WEBVTT 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:02.160 Well, good morning, church. 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:07.060 Would you turn with me to Revelation chapter 21? 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:10.960 That's page 977 in the Pew Bible. 00:00:12.179 --> 00:00:16.219 Revelation 21, we'll be considering verses 1 through 8. 00:00:18.699 --> 00:00:22.859 So Memorial Day weekend, sometimes consider the start of summer. 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:27.879 For those of you in school right now, middle schoolers, high schoolers, 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:31.439 I'm sure you're more than ready for summer break to begin 00:00:31.439 --> 00:00:34.560 as you grind out the last couple weeks of school. 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:39.960 And looking forward to summer, that sort of helps, right? 00:00:40.739 --> 00:00:44.679 You know that in just a couple short weeks, the trials will be over, 00:00:45.239 --> 00:00:47.340 the tests and exams will be passed, 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:52.399 and you'll be able to enter into your rest, at least for a couple months. 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:58.519 But when you graduate from school, summer breaks go away. 00:00:59.939 --> 00:01:03.820 And yet, don't we still know what it's like, as adults, 00:01:04.259 --> 00:01:09.819 to be motivated in the present by something good in the future? 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:15.180 Maybe it's a vacation, a trip you've been planning to take, 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:19.180 or maybe it's an upcoming event that you get to celebrate with one of your kids, 00:01:19.180 --> 00:01:21.560 or maybe it's a plan for retirement. 00:01:21.980 --> 00:01:26.640 Whatever it is, we know what it's like to be motivated in the present 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.560 by something good that's coming in the future. 00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:35.620 And the more certain that thing is, and the more exciting that thing is, 00:01:35.620 --> 00:01:39.900 the more it can motivate us to press on through hard days, 00:01:40.260 --> 00:01:42.719 to persist through the ups and downs, 00:01:43.100 --> 00:01:45.060 and to not give up or to give in. 00:01:45.060 --> 00:01:50.460 As we turn to the final two chapters of Revelation, 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:56.159 this is exactly what John is trying to help us to do. 00:01:57.299 --> 00:02:01.900 He's going to hold out for us our ultimate future in Christ. 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:07.000 He's going to show us the supreme good that God has in store for his people. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:12.659 And his aim in doing so is that we might be motivated in the present 00:02:12.659 --> 00:02:17.199 to press on, to persist, to not give up, 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:21.460 or to use the language of Revelation to conquer, to overcome. 00:02:23.979 --> 00:02:26.080 When we get weary of running the race, 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:28.479 when we're tempted to throw in the towel 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:31.620 and just join the world in their apparent victory, 00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:36.580 John holds up this eternal vision of glory 00:02:36.580 --> 00:02:39.700 and says to us, don't give up. 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:45.620 God has unimaginable good stored up for you, 00:02:45.740 --> 00:02:49.340 for those who conquer, who overcome, who persevere. 00:02:50.980 --> 00:02:54.360 So let me read Revelation chapter 21, verses 1 through 8, 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:57.480 and then I'll pray as we consider God's word. 00:02:58.180 --> 00:02:59.840 So Revelation 21, 1 through 8. 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:04.259 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 00:03:04.979 --> 00:03:08.000 for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:09.840 and the sea was no more. 00:03:11.020 --> 00:03:13.500 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:15.759 coming down out of heaven from God, 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:19.000 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.520 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:26.300 Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. 00:03:26.300 --> 00:03:28.340 He will dwell with them, 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:30.080 and they will be his people, 00:03:30.420 --> 00:03:33.120 and God himself will be with them as their God. 00:03:33.939 --> 00:03:36.560 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:38.420 and death shall be no more. 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:40.580 Neither shall there be mourning, 00:03:41.020 --> 00:03:43.760 nor crying, nor pain anymore, 00:03:44.140 --> 00:03:47.060 for the former things have passed away. 00:03:48.460 --> 00:03:50.580 And he who was seated on the throne said, 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:53.439 Behold, I'm making all things new. 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:56.180 Also, he said, write this down, 00:03:56.620 --> 00:03:59.139 for these words are trustworthy and true. 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:01.300 And he said to me, 00:04:02.099 --> 00:04:02.719 It is done. 00:04:03.780 --> 00:04:05.460 I am the Alpha and the Omega, 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:08.000 the beginning and the end. 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:09.939 To the thirsty, 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:14.039 I will give from the spring of the water of life 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:15.280 without payment. 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:20.319 The one who conquers will have this heritage, 00:04:21.139 --> 00:04:22.399 and I will be his God, 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:23.959 and he will be my son. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:26.360 But as for the cowardly, 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:27.920 the faithless, 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:29.560 the detestable, 00:04:30.259 --> 00:04:31.459 as for murderers, 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:33.060 the sexually immoral, 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:34.639 sorcerers, 00:04:35.019 --> 00:04:35.560 idolaters, 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:36.639 and all liars, 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:38.220 their portion 00:04:38.220 --> 00:04:41.519 will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:43.759 which is the second death. 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:46.199 Let's pray together. 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:50.259 Father, as we consider this passage, 00:04:51.180 --> 00:04:52.259 renew our hope. 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:55.079 Help us to see the glorious future 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:56.800 you have secured for your people 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:58.539 so that we might not give up. 00:05:00.159 --> 00:05:01.920 And would you open the eyes of the hopeless 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:04.599 that they might see Christ in all his beauty, 00:05:05.599 --> 00:05:07.659 the King who has purchased this future 00:05:07.659 --> 00:05:10.319 for all who surrender to him and his grace. 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:13.439 We pray in the name of Jesus, our King. 00:05:14.139 --> 00:05:14.579 Amen. 00:05:15.579 --> 00:05:15.839 Amen. 00:05:16.620 --> 00:05:18.800 So what is this future 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:20.399 that God has in store for his people? 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:22.000 Well, John says, 00:05:22.579 --> 00:05:25.199 it's nothing less than a new creation. 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:27.519 We mentioned two weeks ago 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:28.480 that the book of Revelation 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:29.600 in these final chapters 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.079 is showing us what we're saved from 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:33.680 and what we're saved for. 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:35.560 Well, here we're beginning to see 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:37.579 what we're saved for. 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:40.860 And it's life in a new heaven 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:42.259 and a new earth. 00:05:43.540 --> 00:05:45.400 And verses 1 through 8 of chapter 21 00:05:45.400 --> 00:05:46.840 are sort of like an introduction. 00:05:47.100 --> 00:05:48.139 They're this opening summary, 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:49.500 this prelude 00:05:49.500 --> 00:05:52.280 of the entire final section of Revelation. 00:05:52.780 --> 00:05:54.139 Each of the themes 00:05:54.139 --> 00:05:56.379 and images of these first eight verses 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:58.100 are going to be unpacked 00:05:58.100 --> 00:05:59.000 in greater detail 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:00.120 in the following passages. 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:01.540 And in the coming weeks, 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:02.560 we'll explore those, 00:06:02.660 --> 00:06:03.720 the new city, 00:06:03.860 --> 00:06:04.579 the new temple, 00:06:04.939 --> 00:06:05.860 the new garden 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:07.139 of this new creation. 00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:10.860 But what comes to the forefront 00:06:10.860 --> 00:06:11.939 in this prelude 00:06:11.939 --> 00:06:12.879 of verses 1 through 8 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:13.819 is this, 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:16.920 that the real glory, 00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:18.800 the real gift 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.000 of life in the new creation 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.459 is that it is life 00:06:23.459 --> 00:06:26.840 in intimate communion with God. 