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 I knew the question was coming, I just didn't know when.

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 How much longer, Dad?

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 This is over a decade ago.

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 Jenny and I had packed our three oldest children into our van

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 and we were driving from Kenosha to Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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 Three young kids, 16 plus hours in a car.

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 I can't think of a better illustration than the Christian life than that.

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 Well, I was anticipating the question.

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 And so I thought, well, I can do a countdown thing where I get the question

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 and I get to say, child, we have 16 hours left.

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 Oh, child, we have 15 hours and 58 minutes left.

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 Oh, child, let me answer.

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 We have 15 hours, 53 minutes left.

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 I was just anticipating maybe that's how I could answer.

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 But then I said, no, I'm not going to answer that way.

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 I, the visionary leader of our family, I will cast visions for my children.

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 So I was thinking, well, we get around Indianapolis,

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 my eldest daughter is going to ask the question, how much longer, Dad?

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 And then I would say, Abby, just imagine the ice cream smuggler,

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 that ice cream shop in Dennis, Massachusetts,

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 with the array of ice cream flavors.

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 Oh, sweetheart, I know you're now ready for the rest of the journey.

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 Then somewhere in western Pennsylvania, my oldest son would ask, Dad, how much longer?

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 And I would say, oh, Nathan, just imagine Mayflower Beach,

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 that giant beach with all the sand,

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 and we could play wiffle ball to our heart's content.

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 And he would be fine for the rest of the journey.

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 Then I imagine my youngest son, Mark, saying, Dad, how much longer?

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 We're in eastern Pennsylvania, and I would be like, oh, son,

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 Corporation Beach has the best tidal pools around.

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 There are hermit crabs right now waiting for you to discover them.

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 And he'd be good for the rest of the time.

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 But I had a nuclear button.

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 Just in case my wife was like, how much longer, honey?

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 I would be able to say the trump card.

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 Oh, dear bride, Aunt Linda is waiting for us.

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 The greatest cook on the eastern seaboard.

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 She has an aggressive affection.

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 You feel her affection.

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 And just imagine, sweetheart,

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 Aunt Linda's face coming at you with those puckered lips.

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 Doesn't it do your heart good?

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 Well, it turns out we weren't even 15 minutes away from our house.

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 Not even into Illinois.

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 We just got on to 94,

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 and one of my children says,

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 how much longer, Dad?

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 And then I realized right there,

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 this journey is going to be harder than I thought.

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 We're all on a hard journey, aren't we?

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 Maybe you didn't realize when you signed up to follow Jesus

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 just how hard following Jesus is.

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 And maybe you've come this morning,

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 and you're asking the question,

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 how much longer?

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 Maybe you're in a difficult marriage.

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 How much longer?

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 Maybe you're in a strained relationship.

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 How much more?

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 Maybe you are in a challenging season of parenting.

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 How much more?

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 How much longer?

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 Maybe your body is not doing what it's supposed to do.

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 You're in chronic pain.

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 You're just managing your symptoms.

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 You're just hoping for an accurate diagnosis

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 so you can get a prescription

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 that will bring you back to normal.

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 You're just like, how much longer?

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 And maybe if you're a Christian like me,

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 you're just following the Lord,

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 and you're seeing public opinion

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 turning against the things of God,

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 and you're starting to wonder,

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 what are the consequences going to be?

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 How much more?

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 We're all looking for hope.

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 We all want to be reassured,

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 hey, there's something good coming.

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 There's actually two kinds of hope.

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 There is the lowercase h hope,

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 which is a temporary hope.

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 It's a temporary fix to life's difficult challenges.

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 What do I need to get done this week

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 in order to get through?

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 I'm going to hope Friday.

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 Everybody is working for the weekend.

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 That's small h hope.

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 But then there's the capital H hope.

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 Ultimate hope.

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 A hope that transcends time.

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 It's a forward-looking faith

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 fixed on life's solution.

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 God's fulfillment of His ultimate promise.

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 When God Himself dwells with us in His place,

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 and we see Him face to face,

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 that is ultimate capital H hope.

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 When you have the eyes of your heart

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 set on the face of Jesus,

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 seeing Him one day.

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 So if you've come in asking,

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 how much longer?

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 When are we going to get there?

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 Revelation chapter 21 through 22.5.

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 It's going to paint a picture for you

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 of what's to come,

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 so you can set your heart

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 on a capital H hope

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 that will never disappoint you.

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 It will see you through to the end.

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 So there's two moves this morning

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 from this text.

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 We're going to say two things.

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 The preparation for the bride.

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 That's 21.1 through 8.

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 And then the presentation of the bride.

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 And that's in 21.9 through 22.5.

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 And the surprise of it all,

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 it turns out it's all about God.

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 So if you're asking how much longer,

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 my prayer is that God would put capital H hope

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 in your heart this morning

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 to see you through for the rest of your life.

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 So let's look at this preparation for the bride

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 in 21.8.

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 21.8.

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 We've reached the point in the book of Revelation

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 where all of God's enemies have been defeated.

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 Babylon, the beast's whore,

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 the anti-bride,

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 was devastated in Revelation 18.

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 Her smoke was rising up.

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 Revelation 19, Armageddon,

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 the beast and the false prophet,

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 they're seized, thrown into the lake of fire.

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 At the end of Revelation 20,

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 after the thousand-year reign of Jesus,

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 the devil is grabbed by his scruff of his neck

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 and thrown into the lake of fire too.

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 The second half of Revelation 20,

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 the great white throne judgment,

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 Matt preached a great sermon on this last week.

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 All unbelieving humanity is raised up, judged,

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 and they too are thrown into the lake of fire.

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 Only those written in the Lamb's book of life

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 are able to stand on that day.

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 They've got his name written on his forehead,

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 on their forehead.

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 And here we are in Revelation 21,

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 and John is given this other vision,

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 then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,

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 for the first heaven and the first earth

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 have passed away,

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 and the sea was no more.

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 I don't believe John is seeing

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 the absence of all oceans and bodies of water.

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 This is more talking about the source of evil,

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 because remember in Revelation 13,

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 the beast came out of the sea.

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 What we're seeing here is the total decursing

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 of all of creation.

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 What we're reading in Revelation 21,

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 this new heaven and new earth,

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 it's the fulfillment of Isaiah 65,

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 17 through 25.

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 Brian is going to close the service by reading that.

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 In that passage,

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 God promises to recreate the heavens and the earth,

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 and in 2 Peter 3, 8 through 13,

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 we are given this preview of God

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 consuming all of creation

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 with this huge fire

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 in which he purges all of creation

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 of its sin and sin effect.

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 And what's left in 2 Peter 3, 13,

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 after this divine demolition,

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 you have a new heaven and a new earth

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 where only righteousness dwells.

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 Completely decursed.

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 Now, if you're listening right now,

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 and you're like, okay,

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 God's going to consume the earth

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 in a great fire,

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 and it's going to be destroyed,

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 but I just got a new kitchen put in.

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 What does that mean for my kitchen?

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 I just got a new car.

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 What does that mean for my car?

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 It means it's going to get burned up.

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 And you're like, what?

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 You're kind of missing the point,

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 because God's holy demolition

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 of the old earth

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 will usher in God's holy delight

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 in the new creation.

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 We've got better stuff coming.

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 The question I want to ask right now is,

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 why is God doing all this

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 recreative work?

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 He's preparing

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 a place for his bride.

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 In 21.2 we read,

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 And I saw the holy city,

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 New Jerusalem,

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 coming down

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 out of heaven from God,

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 prepared as a bride

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 adorned for her husband.

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 The new heavens and the earth

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 are established,

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 then comes down

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 the new Jerusalem.

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 And did you notice

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 the new Jerusalem

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 is described as a bride

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 adorned for her husband.

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 She looks great.

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 Great.

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 The new Jerusalem

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 is the bride city

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 of the Lamb.

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 It's both

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 a populated place

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 as well

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 as God's

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 treasured bride.

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 And remember,

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 this new Jerusalem

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 is in contrast

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 to the old Babylon,

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 the whore city

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 of the beast.

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 Babylon

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 was the rebellious

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 humanity

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 organized

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 in opposition

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 to God

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 that worshipped

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 the beast.

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 The new Jerusalem,

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 the bride city

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 of the Lamb,

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 is redeemed humanity

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 organized

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 in submission

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 to God

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 and worshipping

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 the Lamb.

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 And what we see here

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 is

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 a new heaven,

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 new earth,

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 and this new bride city

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 coming down.

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 What we're witnessing

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 here

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 is the long-awaited

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 coming together

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 of bride

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 and groom.

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 This should put

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 hope,

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 capital H,

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 hope,

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 into your heart.

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 My family,

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 we live in an old house.

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 It was built

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 in 1929

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 and the story goes

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 that

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 Mr. Fiorini

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 was a butcher

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 in Kenosha

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 and he built

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 this house

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 for his bride.

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 He wanted

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 his bride

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 to come

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 and live

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 in a place

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 of beauty

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 and safety.

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 But Mr. Fiorini

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 didn't build

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 this house

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 so that his bride

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 could live there

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 by herself.

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 He built

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 that house

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 so that his bride

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 would dwell

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 with him

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 and he with her

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 in a place

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 of beauty

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 and safety

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 and that's

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 what we're seeing

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 in Revelation 21,

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 1 and 2.

