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 If you want to open up your Bibles to Revelation 19, 11 through 21.

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 It was so sweet singing with you all this morning.

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 Man, that was good.

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 Hey, it is mid-May.

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 We are entering wedding season.

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 Woo!

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 I know at least one couple are going to be getting married here pretty soon.

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 And it's not infrequent to have weddings in this room.

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 But imagine that this coming June, you've been invited to a wedding.

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 And it turns out it is the most unusual wedding you've ever been to.

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 You get there at 1245.

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 Get here because it's a 1 o'clock sharp wedding.

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 You take your seat.

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 Let's say you're on the groom side.

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 You know the groom.

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 1 o'clock sharp.

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 The families are seated.

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 And then the procession of the wedding party takes place.

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 And so you have groomsmen in tuxes and bridesmaids.

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 And the matching kind of bow ties and cumberbuns with the whole dress.

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 The whole thing looks great.

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 And so they come down.

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 And here's the preacher standing right here.

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 And they come down.

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 They take their sides and form the wings.

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 And it's really cool.

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 And then this is where things get unusual.

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 Because usually the groom is out at this point.

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 But there's no groom.

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 And the preacher seemingly completely ignorant of that says,

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 All rise.

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 Which is everybody's cue to stand up and turn and look back at that door right there.

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 Because when that door opens, you're going to see the bride.

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 And holding on to her is her father.

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 And it's exactly what happens.

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 And the dad walks his bride down the aisle.

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 And her dress is spectacular white.

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 Of the finest linen, pure and bright.

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 And the father walks the bride down to the preacher.

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 And then the preacher says this.

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 He asks,

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 Who gives this woman to be married to this man?

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 This, wait.

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 Wait.

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 And at that moment,

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 while everyone is still standing,

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 from the back door

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 comes a sound.

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 Clip-clop.

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 Clip-clop.

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 And at that moment,

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 the groom makes his entrance.

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 And he steals the show.

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 Last week,

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 Billy preached a wonderful sermon

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 that showed us the marriage supper of the Lamb.

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 That day that every Christian is longing for.

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 To be reunited in person

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 with our risen King,

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 Jesus.

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 And this morning,

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 I get to show you

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 the glorious coming of the Lord Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 It is his return.

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 It's known as his second coming.

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 It's the appearing of the Son of Man.

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 It's what we were just singing about

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 when we were singing,

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 How does it go?

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 And all will be made right

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 when you appear.

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 In Revelation 19,

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 7 through 9,

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 we are given a picture of the bride

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 at the altar,

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 waiting for her groom,

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 dressed in white,

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 pure,

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 pure,

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 and bright.

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 But we're not given a picture of the groom.

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 That's why 1911 through 21 is here.

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 The groom makes his entrance

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 and he steals the show.

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 So,

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 this morning,

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 I get to point you

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 to the second coming of Jesus

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 and I'm guessing

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 there's going to be

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 three responses in the room.

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 Some of you,

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 your hearts are going to drop

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 because you're going to be like,

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 Oh no,

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 he is coming.

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 Some of you are going to

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 have your hearts,

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 it's going to be like this.

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 You're going to be like,

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 Nah,

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 it can wait.

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 you'll have an indifferent response.

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 But others of you,

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 hopefully most of you,

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 your hearts are going to rise.

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 When you see the descriptions

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 of the risen,

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 returning Jesus,

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 your heart is going to rise

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 and you're going to be saying,

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 Oh yes,

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 don't stop,

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 keep telling me about that.

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 You see,

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 the doctrine

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 of the return of Jesus,

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 it is essential

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 to the testimony of Jesus.

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 And the doctrine

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 of the return of Jesus

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 is a prophecy of Jesus.

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 And so here we see

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 the fulfillment of it

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 and it's glorious.

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 Jesus himself

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 talked multiple times

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 about that.

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 He will come back.

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 In 2531,

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 he says,

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 When the Son of Man

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 comes in his glory,

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 you have at the end of Matthew

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 parable after parable

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 of the coming of Jesus Christ.

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 So this morning,

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 may your heart rise

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 at the sight

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 of the coming

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 of your long-awaited bridegroom,

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 Jesus.

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 And here's the point.

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 When Jesus comes back,

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 when he bodily comes back

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 for all to see,

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 he will come

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 in unrivaled glory

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 to utterly destroy

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 all of his rivals

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 in an uncontested victory.

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 Unrivaled glory,

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 uncontested victory,

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 we see that

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 in Revelation 19,

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 11 through 21,

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 11 through 16,

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 you see his unrivaled glory,

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 and in 17 through 21,

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 you see his uncontested victory.

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 And brothers and sisters,

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 let your heart rise to it.

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 So let's look at this together.

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 Let's see this unrivaled glory

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 at his glorious coming

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 in verses 11 through 16.

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 Robin, thanks again for reading.

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 Let me just point you

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 to several things

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 in these few verses.

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 In verse 11,

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 we see John says,

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 Then I saw heaven opened.

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 When you read of heaven opening,

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 it is this clue

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 that there is a vision at foot.

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 Heaven's perspective.

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 And we're told,

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 Behold, a white horse.

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 A white horse would have

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 pinged every reader

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 in the first century.

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 They know exactly

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 what's being talked about.

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 Because Roman generals

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 and emperors

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 in the first century,

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 after a military conquest,

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 they would enter Rome

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 riding a white horse.

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 It's a symbol of victory.

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 But on this white horse,

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 you don't have

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 a Roman general or emperor.

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 On this white horse,

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 you have the bridegroom.

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 And what follows

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 in 11 through 13,

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 just these few verses

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 are seven descriptions

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 of the rider

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 on the white horse.

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 You ready?

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 You ready for your hearts

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 to rise?

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 Are you ready to see

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 your unrivaled king?

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 The first thing we notice

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 in verse 11,

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 this first description

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 is actually a name.

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 It's the name

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 faithful and true.

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 The one sitting

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 on the horse

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 is called faithful and true.

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 Faithful means trustworthy.

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 True means the real thing.

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 And that is in direct contrast

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 to the beast

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 who is anything but faithful

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 and anything but true.

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 He sits on a throne of lies.

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 This one riding on this white horse

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 is faithful and true

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 to all of his promises.

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 He's faithful and true

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 to this one great promise

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 of when the Son of Man

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 comes in His glory,

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 here He is

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 coming in His glory.

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 He's faithful and true

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 to His bride,

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 unlike the beast,

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 who kills His lady,

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 the prostitute.

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 He's faithful and true

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 to His Father.

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 The second description

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 is in verse 11 too.

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 In righteousness

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 He judges and makes war.

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 Because this rider

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 is faithful and true,

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 no one can say

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 at His judgment

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 or when He makes war

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 that these things

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 are unjust.

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 Have you heard

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 of just war theory?

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 He is the personification

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 of just war theory.

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 All that He does

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 is completely right.

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 So the judgment

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 and the war

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 that He's bringing with Him,

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 He is the divine warrior coming.

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 No one can say

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 that it's wrong.

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 No one can say

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 this is unfair.

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 In righteousness

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 He makes war and judges.

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 Verse 12,

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 we see the third description.

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 His eyes are like

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 a flame of fire.

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 We came across

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 these fire eyes

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 early in the book of Revelation

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 in chapter 1 verse 15

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 where the risen,

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 reigning,

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 and radiant Christ

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 is pictured with these fire eyes.

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 And then in the church

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 of Thyatira in 2.18,

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 again you see the fire eyes

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 and He knows everything.

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 Those eyes.

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 Those eyes see all

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 with a burning purity.

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 He is looking right now

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 into the depths

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 of your soul.

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 verse 12,

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 the fourth description,

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 on His head

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 are many diadems.

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 A diadem

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 is just another way

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 of talking about a crown.

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 And we've come

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 into contact

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 with crowns

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 in the book of Revelation

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 earlier.

