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 Father, you speak to us hard words, and as you speak your hard words to us, Father, if

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 we are honest, it opens up to us our confusion and our ambivalence and our desires to hide

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 from you and to run from you.

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 Father, we know that even your hard words are in fact words of mercy, that our calls

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 and appeals to us, Father, to turn and come to you, to receive grace and mercy from you.

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 So, Father, we ask in your mercy and in your kindness that your Holy Spirit would gently

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 but deeply fall upon us as we listen to your word and as we think upon your word.

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 And may your word work with power in our lives.

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 And this we ask in your name, Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Thank you.

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 Suffering.

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 What about suffering?

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 One of the things I tell people when I give advice about preaching is don't treat sermons

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 like school or like university lectures.

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 You know, in a university lecture, they can say, well, in the last class we looked at this

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 and today we're looking at this and sort of never say something like that in a congregation.

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 Hopefully the minister will remember his sermon long enough to give it and hopefully it will

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 have some impact in his life.

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 But you shouldn't assume that church is like a lecture hall where everybody's taking notes

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 and they're coming for the next installment in the lecture.

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 But just having said all of that, we're preaching through the book of Revelation.

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 And last week we looked at Revelation chapter 5.

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 And when we were looking at Revelation chapter 5, if there was sort of one overarching point

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 that we wanted to try to, we sort of could discover in Revelation 5, it was this.

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 That the only one who saves is the only one who is in control of God's unfolding plan for

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 the future.

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 And we spent, you know, about 40 minutes sort of unpacking that and talking about that and

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 seeing how it was in the scripture and sort of what it meant that the only one who saves

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 is the only one who is in control of God's unfolding plan for the future.

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 And while I was sort of all week as I was working on the sermon for last week, the thing that kept

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 going on in my mind is that surely a lot of people will wonder if that's the case, if it is the

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 case that the only one who saves is also the only one who is in control of God's unfolding

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 plan for the future, then what about suffering?

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 What about all the terrible things that go on in the planet?

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 Like how, George, do you handle that?

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 And how does the Bible handle that?

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 And I never made a single comment about suffering last Sunday.

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 And that's because I knew that in Revelation 6 we'd be looking at it.

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 And we'll look at it in Revelation 5, I mean Revelation 8, we'll look at it in Revelation 9,

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 Revelation 10.

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 We're going to spend a lot of time thinking about things like suffering over the next few

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 weeks as we go through the book of Revelation.

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 The other thing sort of about these sermons is I don't know if you've, I don't have actually

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 a bulletin up with me, but if you look at the bulletin in the notes, and I think it

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 comes up at some point in time in the sermon notes, I'm not sure about that, the slides,

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 but all of this, all of my sermons in the book of Revelation have a title.

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 And the title is, Following the Lamb in the Dying Days of the Dragon.

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 That's the overarching sermon series title, Following the Lamb in the Dying Days of the

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 Dragon.

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 And so last week in Revelation 5, that's where we actually met the lamb for the first time.

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 And today, as we talk a little bit about suffering, we don't yet meet the dragon.

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 What we meet are some of the dragon's friends.

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 First we meet the dragon's friends, and then we meet the dragon, which will be in a few more

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 chapters.

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 So it would be a great help to me if you were to turn in your Bibles to Revelation chapter

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 6, and let's meet some of the dragon's friends, at least in Scripture.

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 Revelation chapter 6.

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 We always have some free and available Bibles up at the front if you've forgotten to bring

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 your own Bible.

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 Those who use your iPads and phones to follow along the Bible, that's really great.

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 Just don't check your Facebook status or update at the same time.

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 Try to stay focused on the Bible.

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 That would be great.

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 So Revelation chapter 6.

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 Let's read it.

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 And Nora did such a spectacular job of reading it, didn't she?

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 When she reads a text like this, it grips us, actually.

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 And that makes it far easier to talk about it after having her read it.

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 Verse 1 of chapter 6.

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 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four

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 living creatures say with a voice like thunder, Come.

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 And I looked, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow, and a crown was given

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 to him.

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 And he came out conquering, and to conquer.

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 And I just sort of want to pause there for a second.

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 And here's the really striking thing.

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 I don't know how many of you noticed this, but it's actually quite striking.

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 Andrew, if you want to put the first point up for Rebecca, here's the thing which is

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 quite striking.

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 The Lamb who was slain opens the seals.

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 I don't know if you noticed that when Nora was reading it, and we're going to look at

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 the text again.

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 The rider that comes out conquering, and to conquer.

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 The rider that comes out with the power for people to fight each other and kill them.

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 The rider that comes out and is given the power to bring famine.

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 The rider that comes out and is given the power of death, and of famine, and of pestilence,

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 and of all sorts of civil unrest.

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 In every one of these cases, as this suffering unfolds, as this suffering and hardship comes

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 to earth, it comes as the Lamb opens the seal.

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 Just as I was between these two services, the 8 o'clock service and the 10 o'clock service,

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 I was in a coffee shop going over my notes, and I sort of rewrite my notes slightly between

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 the two services, because, you know, just sort of sometimes moving things around.

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 And I couldn't help but overhearing that every single person in the coffee shop, and probably

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 on the street outside, heard this street person talking to another street person.

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 And it was very, very interesting.

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 He was talking to this other street person, obviously post-hangover, or maybe present hangover,

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 post-drinking present hangover.

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 And he had a loud, loud, smoker's raspy street person voice.

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 And he was explaining to the other guy, as I'm sitting down, preparing to open up Revelation

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 chapter 6, how, you know, people, I just finally understood, and people need to understand that

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 the way everything is, and the way I am, and the way everything is, it's just all because

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 of mutations.

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 It's all just because of chance and mutations.

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 There was a mutation, and then another mutation, and another mutation, and another mutation.

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 And here I am, and here you are, and here everybody else is.

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 And it's, in fact, the governing story of our culture was being articulated by this street

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 person.

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 Part of the governing story of our culture, that these blind, irrational forces over time

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 created what is now life on earth, and everything that we see.

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 And in the context of a culture that believes that it's blind, irrational, or non-rational,

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 irrational forces that bring about the things that we see, the book of Revelation has a very,

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 very powerful, different message.

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 It isn't that the way that things are are a result of blind, powerful, huge, irrational,

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 uncaring forces.

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 But the Lamb who was slain opens the seals.

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 Why is this really important?

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 If the Lamb who was slain opens the seals, repentance is always an option.

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 If I'm just a product of mutation, who can I call to?

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 What can I do?

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 If everything that's going on in the world is completely and utterly just due to the military-industrial

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 complex or global oil or capitalism or socialism or the modes of production doing their unchanging,

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 doing their sort of inevitable changes to bring about certain types of social constructs and

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 situations, then what on earth can we do?

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 But if, in fact, the Lamb who was slain opens the seals, even though the seals are going to

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 describe great hardship, and they're going to describe more than just hardship, as we're

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 going to get to in a moment, but if this, in fact, is true, and it doesn't mean that there

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 isn't a military-industrial complex, it doesn't mean that there aren't economic forces, it doesn't

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 mean that there aren't those things, that they don't exist, but it means that they have a vastly

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 different power context than our culture tells us.

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 It means that repentance is always an option, that prayer is always an option.

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 But it's very, very important to just hear this as we go through each of the seals.

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 Now, just one other thing very, very briefly.

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 Some of you have maybe been wondering when I'm going to do something, which is usually what

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 ministers and churches in North America do when they talk about the Book of Revelation.

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 Some of you are saying, okay, George, I have, okay, I've licked my pencil.

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 Okay, is this before the rapture or after the rapture?

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 Is it before the tribulation, in the middle of the tribulation?

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 Is the tribulation going to have these four stages?

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 And here's, you see, what often happens with people who talk about the Book of Revelation

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 in North American churches.

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 They have this sort of timeline, which they've sort of developed from reading the Book of Revelation

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 and 2 Peter and 1 and 2 Thessalonians and Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

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 And they've developed it from reading Daniel and Ezekiel and Isaiah and Zechariah

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 and a whole pile of other books, which would take us too long to list.

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 And they sort of have this timeline, and there's the rapture, and there's the tribulation,

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 and there's the judgment, and then there's the millennium, and then there's this, and then there's that.

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 And so what they do is that while they're reading the Book of Revelation,

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 what they really do as they read the Book of Revelation is they don't actually preach the Book of Revelation.

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 I don't mean to put anybody down.

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 What they don't do is actually try to preach the Book of Revelation.

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 What they try to do is place everything in the timeline.

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 I'm not going to do any of that.

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 If you're hoping for a timeline, you can listen to CHRI.

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 I think MacArthur is doing another sermon of series on this,

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 and he can tell you the timeline if you want.

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 I'm not going to talk about that at all.

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 I'm going to preach the Book of Revelation.

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 Here's one of the problems with looking at the Book of Revelation

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 and trying to fit it into a timeline.

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 Before we get into it, this is just a bit of a time-out learning moment.

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 Just skip down to Revelation 6 and look at verses 12 and 13.

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 Chapter 6, verses 12 and 13.

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 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake,

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 and the sun became black as sackcloth.

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 The full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth

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 as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.

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 So turn your page to Revelation chapter 8 and look at verse 12.