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 And that's

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 what we see

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 in 21, 3.

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 There's this loud

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 voice from the throne

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 saying,

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 Behold,

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 the dwelling place

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 of God

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 is with man.

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 The new heaven

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 and earth,

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 this place

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 of beauty

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 and safety

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 where righteousness

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 dwells,

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 this is where

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 God will dwell

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 with his bride

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 city,

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 his people,

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 his church.

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 The Bible

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 is all about

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 God dwelling

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 with his people.

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 Starts back

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 in Genesis

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 in a garden,

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 God dwelling

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 with Adam

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 and Eve

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 and then

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 it moves

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 to God dwelling

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 with his people

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 in a fancy tent

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 called a tabernacle

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 and then

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 from the tabernacle

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 the tent

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 becomes a temple.

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 It's built

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 out of

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 incredibly expensive

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 materials

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 and God dwells

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 in the most

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 holy of holies

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 in the temple

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 among his people

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 and that most

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 holy of holies

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 was this

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 cube shaped room

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 and it goes

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 from the temple

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 then to Jesus

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 tabernacling

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 among us,

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 God dwelling

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 in our midst,

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 John 1.14.

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 And then if that's

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 not enough,

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 when Jesus leaves,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 comes down

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 and indwells

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 his people,

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 the church

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 and we become

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 the temple

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 of God.

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 We're a living

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 temple of God

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 and we live

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 that out

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 by faith.

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 But here,

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 what we're being

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 told in Revelation

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 21

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 is there's

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 coming a time

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 where faith

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 becomes sight

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 and we will

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 dwell with

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 God himself.

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 We will see

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 him.

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 We will be

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 with him.

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 God with us.

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 It's the story

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 of the Bible.

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 Emmanuel.

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 We read in

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 21.3 that

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 this bride,

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 this church

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 will be

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 his people

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 and God

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 himself

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 will be

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 with them

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 as their God.

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 it's covenant

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 language.

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 God with us,

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 present,

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 faith

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 turns to sight

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 and he is

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 there to

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 comfort us.

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 And one of my

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 favorite pictures

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 in the Bible,

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 we read in

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 21.4,

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 he will wipe

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 away every tear

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 from their eyes.

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 In the new

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 heaven and earth

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 where righteousness

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 dwells,

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 God will be

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 present to wipe

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 away every tear

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 from our eye.

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 Has anybody

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 seen the movie

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 A League of

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 Their Own

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 with Tom

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 Hanks?

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 He's the

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 manager.

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 There's this

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 one scene

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 where one

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 of his

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 female baseball

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 players is

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 crying and

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 Tom Hanks,

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 the manager,

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 looks at her

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 and says,

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 there's no

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 crying in

00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:41.860
 baseball.

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 Our God

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 will be

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 with us

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 to wipe

00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:49.179
 away our

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 tears in

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 the new

00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:50.559
 heaven and

00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:51.159
 the earth

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 and he's

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 going to be

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 saying essentially

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 that there's

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 no crying

00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:55.240
 in the new

00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:55.679
 Jerusalem.

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 There's no

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 crying in the

00:14:57.079 --> 00:14:58.379
 new creation.

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 There's no

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 God will

00:15:00.839 --> 00:15:02.220
 rid all

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 of creation

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 of sin

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 and its

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 effects.

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 He's going

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 to completely

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 decurse

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 creation.

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 And so he

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 says he's

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 going to wipe

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 away every tear

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 and then in

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 verse 4 we

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 read the

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 no mores.

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 I heard some

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 of you

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 amening this

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 when it was

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 being read

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 by the

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 Schneebergers.

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 He will

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 wipe away

00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:21.740
 every tear

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 from their

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 eyes and

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 death shall

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 be no more.

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 Amen.

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 Neither

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 shall there

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 be mourning.

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 Amen.

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 Nor crying.

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 Nor pain

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 anymore for

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 the former

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 things, the

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 old heaven,

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 the old

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 earth and

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 all that is

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 in them have

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 passed away

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 completely purged

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 and decursed.

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 Wednesday night

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 I couldn't

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 sleep.

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 I'm lying in

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 bed.

00:15:42.540 --> 00:15:42.759
 I couldn't

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 sleep.

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 Usually I'm

00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.280
 lying in bed

00:15:45.280 --> 00:15:45.800
 thinking about

00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:46.379
 a variety of

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.060
 other things but

00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:48.420
 this time I'm

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 not falling

00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:49.879
 asleep because

00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:50.460
 I'm excited

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 about something.

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 I'm trying

00:15:53.160 --> 00:15:53.660
 to imagine

00:15:53.660 --> 00:15:54.280
 all the

00:15:54.280 --> 00:15:55.340
 no mores

00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:56.620
 of the new

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.120
 creation.

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 here's some

00:15:58.820 --> 00:15:59.159
 of what I

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 came up

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 with.

00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.039
 No more

00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.700
 cemeteries.

00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:03.799
 No more

00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.480
 funeral homes.

00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:04.960
 No more

00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:05.360
 hearses.

00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.340
 No more

00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:07.899
 hospitals.

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:10.019
 No more

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.560
 pharmacies.

00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:12.500
 Your resurrection

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.220
 body will not

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.879
 need medication.

00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:15.860
 No more

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.240
 prisons.

00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:18.000
 No more

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.899
 minefields.

00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.879
 No more

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.560
 war zones.

00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:23.000
 No more

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.379
 Ebola outbreaks.

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:25.980
 No more

00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:27.019
 background checks.

00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:28.360
 No more

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.159
 securing buildings

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.639
 to protect

00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.039
 children.

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.679
 No more

00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:32.539
 terrorist threats.

00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:33.820
 No more

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.399
 tsunamis.

00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:34.939
 No more

00:16:34.939 --> 00:16:35.360
 earthquakes.

00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:35.919
 No more

00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:36.759
 wildflowers.

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.159
 Wild.

00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.019
 No there'll

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.500
 be wild

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.620
 flowers.

00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.500
 Not wild

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.080
 fires.

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.399
 No more

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.439
 droughts.

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.340
 No more

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:48.539
 animal attacks.

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.279
 No more

00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:49.840
 cats.

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.379
 It's going to

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.000
 be glorious.

00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:58.159
 don't send

00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.720
 me emails.

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.319
 The new

00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.680
 heaven and

00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:05.839
 the new

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.299
 earth.

00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:07.000
 God will

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:08.079
 completely rid

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.660
 all of

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.500
 creation of

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.619
 all sin and

00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.079
 effects.

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.099
 And God's

00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.420
 going to be

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.099
 saying there's

00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:14.440
 no crying in

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.799
 the new

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.400
 creation.

00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:20.040
 doesn't that

00:17:20.040 --> 00:17:20.940
 kind of make

00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.340
 you want to

00:17:21.340 --> 00:17:21.759
 go there

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.100
 now?

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 Doesn't that

00:17:24.840 --> 00:17:25.240
 kind of make

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.600
 you want to

00:17:25.600 --> 00:17:26.240
 be there?

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.820
 That is

00:17:28.820 --> 00:17:29.360
 hope.

00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:33.320
 Capital H

00:17:33.320 --> 00:17:33.960
 hope.

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:37.680
 The longing,

00:17:37.820 --> 00:17:38.259
 the looking

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:40.400
 forward to

00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.000
 what God

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.920
 has promised

00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:43.000
 to ultimately

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.600
 do.

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:45.639
 so if

00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:46.059
 you're asking

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:46.619
 how much

00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:47.199
 longer,

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.579
 there's no

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.339
 crying in the

00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:51.879
 new creation.

00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:54.259
 He's promised

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.519
 it.

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.759
 In 21.5,

00:17:56.939 --> 00:17:57.719
 we hear

00:17:57.719 --> 00:17:59.199
 one seated

00:17:59.199 --> 00:17:59.939
 from the

00:17:59.939 --> 00:18:00.240
 throne.

00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:03.079
 From God

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.419
 himself.

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.079
 And I

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:06.719
 believe what

00:18:06.719 --> 00:18:07.399
 God is doing

00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:07.759
 here, what

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.439
 God is saying

00:18:08.439 --> 00:18:08.819
 in verse

00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:10.399
 5 and

00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:10.939
 verse 6,

00:18:11.659 --> 00:18:12.559
 is he is

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.480
 explaining to

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:15.480
 John, he

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.079
 said to me,

00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:17.759
 what John

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:18.220
 has just

00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:18.640
 seen.

00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.279
 The new

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.079
 heavens and

00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.279
 the new

00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:22.299
 earth and

00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:22.680
 the bride

00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:23.279
 coming down.

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.680
 He says,

00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.299
 behold, I'm

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:26.860
 making all

00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:27.420
 things new.

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.319
 What we just

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.819
 read in

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.400
 verse 4,

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 3, and

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 4, it's

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 all future

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 verb

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 tenses.

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 I will

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 wipe the

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 tears from

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 their eyes.

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 But what

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 we're reading

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 in verse

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 5, behold,

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 present tense,

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 I am making

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 all things

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 new.

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 This thing

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 that you're

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 seeing, I've

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 already begun.

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 How, you

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 say?

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 2 Corinthians

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 5, 17.

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 I'm a new

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 creation because

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 of what Jesus

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 has done.

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 You're a new

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 creation because

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 of what Jesus

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.899
 has done.

