuity. 00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:44.799 And remember that they can touch him. 00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:47.199 But there is a difference. 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.199 First of all, he's alive. 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.559 He's not in pain anymore. 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:52.119 You know, he's not crying out in agony on the cross. 00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:57.439 And also, yeah, about the doors are locked 00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:59.559 but he seems to be able to do something. 00:23:59.719 --> 00:24:02.919 He's interacting with this world in a different way. 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:05.900 And I think the best way to understand that 00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:09.080 it's not that he is like a ghost 00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:11.160 and he can pass through the door. 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:14.340 He's not less real than this creation. 00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:17.140 Like a ghost would be a bit less real. 00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:19.519 He's more real than this creation. 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.519 Yeah. 00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:23.300 We don't know exactly how it works, 00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:24.560 like what exactly happened, 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:27.120 but he's interacting with this world differently. 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:33.019 And so, Jesus was the same 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.479 but different in his resurrection. 00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:37.399 And if this is like Jesus, 00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:40.879 this will be like all of us in Christ. 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:43.539 We will be the same person. 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:45.559 It will be our bodies, our physical bodies. 00:24:45.739 --> 00:24:48.879 But the difference is we will be gloriously better. 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:55.220 The apostle Paul compares this difference to a seed and a flower. 00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.780 So have a look at 1 Corinthians 15. 00:24:58.560 --> 00:25:01.380 So it is with the resurrection of the dead. 00:25:01.820 --> 00:25:04.520 What is sown like a seed, 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:06.520 sown into the ground is perishable. 00:25:07.260 --> 00:25:09.360 What is raised is imperishable. 00:25:10.020 --> 00:25:11.720 It is sown in dishonour. 00:25:11.800 --> 00:25:13.220 It is raised in glory. 00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:14.780 It is sown in weakness. 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:16.960 It is raised in power. 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:21.099 Our current bodies will go into the grave 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:22.980 like seeds going into the ground. 00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:29.039 But like a seed transforms into something far more glorious, 00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:30.819 to a stunning flower. 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.960 Just like that, 00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:37.619 we will be raised as glorious, stunning versions of ourselves. 00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:41.480 And so the seed and the flower, 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:43.899 they have the same identity, don't they? 00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:47.080 But it's just been transformed into something even greater. 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:51.120 And so what will that mean for our bodies? 00:25:51.280 --> 00:25:53.019 Well, look at 1 Corinthians 15. 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.759 We will be imperishable. 00:25:56.540 --> 00:26:01.500 Our resurrection bodies cannot hurt or be damaged 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:06.000 or wear away or break or get injured. 00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:08.580 There will be no joint problems, 00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.240 ligament problems, 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.480 no cuts, 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.160 no diseases, 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.200 no chronic illnesses, 00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.440 no cancer, 00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.259 no blindness, 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.180 no wheelchairs, 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.099 no walking sticks, 00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.759 no mental health issues. 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:23.019 All that will be an impossibility. 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.420 It's not that we'll be raised like that, 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:27.220 but then maybe we can get it later on. 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.539 No, no, no. 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:29.019 It will be like that forever, 00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:30.099 an impossibility. 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:32.720 We will literally be indestructible. 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.180 And look again, 00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.559 we will be glorious. 00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:41.240 There'll be nothing dishonourable about our bodies, 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:44.359 nothing lowly or less than it should be. 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.519 This means wonderfully, 00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.759 no sin. 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.859 We will be utterly sinless. 00:26:51.219 --> 00:26:52.240 I've said this once, 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.619 and I'll say it a million times again. 00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:55.719 When we wake up in the resurrection, 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:59.859 we will have this very strange, 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:02.179 but wonderful new feeling. 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.219 We will realise, 00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:04.899 whoa, 00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:07.439 I can't sin. 00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:10.240 There's no sin in me, 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.539 and I don't want to do it 00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:13.259 and I can't even do it. 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:16.500 But we will be utterly glorious, 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.140 perfectly reflecting God's glory 00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.440 in all that we are. 00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:23.559 And we'll be full of power, 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:26.559 never tired or failing 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:28.460 or weary or ageing. 00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:32.339 And we don't know all the details 00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.120 of how this works, 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.480 but we don't know how the physics 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:36.420 and the biology will work 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.720 in these bodies. 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:40.259 If you brush up against something sharp, 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.900 will you get cut? 00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.880 Why not? 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:45.019 We just don't know those details, 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.079 but we need to realise 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.440 that this is true. 