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 It's just interesting

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 whose head they're on.

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 For example,

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 in 12.3,

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 on the head of the dragon

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 are seven diadems.

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 And in 13,

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 verse 1,

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 on the beast's

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 seven heads

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 are ten diadems.

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 So,

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 what is a diadem?

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 Well,

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 it's a crown

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 and what it represents

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 is

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 a domain.

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 An area

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 or a people

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 of reign.

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 And if you remember

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 from our study

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 of the book of Revelation,

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 seven

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 and even ten

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 have this,

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 carry this sense

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 of completeness.

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 And so,

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 the dragon

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 and the beast

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 are making

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 these false claims

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 just by their diadems

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 that they rule

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 over all.

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 Have you ever seen

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 a boxer,

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 a championship boxer

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 enter a ring?

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 He's got his belt on

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 and if he's like

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 the welterweight champion

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 of this federation

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 and this continent

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 and he has other belts

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 with him too,

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 his entourage following

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 are usually carrying

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 the belts.

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 And so,

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 he gets into the ring

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 and he's like,

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 yeah!

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 And all of his entourage

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 are like,

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 yeah,

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 yeah,

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 yeah!

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 He reigns,

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 man!

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 These aren't boxing belts,

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 these are diadems.

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 Crowns that represent

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 domains over people

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 and places.

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 Did you notice

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 how many diadems

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 are on the rider

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 of the horse?

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 Many.

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 You can like,

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 and miss it.

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 Unnumbered.

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 They're not numbered.

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 You're left thinking,

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 how many?

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 Too many to count?

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 More than seven.

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 More than ten.

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 Rightful claim.

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 Crown him with many crowns,

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 the one who's on his horse.

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 He has the diadem

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 of the United States

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 of America.

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 He has a crown,

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 a diadem that says

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 Northern Hemisphere,

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 Southern Hemisphere.

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 Our solar system,

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 our universe,

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 all the micro,

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 many universes.

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 He even has a diadem

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 with your name on it.

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 rule over your life.

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 The fifth description

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 is actually

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 the second name.

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 He has a name

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 that no one knows

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 but himself

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 in verse 12.

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 What does that mean?

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 Well, it means two things.

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 First is this.

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 There are things

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 about our warrior bridegroom,

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 the divine warrior,

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 that we just

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 cannot comprehend.

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 He is

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 an unfolding mystery

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 to us.

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 Unfathomable.

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 It's not that we can't know him.

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 We can know him truly.

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 We will just never know him

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 exhaustively.

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 So, if you think

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 your idea of heaven

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 is showing up

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 and you're like,

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 I'm bored with Jesus,

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 it's way beyond that.

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 He's unfathomable.

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 You're not going to get bored

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 with him.

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 And if you're bored

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 with Jesus now,

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 that means

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 it just says more about you

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 than about Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 There's also,

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 at this time,

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 when this was written,

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 an ancient belief

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 that if you knew

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 the name of a God,

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 you were able

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 to control that God.

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 And so,

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 here's what that getting at.

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 Jesus says,

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 there's parts of me

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 you don't know anything about.

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 You can't control me.

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 He's sovereign.

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 He does what he pleases.

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 He's sovereign overall.

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 There's nobody in the room

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 that can control Jesus.

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 Nobody on the planet

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 that can control Jesus.

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 In Psalm 115,

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 we read,

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 our God is in the heavens.

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 He does all that he pleases.

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 And when Jesus comes back to earth,

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 he will do all that he pleases on earth.

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 There's no created thing

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 that can control him,

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 that can command him,

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 that can constrain him.

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 He has a name

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 that no one knows but himself.

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 The sixth description.

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 Verse 13,

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 he has a robe dipped in blood.

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 He's clothed in it.

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 It's a reference back to Isaiah 63,

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 one through six,

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 where the Messiah

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 will tread upon his enemies

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 in the winepress of God's wrath.

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 It's a picture of coming judgment.

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 You've heard of a mullet before, right?

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 All business in the front,

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 party in the back.

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 Jesus is all business.

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 He's got a robe dipped in blood,

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 and you're going to see that robe

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 in just a second.

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 It's going to come back on the scene.

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 The seventh description

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 is the third name in verse 13.

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 It's the third of four names

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 we see in this whole passage.

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 The third name is the word of God.

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 You've heard that before

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 from something John has written

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 in John 1.

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 In the beginning was the word,

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 and the word was with God,

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 and the word was God.

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 He was in the beginning with God,

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 and the word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us.

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 We beheld his glory.

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 You see,

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 Jesus is the living explanation

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 of God on earth.

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 His life shows us God.

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 He is God.

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 But remember,

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 this passage has to do

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 with his return

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 and final judgment.

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 So here's what that means.

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 His first coming

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 was love incarnate.

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 His second coming

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 is judgment incarnate.

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 This word

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 is the final word of God.

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 The final word

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:03.919
 of incarnate judgment

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 writing on a white war horse.

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 Is your heart rising

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 to any of these?

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 You take all these

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 seven descriptions together,

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 and there are seven.

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 And it's a picture

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 of the unrivaled glory

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 of the returning Christ

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 full and complete.

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 Let your heart rise

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 to that.

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 That's not all we see here.

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 It's not just

00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:37.160
 we see his,

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.759
 these descriptions

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.799
 of who he is.

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 We see somebody

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:42.440
 coming with him.

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 Not just as unrivaled glory,

00:17:45.360 --> 00:17:46.680
 he has with him

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 an unarmed army.

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 Did you see that

00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:49.279
 in verse 14?

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 And the armies

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 of heaven arrayed

00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:52.420
 in fine linen,

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.059
 white and pure,

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 were following him

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 on white horses.

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 Who are these people?

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 Well, the dead giveaway

00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:00.180
 is in what they're wearing.

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 They're arrayed

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.339
 in fine linen,

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.039
 white and pure.

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 And if you look

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:05.279
 back at 1908,

00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:06.779
 when Billy preached

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.279
 last week

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.940
 in this description

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.599
 of the bride,

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:10.180
 it was granted her,

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 it's all grace,

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 to clothe herself

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:13.119
 with fine linen,

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 bright and pure.

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:15.440
 It's the church.

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 It's us.

00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:16.239
 It's us.

00:18:17.439 --> 00:18:18.699
 Riding on horses

00:18:18.699 --> 00:18:19.839
 behind our Savior.

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:23.679
 Riding into the great

00:18:23.679 --> 00:18:25.379
 final battle of Armageddon.

00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:27.259
 It's us.

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 But let me tell you something.

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 This linen that we're wearing,

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 it's kind of like

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 satiny silk,

00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:36.899
 beautiful.

00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:37.859
 I mean,

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 it's like PJs.

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 It's like you're wearing pajamas.

00:18:41.139 --> 00:18:41.799
 It's lovely,

00:18:42.699 --> 00:18:43.139
 breezy,

00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:43.939
 loose,

00:18:44.439 --> 00:18:44.839
 wonderful.

00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:49.859
 Why is an army

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:52.059
 wearing PJs

00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:52.899
 into battle?

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 I think it's a good question.

00:19:02.959 --> 00:19:04.459
 Why are they wearing armor?

00:19:06.739 --> 00:19:08.639
 Why are they brandishing swords?

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:13.479
 They have no fear.

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:17.640
 You're going to see

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.120
 in just a minute

00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:19.360
 that they're lined up

00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.900
 against them

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 as the beast

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 and the armies

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:23.140
 of the earth.

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 Why aren't they afraid?

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.759
 Because they're following

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.860
 faithful and true,

00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:32.200
 the one whose name

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 he alone knows.

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 They're following

00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:35.059
 the word,

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:36.579
 the final word of God,

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.440
 the King of kings

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.319
 and Lord of lords.

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 He's going to fight

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 the battle.