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 Two chapters later, verse 12.

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 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck,

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 and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars,

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 so that a third of their light might be darkened.

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 One moment, I thought all the stars fell from heaven.

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 How, if they all fell from heaven in chapter 6,

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 could there still be stars in the sky to fall, a third of them, in chapter 8?

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 See, here's the thing if you read the book of Revelation.

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 How many here, I can't really see, oh, here I can see.

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 How many people here have seen the movie Groundhog Day?

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 Okay, probably half the congregation have seen Groundhog Day.

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 Okay, for the other half of you, if you want to understand most of the book of Revelation,

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 watch the Groundhog Day.

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 I'm only partially joking, I'm serious.

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 Because the literary structure of the book of Revelation is that

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 the first six seals have this progression,

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 then there's an interlude,

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 and then the seventh seal, what does the seventh seal do?

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 The seventh seal introduces the seven trumpets,

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 and then the six trumpets go right back through destruction,

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 then there's a long interlude,

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 and then the seventh trumpet, and what does the seventh trumpet do?

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 It goes right back, it goes to the bulls,

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 and all of a sudden it goes right back through the entire same process.

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 In fact, what you have is the Groundhog Day.

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 That what you have is a recapitulation,

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 that you're having a description of increasing series of judgment,

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 deepening judgment,

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 and deepening offers of mercy,

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 and deepening sense of the choice between the two different paths.

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 And in a literary way, it sort of develops it,

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 and then there's a pause, and then it develops it,

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 and then there's a pause, and it develops it,

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 and then it gets to the end.

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 It gets to the end.

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 In fact, most of the book of Revelation,

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 from chapter six on almost to the end,

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 is describing life between the crucifixion,

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 resurrection of Jesus, and the second coming of Jesus.

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 And so some of you might say,

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 well, does that mean then, George,

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 that what it's talking about with the horses and the riders and all that,

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 okay, is it, are they demons?

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 Are they humans?

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 Are they demons?

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 Are they humans?

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 Are they, is it sort of something which is happening today?

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 Is it something that's going to happen at the end of the day?

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 What do you think?

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 And my answer is yes.

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 Yes.

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 It's all of those things.

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 It's something which is true of life today,

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 and it's something which will,

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 when the final end does come,

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 will also see it far more clearly

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 for those who are alive when Jesus finally comes back.

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 But it describes life.

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 It describes our experience.

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 It describes what's going on in the world

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 from the moment of the crucifixion,

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 the resurrection of Jesus,

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 and chapter five of Revelation

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 describes the resurrection and ascension of Jesus

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 and what he's like in heaven

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 and what's going on between now and his return.

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 But all the way through this,

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 the lamb who was slain opens the seals.

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 The lamb who was slain opens the seals.

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 Some of you might say,

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 okay, George, this is, okay, that's sort of interesting

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 and maybe I hadn't thought of that before.

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 And I'm a little bit relieved

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 that you're not going to spend

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 the rest of the book of Revelation

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 saying things like

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 that the first horse is the United States,

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 the second horse is Iran

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 and the Ayatollahs,

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 and the third horse, which is black,

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 is North Korea,

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 and the fourth horse is Russia.

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 Like I'm, you know, many of us,

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 some of us are very disappointed,

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 I'm not going to say that,

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 and others are maybe very relieved.

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 But what on earth does it mean?

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 Okay, George,

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 we sort of have a bit of a sense

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 that to understand that it's the lamb

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 who was slain opening the seals

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 does mean that, in fact,

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 repentance is always an option,

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 that we can't take

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 the governing story of our culture

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 in terms of blind forces

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 determining so much of what exists,

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 and we can understand that, in fact,

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 there's a chance of action,

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 that there's always choices for human beings,

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 that we can take action,

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 that we can pray into things,

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 that we can call people to repentance,

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 that we can call the U.S. administration,

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 the Canadian administration,

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 we can call the Russians and Iranians

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 and Israelis and the left

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 and the right and the Republicans

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 and the Democrats,

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 we can call people to repentance,

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 but what on earth is going on here?

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 Well, let's look.

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 Let's go back and read verse 1,

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 let's go back to chapter 6,

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 and let's look at the four horsemen

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 of the apocalypse.

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 Now, I watched when the lamb

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 opened one of the seven seals,

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 and I heard one of the four living creatures,

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 sorry, just back up

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 if you weren't here last week,

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 chapter 5,

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 God has a scroll in his right hand,

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 and his palm is open,

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 and there's a scroll line across it,

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 and it's a scroll that's sealed

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 on the outside with seven seals,

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 and the lamb takes the scroll

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 from the one on the throne,

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 who's the father,

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 and the implication is

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 is that the scroll contains

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 basically God's plan for the future,

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 and the lamb who is slain

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 takes the scroll

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 and begins now to open the seals.

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 So verse 1 of chapter 6,

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 now I watched when the lamb opened

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 one of the seven seals,

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 and I heard one of the four living creatures

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 say with a loud voice like thunder,

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 come,

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 and I looked,

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 and behold,

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 a white horse

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 and its rider had a bow,

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 and a crown was given to him,

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 and he came out conquering

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 and to conquer.

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 Remember I said that,

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 you know,

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 are these creatures,

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 what they aren't is angels.

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 Actually,

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 Rebecca,

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 put up the next point,

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 and we'll have that

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 in the back of our mind

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 as we read all of these,

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 the four horsemen.

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 The lamb who was slain

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 in mercy

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 allows and limits

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 the four horsemen

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 to do

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 as they desire.

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 The lamb who was slain

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 in mercy

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 allows and limits

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 the four horsemen

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 to do

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 as they

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 desire.

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 So the first

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 creature comes

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 at the bidding

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 ultimately of heaven,

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 by the permission of heaven,

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 and this

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 represents

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 the horsemen

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 that is conquering

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 and desires to conquer.

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 Look at the next one.

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 When he opened

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 the second seal,

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 verse 3,

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 I heard the second living creature

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 say,

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 notice when he opened,

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 the lamb opened

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 the second seal,

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 I heard the second living creature

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 say,

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 come.

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 And out came another horse,

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 bright red.

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 Its rider was permitted

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 to take peace

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 from the earth

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 so that people

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 should slay one another

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 and he was given

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 a great sword.

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 And this horse

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 and its rider

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 represents

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 civil war,

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 family fighting,

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 church fighting,

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 fighting between

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 what used to be allies.

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 Verse 5,

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 when he opened

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 the third seal,

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 I heard the third

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 living creature

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 say,

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 come.

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 And I looked

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 and behold

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 a black horse

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 and its rider

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 had a pair

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 of scales

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 in his hand

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 and I heard

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 what seemed

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 to be a voice

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 in the midst

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 of the four living creatures

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 saying,

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 a quart of wheat

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 for a denarius

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 and three quarts

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 of barley

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 for a denarius

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 and do not harm

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 the oil

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 and the wine.

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 Excuse me,

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 this is a picture

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 of famine.

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 The ancient world

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 at denarius

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 was at an average

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 working,

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 take whatever

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 you folks make

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 in one day

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 and that's,

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 you know,

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 if you are lucky

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 you work five days

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 and you live

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 for seven days

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 out of what you make

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 for five days

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 so in the ancient world

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 a denarius

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 was what a person

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 made for one day

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 and they'd have

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 to work six

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 or in some parts

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 of the world

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 every day of the week

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 and so a quart

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 of wheat

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 is what one man,

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 a working man

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 would consume

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 just by himself

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 and it's describing

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 a state of affairs

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 where everything

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 is ten times

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 more expensive

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 than it normally

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 would be.

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 It's describing

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 a famine.

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 It's describing

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 a situation

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 where the grain

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 is so expensive

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 that people

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 can't work enough

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 to buy enough

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 to eat

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 and it's describing

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 famine

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 in very powerful

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 picture language.

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 Verse seven,

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 when you open

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 the fourth seal

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 I heard the voice

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.079
 of the fourth living

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.679
 creature say,

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 come,

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 and I looked

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.599
 and behold

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.859
 a pale horse.

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 In the original language

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 it's the color

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.460
 of death.

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 it's the color

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 that a corpse

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.259
 would be

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.240
 in a morgue

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:39.559
 and its rider's

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 name was Death

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 and Hades

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.960
 followed him

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 and they were

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.720
 given authority

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.519
 over a fourth

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 of the earth

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.039
 to kill

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 with sword

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 and with famine

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.940
 and with pestilence

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.900
 and by wild beasts

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 of the earth.

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 Now why is it

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.420
 that I say

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:51.960
 that the lamb

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.579
 who was slain

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.100
 in mercy

00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:54.500
 allows and limits

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.440
 the four horsemen

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.460
 to do as they desire?

00:21:56.460 --> 00:22:02.200
 Is God causing evil?

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.000
 No.

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.299
 If you look

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.019
 at the text

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.519
 what he does

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:10.340
 is he limits

00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:11.440
 he allows

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.380
 and he limits.