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:31.539 John's writing this book of Revelation 00:06:31.539 --> 00:06:32.919 to churches a lot like ours. 00:06:33.500 --> 00:06:34.119 If you go back 00:06:34.119 --> 00:06:35.579 and you read chapters 2 and 3, 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:37.339 the letters to the seven churches, 00:06:37.859 --> 00:06:38.759 what do they face? 00:06:39.539 --> 00:06:40.899 They face pressures within 00:06:40.899 --> 00:06:41.899 and pressures without. 00:06:43.019 --> 00:06:45.439 They're tempted to compromise morally 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:47.359 with the world around them. 00:06:48.139 --> 00:06:49.559 They're tempted to lose 00:06:49.559 --> 00:06:51.319 their first love for Christ. 00:06:52.359 --> 00:06:53.379 They're tempted to rely 00:06:53.379 --> 00:06:54.899 on their own strength and security. 00:06:54.899 --> 00:06:57.659 They're tested and tried, 00:06:57.739 --> 00:06:58.539 even persecuted 00:06:58.539 --> 00:07:00.399 by an increasingly hostile environment. 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:03.939 But the final vision 00:07:03.939 --> 00:07:05.159 that God gives to John 00:07:05.159 --> 00:07:06.139 is of a future 00:07:06.139 --> 00:07:07.759 so good 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.039 that we shouldn't want 00:07:10.039 --> 00:07:11.699 to live for anything else. 00:07:13.139 --> 00:07:14.620 And what is this good thing 00:07:14.620 --> 00:07:15.599 that God has in store? 00:07:15.719 --> 00:07:17.939 Well, it's God himself. 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:20.399 God is the good 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:21.439 that is in store. 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:23.919 Intimate communion 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:25.280 with God. 00:07:27.080 --> 00:07:28.120 Now, where do we see that 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:28.900 in our text? 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:30.439 Well, we see it in verses 2 through 3. 00:07:30.520 --> 00:07:31.840 Let me read those verses again. 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:33.340 John writes, 00:07:33.420 --> 00:07:34.420 And I saw the holy city, 00:07:34.500 --> 00:07:34.980 New Jerusalem, 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:36.000 coming down out of heaven 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:36.500 from God, 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:37.520 prepared as a bride 00:07:37.520 --> 00:07:38.580 adorned for her husband. 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:40.020 And I heard a loud voice 00:07:40.020 --> 00:07:40.980 from the throne saying, 00:07:41.080 --> 00:07:41.480 Behold, 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:42.879 the dwelling place of God 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:43.520 is with man. 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:44.840 He will dwell with them 00:07:44.840 --> 00:07:45.800 and they will be his people. 00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:46.980 And God himself 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:47.660 will be with them 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:48.379 as their God. 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:49.639 Now, we'll see 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:50.180 in the coming weeks 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:51.080 that the New Jerusalem 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:51.879 is a metaphor 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:54.120 for the resurrected people of God 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:55.039 shining forth 00:07:55.039 --> 00:07:56.099 in their true identity. 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:57.439 Here's the church 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:58.419 on the last day 00:07:58.419 --> 00:07:59.819 in all of her beauty. 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:01.560 Beauty, John says, 00:08:01.599 --> 00:08:03.060 like a bride or husband. 00:08:04.620 --> 00:08:06.139 We've seen this marriage metaphor 00:08:06.139 --> 00:08:08.039 before in Revelation 19, right? 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.560 The church is God's beloved. 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:12.760 You see, 00:08:12.840 --> 00:08:13.879 after the Lord Jesus 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:15.180 returns in glory 00:08:15.180 --> 00:08:17.100 to save and to judge, 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:18.939 when he wins 00:08:18.939 --> 00:08:20.260 the final battle 00:08:20.260 --> 00:08:21.160 against evil, 00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:23.280 when he renders 00:08:23.280 --> 00:08:24.500 perfect judgment, 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:26.740 when the earth and sky 00:08:26.740 --> 00:08:28.780 flee from God's holy presence, 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:30.120 as we saw in chapter 20, 00:08:30.180 --> 00:08:30.740 verse 11, 00:08:31.520 --> 00:08:33.000 then on that day 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:34.879 he will establish 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:35.879 a new heaven 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:37.360 and a new earth 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:39.019 and take his bride, 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:39.659 his beloved, 00:08:39.820 --> 00:08:40.480 to himself. 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:44.019 Verse 3 expands 00:08:44.019 --> 00:08:44.759 on this idea 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:45.860 of intimate communion. 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:46.620 There we're told 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:47.139 that God 00:08:47.139 --> 00:08:47.919 in the new creation 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:50.299 will dwell in our midst. 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:52.740 And the word dwell there 00:08:52.740 --> 00:08:53.820 is the same word 00:08:53.820 --> 00:08:54.779 for tabernacle. 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:56.039 In other words, 00:08:56.539 --> 00:08:57.240 the Old Testament 00:08:57.240 --> 00:08:58.659 tabernacle and temple 00:08:58.659 --> 00:08:59.259 where God 00:08:59.259 --> 00:09:00.220 took up residence 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:01.399 in the midst of his people 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:03.320 in a provisional 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.879 and sort of typological way, 00:09:06.400 --> 00:09:07.280 that image 00:09:07.280 --> 00:09:08.379 will be fulfilled 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:10.200 in the new creation. 00:09:11.700 --> 00:09:12.660 But this time 00:09:12.660 --> 00:09:13.220 there won't be 00:09:13.220 --> 00:09:14.100 a literal tent 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:14.700 or temple 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:15.900 with their curtains 00:09:15.900 --> 00:09:17.120 and their walls 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:18.379 separating people 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:18.920 from God, 00:09:19.260 --> 00:09:20.000 restricting who 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:21.000 can enter God's presence 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:21.580 and when. 00:09:21.980 --> 00:09:23.080 No, in the new creation 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:24.240 it will just be 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:25.560 God himself 00:09:25.560 --> 00:09:27.400 dwelling in our midst. 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:30.220 They will be his people 00:09:30.220 --> 00:09:32.019 and God himself 00:09:32.019 --> 00:09:32.980 will be with them 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:33.960 as their God. 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:35.860 No barriers, 00:09:36.560 --> 00:09:37.519 no restrictions, 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:38.580 just free, 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:40.160 intimate access 00:09:40.160 --> 00:09:41.460 to the Almighty. 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:44.840 The last image 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:45.580 of intimate communion 00:09:45.580 --> 00:09:46.720 is found in verse 7. 00:09:47.580 --> 00:09:48.460 God is depicted here 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:49.440 not just as our husband 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:50.700 but as our father. 00:09:51.700 --> 00:09:52.360 Look at verse 7. 00:09:52.420 --> 00:09:53.420 The one who conquers 00:09:53.420 --> 00:09:54.660 will have this heritage 00:09:54.660 --> 00:09:56.500 and I will be as God 00:09:56.500 --> 00:09:58.879 and he will be my son. 00:10:00.220 --> 00:10:00.899 Now I think God 00:10:00.899 --> 00:10:01.820 intentionally uses 00:10:01.820 --> 00:10:03.040 that word son 00:10:03.040 --> 00:10:04.279 to describe this 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:05.180 intimate reality 00:10:05.180 --> 00:10:06.200 for all Christians, 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:06.759 men and women. 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:07.120 Why? 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:08.779 Why does he not say 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:09.460 sons and daughters 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:10.000 or children? 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:11.420 I think because 00:10:11.420 --> 00:10:12.240 in the ancient world 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:13.860 the son legally 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:15.379 had all the rights, 00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:16.340 all the privileges 00:10:16.340 --> 00:10:17.019 of the father 00:10:17.019 --> 00:10:18.700 and God is saying here 00:10:18.700 --> 00:10:20.040 that's what's true 00:10:20.040 --> 00:10:21.519 of every Christian, 00:10:21.700 --> 00:10:22.600 male and female. 