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 Father, your word sometimes is, at least on the outside, very, very hard to us, hard for

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 us to understand.

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 And Father, we know you, we trust you, we know that your son died on the cross for us,

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 that he died out of love for us.

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 We understand, Father, that every part of the Bible points to your son's death upon the cross,

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 and that your son's death upon the cross points to every part of the Bible and makes it clear.

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 So we ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would gently but deeply fall upon us this morning.

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 Make us disciples gripped by that gospel so that we will live for your glory.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Thank you.

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 This week I had yet another interesting conversation at a coffee shop.

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 There's this fellow who sees all the time.

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 We've talked a few times.

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 He's a devout atheist, a sort of an aggressive atheist.

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 And we've had a few conversations around that, just short ones in the Starbucks.

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 But this week he paused and he said, you know, every day I come into this Starbucks and I see you.

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 He doesn't see me every day, but every day I come in, you're always reading these really big fat books and studying.

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 Like, what are you doing?

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 And I said, well, I'm, you know, I'm trying to prepare for my sermon, et cetera, et cetera.

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 He said, do you read, like, other books?

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 Like, do you just read the Bible and books connected to the Bible?

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 I said, no, no, I read a couple of newspapers most days.

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 I read a novel a week, sort of on average.

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 I, you know, watch movies and television.

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 And that sort of reassured him that I was at least vaguely normal.

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 And then we had a little bit of a conversation about his expectations about what people would be like who read the Bible.

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 But one of the things, so one of the things I've noticed just this past week,

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 I've noticed it for quite a while, but it really struck me,

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 two different things on television that I've watched this week.

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 The first one is on The Amazing Race.

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 I don't know how many of you watch The Amazing Race.

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 I'm the main one in my family who likes watching it.

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 But one of the things I've noticed this year is the amount of prayer on The Amazing Race.

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 And before you maybe get all excited and think that The Amazing Race is turning into some type of a Christian show,

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 you know, it's very, very curious because it's always a very type of,

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 and obviously, you know, in The Amazing Race, they have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours.

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 If you don't know what it is, it's a group of teams that are on a race around the world.

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 And it's sort of everywhere they go, they get something that tells them where they have to go,

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 and they have to complete some task.

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 And as you make each stage or don't make it, you get eliminated until there's one team left that wins a million dollars.

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 And that's how it works.

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 But it's amazing some people who, and their prayers seem to be highly, highly, highly utilitarian.

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 Not in terms of Jesus, they might mention Jesus, but often it's just God.

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 And it's often really very focused to help them get a particular task.

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 And when I watch it, it's always very hard to figure out what on earth is sort of going on with them.

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 That it almost seems as if, as we'll talk about a little bit later,

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 that the God that exists is a God that exists just to meet their needs.

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 And that's often what it seems to come across when you watch all of the show

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 and just see the way they relate to each other and the way they talk.

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 Another thing which happened just, I think, within the last week on prayer,

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 I also watched this TV, a series of BBC movies called Wallander.

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 And I think they're really superbly acted.

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 It's all about a Swedish police detective.

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 And in one of the older episodes that I was watching this week on Netflix,

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 it was the episode after he had done a particular tragedy.

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 I'm not going to tell you what it is in case you watch the series,

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 so I don't give any spoiler alerts.

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 But a particular tragedy had befell him.

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 And he had gone through a deep period of darkness,

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 trying to come to terms with how it was that he was able to do something like that.

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 And he's having a conversation with another police officer, former police officer.

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 And the police officer asks him, did you pray?

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 Do you ever pray?

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 And if I was a really cool pastor of a big megachurch,

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 at this point in time, this is where I would have it up on the screen,

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 just as I would have some of these utilitarian prayers from The Amazing Race on the screen,

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 I'd have this Wallander moment where he perfectly responds with a look of complete,

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 he's just completely and utterly incredulous.

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 And he says to the cop, who asks him if he prays,

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 he says, like, why on earth would I do that?

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 Like, why on earth would I do that?

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 Even though he's wrestling with the fact that he'd done something quite horrible,

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 and it's been quite a shock to him that he would do something that was so,

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 at least that he understood as being horrible.

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 Now, I'm obviously not a very, very cool pastor,

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 because not only do I not have the video clip up there,

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 but today we're looking at Revelation 16 and the seven bulls of the wrath of God,

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 which is not particularly what cool pastors would talk about.