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:50.400 And it's what we're all longing for, 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.860 isn't it? 00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:54.100 With every ache and injury 00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:55.600 and loss, 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:57.339 we're all longing for this. 00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.500 And all this means, 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:02.759 death will be no more in our bodies. 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:05.099 We will be immortal. 00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:08.619 So just look at 1 Corinthians 15. 00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:10.039 Again, one of my favourite chapters. 00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:12.480 This is a peak into the final state, 00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.960 verses 51 to 55. 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:17.200 This is what will happen 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.019 when Christ returns. 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:20.059 Behold, I tell you a mystery. 00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:22.339 We shall not all sleep. 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.559 We're not all just going to be 00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:25.099 in the ground, unconscious. 00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:28.559 But we shall all be changed 00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:30.059 in a moment, 00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:31.299 in the twinkling of an eye, 00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.099 at the last trumpet. 00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:33.279 For the trumpet will sound 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.799 and the dead will be raised 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.859 imperishable 00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:37.899 and we shall be changed. 00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:39.859 For this perishable body 00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:41.639 must put on the imperishable 00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:42.980 and this mortal body 00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:45.059 must put on immortality. 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.939 When the perishable 00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.980 puts on the imperishable 00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.539 and the mortal puts on immortality, 00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.899 then shall come to pass 00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.879 the same that is written. 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:54.240 Death is swallowed up in victory. 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.839 Oh death, where is your victory? 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.940 Oh death, where is your sting? 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:03.200 We saw in the first week 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.980 with Harry, 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.900 death is not normal, is it? 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:09.920 It's a great evil in our creation. 00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:12.620 We know death is not right. 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:14.680 When we're standing at that graveside, 00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.079 crying, 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.920 we're not just saying, 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.859 yeah, this is a normal part 00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:19.019 of the biological process. 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.819 We're saying this is not right. 00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:24.200 Our bodies were not intended 00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.920 to die. 00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:27.700 And so on the final day, 00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:30.420 Christ will vanquish death. 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.900 Our bodies will never, 00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.799 ever experience death. 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:38.660 And we will have painless, 00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:40.539 perfect, powerful, 00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.620 never-ending, 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:43.500 everlasting life in our bodies. 00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:46.480 Literally living forever 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.460 in our bodies. 00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:51.920 And this is what Christ has won for us 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.039 when he left that tomb. 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:57.140 And he's promised we are going to follow him. 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:01.299 And so this is the final state 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.539 for every believer, 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.700 everyone in Christ. 00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:07.380 But there's a lingering question. 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:11.059 Where is all this taking place? 00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:14.400 If we're going to have physical, 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:16.799 three-dimensional bodies, 00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:19.799 surely that means all this 00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:21.240 needs to be taking place 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.180 in a physical, 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:24.360 three-dimensional location. 00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.479 creation. 00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.959 And the answer is, 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.219 yes, 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:30.500 we will live 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:32.000 on the new creation. 00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:35.000 And this is my final point today, 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.819 and we'll do questions 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.139 at the end. 00:30:36.199 --> 00:30:37.000 The final state 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.939 is the new creation. 00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.339 The final state 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.259 is the new creation. 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.400 So, 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.420 Romans 8, 00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.400 cast your mind back 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.359 to Romans 8 at the beginning. 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.859 We said, 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.359 we're all waiting for something. 00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:49.019 We're waiting for the redemption 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.839 of our bodies. 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.259 But look, 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.400 I've got it printed out there again. 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.359 Creation 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:55.779 is waiting for something too. 00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:59.079 It's waiting to be set free 00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:01.319 from its bondage to corruption 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.940 and obtain the freedom 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.579 of the glory 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.619 of the children of God. 