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 I was trying to decide how much background I had to give to this movie analogy to start the sermon.

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 But just in case you're not familiar with movie stars, Will Smith is a very tall, muscular African-American actor who often acts in action films.

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 And Tom Cruise is a very short, white guy who often acts in movies, often as an action hero.

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 I don't know, probably on stilts or something like that.

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 So they don't sort of show how short he is.

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 Anyway, there's this couple, true story, this couple, quite a few years ago, in fact it was the year 2004.

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 They decided that the two big movies that were at the time was Collateral, starring Tom Cruise, and I, Robot, starring Will Smith.

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 Collateral, modern day movie about a cab driver who picks up a hitman.

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 Then, I, Robot, in the future, futuristic things, fighting robots, the whole thing.

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 The I, Robot movie stars Will Smith.

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 The other movie, Tom Cruise.

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 They said, we're going to go out and see which one of the two movies we'll see.

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 I don't know which one of the two movies we'll see.

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 Let's see the Tom Cruise movie.

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 The woman says, yeah, I really like Tom Cruise.

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 Let's go see the Tom Cruise movie.

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 And so the guy gets the tickets.

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 True story.

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 The two of them go into the movie.

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 The movie starts about 45 minutes into the movie.

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 The woman says to the man, this is a very, very odd Tom Cruise movie.

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 He hasn't shown up in the movie at all.

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 They were sitting in the I, Robot movie.

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 And it took the woman 45 minutes to realize that she wasn't watching a Tom Cruise movie set in present day North America,

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 but watching a futuristic film starring Will Smith.

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 And they had some words afterwards because he'd sort of just unilaterally made the last minute decision that he'd rather see I, Robot, and didn't tell her.

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 But it's funny that she was able to sit there for 45 minutes puzzling through why this futuristic science fiction movie starring Will Smith was actually a Tom Cruise movie.

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 Now, I mention that because one of the things is that we actually always sort of understand that we live our lives in terms of some overarching story.

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 And things called worldviews are just a different sort of different ways to understand an overarching type of story.

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 And so maybe our overarching story is, you know, you die, that's it.

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 So basically, since when you die, that's it, you just sort of have to grab as many toys or just sort of get what you want in this life.

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 Enjoy every moment as you have because you're just going to die and that's it.

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 Maybe it's that you're going to end up, you know, merging with God.

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 But there's a variety of different stories.

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 And it really, really matters that we understand the story, that if there is, in fact, a true story that we can be in.

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 And if we sort of think we're in one story when we're in another story, then it means we're going to always be sort of not quite getting what's going on.

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 Things in reality and things in life aren't going to sort of fit or make sense.

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 And I think that's a small sort of an example of that, apart from the Tom Cruise thing.

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 I, the other day I was in a, I was in a Starbucks and I happened to be sitting by a chair that had, had a plug.

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 And I could see this young woman, she'd just gotten a table and she was trying to see if her computer cord would be long enough to get into the plug.

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 And I noticed her distress and I offered to trade places with her.

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 And she said, you sure?

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 I said, yeah, I use this spectacular ancient invention called paper that doesn't require any batteries.

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 And, uh, cause I, I do all my sermon notes in a book.

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 In fact, in this book, uh, the way I work it is I, I make all my notes.

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 If you're ever to steal the book, you'd see my notes begin, uh, sort of, um, back and back and back here.

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 I make my notes, I put my reflections, et cetera.

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 And then eventually I put my outline all, all in the same book.

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 Uh, but when I'm working on several sermons at the same time, uh, which I'm doing right now because I'm doing some pre-work on 1 Thessalonians 5,

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 then occasionally in the midst of all of these notes, I'll, I'll make a little note at the top of the page.

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 Uh, and it let me know that I'm actually in that page working on another text.

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 So just yesterday I'm in the Starbucks trying to finish my, put my sermon together.

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 And I'm, I'm going through, I'm going from page to page to page.

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 And I come to a page and I'm starting to figure out, I'm looking at these notes and it says, um,

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 forgiveness is key to a choice between fight and flight.

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 Verse 13, verse 3, verse 15, and evil.

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 Forgiveness means a type of death that was sacrificed.

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 And I'm looking in Revelation chapter 22, verses 3 and 15.

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 And I'm thinking to myself, how on earth did I get that from that?

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 Like, what was I doing?

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 And then I look at the next notes, you know, verse 1 and verse 11,

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 encourage and build up and the tension and superiority.

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 And I'm like, how on earth does that get in Revelation?

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 And then I realize I'm looking at my notes for 1 Thessalonians 5.

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 And, um, and, and, and, and that's what often happens in life.

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 That, um, um, it's one of the things that, that for Christians, it's partly how you grow as a Christian,

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 is that there's a whole pile of stories going on in the world.

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 And these stories that go on in the world are trying to help you to understand your life

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 and the meaning of your life and the purpose and the direction of your life.

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 And Jesus isn't just somebody who comes into your life

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 and sort of adds a little bit of extra flavor or value to your life.

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 Jesus is part of a different story.

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 And not only then, so many of us, when we come to faith in Jesus,

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 it begins with us just sort of coming to a faith in Jesus.

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 Uh, for myself, it was just this sense that there was a, an incompleteness and a lack in my life.

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 And I had this sense of Jesus as a type of fullness.

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 And I, I needed that type of fullness.

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 And I knew that, that by coming to him, that, that I just needed to come to him for some type of fullness.

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 But, but partly what happens as we come to faith in Jesus is that we slowly start to understand

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 that Jesus is part of a large story.

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 And that God wants us to understand that story because it's the true story.

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 And that true story is the one that will actually make sense of our experience.

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 That it will make sense of, of the mystery of suffering.

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 That it will make sense of the mystery of sacrifice.

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 That it will make sense of the mystery of death.

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 That it will make sense of the mystery of marriage and of relationships.

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 That it will make sense of the mystery of, of the body.

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 It will make sense of the mystery of sex.

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 That it will make sense of the, of the mystery of good and evil.