00:19:02.179 --> 00:19:02.639
 He's already

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.220
 started the

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 work.

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 He's already

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 started the work.

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 then he says,

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 write this

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 down for

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 these words

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 are trustworthy

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 and true.

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 Do you know

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 what he's

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 saying?

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 This is God

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 speaking.

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 He's like,

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 hey, write it

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 down.

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 Bank on it.

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 It's going to

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 happen.

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 I'm at work

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 already.

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 It's waiting.

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 It's coming.

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 It's coming.

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 There's no

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 crying in the

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 new creation.

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 And then in

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 verse 6, he

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 says, this is

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 striking.

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 And he said

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 to me, it's

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 done.

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 It's as good

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 as done.

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 The vanquishing

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 of all my

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 enemies, it's

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 as good as

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 done.

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 The great

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 white throne

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 judgment, good

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 as done.

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 New heavens,

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 new earth, good

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 as done.

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 Bride coming

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 down, good as

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 done.

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 It's good as

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 done.

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 How can

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 someone say

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 that?

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 How can

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 someone make

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 that kind of

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 promise?

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 Look what he

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 says about

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 himself right

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 after.

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 It is done.

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 I am the

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 Alpha and

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 the Omega, the

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 beginning and

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 the end.

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 I'm the A to

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 Z.

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 I'm the start

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 and the finish.

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 It's the way

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 God is

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 describing himself,

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 his sovereign

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 rule over all

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 time.

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 That's why he

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 can say it's

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 done and it

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 hasn't been

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 done yet.

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 See, I'm

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 reigning over

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 all.

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 Nothing will

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 thwart my

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 purposes.

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 You can

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 bank on

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 this.

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 My words

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.840
 are trustworthy

00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.740
 and true.

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 You can

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 stand on

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:38.620
 it.

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 You can

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 drive through

00:20:39.800 --> 00:20:40.380
 life no

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 matter what

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 you're going

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 to face and

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 you can

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 count on

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 it.

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 There's no

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.259
 crying in the

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.880
 new creation

00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:48.160
 and it's

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.440
 coming.

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.580
 God.

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.420
 He then

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:53.960
 goes on to

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.960
 offer this to

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 all those who

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 are thirsty.

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 To the

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.259
 thirsty I'll

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.840
 give from the

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 spring of the

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.039
 water of life

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 without payment.

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 It's a

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.380
 reference to

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:02.820
 salvation.

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.640
 We're going to

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.240
 actually get a

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.980
 look at this

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.860
 spring in just

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 a few minutes.

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 But what I want

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.600
 you to notice,

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 it's without

00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:11.519
 payment.

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 This is free to

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 those who want

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 it because it's

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:17.839
 been paid for

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:19.240
 by the lamb.

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 It's a way of

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.819
 describing our

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.279
 salvation.

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.480
 You want

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.980
 salvation?

00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:23.900
 You want what

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.700
 only God can

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.000
 give?

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 He can give it

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.500
 because it's been

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.019
 paid for.

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.859
 You don't have to

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.420
 pay for it.

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.299
 You receive it by

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.700
 faith.

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 And then in

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.519
 verses 7 and 8,

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 we have two ways

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 to respond.

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.079
 Those who are

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.619
 conquerors, that's a

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.339
 familiar term

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.779
 because it was

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.559
 all over chapter

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.859
 2 and 3 with

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.859
 the seven letters

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.819
 to the seven

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.079
 churches, to the

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.679
 one who conquers,

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.259
 to the one who

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.839
 conquers, to the

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.479
 one who conquers.

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 And even there,

00:21:48.879 --> 00:21:49.639
 there's the promise

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.539
 of the new earth,

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.839
 the new Jerusalem.

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.239
 So to the one who

00:21:54.239 --> 00:21:54.899
 conquers, the one

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.819
 who is faithful to

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:57.019
 Jesus, this is

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.899
 their heritage.

00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.759
 But verse 8, to

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:02.239
 those who compromise

00:22:02.239 --> 00:22:05.000
 the lamb, they

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.719
 don't have that

00:22:05.719 --> 00:22:06.079
 promise.

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.819
 They have a

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.159
 warning.

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:10.179
 And the

00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:10.819
 warning to you

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.939
 this morning is,

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:14.739
 if you're not a

00:22:14.739 --> 00:22:15.839
 follower of Jesus,

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:18.239
 your destiny is

00:22:18.239 --> 00:22:19.219
 not the new

00:22:19.219 --> 00:22:20.939
 heavens, it's the

00:22:20.939 --> 00:22:21.599
 lake of fire.

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.379
 So you need to

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:24.939
 turn to Jesus.

00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:28.119
 Turn away from

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.619
 your sin.

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.199
 Turn away from

00:22:30.199 --> 00:22:30.799
 your compromise.

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.739
 In chapter 21,

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.459
 1 through 8, we

00:22:34.459 --> 00:22:35.639
 see God preparing a

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.739
 place for his bride

00:22:36.739 --> 00:22:37.659
 to dwell with him

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.299
 in beauty,

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.319
 and safety.

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.879
 Completely decursed.

00:22:41.219 --> 00:22:42.219
 No sin, no

00:22:42.219 --> 00:22:43.079
 effective sin.

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.719
 There's no crying in

00:22:44.719 --> 00:22:45.559
 the new creation.

00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:48.500
 He's making all

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.619
 things new, including

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.039
 you.

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:53.299
 At that time, you

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.439
 will have no impulse

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:55.119
 to sin.

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:56.679
 God preparing for

00:22:56.679 --> 00:22:57.119
 God.

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:59.719
 God is preparing for

00:22:59.719 --> 00:23:00.719
 us.

00:23:00.719 --> 00:23:01.419
 This should be putting

00:23:01.419 --> 00:23:02.759
 some capital H

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.939
 hope into your

00:23:03.939 --> 00:23:04.239
 heart.

00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:07.239
 This, what God is

00:23:07.239 --> 00:23:08.439
 preparing for us,

00:23:09.439 --> 00:23:11.059
 bank on it.

00:23:12.199 --> 00:23:13.399
 He himself has

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.299
 promised you this,

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.619
 if you're in

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:15.959
 Christ.

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.399
 Let's move from

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:21.439
 the preparation for

00:23:21.439 --> 00:23:22.339
 the bride to the

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.579
 presentation of the

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:23.879
 bride.

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:25.599
 In 21, 9 through

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.480
 22, 5.

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.839
 I mean, this is the

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.500
 moment we've all been

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.159
 waiting for in the

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.799
 book of Revelation.

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.679
 Up until this point,

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.879
 the church has been

00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:33.619
 under assault by the

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.539
 enemies of the Lamb,

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.379
 but they've been

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:36.000
 cleared out.

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.859
 And there's a new

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.339
 heaven and a new

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.699
 earth.

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:40.799
 Now, finally, the

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:42.019
 church, in her glory,

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:43.059
 will be presented to

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.740
 the Lamb.

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:48.559
 Last Sunday, we, the

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:50.500
 Salvati's, sojourned to

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:53.599
 Iowa because we have a

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.920
 dear family friends, a

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.680
 family friends there, and

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.539
 their oldest daughter was

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.460
 getting married, and her

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.359
 name is Anna.

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:01.620
 And we were there, and we

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.380
 were watching the

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.420
 procession, and you've

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.960
 been to these weddings

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.480
 before.

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:07.579
 It starts with the

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:09.200
 grandparents being walked

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.019
 out, and you're like,

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.880
 oh, that's great, aren't

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.440
 they cute?

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.420
 And then the moms are

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.680
 walked down, and then

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.740
 the groom takes his

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.820
 place, and yeah, he's

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.340
 pretty cute.

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.860
 I mean, that's what my

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.299
 wife said.

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.279
 And then the wedding

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.980
 party comes down, and

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.440
 it's kind of like, oh,

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:25.920
 look it, they're

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.279
 matching.

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:30.000
 And then finally, you

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:32.460
 hear the all rise, and

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.759
 everybody stands up, and

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.299
 they look back, and

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.820
 there's Anna.

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.400
 She's beautiful.

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.420
 It was an outdoor

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.920
 wedding.

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.900
 And then, Iowa's son

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:44.039
 beaming on her gown.

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:46.180
 So she was brilliant and

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.519
 beautiful.

00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:50.460
 Now, if at that moment,

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:53.440
 you stopped the service,

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.759
 and you went up to Anna,

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.980
 and you asked her, hey,

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.720
 Anna, why are you looking

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.240
 so great?

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.420
 Are you looking good for

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.100
 the wedding planner?

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:02.200
 She would say, no.

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.779
 Are you looking good for

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.660
 the minister who happens

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.220
 to be your dad?

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.300
 Not a chance.

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:09.299
 Are you looking good for

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.339
 the 150 people here to

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.019
 witness your vows?

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.720
 Nope.

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.419
 Are you looking good for

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:13.899
 the photographer?

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.740
 Kind of.

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.619
 Are you looking good for

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.740
 Blake, your groom?

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.000
 Absolutely.

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.980
 Anna would say, I want

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.119
 Blake to remember this

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:28.119
 moment for the rest of

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.559
 his life.

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:35.960
 Here in 21.9 through 22.5,

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:38.179
 the bride of Christ

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.419
 is being presented

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:41.299
 to Christ

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:43.179
 in her glory.