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:24.980 We have all the rights, 00:10:25.139 --> 00:10:25.960 all the privileges 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:27.100 of being the father's 00:10:27.100 --> 00:10:28.420 true heir. 00:10:28.419 --> 00:10:30.479 It's all yours. 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:32.479 That's how much 00:10:32.479 --> 00:10:33.620 the father loves you. 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:35.319 That's the sort of 00:10:35.319 --> 00:10:36.599 intimate communion 00:10:36.599 --> 00:10:38.219 he has in store for you. 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:39.659 He holds nothing back. 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:42.919 And as we'll see 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:43.639 in chapter 22 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:44.419 in a couple of weeks, 00:10:44.439 --> 00:10:45.620 that means that we will 00:10:45.620 --> 00:10:47.860 reign with God forever. 00:10:49.439 --> 00:10:50.199 So at the heart 00:10:50.199 --> 00:10:50.899 of the new creation 00:10:50.899 --> 00:10:51.799 of this new heaven 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:52.319 and new earth 00:10:52.319 --> 00:10:52.699 is this, 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:54.199 it's intimate communion 00:10:54.199 --> 00:10:54.799 with God. 00:10:55.699 --> 00:10:56.519 God will no longer 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:57.279 feel distant 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:58.460 or far away, 00:10:58.559 --> 00:10:59.759 but like a loving husband, 00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:01.480 like a caring father, 00:11:02.059 --> 00:11:03.039 like a perfect lover, 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:04.279 like a perfect parent, 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:05.759 he will be near 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:07.159 in intimate communion 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:07.799 with us. 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:11.199 But what does 00:11:11.199 --> 00:11:12.159 this intimate communion 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:13.179 with God mean 00:11:13.179 --> 00:11:14.419 for our life 00:11:14.419 --> 00:11:15.439 in the new creation? 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:17.879 Well, from this vantage point, 00:11:17.939 --> 00:11:18.679 we can consider 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:19.439 kind of the rest 00:11:19.439 --> 00:11:20.519 of the passage. 00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:22.240 And we can kind of 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:22.960 do it in three ways. 00:11:23.079 --> 00:11:24.699 First, we'll see 00:11:24.699 --> 00:11:26.980 what won't be there 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:27.819 in the new creation. 00:11:27.939 --> 00:11:28.460 And then second, 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:29.639 we'll see what will be there. 00:11:30.439 --> 00:11:31.000 And then third, 00:11:31.079 --> 00:11:31.740 we can consider 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:33.000 how to get there. 00:11:33.579 --> 00:11:34.939 So what won't be there 00:11:34.939 --> 00:11:35.860 and what will be there 00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:36.699 and how to get there. 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:37.299 That's kind of 00:11:37.299 --> 00:11:38.159 the rest of our passage. 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:39.259 So first, 00:11:39.319 --> 00:11:39.679 take a look at 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:40.699 what won't be there 00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:41.519 in the new creation. 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:42.379 As we experience 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:43.759 this intimate communion 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:44.220 with God, 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:45.199 what will be absent? 00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:46.480 What won't be there? 00:11:47.079 --> 00:11:47.439 Curiously, 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:48.679 John says in verse 1, 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:49.899 the first earth 00:11:49.899 --> 00:11:50.659 has passed away 00:11:50.659 --> 00:11:52.359 and the sea was no more. 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:55.099 Now, why won't there be 00:11:55.099 --> 00:11:56.879 a sea in the new creation? 00:11:58.519 --> 00:11:59.359 Well, for us today, 00:11:59.439 --> 00:12:00.699 what does the sea represent? 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:01.659 What does the ocean represent? 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:03.239 I think for a lot of us, 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:04.479 the ocean is a place 00:12:04.479 --> 00:12:05.159 of beauty, right? 00:12:05.199 --> 00:12:05.620 It's a place 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:06.579 where we go on vacation. 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:07.159 Yeah? 00:12:07.579 --> 00:12:08.759 We sail, we fish. 00:12:09.439 --> 00:12:10.159 It has mostly 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:11.620 positive connotations 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:12.339 for us today. 00:12:13.459 --> 00:12:14.620 But in the ancient world, 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:16.659 the sea was viewed 00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:17.719 much differently. 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:19.579 The sea was actually 00:12:19.579 --> 00:12:20.019 not a place 00:12:20.019 --> 00:12:20.879 where you went on vacation. 00:12:21.459 --> 00:12:22.319 The sea was a place 00:12:22.319 --> 00:12:22.899 of danger. 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:24.439 It was a place of chaos. 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:26.919 Sailing, for example, 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:28.219 that was a risky business. 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:30.279 Not to mention 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:31.039 there were creatures 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:32.299 lurking in the deep 00:12:32.299 --> 00:12:32.979 of the seas 00:12:32.979 --> 00:12:33.779 that were frightening. 00:12:36.299 --> 00:12:36.819 What's more, 00:12:36.859 --> 00:12:37.699 in the book of Revelation, 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:39.779 John and his sort of, 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:40.159 you know, 00:12:40.299 --> 00:12:41.579 metaphorical casting 00:12:41.579 --> 00:12:42.719 in this book of Revelation, 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:43.979 what do we see? 00:12:44.079 --> 00:12:45.139 Well, it's Satan 00:12:45.139 --> 00:12:46.179 and his beasts 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:46.939 that are depicted 00:12:46.939 --> 00:12:48.319 as rising out of the sea, 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:48.560 right? 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:49.940 That place of kind of chaos 00:12:49.940 --> 00:12:51.300 come the great enemies 00:12:51.300 --> 00:12:52.140 of God and his people. 00:12:52.260 --> 00:12:53.940 And it's upon the seas 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:54.620 that the kingdoms 00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:55.420 of this world, 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:57.500 we saw this in Revelation 18, 00:12:57.860 --> 00:12:58.700 it's upon the seas 00:12:58.700 --> 00:12:59.220 that the kingdoms 00:12:59.220 --> 00:12:59.700 of this world 00:12:59.700 --> 00:13:01.379 engage in their economic trade 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:02.100 and their exploitation. 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:05.379 So when John says, 00:13:05.780 --> 00:13:07.320 the sea was no more, 00:13:09.400 --> 00:13:10.600 he means that chaos 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:11.280 and evil, 00:13:12.140 --> 00:13:13.200 he means that oppression 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:14.020 and violence, 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:15.660 he means that uncertainty 00:13:15.659 --> 00:13:16.799 and danger, 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:18.319 these things 00:13:18.319 --> 00:13:20.539 are removed forever 00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:23.139 from humanity's future home. 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:26.100 And what remains 00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:27.159 when all those things 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:27.819 are removed 00:13:27.819 --> 00:13:29.839 is nothing short 00:13:29.839 --> 00:13:30.899 of brand new, 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:32.620 a new heaven 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:34.120 and a new earth. 00:13:35.819 --> 00:13:36.740 Now, does that mean 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:37.279 that everything 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:38.419 in this old world 00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:40.059 is completely eradicated 00:13:40.059 --> 00:13:41.759 or annihilated, right? 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:44.019 You know, 00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:44.639 when we compare 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.659 the various passages 00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:46.340 from Isaiah 00:13:46.340 --> 00:13:47.019 like Kevin read 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:47.700 for us earlier 00:13:47.700 --> 00:13:48.620 or when we look 00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:50.139 at passages from Paul 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:51.379 or even from Peter 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.500 that speak about 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:53.379 the new creation, 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:55.799 we see that some passages 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:57.539 emphasize continuity. 00:13:57.899 --> 00:13:58.539 They seem to say 00:13:58.539 --> 00:13:59.319 that the new creation 00:13:59.319 --> 00:14:00.019 is a renewal 00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:01.179 of this old creation. 