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 He's going to fight

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 and he's already won.

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 He's already conquered

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 at the cross

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 and so we will ride out

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.160
 with him

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 to watch him

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:56.700
 consummate the victory

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 that he won

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:59.079
 at Calvary.

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 We're not going to be there

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.079
 to help him.

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.220
 We're going to be there

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.299
 to witness it.

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 All of us

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.639
 who are crying out,

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 how long,

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.799
 oh Lord?

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:10.980
 How long?

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 How long

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:14.220
 until you vindicate us?

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 This is it.

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.680
 And you'll have

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:19.339
 a front row seat

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 on a horse.

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 Can you imagine

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:28.200
 yourself riding out

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 on one of these

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.659
 white stallions

00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:33.879
 following after

00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:34.559
 your risen,

00:20:34.919 --> 00:20:35.440
 radiant,

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.819
 and king

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.759
 who has returned?

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 This week

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 I have been imagining

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.539
 that very thing

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 and many of you

00:20:42.419 --> 00:20:43.619
 have come into my mind

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.460
 as I look left

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 and right.

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 Who is on

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.319
 these white horses

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.460
 wearing their PJs

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:49.859
 with me?

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:53.599
 following after

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.459
 our great king.

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 He's won the victory

00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:00.559
 and he will complete it.

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:06.179
 When we ride out together,

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 we're riding out

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.379
 as those who know

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 we have faithfully

00:21:09.439 --> 00:21:10.659
 endured for Jesus

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:13.679
 and we will then witness

00:21:13.679 --> 00:21:16.059
 his uncontested victory

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.799
 over all of his rivals.

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 So we've seen

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.159
 his coming

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:23.059
 in unrivaled glory.

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.819
 Now we've seen

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.259
 his coming

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:26.039
 with his unarmed army

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.779
 and PJs.

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.299
 And now I just want

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:29.339
 to quickly show you

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:31.000
 that when he comes,

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.379
 he's bringing

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.339
 universal judgment.

00:21:32.699 --> 00:21:34.359
 It's in verses 15 and 11.

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 Excuse me,

00:21:35.919 --> 00:21:36.579
 15 and 16.

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.559
 Notice,

00:21:39.979 --> 00:21:40.759
 in verse 15,

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.459
 the instruments

00:21:42.459 --> 00:21:43.119
 of judgment

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:44.419
 from his mouth

00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:46.359
 come a sharp sword

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.559
 to strike down

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.119
 the nations.

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:50.619
 It's a reference

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:52.279
 to Isaiah 11, 4.

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.379
 It's a prophecy

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.219
 of the Messiah

00:21:54.219 --> 00:21:57.399
 coming to conquer.

00:21:59.159 --> 00:22:00.099
 Jesus fulfills that.

00:22:01.959 --> 00:22:02.819
 Verse 15,

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:04.259
 he will rule the nations

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.079
 with a rod of iron

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:06.099
 in his hand.

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:09.519
 Behind that is Psalm 2, 9,

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:11.279
 another messianic psalm.

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.399
 The Messiah,

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.119
 God's king,

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:14.479
 will be victorious

00:22:14.479 --> 00:22:15.279
 over the nations

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:16.099
 that oppose him.

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:18.039
 And then,

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.819
 he will tread

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.500
 the winepress

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.179
 of the fury

00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:20.740
 of the wrath

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.399
 of God Almighty.

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.099
 That's his feet.

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.579
 Mouth,

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.339
 hand,

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:23.959
 feet,

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.179
 sword,

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.919
 rod,

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.980
 winepress.

00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:30.579
 The winepress,

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.519
 as I mentioned earlier,

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:31.839
 is,

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.519
 the background

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.659
 is Isaiah 63,

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.439
 1 through 6.

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.480
 And again,

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.439
 it's the Messiah

00:22:36.439 --> 00:22:37.740
 treading upon

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.639
 the winepress

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:39.219
 of God.

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 And the blood

00:22:41.219 --> 00:22:41.879
 of the enemies

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.859
 of God flow.

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 It's a picture

00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:44.579
 of crushing.

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 The Messiah,

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.939
 when he comes,

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:51.039
 he comes back

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:52.259
 to violently judge

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.720
 and conquer

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.399
 his enemies

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 in righteousness.

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.879
 Those three instruments,

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.259
 sword,

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.439
 rod,

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.679
 winepress,

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.819
 should remind you

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.879
 of three words.

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 Vengeance

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:10.099
 is mine.

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.159
 wine.

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.879
 This is God

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:15.659
 vindicating

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:16.259
 himself

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 and us

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 on that

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 great

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.799
 and awful

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.179
 day.

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.259
 What gives

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.859
 him the right?

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.719
 What gives

00:23:28.719 --> 00:23:29.619
 Jesus the right

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.879
 to this

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:32.059
 kind of business?

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:36.839
 verse 16

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:38.579
 where we see

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.419
 the fourth name

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:40.319
 of this rider.

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 It's a reference

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.980
 back to the robe,

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 the robe dipped

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.639
 with blood.

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 It's pulled back

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 and you can see

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.559
 on the thigh

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.519
 of this rider,

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:53.859
 King of kings

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.779
 and Lord of lords.

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 The title of

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:57.000
 universal authority

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.919
 over all.

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 And you might be

00:23:59.440 --> 00:23:59.720
 asking,

00:23:59.859 --> 00:23:59.940
 well,

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.559
 why is it on

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.179
 his thigh?

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:03.160
 If you were

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.960
 standing on the

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.380
 ground

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:06.799
 and the returned

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:08.000
 Christ came

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:09.240
 riding up to you

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.220
 on his war horse,

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.240
 do you know

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.380
 where your eyes

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:13.080
 would fall?

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:15.680
 On his thigh.

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.000
 He'd be

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.400
 mounted

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.680
 over you.

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.880
 King of kings

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.600
 and Lord of lords.

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.299
 It's not the first

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.860
 time we saw

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.820
 this title.

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.820
 It shows up

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.880
 in 1714

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:30.000
 when the

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.859
 beast comes out

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.500
 to make war

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.519
 against the lamb.

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.339
 We learn that the

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.180
 lamb will conquer

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:37.000
 them for he is

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.640
 Lord of lords

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.440
 and king of kings

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.440
 and those with him

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:41.160
 are the called,

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.759
 the chosen,

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.319
 the faithful,

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.000
 us.

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.200
 He wears all the

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.700
 diadems.

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:56.759
 He is all authority

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.539
 and he will

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.740
 exercise it

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.400
 completely

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.360
 when he comes.

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.680
 Are you

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.519
 seeing his

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.620
 unrivaled glory?

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:07.180
 No one's like

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.319
 him.

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.120
 We've seen

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.279
 his coming glory.

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.000
 We've seen

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.039
 his coming army.

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.759
 We've seen

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.700
 his coming

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.120
 judgment.

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.240
 We've seen

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.600
 these four names,

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.779
 faithful and true,

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.299
 true,

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.160
 a name that only

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.940
 he knows,

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:24.120
 the word of God,

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.960
 king of kings

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.700
 and lord of lords.

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.259
 We're going to

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.820
 come back to

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.420
 those names

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.900
 at the end

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.440
 of the sermon.

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.880
 But now,

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.500
 I've got to

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.100
 show you

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.700
 his uncontested

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.940
 victory over

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.800
 all of his

00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:35.160
 rivals.

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.000
 We've seen

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.080
 his unrivaled

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.460
 glory.

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.019
 Now,

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.640
 let's look at

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.640
 his uncontested

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.560
 victory over

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:41.460
 all of his

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:41.920
 enemies.

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.500
 Verses 17

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.140
 through 21.

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.740
 These five

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.140
 verses,

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:51.000
 they picture

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.720
 that great

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.240
 and final

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.900
 battle of

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.600
 Armageddon

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.060
 that we

00:25:54.060 --> 00:25:55.620
 read about

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.200
 already in

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.180
 chapter 16

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.120
 under the

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.980
 sixth bowl

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.460
 judgment.