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 that it will make sense of the mystery of beauty and of longings and of yearnings,

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 that it's not just that Jesus sort of comes in and gives us a little bit of dose of peace and religion

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 as we live the different stories that are going on in the world,

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 but he slowly, as we draw closer to him and he gets a greater hold of us,

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 he tries to help us to understand that the world's stories have parts in it that are true,

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 but parts that are very, very confused or maybe even wrong,

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 and that there is this different story, a true story that we're in the middle of that Jesus is central to,

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 that once we start to understand, then we start to understand these other mysteries of suffering,

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 of sex, of death, of sacrifice, of family, of the body, the mystery of money, the mystery of meaning.

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 And we've been going through the book of Revelation,

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 and Revelation chapter 22 is the very, very end of the Bible,

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 and it's, Revelation is the last book in the Bible,

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 and Revelation 22 is the very, very last bit of the book of Revelation in the whole Bible.

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 And so it tells us the last bit of the story,

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 and it does so in such a way that even as it tells us the last bit of the story,

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 it communicates a bit of a sense of the mystery of the person, of the face, of the body,

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 of our longings and of our yearnings.

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 So it would be a great help to me if you would turn in your Bibles to Revelation chapter 22,

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 Revelation chapter 22, and we'll look very briefly at this last, very, very, very last piece of the Bible,

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 which is all part of telling the overarching story of the Bible,

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 which Christians believe is not just a true story for Christians, but is truly true,

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 and it helps us to make sense and understand human experience and human life,

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 that it starts to help to make meaning out of our life.

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 Revelation chapter 22, beginning at the first verse.

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 And, yeah.

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 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal,

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 flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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 Through the middle of the street of the city.

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 Sorry, I didn't read that very well.

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 I'll start again.

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 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal,

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 flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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 It was flowing through the middle of the street of the city,

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 also on either side of the river, the tree of life with its 12 kinds of fruit,

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 yielding its fruit each month.

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 The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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 No longer will there be anything accursed,

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 but the throne of God and the Lamb will be in it,

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 and the servants will worship him.

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 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads,

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 and night will be no more.

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 They will need no light of lamp or sun,

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 for the Lord God will be their light,

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 and they will reign forever and ever.

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 And we'll just sort of pause there.

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 And actually, in the way that the book of Revelation is written,

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 in some ways this is the end of the book of the Revelation with verse 5.

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 After verse 5, there's no more sort of,

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 and then I saw and then I heard,

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 and there's no more series of visions.

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 It's as if the story,

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 this is the last vision with verse 5.

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 And then verses 6 to 21,

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 it's a little bit like,

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 depending on your age,

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 like for us,

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 maybe we have our son or our daughter come,

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 and maybe they're going to go off on a trip.

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 Maybe they have their grandchildren with them.

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 And it's really easy when they're going off on a trip

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 for Louise and me to say,

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 oh, did you forget the granola bars?

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 Do you have the water?

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 Do you have enough diapers?

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 Don't forget to call.

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 Like a whole range of things.

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 And in some ways,

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 that's how the book of Revelation ends with verse 5.

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 And verses 6 to 21,

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 it's as if Jesus and the angels are saying to John,

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 okay, before you go,

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 don't forget this.

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 Don't forget this.

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 Don't forget this.

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 Don't forget this.

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 Do you have this?

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 And it's trying to summarize these last little things,

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 but this is the last vision.

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 And here, if you put it up on the screen, Andrew,

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 here's the thing.

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 In the city is a garden,

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 and in the garden,

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 I will see God face to face,

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 and then the new beginning will begin.

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 What's happening in verses 1 to 5

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 is that in the city is a garden,

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 and in the garden,

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 I will see God face to face,

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 and then the new beginning will begin.

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 That's how the book of Revelation ends.

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 About two or three weeks ago,

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 I talked about how two of the big images

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 to help us to understand heaven

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 is the marriage of the church,

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 the bride of Christ, to Jesus,

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 and then the other thing is an image of the feast.

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 And then last week,

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 we looked a little bit how,

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 in the end,

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 what's described is definitely not

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 that human beings will be like angels

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 or be like spirits,

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 but that God brings in a new heaven and earth.

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 And he doesn't bring in a new heaven and a new earth.

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 He brings in a new heaven and earth.

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 It implies that there's a type of a unity

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 or a mixing or a fitting together

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 of what we now understand as heaven

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 and what we now understand as earth,

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 that the two of them will somehow be at one somehow,

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 that they'll fit with each other,

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 they'll be different,

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 but at the same time,

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 there'll be a type of a peacefulness between them,

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 and an ability for us as human beings

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 to both be in heaven and in earth

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 and still have bodies.

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 And that the fundamental image

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 of what this new heaven and new earth,

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 the new heaven and new earth will be like,

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 is that we human beings will live in the city,

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 the city of God.

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 And the city is described as being immense.

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 And I talked about how what the Bible

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 is trying to let us know

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 is that at the end of the end of the end,

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 which is also the beginning,

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 that I will live in this city.

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 You will live in this city.

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 Those who are redeemed by Jesus

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 will live in this city.

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 And I will be a neighbor

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 to others who live in the city.

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 And I will be a neighbor.

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 They will,

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 and there will be neighborhoods,

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 so to speak,

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 so there's,

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 we all have neighbors,

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 and God will be everybody's neighbor.

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 So that it's not as if you can move

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 to some distant suburb

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 to get as far away from God

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 as you possibly can.

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 But that the new heaven and earth

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 will be a city where people live,

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 where we have neighbors,

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 where we will be a neighbor ourselves,

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 and where everybody has God

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 as his neighbor.

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 And then the final part of this vision

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 is that in the city is a garden.

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 In the garden,

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 I will see God face to face,

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 and then the new beginning will begin.

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 And if you go back later on

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 as part of your private devotions

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 and read Genesis chapter 3,

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 you'll see that many parts

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 of Revelation chapter 22,

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 verses 1 to 5,

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 are paired or matched

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 with what goes on in Genesis 3.

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 That the things that God will take away

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 are the things that come into human life

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 as a result of Adam and Eve's fall.

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 That at the end of Genesis chapter 3,

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 Adam and Eve are expelled from the garden,

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 and an angel is there to stop them

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 from the tree of life.

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 And here we see that the tree of life

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 has now become trees of life,

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 and that the trees of life

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 are accessible to everybody in the city,

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 and that we will eat of its fruit.