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:02.700 But then we also see 00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:03.620 that some passages 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:04.679 emphasize the kind 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.639 of discontinuity. 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:06.879 They seem to say 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.580 that the new creation 00:14:07.580 --> 00:14:08.319 is a replacement 00:14:08.319 --> 00:14:08.980 of the old. 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:10.419 So which is it? 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:13.299 Well, I think 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:14.419 the best analogy 00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:15.620 to help put 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:16.639 these pieces together 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:18.519 is actually 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:19.079 the resurrection 00:14:19.079 --> 00:14:19.679 of Jesus. 00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:21.839 After all, 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:23.000 the bodily resurrection 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:23.779 of Jesus 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:26.500 was the first act, 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.799 the inauguration 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:29.740 of the new creation. 00:14:30.579 --> 00:14:31.579 The bodily resurrection 00:14:31.579 --> 00:14:32.179 of Jesus 00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:33.219 is the foretaste 00:14:33.219 --> 00:14:33.919 and the pattern 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:34.819 for the whole. 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:37.379 And when you think 00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:37.699 about it, 00:14:37.699 --> 00:14:38.399 you see this same 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:39.000 kind of distinction 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:40.019 in Jesus' resurrection 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.620 body, right? 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:41.519 When you think 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:41.779 about it, 00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:42.639 in one sense, 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:43.519 Jesus' resurrection 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:44.799 body was the same. 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:46.819 It was recognizably 00:14:46.819 --> 00:14:47.620 Jesus, right? 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:48.759 And the tomb 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:49.240 was empty. 00:14:49.319 --> 00:14:50.000 It was the same 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.079 body that came out. 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.759 But at the same time, 00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:54.240 Jesus' resurrection 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:55.620 body was undeniably 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.179 new. 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:58.199 To some, 00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:58.919 he was actually 00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.779 at first hard 00:14:59.779 --> 00:15:00.460 to recognize. 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:03.299 And certainly, 00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:03.939 if you go back 00:15:03.939 --> 00:15:04.720 to the first chapter 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:05.259 of Revelation, 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:06.319 John's vision 00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:07.620 of the risen Christ 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.460 at the beginning 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.179 of this book 00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:10.019 shows us 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:10.980 how stunning 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:12.360 his newness 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:13.000 can be. 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:16.840 Well, I think 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:17.519 the same will be 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:18.419 true of the new 00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:18.960 creation. 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.799 I think we'll still 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:21.620 recognize it 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.659 as heaven and earth, 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:22.879 right? 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:24.039 There'll be continuity. 00:15:24.179 --> 00:15:24.919 It's not going to be like, 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.419 oh my goodness, 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:25.980 it's Mars, 00:15:26.060 --> 00:15:26.560 where are we, 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:26.779 right? 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.100 No, it's still 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:28.840 heaven and earth, 00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:29.820 material, 00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:30.639 real, 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:32.039 more real 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.820 than we experience 00:15:32.820 --> 00:15:33.299 it now. 00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:36.419 So there will be 00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:37.079 continuity, 00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:38.539 but at the same time, 00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.359 it's going to be 00:15:40.359 --> 00:15:41.259 utterly new, 00:15:42.459 --> 00:15:43.259 radically new. 00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:46.719 Paul says on that day, 00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:48.559 creation will be freed 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.219 from its bondage 00:15:50.219 --> 00:15:51.059 to decay. 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:53.939 Or as John puts it, 00:15:53.979 --> 00:15:56.059 the sea will be no more. 00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.120 You see, 00:15:58.199 --> 00:15:59.259 where God dwells 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:00.159 in his fullness, 00:16:01.199 --> 00:16:01.779 there will be 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.620 no more evil 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:04.240 and no more chaos 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.079 and no more oppression 00:16:06.079 --> 00:16:06.919 and violence. 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.500 The sea will be 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:08.980 no more. 00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:11.740 Can you imagine 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.480 a world without 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:13.240 those things? 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:16.720 A world without 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:17.679 those fears 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:19.199 and insecurities? 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.139 That's what God 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:23.299 has in store for us. 00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.699 But that's not all. 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.360 There's something else 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.379 that won't be there. 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:31.199 The reality of this 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:31.820 intimate communion 00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:32.280 with God 00:16:32.280 --> 00:16:33.720 gets much more personal. 00:16:34.040 --> 00:16:34.840 Look at verse 4. 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.460 Verse 4 says, 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.400 God will wipe away 00:16:38.400 --> 00:16:39.480 every tear 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.460 from their eyes 00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.580 and death 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.420 shall be no more. 00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.860 Neither shall there 00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:44.460 be mourning 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:45.520 nor crying 00:16:45.520 --> 00:16:47.060 nor pain anymore 00:16:47.060 --> 00:16:49.080 for the former things 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.940 have passed away. 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:52.020 Friends, 00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:52.980 on that day, 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.580 the hand 00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:55.320 that created 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:56.500 the stars 00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.259 and the galaxies, 00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:58.900 the hand 00:16:58.900 --> 00:16:59.780 that raised 00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.419 the mountains 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.480 and carved 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.299 the rivers, 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:03.500 the almighty 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.500 hand of God 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.099 will come 00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:07.039 to you personally. 