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.940 Creation, 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.879 right now, 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:10.800 it's subjected to futility. 00:31:11.040 --> 00:31:13.440 It's failing and broken. 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.220 It's corrupt. 00:31:16.300 --> 00:31:18.000 It's corrupt with sin 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.000 and evil 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.700 and all sorts of misery. 00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.700 And so creation itself, 00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:25.940 it's waiting to be set free 00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.400 from that. 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.320 This world, 00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.680 this universe 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.660 is waiting to be perfect. 00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:33.240 Like our bodies, 00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:35.260 it wasn't intended 00:31:35.260 --> 00:31:36.260 to be like this. 00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:37.080 And like our bodies, 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.820 it's waiting to be made 00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.220 new. 00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.399 And so the final state 00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:43.099 for the believer, 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.779 we will exist 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.879 on what is called 00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:48.119 the new heavens 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.839 and the new earth. 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:53.500 To sum it up a little bit more 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.759 in a shorter term, 00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.119 we will live on 00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:57.319 the new creation. 00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.379 creation. 00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:00.359 So look at 2 Peter 3. 00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:03.700 We are waiting for 00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:05.039 and hastening 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.639 the coming of the day of God 00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:08.159 because of which 00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:09.179 the heavens will be set 00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:10.200 on fire and dissolved 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.059 and the heavenly bodies 00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.059 will melt as they burn. 00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.740 But according to his promise, 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.700 we are waiting 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:16.659 for new heavens 00:32:16.659 --> 00:32:18.200 and a new earth 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:21.059 in which righteousness dwells. 00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:24.500 The language of fire here, 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.159 it doesn't mean 00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:26.220 incineration 00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.960 or deletion, 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.339 remember? 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.700 There's no deletion. 00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.159 The fire here 00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:31.139 means purified. 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:34.139 So when the Lord comes, 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.839 all creation 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:36.419 will be purified 00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:38.899 of all its corruption 00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.899 and there will be 00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.740 a new heavens 00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.539 and a new earth, 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:43.399 a renewed creation. 00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:45.400 Now, 00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.640 this isn't a brand 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.500 new creation. 00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:50.240 It won't be like 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.400 God is deleting 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.100 this planet 00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.880 and then he's just 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.580 going to start 00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.160 from scratch 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.780 a new one 00:32:54.780 --> 00:32:56.180 and then plonk us on it. 00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:58.019 No, 00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:59.080 this is renewed. 00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:01.680 So just like our bodies, 00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.940 it will be the same 00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.680 but glorified. 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.140 That's why 00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.980 in Romans 8, 00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.680 I'd encourage you 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.340 to read it again, 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.180 that's why 00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.900 in Romans 8, 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.500 you'll see that 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.080 creation, 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:10.400 it's longing 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:12.440 for the resurrection, 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.380 our resurrection, 00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:15.800 it's like planet earth 00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:16.900 is crying out right now, 00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:18.560 like hurry up church, 00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:18.920 come on, 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.960 be resurrected, 00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:21.620 I want to join you in, 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.620 join you with it. 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.700 I want a resurrection too, 00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.440 like that's what 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.780 the planet is crying out. 00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:29.480 And so it will be 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.000 this planet, 00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.740 this universe 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:32.060 but transformed, 00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:35.160 a physical planet 00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:37.180 with our physical 00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.100 resurrected bodies, 00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.120 we'll be walking 00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.900 around on it, 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.340 looking around 00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.780 but we'll be able 00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:43.160 to run and jump 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.019 and climb trees 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.980 and explore creation, 00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.740 it will be 00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:47.300 a physical planet, 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.580 physical creation 00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:50.180 with physical bodies. 