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 And it's a wonderful, wonderful image

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 of what it is that we're called for,

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 what the end of the story is.

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 That we will live,

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 that God originally intended us

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 with all of the power

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 of that story of Genesis 3,

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 that we could be

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 with other human beings,

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 and you could be completely

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 and utterly naked,

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 and be completely

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 and utterly unashamed.

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 That the things that characterize

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 our human life right now,

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 that on one hand,

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 we know they characterize us,

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 but on the other hand,

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 we know that it shouldn't characterize us.

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 On one hand,

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 we know that there's walls

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 and masks that we make

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 for other people.

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 At the same time,

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 we know that there shouldn't be

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 walls or masks.

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 We have on one hand

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 a desire for walls or masks,

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 on the other hand,

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 a desire to have no walls or masks,

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 that what we understand

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 is really being loved,

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 is being able to be

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 with another person

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 or a friend.

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 Friendship or love

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 is being able to be

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 with another person

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 where some of the walls

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 and some of the masks

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 that characterize our lives

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 are let down

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 so that the other person

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 can see us

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 as we really are

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 and yet not turn away

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 in disgust or anger

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 or embarrassment

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 as they see us

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 as we really are.

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 And so here we see

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 that at the end

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 of the end of the end,

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 which is also truly

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 a beginning,

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 that I will be able

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 to stand,

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 not based on my own righteousness,

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 but on what Jesus

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 has done for me,

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 that I will stand

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 in the city

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 where I have neighbors

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 and God is my neighbor

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 and there will be a garden

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 and I will be in that garden

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 and I can look at God

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 face to face

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 and I will no longer

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 have any masks

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 and I will no longer

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 have any walls

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 and I will be completely

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 and fully known

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 and I will begin

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 the eternal quest

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 and journey

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 of knowing

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 the unending God.

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 And if I stand

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 before God

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 face to face,

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 I stand before God

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 face to face

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 in a garden

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 not by myself

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 but with other human beings

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 who are likewise

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 seeing God

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 without masks

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 and without walls

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 and are able

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 to stand there

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 unashamed

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 and we do that together

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 which means

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 we start

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 through seeing God

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 face to face

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 to be able to see

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 each other face to face.

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 You see,

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 even in this story,

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 we sort of have

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 this understanding

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 that it starts to make

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 a sense of why it is

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 that the whole

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 biblical story

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 of us being fallen,

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 of evil coming

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 into the world,

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 of us being bent,

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 of our contradictory

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 desires to build

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 walls for protection

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 yet at the same time

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 that we would have

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 no walls,

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 to build masks

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 to protect us

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 but at the same time

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 that there would be

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 no masks

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 and it pictures

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 that day

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 when we will see

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 God face to face

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 and we will stand

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 before him

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 unashamed.

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 And the wonderful

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 thing about this

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 image,

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 look,

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 it's a very,

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 very funny thing.

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 Look at verse 2,

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 the last part of it,

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 the leaves of the tree

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 are for the healing

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 of the nations

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 and heaven is the great

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 healing.

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 I know a man

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 who was sick

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 and he had cancer

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 and he was praying

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 that he would be healed

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 of this cancer

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 and I'm going to probably

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 get this story wrong,

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 I should have written it down

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 rather than just trying

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 to remember it

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 from my notes

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 but he said that

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 he was going to be healed.

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 He believed that

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 he was going to be healed.

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 He believed that

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 the chemotherapy

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 would work

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 so he would be healed

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 very slowly

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 or he believed

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 that God could do

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 a miracle

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 he could be healed quickly

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 or he would die

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 and he would be healed

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 finally

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 and fully

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 and eternally

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 but either way

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 he knew he was going

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 to be healed

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 and heaven is always

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 pictured as a place

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 of healing,

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 of health,

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 of life,

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 of light.

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 that that is what

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 heaven will be like

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 but here's the thing

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 with the nations.

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 When we get to heaven

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 we won't all be white.

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 We won't all be black.

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 We won't all be Asian.

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 We won't all be First Nation.

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 Like we won't be,

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 we won't all become

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 one color.

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 Like what makes us

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 as human beings

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 right now

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.220
 is a combination

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 of community

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 and angularity.

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 That's what makes us

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 human beings

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.160
 right now.

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 A combination

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 of community

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 and angularity.

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 By angularity

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 I mean

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 it's like a snowflake

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:04.140
 that I've been told

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 that all snowflakes

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.380
 are different

00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:07.259
 and snowflakes

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 are angular

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.259
 and we all know

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.019
 that we have

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.900
 pointy bits

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 and part of the

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:14.080
 problem

00:19:14.080 --> 00:19:14.640
 and challenge

00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:15.100
 of marriage

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 is how do you get

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.900
 pointy bits

00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.800
 of two pointy

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 angular people

00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.000
 to actually become one

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 and some things

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.779
 fit well

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.440
 and some things

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.519
 don't fit very well

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.039
 and that's part

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.579
 of the challenge

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.200
 of marriage.

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 It's part of the

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:27.140
 challenge of friendship.

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.720
 It's part of the

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.559
 challenge of churches.

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 It's part of the

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:30.200
 challenge of community

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:31.339
 that we're all

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.740
 angular individuals

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.619
 which mean that

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 because we're

00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:35.099
 completely and utterly

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.720
 ourselves

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.960
 and completely angular

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.500
 that there's

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.599
 we're a whole

00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:39.279
 mass of

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:40.160
 pointy bits

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 but at the same time

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.759
 we don't speak

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:44.160
 six billion languages

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:46.000
 or however many

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.500
 human beings

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:46.980
 there are on the

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.279
 planet

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 that there's

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:51.140
 something communal

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.960
 about us

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.820
 and something

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:53.420
 angular

00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:55.320
 and we see this

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 the word that's

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.140
 translated in

00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:58.360
 as nations

00:19:58.360 --> 00:19:59.180
 is really

00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:00.320
 the word

00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:00.700
 which should

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.960
 really be

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.680
 translated as

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 people group.