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:09.220 And with a tenderness 00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:11.240 you've never experienced, 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.680 he will wipe 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:14.299 every tear 00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:15.460 from your eye. 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:18.660 all the pain 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.819 you've accumulated 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:21.340 in this fallen world, 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.059 the mourning, 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.380 the crying, 00:17:23.840 --> 00:17:24.680 the suffering, 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.460 will be met 00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:27.559 by the hand 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:29.980 of sovereign love 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.539 and in tenderness 00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:33.000 God himself 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.240 will wipe 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:35.240 the tears away. 00:17:36.840 --> 00:17:38.000 He will tend 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.840 to your wounds 00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:41.000 and he will heal 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.539 your broken heart. 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:46.299 so what won't 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:46.799 be there, 00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.799 neither the seas 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.500 of evil 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:52.139 nor the tears 00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:52.980 of pain, 00:17:53.659 --> 00:17:54.680 neither will have 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.480 their place there 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.680 in the new creation. 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:57.940 Suffering, 00:17:58.139 --> 00:17:58.460 sickness, 00:17:58.639 --> 00:17:58.940 decay, 00:17:59.099 --> 00:17:59.559 and death 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:01.180 will all be gone. 00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:05.099 But what will be there? 00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:07.119 If the sea won't be there, 00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:07.859 if tears and death 00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:08.279 won't be there, 00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:09.119 what will actually 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:09.539 be there? 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:10.720 Well, 00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.500 we see our second point 00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:14.440 in verses 5 and 6 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.200 and 7, 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:15.740 especially at the end 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.200 of 7, 00:18:16.399 --> 00:18:16.940 God says, 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.740 to the thirsty 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.359 I will give 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:19.980 from the spring 00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:21.059 of the water of life 00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:22.319 without payment. 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:25.139 The seas might be gone, 00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:27.619 but John sees 00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:28.680 that there'll be a spring, 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:30.399 a spring of the water 00:18:30.399 --> 00:18:30.960 of life. 00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:32.279 In other words, 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:33.000 in the new creation, 00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:33.659 there won't just be 00:18:33.659 --> 00:18:34.700 the absence of chaos 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.759 and death and tears, 00:18:35.899 --> 00:18:36.619 but there will be 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:37.279 the fullness 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.859 of satisfaction. 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:41.180 In intimate communion 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.960 with God, 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:44.180 our hearts will be filled 00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:45.920 by an ever-flowing 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:47.059 spring of life 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:48.759 flowing from the very 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.639 heart of God. 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.960 Now, 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:54.079 ask anyone today, 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:56.440 who doesn't want 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.579 life 00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:59.059 and more of it? 00:18:59.899 --> 00:19:00.639 Who doesn't want 00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.399 to take life 00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:03.039 and drink it deeply 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.519 like a spring of water? 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:06.500 You know, 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.779 listen to practically 00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:09.519 every self-help 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.839 wellness podcast 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:11.639 that there is, 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:11.859 right? 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.579 Whether it's 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.440 Mel Robbins 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:15.359 or Andrew Huberman, 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:15.920 you know, 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:18.079 pick your favorite one. 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:20.799 What are they reaching for? 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.559 What are they hoping 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.160 to achieve? 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:24.599 What are they grasping at? 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.839 Is it not a fullness 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.599 of life? 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:30.519 Not just to be healthy, 00:19:31.139 --> 00:19:31.900 but to be happy. 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:35.019 But of course, 00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:35.980 this life cannot 00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:37.420 finally give us 00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.280 those things 00:19:38.280 --> 00:19:39.080 in full measure. 00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:41.460 Our desire will 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.160 at some point 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:42.900 be thwarted 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.380 in this life. 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:44.160 Our protocols 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:45.019 and our plans 00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:45.820 will one day 00:19:45.820 --> 00:19:46.560 fall short. 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:49.519 But in the new creation, 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:51.280 in the future 00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:52.440 that God has in store 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.320 for His people, 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:55.120 there's a spring 00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:56.800 of living water. 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:59.680 And what is that spring? 00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.480 Again, 00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.859 it's God Himself. 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.519 The Alpha 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.279 and the Omega. 00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:07.419 The sovereign Lord 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:08.240 of history. 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:09.399 The one who rules 00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:10.039 from beginning 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:11.139 to end 00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:12.559 and every moment 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.159 in between. 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.519 The one who makes 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.480 all things new. 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.000 The one who's 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.680 trustworthy and true. 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:20.119 The one who will say 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:20.879 on that day, 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.519 it's done. 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:27.359 You see, 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:28.079 what God's saying 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.500 to us here 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.200 is that He's not 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:30.160 just our Creator. 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.980 He's not just 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:32.019 the Alpha, 00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.720 the beginning. 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.740 But He's also 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.319 the Omega. 