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.000
 Actually what he sees

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.740
 what we see here

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.720
 in picture language

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.279
 is something

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.960
 we won't turn

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.539
 to it right now

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.100
 but later on

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:19.220
 if you want to look

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.480
 in Romans chapter one

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.740
 the second half

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.860
 of Romans chapter one

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.880
 you'll get

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.700
 a very

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.740
 very powerful

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.380
 picture of

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.800
 what God

00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:27.940
 sometimes does

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:29.540
 and the picture

00:22:29.540 --> 00:22:30.540
 is that there's

00:22:30.540 --> 00:22:31.040
 this human

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:31.720
 propensity

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.520
 to do wrong

00:22:32.520 --> 00:22:33.080
 things

00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:33.840
 and it's like

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:35.500
 the tug

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.460
 it's like the current

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.260
 in the stream

00:22:37.260 --> 00:22:38.780
 and the current

00:22:38.780 --> 00:22:39.200
 in the stream

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.600
 is sort of

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.460
 always there

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.780
 but God

00:22:41.780 --> 00:22:42.400
 in his grace

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.020
 and mercy

00:22:43.020 --> 00:22:44.200
 is always

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.880
 restraining that

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.820
 and so the picture

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.400
 is it's almost

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.880
 as if there's

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.200
 a boat

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.880
 in the stream

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:50.040
 and the boat

00:22:50.040 --> 00:22:50.760
 is tied up

00:22:50.760 --> 00:22:51.440
 to a dock

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.740
 and the stream

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.400
 is constantly

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.040
 wanting to bring

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.660
 that boat

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.880
 and push the boat

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.500
 in a particular

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.140
 direction

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:58.260
 but the boat

00:22:58.260 --> 00:22:58.900
 is tied up

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.520
 and sometimes

00:22:59.520 --> 00:23:00.340
 what God does

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:01.480
 in judgment

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.580
 is he

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:04.340
 unties the boat

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:06.020
 in other words

00:23:06.020 --> 00:23:08.140
 he's been

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.900
 restraining

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.740
 this evil

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:11.240
 but sometimes

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.840
 what happens

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.720
 is he takes away

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.300
 his power

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:14.220
 to restrain

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.460
 and he allows

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.640
 the natural course

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.380
 of what is

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.480
 desired to happen

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:20.220
 and it's

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.059
 one of the ways

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.680
 that sometimes

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.599
 it both reveals

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.299
 that God

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.420
 as an act

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.519
 of common grace

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.519
 and common mercy

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.440
 is restraining

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.220
 human evil

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:30.059
 but that sometimes

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:31.120
 still by mercy

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.640
 and grace

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.259
 he allows

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.059
 that

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.279
 to not be

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.000
 restrained

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.259
 or not restrained

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.860
 as much

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:38.839
 and we see

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:40.400
 evil revealed

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:44.339
 I see the evil

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.180
 in myself

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:47.079
 I see the evil

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:48.279
 around me

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.960
 the lamb

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.539
 who is slain

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.980
 in mercy

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.099
 allows and limits

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:53.079
 the four horsemen

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.480
 to do

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.599
 as they desire

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:57.460
 as they desire

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:59.980
 and that's

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.339
 what's being

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.240
 portrayed here

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:03.759
 now

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.359
 some of you

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.879
 might say

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.539
 this doesn't

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.199
 sound very much

00:24:07.199 --> 00:24:07.859
 like mercy

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:10.879
 well

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.959
 it's

00:24:11.959 --> 00:24:12.479
 just

00:24:12.479 --> 00:24:13.240
 the beginning

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.039
 of the chapter

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.619
 it's the first

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.339
 four seals

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:17.379
 it's in the next

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:18.539
 two seals

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.979
 and the interlude

00:24:19.979 --> 00:24:21.339
 that we see

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.179
 how it's connected

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:22.799
 to mercy

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:24.559
 so

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.439
 let's look

00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:25.959
 and see

00:24:25.959 --> 00:24:27.059
 how it is

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.799
 that it's connected

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.679
 to mercy

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.399
 how it is

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:30.079
 that judgment

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:31.059
 and God

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.819
 and all of that

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.559
 can be connected

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.659
 to mercy

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.279
 let's look at

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.899
 verse 9

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:36.979
 when he opened

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.860
 the fifth seal

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.920
 I saw

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:40.099
 under the altar

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.660
 the souls

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.079
 of those

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.500
 who had been

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.960
 slain

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.400
 for the word

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.779
 of God

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.440
 and for the witness

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.000
 they had borne

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.480
 just sort of

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.920
 pause there

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.299
 for a moment

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.579
 notice now

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:48.279
 that the fifth seal