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 But it would be very helpful if you turned to Revelation 16.

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 And Revelation 16, which we could look at just all about end time things,

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 and I'll make a little bit of a passing reference to it.

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 But Revelation 16 is a very, very interesting reflection on how it is that we live our lives.

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 How is it that we deal with things that we've done that sort of purify ourselves about ourselves?

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 How is it that we fit in prayer, whether it's utilitarian or otherwise,

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 or whether it's even worth our time to pray?

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 And Revelation 16 is actually,

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 when you sort of take some time, get over the shocking imagery in it,

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 and spend some time looking at it and allowing the text,

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 asking the question text and letting the question ask us text

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 is actually a very, very profound introduction to how it is that, in fact,

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 we structure and people structure our lives.

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 So Revelation 16, if you're a guest here, not familiar with the Bible,

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 it's the last book in the Bible, it should be easy to find.

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 Chapter 16, and here's how it begins.

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 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels,

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 go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.

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 Now just sort of pause right here.

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 Here's sort of my first point, if you could put it up, Andrew.

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 And today I have sort of more talking points than I usually do in my sermon,

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 and I apologize that they're not in the notes,

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 but if you go on the webpage, I think tomorrow,

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 if you don't have time, if those of you take notes,

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 they'll be on the webpage.

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 And here's the first thing to observe.

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 Because he loves us, the living God warns us of the world's last night.

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 I get that imagery from C.S. Lewis in an essay that he wrote once.

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 Because he loves us, the living God warns us of the world's last night.

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 And so what's happening here, if you're familiar with the flow of the book,

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 is that we have a series of judgments.

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 And if you go back and look at them,

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 there were a series of seven judgments earlier on in the book

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 where many of them led to a quarter of the earth being touched.

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 And then there is, a little bit later,

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 a series of seven judgments

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 that involve a third of the world being touched.

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 And now this is the last cycle of judgments.

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 And in these judgments, all of the world is touched.

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 In fact, actually, I'm not going to talk about it today

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 other than just to sort of point something out

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 that this series of judgments is different than the other two.

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 As we get deeper into the text,

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 you'll see that in this series of judgments,

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 the only people who are affected by it

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 are people who are in rebellion against God.

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 So if you were doing a series of talks in the book of Revelation

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 where you were concerned all about end time events,

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 this is the sort of time when you try to fit in the rapture

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 or the tribulation and all that type of stuff.

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 And I'm just going to mention that that's a feature of the text.

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 I'm not going to actually talk about it very much,

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 but I wanted you to notice it.

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 And the reason I want you to notice it

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 will be familiar in a moment.

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 Well, the reason I want you to notice it is this,

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 that all the way through these bold visions of what happens,

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 these are ones that are, in a sense,

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 talking about the world's last night,

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 the end of the end of our created order

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 before God brings in a new created order

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 and there's a last judgment.

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 And all of the other different cycles of judgment,

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 we can understand that on one hand

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 they're pointing to something in the future,

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 but also on one hand they're talking about something

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 which happens right now.

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 But this series really is talking primarily about the end.

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 But it's talking about the end in a way

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 which is highly relevant to right now.

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 And so it's going to be very, very hard,

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 and I'm not going to attempt to do it.

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 I'm not going to attempt to try to figure out

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 what part of these images are symbolic

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 and what parts of the image are literal

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 because, frankly, how could I possibly know

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 the answer to that question?

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 And, frankly, how could anybody possibly know

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 the answer to that question?

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 The important thing is to remember what's said

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 so that if by chance, or if by providence, I should say,

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 we are there as the world's last night finally arrives,

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 if we are familiar with the text,

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 then we can notice and understand what's happening.

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 And so that's going to be my focus on it

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 because the focus is on how shall we then live?

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 How shall we then live in light of the text?

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 And so in all of these series of judgment visions,

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 these seven, what we need to understand

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 is that God has this written for us because he loves us

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 and because he wants to begin a conversation with us

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 in light of them.

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 It's upsetting to many of us

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 because we don't really understand.

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 In our age, we increasingly don't understand

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 what conversations are.

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 We're more familiar with negotiations

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 that in relationships, often we're not really trying

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 to have a conversation with another person

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 to know the other person.

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 We're trying to negotiate what we want them to do

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 or what we want them to allow us to do.