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.859
 It's a future description

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:49.079
 of us

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:51.519
 made new.

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:55.059
 And ultimately,

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:57.460
 it's for the one

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.180
 whose face

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.139
 we will see.

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.019
 So I'm going to walk

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.680
 you through

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:02.859
 a bunch of these

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.460
 descriptions.

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:05.019
 There are these details,

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.200
 glorious details,

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.099
 that you've got to see.

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:08.200
 It's a description of

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.940
 the bride,

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.559
 the church.

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.579
 And what you're going

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.420
 to see is you move

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.740
 from general to specific,

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.000
 from panorama

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.400
 to close up.

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.720
 So the first thing

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.420
 I want you to see

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:20.059
 is in 21.9,

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.379
 one of the angels

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.519
 who had the seven bowls,

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.599
 the final outpourings

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.399
 of God's wrath,

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.740
 says,

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.019
 Come, John,

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:27.019
 I will show you

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.639
 the bride,

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:29.259
 the wife of the Lamb.

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.659
 Let me show you

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.220
 this babe.

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.500
 And what does he see?

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:34.259
 He sees a city

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.980
 coming down.

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.159
 Again,

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.480
 what we're

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:42.039
 designed to understand

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.240
 here,

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.200
 intended to understand

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.339
 is we're to hold

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.319
 simultaneously

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.179
 the idea

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.980
 that the church

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:49.059
 is a people

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.319
 in a place.

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.839
 It's a populated city

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:53.599
 and at the same time,

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.079
 this people

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:57.079
 is God's treasured bride.

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:02.919
 The New Jerusalem

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:06.099
 is the redeemed humanity

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.919
 through the blood

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.440
 of Jesus

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.599
 that's organized

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:10.240
 to submit to God

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.220
 and worship the Lamb.

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:14.519
 The second thing

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.339
 I want you to see

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:17.759
 is where the New Jerusalem

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.539
 is coming from.

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.799
 The New Jerusalem

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:21.400
 isn't walking down an aisle.

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:23.200
 The New Jerusalem

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.400
 is descending

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:26.299
 from heaven.

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.980
 Behold,

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:31.420
 look,

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.900
 come,

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.640
 I will show you

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.180
 the bride.

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.880
 And he carried me away

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.940
 in the spirit

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:39.019
 to a great high mountain

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.700
 and he showed me

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.279
 the holy city

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.039
 coming down

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.619
 out of heaven

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.299
 from God.

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.339
 Why from God?

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.279
 Why from heaven?

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:52.000
 God is presenting

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:53.519
 the bride

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.440
 to himself.

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.400
 Sounds kind of weird,

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.700
 right?

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.180
 Until you flip back

00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:00.619
 to Ephesians chapter 5

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:03.559
 where God commands,

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.519
 he tells husbands

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.980
 to love your wives

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:07.460
 as Christ loved the church.

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.180
 Verse 25,

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.379
 and then chapter 5

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:11.700
 of Ephesians verse 26,

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:14.319
 that he might sanctify her,

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.960
 speaking of Jesus

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.819
 and his church,

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.920
 having cleansed her

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.559
 by the washing

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.200
 of the water

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.799
 with the word

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:20.579
 so that he might

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.460
 present the church

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.160
 to himself

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.920
 in splendor

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.960
 without spot

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.539
 or wrinkle

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.519
 or any such thing

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.799
 that she might be holy

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.579
 and blameless

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:29.240
 and without blemish.

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.180
 She's coming down

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.660
 from heaven

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.519
 because God

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.819
 has made her beautiful

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:36.619
 by his grace.

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:39.319
 He's going to present

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:41.839
 this bride city

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:43.299
 to the Lamb.

00:28:44.719 --> 00:28:45.359
 It's a presentation.

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.500
 The next thing

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.359
 I want you to see

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.819
 is that this bride city

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:50.819
 has the glory of God.

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.379
 You see that

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.579
 in verse 11.

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:55.299
 Having the glory of God,

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.859
 its radiance

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.979
 like a most rare jewel,

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.739
 like a jasper,

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.479
 clear as crystal.

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.859
 When we see

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.439
 the descriptions

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.519
 of this holy city

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.239
 in just a second,

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.959
 you're going to pick up

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.360
 on a translucence

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.220
 of the city.

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:09.039
 This glory

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:11.100
 is not her own.

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:13.019
 It's not our own.

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:15.079
 The brilliance

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:16.539
 of the new Jerusalem,

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.600
 of the bride city,

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:19.819
 is God's brilliance

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:21.759
 shining through us.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.360
 Just as the moon

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:24.279
 reflects

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.299
 the brilliance

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.059
 of the sun,

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:28.940
 so we will radiate

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:31.600
 God who is with us,

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.100
 in us,

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:36.359
 this bride city

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.279
 is radiant

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.659
 with the glory

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.500
 of God.

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:41.419
 She's a radiant bride.

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.459
 The next thing

00:29:43.459 --> 00:29:44.059
 I want you to see

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.879
 is in verses 12

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.559
 through 14.

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:49.819
 First thing

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.839
 that John sees

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.679
 is it had a great

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.740
 high wall

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:54.459
 with 12 gates

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:55.919
 and at the 12 gates

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.539
 angels,

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.419
 verse 12.

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.599
 12 is all over

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.059
 the place.

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:02.000
 What's up with 12?

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.579
 Well, it's like

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.240
 the number 7

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.920
 that we've learned of.

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.119
 It carries a sense

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:06.099
 of completeness

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.680
 and fullness

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.539
 and perfection.

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.099
 Well, what's going on here?

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:13.019
 Without getting

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.980
 into too many details,

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.720
 what I want you

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.359
 to see is that

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.500
 the 12 gates

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.660
 had 12 names

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.980
 of the 12 tribes

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.640
 of Israel

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:21.680
 and then there

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.900
 are these 12 foundations

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:24.240
 and on those 12 foundations

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.240
 are the 12 names

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.180
 of the 12 apostles

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.799
 of the church.

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.759
 this city

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.019
 coming down

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.819
 represents

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:34.039
 all of God's people

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.559
 represented by

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.500
 the 12 tribes

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.019
 of Israel

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.240
 and the 12 apostles

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.720
 of Jesus.

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.039
 It means

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:42.000
 all of God's people

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:44.619
 that he had purchased

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:46.359
 from all time

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:47.240
 by the blood

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.899
 of Jesus,

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.359
 it's all of them

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.579
 coming down together.

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.899
 Radiant.

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:57.259
 all Old Testament

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.460
 and New Testament

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.120
 saints

00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:01.300
 and it's a picture

00:31:01.300 --> 00:31:02.120
 of security.

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.259
 Establishment.

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:08.000
 The next thing

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.540
 I want you to see

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:09.360
 in verses 15

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:10.040
 through 17

00:31:10.040 --> 00:31:13.560
 is that there's

00:31:13.560 --> 00:31:13.960
 some measuring

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.680
 that goes on.

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.580
 In verse 15,

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.060
 the angel

00:31:19.060 --> 00:31:20.600
 busts out

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:22.160
 a golden measuring rod

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.279
 of Israel.

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.600
 It's gold

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:26.120
 because of its task.

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.500
 It's like

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.700
 a gold shovel

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.880
 dignitaries use

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.820
 to break ground

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.519
 on a new building.

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:37.060
 The size

00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:38.100
 of this city

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:39.840
 is extraordinary.

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.400
 This angel

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.700
 measures it

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.360
 in verse 16.

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.900
 We learn that

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:48.140
 it's four square

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.820
 and then

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.620
 in verse 16

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.160
 we later

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.080
 learn that

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.240
 he measured

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.759
 the city

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.519
 with his rod

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:56.460
 12,000 stadia.

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.919
 A stadia

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.839
 is the equivalent

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:01.240
 of about

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.899
 1,400 miles.

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:05.019
 And my understanding

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.879
 of this text

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.899
 is that it's not

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.599
 a measure

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.039
 of the total

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.919
 circumference

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:10.720
 of the New Jerusalem

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.819
 just one side.

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.039
 And so what

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.960
 that means is

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:17.419
 just one side

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:17.899
 is about

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.980
 1,400 miles.

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.879
 So in order

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.279
 to help you

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.660
 understand this,

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.839
 let's think

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.220
 about that

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.759
 in terms of

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.279
 the continental

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.220
 United States.

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:28.139
 I'm not saying

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.839
 the New Jerusalem

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.740
 is going to

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.779
 fall down

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.619
 into the middle

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.660
 of the United States

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.940
 because we are

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.619
 God's country.

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.480
 I'm not saying that.

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.399
 What I am saying

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:38.279
 is I want you

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.039
 to help you

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:40.019
 understand the scale

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.440
 of it

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.399
 based upon

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:42.240
 our country

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.740
 which you know.

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.460
 so imagine

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.980
 Green Bay,

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.519
 Wisconsin

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:47.819
 and you go

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.720
 from Green Bay

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.859
 to Helena,

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.500
 Montana

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:52.319
 and then from

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.660
 Helena,

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.200
 Montana

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.259
 you go down

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.339
 to El Paso,

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.759
 Texas

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:58.019
 and from El Paso,

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.420
 Texas

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.240
 you go to

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.880
 Baton Rouge,

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.620
 Louisiana

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:02.440
 and then from

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.000
 Baton Rouge

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.799
 back up

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.680
 to Green Bay.