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:36.319 He's the end. 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.519 God's not just 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.420 the Creator, 00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:40.319 but He is 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:41.379 the consummator. 00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:43.359 He is the desired 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:44.900 goal of everything. 00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:48.560 God is the journey's end. 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.220 Whether it's 00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.320 the magnificent view 00:20:51.320 --> 00:20:52.040 at the top 00:20:52.040 --> 00:20:53.120 of the mountain hike, 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:54.100 or whether it's 00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:55.060 the warm fire 00:20:55.060 --> 00:20:56.100 and the comfort of friends 00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:57.140 at the end of the day, 00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:58.820 it's all speaking of Him. 00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:02.519 And He is bringing 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.160 everything 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:05.280 to its appointed end. 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.740 And one day 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.640 He will say, 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:09.160 it is done. 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:12.080 And in His intimate 00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.920 presence, 00:21:13.040 --> 00:21:13.820 we will drink 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:15.240 and drink 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.659 and drink 00:21:16.659 --> 00:21:17.899 and know 00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.819 a satisfaction 00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.700 and joy 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:21.740 that is unspeakable 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:23.379 and full of glory. 00:21:24.679 --> 00:21:25.639 He will be 00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:27.039 the majestic view. 00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.460 God will be 00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.359 the warm fire. 00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.859 He will be 00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.419 the goal 00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:32.819 we've been longing for. 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:38.119 So John shows us 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.879 what won't be there 00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:40.299 and what will be there. 00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.159 But last, 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.919 how do we get there? 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.299 Look at verses 7 and 8. 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.480 The one who conquers 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.519 will have this heritage 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:51.319 and I will be his God 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:53.019 and he will be my son. 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.339 But as for the cowardly, 00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.259 the faithless, 00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.019 the detestable, 00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:58.000 as for murderers, 00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:59.019 the sexually immoral, 00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.240 sorcerers, 00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.159 idolaters, 00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.000 and all liars, 00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.159 their portion 00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.919 will be in the lake 00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.839 that burns with fire 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.339 and sulfur, 00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:07.480 which is the second death. 00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:10.619 There are two options, 00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.599 John says. 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:14.379 They're the conquerors 00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:16.659 and they're the cowardly. 00:22:18.199 --> 00:22:19.179 In this life, 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.859 we will either press on 00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.819 through trials, 00:22:21.959 --> 00:22:23.179 holding on to the faith, 00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:25.439 or we will fall away. 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:28.199 We will either remain faithful 00:22:28.199 --> 00:22:30.179 or our profession 00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:31.740 will prove to be false. 00:22:32.439 --> 00:22:33.719 We might look like Christians 00:22:33.719 --> 00:22:34.359 for a while, 00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.939 but when hardship comes, 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.240 we will leave the path 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:40.599 and become just like the world. 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.740 And John holds up 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:47.059 this vision of the new creation 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:48.680 in all of its goodness 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:51.099 so that we might be motivated 00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:52.720 not to fall away, 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:55.299 so that we might press on 00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.859 and be those who conquer. 00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:59.140 Now conquer in Revelation 00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.200 has a special meaning. 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:02.039 The conquerors in Revelation 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.519 are those whose lives 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.259 are characterized 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.680 by a refusal 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:07.359 to compromise their faith 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:08.299 despite the threat 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.940 of persecution. 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.460 So in reality, 00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.480 John's using the term 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.259 sort of ironically, 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.759 isn't he? 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:14.039 Christians conquer 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.680 when they maintain their faith 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:19.079 even though they may appear defeated. 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.799 Even though in the world's eyes, 00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.680 because of persecution, 00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:24.599 they look utterly defeated, 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.059 John says, 00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:26.480 no, they're the conquerors. 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.680 So what does it mean to conquer? 00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.740 Well, it doesn't mean 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.539 what the world means. 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.859 It doesn't mean, you know, 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:34.339 you win every argument 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.700 and you enforce your will 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.680 on others, right? 00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.420 No. 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.740 To conquer means 00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:40.339 to hold on to Christ 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:42.859 even when the raging seas 00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:44.200 and the abundant tears 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.920 of this world 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.099 press against you 00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.019 from every side. 00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.420 That's what it means 00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:51.579 to truly conquer in this life. 00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:53.559 To cling to Christ 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:55.819 even if it costs you everything. 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.779 But how do we do that? 00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:03.879 How do we overcome? 00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.759 How do we conquer? 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.099 And how can we possibly 00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:08.000 have enough strength 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.879 to do this? 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.099 Are we just meant 00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.359 to do it on our own, right? 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:14.099 Who can possibly make it 00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.940 through all the trials 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.559 and all the tears 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.119 of this life 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:17.180 and not fall away? 