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 And this text, God is not interested

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 in having a negotiation with us,

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 but he is very interested in having a conversation with us.

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 And so this text, like all of scripture,

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 every single word of scripture

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 is an invitation from God

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 for you and me to have a conversation with him.

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 And that's what's happening here.

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 And so because he loves us,

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 because he loves us,

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 the living God warns us of the world's last night.

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 And that's what these visions are going to be all about.

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 Now, some of you might say,

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 George, you know, okay,

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 so I know you're going to sort of,

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 I've heard that you're going to go through the text

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 and you're going to talk about each verse here,

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 at least read it and say a few things about it.

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 But I remember a few things about what Jeremy read.

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 And while you've been talking,

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 I've been sort of reading ahead a little bit.

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 But, oh, George, come on.

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 Like, this text is so out of step with Canada.

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 Like, this text is so out of step with Canada.

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 And it's so out of text,

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 out of touch with spirituality.

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 Like, it just sounds like doom and gloom religion.

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 Like, I don't even quite know why to bother with it.

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 It just seems to be so completely and utterly out of step

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 with how us modern or postmodern people

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 understand and process and the language.

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 It's out of step, George.

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 And if any of you thought that,

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 that's a really good thought because it is.

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 It is.

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 But the question is, what is the text trying to do?

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 And is it, in fact, opening up to us

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 an area of conversation

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 that many in our modern world

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 are completely and utterly missing?

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 Well, let's continue reading.

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 And we'll start to see.

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 So, verse 2.

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 So the first angel went

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 and poured out his bowl on the earth.

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 And harmful and painful sores

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 came upon the people

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 who bore the mark of the beast

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 and worshipped its name.

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 Just pause.

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 You'll notice the mark of the beast

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 in a couple of the earlier sermons

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 where the mark of the beast and all was mentioned.

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 What this means is these are people

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 who the mark of the beast shows

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 that they pledged their allegiance to the beast,

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 which is sort of like a false god,

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 part of the false trinity.

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 And they pledged their allegiance to the beast

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 and they worship him.

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 And notice that these swords just fall on them.

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 That's what I mean by...

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 I'm not going to talk about that.

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 I don't know what that's going to mean

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 when the world's last night happened.

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 I don't know what it means.

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 But you should see it and know it, right?

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 And then the next verse 3.

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 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea

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 and it became like the blood of a corpse

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 and every living thing died that was in the sea.

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 Now just sort of pause there for a second.

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 This is not a very positive text, eh?

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 At least not on the surface.

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 Here's one of the things, you know.

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 If you go to a church that just wants to give you

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 a positive hour and a half vibe every Sunday,

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 then it usually means that it's not actually going to try

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 to touch us at a deeper level.

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 And texts like this that are more angular and pointy,

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 they touch us at a deeper level.

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 And if we allow them, if we spend some time with them,

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 they start to penetrate into how we actually see the world

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 and understand the world

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 and what it is that God is inviting us

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 into a conversation about

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 and where that conversation could end up going.

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 And here's the thing.

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 You could put up this next point.

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 And I'll try to explain what it means.

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 It sounds a little bit funny,

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 but I think it's an important point.

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 And it comes out in how strange and different the text is

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 from what we would expect as Canadians

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 a spiritual text to be.

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 And here it is,

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 that meeting with the living God

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 is not meeting myself.

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 Meeting with the living God

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 is not meeting myself.

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 Much of contemporary spirituality

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 is really about meeting yourself.

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 I'm not saying that it's every single person who meditates

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 and every single person who does yoga

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 and every single person who does a series of self-help seminars, etc.

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 I'm not saying that every single person who does it is doing this.

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 And whether it's recognized or not,

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 a lot of what happens,

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 whether it's through exercise or through yoga

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 or time in the wilderness,

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 is actually just an opportunity

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 for a person to meet themselves

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 and discover how wonderful they are.

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 And I'm not saying that to belittle,

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 because,

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 but it is,

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 that somehow or nothing,

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 I was really struck on the Saturday paper,

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 I read the National,

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 I looked at the National Post and the Citizen,

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 and here the National Post

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 would be sort of understood in popular parlance

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 as a right-wing paper,

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 whatever that means in Canada.

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 And the Citizen is sort of a bit more left-wing or centrist,

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 and I'm not going to get into a debate

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 as whether which is right,

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 which is left,

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 but here's the thing,

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 in both of them,

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 they had lots of things about retreats,

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 about mindfulness,

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 about yoga retreats,

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 about a whole series of things.