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.620
 isn't something

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.500
 of Jesus

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.839
 saying

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.059
 okay

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.620
 come out

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.740
 horsemen

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:54.960
 or those desires

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.799
 to conquer

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:57.059
 of conquering

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.700
 and conquering

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.319
 more and more

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.660
 and more

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.319
 and more

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.640
 and more

00:24:59.640 --> 00:24:59.980
 and more

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.400
 and more

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:02.180
 it's not a matter

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:03.120
 of it being

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.500
 coming out

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.099
 what we see

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.400
 here now

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.860
 is an act

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.539
 of revelation

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.859
 that John

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.180
 is able

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.720
 to see

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.240
 something

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.279
 and what

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.039
 he sees

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.200
 and John

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.279
 is writing

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.899
 this in the

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.920
 mid-90s

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.379
 and so

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:16.099
 there have

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.700
 been Christians

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.639
 now for 60

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.139
 years

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:19.399
 in fact

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.500
 many believe

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.500
 that following

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.359
 early church

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.799
 writers

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.779
 who wrote

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.940
 somebody who

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.399
 wrote just

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.059
 shortly after

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.379
 this

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.359
 that this

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.819
 was written

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.680
 while there

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.259
 was in fact

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.139
 the first

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.539
 sort of

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.579
 major persecution

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.220
 of Christians

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.720
 in the Roman

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.240
 Empire

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.160
 and there

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.400
 would have

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.759
 in fact

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.180
 been many

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.920
 martyrs

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.640
 as John

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.120
 was writing

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.380
 this

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.819
 and John

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.240
 himself

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.660
 is writing

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:38.859
 this

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.220
 while he's

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.660
 a political

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.339
 exile

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.319
 on the

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.539
 island

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.220
 of Patmos

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:44.339
 and what

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.099
 he sees

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.779
 are those

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.299
 who died

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.059
 for Jesus

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:50.039
 again verse 9

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.720
 when he opened

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.339
 the fifth seal

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:51.779
 the lamb

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.460
 opened the fifth

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.680
 seal

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.160
 I saw under

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.579
 the altar

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.120
 the souls

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.500
 of those

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.700
 who had

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.420
 been slain

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.339
 for the

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.700
 word of

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.140
 God

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.079
 and for

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.559
 the witness

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:58.980
 that they

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.500
 had borne

00:25:59.500 --> 00:25:59.900
 that's the

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.400
 witness to

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.740
 Jesus

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.620
 witness to

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.000
 the lamb

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.299
 who was

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.720
 slain

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:04.420
 they cried

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.759
 out with

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.039
 a loud

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.480
 voice

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.579
 oh sovereign

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.000
 Lord

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.160
 holy and

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.539
 true

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:10.779
 how long

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.279
 how long

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.259
 how long

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.360
 how long

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.539
 oh sovereign

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.940
 Lord

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:17.279
 how long

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:19.019
 before you

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.640
 will judge

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.240
 and avenge

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.819
 our blood

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.259
 on those

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.700
 who dwell

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:21.980
 on the

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.259
 earth

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:24.200
 then they

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.500
 were each

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.940
 given a

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.460
 white robe

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.940
 and told

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.460
 to rest

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.759
 a little

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.259
 longer

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.519
 here's the

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.900
 frightening

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.360
 thing

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:30.600
 until the

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:31.140
 number of

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.640
 their fellow

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.180
 servants

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.539
 and their

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.840
 brothers

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.460
 and sisters

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.980
 should be

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.600
 complete

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.880
 who are

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.160
 to be

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.539
 killed

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.620
 as they

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.240
 themselves

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.779
 have been

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:41.940
 please put up

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.200
 the next

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.480
 point

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.880
 Rebecca

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:46.640
 the saints

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.259
 are in

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.680
 God's

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.140
 presence

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.360
 and cry

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:49.860
 out to

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.160
 him

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.779
 how long

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.920
 how long

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:57.360
 so the

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.120
 first four

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:59.019
 horsemen

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.059
 the lamb

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.079
 the lamb

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.599
 I said

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:00.900
 in his

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.339
 mercy

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.960
 allows

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.379
 these

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.819
 things

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.500
 to happen

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.279
 as they

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.819
 desire

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:06.099
 it's

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:07.039
 in a sense

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.660
 in a picture

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.339
 form what

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.059
 Romans 1

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.779
 talks about

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.359
 in terms of

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.799
 what God

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.839
 sometimes does

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.920
 in human

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.539
 affairs

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:15.379
 releasing

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.240
 or removing

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.019
 his restraint

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.619
 and allowing

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.279
 freedom

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.960
 allowing freedom

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:22.200
 greater freedom

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.279
 and the

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.900
 greater freedom

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.340
 is used

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.900
 to evil

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:26.039
 to pain

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.680
 and suffering

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.420
 to conquering

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.980
 to causing

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.460
 famine

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.059
 to fighting

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.860
 and to sword

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:31.459
 the greater

00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:31.899
 freedom

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.359
 is used

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.779
 for these

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.339
 things

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:36.759
 and it

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.159
 has all

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.539
 sorts of

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.159
 repercussions

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:38.519
 on the

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.659
 earth

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.479
 people die

00:27:39.479 --> 00:27:41.039
 Christians die

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.939
 non-Christians

00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:42.279
 die

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.859
 all sorts

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.259
 of people

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.679
 die

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:45.139
 and now

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.819
 the fifth

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.319
 seal is

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.699
 opened

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.599
 and John

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.319
 sees

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.719
 well

00:27:49.719 --> 00:27:50.699
 here's the

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.000
 thing

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:54.039
 you know

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.719
 often in the

00:27:54.719 --> 00:27:55.039
 west

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.719
 when we talk

00:27:55.719 --> 00:27:56.279
 about what

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.839
 happened

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.859
 in Nazi

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.279
 Germany

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.679
 to the

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.119
 Jews

00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:00.519
 we call

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.159
 it the

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.919
 holocaust

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:03.459
 and holocaust

00:28:03.459 --> 00:28:04.379
 means sacrifice

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:07.379
 but the

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:08.079
 more common

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.639
 use of the

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:08.919
 word

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.719
 and in fact

00:28:09.719 --> 00:28:10.439
 the common

00:28:10.439 --> 00:28:10.859
 use of the

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.219
 word in

00:28:11.219 --> 00:28:11.599
 Israel

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.419
 is shoah

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:14.099
 which means

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.059
 calamity

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:17.399
 see the

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:17.979
 question is

00:28:17.979 --> 00:28:18.379
 this

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:19.399
 as bad

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:20.079
 things happen

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.719
 to us

00:28:20.719 --> 00:28:21.219
 as we

00:28:21.219 --> 00:28:21.679
 suffer

00:28:21.679 --> 00:28:22.899
 is it

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.879
 a sacrifice

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:25.239
 or is it

00:28:25.239 --> 00:28:26.119
 a calamity

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:27.599
 see if it's

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.500
 a sacrifice

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.680
 it means

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.140
 it has

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.640
 meaning

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:33.059
 if it's

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.759
 a shoah

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.799
 a calamity

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.759
 there is

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.259
 no meaning

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.720
 there is

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.180
 no meaning

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:40.279
 it's just

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.839
 suffering

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:43.700
 it's just

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.500
 pain

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.319
 and death

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.940
 and no

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.259
 meaning

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:48.240
 and what

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.220
 John sees

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.720
 here

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.920
 what God

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.400
 shows

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.059
 John

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.019
 is that

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.299
 as the

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.960
 fifth seal

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.720
 is open

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.960
 some of

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.200
 those

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.380
 who've

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:56.480
 been

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.880
 affected

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.279
 by the

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.559
 fourth

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.039
 seals

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.440
 what do

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.700
 they do

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:58.940
 do they

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.279
 say

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.400
 I no

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.740
 longer

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.140
 believe

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.339
 in

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.600
 God

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:01.759
 I

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:01.920
 no

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.240
 longer

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.680
 trust

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:02.920
 God

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.339
 what he

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.680
 sees

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:03.960
 is he

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.259
 sees

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.640
 people

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.000
 in

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:06.140
 God's

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.539
 presence

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:06.960
 look at that

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.299
 in verse

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.700
 10

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:09.240
 he sees

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.480
 them

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.100
 underneath

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.720
 the altar

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.120
 it's an

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.700
 image of a

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.279
 sacrifice

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.819
 that their

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.079
 death

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.600
 has somehow

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:13.900
 or another

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.299
 been a

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.839
 sacrifice

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.579
 they cried

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:15.900
 out with a

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.339
 loud voice

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.779
 10

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.000
 oh

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.259
 sovereign

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.400
 Lord

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.519
 they're

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:17.799
 now in

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.160
 God's

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.500
 presence

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.220
 they speak

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.740
 to God

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.839
 and on

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.319
 one level

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.700
 they do

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.059
 call out

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.960
 how long

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.279
 if you

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.680
 read the

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.279
 Old Testament

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.120
 time and

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.660
 time and

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.180
 time and

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.799
 time again

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.140
 in the

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:27.660
 Psalms

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.400
 and in

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.640
 other

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.279
 poetry

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.440
 the Old

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.779
 Testament

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.099
 they cry

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:32.359
 how long

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.579
 oh

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:32.839
 God

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.799
 how long

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.480
 if you

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.720
 are in

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.019
 the midst

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.200
 of

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.620
 suffering

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.059
 right now

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.339
 it is

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.839
 completely

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.259
 and utterly

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.620
 biblical

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.059
 for you

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.319
 to say

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.460
 how long

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.779
 oh

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.160
 Lord

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.599
 how long

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:41.839
 oh

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.120
 Lord

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.620
 must I

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:42.900
 bear

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.240
 this

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.099
 how

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.660
 long

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:44.920
 oh

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.299
 Lord

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.880
 make it

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.480
 clear to

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.700
 me

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.059
 what it

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.380
 is that

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.920
 you desire

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.319
 me to

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.599
 know

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:49.980
 or do

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.199
 or to

00:29:50.199 --> 00:29:50.500
 become

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.199
 grant me

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:51.839
 strength

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.639
 to bear

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.219
 up under

00:29:53.219 --> 00:29:53.459
 this

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:53.939
 help me

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.759
 to understand

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.279
 father

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.219
 the meaning

00:29:56.219 --> 00:29:56.579
 of what

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:56.899
 it is