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:06.519
 That perimeter

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:08.059
 is the perimeter

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.799
 roughly

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:10.279
 of the New Jerusalem.

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:13.460
 it is huge.

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.980
 It's massive.

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.359
 Plenty of space

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.220
 for God's redeemed.

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.920
 But in verse 16

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:27.000
 we learn of something else.

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:28.279
 There's another dimension

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.940
 to it.

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.500
 It's shape.

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.680
 We read

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:39.779
 12,000 stadia

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.339
 its length

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.740
 and width

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.160
 and height

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.639
 are equal.

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.139
 This starts

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.720
 blowing

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.220
 our categories

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.920
 because

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.680
 if

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.519
 the New Jerusalem

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.079
 is about

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:48.799
 1400 miles high

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.500
 that means

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.220
 satellites

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.119
 are bumping

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.680
 into the top

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:51.960
 of it.

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.220
 The purpose

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.619
 of it

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.420
 is to get

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.079
 a shape

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.920
 in your mind.

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.180
 A massive

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.700
 shape.

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.920
 A massive

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:01.220
 cube

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.899
 in your mind.

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:03.859
 And

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.799
 why that's

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.259
 important

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.940
 is because

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.660
 it makes you

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.039
 think of

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.660
 the most holy

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.059
 of holies

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.639
 in the temple

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.879
 and the tabernacle

00:34:09.879 --> 00:34:10.799
 which was

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:11.579
 a cube

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.139
 in which

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.199
 God dwelt

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:14.259
 among his people.

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.519
 So this

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.199
 new Jerusalem

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.960
 is the new

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.879
 most holy

00:34:18.879 --> 00:34:19.799
 of holies.

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.460
 God dwelling

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.019
 with us.

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.559
 It's

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.500
 breathtakingly

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.079
 huge.

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:30.879
 It's

00:34:30.879 --> 00:34:33.480
 awesome.

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:36.920
 in verses

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.039
 18-21

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.639
 we get a

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.940
 glimpse

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.619
 of the

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.940
 brilliant

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.679
 building

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.240
 material

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:43.280
 used

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:44.000
 in this

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:45.000
 bright city.

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.480
 Jasper

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.039
 which is a

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.539
 translucent

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.019
 jewel,

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.980
 pure gold

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.639
 which is

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.460
 again being

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.179
 described as

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.019
 somehow being

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.679
 transparent.

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.440
 We don't get it

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.780
 but we'll go

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.240
 with it.

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.539
 In verses

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.679
 19-20

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.719
 John

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.440
 spends some

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.839
 time

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.539
 describing

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.319
 the

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:03.139
 12

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.819
 different

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.440
 foundations

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.980
 with

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.739
 12

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:06.460
 different

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.960
 jewels

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.619
 inlaid

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.199
 in each

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.579
 one of

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:08.799
 them.

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:11.019
 The idea

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.480
 there is

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.919
 to make

00:35:11.919 --> 00:35:12.480
 you think

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.859
 of the

00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:13.559
 breastplate

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.259
 of the

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:15.259
 high priest

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.960
 back in

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.500
 Old Testament

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.039
 times.

00:35:17.419 --> 00:35:17.699
 He had

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.639
 12 stones

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.239
 on his

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.859
 breastplate

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.960
 that represented

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.759
 the people

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.319
 of God

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:23.259
 and his

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.879
 priestly

00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.319
 duty.

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:27.660
 This

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.080
 bride

00:35:28.080 --> 00:35:28.380
 city

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.980
 is a

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.480
 city

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.880
 of

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.480
 priests

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:34.340
 and when

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.680
 we talk

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.160
 about all

00:35:35.160 --> 00:35:35.400
 this

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.900
 material

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.360
 it should

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.860
 remind

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.360
 you

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.400
 of the

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.800
 temple

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.300
 that was

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.620
 built

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:39.920
 in the

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.140
 Old

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:40.620
 Testament

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:41.320
 the

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.620
 first

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:41.980
 temple.

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:42.960
 Nothing

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.539
 but the

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.940
 best

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.539
 material

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.100
 was used

00:35:45.100 --> 00:35:45.539
 for it

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.180
 because

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:47.000
 God

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.240
 would

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.500
 dwell

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.820
 there.

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.840
 This

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.300
 bride

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.640
 city

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:52.260
 is made

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:53.019
 of priceless

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.059
 materials

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:55.920
 because

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.460
 God's

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.699
 going to

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:56.900
 dwell

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.279
 there

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:58.980
 reflecting

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.139
 his

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.639
 glory.

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.500
 In

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:04.840
 22

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.039
 through

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.679
 27

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:08.199
 this

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.880
 new

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.320
 Jerusalem

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.799
 which is

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.119
 kind of

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.539
 like the

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.880
 old

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.299
 Jerusalem

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:12.840
 but it

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.500
 turns out

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.039
 it's

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.500
 missing

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.079
 something.

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:16.900
 I saw

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.440
 no temple

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.799
 in the

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.059
 city

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:20.099
 for its

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.480
 temple

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.239
 is the

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.759
 Lord God

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:21.920
 the

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.279
 Almighty

00:36:22.279 --> 00:36:22.599
 and the

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:22.840
 Lamb.

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.940
 We

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.519
 just

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.139
 learned

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.820
 that the

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.000
 whole

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.420
 city

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.900
 is the

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.159
 shape

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.400
 of the

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.599
 most

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:28.960
 holy

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.159
 of

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.599
 holies.

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.199
 This

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.519
 whole

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.099
 thing

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.279
 is

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.599
 God's

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:31.940
 temple

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.779
 dwelling

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.299
 place.

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.840
 He's

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.239
 there.

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:36.840
 Have you

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.079
 heard of

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.380
 sanctuary

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.759
 cities?

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.480
 This

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.980
 gives

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.179
 new

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.500
 meaning

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.019
 to a

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.400
 sanctuary

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.039
 city.

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.179
 It's

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.320
 the

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.539
 most

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.860
 holy

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.039
 of

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.340
 holies

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.599
 God

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.000
 dwelling

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.299
 in our

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.519
 midst.

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:47.840
 He

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.679
 is

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.079
 our

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.400
 dwelling

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.960
 place.

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:54.019
 no

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.440
 temple.

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:55.800
 The

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.199
 entire

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.599
 city

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:56.880
 is a

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.280
 kind

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:58.820
 it's

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.420
 God's

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.720
 dwelling

00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:00.280
 place.

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.559
 And then

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:01.800
 in verse

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.380
 23

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:05.139
 apparently

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.639
 there's a

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.059
 whole new

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.500
 lighting

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.059
 system

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.900
 in the

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.079
 new

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.519
 Jerusalem.

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:10.000
 It

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.500
 runs

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.900
 by

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.440
 lamb

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.900
 light.

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.820
 The

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.019
 city

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.280
 has no

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.559
 need of

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.019
 sun or

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.440
 moon to

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.800
 shine in

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.099
 it for

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.579
 the glory

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.960
 of God

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.340
 gives it

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:18.780
 light and

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:18.960
 its

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.220
 lamp

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.559
 is

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.780
 the

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.179
 lamb.

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.780
 God's

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.280
 glory

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:25.539
 radiating

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.320
 from the

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.740
 land

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.900
 lights up

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.119
 the

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.720
 entirety

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.400
 of the

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.300
 translucent

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.980
 bride

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.539
 city.

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.460
 Just

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.260
 imagine

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:35.039
 the

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:36.159
 light

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.840
 shining

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.179
 through

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.559
 the

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.159
 jewels

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.559
 of

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:38.860
 its

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.740
 foundation.

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.539
 Absolutely

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.619
 brilliant

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.900
 and

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.300
 glorious.

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.320
 All

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.639
 sorts

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:46.800
 of

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.039
 different

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.539
 colors.

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.460
 Radiating

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.840
 from the

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.079
 glory

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.280
 of

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.559
 God.

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.139
 God

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.699
 dwelling

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.119
 in

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.619
 the

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:52.920
 midst.

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.340
 His

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.840
 lamb

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.220
 light

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.880
 shining

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.300
 through

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.840
 us.

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.099
 Radiating.

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.480
 It's

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.699
 about

00:37:59.699 --> 00:37:59.900
 him.

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.280
 No

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.480
 more

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.800
 darkness.

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.679
 This

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.420
 is the

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.760
 ultimate

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.199
 fulfillment

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.880
 of Isaiah

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.280
 9.

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.460
 People

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:08.880
 living in

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.300
 darkness.

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.099
 Behold

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.940
 light is

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.300
 coming.

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.139
 Emmanuel.

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.339
 well.

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.159
 We

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.480
 learn in

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.159
 verse 24

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.619
 by the

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:18.960
 light

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.900
 its

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.239
 light

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.920
 lamb

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.239
 light

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:22.579
 nations

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.159
 the

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.440
 nations

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.639
 will

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:23.980
 walk

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.219
 and the

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.440
 kings

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.699
 of the

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:24.859
 earth

00:38:24.859 --> 00:38:25.019
 will

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.239
 bring

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:25.420
 their

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.719
 glory

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.019
 into

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.219
 it.