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 It's from

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.220
 where we get

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:07.240
 ethnic from

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 and so

00:20:09.560 --> 00:20:10.000
 this even

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.540
 in heaven

00:20:10.540 --> 00:20:11.740
 we see that

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:13.040
 in some ways

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:14.319
 George will be

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:14.740
 in heaven

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.519
 I will be in

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:15.980
 heaven with

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 all my

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.480
 angularity

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.059
 all my

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.940
 recognizable

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.960
 angularity

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.639
 but without

00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.440
 masks and

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.200
 without walls

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:23.339
 and I will be

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.859
 able to see

00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.599
 God face to

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:24.859
 face

00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.319
 I will be

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.599
 able to

00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.079
 stand in

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.639
 his presence

00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.480
 and I will

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.079
 stand in

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.720
 all my

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.519
 perfected

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.539
 angularity

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:33.639
 and yet

00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:33.940
 there will be

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.440
 this sense

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:34.940
 of community

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.720
 because I am

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.119
 part of

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.740
 one nation

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.240
 that

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.680
 Canadian

00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:39.139
 nation

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.019
 that particular

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.720
 people group

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.779
 and I will

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.180
 be there

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.539
 with my

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.039
 brothers and

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.680
 sisters from

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.379
 North Korea

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.359
 and China

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:47.619
 and Iran

00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:50.359
 and Kenya

00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:51.180
 and the

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:52.039
 United States

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:55.359
 I will be

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:55.819
 there with

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.680
 hipsters who

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.480
 become Christians

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:59.000
 and street

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.440
 people who

00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.259
 become Christians

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.359
 and billionaires

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.859
 who become

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.319
 Christians

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:04.460
 and Down

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:04.960
 Syndrome

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:07.160
 and so even

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.920
 in this picture

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.980
 of the Garden

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.559
 of Eden

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:11.159
 is now in

00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:11.639
 a city

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:13.559
 and that

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.480
 the tree of

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.200
 life is there

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.500
 and we

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.159
 partake of

00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:16.359
 it

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:17.240
 that what

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.039
 we actually

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.759
 experience

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 throughout all

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 of eternity

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 is a

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 on one hand

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.279
 it's a type

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 of a growing

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 but on the

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 other hand

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 it's a type

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 of a healing

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 that it only

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:28.819
 means that

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.240
 there's more

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:30.119
 health that

00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:30.899
 comes into

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 me

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 that's the

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 point of

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 the image

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:35.500
 that right

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.019
 now on this

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.399
 side of the

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:36.740
 grave

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:38.039
 that what

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.519
 comes into

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:38.859
 me in a

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.240
 sense is

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.819
 more death

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.420
 as I

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:40.880
 age

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:42.120
 but in

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.680
 heaven what

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.180
 comes into

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:44.740
 me as I

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.319
 age in

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.180
 quotation marks

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.599
 is more

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.000
 health

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:49.940
 and as I

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:51.579
 receive more

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.000
 and more

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.839
 health and

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.160
 more and

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.720
 more life

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 I remain

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 angular and

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 I remain in

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 a community

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.259
 and I see

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.059
 God face to

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 face

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 and that

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.400
 friends

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.539
 is what

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.720
 we were

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 made and

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 designed for

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:07.639
 you see

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.240
 the Christian

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.539
 story which

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.019
 we believe

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.559
 is the true

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.259
 story is that

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.720
 God made

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.220
 all things

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.579
 good

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:14.179
 put us in

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 the garden

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:16.379
 that human

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 beings because

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.480
 of our

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 particular unique

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.179
 place in the

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 entire created

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.959
 order we chose

00:22:20.959 --> 00:22:21.539
 to separate

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.259
 ourselves from

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.599
 God to turn

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.359
 away from God

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.799
 to become

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.679
 God's ourselves

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 that's what's

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 described in

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.539
 Genesis chapter

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.679
 three and

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 by so we do

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.459
 doing so we

00:22:30.459 --> 00:22:31.299
 became bent

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.059
 not broken

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.779
 but bent

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:34.439
 fallen

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:36.420
 no longer

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.019
 perfect

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.980
 you can see

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.820
 glimpses of

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:39.740
 perfection but

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.200
 at the same

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.880
 time that we

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.460
 are bent

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.660
 now turned

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.180
 away from

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.680
 God and

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.180
 turned in

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.860
 in ourselves

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:46.720
 and that all

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.080
 of from

00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.960
 Genesis chapter

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.080
 four right

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.519
 up to the

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.140
 end of chapter

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:51.320
 Malachi is the

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:52.259
 age of promise

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.019
 that God will

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.279
 come and do

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.960
 something to

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.620
 deal with our

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.340
 bentness that

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:56.740
 we cannot

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.640
 possibly fix

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.380
 ourselves

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.440
 and the

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.600
 gospels are

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.279
 the story of

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.900
 God keeping

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.720
 his promise

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:04.200
 and God

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.759
 keeps his

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.319
 promise in

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:06.019
 a surprising

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.519
 way

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:09.059
 actually could

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.500
 you put the

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.079
 fifth point

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.740
 up now

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.759
 jump ahead

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:14.620
 God keeps

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.100
 his promise

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.579
 in a very

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.140
 surprising

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.539
 way

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:18.960
 the cross

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.579
 of Christ

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.519
 is how the

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.980
 tree of

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.140
 life comes

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.620
 into a

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.380
 fallen world

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:26.900
 in Genesis

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.700
 chapter three

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.480
 we are excluded

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.100
 from the tree

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:29.500
 of life

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:31.079
 and the angel

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.940
 stops us from

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.259
 coming

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:36.339
 and what the

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.460
 gospels tell us

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.519
 in a sense

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.099