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.179
 that I

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:57.500
 am going

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.719
 through

00:29:57.719 --> 00:29:58.980
 how long

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.579
 is a

00:29:59.579 --> 00:29:59.919
 biblical

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.379
 prayer

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.359
 and that's

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.839
 what the

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.619
 saints pray

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.179
 in the

00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:03.859
 presence of

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.299
 God

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.459
 to God

00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:06.799
 how long

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.740
 and they

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.359
 cry out

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.919
 and in our

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:09.699
 version

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.240
 it uses

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.599
 the word

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:10.879
 look at

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.079
 that

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.719
 and how

00:30:11.719 --> 00:30:11.959
 long

00:30:11.959 --> 00:30:12.439
 before you

00:30:12.439 --> 00:30:13.059
 will judge

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.740
 and avenge

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.399
 our blood

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:15.399
 on those

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.759
 who dwell

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.019
 on the

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.259
 earth

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.359
 and in

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.000
 the original

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.619
 languages

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.559
 those words

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.879
 judge

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.359
 and avenge

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.919
 it brings

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.339
 out two

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.579
 things

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.000
 it definitely

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.419
 brings out

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:23.079
 the meaning

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.779
 of punishment

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:27.259
 but it also

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.319
 has the idea

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:30.039
 of vindication

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:32.119
 in fact the

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:33.019
 vindication is

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.739
 seen here by

00:30:33.739 --> 00:30:34.459
 the fact that

00:30:34.459 --> 00:30:36.379
 God's response

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.339
 to their cry

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.339
 about how long

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.859
 is that they were

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.459
 given a white

00:30:39.459 --> 00:30:39.979
 robe

00:30:39.979 --> 00:30:41.799
 told to rest

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.779
 told to rest

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:45.059
 it's a sign

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.559
 that they've

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.139
 conquered

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:48.779
 that in fact

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.559
 their suffering

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.440
 had some

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.960
 meaning

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:53.399
 I haven't read

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:53.779
 the rest of

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.159
 the book of

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:54.579
 Revelation

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.899
 but right now

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.859
 it's a promise

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:58.019
 that there is

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.960
 meaning in

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.680
 their suffering

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:01.299
 these saints

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.599
 who talk to

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.119
 God

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:04.059
 about it

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.460
 and pour out

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.079
 their heart

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.440
 to him

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.799
 and they are

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.879
 not rebuked

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:09.579
 he says

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:09.899
 you have

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.299
 conquered

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.579
 and they ask

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.139
 when will we

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:13.059
 be vindicated

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:14.019
 see this is

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.579
 the mercy

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:16.200
 we'll see this

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.839
 more in a moment

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.419
 when we look at

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.899
 what happens

00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.480
 in the sixth

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.839
 seal

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:20.599
 but you see

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.419
 if

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.700
 God

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.940
 both punishes

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:25.159
 and vindicates

00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:25.899
 in other words

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.639
 he reveals

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.500
 to the world

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.799
 those who have

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.279
 a lust

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.440
 of conquering

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.220
 and to conquer

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.779
 and those who

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.359
 have a lust

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:33.379
 for battle

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:34.579
 and for triumph

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.460
 and for winning

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.279
 even if it means

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.319
 that people starve

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.359
 and that there are

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.859
 losers

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.940
 and that you can

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.759
 have pestilence

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.660
 as long as you

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.259
 survive

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.840
 and you can

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.380
 thrive

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.240
 and if

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.700
 in such a world

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.799
 the saints

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:48.140
 are vindicated

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:50.799
 and if it is

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.700
 in fact the lamb

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.259
 who was slain

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.920
 who opens the

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.180
 seal

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.059
 there is the

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.799
 possibility

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.720
 for those

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.500
 of us

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.779
 who have

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.220
 given our

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.759
 lives to

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.080
 evil

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.600
 to say

00:31:58.600 --> 00:32:00.420
 one moment

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:04.720
 this powerless

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.240
 and weak

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.720
 person

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.360
 that I have

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:07.660
 just killed

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.220
 that I

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.400
 have

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.820
 caused

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.120
 this

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.540
 famine

00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:09.800
 to

00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:10.400
 God

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.620
 vindicates

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.160
 them

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:13.259
 and in the

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.779
 revelation

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.279
 of their

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.019
 vindication

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:16.019
 there is

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.900
 the invitation

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:18.100
 to repent

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:21.040
 and to be

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:21.560
 on the side

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:22.080
 of the lamb

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:25.000
 that's why

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.860
 these four

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.580
 horsemen

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.580
 where God

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.220
 allows

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.160
 what is

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.779
 desired

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.440
 whether it's

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.000
 by human

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.460
 beings

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.060
 using their

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:33.620
 evil for

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:33.920
 freedom

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.240
 or whether

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.960
 it's

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.519
 hostile

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.000
 demonic

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.580
 powers

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:36.900
 or

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.920
 some

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.240
 other

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.820
 reality

00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.700
 encaptured

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.259
 by these

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.720
 images

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.240
 and God

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.860
 with limits

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.500
 allows it

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.080
 to happen

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.980
 that now

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.440
 when some

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.660
 of the

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.000
 victims

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.340
 who are

00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:46.779
 saints

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.420
 cry out

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.019
 and ask

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.519
 for their

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.240
 vindication

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.840
 there is

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.400
 in fact

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:51.560
 an opportunity

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.740
 for people

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.279
 to say

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:55.300
 oh my

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.779
 God

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.920
 what have

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.440
 I done

00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:01.440
 can God

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:02.300
 have mercy

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:05.220
 this is

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.700
 made even

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.259
 more clear

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.819
 as we look

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.119
 at the

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.819
 next seal

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:09.000
 the sixth

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.399
 seal

00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:10.619
 because in

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.139
 fact what

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.519
 is put

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.259
 before us

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.879
 is that

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.240
 in the

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.919
 presence of

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.500
 such evil

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.960
 that there

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.559
 are two

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.299
 responses

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.859
 which are

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.379
 ultimately

00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:19.119
 possible

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.599
 that in

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.200
 fact if

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.099
 we have

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.799
 the courage

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.379
 to look

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.000
 internally

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.619
 into our

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.319
 own lives

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.879
 and see how

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.240
 it is that

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.919
 we respond

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.359
 to things

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.680
 that we

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.419
 will understand

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:29.220
 that even

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.639
 ourselves

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:30.579
 even those

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:30.940
 of us

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.740
 whose suffering

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.160
 is not

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.759
 nearly that

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.120
 which is

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.940
 described here

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:35.120
 that have

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.579
 not had

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.099
 that same

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.859
 type of

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.579
 terrible

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.259
 things happen

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.620
 to them

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.220
 but even

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.559
 if the

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.920
 suffering

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.440
 is just

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.000
 the fact

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.200
 that we

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.519
 have a

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.039
 boss

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.720
 that's

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.519
 really mean

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.019
 to us

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.440
 or a

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.880
 mom

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.400
 who never

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.900
 loved us

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.240
 enough

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.440
 or a

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.079
 dad

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.700
 who sort

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.259
 of ignored

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.700
 us

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.660
 or somebody

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.039
 who cut

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.599
 us off

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:52.940
 or it's

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.859
 just anxiety

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.259
 and it's

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:55.039
 just stress

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:56.000
 and if we

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.660
 look at it

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:56.980
 this is

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:59.700
 very powerful

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.299
 and profound

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:01.019
 why is it

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.299
 that we

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.899
 choose one

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.220
 way or

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.680
 the other

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.399
 look at

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.720
 what it

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.139
 says in

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.579
 the sixth

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:04.819
 seal

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.680
 verse 12

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:08.139
 when he

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.539
 opened the

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.159
 sixth seal

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.400
 I looked

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.000
 and behold

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.179
 there was

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.559
 a great

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.039
 earthquake

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.980
 and the

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.579
 sun became

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.199
 black as

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.820
 sackcloth

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.880
 the full

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.579
 moon became

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.179
 like blood

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.500
 and the

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.000
 stars of

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.460
 the sky

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.000
 fell to

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.400
 the earth

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.759
 as the

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.300
 fig tree

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.840
 sheds

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.440
 its winter

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.840
 fruit

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.380
 when shaken

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.900
 by a

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.179
 gale

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:25.400
 the sky

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.900
 vanished

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.300
 like a

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.659
 scroll

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:26.960
 that is

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.559
 being rolled

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.840
 up

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.360
 and every

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.820
 mountain

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.440
 and island

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.059
 were removed

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.460
 from its

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.860
 place

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:33.039
 then the

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.480
 kings of

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.840
 the earth

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.120
 and the

00:34:34.120 --> 00:34:34.680
 great ones

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:34.940
 and the

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.300
 generals

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.700
 and the

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:35.960
 rich

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.220
 and the

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.680
 powerful

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.380
 and everyone

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.940
 slave

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.480
 and free

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:40.420
 hid

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.100
 themselves

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.539
 in the

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.940
 caves

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.360
 and among

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.960
 the rocks

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.280
 of the

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.720
 mountains

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:45.080
 calling

00:34:45.080 --> 00:34:45.820
 to the

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.420
 mountains

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:49.700
 and rocks

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:51.059
 fall

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.740
 on us

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:52.660
 hide us

00:34:52.660 --> 00:34:53.300
 from the

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.940
 face

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:55.119
 of him

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.740
 who is

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:55.980
 seated

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.360
 on the

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.760
 throne

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.559
 and from

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.059
 the

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.559
 wrath

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.079
 of the

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.559
 lamb

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.300
 for the

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.900
 great day

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.280
 of their

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.679
 wrath

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.380
 has come

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.300
 and who

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:04.240
 can

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:05.280
 stand

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.900
 revelation

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.599
 6 is

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:07.900
 centered

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.240
 around

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:08.760
 two

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:09.480
 questions

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.700
 how

00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:11.440
 long

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.519
 or

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.240
 who

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.559
 can

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.460
 stand

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:18.420
 who

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.740
 can

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.519
 stand

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:21.699
 imagine

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.079
 that a

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.360
 person

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:22.800
 is coming

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.199
 against

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.480
 you

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.539
 and they

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.199
 have a

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.559
 gun

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.480
 and they

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.059