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:01.020
 But what's

00:26:01.020 --> 00:26:01.700
 interesting about

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.820
 this is that

00:26:02.820 --> 00:26:04.940
 this passage

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:06.120
 portrays that

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:07.300
 battle as

00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:08.600
 a supper.

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.300
 Verse 17,

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.759
 the great

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.900
 supper of God.

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.880
 the great

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.700
 day of God's

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.220
 wrath has

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.620
 come,

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.340
 616.

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.620
 And last

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:20.840
 week,

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.460
 Billy showed

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.900
 us that

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.940
 the marriage

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.580
 supper of

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.080
 the Lamb,

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.340
 blessed are

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:25.900
 those who

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.400
 are invited

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.880
 to that

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.420
 supper to

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.040
 be reunited

00:26:28.040 --> 00:26:28.460
 with the

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.720
 Lamb.

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.160
 Not so

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.540
 with this

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:30.820
 supper.

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.300
 This isn't

00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:33.680
 a blessed

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.120
 supper.

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.620
 This is a

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.519
 supper of

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.420
 the cursed.

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.940
 In 17

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.400
 and 18,

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.080
 we see

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:44.319
 an angelic

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.960
 invitation

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.939
 to the

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.299
 supper.

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.220
 Verse 17,

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.159
 an angel.

00:26:50.439 --> 00:26:51.000
 Who does

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.559
 the inviting?

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.699
 An angel,

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.559
 a great

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.019
 angel,

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.960
 standing in

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.419
 the sun

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:55.919
 high up,

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.220
 so you'd

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.519
 be like

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.419
 squinting.

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.159
 In a

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:01.019
 great voice,

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.699
 he throws

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.099
 out an

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.639
 invitation.

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.939
 Who does

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.639
 he invite?

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.379
 Verse 17,

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.419
 a great

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.519
 come.

00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:15.119
 All the

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.619
 birds that

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.379
 fly directly

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.799
 overhead,

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.439
 come.

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.799
 Gather for

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.240
 the great

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.799
 supper of

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.000
 God.

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.159
 The guests

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:22.119
 at this

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.299
 supper are

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.220
 not people,

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.539
 they're birds,

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.460
 and not just

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.259
 any birds.

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.500
 Vultures.

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.319
 Do you know

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.500
 what a

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.159
 turkey vulture

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.519
 is?

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.319
 Those

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.199
 bald-headed

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:35.939
 beasts,

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:38.620
 they survive

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.299
 by eating

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.180
 roadkill?

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.700
 These

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.299
 vultures

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.960
 are being

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.940
 called not

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.500
 to eat

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.920
 roadkill,

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.440
 but war

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.120
 kill.

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.220
 It's

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.799
 gruesome.

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.660
 It's not

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.500
 stated explicitly

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.320
 in this text,

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.100
 but we know

00:27:58.100 --> 00:28:00.059
 from 1616

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:01.559
 where this

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.299
 supper is

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.640
 going to

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.220
 take place.

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:03.539
 It's in

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.860
 Armageddon.

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.779
 And

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:09.160
 here's the

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.720
 gruesome

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.480
 punchline

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.039
 of this

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.720
 whole picture.

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.259
 It's

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.519
 what's

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:13.900
 the main

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.420
 course.

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.259
 It's not

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.660
 what's

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:17.980
 being

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.380
 served,

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.740
 it's

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.140
 who's

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.480
 being

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.960
 served.

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.480
 Did you

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.039
 notice that

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.519
 when Robin

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.880
 read?

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.600
 Look at

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.259
 verse 18.

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.360
 They're being

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:28.940
 summoned to

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.340
 this great

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.799
 supper of

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.259
 God to

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.100
 eat the

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:32.039
 flesh of

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.380
 kings,

00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.120
 to eat

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:34.120
 the flesh

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:35.059
 of captains,

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:36.200
 to eat

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.000
 the flesh

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.179
 of mighty

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.559
 men,

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.299
 the flesh

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.759
 of horses

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.079
 and the

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.379
 riders.

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.039
 And then

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.639
 it goes

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:43.119
 really broad,

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.859
 the flesh

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.339
 of all

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.519
 men,

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.139
 both free

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.639
 and slave,

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.299
 both small

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.960
 and great.

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.619
 All

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.339
 humanity

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.460
 in opposition

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.200
 to God

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.599
 is the

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.599
 main course

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.599
 at the

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:54.879
 great

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.220
 supper

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.759
 of God.

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.179
 It's a

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:01.619
 serious

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.539
 business

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.639
 business.

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.700
 They

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.680
 ride out

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.019
 to

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.740
 Armageddon

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:11.460
 actually

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.420
 thinking

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.259
 that they

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.700
 have a

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.259
 shot

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.000
 against

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.359
 the

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.680
 lamb,

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.359
 but what

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.039
 all heaven

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.659
 knows

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:19.200
 is that

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.000
 there is

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.879
 no contest

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.299
 here,

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.879
 that these

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:24.220
 rebels

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.059
 opposing

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.619
 the lamb,

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.960
 this is

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.519
 the meal

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.139
 arriving.

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.940
 They

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:35.139
 it's

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.839
 gruesome,

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:36.440
 it's

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.200
 sobering,

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.940
 and what

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.319
 I just

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.639
 need to

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:38.899
 say,

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.839
 what it

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.659
 is not,

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.619
 this is

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.279
 not the

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.639
 blessed

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.180
 marriage

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.500
 supper

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.039
 of the

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.299
 lamb,

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.200
 this is

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.460
 the

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.399
 anti-supper,

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:49.619
 the

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:49.980
 cursed

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.680
 supper

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.519
 of judgment

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.139
 on the

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.539
 beast

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.319
 and all

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.000
 with him.

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:55.139
 It's

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.440
 very

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.119
 sobering,

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.180
 this

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.920
 angelic

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.559
 invitation

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.440
 goes out

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.019
 to gather

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.619
 vultures

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.180
 for a

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.779
 feast of

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.460
 human war

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.740
 kill.

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.819
 He's

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.180
 coming

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:08.700
 in its

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.119
 serious

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.700
 business.

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.619
 We see

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:11.799
 the

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.440
 invitation

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.440
 in 17

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.940
 and 18

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.440
 and then

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.819
 we see

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.339
 the supper

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:16.019
 served up

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:17.039
 in 1921.

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.200
 In 19,

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.700
 the beast

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.960
 and the

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.299
 kings of

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.639
 the earth

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.539
 line up

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.879
 to make

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.619
 war against

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.019
 the one

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.519
 sitting

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.960
 on the

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:24.240
 horse.

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.059
 You see

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.420
 this in

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.259
 1616

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.359
 and 1714,

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.759
 this squaring

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.279
 off with

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.700
 the lamb,

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.680
 faithful and

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:31.960
 true.

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.539
 The one

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.060
 whose name

00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:33.700
 that only

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.360
 he knows

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.000
 because you

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.580
 can't

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.580
 control him.

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.400
 He's the

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.380
 final word,

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.100
 the king

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.600
 of kings

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.000
 and the

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.320
 lord of

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:40.500
 lords.

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.500
 They have

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.120
 no idea

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.500
 who they're

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.120
 squaring up

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.400
 against.

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.779
 They must

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.640
 be out

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.240
 of their

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.860
 minds.

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.039
 They've

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.700
 been terribly

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.279
 deceived.