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.019 And so, 00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.680 because there won't 00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.220 be any corruption, 00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.080 that means 00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:57.340 no hurricanes, 00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.540 no floods, 00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.380 no earthquakes, 00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.080 no diseases, 00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.960 no viruses, 00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:03.920 no, 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.060 instead it will be 00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:06.740 filled with righteousness, 00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.920 a sinless creation, 00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:12.019 an evilness creation. 00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.119 And so, 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.860 think of it like this, 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.000 there'll be two things 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.059 you won't see 00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.980 in the new creation. 00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.900 There won't be 00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.680 any hospitals, 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.480 there's no need of them, 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.880 and there won't be 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.680 any locks, 00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.000 there won't be 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.900 any keys or locks, 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.059 we handle keys 00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.840 and locks every day, 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.079 but there won't be 00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.599 any of that, 00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.519 no one's stealing anything. 00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:37.440 And a critical, 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.219 a key passage 00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.860 that gives us 00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.980 a wonderful picture 00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.480 of this 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.059 is Revelation 21. 00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.400 I just want us 00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.920 to read it, 00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.960 this is just glorious, 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.719 I'm choosing, 00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.659 these are all my favourite 00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.480 passages today. 00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.059 This is what is 00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.739 waiting for us, 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.800 this is a peek 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.259 into the final state, 00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:53.139 Revelation 21. 00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:56.219 Then I saw 00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:57.739 a new heaven 00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:59.019 and a new earth, 00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.679 for the first heaven 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.440 and the first earth 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.259 had passed away 00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:03.420 and the sea was no more. 00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.400 And I saw 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.719 the holy city, 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.860 New Jerusalem, 00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.800 coming down 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.639 out of heaven 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.519 from God, 00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.460 prepared as a bride 00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.519 adorned for her husband. 00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.300 And I heard 00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:15.019 a loud voice 00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.500 from the throne 00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.699 saying, 00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.259 behold, 00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.960 the dwelling place 00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.719 of God 00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.800 is with man. 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.820 He will dwell 00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.259 with them 00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.940 and they will be 00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.400 his people 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.099 and God himself 00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.639 will be with them 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.639 as their God. 00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.619 He will wipe away 00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.519 every tear 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.300 from their eyes 00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.639 and death 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.420 shall be no more, 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.239 neither shall there 00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.859 be mourning, 00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:35.000 nor crying, 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.339 nor pain anymore, 00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.179 for the former things 00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.899 have passed away. 00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.819 Just two quick things 00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:43.839 to see from this. 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.559 Creation 00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.659 will be perfect. 00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.639 It says 00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.539 the former things 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.599 will pass away. 00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.979 That's talking about 00:35:52.979 --> 00:35:54.000 all the bad things 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:55.119 to do with this world. 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.819 It will be gone. 00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:58.580 And any reason 00:35:58.580 --> 00:35:59.640 that you have 00:35:59.640 --> 00:36:00.320 to mourn 00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:00.900 or cry 00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.960 or any pain 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.539 that you feel 00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.140 in your body 00:36:03.140 --> 00:36:04.140 or in your heart, 00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:05.380 it will be no more. 00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.860 Because God 00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.920 will wipe away 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.640 all your tears. 00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.440 He will take away 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.519 any reason 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.160 to cry 00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:14.380 ever again. 00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.559 And to top it off, 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:19.460 this will be a reunion. 