 come to

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.300
 you

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.940
 and you

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.340
 see that

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.699
 you're in

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.179
 danger

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:30.199
 and you

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.579
 have a

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.039
 choice

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.759
 you can

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.259
 look to

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:33.860
 the right

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.599
 and there's

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.119
 a person

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.719
 you can

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.219
 see their

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:36.639
 face

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.179
 you can

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.639
 call out

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:37.980
 to them

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.579
 for help

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.320
 you turn

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.659
 to the

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:39.980
 left

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.639
 and there's

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.280
 a rock

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.259
 and when

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.719
 they come

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:42.940
 to you

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.239
 with a

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.539
 gun

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.400
 you say

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.079
 I'm not

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.280
 going to

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.579
 turn to

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.000
 the person

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.280
 who has

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.699
 a face

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.139
 that I

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.639
 can call

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:47.840
 about

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.159
 for help

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:48.360
 I'm

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.500
 going to

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.360
 call out

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.660
 to the

00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.000
 rock

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.460
 to help

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.720
 me

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:52.660
 rock

00:35:52.660 --> 00:35:53.260
 help

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.660
 me

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:55.200
 mountain

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:56.079
 help

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.519
 me

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:59.880
 very

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.280
 very

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.740
 very

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.720
 powerful

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:02.200
 imagery

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.620
 put up

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:02.880
 the next

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.180
 point

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.480
 please

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.840
 Rebecca

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:06.840
 earth

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.460
 dwellers

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.420
 try to

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.700
 hide

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.340
 from God

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:10.240
 while they

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.820
 cry out

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.460
 to idols

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.820
 who

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.180
 can

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:13.900
 stand

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:17.800
 earth

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.320
 dwellers

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:20.420
 on earth

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.460
 is

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:23.080
 a

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:23.620
 world

00:36:23.620 --> 00:36:23.780
 of

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.220
 earth

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.660
 and

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.940
 it

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.380
 doesn't

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.600
 mean

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:26.800
 that

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.220
 Christians

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.559
 don't

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:27.780
 dwell

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:27.980
 on

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.240
 earth

00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:28.440
 but

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.580
 it

00:36:28.580 --> 00:36:28.960
 becomes

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.120
 a

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.620
 description

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:29.920
 of

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.260
 those

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:31.740
 earth

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.200
 dwellers

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.340
 who

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:33.120
 are

00:36:33.120 --> 00:36:33.260
 in

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.620
 rebellion

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:33.980
 against

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.240
 God

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.640
 in fact

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:34.940
 it

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.240
 starts

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:35.400
 to

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.800
 introduce

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.200
 a

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:36.620
 fundamental

00:36:36.620 --> 00:36:40.800
 understanding

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.059
 of what

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.320
 it means

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.640
 to be a

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:41.960
 Christian

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.200
 a

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.539
 Christian

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.100
 is a

00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:43.460
 resident

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.019
 alien

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:45.460
 on

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.719
 earth

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:47.320
 a

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.679
 Christian

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.059
 is a

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.639
 pilgrim

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:50.679
 and we

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:50.960
 know from

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.219
 the Old

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.619
 Testament

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:51.920
 we know

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.219
 from the

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.360
 New

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.699
 Testament

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.139
 that we

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.440
 are to

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.800
 pray

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.960
 for the

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.300
 blessing

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.699
 of God

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.179
 upon the

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.460
 city

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.219
 but

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.659
 ultimately

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.139
 the city

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.519
 of Ottawa

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.960
 is not

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.639
 my home

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:02.400
 and the city

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.840
 of Ottawa

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.599
 my citizenship

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.179
 is not

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.840
 ultimately

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.599
 a citizenship

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.320
 in Canada

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.199
 my ultimate

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.780
 citizenship

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.340
 is the

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.820
 kingdom of

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.139
 God

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:09.980
 the kingdom

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.300
 of the

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:10.500
 Lamb

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.820
 who was

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.219
 slain

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:12.159
 and my

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.739
 true home

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:13.079
 is where

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.460
 the Lamb

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.000
 reigns

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:15.920
 and while

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.400
 I live

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:17.079
 here on

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.380
 earth

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.820
 not as

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:17.940
 an

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.159
 earth

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.400
 dweller

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.860
 but one

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.039
 who

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.179
 lives

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.480
 on

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.679
 earth

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:20.940
 I

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.920
 seek

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.159
 the

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.519
 good

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.780
 of

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:22.900
 the

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.260
 city

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:26.539
 the

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.820
 earth

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.239
 dwellers

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.719
 try to

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.099
 hide

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.360
 from

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:28.780
 God

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:30.559
 while they

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.139
 cry out

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.760
 to idols

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:32.619
 who can

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.239
 stand

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:34.820
 why

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:36.260
 is it

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.800
 when I

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.519
 at a

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.699
 very

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.360
 simple

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.820
 level

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.800
 why

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.639
 is it

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.019
 that when

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.199
 I

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.820
 suffer

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.619
 or I'm

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:43.219
 in stress

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:44.000
 why

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.439
 is it

00:37:44.439 --> 00:37:44.980
 that I

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.719
 would turn

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.319
 to idols

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:47.039
 why is it

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.339
 that I

00:37:47.339 --> 00:37:47.819
 would turn

00:37:47.819 --> 00:37:49.739
 to alcohol

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.879
 or to drugs

00:37:50.879 --> 00:37:52.099
 or to gambling

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:53.919
 or to spending

00:37:53.919 --> 00:37:54.919
 money in a mall

00:37:54.919 --> 00:37:58.019
 or to anger

00:37:58.019 --> 00:38:00.739
 or to fantasies

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:03.439
 or to pornography

00:38:03.439 --> 00:38:05.259
 why when I am

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.959
 under mild

00:38:05.959 --> 00:38:07.279
 struggling of stress

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:08.119
 would I turn

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:09.099
 to one of these

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:11.460
 why would I

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.460
 turn to rocks

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.219
 and mountains

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:14.659
 why is it

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.099
 that these

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.179
 people

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:17.079
 seeing

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.819
 or sensing

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:18.619
 or feeling

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.339
 or realizing

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:20.019
 the face

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.880
 of God

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.920
 try to think

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.539
 that being

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.279
 in a cave

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:25.279
 could hide

00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:25.980
 from the face

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.519
 of God

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:28.179
 and that an

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.599
 idol

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.119
 a rock

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.719
 or a mountain

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.319
 would help

00:38:30.319 --> 00:38:30.779
 or deliver

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.079
 them

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:32.920
 will suffering

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:34.579
 incline my

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.559
 heart to God

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.119
 or away

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.819
 from it

00:38:36.819 --> 00:38:38.039
 many people

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.779
 when we

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.179
 suffer

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:40.059
 we turn

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.599
 away from

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:40.819
 God

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:41.639
 why is it

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:41.940
 that we

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.400
 turn away

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.940
 from God

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.279
 when we

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:43.579
 suffer

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.980
 is it

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.319
 that when

00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:45.059
 we turn

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.500
 away from

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.759
 God

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.019
 and are

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.359
 suffering

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:46.659
 that we

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.059
 stop

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.699
 suffering

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:49.219
 is it

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:49.480
 that when

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.639
 we

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.059
 turn away

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.659
 from God

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.259
 and suffering

00:38:51.259 --> 00:38:51.619
 that all

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.059
 of a sudden

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.480
 our

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:52.940
 suffering

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.779
 has meaning

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:55.239
 is it

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.559
 that all

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.039
 of a sudden

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.319
 we only

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:58.139
 are victorious

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.619
 and we

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.299
 tower over

00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.759
 things when

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.059
 we turn

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.480
 away from

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.839
 God

00:39:00.839 --> 00:39:02.019
 like why

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.380
 is it

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.679
 that we

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.219
 do that

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.799
 why is

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:03.960
 it

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.099
 will

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:05.019
 suffering

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:06.559
 and climb my heart to God

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.179
 or away from Him?

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:10.639
 Why do I hide from God?

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:12.800
 Why, if God has a face,

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:15.300
 is it that I see or sense,

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:17.179
 why is it that I speak to a rock

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.900
 or an idol rather than God?

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:21.119
 How can a rock help me?

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:22.780
 How can an idol help me?

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:30.320
 Why do I say that I'll only become

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:32.340
 a Christ follower if God shows up?

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:35.559
 Why would I choose to repent

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.880
 and have suffering?

00:39:38.680 --> 00:39:39.620
 I mean, why would I not,

00:39:39.780 --> 00:39:42.980
 why would I refuse the chance

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.800
 to repent and have suffering?

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:53.079
 Now, somebody might be wondering,

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:58.640
 am I sane, George,

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.480
 are you sane,

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.760
 are you sort of like those people

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.660
 that make lots of,

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.859
 they make it in the news

00:40:02.859 --> 00:40:04.099
 and they're just really,

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:05.279
 really, really, really,

00:40:05.279 --> 00:40:06.719
 really, really, really,

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:07.899
 add a few more reallys,

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.460
 embarrassing,

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:11.259
 that when something bad happens,

00:40:11.399 --> 00:40:13.019
 you get some radio preacher

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:14.079
 gets up and says,

00:40:14.179 --> 00:40:15.440
 this is all because of the evil

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.119
 that's going on,

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:16.920
 and take your pick.

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.440
 It's because there's not

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:19.199
 enough Republicans,

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.379
 there's not enough Democrats,

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:22.019
 there's not enough rich people,

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:23.480
 there's not enough programs

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.079
 for the poor,

00:40:24.379 --> 00:40:25.299
 you know, fill in the blank

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:26.359
 with your favorite evil,

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.460
 and that's why this judgment

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:27.799
 has happened.

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:29.119
 George, is that what you're saying?

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:32.199
 And that's not what the Bible's saying here.

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:34.559
 The Bible's not saying

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.940
 that God doesn't actually

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:39.759
 allow evil to happen.

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.940
 I'm not saying,

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.420
 in that sense,

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.559
 that radio preacher's

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.699
 not wrong.

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:47.920
 The radio preacher is,

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:50.779
 and I don't mean to offend,

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:55.400
 is hiding a profound arrogance

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:58.640
 to think that he or she

00:40:58.640 --> 00:41:00.100
 knows exactly what it is

00:41:00.100 --> 00:41:00.960
 that God's doing.

00:41:04.540 --> 00:41:06.700
 And they probably don't.

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:09.360
 They probably don't.

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:11.420
 And it's arrogantly

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:12.940
 overstepping the boundaries

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:15.080
 to talk as if you know

00:41:15.080 --> 00:41:16.940
 when you don't know.

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:18.480
 I mean,

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:20.119
 the fundamental lesson

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:20.599
 of the Bible

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:22.260
 is always to humble us,

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:24.360
 not to make us think

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:25.659
 we're smarter than other people

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:26.760
 and better than other people,

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.980
 but to humble us,

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.340
 to bring us to the point

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:30.500
 where we call out to God

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:31.200
 for mercy

00:41:31.200 --> 00:41:31.800
 and say,

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.519
 how long?

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:35.179
 The other problem,

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.519
 and I know we,

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:38.000
 maybe I'm going over time,

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:39.559
 I apologize for it.

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.579
 The other thing about it,

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:40.740
 though,

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:42.019
 is that when people

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:43.039
 say things like that,

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:44.380
 we get the wrath of God

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:45.579
 all messed up

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:46.400
 and confused.

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:49.720
 Turn in your Bibles

00:41:49.720 --> 00:41:50.700
 with me to Matthew

00:41:50.700 --> 00:41:51.840
 chapter 26

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.480
 in closing.

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:55.880
 Matthew chapter 26.

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:58.900
 It's,

00:41:59.200 --> 00:42:00.700
 if you have a Bible

00:42:00.700 --> 00:42:01.340
 and you're not that familiar

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.700
 with it,

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.820
 there's the Old Testament,

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.480
 the New Testament,

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.659
 and Matthew is the first book

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.380
 in the New Testament.