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.440
 Their

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.799
 wicked

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.259
 hearts

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.900
 have been

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.519
 deceived

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.440
 by the

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.820
 beast

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.420
 on his

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.660
 throne

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.200
 of lies

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.940
 and his

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.559
 false

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.059
 prophet

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.500
 who

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.000
 has been

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.680
 spinning

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.080
 these

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.460
 lies

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.900
 to

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.360
 cause

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.880
 these

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.400
 wicked

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.960
 human

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.440
 beings

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.840
 to

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:07.319
 actually

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.799
 think

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.340
 that the

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:08.680
 beast

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.140
 is

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.660
 their

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.259
 savior.

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:16.240
 And we're

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.980
 watching this

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.640
 knowing that

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.640
 this battle

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.460
 for these

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.480
 armies is

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:22.059
 a fool's

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.799
 errand.

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.839
 Take a

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.379
 last look.

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.539
 That's their

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.799
 end.

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.240
 They don't go

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.099
 beyond Armageddon.

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.000
 Verse 20,

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.519
 the best word I

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.259
 can use for this

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.279
 verse is

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.319
 anticlimactic.

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:42.059
 You come off

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.799
 verse 19 and

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.099
 you have these

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.599
 two armies

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.159
 squaring off

00:31:44.159 --> 00:31:44.639
 against each

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.359
 other and

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.000
 you're like

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.299
 thinking,

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.740
 oh man,

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.159
 this is going

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.480
 to be a

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.819
 fight.

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.399
 This is going

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:48.939
 to be like

00:31:48.939 --> 00:31:50.859
 two towers

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.519
 kind of

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.039
 battle.

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.279
 But there's

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.679
 no battle.

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.339
 There are no

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.179
 clanging swords,

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.039
 no arrows

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.419
 flying.

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.720
 I mean,

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.220
 we're in our

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.720
 PJs.

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.179
 There's no

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.659
 conflict.

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:08.819
 There's no

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.939
 and the

00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:10.419
 beast was

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:11.579
 captured and

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.079
 with it the

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.839
 false prophet

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:14.019
 who in its

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.659
 presence had

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:14.980
 done the

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.480
 signs by

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.839
 which he

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.519
 deceived those

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.779
 who had

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.299
 received the

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.740
 mark of the

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.439
 beast and

00:32:18.439 --> 00:32:18.819
 those who

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.279
 worshipped

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.439
 its image.

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.359
 I mean,

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:23.720
 it's so

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.659
 anticlimactic.

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:28.179
 His final,

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.839
 the final

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.740
 victory of

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.639
 the returning

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:32.939
 king is so

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:34.220
 uncontested.

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.619
 It is

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.919
 anticlimactic.

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.039
 historic.

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.340
 You just

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.779
 don't get the

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.380
 sense that

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.100
 he breaks a

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.380
 sweat.

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.880
 He is the

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.480
 king of kings

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.980
 and lord of

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.380
 lords.

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.940
 He's got all

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.660
 the diadems.

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.920
 With his

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.500
 word,

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.940
 Martin Luther,

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:55.860
 with one,

00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:56.920
 just one

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.340
 word,

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.279
 he shall

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.900
 fell him.

00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:03.340
 the beast

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.580
 and the

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.220
 false prophet,

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:04.740
 the second

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.120
 and third

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.660
 members of

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.460
 the anti-trinity

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:08.000
 are easily

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.480
 captured.

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.340
 No fight.

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:11.320
 They are

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:12.000
 thrown alive

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.620
 into hell,

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.220
 the lake of

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.540
 fire,

00:33:13.820 --> 00:33:14.300
 where they

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:14.680
 will be

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.120
 tormented

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.600
 day and

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:15.780
 night,

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.300
 forever and

00:33:16.300 --> 00:33:16.440
 ever.

00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:16.880
 We read

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.300
 that in

00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:17.680
 Revelation

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.120
 20.

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.160
 What's

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.800
 interesting is

00:33:21.800 --> 00:33:22.160
 that the

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:23.019
 order in

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.540
 which the

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:24.160
 enemies of

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.920
 God first

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.840
 appear in

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.160
 the book

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.820
 of Revelation

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:28.740
 are reversed

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.419
 in their

00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:30.039
 destruction.

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:30.879
 Let me

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.299
 show you.

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.159
 In chapter

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:33.740
 13,

00:33:34.139 --> 00:33:34.599
 the rising

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:34.960
 of the

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.279
 dragon,

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.980
 actually the

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.559
 falling and

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.980
 throwing down

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.200
 of the

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.480
 dragon.

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.299
 In

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.559
 chapters

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.939
 14,

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:41.000
 we see

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.619
 both the

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.000
 beast and

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.359
 the false

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.799
 prophet

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.259
 introduced.

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:43.980
 In

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.740
 chapter 17,

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.240
 it's the

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.819
 prostitute.

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.460
 Chapter

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:46.939
 18,

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.399
 it's the

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:48.039
 downfall of

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.200
 the

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.659
 prostitute.

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.200
 Chapter

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.679
 19,

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.159
 it's the

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:51.220
 downfall of

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.859
 the false

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.480
 prophet and

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.819
 the beast.

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.279
 In

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.039
 chapter 20,

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.379
 we will

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:54.679
 see in

00:33:54.679 --> 00:33:54.939
 just a

00:33:54.939 --> 00:33:55.519
 couple weeks

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:57.259
 the devil,

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:57.740
 the dragon

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.359
 himself,

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.059
 gets hip

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.740
 tossed into

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.039
 the lake

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.460
 of fire.

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.500
 The

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.900
 risen,

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.280
 radiant

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:09.599
 Christ

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:11.860
 returns in

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.880
 his unrivaled

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.940
 glory to

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.639
 bring utter

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:16.199
 destruction on

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.000
 all his

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.280
 rivals in

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:20.280
 an uncontested

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:21.280
 victory.

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.039
 Supper is

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.519
 served.

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.480
 All

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.900
 remaining

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.460
 humanity

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.820
 in verse

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.460
 21,

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.300
 stripped of

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.840
 beast and

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.139
 false

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.599
 prophet.

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:30.940
 They're

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.940
 slain by

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.460
 the sword

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.039
 that comes

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.519
 from his

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.980
 mouth.

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.920
 With

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.719
 just one

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.599
 word out

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.800
 of the

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.579
 mouth of

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.259
 faithful and

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:38.619
 true,

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.519
 out of

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.579
 the final

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.059
 word of

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.420
 God,

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.860
 king of

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.239
 kings and

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.539
 lord of

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.960
 lords,

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:43.840
 they're all

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.380
 undone.

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.840
 We don't

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.239
 even enter

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.820
 the fray.

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.820
 We're there

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.380
 to witness.

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.719
 And one of

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.839
 those gruesome,

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.559
 gruesome

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:56.699
 pictures at

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.199
 the end of

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:58.439
 21 and all

00:34:58.439 --> 00:34:59.539
 those vultures,

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:02.179
 they ate

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:02.919
 until they

00:35:02.919 --> 00:35:03.739
 could eat

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.779
 no more

00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:05.639
 of flesh,

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:06.939
 of the flesh

00:35:06.939 --> 00:35:07.819
 of Christ's

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.259
 rivals.

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.559
 That's a

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.179
 dishonorable

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.539
 death.

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.519
 Gruesome.

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:23.639
 sobering,

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:26.059
 but settling.

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.239
 This victory

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:29.139
 is secure.

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.519
 In 11

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.059
 through 16,

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:33.659
 we've seen

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.679
 the unrivaled

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.960
 glory of the

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.800
 returning Christ

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:38.139
 and in 1721,

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.820
 we see his

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.559
 uncontested

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.019
 victory.

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.759
 The point of

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.800
 all this is

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.179
 that when

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:45.360
 Christ returns

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.699
 as he promised

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.340
 he would,

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:49.140
 he will

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:50.519
 come in

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.240
 unrivaled

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.300
 glory to

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.980
 carry out

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:54.220
 an uncontested

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.700
 victory.

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:55.360
 Now the

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.059
 question becomes

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.579
 how do you

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.059
 respond to

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.300
 that?