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 And it's not only been on the Saturday paper,

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 but all this week,

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 there's been a series of things about it.

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 And, you know,

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 I read it because I'm curious

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 to try to figure out how people think, right?

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 How do people think?

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 And it really struck me that at the heart of it,

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 at the heart of it,

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 and you can,

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 I can understand,

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 because I'm a Canadian,

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 I breathe Canadian air,

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 and I can understand the pull

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 and the draw and the attraction of it,

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 but it's really all a series of spiritual practices

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 that will obviously help you to be more healthy

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 or calm, etc.

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 There's a utilitarian aspect to it,

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 but the God that you meet is yourself.

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 The encounter you have is with yourself.

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 And so,

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 when we're used to looking at spiritual texts,

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 if you were to go and maybe in the coffee shop

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 or your office or your neighborhood

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 and people are all excited about a new thing

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 that looks really encouraging,

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 and if you maybe think about it,

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 I'm just throwing it out there,

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 you can think about it,

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 but is it really ultimately at the day

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 just some different way to meet yourself?

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 And if that's what gets Canadians excited

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 and we come to this text,

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 and this text is not like this at all.

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 Why?

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 Because this text is implying,

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 not implying,

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 it's saying that there is a living God

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 who's completely and utterly other

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 and different than you and I.

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 I mean, there's other texts here

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 which talk about how close the living God is to us,

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 so close to us that we can sometimes

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 mistake ourselves for him,

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 but it fundamentally is talking about

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 the complete and utter difference of God

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 and how different he is,

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 and it's a conversation not with myself.

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 The Bible's not inviting me

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 into having a conversation with myself.

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 The Bible's inviting me to have a conversation

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 and know the living God

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 who's completely and utterly other.

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 And that's why the text is like this.

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 I've been married for a very long time now,

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 not long enough.

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 I'm looking forward to being married to Louise

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 for a long time

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 unless Jesus comes back first.

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 And so it's been a long time,

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 but here's the thing.

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 When you're single,

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 maybe this is just a single guy thing,

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 I don't know,

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 but it's easy to imagine

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 the ideal wife,

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 the ideal girlfriend,

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 and it's easy to think about

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 the ideal wife,

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 the ideal girlfriend.

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 Ideal wife and girlfriend

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 never tells you

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 you've done something wrong,

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 you've hurt her feelings,

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 you've ignored her,

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 you've been lazy,

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 you've been self-centered.

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 I don't know,

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 maybe your ideal girlfriends

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 were very different than mine.

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 And then you meet a real person,

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 and they're angular.

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 By angular,

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 it means they have pointy bits

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 that aren't bad pointy bits.

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 They have bad pointy bits

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 just like yourself.

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 I mean,

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 that's one of the things about marriage

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 is discovering that you're both sinners,

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 right?

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 And that's why you need Jesus

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 to be the Savior and the Lord

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 in your marriage.

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 But, you know,

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 with a real person,

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 there's pushback.

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 And so,

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 if marriage is not about

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 me marrying somebody

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 who,

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 and a lot of the way

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 that modern people

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 talk about marriage

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 is they're looking

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 for a soulmate.

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 And if you look behind

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 and underneath

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 the conversation,

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 they're looking for somebody

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 who will adorn

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 and support

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 their own particular,

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 their projects

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 around themselves.

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 themselves.

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 But it's not really a matter,

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 but marriage is not about

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 finding somebody

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 who's going to just,

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 just end up

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 in the sense

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 adoring you

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 and allowing you

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 to do what you want.

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 It's about,

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 it's a deep encounter,

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 a deep,

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 it's an invitation

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 to a lifelong deep encounter

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 with the reality

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 of another person.

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 That's what distinguishes

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 a quest for true marriage

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 from just being enamored

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 with a fantasy.

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 And in the Bible,

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 there's this invitation

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 not to meet yourself,

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 although when you meet

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 the living God,

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 you will understand yourself.

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 I will understand myself

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 in a,

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 there's a,

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 I will start to understand

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 myself in a very true

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 and deep manner.

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 There's an invitation

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 for profound,

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 deep self-knowledge

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 in the gospel.

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 But at its heart,

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 it's an invitation

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 to meet the other

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 and other,

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 the true and living God,

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 the creator and sustainer

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 and the end of all things.