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:20.960 Is not our own grip 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:22.259 too weak? 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:27.799 The reality is, friends, 00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.759 if we were left 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.640 to ourselves, 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.519 we wouldn't make it. 00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.640 Like the disciples 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.140 on the night 00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:36.099 when Jesus was arrested, 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.379 we would all fall away. 00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.900 But here's the good news. 00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:43.440 We aren't left 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.140 to ourselves. 00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.319 Conquering, 00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.140 persevering, 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.940 pressing on 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.000 isn't something 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.680 we do 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:51.340 merely in our own strength. 00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:53.400 No, we look 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.160 to the one 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.640 who has already 00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:56.200 conquered, 00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.820 the lamb 00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:58.539 who was slain, 00:24:58.620 --> 00:24:59.519 the Lord Jesus. 00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.559 He promises 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.360 to complete 00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:03.019 the good work 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.960 he began in us. 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.680 He seals us 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.759 with his spirit 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:08.840 so that we might 00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.539 be protected 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.240 and safe 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.820 so that we might 00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:11.720 turn from sin 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.720 and pursue holiness. 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:14.900 He places us 00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.740 in local churches 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.380 so that we might 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.539 spur one another on 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.680 to love and good deeds. 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.420 He gives us 00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.880 his word 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.759 full of promises 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:23.200 and exhortations 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.740 to keep us 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.799 running the race 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.420 with endurance. 00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.819 But the greatest 00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.620 gift of all 00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:32.220 is the gift 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.819 of himself. 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.039 Do you want 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.660 to know the secret 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.559 of endurance, 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.120 of overcoming, 00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.299 of conquering? 00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:42.700 it's not 00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.379 what you do. 00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.759 It's to see 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.419 what the true 00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:47.059 conqueror 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.579 has done 00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.539 for you. 00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:51.680 Consider verse 3 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.419 of our passage. 00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.879 How is it 00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.519 that God 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.379 will be able 00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.079 to dwell 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.259 in our midst? 00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.419 How can we 00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:59.359 possibly have 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.180 such intimate 00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.740 communion 00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.440 with a holy God 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.559 for eternity? 00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:05.000 You and I 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.619 are sinners. 00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.119 We deserve 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.740 judgment, 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.500 not welcome. 00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.639 It's possible, 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.119 friends, 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.480 because of what 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.440 Jesus has done. 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.519 In the incarnation, 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.859 Jesus became flesh 00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:19.299 and tabernacled, 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.980 dwelled among us. 00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:23.339 Because Christ came 00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.440 and dwelt with us 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.119 in our sin, 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.659 we can dwell 00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:27.139 with God 00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.799 in his holiness. 00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:31.419 Or consider verse 4. 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.000 How can there be 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.000 no more pain 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.919 or death? 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:37.420 because the Son of God 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.580 suffered and died 00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.279 on the cross 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.240 for our sins. 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.279 You and I 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.800 can know 00:26:42.800 --> 00:26:43.480 an eternity 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:45.300 without suffering, 00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.160 without death, 00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:48.080 because of that. 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.720 He shed 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:51.060 his tears 00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.840 so that 00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.860 our tears 00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.560 might be wiped 00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:54.200 away. 00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:57.140 Or consider verse 6. 00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.060 How can this 00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.740 water of life 00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.320 come to us 00:26:59.320 --> 00:27:00.240 without payment, 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.740 totally free of charge? 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:03.500 I mean, 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:03.779 goodness, 00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.420 if you want to get 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.460 the advanced content 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.859 from Andrew Huberman, 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.700 you've got to pay up, 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.099 right? 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.559 Nothing in this life 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.120 is free. 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.700 And yet here, 00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.880 the greatest gift 00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.900 comes to us 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:16.259 without costing us 00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.279 anything. 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.579 So who paid 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.180 the price 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.579 so that we can 00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.059 drink 00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.220 and drink 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.559 and be satisfied? 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:28.599 It was Christ. 