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:21.880 every person 00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.679 that dies in Christ, 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.880 every saint 00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.820 throughout history, 00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:26.559 all our loved ones 00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.179 in Christ, 00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:29.960 we will see again. 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:33.119 We will be with them 00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:34.400 bodily again 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.519 here on earth 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.039 and we will never 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.720 be separated. 00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:42.000 But the next thing, 00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.740 the new creation 00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.720 will be heaven 00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.280 on earth. 00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:47.000 This is the most important 00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.940 and this is the best thing 00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.740 about the new creation. 00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.460 Behold, 00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.519 the dwelling place 00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.220 of God 00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:53.840 is with man. 00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.420 He will dwell 00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.860 with them 00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.500 and they will be 00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.920 his people 00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.679 and God himself 00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:59.179 will be with them 00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:00.380 as their God. 00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:03.559 God will be 00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.400 with us 00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.880 on this 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.579 new earth, 00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.039 this new creation. 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.780 But we are made 00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.500 to be with God, 00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.519 to walk with him, 00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:13.460 to see him, 00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.519 to be with him 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.980 and that's when 00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.940 we are truly happy, 00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.900 truly human 00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:19.200 and in the new creation 00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:20.500 the Lord Jesus Christ 00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.320 will come down 00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.820 from heaven 00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:23.320 and he will 00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:24.480 dwell with us. 00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.260 We will be 00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:28.380 face to face 00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.059 with God 00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.599 in the person 00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.380 of Jesus Christ 00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:32.300 and we will 00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:33.280 actually live 00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:34.139 on this planet 00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:35.619 with Jesus Christ 00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.300 forever. 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.340 And so it's just 00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:41.119 something to see here. 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.820 Think back to 00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.760 the session on heaven. 00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.220 Heaven 00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:45.780 is where God 00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:47.140 especially dwells, 00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.720 isn't it? 00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.260 That's where 00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:49.920 his glorious 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:51.460 concentrated presence 00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.900 is. 00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.620 Well look here, 00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.340 that will be 00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.880 on earth. 00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:58.600 God will dwell 00:37:58.600 --> 00:37:59.360 on earth. 00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:01.580 And so the 00:38:01.580 --> 00:38:02.180 boundary 00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:02.980 of heaven 00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.640 and earth, 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.880 it's going to be 00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.320 blurred. 00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.960 The two 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.780 will become one. 00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.240 It will be 00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:10.240 heaven on earth. 00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:12.839 And what 00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:13.599 happens in heaven? 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.519 Worship. 00:38:16.959 --> 00:38:17.659 Which is what 00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.359 we will be doing. 00:38:18.439 --> 00:38:19.459 Revelation 7. 00:38:20.979 --> 00:38:21.659 After this 00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.019 I looked 00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.419 and behold 00:38:22.419 --> 00:38:23.279 a great multitude 00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:24.019 that no one 00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.419 could number 00:38:24.419 --> 00:38:25.279 from every nation, 00:38:25.379 --> 00:38:25.979 from all tribes 00:38:25.979 --> 00:38:26.399 and peoples 00:38:26.399 --> 00:38:26.979 and languages, 00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.239 standing before 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.719 the throne 00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.539 and before the Lamb, 00:38:29.919 --> 00:38:31.019 clothes in white robes 00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.839 with palm branches 00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.519 in their hands 00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.679 and crying out 00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.479 with a loud voice, 00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.279 salvation 00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.939 belongs to our God 00:38:36.939 --> 00:38:38.239 who sits on the throne 00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:39.659 and to the Lamb. 00:38:41.979 --> 00:38:42.819 We will be 00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:43.759 worshipping God 00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.819 perfectly in the 00:38:44.819 --> 00:38:45.339 new creation. 00:38:46.339 --> 00:38:47.259 He will get the 00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:48.000 praise that he 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.500 deserves. 00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.519 Now we will 00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.359 likely be doing 00:38:52.359 --> 00:38:54.019 other things 00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.839 as well as this. 00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:56.559 Creation will 00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.339 be restored. 