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.360
 Three heart

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.940
 responses.

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.039
 The first one

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.559
 I can imagine

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.079
 is this,

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.120
 your heart

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:04.780
 drops.

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.280
 You're in

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:08.180
 your seat

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:08.720
 right now

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.100
 saying,

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.840
 oh no,

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:12.100
 I'm on the

00:36:12.100 --> 00:36:12.900
 wrong side

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.180
 of the

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:13.519
 rider.

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.240
 I'm on the

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.000
 wrong side

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.760
 of the

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.440
 battle line.

00:36:18.620 --> 00:36:18.980
 I've been

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.620
 living a life

00:36:19.620 --> 00:36:20.260
 in opposition

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:20.900
 to him

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.640
 because you

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.580
 know that

00:36:22.580 --> 00:36:23.200
 his fire

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:24.100
 eyes see

00:36:24.100 --> 00:36:24.840
 right through

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.160
 you.

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.860
 There's nothing

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.420
 hidden from

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.860
 his sight.

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.600
 You know

00:36:28.600 --> 00:36:29.160
 that if he

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.800
 came back

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.700
 today on

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.380
 the clouds,

00:36:32.100 --> 00:36:32.820
 you would,

00:36:33.100 --> 00:36:33.700
 Revelation 1

00:36:33.700 --> 00:36:34.040
 7,

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.400
 wail with

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.960
 the rest

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.480
 of the

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.200
 nations of

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.600
 the earth.

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.920
 Judgment

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.480
 has come.

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.540
 It's real

00:36:42.540 --> 00:36:42.940
 guilt.

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.620
 You've

00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:45.300
 really sinned.

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.400
 You've

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.580
 really

00:36:46.580 --> 00:36:47.120
 disobeyed

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:47.400
 God.

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:47.940
 You're

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.360
 not making

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.660
 it up.

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.120
 It's

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.440
 true.

00:36:51.580 --> 00:36:52.280
 And you're

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:52.760
 accountable.

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:54.100
 And it

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:54.600
 can result

00:36:54.600 --> 00:36:55.260
 in fear.

00:36:56.120 --> 00:36:56.380
 You're

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:56.620
 heart

00:36:56.620 --> 00:36:57.039
 dropping.

00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:58.920
 Well,

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.220
 I've got

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.780
 really good

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.260
 news for

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.519
 you,

00:37:00.640 --> 00:37:00.840
 fearful

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.180
 one.

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.860
 Did you

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.220
 know that

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:03.560
 you don't

00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:03.960
 have to

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.320
 fear the

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:06.580
 coming of

00:37:06.580 --> 00:37:07.060
 the rider

00:37:07.060 --> 00:37:07.720
 on the

00:37:07.720 --> 00:37:08.300
 white horse?

00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:09.800
 You can

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.800
 actually welcome

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.200
 it?

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:13.099
 How so,

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.619
 you say?

00:37:14.399 --> 00:37:15.159
 How can I

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:16.919
 welcome that

00:37:16.919 --> 00:37:18.639
 dread warrior?

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.500
 Well, the

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.939
 rider of the

00:37:21.939 --> 00:37:22.579
 white horse,

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:24.319
 he's faithful

00:37:24.319 --> 00:37:24.739
 and true.

00:37:25.439 --> 00:37:26.139
 He's got an

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.739
 unknown name

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:27.259
 that only he

00:37:27.259 --> 00:37:27.619
 knows.

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.299
 He's the

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:28.919
 final word of

00:37:28.919 --> 00:37:29.119
 God.

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.399
 He's the

00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:29.679
 king of

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.039
 kings and

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.319
 lord of

00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:30.539
 lords.

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.219
 But he's

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.960
 also the

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.379
 lamb who

00:37:32.379 --> 00:37:33.079
 was slain.

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.699
 And he

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.359
 was slain

00:37:36.359 --> 00:37:37.639
 for you.

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:39.920
 he shed

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.420
 his blood

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:43.119
 that you

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:44.359
 could be

00:37:44.359 --> 00:37:44.679
 delivered.

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.559
 This

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.000
 rider,

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:51.079
 he's coming

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.699
 in glory

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.319
 the second

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:52.699
 time.

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.059
 But the

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.559
 first time

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.059
 he came,

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.539
 he came

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.000
 full of

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:58.039
 grace to

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.400
 rescue

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:59.599
 sinners from

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.179
 their sin

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.900
 through his

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.219
 blood.

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.159
 What your

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.879
 fear is

00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:05.359
 showing is

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.819
 that you're

00:38:05.819 --> 00:38:07.279
 actually in

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:08.019
 need of

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.740
 his grace,

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.600
 of his

00:38:10.600 --> 00:38:11.040
 forgiveness,

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.960
 of his

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.360
 rescue.

00:38:14.540 --> 00:38:15.200
 So you

00:38:15.200 --> 00:38:15.560
 go to

00:38:15.560 --> 00:38:15.780
 him.

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.300
 You confess

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:17.820
 to him

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.760
 that you've

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.460
 been opposed

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.880
 to him,

00:38:20.080 --> 00:38:20.580
 that you've

00:38:20.580 --> 00:38:21.400
 been disobeying

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.240
 him, and

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:22.560
 he has

00:38:22.560 --> 00:38:23.240
 promised to

00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:23.860
 forgive you

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.560
 and wash

00:38:24.560 --> 00:38:25.100
 you clean

00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:25.900
 to give you

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:26.380
 a new set

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.960
 of clothes,

00:38:27.640 --> 00:38:28.380
 fine linen,

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.420
 pure and

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.680
 bright.

00:38:30.160 --> 00:38:30.820
 So run to

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.360
 him today,

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.080
 fearful one.

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.280
 You don't

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:33.640
 need to be

00:38:33.640 --> 00:38:34.320
 afraid anymore.

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.460
 But there's

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.900
 another group

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.260
 of people

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:37.920
 here this

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.860
 morning that

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:40.440
 your heart's

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:41.120
 not dropping,

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.680
 your heart's

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:43.060
 indifferent.

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:45.020
 You're thinking

00:38:45.020 --> 00:38:45.480
 things like

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.800
 this,

00:38:46.560 --> 00:38:46.960
 oh that

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.400
 can wait.

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.920
 I don't

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.140
 need to

00:38:49.140 --> 00:38:49.380
 make a

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:49.980
 decision about

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.400
 Jesus.

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.980
 When confronted

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.440
 with these

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.420
 glorious truths

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.100
 about the

00:38:55.100 --> 00:38:56.200
 final appearing

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.520
 of the

00:38:56.520 --> 00:38:56.800
 Son of

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.020
 Man,

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:57.700
 you're like,

00:38:58.020 --> 00:38:58.220
 eh,

00:38:58.720 --> 00:38:59.420
 that's nice.

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.000
 It's because

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.300
 you're on

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.760
 the fence.

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:04.540
 You see the

00:39:04.540 --> 00:39:05.100
 two options

00:39:05.100 --> 00:39:05.720
 before you,

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:06.339
 you see

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:06.899
 that the

00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.259
 way that

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:07.699
 leads to

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.259
 destruction

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:09.679
 is the

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.099
 way that's

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.119
 being waved

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.779
 on by the

00:39:11.779 --> 00:39:12.519
 false prophet,

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:13.219
 excuse me,

00:39:13.279 --> 00:39:13.919
 the false,

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.259
 the great

00:39:15.259 --> 00:39:15.980
 prostitute.

00:39:17.879 --> 00:39:18.559
 She's saying

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:18.839
 to you,

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:19.359
 come and

00:39:19.359 --> 00:39:20.059
 enjoy my

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.659
 delights.

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.379
 And you

00:39:23.379 --> 00:39:23.679
 and your

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.159
 heart are

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.699
 thinking things

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.079
 like this.