 what Revelation

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:40.319
 22 tells us

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.359
 is that the

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:42.220
 cross of Christ

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.759
 is how the

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.400
 tree of life

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.599
 comes into a

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.339
 fallen world

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:48.059
 and what God

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:49.059
 first deals with

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.960
 is our

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.680
 fundamental

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.720
 separation

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.480
 from him

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:56.279
 and he's

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.700
 going to

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.759
 have his

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.460
 people live

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.920
 in this

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.579
 time that

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.059
 goes from

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.539
 in a sense

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.420
 Acts 1

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.700
 until

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:04.000
 Revelation

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.740
 19

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.379
 or whatever

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.420
 which is the

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.899
 already

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.720
 not yet

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:09.279
 where on

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.000
 one hand

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.240
 because when I

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.039
 partake of

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.500
 Christ

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.539
 I am partaking

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.039
 of the tree

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.399
 of life

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.039
 when I put my

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.819
 faith and trust

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.359
 in Christ

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.319
 I am

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:19.099
 partaking of

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.599
 the tree of

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:19.899
 life

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.600
 when I

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:20.620
 when I

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.320
 when I

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.920
 come to

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.280
 Jesus

00:24:22.280 --> 00:24:22.800
 I come

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.040
 to the

00:24:23.040 --> 00:24:23.380
 tree of

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.620
 life

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:23.820
 that

00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:24.600
 that makes

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.360
 me clean

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:25.840
 that gives

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.540
 me health

00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:27.200
 that restores

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.060
 my relationship

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:28.860
 with God

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.600
 that the

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.280
 cross of

00:24:30.280 --> 00:24:31.100
 Christ is the

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.840
 tree of

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.280
 life

00:24:32.280 --> 00:24:33.840
 come into a

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.680
 fallen world

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:38.200
 in Revelation

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.160
 chapter 22

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.759
 the tree of

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.120
 life will

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.580
 not look

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.000
 like the

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.460
 cross

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:43.360
 but the

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.779
 tree of

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.519
 life in

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.100
 our fallen

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.580
 world

00:24:45.580 --> 00:24:46.360
 is the

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.860
 cross of

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.160
 Christ

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.920
 and then

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.840
 Acts chapter

00:24:50.840 --> 00:24:51.660
 1 right up

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.279
 to Revelation

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.299
 chapter 19

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.560
 if in a sense

00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.000
 the story

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.600
 begins with

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.100
 God making

00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:56.560
 a created

00:24:56.560 --> 00:24:56.980
 perfect

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.400
 created

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.799
 order

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.759
 which means

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:58.980
 that we

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.340
 have a

00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:00.160
 proper type

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.720
 of longing

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.180
 and yearning

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.720
 for God

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.299
 a proper

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.779
 type of

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.080
 longing

00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:03.480
 and yearning

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.039
 for good

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:05.279
 it means

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.700
 that when

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.460
 evil comes

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.819
 in that

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.460
 all evil

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.819
 is a

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.079
 bent

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.519
 good

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.460
 that evil

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.920
 in a sense

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.359
 has no

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.920
 positive

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.559
 existence

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.940
 that all

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.859
 evil is a

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.220
 bent

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.379
 misdirected

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:15.639
 good

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.019
 it's a

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.619
 it's an

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.039
 emptiness

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.559
 of good

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.779
 a place

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.220
 where good

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.680
 should be

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.000
 where it

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.339
 has been

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.720
 removed

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.139
 it's a

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.859
 but it's

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.299
 always

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.480
 a bent

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.899
 good

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.440
 and then

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.879
 the

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:26.099
 promise

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.339
 of

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.680
 deliverer

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.319
 the deliverer

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.859
 God keeps

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.460
 his promise

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.799
 in the

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.399
 gospels

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.720
 and now

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.059
 we live

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.339
 in this

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.819
 period of

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.059
 time

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.339
 called

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.839
 the already

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.480
 not yet

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.380
 but then

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.900
 God

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.900
 finishes

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.799
 his promises

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.940
 with the

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.440
 coming of

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.880
 his son

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.380
 a second

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:39.900
 time

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.220
 and the

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.539
 book of

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.960
 revelation

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.819
 describes

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.380
 both how

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:43.799
 we live

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.000
 in the

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.380
 already

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.980
 not yet

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.539
 but how

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.860
 that

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.579
 final

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.420
 coming

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.799
 of the

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.099
 son

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.799
 will appear

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.200
 and how

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.579
 he will

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:49.839
 look

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.519
 and the

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.900
 closing

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.420
 message of

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.680
 the book

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.140
 of revelation

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.500
 that we are

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.960
 going to see

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.299
 in a moment

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.640
 is that

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.160
 Jesus can

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.500
 come at

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.240
 any time

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.799
 one of the

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.079
 reasons

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.380
 that I

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.940
 throughout

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.680
 these 28

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.019
 weeks

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.299
 that I've

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.720
 been preaching

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.039
 through the

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.339
 book of

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.700
 revelation

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.299
 that I preach

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.680
 in such

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:01.860
 a way

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.159
 that I've

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.339
 not

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.919
 focused

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.799
 on all

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.839
 the minute

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.259
 little

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.679
 supposed

00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:07.339
 details

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.819
 of what

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.059
 it will

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.359
 be at

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.699
 the last

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:09.019
 time

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.459
 because I

00:26:09.459 --> 00:26:09.659
 think

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.219
 we'll see

00:26:10.219 --> 00:26:10.539
 in a moment

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.839
 when we

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.259
 finish reading

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.500
 the book

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.939
 of revelation

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:13.059
 the message

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.539
 that Jesus

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.099
 wants to

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.479
 communicate

00:26:14.479 --> 00:26:14.879
 to us

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.179
 in the book

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.619
 of revelation

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.319
 is to always

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.799
 be ready

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.199
 for him

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:17.879
 to return

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.059
 and never

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.379
 to have

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.819
 this sense