00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.819 Our dominion 00:38:58.819 --> 00:38:59.479 will be restored. 00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.059 Right now 00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.919 we don't have 00:39:00.919 --> 00:39:01.839 dominion over the earth 00:39:01.839 --> 00:39:03.000 but one day 00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.459 we will. 00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.079 The earth 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.759 will be ours 00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.399 to enjoy. 00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:07.139 The Bible speaks 00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.419 of us 00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:08.460 inheriting 00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.280 earth. 00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.880 The meek 00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.480 shall inherit 00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.039 the earth. 00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:13.200 So likely 00:39:13.200 --> 00:39:14.820 this is kind of 00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.980 a little bit 00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.380 speculation 00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:17.539 but there's 00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.159 biblical grounds 00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.500 for saying this. 00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.380 We're likely 00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:21.240 to explore 00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.860 creation, 00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.760 play sports 00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.639 and catch up 00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.579 and laugh 00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:27.400 and maybe 00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:28.760 build a farm. 00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.920 My brother-in-law 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.880 I think I've said 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.159 this before 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.900 my brother-in-law 00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:33.380 he wants to own 00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.340 a vineyard 00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.099 in the new creation 00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.400 so 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:37.300 come to my 00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:37.680 brother-in-law 00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:37.960 Ben 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.220 and we can 00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:38.619 have a glass 00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:38.980 of wine 00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.280 together 00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.579 at his 00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:39.940 place. 00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:40.900 But we're 00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.420 not entirely 00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.760 sure what it 00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.160 will look like 00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.980 but there is 00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.519 good reason 00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:43.780 to think 00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.599 our dominion 00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:44.920 is going 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.460 to be restored 00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.139 because creation 00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.680 is restored. 00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.340 The order 00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.940 is restored 00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:49.480 and we're 00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.639 going to 00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.039 inherit 00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.800 this place 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:52.940 but we 00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.360 will be 00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.800 worshipping 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.160 God 00:39:54.160 --> 00:39:55.680 giving him 00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.140 the praise 00:39:56.140 --> 00:39:56.640 we deserve 00:39:56.640 --> 00:39:57.940 and all 00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.460 this will 00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:58.960 be 00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:00.280 forever. 00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.720 There's no 00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.440 end to this 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:07.000 and we're 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.260 not going 00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:07.480 to get 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.920 bored 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.480 because every 00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:08.960 day 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.640 day after 00:40:09.640 --> 00:40:09.840 day 00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.280 we will 00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.600 just get 00:40:10.600 --> 00:40:11.160 to discover 00:40:11.160 --> 00:40:11.740 more and 00:40:11.740 --> 00:40:12.080 more of 00:40:12.080 --> 00:40:12.300 God's 00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:12.720 creation 00:40:12.720 --> 00:40:13.340 more and 00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.600 more of 00:40:13.600 --> 00:40:14.000 each other 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.340 more and 00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.580 more of 00:40:14.580 --> 00:40:14.880 God's 00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.380 glory 00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.880 and that's 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.260 never 00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:16.720 ending 00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:18.759 that's 00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:18.939 never 00:40:18.939 --> 00:40:19.579 stale 00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:21.939 and so 00:40:21.939 --> 00:40:22.859 Christian 00:40:22.859 --> 00:40:23.159 I want you 00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.639 to hear 00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:23.939 this today 00:40:23.939 --> 00:40:24.379 that this 00:40:24.379 --> 00:40:24.719 is our 00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.119 destiny 00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:27.139 this is 00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.659 what Christ 00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.099 has secured 00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.559 for us 00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.399 and if 00:40:29.399 --> 00:40:29.859 there's one 00:40:29.859 --> 00:40:30.339 thing that 00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:30.619 you get 00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.139 from this 00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.379 today 00:40:31.379 --> 00:40:31.739 I want 00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:31.939 you to 00:40:31.939 --> 00:40:32.299 do this 00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:33.179 I want 00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.480 you to 00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:34.059 hope 00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.980 