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:26.079
 Oh man,

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.599
 I'm not sure

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.039
 if I want to

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.659
 give that up.

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:29.759
 I really

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.239
 like her

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:30.719
 delights.

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:34.759
 But you

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.319
 also know

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:35.579
 the way

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.059
 that leads

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.619
 to life

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.000
 and that's

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.319
 through the

00:39:37.319 --> 00:39:37.579
 lamb.

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.399
 And in

00:39:39.399 --> 00:39:40.059
 order to

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:41.019
 bear his

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.440
 name,

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.319
 in order to

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:43.259
 follow after

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:44.099
 him on a

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.500
 horse,

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.779
 you need to

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.679
 forsake the

00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:46.960
 world.

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.980
 You must

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:51.099
 hand over

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.719
 the diadem

00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:52.319
 with your

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:53.000
 name on it.

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:53.960
 That's the

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:54.699
 rule of your

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.099
 life.

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.679
 and you

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.219
 hand it

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:57.239
 over to

00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:57.839
 the lamb

00:39:57.839 --> 00:39:59.619
 and says,

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.099
 I'm all

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.599
 yours.

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.319
 You know

00:40:02.319 --> 00:40:02.779
 that's the

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.119
 case.

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.779
 You're on

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:05.360
 the fence

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:06.819
 between living

00:40:06.819 --> 00:40:07.539
 for Babylon

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.539
 and living

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.139
 for the

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.460
 lamb.

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.460
 You're

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.799
 wondering,

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.179
 is he

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:17.619
 worth it?

00:40:20.839 --> 00:40:21.380
 Well,

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:21.819
 if you're a

00:40:21.819 --> 00:40:22.360
 fence rider,

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:22.920
 you're making

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.480
 a tragic

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.039
 mistake.

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:26.139
 You

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.900
 think that

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.619
 the temporary

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.539
 delights of

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:30.159
 Babylon are

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.980
 more wonderful

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:32.099
 than the

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:33.480
 eternal glory

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:34.199
 of following

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.679
 Jesus.

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:36.500
 So just to

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.839
 bring this

00:40:36.839 --> 00:40:37.380
 home to you,

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.900
 let me ask

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.380
 you a question

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.799
 from the

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.139
 text.

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.360
 You tell

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:41.239
 me, in

00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:41.860
 this text,

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:42.759
 when the

00:40:42.759 --> 00:40:43.360
 risen Christ

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.940
 returns,

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:44.619
 who's

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.139
 experiencing

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.719
 the greatest

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.420
 joy in

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.039
 that moment?

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:49.480
 those who

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.119
 are following

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:51.639
 after the

00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:52.079
 risen,

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:52.519
 reigning,

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.119
 and returning

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.840
 king on

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.300
 their white

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.840
 steeds,

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:56.759
 or those

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:57.179
 who are on

00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:57.500
 the other

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.960
 side of

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.320
 the battle

00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:58.699
 line,

00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.980
 whom the

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.739
 risen king

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.259
 is coming

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:02.860
 to judge,

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.400
 on that

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.420
 day whose

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:06.019
 heart is

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.480
 full of

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:06.779
 joy.

00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:06.920
 life.

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.880
 If Jesus

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.200
 were to

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:11.640
 come back

00:41:11.640 --> 00:41:12.100
 today,

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.920
 and he

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.440
 found you

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.200
 on the

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.700
 fence,

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.120
 you would

00:41:17.120 --> 00:41:18.120
 find yourself

00:41:18.120 --> 00:41:18.920
 under his

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.340
 judgment,

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:21.240
 but you

00:41:21.240 --> 00:41:21.660
 still have

00:41:21.660 --> 00:41:22.000
 time.

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.820
 You just

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:25.200
 need to go

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:25.600
 tell the

00:41:25.600 --> 00:41:26.160
 risen lamb,

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.360
 you've been

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.760
 indifferent,

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.220
 you've been

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:30.460
 unwilling to

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:31.240
 hand him

00:41:31.240 --> 00:41:31.860
 over your

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.260
 diadem,

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:35.240
 and then you

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:36.000
 do that in

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.320
 faith.

00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:39.440
 you don't

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.780
 know what

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.580
 tomorrow holds.

00:41:43.580 --> 00:41:44.160
 There's a

00:41:44.160 --> 00:41:44.700
 third group of

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.240
 people here.

00:41:46.560 --> 00:41:47.300
 It's not

00:41:47.300 --> 00:41:48.660
 people's hearts

00:41:48.660 --> 00:41:49.300
 falling with

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:49.760
 oh no,

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.240
 it's not

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:50.900
 people with

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.220
 indifferent

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:52.060
 hearts saying

00:41:52.060 --> 00:41:52.620
 oh that can

00:41:52.620 --> 00:41:52.920
 wait,

00:41:53.100 --> 00:41:55.140
 it's the

00:41:55.140 --> 00:41:55.820
 blood bought.

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.660
 Your hearts

00:41:57.660 --> 00:41:58.220
 rise,

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:59.100
 you say oh

00:41:59.100 --> 00:41:59.519
 yes,

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:01.220
 you hear about

00:42:01.220 --> 00:42:02.400
 these wonderful

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:03.380
 descriptions of

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:03.920
 the son of

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.760
 man in his

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.460
 final coming,

00:42:05.580 --> 00:42:05.780
 and you're

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:06.380
 like yes,

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:07.380
 yes and

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:07.780
 amen.

00:42:08.160 --> 00:42:08.860
 Every name

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:09.380
 you hear,

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:10.000
 it puts

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.700
 strength in

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.280
 your heart.

00:42:12.680 --> 00:42:13.079
 His coming

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.400
 doesn't

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.980
 frighten you.

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:16.900
 His

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.720
 uncontested

00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:18.840
 victory sobers

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.820
 you, but it

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.539
 doesn't frighten

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:20.760
 you.

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:23.180
 You long

00:42:23.180 --> 00:42:23.660
 for him.

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:26.180
 You see

00:42:26.180 --> 00:42:27.160
 yourself on a

00:42:27.160 --> 00:42:27.940
 white charger

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:29.019
 riding behind

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.660
 our warrior

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:30.220
 king.

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:32.779
 it's not a

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:33.399
 hard thing to

00:42:33.399 --> 00:42:34.839
 imagine in

00:42:34.839 --> 00:42:35.199
 light of what

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:35.559
 he's done

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:35.980
 for you.

00:42:36.859 --> 00:42:37.279
 So this

00:42:37.279 --> 00:42:39.159
 morning, if

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.759
 your heart is

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.579
 rising, be

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.119
 encouraged.

00:42:42.919 --> 00:42:43.599
 He is

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.139
 coming and

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:44.599
 we're one

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:45.500
 day closer

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:46.619
 to his

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:46.899
 coming.

00:42:49.299 --> 00:42:49.959
 Don't give

00:42:49.959 --> 00:42:50.219
 up.

00:42:51.919 --> 00:42:52.439
 Don't

00:42:52.439 --> 00:42:52.899
 compromise.

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.539
 Stay focused.

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.579
 Stay true.

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.779
 Be faithful.

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.539
 But I've

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:00.860
 been around

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.559
 the block, so

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.319
 I know that

00:43:02.319 --> 00:43:02.860
 someone who

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:04.219
 gets encouraged

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:04.940
 on a Sunday

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:06.059
 can, on

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.840
 Monday, find

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:07.799
 themselves greatly

00:43:07.799 --> 00:43:08.460
 discouraged.

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.980
 So this

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:12.460
 week, I want

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:12.960
 to put something

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.599
 before you.

00:43:14.299 --> 00:43:15.480
 A way to

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:16.599
 remain strong

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.279
 this week.

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:18.380
 To be

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:19.239
 encouraged by

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:19.920
 the promised

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.759
 second coming

00:43:20.759 --> 00:43:21.239
 of Jesus.