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.159
 well we don't

00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:20.679
 have to worry

00:26:20.679 --> 00:26:21.000
 about it

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.439
 because the

00:26:21.439 --> 00:26:22.079
 beast hasn't

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.439
 arisen

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.819
 or we never

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.339
 have to worry

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.819
 about that

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.479
 because the

00:26:25.479 --> 00:26:27.899
 false prophet

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.299
 hasn't

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.599
 arisen

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.079
 arisen

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:30.199
 but always

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:30.639
 be this

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:30.939
 sense

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:31.480
 that God

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:31.779
 who is

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.159
 sovereign

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.559
 that his

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.980
 son could

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.339
 come at

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.939
 any time

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:34.819
 and he

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.299
 brings in

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.559
 the new

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.059
 heaven and

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.359
 earth

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.219
 and we

00:26:37.219 --> 00:26:37.819
 will dwell

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.519
 and it

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.879
 will be

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.439
 as if there

00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:39.719
 is the

00:26:39.719 --> 00:26:40.219
 marriage of

00:26:40.219 --> 00:26:40.679
 the church

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:41.339
 with Jesus

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.919
 it will be

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.379
 as if there

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:42.699
 is this

00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.299
 unending

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.759
 feast

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.240
 it will be

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.679
 as if we

00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.139
 live in a

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.419
 city

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:46.179
 and in the

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.519
 center of

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.819
 the city

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.259
 there is a

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.579
 garden

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.159
 in the garden

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.599
 there is a

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:48.939
 tree of

00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.240
 life

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.919
 and we

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.480
 will recognize

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.959
 as we

00:26:50.959 --> 00:26:51.459
 partake of

00:26:51.459 --> 00:26:51.759
 the tree

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.139
 of life

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.459
 that it

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:52.799
 is of the

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.399
 exact same

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.859
 substance

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.159
 that we

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.800
 receive from

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.140
 Jesus

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:56.180
 because the

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.700
 cross of

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.180
 Christ is

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.560
 the tree

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.040
 of life

00:26:58.040 --> 00:26:58.400
 in a

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.720
 fallen

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.279
 world

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:01.920
 and then

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.740
 from the

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.200
 point of

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.460
 view

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.680
 of

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.120
 Revelation

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.220
 chapter 22

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.960
 verse 5

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.400
 it is the

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.800
 end

00:27:07.800 --> 00:27:08.660
 it is the

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:08.940
 end of

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.360
 the visions

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:11.440
 but for us

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.019
 it is but a

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.360
 beginning

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:14.340
 Revelation

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.500
 22 5

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.700
 beckons and

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.400
 invites us

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.720
 to go in

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.240
 the words of

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.800
 C.S. Lewis

00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:20.700
 farther up

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:22.279
 and deeper

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.560
 in

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:26.500
 and we

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.779
 will do

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.200
 that with

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.659
 others in

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.099
 bodies

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.279
 and we

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.599
 get a

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.399
 small glimpse

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:30.919
 of what our

00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:31.659
 heavenly bodies

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.319
 will be like

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.019
 from the

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.559
 miracles of

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.200
 new creation

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.839
 the gospel

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:36.519
 where there

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.899
 will be a

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.619
 completely and

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.419
 utterly different

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:39.379
 relationship of

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.179
 our soul to

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:40.879
 our body and

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.519
 our soul and

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.200
 body to the

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.819
 world around

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.339
 us where we

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.099
 will not long

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.679
 for bad

00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.200
 things we

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.940
 will not long

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.419
 for bent

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:48.539
 things and

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.480
 just as Jesus

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.200
 was able to

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.700
 walk on

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.299
 water in

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.839
 some ways

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.240
 that's a

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.740
 picture of

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.099
 how we

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.819
 will relate

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.099
 to the

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.460
 natural

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.400
 order and

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.799
 just as

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.359
 Jesus is

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.799
 able to

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.440
 appear through

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.000
 walls in

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.519
 some ways

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.980
 that is a

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.440
 picture of

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.680
 what it

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.180
 will be for

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.380
 us in

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.779
 this new

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.259
 heaven and

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.180
 the new

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.620
 heaven and

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.579
 earth and

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.039
 just as

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.839
 Jesus on

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.220
 the mount

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.400
 of

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.160
 transfiguration

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.859
 was completely

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.259
 and utterly

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.339
 transfigured and

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.240
 transformed before

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.059
 the disciples in

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.500
 the scene with

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.420
 glory in

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.940
 some way that

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:15.079
 describes that

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:16.059
 will describe us

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.559
 describe us and

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.400
 our eternal

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.359
 destiny in

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.740
 Jesus when

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.599
 we partake of

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.259
 the cross of

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.859
 Christ which

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.299
 is how the

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.640
 tree of

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.640
 life comes

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.079
 into a

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.740
 fallen world

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:31.859
 I only have

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.279
 a few more

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.819
 minutes left

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.400
 because of our

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.460
 time constraints

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:37.920
 so I want to

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.500
 just let's look

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.039
 at these last

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.640
 six verses

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.539
 the last 16

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.200
 verses I'll just

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.700
 read through them

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.559
 very quickly and

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.140
 give you a few

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.700
 points if you

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.200
 could put the

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.980
 second point up

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.539
 now Andrew that

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.160
 would be great

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.759
 be mindful of

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.480
 this point as I

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:50.000
 read that most

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.680
 of the rest of

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.539
 chapter of verses

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.720
 6 to 21 wants

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.620
 to communicate this

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.480
 to us that Jesus

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.380
 is the alpha and

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.079
 the omega the

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.600
 Lord and the

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.980
 Lamb true and

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.200
 trustworthy and his

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.259
 word is true and

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:02.259
 trustworthy so I am

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.200
 learning to trust

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.200
 and keep his word

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.420
 written that's

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.100
 what that's what

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:07.180
 is being communicated

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:08.080
 these last few

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:09.000
 verses that Jesus

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.940
 is the alpha and

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.580
 the omega the

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:11.140
 Lord and the

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.220
 Lamb true and

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.500
 trustworthy and his

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.380
 word is true and

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:15.980
 trustworthy so I am

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.140
 learning to trust and

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:18.259
 keep his word

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:20.100
 written this is how