00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.319 Jesus hung 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.980 on the cross 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.379 for your sins. 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.960 He said, 00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:35.700 I thirst 00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:37.099 so that you need 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.839 never be thirsty again. 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.399 And if you see that, 00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.299 brothers and sisters, 00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.359 if you see what Christ 00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.359 did for you, 00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:47.039 then you won't 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.960 fall away. 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.059 He will be the one 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.599 who actually holds you 00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.720 in the palm of His hand 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.960 and He will never 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.599 let you go. 00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:56.539 And all the pleasures 00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.240 of this world 00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.779 will seem like trifles 00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:00.559 compared to spending 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.219 eternity 00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:02.480 with the God 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.659 who loves you 00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.619 like that, 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.839 who is so infinitely 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.919 glorious 00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:10.099 that He would rescue you 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.879 by sheer 00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:13.039 unmerited grace. 00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:17.199 In other words, 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.099 if you hear Christ 00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.159 say from the cross, 00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:20.099 it's finished, 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.859 and you realize 00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.500 that He said that 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.039 for you 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.519 and all your sins, 00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.500 past and present 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.119 and future, 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.919 then friend, 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.539 you will surely 00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.519 hear those words again 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.980 in the new heavens 00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.539 and new earth 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:33.439 when the one seated 00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.439 on the throne says, 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.759 it's done, 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.279 it's finished. 00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:39.139 I am the Alpha 00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.679 and Omega, 00:28:40.459 --> 00:28:40.959 the beginning 00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:41.519 and the end. 00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:44.099 So press on, 00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:44.799 brothers and sisters. 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.439 Don't give up. 00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.940 Lord, 00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:48.340 the future that God 00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:49.539 has in store for you 00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:51.180 is so good, 00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:53.259 there's nothing else 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.059 worth living for. 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.059 Let's pray. 00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.980 Father in heaven, 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.080 as we gather 00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:07.180 before you this morning, 00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:09.600 Lord, 00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.180 we are sure 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.900 that if we were 00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:12.240 to list all the trials 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:13.620 and temptations, 00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:16.100 all the deep wounds 00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:17.060 and pains 00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:19.140 that each one of us 00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:20.320 carries in this room, 00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:22.279 Lord, 00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.759 it would be 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.180 an incredible weight. 00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.620 And Father, 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.299 if we were then 00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.840 to begin 00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:30.200 to confess our sins, 00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:32.160 to show the ways 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.940 in which we've fallen 00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:34.060 short of your glory 00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:35.359 and turned aside 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.259 from your ways, 00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.440 oh God, 00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.500 would that not be 00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:42.419 just a crushing weight? 00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.099 So Lord, 00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.919 we come before you 00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.500 this morning 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.460 with much suffering 00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.859 and much sin. 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.740 But we also stand 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.599 before you knowing 00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:55.079 that we have 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:56.099 an even weightier 00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:57.919 and even mightier 00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.839 Savior. 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.159 And we thank you 00:30:02.159 --> 00:30:03.819 that because of his work, 00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.899 we can overcome. 00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.679 That our pains 00:30:08.679 --> 00:30:09.359 can be healed, 00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.059 that our sins 00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.819 can be forgiven, 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.639 that we can run 00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:13.000 this race with endurance, 00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.440 looking to you, 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.740 Jesus, 00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.399 the author 00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:16.859 and the perfecter 00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.539 of our faith. 00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.179 Oh Lord, 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.539 fuel our hearts 00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.759 with a desire, 00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.619 with a hope 00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:24.619 of this great day 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.019 to come. 00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:26.819 Lord, 00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:28.519 help us to carry on 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.359 and to press on 00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.139 because we know 00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.879 that the future 00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.619 is good. 00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:34.000 and you 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.199 are trustworthy 00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:36.439 and true. 00:30:37.459 --> 00:30:38.659 You have never 00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.719 disappointed 00:30:39.719 --> 00:30:40.879 any of your promises. 00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.899 They are all yes 00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.919 and amen in Christ 00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:44.000 and this one too 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:45.559 shall be yes 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.679 and amen 00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.819 in Christ. 00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:50.059 So would we live 00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.699 for that day? 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:53.099 In Jesus' name, 00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.559 amen. 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:53.619 Amen. 00:30:54.179 --> 00:30:54.699 Amen.