and long 00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.439 for the 00:40:35.439 --> 00:40:35.599 new 00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.000 creation 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:37.739 that this 00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.299 world 00:40:38.299 --> 00:40:39.619 is frustrating 00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.179 this world 00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:40.939 isn't our 00:40:40.939 --> 00:40:41.279 home 00:40:41.279 --> 00:40:43.019 but one 00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.279 day it 00:40:43.279 --> 00:40:43.639 will be 00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:45.339 and it's 00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:45.679 going to be 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.500 even better 00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.820 than you 00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.119 think 00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:50.019 I'll stop 00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.179 there 00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:50.780 we've got 00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.760 time for 00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.360 questions 00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:55.139 Matthew 00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.559 I'll do 00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:56.119 your question 00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:57.119 so 00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:58.559 we're going 00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:58.679 to have 00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:59.019 restored 00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.380 bodies 00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:01.380 imperishable 00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:02.059 no pain 00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.639 no cuts 00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.219 no bleeding 00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:05.380 none of 00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:05.679 that 00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:07.380 why did 00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.880 Christ 00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.739 have his 00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:10.980 scars 00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:12.320 think back 00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:14.079 to what 00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.559 our bodies 00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:14.800 will be 00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.000 like 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.519 they will 00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.280 be glorious 00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:18.160 what is 00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:18.700 Christ's 00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:19.100 glory 00:41:19.100 --> 00:41:20.540 it's the 00:41:20.540 --> 00:41:20.980 cross 00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:22.360 and so 00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:22.620 those 00:41:22.620 --> 00:41:23.360 scars 00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:25.600 yes 00:41:25.600 --> 00:41:26.620 they're a 00:41:26.620 --> 00:41:26.920 product 00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:27.540 of 00:41:27.540 --> 00:41:27.900 pain 00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.140 but 00:41:28.140 --> 00:41:28.640 actually 00:41:28.640 --> 00:41:29.880 after that 00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.660 they are 00:41:30.660 --> 00:41:31.060 a sign 00:41:31.060 --> 00:41:31.540 of glory 00:41:31.540 --> 00:41:31.880 they are 00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.600 glorious 00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:33.759 and so 00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.259 when we're 00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:35.079 praising him 00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.259 in the 00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:35.420 new 00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:35.900 creation 00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:37.539 maybe we 00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.900 will see 00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.679 those scars 00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.619 and that 00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:39.759 will be 00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:40.179 all the 00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.360 more 00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:40.860 praise 00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:42.259 to glorify 00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.599 God 00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:44.079 and so 00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:45.099 yeah 00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.599 again 00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.279 we don't 00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:46.559 know all 00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.079 the details 00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:48.279 but yeah 00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:49.539 it could well 00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:49.779 be that 00:41:49.779 --> 00:41:50.299 Christ is 00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:50.839 unique in 00:41:50.839 --> 00:41:51.599 this sense 00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:51.880 because 00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.579 they're his 00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.019 scars of 00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.319 glory 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:54.019 so 00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.019 00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.019 00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:56.519 that 00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:57.519 that 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 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00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.519 00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:25.460 and I was like, I don't know how to answer that. 00:42:25.640 --> 00:42:25.840 Yeah. 00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:27.559 So the answer was not convenient, 00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:29.840 but it just, is that, I don't know, 00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:31.480 appropriate and kind of like, 00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:33.120 yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:36.720 Will we all be like Calvin Klein models? 00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.800 Yeah. 00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:41.920 So, again, we don't know all the details, 00:42:42.120 --> 00:42:44.260 but let's try to go with what we have right here. 00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:47.460 Jesus still looked like Jesus, right? 00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:49.740 They did ultimately recognize him. 00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.900 And so he wasn't, like, 00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:53.720 we will look like us. 00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:58.780 And, yeah, with regard to our weight, 00:42:58.980 --> 00:43:00.720 yeah, I don't look, we're going to be healthy. 