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:21.819
 it goes and he

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.559
 said to me these

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.080
 words are

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.960
 trustworthy and

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:25.759
 true and the

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.600
 Lord the God of

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.400
 the spirits of the

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:28.240
 prophets has sent

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.200
 his angel to show

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.059
 his servants what

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.840
 must soon take

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:32.799
 place and behold

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:34.039
 I am coming

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:35.700
 soon blessed is

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.259
 the one who

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.099
 keeps the words

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.879
 of the prophecy

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:39.740
 of this book I

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.639
 John am the one

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.359
 who heard and

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.220
 saw these things

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.879
 and when I heard

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.619
 and saw them I

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.339
 fell down to

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.000
 worship at the

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.379
 feet of the

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:46.200
 angel who showed

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.619
 them to me but

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.960
 he said to me you

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.139
 must not do that

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:53.319
 so you might I

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.220
 am a fellow servant

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.859
 with you and your

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.440
 brothers the

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.539
 prophets and with

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.339
 those who keep the

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.180
 words of this book

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.740
 worship God we

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.379
 don't worship a

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.039
 church we don't

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.839
 worship the emperor

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.659
 we don't worship

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.339
 an institution

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.079
 we don't worship

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.980
 rituals we don't

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.720
 worship a prayer

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.819
 book we don't

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.299
 worship the

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.659
 Bible we don't

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.679
 worship angels we

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:10.059
 don't worship

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.000
 politicians we

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.459
 don't worship

00:30:11.459 --> 00:30:12.879
 ideologies we

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.839
 don't worship

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:15.759
 philosophies we

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.500
 don't worship the

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.959
 nation we don't

00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:18.740
 worship our

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.619
 ethnic group

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.980
 we don't worship

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:22.199
 our social class

00:30:22.199 --> 00:30:22.819
 we don't worship

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.819
 our education we

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.500
 don't worship our

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.539
 money we don't

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.519
 worship our power

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:28.460
 We don't worship our parents.

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:30.000
 We don't worship our ancestors.

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.879
 Worship God.

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.519
 Worship God.

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:38.000
 Worship God.

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.220
 Verse 10.

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.379
 They said to me,

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:45.139
 Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book,

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.279
 for the time is near.

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:48.500
 Let the evildoers still do evil,

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:50.000
 and the filthy still be filthy,

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:52.599
 and the righteous still do right,

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:54.180
 and the holy still be holy.

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:59.340
 The heart of this idea that Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega,

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:01.120
 the Lord and the Lamb, true and trustworthy,

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:03.100
 and his word is true and trustworthy,

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:05.480
 so I am learning to trust and keep his word written,

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.920
 is that the Bible is not for the anointed.

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.400
 It's not for the Illuminati.

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.640
 It's not for the brilliant.

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:12.640
 It's not for the university educated.

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:14.960
 It's not for those who have high IQs.

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.460
 It's not for Canadians.

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:18.740
 It's not for white people.

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.840
 It's not for Europeans.

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:23.140
 The Bible is an open revelation.

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:28.880
 It's an open secret.

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.720
 Public truth.

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:37.600
 And Christians have always understood

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:43.940
 that God's desire is that these words

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:46.840
 can be translated into the heart language

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:49.240
 of every person on the planet.

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:52.539
 To be a really, truly good Jew,

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.599
 you need to learn Hebrew.

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.200
 To be a truly good Muslim,

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:58.559
 you need to learn 7th century Arabic.

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:04.400
 We as Christians have to understand

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:06.480
 that we have to translate the Bible

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:09.180
 into the heart language of the peoples of the planet

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:12.000
 because God desires his revelation

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:15.600
 to be an open revelation of public truth

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:20.380
 for the servant girl

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:26.700
 and the woman who owns a billion-dollar company,

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:30.060
 for the guy who fixes your tap

00:32:30.060 --> 00:32:32.539
 and the guy who invents taps.

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.160
 It needs to be an open truth.

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:37.240
 To put up the next thing,

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:41.180
 Jesus says to his church,

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:41.560
 go,

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:44.240
 and the Spirit-filled church says,

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.620
 come.

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.200
 That's sort of,

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.720
 just sort of,

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.300
 I'm having a,

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.360
 I'm running out of time.

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.700
 I have to sort of put them all together.

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.040
 How do the nations all know

00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:54.500
 to come to the guard to be healed?

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.759
 Because the church goes.

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.640
 The church goes.

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.859
 And when we go,

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.579
 we say,

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.460
 come to Jesus.

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.299
 That's going to continue reading.

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.539
 Verse 12.

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.720
 Behold,

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.740
 I am coming soon,

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.220
 bringing my recompense with me

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.980
 to repay everyone for what he has done.

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:12.279
 I am the Alpha and the Omega,

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.299
 the first and the last,

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.279
 the beginning and the end.

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:16.640
 Blessed are those who wash their robes

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:18.000
 so that they may have the right

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.940
 to the tree of life

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:21.420
 and that they may enter the city by the gates.

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.599
 I'm going to talk about this in a moment.

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:25.359
 Outside of the dogs and sorcerers

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:26.459
 and the sexually immoral

00:33:26.459 --> 00:33:27.879
 and the murderers and idolaters

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:30.079
 and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.299
 I, Jesus,

00:33:31.439 --> 00:33:33.319
 have sent my angel to testify to you

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.879
 about these things for the churches.

00:33:35.459 --> 00:33:37.379
 I am the root and the descendant of David,

00:33:37.459 --> 00:33:38.500
 the bright morning star.

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:40.179
 Here's the thing for that point.

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.579
 The spirit and the bride say,

00:33:41.719 --> 00:33:41.959
 come.

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:44.279
 And let everyone who hears say,

00:33:44.719 --> 00:33:44.980
 come.

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:47.000
 And let the one who is thirsty,

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.579
 come.

00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:49.939
 The one who desires to take the water

00:33:49.939 --> 00:33:51.039
 of the life without price,

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.399
 take it.

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:55.259
 See here in verse 17,

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.359
 the spirit and the bride say,

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.759
 come.

00:33:57.199 --> 00:34:00.159
 It's this idea that we go to the nations.

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:02.319
 We go to the people groups.

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:05.879
 We go and we try to prayerfully discern

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:07.240
 their heart language.

00:34:07.959 --> 00:34:08.940
 And when we go,

00:34:09.339 --> 00:34:10.199
 we tell them,

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.539
 come to Jesus.

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:13.319
 That's the message

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:15.319
 and that's the task of the true church.

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.940
 It's what the Holy Spirit does.

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:20.340
 The Holy Spirit works through scripture,

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.559
 works through fallen,

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.519
 incomplete,

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:24.619
 finite human beings like us

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.539
 to say to the world,

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:25.980
 come.

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:29.179
 And when people hear about Jesus,

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:31.619
 God's heart and desire

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:33.519
 is that we will say,

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:33.900
 Jesus,

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.340
 come.

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.740
 That put up the next slide,

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.119
 please.

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:39.280
 The heart of God is revealed.

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:41.700
 His heart is that I will cry out to him.

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.700
 So be it.