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.599
 The

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.819
 last

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.039
 time

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.199
 we

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:28.500
 saw

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.079
 the

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.460
 nations

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.039
 gathering

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.359
 in the

00:38:30.359 --> 00:38:30.559
 kingdom

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:30.980
 promise in

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.360
 Genesis

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:32.639
 that God

00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:33.380
 will bless

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:33.719
 the

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:34.279
 nations

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:35.000
 through the

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.559
 offspring

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.219
 of Abraham

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.759
 Jesus.

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.599
 All the

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:38.960
 nations

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.460
 gathering

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.980
 together

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:41.679
 under the

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.119
 light of

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.559
 the lamb.

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.099
 Did you

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.559
 notice the

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.940
 angels?

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.599
 Way back

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.799
 talking about

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.299
 the gates

00:38:54.299 --> 00:38:56.779
 verse 12

00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:57.639
 at the gates

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.460
 12 angels

00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:00.199
 and in

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:00.939
 verse 25

00:39:00.939 --> 00:39:01.319
 and its

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:01.599
 gates

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.919
 will never

00:39:01.919 --> 00:39:02.339
 be shut

00:39:02.339 --> 00:39:02.879
 by day.

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:03.779
 Do you

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.139
 remember what

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.619
 happened in

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.279
 Genesis chapter

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.899
 3 verses

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.559
 22 through

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.059
 24?

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:07.980
 Adam and

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.599
 Eve sinned

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.159
 God kicks

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.619
 them out

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:10.179
 and he

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.859
 posts an

00:39:10.859 --> 00:39:11.799
 angel at

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:12.339
 the gate

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:12.960
 of Eden

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.599
 and says

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.179
 nobody's

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.639
 coming back

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:14.799
 in.

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.980
 Now we

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.539
 have 12

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.980
 angels

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.899
 at 12

00:39:18.899 --> 00:39:19.299
 gates

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:19.980
 with the

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.219
 gates

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:21.079
 fully open

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.939
 welcoming

00:39:21.939 --> 00:39:23.119
 in the

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.500
 redeemed

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.859
 from the

00:39:23.859 --> 00:39:24.239
 nations.

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:24.960
 I can't

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.119
 wait.

00:39:25.419 --> 00:39:25.599
 Hey

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.279
 archangel

00:39:26.279 --> 00:39:26.819
 Gabriel

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.239
 how you

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.519
 doing

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.879
 baby?

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:32.219
 walking

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.419
 in

00:39:32.419 --> 00:39:32.539
 through

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.759
 that

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.039
 gate

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:36.199
 it's

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.339
 a

00:39:36.339 --> 00:39:36.579
 picture

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:36.879
 of

00:39:36.879 --> 00:39:37.439
 life

00:39:37.439 --> 00:39:38.739
 gathering

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.399
 to the

00:39:39.399 --> 00:39:39.799
 lamb

00:39:39.799 --> 00:39:41.059
 in his

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.439
 city

00:39:41.439 --> 00:39:41.739
 his

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.199
 people

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.819
 from

00:39:42.819 --> 00:39:43.279
 all

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:44.039
 nations.