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:07.280
 And turn in your Matthew

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:08.139
 chapter 26

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.300
 to verse 36.

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.220
 And

00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:14.119
 in the flow

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.539
 of the book

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.240
 of Matthew,

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:17.539
 Judas is off

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.719
 to betray Jesus.

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:21.039
 Jesus has just instituted

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.899
 the Last Supper

00:42:21.899 --> 00:42:23.519
 with his friends.

00:42:23.979 --> 00:42:24.579
 He's told them

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.519
 he's all going to die.

00:42:26.299 --> 00:42:27.279
 He's going to be captured

00:42:27.279 --> 00:42:28.279
 within 12 hours

00:42:28.279 --> 00:42:29.019
 of the Last Supper.

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:29.939
 A few hours,

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:30.399
 in fact,

00:42:30.439 --> 00:42:31.279
 less than 12 hours,

00:42:31.359 --> 00:42:32.159
 he would be captured.

00:42:32.859 --> 00:42:34.339
 He'll be falsely accused.

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:35.740
 He'll die

00:42:35.740 --> 00:42:37.000
 a criminal's,

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:38.519
 a slave's death

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.380
 upon the cross.

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.200
 And he's told them

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:40.680
 all of this

00:42:40.680 --> 00:42:41.500
 and they don't understand

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.100
 what's going on.

00:42:42.140 --> 00:42:42.980
 They're all confused.

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:44.920
 And he goes to the

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:45.780
 Garden of Gethsemane

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.680
 and then Jesus went

00:42:46.680 --> 00:42:47.559
 with them to a place

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.460
 called Gethsemane

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:49.620
 and he said to his disciples,

00:42:49.620 --> 00:42:50.700
 sit here while I go

00:42:50.700 --> 00:42:51.579
 over there and pray.

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:53.380
 And taking with them

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.120
 Peter and the two

00:42:54.120 --> 00:42:55.000
 sons of Zebedee,

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.860
 he began to be

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.780
 sorrowful and troubled

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.620
 and he said to them,

00:42:58.160 --> 00:42:59.900
 my soul is very sorrowful

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.680
 even to death.

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.320
 Remain here

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:02.300
 and watch with me.

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:04.180
 And going a little farther,

00:43:04.560 --> 00:43:05.539
 he fell on his face

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.539
 and prayed saying,

00:43:07.560 --> 00:43:08.220
 my father,

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.840
 if it be possible,

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:11.480
 let this cup

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.800
 pass from me.

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:13.860
 Nevertheless,

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:15.360
 not as I will,

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:16.860
 but as you will.

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:18.220
 Just put your finger

00:43:18.220 --> 00:43:18.880
 there for a moment.

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.700
 If you go on

00:43:20.700 --> 00:43:21.560
 and read the rest of it,

00:43:21.620 --> 00:43:22.160
 you'll see that

00:43:22.160 --> 00:43:23.260
 three times

00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:24.160
 Jesus says this

00:43:24.160 --> 00:43:24.960
 same prayer,

00:43:25.060 --> 00:43:25.580
 my father,

00:43:25.660 --> 00:43:26.460
 if it be possible,

00:43:26.580 --> 00:43:27.120
 let this cup

00:43:27.120 --> 00:43:28.000
 pass from me.

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:28.740
 Nevertheless,

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:29.660
 not as I will,

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.380
 but as you will.

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:32.940
 This happens

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:34.519
 just a few hours

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.480
 before the cross.

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:37.019
 And it's a very,

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:38.160
 very powerful image.

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:39.900
 It's a very common image

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.940
 in the ancient world,

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.900
 in Jewish scripture

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.820
 and in pagan,

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.619
 in the pagan world,

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:45.640
 for the cup,

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.800
 in this particular case,

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:47.780
 to be an image

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:49.539
 of God's judgment

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:50.200
 and wrath.

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.820
 And it's a very,

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:54.300
 very powerful image

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:56.019
 that Jesus,

00:43:56.240 --> 00:43:57.099
 who understands

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.680
 that he's going to

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.660
 go to the cross

00:43:58.659 --> 00:44:00.500
 and not that he's done

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:02.000
 anything wrong himself,

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.940
 but he will go

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.719
 to the cross

00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:05.480
 and he will die

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:06.379
 upon the cross

00:44:06.379 --> 00:44:07.119
 and his death

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:08.039
 upon the cross

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.079
 will be

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:10.819
 that he experiences

00:44:10.819 --> 00:44:11.920
 the wrath,

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:12.879
 the judgment,

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:15.259
 proper to me,

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:17.519
 that he will drink

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:19.480
 the judgment of God,

00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:21.099
 the proper anger

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:22.420
 of God at evil.

00:44:23.319 --> 00:44:25.259
 My desire is to conquer

00:44:25.259 --> 00:44:26.199
 and to be conquered.

00:44:26.399 --> 00:44:27.519
 My desire is to put

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:29.000
 myself forth first

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:29.699
 even if it means

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.759
 that others starve

00:44:30.759 --> 00:44:31.940
 and are in famine.

00:44:32.099 --> 00:44:33.739
 My desire for conflict.

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:35.860
 My desire to triumph.

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:37.099
 All of those things

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.840
 that I have done

00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:38.300
 that are wrong.

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:39.340
 All those things

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:40.199
 that I love

00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:41.719
 about the four horsemen

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:42.920
 in my life

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:45.199
 that deserves

00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:46.980
 the judgment of God.

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:49.800
 And those are things

00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:50.639
 in my life

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:51.400
 and in yours.

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:53.320
 And that

00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:54.980
 which properly deserves

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:56.400
 the judgment of God

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:57.300
 because the saints

00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:58.019
 are crying out

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.820
 how long

00:44:58.820 --> 00:44:59.940
 and I am implicated

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:00.660
 in that cry

00:45:00.660 --> 00:45:01.860
 of how long.

00:45:02.400 --> 00:45:04.019
 And Jesus goes

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:04.820
 to the cross

00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:06.079
 and on the cross

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:08.460
 he takes upon himself

00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:09.420
 that cry

00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:10.220
 of how long

00:45:10.220 --> 00:45:11.160
 that I deserve

00:45:11.160 --> 00:45:12.940
 and he drinks

00:45:12.940 --> 00:45:13.860
 the cup

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:15.019
 of God's wrath

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.599
 for me.

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:19.659
 and the amazing

00:45:19.659 --> 00:45:21.079
 thing about this image

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:22.420
 is

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:23.639
 that

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:25.759
 you know

00:45:25.759 --> 00:45:26.500
 there's lots of times

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:26.880
 in our life

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.239
 we go through

00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:28.000
 really really really

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:29.079
 really hard times

00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:30.079
 and we say to ourselves

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.639
 if I had known

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:31.920
 about how hard

00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:32.339
 it was going to be

00:45:32.339 --> 00:45:32.679
 in advance

00:45:32.679 --> 00:45:33.639
 I would have never done it.

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:35.559
 We can always worry

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:36.539
 about the cross

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.739
 that Jesus says

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:38.179
 okay yeah

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:38.920
 I'm going to die

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:39.920
 for the sins of George

00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:40.900
 he gets up on the cross

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.380
 and afterwards

00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:42.679
 it's way way harder

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:43.259
 than he thought

00:45:43.259 --> 00:45:43.960
 it was going to be.

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:45.820
 And here we see

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:46.720
 that God lets him

00:45:46.720 --> 00:45:47.760
 know in advance

00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:49.480
 how hard it's going to be.

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:51.260
 He tastes the cup

00:45:51.260 --> 00:45:54.280
 and he still says

00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:55.400
 I will go.

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:57.800
 And so it's not just

00:45:57.800 --> 00:45:58.679
 that Jesus

00:45:58.679 --> 00:46:00.079
 who is the Lamb of God

00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:01.159
 who was slain for me

00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:02.220
 it's not just

00:46:02.220 --> 00:46:03.780
 that he takes upon himself

00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:05.920
 that anger and judgment

00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:07.440
 which I properly deserve

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:08.559
 and it's just something

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.519
 as if God has now

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.500
 just sort of

00:46:10.500 --> 00:46:11.840
 that he now stands

00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:13.019
 for merely in terms

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:13.860
 of suffering

00:46:13.860 --> 00:46:14.400
 for me

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:15.039
 in my place

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:15.900
 but also

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:17.120
 his act of obedience

00:46:17.120 --> 00:46:17.860
 his willingness

00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:18.740
 and love

00:46:18.740 --> 00:46:19.800
 to actually

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:20.960
 after having tasted

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:21.420
 the cup

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:22.200
 to still

00:46:22.200 --> 00:46:23.860
 take the cross

00:46:23.860 --> 00:46:25.400
 both aspects

00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:26.800
 of who Jesus is

00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:28.559
 stands for me.

00:46:30.220 --> 00:46:31.880
 The cry of the rich

00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:32.500
 and the poor

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:33.180
 the generals

00:46:33.180 --> 00:46:33.880
 and the powerful

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:34.620
 and the slave

00:46:34.620 --> 00:46:36.260
 who turn to rocks

00:46:36.260 --> 00:46:36.920
 and mountains

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.420
 and say

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:38.840
 who can stand?