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.340
 Come,

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.240
 Lord Jesus.

00:34:44.939 --> 00:34:45.399
 Come,

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.219
 Lord Jesus.

00:34:48.379 --> 00:34:49.579
 Look at verse 20.

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.759
 He who testifies to these things says,

00:34:51.899 --> 00:34:53.079
 surely I am coming soon.

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:53.479
 Amen.

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.539
 Come,

00:34:54.959 --> 00:34:55.739
 Lord Jesus.

00:34:56.759 --> 00:34:57.239
 Come,

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.359
 Lord Jesus.

00:34:59.979 --> 00:35:02.799
 It's the cry of a person's heart

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:04.199
 to become a Christian,

00:35:04.899 --> 00:35:06.139
 to be born again,

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:06.759
 is to say,

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.279
 so be it.

00:35:08.379 --> 00:35:09.679
 So your word is true.

00:35:09.899 --> 00:35:10.259
 Come,

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.139
 Lord Jesus,

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.319
 into my life.

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:15.519
 It's how we grow in discipleship

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:18.240
 to understand in the context of our job

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.960
 and our family

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.780
 and our relationships

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.300
 to say,

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.820
 come,

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:21.940
 Lord Jesus.

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.460
 Come,

00:35:22.620 --> 00:35:23.900
 Jesus as Lord.

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:26.120
 Jesus means God saves.

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:27.660
 You who save,

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.800
 who comes from God,

00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:31.140
 come and save and be my Lord.

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:33.480
 Come into my situation today.

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:34.980
 Come into my finances.

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:36.360
 Come into my sexuality.

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.380
 Come into my community.

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.840
 Come into my relationships.

00:35:40.580 --> 00:35:41.700
 Come into my friendships.

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:43.019
 Come into my memories.

00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:45.099
 Come into my dreams for the future.

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.980
 Come into my strengths.

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:48.279
 Come into my weaknesses.

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.699
 Come into my shame.

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:51.339
 Come and come,

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.039
 Jesus,

00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:53.539
 to be the Savior

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:56.239
 and come to be the Lord.

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.339
 So be it.

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.059
 Come,

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.419
 Lord Jesus.

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.239
 You see,

00:36:02.319 --> 00:36:03.699
 the evangelistic heart of God

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.639
 is said,

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:06.019
 is that even if some of us

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.599
 might say,

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:07.639
 George,

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.599
 this is,

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.799
 this is,

00:36:10.799 --> 00:36:13.159
 you know,

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:14.099
 when it talks about

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.559
 sorcerers and sexually immoral

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.279
 and murderers

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:16.900
 and idolaters

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.739
 and everyone who loves

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.940
 and practices falsehood,

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.219
 George,

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:20.679
 that's describing me.

00:36:23.379 --> 00:36:23.980
 But I,

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:25.400
 the world doesn't understand

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.920
 these things

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.539
 as any of them

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.319
 as being bad.

00:36:27.319 --> 00:36:27.559
 They,

00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:28.199
 in fact,

00:36:28.359 --> 00:36:29.879
 they think it's sort of normal

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:31.500
 to be interested in spells

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.880
 and,

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:33.480
 and,

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:35.960
 and so,

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:37.720
 are the words of the Bible

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.900
 just creating distance

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:40.400
 between me and,

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.579
 me and God?

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:43.539
 It's possible for us

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.180
 to read the Bible

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.740
 in such a way

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.800
 that distance is created,

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:47.180
 but God desires us

00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:48.240
 to hear the words

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.039
 of the Bible

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.660
 and our response

00:36:50.660 --> 00:36:52.059
 is not to be,

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.740
 God doesn't want to have

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.940
 anything to do with me.

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.380
 The response

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.440
 that God desires

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.860
 is that we will say,

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.380
 Amen,

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.780
 come Lord Jesus.

00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:04.340
 That's the response

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:05.860
 that God desires us

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.619
 to have,

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.380
 to say,

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:07.980
 Amen,

00:37:08.640 --> 00:37:10.820
 come Lord Jesus.

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.320
 Please stand.

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:21.660
 Father,

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.519
 we give you thanks

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.180
 and praise

00:37:23.180 --> 00:37:26.519
 that,

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:26.920
 um,

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.300
 you have made

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.700
 us

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:31.340
 so that

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.980
 when we come

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.960
 to faith in Jesus

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:34.740
 that we move

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.340
 towards,

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.380
 that you,

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.600
 you,

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.400
 you bring that

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.440
 final healing

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.140
 towards us

00:37:39.140 --> 00:37:39.680
 that you are

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:40.420
 preparing us

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.480
 for an eternal

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.300
 weight of glory,

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.400
 that you are

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.300
 preparing us

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:45.519
 to be able to stand

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.160
 before you

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:47.100
 face to face,

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:47.980
 uh,

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.660
 unashamed

00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:49.580
 with no walls

00:37:49.580 --> 00:37:50.720
 and no dividers,

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.780
 no masks,

00:37:52.180 --> 00:37:52.880
 that you are

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.680
 preparing us

00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:54.440
 to spend,

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.160
 uh,

00:37:55.200 --> 00:37:55.700
 eternity

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:56.280
 with you

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:56.980
 as our neighbor

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:58.099
 face to face

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.960
 with other

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.480
 neighbors.

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.639
 We give you

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.559
 thanks and praise

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.039
 that you are

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.980
 calling us

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:04.300
 to this eternal

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.639
 life in you.

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:07.179
 We ask,

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.519
 Father,

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.199
 that you fan

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.740
 in flames

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.240
 within us

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:09.800
 a longing

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.380
 and yearning

00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:11.139
 to know you,

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:12.119
 to see you,

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.780
 to see you

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.639
 face to face,

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.659
 to long

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.099
 and yearn

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.740
 for that day

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.340
 when there are

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.420
 no more masks,

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:18.740
 when there is

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.659
 no more death,

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.800
 when there is

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.480
 nothing left

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.240
 that is bent,

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:23.320
 but that we

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.139
 partake of your

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:25.000
 goodness in all

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.639
 of its fullness.

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.240
 And this we ask

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:28.440
 in Jesus' name,

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.220
 your Son

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:30.059
 and our Savior.

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:31.139
 Amen.