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 Immense,

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 and yet immensely loving

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 and immensely true

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 and always completely

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 and utterly himself.

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 and that's the invitation

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 to meet him.

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 And these texts

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 don't fit in

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 with how we Canadians

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 want them to fit in

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 because it's beckoning us

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 to a vastly different conversation

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 than just

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 a deeper journey

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 into ourselves.

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 some of you might say,

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 okay, George,

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 that's sort of interesting,

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 but one moment, George.

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 Look at all these bulls

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 falling on people.

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 Like,

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 I don't know, George,

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 isn't it maybe a little bit

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 like if God has to resort

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 to threats like this

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 that there's something

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 lacking in him?

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 Well,

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 that's a good question.

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 Let's look a little bit further

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 and see how the text

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 works itself out.

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 Let's read verses four

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 and following.

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 The third angel

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 poured out his bowl

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 into the rivers

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 and the springs of water

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 and they became blood.

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 Just sort of note

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 that the sea had become

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 blood like a corpse

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 and now this drinkable water,

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 springs and rivers,

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 they became blood.

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 And I heard the,

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 just as a bit of an aside here,

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 like in a modern,

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 in the modern world,

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 who is the one

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 group,

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 at least in terms

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 of our popular imagination,

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 that would like it?

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 Vampires.

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 Not really making a joke,

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 but it's true, right?

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 Vampires would be excited

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 if the rivers

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 and the streams

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 were filled with blood.

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 And throughout most

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 of the world's history,

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 in cultures,

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 there are dark gods

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 and dark goddesses

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 who exist to drink

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 the blood of humans.

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 And so,

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 in a modern world,

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 it's a world

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 where vampires

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 are at home.

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 in the world

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 of this text

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 when it was written,

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 it's describing

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 a world

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 where dark gods

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 and goddesses

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 are at home.

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 But it's profoundly

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 unhuman,

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 and humans

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 can't truly live there.

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 So,

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 the verse four again,

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 the third angel

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 poured out his bowl

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 into the rivers

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 and the springs of water

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 and they became blood.

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 Now,

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 there's going to be

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 a change.

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 All of the other bowls,

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 every one of them,

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 there'll now be a comment

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 on the bowl.

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 And the first comment

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 is going to come

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 from God's perspective.

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 Here's the comment.

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 And I heard the angel

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 in charge of the waters

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 say,

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 Just are you,

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 O Holy One,

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 who is and who was.

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 For you brought

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 these judgments.

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 For they have shed

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 the blood of saints

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 and prophets,

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 and you have given them

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 blood to drink.

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 It is what they deserve.

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 And I heard the altar

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 saying,

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 Yes,

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 Lord,

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.040
 God,

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.700
 the Almighty.

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.300
 Actually,

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.160
 it should literally be

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.580
 Lord,

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.220
 the God,

00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:44.900
 the Almighty.

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:46.800
 True and just

00:24:46.800 --> 00:24:48.080
 are your judgments.

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.279
 Now,

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.480
 this is a real surprise.

00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:52.540
 Excuse me.

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.960
 This is a real surprise.

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.320
 This is,

00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:57.860
 so the third bowl

00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:58.600
 has come.

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.380
 It's now picturing

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.960
 a world

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:02.680
 where only dark gods

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:04.480
 and dark goddesses

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:06.440
 are at home

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.700
 and can roam the land.

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:09.039
 it's profoundly

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:10.160
 a place

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.799
 where humans

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.980
 don't really fit.

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.620
 And the comment,

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.720
 the first comment

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.440
 on this

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:18.180
 comes from angels

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.980
 that this shows

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.799
 the justice

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.519
 and the truth

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.140
 of God.

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.779
 It's a very,

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.160
 very,

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.420
 very puzzling

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.240
 reaction.

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.819
 It's a puzzling

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:29.100
 reaction to us.

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.920
 And why is it

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.880
 puzzling to us?

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:33.240
 Part of the reason

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.100
 it's so puzzling

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.720
 to us

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:36.240
 is that probably

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.380
 every single one

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.700
 of us

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.740
 to some extent

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.400
 believes that

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.640
 the God that exists

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:43.260
 exists to meet

00:25:43.260 --> 00:25:44.340
 my needs.

00:25:47.040 --> 00:25:48.000
 I don't really think

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.600
 he exists to meet

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.020
 your needs,

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.480
 by the way.