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:22.340
 And here's how

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:22.860
 I want to do

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:23.019
 it.

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.739
 It's all in

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:25.179
 the names.

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.800
 Pray his

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.559
 unrivaled names

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:29.079
 to him this

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.340
 week.

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:31.119
 Pray them.

00:43:31.219 --> 00:43:31.699
 All week

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:32.619
 long, this

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:33.380
 past week, I've

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:34.039
 been addressing

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:35.599
 our Lord Jesus

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:36.800
 with these

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:37.940
 lovely names.

00:43:38.259 --> 00:43:38.840
 And it has put

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:39.960
 strength in my

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.300
 heart.

00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:40.780
 It goes

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:41.219
 something like

00:43:41.219 --> 00:43:41.519
 this.

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.519
 Oh Lord Jesus,

00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:43.599
 you are faithful

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:44.219
 and true.

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:45.000
 You will no

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.239
 go.

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.500
 You will not

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:47.019
 go back on

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.579
 your promises

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:48.820
 against me.

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:50.079
 You will never

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.679
 leave me nor

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:51.360
 forsake me.

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:52.099
 You will be

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.679
 true to your

00:43:52.679 --> 00:43:52.960
 word.

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.599
 All the way

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.219
 to the end,

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.420
 you are faithful

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.719
 and true.

00:43:55.759 --> 00:43:56.079
 Do you think

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.400
 you can do

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:56.739
 that this

00:43:56.739 --> 00:43:56.920
 week?

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.619
 And then

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:00.920
 there's the

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:01.320
 name that

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:01.719
 only he

00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:02.119
 knows.

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:05.300
 Pray this.

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:06.900
 Oh, Jesus,

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:08.900
 I can't

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.759
 comprehend you

00:44:09.759 --> 00:44:10.480
 fully, but I

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.820
 can know you

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:12.239
 truly.

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.719
 Would you

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:13.940
 show me your

00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:14.300
 glory?

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:14.699
 Would you

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:15.559
 reveal yourself

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.340
 to me in

00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:17.039
 ways I can

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.360
 know?

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:18.420
 And I dare

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:19.559
 not try to

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:20.420
 control you or

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:21.159
 to command you

00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:21.940
 or to constrain

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:22.679
 you because

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:22.940
 you're

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:23.759
 uncontrollable.

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:26.219
 Do you think

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:26.559
 you can do

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:26.839
 that?

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:29.019
 Do you think

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.399
 that's going to

00:44:29.399 --> 00:44:29.960
 put strength in

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:31.699
 your heart when

00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:32.199
 you pray to him

00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:32.619
 like that?

00:44:33.879 --> 00:44:34.639
 The word of

00:44:34.639 --> 00:44:34.960
 God.

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.599
 Oh, Jesus, you

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:37.339
 are the word of

00:44:37.339 --> 00:44:38.099
 God, the logos

00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:38.940
 of God.

00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:39.960
 Thank you for

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.799
 revealing yourself

00:44:40.799 --> 00:44:41.199
 to me.

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:41.839
 Thank you for

00:44:41.839 --> 00:44:42.719
 giving me eyes

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:43.239
 to see.

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:44.199
 Thank you for

00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:45.039
 showing me that

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:46.219
 you are my

00:44:46.219 --> 00:44:46.839
 salvation.

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:48.240
 and I fear

00:44:48.240 --> 00:44:49.180
 not the sword

00:44:49.180 --> 00:44:49.940
 of your mouth

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.840
 because you

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.820
 willingly bore

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:52.660
 God's judgment

00:44:52.660 --> 00:44:53.700
 for me already

00:44:53.700 --> 00:44:54.600
 and I look

00:44:54.600 --> 00:44:55.320
 forward to

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:55.960
 that day.

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.620
 Do you think

00:44:57.620 --> 00:44:58.079
 you can pray

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.360
 that?

00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:02.059
 King of kings

00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:02.579
 and Lord of

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:02.920
 lords,

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:05.579
 I submit

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:06.240
 myself to

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:06.539
 you.

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:09.079
 Vengeance is

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:10.019
 yours, not

00:45:10.019 --> 00:45:10.400
 mine.

00:45:10.640 --> 00:45:11.380
 I trust that

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:13.120
 to you and I

00:45:13.120 --> 00:45:14.559
 also entrust all

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:15.199
 of who I am

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:15.679
 to you.

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.320
 With the

00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:17.139
 diadem of my

00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:18.279
 life, today

00:45:18.279 --> 00:45:18.739
 you have

00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:19.579
 dominion over

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:20.779
 all of who

00:45:20.779 --> 00:45:21.539
 I am.

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.719
 You can do

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:26.000
 that.

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:30.940
 Imagine you're

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.360
 at the most

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:32.559
 unusual wedding

00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:33.679
 this June.

00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:35.539
 The bride is

00:45:35.539 --> 00:45:36.440
 entered and the

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:37.139
 preacher has

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:37.799
 just asked who

00:45:37.799 --> 00:45:38.420
 gives this woman

00:45:38.420 --> 00:45:38.940
 to be married

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:39.579
 to this man

00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:40.259
 and from the

00:45:40.259 --> 00:45:40.779
 back of the

00:45:40.779 --> 00:45:41.400
 sanctuary with

00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:42.119
 everyone standing

00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:42.719
 up, you start

00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:43.199
 hearing this

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:43.779
 clip-clop,

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.500
 clip-clop.

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:48.840
 The groom

00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:50.159
 has made his

00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:50.619
 entrance.

00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:52.779
 He's riding

00:45:52.779 --> 00:45:53.340
 his white

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:54.019
 stallion

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:56.019
 through those

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.400
 doors,

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:58.500
 coming down

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:59.019
 this aisle

00:45:59.019 --> 00:46:00.619
 and he's not

00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:01.299
 wearing a

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:02.119
 tuxedo, he's

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:02.840
 wearing his

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:04.099
 marine dress

00:46:04.099 --> 00:46:04.980
 blues with a

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:05.759
 chest full of

00:46:05.759 --> 00:46:07.420
 medals and as

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:07.960
 he slowly

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:09.679
 walks down

00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:10.619
 this aisle,

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 everyone standing

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 in the room

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 is just reading

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 what's written

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:14.880
 on his

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:15.300
 thigh.

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 This morning

00:46:21.179 --> 00:46:21.740
 we've looked

00:46:21.740 --> 00:46:23.579
 at the

00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:24.260
 return of

00:46:24.260 --> 00:46:24.780
 our king,

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:27.099
 our bridegroom,

00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:30.159
 the return

00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:30.880
 of the divine

00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:31.539
 warrior,

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:33.539
 unrivaled in

00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:34.139
 his glory

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 and uncontested

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 in his victory.

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 let that sit

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 in your heart

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 and rise.

00:46:47.260 --> 00:46:48.099
 He is

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:48.559
 worthy.

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.199
 Let us

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:50.440
 pray.

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.860
 God, thank you

00:46:52.860 --> 00:46:53.740
 so much for

00:46:53.740 --> 00:46:54.940
 Revelation 19,

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.099
 11 through

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 21.

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 Would you

00:46:57.579 --> 00:46:58.500
 impress these

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:59.300
 great truths

00:46:59.300 --> 00:47:00.000
 into our

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:01.059
 hearts and

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 may our

00:47:01.460 --> 00:47:02.260
 response be

00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:02.840
 pleasing to

00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:03.079
 you.

00:47:03.139 --> 00:47:03.500
 In Jesus'

00:47:03.699 --> 00:47:03.900
 name,

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:04.539
 amen.

00:47:04.539 --> 00:47:04.680
 Amen.

00:47:04.680 --> 00:47:04.740
 Amen.

00:47:04.740 --> 00:47:04.760
 Amen.

00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:04.780
 Amen.

00:47:04.780 --> 00:47:04.800
 Amen.