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:47.519
 this

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:47.800
 brings

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.019
 us

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.340
 to

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.179
 22

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:50.779
 1

00:39:50.779 --> 00:39:50.940
 through

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.400
 5

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:53.480
 gates

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:53.639
 are

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:53.940
 opened

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.320
 up

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:55.219
 it's

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.400
 the

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.840
 reverse

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.039
 of

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.179
 the

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.500
 curse

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:58.199
 it's

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.340
 the

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.659
 reverse

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:58.900
 of

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.259
 Eden

00:39:59.259 --> 00:40:00.019
 being

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.259
 put

00:40:00.259 --> 00:40:00.420
 out

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.639
 this

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.579
 bride

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:01.940
 city

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.239
 is

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.460
 the

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:02.800
 new

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.579
 Eden

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.300
 city

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:05.679
 let me

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:05.820
 help

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:05.940
 you

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.099
 see

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.320
 some

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.739
 things

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:09.320
 in

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:09.639
 Genesis

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.000
 chapter

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.279
 2

00:40:10.279 --> 00:40:10.579
 10

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:10.840
 we

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.039
 learn

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.159
 that

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.340
 there's

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.519
 a

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:11.739
 river

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.159
 flowing

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.420
 through

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:12.679
 Eden

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:14.639
 and

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.859
 here

00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:15.099
 in

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.639
 Revelation

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.219
 22

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:16.759
 1

00:40:16.759 --> 00:40:17.480
 then

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:17.699
 the

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.000
 angel

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.399
 showed

00:40:18.399 --> 00:40:18.539
 me

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.719
 the

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:18.980
 river

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.139
 of

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.259
 the

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:19.519
 water

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:19.679
 of

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:19.980
 life

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.339
 bright

00:40:20.339 --> 00:40:20.519
 as

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:20.839
 crystal

00:40:20.839 --> 00:40:21.219
 flowing

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:21.419
 from

00:40:21.419 --> 00:40:21.559
 the

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:21.719
 throne

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:21.879
 of

00:40:21.879 --> 00:40:22.159
 God

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.279
 and

00:40:22.279 --> 00:40:22.399
 of

00:40:22.399 --> 00:40:22.500
 the

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.779
 lamb

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:24.480
 there's

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.679
 a

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:24.960
 river

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.319
 running

00:40:25.319 --> 00:40:25.599
 through

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.679
 it

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:29.759
 brightest

00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.239
 crystal

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:30.539
 from

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:30.719
 the

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:31.119
 throne

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:33.399
 if

00:40:33.399 --> 00:40:33.619
 you're

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.079
 thirsty

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:35.039
 for

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.480
 this

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.980
 spring

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.179
 of

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:36.559
 water

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.159
 it

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:37.379
 is

00:40:37.379 --> 00:40:37.919
 available

00:40:37.919 --> 00:40:38.239
 to

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.539
 you

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:43.159
 the

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:43.500
 source

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.659
 of

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:43.779
 the

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.079
 water

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.340
 is

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:44.539
 the

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:44.960
 throne

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.159
 of

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:45.480
 God

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:45.719
 his

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.619
 rule

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:46.920
 and

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.279
 reign

00:40:47.279 --> 00:40:47.539
 is

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.739
 the

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:48.059
 source

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.300
 of

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.779
 life

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.380
 it's

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.480
 a

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:49.759
 complete

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:50.320
 reversal

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.579
 of

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:50.699
 the

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.099
 curse

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:54.239
 this

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:54.480
 new

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.960
 Jerusalem

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.239
 this

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:55.639
 bride

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.000
 city

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.779
 turns

00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.000
 out

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.219
 it's

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:57.400
 got

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:57.599
 the

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.159
 ultimate

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.719
 river

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.159
 walk

00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:02.119
 down

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.320
 the

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:02.599
 middle

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.400
 of

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:03.559
 the

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:03.820
 main

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.159
 street

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.340
 of

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.759
 gold

00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:05.259
 this

00:41:05.259 --> 00:41:05.719
 river

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.559
 flows

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.820
 and

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:07.980
 in

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.199
 verse

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.500
 two

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:08.739
 not

00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:08.880
 only

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:08.980
 do

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.059
 we

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.199
 see

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:09.360
 a

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:09.579
 river

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:09.799
 of

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:10.059
 life

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.519
 we

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:10.759
 see

00:41:10.759 --> 00:41:10.940
 a

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.219
 tree

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:11.400
 of

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.719
 life

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.099
 and

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.279
 it's

00:41:12.279 --> 00:41:12.519
 back

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.679
 to

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:13.059
 Genesis

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.480
 3

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:13.960
 22

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.179
 through

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.639
 24

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.420
 because

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:15.699
 they

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:15.900
 were

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:16.340
 forbidden

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:16.739
 Adam

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:16.920
 and

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.059
 Eve

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.219
 to

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:17.400
 come

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.679
 back

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.179
 into

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:19.199
 Eden

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:19.420
 to

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.840
 eat

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.059
 of

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.199
 the

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.400
 tree

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:20.559
 of

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:20.820
 life

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.039
 and

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.299
 live

00:41:21.299 --> 00:41:21.719
 forever

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.420
 but

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.619
 now

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:22.900
 God

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:23.079
 is

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.320
 saying

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:23.579
 no

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:23.900
 all

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.139
 my

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.440
 gates

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.619
 are

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:24.920
 wide

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.279
 open

00:41:25.279 --> 00:41:25.820
 the

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.099
 river

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:26.340
 of

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:26.679
 life

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.179
 is

00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:27.460
 giving

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.840
 life

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.039
 to

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.199
 the

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.480
 tree

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.679
 of

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.019
 life

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.359
 and

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:29.539
 it's

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.779
 bearing

00:41:29.779 --> 00:41:29.980
 the

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.219
 fruit

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:30.379
 of

00:41:30.379 --> 00:41:30.699
 life

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:31.059
 so

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.259
 that

00:41:31.259 --> 00:41:31.559
 you

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:31.859
 can

00:41:31.859 --> 00:41:32.179
 live

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.759
 forever

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:36.339
 eat

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:38.679
 it

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.019
 bears

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.219
 the

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:39.539
 twelve

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:40.000
 fruit

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.359
 every

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:40.579
 month

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:40.759
 there's

00:41:40.759 --> 00:41:40.899
 that

00:41:40.899 --> 00:41:41.099
 number

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.480
 twelve

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:41.799
 again

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:42.299
 fullness

00:41:42.299 --> 00:41:43.019
 perfection

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.579
 everything

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:43.839
 you

00:41:43.839 --> 00:41:44.359
 need

00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:46.299
 and

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:46.480
 this

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:46.679
 tree

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:46.839
 of

00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.059
 life

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.239
 is

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.659
 actually

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.519
 straddling

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:48.819
 the

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:49.159
 river

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.419
 of

00:41:49.419 --> 00:41:49.859
 life

00:41:49.859 --> 00:41:52.279
 Adam

00:41:52.279 --> 00:41:52.419
 and

00:41:52.419 --> 00:41:52.559
 Eve

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:52.739
 were

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.179
 forbidden

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:53.699
 access

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:54.559
 now

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:54.819
 we

00:41:54.819 --> 00:41:54.980
 are

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.259
 given

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:55.739
 full

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.339
 access

00:41:56.339 --> 00:41:57.159
 forever

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.559
 it's

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.400
 see

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:58.759
 it

00:41:58.759 --> 00:42:02.779
 and

00:42:02.779 --> 00:42:03.000
 this

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.599
 tree

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:03.880
 has

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.299
 leaves

00:42:04.299 --> 00:42:04.559
 that

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:04.920
 bring

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.259
 healing

00:42:05.259 --> 00:42:05.480
 to

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.619
 the

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.940
 nations

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.619
 it's

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:06.940
 not

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.079
 a

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.279
 tree

00:42:07.279 --> 00:42:07.440
 of

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:07.659
 life

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:07.840
 it's

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.039
 a

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.440
 peace

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:09.019
 tree

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:12.099
 verse

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.380
 three

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:12.579
 the

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:12.820
 throne

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:13.000
 of

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.440
 life

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:15.000
 the

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.360
 throne

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:15.579
 of

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.019
 God

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.139
 and

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.299
 the

00:42:16.299 --> 00:42:16.539
 Lamb

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:16.699
 is

00:42:16.699 --> 00:42:16.779
 in

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:16.960
 the

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.179
 middle

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:17.380
 of

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.480
 it

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.779
 all

00:42:17.779 --> 00:42:20.320
 his

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.840
 reign

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.679
 people

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:22.039
 coming

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.259
 to

00:42:22.259 --> 00:42:22.559
 him

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.019
 not

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:23.239
 being

00:42:23.239 --> 00:42:23.519
 sent

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:23.820
 away

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.239
 coming

00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:24.599
 to

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:26.579
 he's

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:26.880
 dwelling

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.119
 with

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:27.279
 his

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:27.620
 people

00:42:27.620 --> 00:42:28.560
 in

00:42:28.560 --> 00:42:28.780
 his

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.300
 place

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:30.180
 and

00:42:30.180 --> 00:42:30.340
 his

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.760
 people

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.480
 are

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.080
 worshipping

00:42:32.080 --> 00:42:32.460
 him

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:34.940
 22

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.380
 4

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:35.600
 the

00:42:35.600 --> 00:42:35.900
 bride

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.220
 city

00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:36.480
 has

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:36.660
 been

00:42:36.660 --> 00:42:37.180
 presented

00:42:37.180 --> 00:42:37.500
 to

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:37.720
 her

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.180
 groom

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:39.240
 and

00:42:39.240 --> 00:42:39.440
 now

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:39.580
 we

00:42:39.580 --> 00:42:39.840
 go

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.080
 to

00:42:40.080 --> 00:42:40.260
 the

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:40.480
 most

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.980
 close

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:41.200
 up

00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:41.620
 scene

00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:45.760
 they

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:45.920
 will

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.120
 see

00:42:46.120 --> 00:42:46.320
 his

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:46.880
 face

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:53.620
 the

00:42:53.620 --> 00:42:53.760
 new

00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:54.100
 Jerusalem

00:42:54.100 --> 00:42:54.280
 has

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:54.480
 come

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:55.000
 down

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.220
 we

00:42:55.220 --> 00:42:55.320
 are

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:55.720
 seeing

00:42:55.720 --> 00:42:56.019
 his

00:42:56.019 --> 00:42:56.660
 face

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:57.679
 to

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:57.859
 be

00:42:57.859 --> 00:42:58.059
 with

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.239
 him

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:59.739
 this

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:01.379
 is

00:43:01.379 --> 00:43:01.599
 the

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:01.980
 groom

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.139
 of

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:02.279
 the

00:43:02.279 --> 00:43:02.619
 bride

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:04.779
 the

00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:04.960
 king

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.099
 of

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:05.339
 kings

00:43:05.339 --> 00:43:05.500
 and

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:05.659
 lord

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:05.799
 of

00:43:05.799 --> 00:43:06.139
 lords

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:09.359
 up

00:43:09.359 --> 00:43:09.659
 close

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:09.819
 and

00:43:09.819 --> 00:43:10.219
 personal

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:11.699
 up