00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:02.880 Yeah. 00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:04.940 So, yeah, I don't know about that. 00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:10.800 But we won't look in the mirror and be like, 00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:12.160 I wish I was something else. 00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.180 We won't be, 00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:17.160 a lot of the dissatisfaction we have with our bodies 00:43:17.160 --> 00:43:18.400 and our looks, like, 00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:20.320 it comes from a, 00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.180 yeah, 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.119 not an appreciation of what God has given us. 00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:27.340 It does come from kind of a lot of sin 00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:29.340 of thinking what others care and not God. 00:43:30.200 --> 00:43:31.780 So, but that will all be gone. 00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.639 So, yeah. 00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:34.820 And the way we see others 00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:36.360 won't be judgmental in that way either. 00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.260 All the sin is gone. 00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:38.680 So everyone will be, 00:43:39.200 --> 00:43:39.579 in that sense, 00:43:39.680 --> 00:43:40.260 yeah, beautiful. 00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:40.960 Like, yeah. 00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:41.519 Yeah. 00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:44.559 Yeah, Moses. 00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:46.840 But we have knowledge of sin in the new creation. 00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:48.179 Yeah. 00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:50.199 Good question. 00:43:51.179 --> 00:43:51.460 So, 00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:54.179 I think it's Isaiah 65, 00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:55.360 was it, or Revelation 21. 00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:57.300 It speaks of 00:43:57.300 --> 00:44:00.960 not remembering the things that passed, 00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:03.000 so the former things have passed away 00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:05.800 and so will the memory of them. 00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:07.880 So, 00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:10.280 it could well be that, 00:44:10.600 --> 00:44:10.800 yeah, 00:44:11.080 --> 00:44:13.460 the memories of sin that we have, 00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:15.620 yeah, 00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:17.500 maybe they will fade away. 00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:20.560 But there won't be a complete, 00:44:21.220 --> 00:44:22.800 there can't be a complete 00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:26.920 forgetfulness of all that has happened. 00:44:27.060 --> 00:44:27.519 It's not like, 00:44:27.680 --> 00:44:28.660 who's this guy, Jesus? 00:44:29.120 --> 00:44:29.320 Oh, 00:44:29.560 --> 00:44:30.700 what's this cross all about? 00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:31.280 Oh, 00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:33.220 was there something called sin? 00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:33.740 Like, yeah. 00:44:33.739 --> 00:44:34.219 Like, 00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.500 it can't be that 00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:36.579 because we'll be praising 00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:37.979 the lamb who was slain. 00:44:38.659 --> 00:44:38.959 So, 00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:40.219 there'll be a recognition 00:44:40.219 --> 00:44:42.519 of all that's happened in history, 00:44:42.659 --> 00:44:43.059 redemption, 00:44:43.779 --> 00:44:45.099 but it will be like 00:44:45.099 --> 00:44:46.500 a transformed memory of it, 00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:46.779 yeah. 00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.039 Again, 00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:49.119 we don't know the detail, 00:44:49.279 --> 00:44:50.439 we're just trying to piece together 00:44:50.439 --> 00:44:51.199 that, 00:44:51.459 --> 00:44:51.639 yeah. 00:44:51.939 --> 00:44:52.599 It's a good question, 00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:52.759 though. 00:44:54.899 --> 00:44:56.339 What about the scars? 00:44:56.959 --> 00:44:57.699 The scars. 00:45:01.659 --> 00:45:02.059 Oh, 00:45:02.139 --> 00:45:02.279 sorry, 00:45:02.339 --> 00:45:02.479 yeah, 00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:07.920 I'll give you more detail, 00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:08.760 but basically, 00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:10.719 those scars are Christ's glory, 00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:12.039 so we're going to be glorious, 00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:14.760 so Christ's scars are his glory, 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:15.320 and so, 00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:17.320 it's no surprise 00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:18.199 that we still have them. 00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:20.920 Will we have scars, 00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:22.059 you know, 00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:23.679 if you've cut your leg 00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:25.679 badly in a car accident 00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:26.599 and you've got a scar? 00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:28.000 Probably not. 00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:28.579 You know, 00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:30.159 we're going to be renewed. 00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:30.839 Yeah, 00:45:30.839 --> 00:45:33.699 but I'll chat to you more 00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.179 afterwards, 00:45:34.259 --> 00:45:34.399 yeah. 00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.819 Let me close there. 00:45:36.819 --> 00:45:37.500 If you've got more questions, 00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:38.219 come to me afterwards. 00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.199 Let me pray. 00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:44.879 Lord God, 00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:45.659 we 00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:48.139 praise you 00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:49.279 that we have 00:45:49.279 --> 00:45:51.000 a wonderful, 00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:52.119 a glorious inheritance, 00:45:52.359 --> 00:45:53.759 an imperishable inheritance. 00:45:55.359 --> 00:45:56.679 The redemption of our bodies 00:45:56.679 --> 00:45:57.139 is coming, 00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:58.439 the new creation is coming, 00:45:58.939 --> 00:46:00.439 and 00:46:00.439 --> 00:46:01.279 Lord, 00:46:01.379 --> 00:46:02.639 we thank you for that hope. 00:46:02.819 --> 00:46:03.500 We thank you that Jesus 00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:04.359 is the resurrection 00:46:04.359 --> 00:46:04.899 and the life, 00:46:04.939 --> 00:46:06.000 and that we will follow him. 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:09.159 And we know all this is coming 00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:10.420 for those who are in Christ 00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:11.239 when he returns, 00:46:11.579 --> 00:46:13.099 and we long for it. 00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:14.099 We're waiting for it, 00:46:14.139 --> 00:46:14.820 and so we pray, 00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:15.320 Lord Jesus, 00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:15.639 come. 00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:17.239 Amen. 00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:17.320 Amen. 00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:17.360 Amen. 00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:17.360 00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:17.360 00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:17.360 00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:17.360 00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:19.360 Amen. 00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:19.360 00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:19.360 00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:19.360 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