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:40.300
 And a Christian

00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:40.860
 the saints

00:46:40.860 --> 00:46:41.700
 who are underneath

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:42.879
 the throne of God

00:46:42.879 --> 00:46:43.659
 and are speaking

00:46:43.659 --> 00:46:44.279
 in the presence

00:46:44.279 --> 00:46:44.699
 of God

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:45.419
 to God himself

00:46:45.419 --> 00:46:46.759
 their answer isn't

00:46:46.759 --> 00:46:47.460
 well I've lived

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:48.059
 a completely

00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:48.519
 and utterly

00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:49.319
 blameless life

00:46:49.319 --> 00:46:49.899
 and that's why

00:46:49.899 --> 00:46:50.899
 I can stand.

00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:53.519
 Their answer is

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:54.179
 to humbly say

00:46:54.179 --> 00:46:55.579
 I can only stand

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:58.199
 because the Lamb

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:58.840
 of God

00:46:58.840 --> 00:47:01.159
 took upon himself

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:01.880
 the wrath

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:02.759
 of God

00:47:02.759 --> 00:47:03.599
 that I deserved.

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.719
 Put the final point

00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:05.219
 up please.

00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:07.739
 Out of love

00:47:07.739 --> 00:47:08.119
 for me

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.679
 the Lamb

00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:09.559
 who was slain

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:10.900
 bore the wrath

00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.299
 of God

00:47:11.299 --> 00:47:11.960
 that I deserve.

00:47:12.199 --> 00:47:12.920
 Please stand.

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:21.159
 Most of us today

00:47:21.159 --> 00:47:22.240
 not all of us

00:47:22.240 --> 00:47:23.099
 are able to stand

00:47:23.099 --> 00:47:24.079
 on our own strength.

00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:25.960
 This Bible passage

00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:26.960
 says that there will be

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:27.920
 a day when we have

00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:28.820
 to stand before

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.800
 the throne of

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:30.519
 Almighty God

00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:32.059
 and we will not

00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:32.840
 have the strength

00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:33.619
 and the strength

00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:34.139
 to stand.

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:36.659
 And the Holy Spirit

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:37.340
 is convicting

00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:37.980
 some of us

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:38.700
 maybe to turn

00:47:38.700 --> 00:47:39.220
 to Jesus

00:47:39.220 --> 00:47:40.139
 for the first time

00:47:40.139 --> 00:47:40.680
 to understand

00:47:40.680 --> 00:47:41.119
 what he's done

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:41.920
 for us on the cross

00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:42.900
 and for others

00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:43.680
 just to realize

00:47:43.680 --> 00:47:44.860
 that my desire

00:47:44.860 --> 00:47:45.579
 to conquer

00:47:45.579 --> 00:47:46.639
 my desire

00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:47.380
 to be first

00:47:47.380 --> 00:47:48.099
 my desire

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:49.099
 for conflict

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.700
 my desire

00:47:49.700 --> 00:47:50.500
 for anger

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:51.500
 my desire

00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:52.440
 to hide myself

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:52.940
 from God

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:53.320
 that's

00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:53.960
 even though

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.579
 I'm a follower

00:47:54.579 --> 00:47:55.119
 of Jesus

00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:55.820
 that's become

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:57.079
 far too strong

00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:58.360
 in me.

00:47:59.700 --> 00:48:00.340
 I'm going to

00:48:00.340 --> 00:48:01.099
 say a prayer

00:48:01.099 --> 00:48:01.740
 in closing

00:48:01.740 --> 00:48:02.119
 which

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:03.579
 if the Holy Spirit

00:48:03.579 --> 00:48:04.440
 is convicting you

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:04.900
 to pray

00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:05.760
 that I invite you

00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:06.559
 to pray with me.

00:48:07.220 --> 00:48:07.940
 I'll say it to you

00:48:07.940 --> 00:48:08.639
 very quickly

00:48:08.639 --> 00:48:09.460
 and if it

00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:11.519
 suits what the Holy Spirit

00:48:11.519 --> 00:48:12.119
 is convicting

00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:12.699
 in your life

00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:14.059
 then I'll say it

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:14.719
 a second time

00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:15.239
 slowly

00:48:15.239 --> 00:48:15.820
 so that you

00:48:15.820 --> 00:48:16.280
 can pray it

00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:16.719
 with me.

00:48:17.539 --> 00:48:18.259
 Dear God

00:48:18.259 --> 00:48:19.300
 I try to hide

00:48:19.300 --> 00:48:19.780
 from you

00:48:19.780 --> 00:48:21.099
 I call out

00:48:21.099 --> 00:48:21.659
 to idols

00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:23.039
 to avoid you

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:24.880
 please forgive me

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:26.179
 please deliver me

00:48:26.179 --> 00:48:27.420
 I thank you

00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:27.960
 that Jesus

00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:29.619
 drank my cup

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:30.619
 of your judgment

00:48:30.619 --> 00:48:31.820
 Jesus

00:48:31.820 --> 00:48:32.659
 please live

00:48:32.659 --> 00:48:33.059
 in me

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:33.599
 as Savior

00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:34.079
 and Lord

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:34.840
 please pour

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:36.059
 out your Holy Spirit

00:48:36.059 --> 00:48:36.699
 upon me

00:48:36.699 --> 00:48:37.739
 today and every day

00:48:37.739 --> 00:48:38.719
 until I stand

00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:39.480
 in your presence

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:40.519
 as your servant

00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:41.480
 thank you

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:41.899
 amen

00:48:41.899 --> 00:48:43.719
 the Holy Spirit

00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:45.039
 has been convicting you

00:48:45.039 --> 00:48:45.739
 of the need

00:48:45.739 --> 00:48:46.539
 like me

00:48:46.539 --> 00:48:47.739
 to pray such a prayer

00:48:47.739 --> 00:48:48.379
 for some

00:48:48.379 --> 00:48:49.539
 it is the beginning

00:48:49.539 --> 00:48:50.199
 of your life

00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:50.759
 as a follower

00:48:50.759 --> 00:48:51.279
 of Jesus

00:48:51.279 --> 00:48:51.899
 for others

00:48:51.899 --> 00:48:53.059
 it is just a deepening

00:48:53.059 --> 00:48:54.219
 I invite you

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:55.099
 I'll say this prayer

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:55.559
 slowly

00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:56.459
 and I invite you

00:48:56.459 --> 00:48:57.379
 if the Holy Spirit

00:48:57.379 --> 00:48:58.179
 is convicting you

00:48:58.179 --> 00:48:59.259
 do not say no

00:48:59.259 --> 00:49:00.959
 to the Holy Spirit's

00:49:00.959 --> 00:49:01.399
 conviction

00:49:01.399 --> 00:49:02.799
 do not say no

00:49:02.799 --> 00:49:04.379
 to the Holy Spirit's

00:49:04.379 --> 00:49:04.819
 conviction

00:49:04.820 --> 00:49:09.280
 I'll say it

00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:10.180
 and I'll pause

00:49:10.180 --> 00:49:11.039
 and you can say it

00:49:11.039 --> 00:49:11.460
 silently

00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:12.019
 you don't have to

00:49:12.019 --> 00:49:12.640
 say it out loud

00:49:12.640 --> 00:49:13.360
 it's just between

00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:14.019
 you and God

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:17.440
 dear God

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:20.220
 I try to hide

00:49:20.220 --> 00:49:20.740
 from you

00:49:20.740 --> 00:49:24.220
 I call out

00:49:24.220 --> 00:49:24.840
 to idols

00:49:24.840 --> 00:49:27.840
 to avoid you

00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:30.940
 please forgive me

00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:33.940
 please deliver me

00:49:33.940 --> 00:49:36.740
 I thank you

00:49:36.740 --> 00:49:37.500
 that Jesus

00:49:37.500 --> 00:49:40.860
 drank my cup

00:49:40.860 --> 00:49:43.820
 of your judgment

00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:47.579
 Jesus please live

00:49:47.579 --> 00:49:48.179
 in me

00:49:48.179 --> 00:49:51.820
 as Savior and Lord

00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:55.119
 please pour out

00:49:55.119 --> 00:49:58.179
 your Holy Spirit

00:49:58.179 --> 00:50:01.280
 upon me today

00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:04.380
 and every day

00:50:04.380 --> 00:50:06.820
 until I stand

00:50:06.820 --> 00:50:07.640
 in your presence

00:50:07.640 --> 00:50:10.620
 as your servant

00:50:10.620 --> 00:50:13.019
 thank you

00:50:13.019 --> 00:50:14.840
 Amen

00:50:14.840 --> 00:50:16.660
 Amen

00:50:16.660 --> 00:50:17.620
 Tiago

00:50:17.620 --> 00:50:19.600
 know

00:50:28.440 --> 00:50:29.539
 I

00:50:29.539 --> 00:50:30.320
 can

00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:30.700
 pray

00:50:30.700 --> 00:50:31.720
 las

00:50:31.720 --> 00:50:32.960
 BR

00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:33.740
 E

00:50:33.740 --> 00:50:33.760
 Guys

00:50:33.760 --> 00:50:34.460
 let