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:11.819
 to

00:43:11.819 --> 00:43:12.059
 this

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.379
 point

00:43:12.379 --> 00:43:12.559
 if

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:12.679
 you

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:12.839
 saw

00:43:12.839 --> 00:43:13.019
 the

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.239
 face

00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:13.379
 of

00:43:13.379 --> 00:43:13.579
 God

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:13.719
 you

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:14.179
 die

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:15.480
 not

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:15.759
 here

00:43:15.759 --> 00:43:18.000
 no

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.359
 threat

00:43:18.359 --> 00:43:20.319
 you'll

00:43:20.319 --> 00:43:20.659
 see

00:43:20.659 --> 00:43:20.859
 his

00:43:20.859 --> 00:43:21.119
 face

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:21.279
 and

00:43:21.279 --> 00:43:21.619
 live

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:24.420
 can

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:24.579
 you

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.059
 imagine

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.539
 a new

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:25.920
 heaven

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.259
 and new

00:43:26.259 --> 00:43:26.559
 earth

00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:26.880
 a new

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:27.319
 Jerusalem

00:43:27.319 --> 00:43:28.739
 without

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:29.119
 him

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:30.779
 he

00:43:30.779 --> 00:43:31.079
 lights

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:31.259
 up

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:31.400
 the

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.779
 place

00:43:31.779 --> 00:43:36.960
 he

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.219
 makes

00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:37.359
 it

00:43:37.359 --> 00:43:37.719
 shine

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:41.559
 it

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:41.799
 seems

00:43:41.799 --> 00:43:42.019
 like

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.159
 that

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.339
 little

00:43:42.339 --> 00:43:42.799
 phrase

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:43.039
 and

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.199
 his

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:43.420
 name

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:43.539
 will

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:43.659
 be

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:43.799
 on

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:43.940
 their

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.299
 forehead

00:43:44.299 --> 00:43:44.659
 seems

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:44.880
 kind

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:44.980
 of

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.119
 out

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.239
 of

00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:45.480
 place

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.659
 it's

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:45.799
 like

00:43:45.799 --> 00:43:46.039
 what

00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:46.199
 is

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:46.380
 that

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.659
 doing

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:46.920
 there

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:48.740
 it's

00:43:48.740 --> 00:43:48.880
 a

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.300
 reminder

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:53.360
 it's

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.480
 all

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:53.659
 by

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:53.860
 his

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.240
 grace

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:54.480
 the

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:54.760
 only

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.200
 reason

00:43:55.200 --> 00:43:55.500
 why

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:55.700
 you

00:43:55.700 --> 00:43:55.820
 will

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:56.000
 be

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.519
 standing

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:56.880
 on

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.099
 that

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.340
 day

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:57.639
 looking

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:57.860
 at

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:58.019
 his

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.420
 face

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:59.920
 the

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:00.180
 only

00:44:00.180 --> 00:44:00.619
 reason

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:00.840
 will

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:01.119
 be

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:02.980
 because

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.260
 of

00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:03.700
 him

00:44:03.700 --> 00:44:04.579
 the

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:04.860
 lamb

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:06.019
 his

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.380
 name

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:08.220
 his

00:44:08.220 --> 00:44:08.680
 gracious

00:44:08.680 --> 00:44:08.960
 and

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.200
 holy

00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:09.840
 character

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:10.840
 he

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:11.139
 shed

00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:11.340
 his

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:11.720
 blood

00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:12.340
 so

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:12.599
 that

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:12.900
 you

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.300
 can

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:13.579
 be

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:14.079
 there

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:19.039
 the

00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:19.380
 bride

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:19.559
 has

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:19.699
 been

00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:20.239
 presented

00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:21.079
 her

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.739
 glory

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:22.519
 is a

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:23.519
 radiating

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:24.039
 glory

00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:24.299
 of

00:44:24.299 --> 00:44:24.659
 God

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.139
 it's

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.819
 all

00:44:25.819 --> 00:44:26.539
 his

00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:27.319
 grace

00:44:27.319 --> 00:44:29.039
 we've

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.199
 done

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:29.559
 nothing

00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:29.799
 to

00:44:29.799 --> 00:44:30.000
 earn

00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:30.319
 that

00:44:30.319 --> 00:44:33.059
 and

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:33.199
 in

00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:33.400
 verse

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:33.860
 five

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:34.099
 it's

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:34.239
 the

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:34.519
 greatest

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:34.779
 of

00:44:34.779 --> 00:44:34.980
 all

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:35.480
 endings

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:35.719
 the

00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:35.960
 guy

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.239
 gets

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:36.440
 the

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:36.759
 girl

00:44:36.759 --> 00:44:36.960
 and

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:37.199
 live

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:37.619
 happily

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:37.980
 ever

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.400
 after

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:38.579
 in

00:44:38.579 --> 00:44:38.699
 the

00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:38.900
 light

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:39.000
 of

00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:39.139
 his

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:39.599
 presence

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:40.500
 do

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:40.599
 I

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:40.679
 have

00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:40.759
 an

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:41.059
 amen

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:43.619
 amen

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:46.420
 he

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:46.619
 has

00:44:46.619 --> 00:44:46.900
 made

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:47.119
 us

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:47.559
 splendid

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:47.759
 in

00:44:47.759 --> 00:44:47.920
 his

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:48.199
 sight

00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:50.139
 maybe

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:50.359
 you've

00:44:50.359 --> 00:44:50.519
 come

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:50.639
 in

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:50.759
 here

00:44:50.759 --> 00:44:51.000
 this

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:51.259
 morning

00:44:51.259 --> 00:44:51.440
 and

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:51.539
 you're

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:51.839
 asking

00:44:51.839 --> 00:44:52.000
 the

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:52.319
 question

00:44:52.319 --> 00:44:52.579
 how

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:52.940
 much

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.400
 longer

00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:53.719
 my

00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:54.059
 marriage

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:54.500
 stinks

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:54.960
 parenting

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:55.139
 is

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:55.400
 hard

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.579
 my

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:55.880
 body

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.019
 is

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:56.299
 falling

00:44:56.299 --> 00:44:56.739
 apart

00:44:56.739 --> 00:44:57.819
 how

00:44:57.819 --> 00:44:58.139
 much

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:58.639
 longer

00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:00.500
 well

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:00.779
 you need

00:45:00.779 --> 00:45:01.259
 hope

00:45:01.259 --> 00:45:02.920
 capital

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.219
 H

00:45:03.219 --> 00:45:03.559
 hope

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:04.059
 and

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.539
 revelation

00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:05.380
 21

00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:05.559
 through

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:05.960
 22

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:06.400
 5

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.000
 delivers

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.359
 it

00:45:07.359 --> 00:45:08.440
 ultimate

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:08.859
 hope

00:45:08.859 --> 00:45:09.719
 in the

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:10.079
 face

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.400
 of the

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:10.559
 Lord

00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:10.859
 Jesus

00:45:10.859 --> 00:45:11.380
 Christ

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:11.940
 you're

00:45:11.940 --> 00:45:12.000
 going

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:12.119
 to

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.339
 see

00:45:12.339 --> 00:45:12.500
 him

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:12.759
 face

00:45:12.759 --> 00:45:12.920
 to

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:13.199
 face

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:13.739
 it's

00:45:13.739 --> 00:45:14.059
 not

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:14.699
 just

00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:15.139
 a

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:15.699
 creation

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:16.099
 that's

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.279
 been

00:45:16.279 --> 00:45:16.819
 decursed

00:45:16.819 --> 00:45:17.399
 it's

00:45:17.399 --> 00:45:17.719
 not

00:45:17.719 --> 00:45:18.259
 just

00:45:18.259 --> 00:45:18.739
 streets

00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:18.939
 of

00:45:18.939 --> 00:45:19.239
 gold

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:19.679
 it's

00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:19.899
 not

00:45:19.899 --> 00:45:20.259
 precious

00:45:20.259 --> 00:45:20.659
 jewels

00:45:20.659 --> 00:45:21.079
 or

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:21.379
 big

00:45:21.379 --> 00:45:21.859
 pearls

00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:22.480
 it

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:23.079
 is

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:23.519
 the

00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:24.159
 ultimate

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:24.759
 fulfillment

00:45:24.759 --> 00:45:25.199
 of

00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:25.500
 God's

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:25.960
 ultimate

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.480
 promise

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:27.079
 that

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:27.359
 he

00:45:27.359 --> 00:45:27.739
 will

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:28.039
 be

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.500
 with

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:28.919
 us

00:45:28.919 --> 00:45:29.480
 forever

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:30.239
 and

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:30.399
 you

00:45:30.399 --> 00:45:30.599
 will

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:30.839
 see

00:45:30.839 --> 00:45:31.079
 his

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.500
 face

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:32.960
 without

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.259
 any

00:45:33.259 --> 00:45:33.599
 fear

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:37.439
 it's

00:45:37.439 --> 00:45:37.759
 nothing

00:45:37.759 --> 00:45:38.039
 without

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.319
 him

00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:38.780
 God

00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:43.440
 you're

00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:43.480
 going

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:43.559
 to

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:43.700
 need

00:45:43.700 --> 00:45:43.860
 some

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:44.160
 small

00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:44.440
 hopes

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:44.680
 getting

00:45:44.680 --> 00:45:44.980
 through

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:46.120
 no

00:45:46.120 --> 00:45:46.380
 question

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:46.600
 about

00:45:46.600 --> 00:45:46.940
 that

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:47.900
 but

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:48.220
 don't

00:45:48.220 --> 00:45:48.600
 settle

00:45:48.600 --> 00:45:49.019
 for

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:49.420
 small

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:49.960
 hopes

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:52.680
 there

00:45:52.680 --> 00:45:52.960
 is

00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:53.200
 this

00:45:53.200 --> 00:45:53.640
 ultimate

00:45:53.640 --> 00:45:54.059
 hope

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:56.500
 so

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:57.740
 we've

00:45:57.740 --> 00:45:57.900
 seen

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.059
 the

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:58.420
 preparation

00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:58.900
 for

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.039
 the

00:45:59.039 --> 00:45:59.360
 bride

00:45:59.360 --> 00:45:59.640
 we've

00:45:59.640 --> 00:45:59.760
 seen

00:45:59.760 --> 00:45:59.920
 the

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.300
 presentation

00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:00.780
 for

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:00.920
 the

00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:01.240
 bride

00:46:01.240 --> 00:46:01.880
 turns

00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:02.180
 out

00:46:02.180 --> 00:46:02.440
 it's

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:02.700
 all

00:46:02.700 --> 00:46:02.980
 about

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:03.420
 God

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:03.920
 so

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:04.099
 let

00:46:04.099 --> 00:46:04.200
 me

00:46:04.200 --> 00:46:04.480
 ask

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:04.579
 you

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:04.860
 this

00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:05.480
 what

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:05.599
 do

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:05.720
 you

00:46:05.720 --> 00:46:06.039
 do

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.619
 when

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:06.800
 one

00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:06.920
 of

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.039
 your

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:07.360
 brothers

00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:07.579
 or

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:07.900
 sisters

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.880
 is

00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:09.119
 saying

00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:09.360
 how

00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:09.639
 much

00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:10.059
 longer

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:11.380
 here's

00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:11.519
 what

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:11.619
 you

00:46:11.619 --> 00:46:11.940
 say

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:14.159
 brother

00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:14.539
 sister

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:15.940
 I

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.079
 don't

00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:16.240
 have

00:46:16.240 --> 00:46:16.380
 all

00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:16.539
 the

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:16.960
 answers

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:18.139
 but

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.240
 I

00:46:18.240 --> 00:46:18.360
 can

00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:18.539
 tell

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:18.659
 you

00:46:18.659 --> 00:46:18.980
 this

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:20.800
 today

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:21.079
 you're

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.320
 one

00:46:21.320 --> 00:46:21.519
 day

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:21.980
 closer

00:46:21.980 --> 00:46:23.220
 to

00:46:23.220 --> 00:46:23.539
 seeing

00:46:23.539 --> 00:46:23.780
 him

00:46:23.780 --> 00:46:24.099
 face

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:24.260
 to

00:46:24.260 --> 00:46:24.639
 face

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:27.039
 let's

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:27.240
 pray

00:46:27.240 --> 00:46:27.619
 God

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:28.340
 thank

00:46:28.340 --> 00:46:28.460
 you

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:28.639
 so

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:28.980
 much

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:30.320
 for

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:30.519
 this

00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:31.059
 passage

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:32.000
 God

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.180
 would

00:46:32.180 --> 00:46:32.320
 you

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:32.579
 use

00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:32.700
 it

00:46:32.700 --> 00:46:32.920
 now

00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:33.099
 to

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:33.519
 encourage

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:33.699
 your

00:46:33.699 --> 00:46:34.000
 people

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:34.179
 to

00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:34.319
 put

00:46:34.319 --> 00:46:34.579
 hope

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:34.699
 in

00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:34.839
 our

00:46:34.839 --> 00:46:35.199
 hearts

00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:36.880
 especially

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:37.159
 when

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:37.460
 things

00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:37.659
 go

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.279
 sideways

00:46:38.279 --> 00:46:41.159
 nothing

00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:41.480
 goes

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:42.000
 sideways

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.319
 in the

00:46:42.319 --> 00:46:42.460
 new

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:42.759
 heavens

00:46:42.759 --> 00:46:42.900
 and

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:43.019
 new

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:43.339
 earth

00:46:43.339 --> 00:46:45.199
 we

00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:45.539
 long

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:45.739
 for

00:46:45.739 --> 00:46:45.920
 that

00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:46.159
 day

00:46:46.159 --> 00:46:46.360
 in

00:46:46.360 --> 00:46:46.619
 Jesus

00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:47.039
 name

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.920
 amen