00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:51.720
 He just exists

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:53.720
 to meet my needs.

00:25:54.280 --> 00:25:54.820
 And you're all saying,

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.160
 one moment,

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.760
 he exists to meet

00:25:55.760 --> 00:25:56.380
 my needs.

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:58.040
 Sucks to be you,

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.400
 George.

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.519
 He exists to meet

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.100
 my needs.

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.620
 And we might not

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.660
 even be aware of it,

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.620
 but that's so deeply

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:07.840
 ingrained in our culture

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:09.420
 and in the way

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.140
 that we approach

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.940
 the texts

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:12.360
 that it would be

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.200
 very interesting

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.940
 to see,

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.000
 to think,

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.500
 that as these,

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.680
 whatever these

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.540
 symbolize,

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.580
 whatever these visions

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.280
 are going to actually

00:26:20.280 --> 00:26:20.980
 look like

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:22.420
 when they work

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.019
 themselves out

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.400
 in history.

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.140
 And I don't know

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.700
 what's going to be

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:26.280
 symbolic and what's

00:26:26.280 --> 00:26:26.820
 historical.

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:28.220
 I don't know that.

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:30.940
 But if we remember

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.460
 the text,

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.380
 it will become

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.120
 clear to us

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:34.080
 if we live through it.

00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:35.780
 And it's,

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:40.019
 I can easily

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:41.040
 imagine that

00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:41.320
 there will be

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:42.040
 a whole pile

00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:42.580
 of people

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:44.420
 writing books

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.820
 on the problem

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:46.500
 of evil

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:50.980
 and why it is

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.680
 that God

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.400
 is allowing evil

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.180
 and will spend

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.660
 our time

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.860
 trying to justify

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:57.259
 the evil

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.980
 in the world

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.759
 and how it

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.220
 goes along

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.680
 with the

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.819
 existence of God.

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.740
 But this text

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.259
 is saying

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.779
 that what's

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.599
 happening here

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.440
 in the world's

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.240
 last night

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.480
 reveals

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:08.420
 and displays

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:10.039
 the truth

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.720
 and justice

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.480
 of God.

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:15.860
 God is

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:15.920
 in the world's

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.140
 God.

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.160
 Because you see,

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.000
 if there really

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.759
 is a true

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.319
 and living

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.160
 God that does

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.559
 exist

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.380
 who's completely

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.059
 and utterly

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.620
 other,

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.180
 and if in fact

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.000
 our world

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.720
 is organized

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.940
 and my life

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.700
 is organized

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.860
 around such a

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.420
 way that I

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.140
 think that God

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.819
 only exists

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.519
 to meet my

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.960
 needs,

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.140
 and that can

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.779
 only be true

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.299
 if I think

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.819
 I'm greater

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.279
 than God

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.819
 and stronger

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.299
 than God,

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:37.039
 and if I am

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.920
 completely

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.500
 and utterly

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.140
 addicted

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:40.860
 to that belief,

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.500
 then I will

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.320
 find all of

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:43.840
 these things

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.100
 that are

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.580
 happening

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.360
 a profound

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.200
 offense.

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.660
 A profound

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.160
 offense.

00:27:49.520 --> 00:27:50.120
 That's why

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.480
 I put the

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.320
 point for this

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:53.300
 in these words,

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:53.660
 if you could

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.100
 put it up,

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.440
 Andrew.

00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:56.620
 Who or

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.100
 what

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:58.040
 failed?

00:27:59.540 --> 00:28:00.480
 The true

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.000
 and living

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.480
 God

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.380
 or a false

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.720
 God?

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.660
 Who or

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.180
 what

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.960
 failed?

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.100
 The true

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.919
 and living

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.399
 God

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.240
 or a false

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.559
 God?

00:28:11.719 --> 00:28:12.459
 This text,

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.359
 by the way,

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.279
 all of

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.519
 chapter 16,

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.359
 if you wanted

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.359
 to see a bit

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.699
 of a way

00:28:17.699 --> 00:28:18.079
 that it's

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.459
 modeled,

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.059
 it's modeled

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.559
 on the

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.459
 Exodus story.

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.419
 If you go

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:21.919
 back and read

00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:22.219
 the book

00:28:22.219 --> 00:28:22.619
 of Exodus

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.240
 and see

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.179
 the different

00:28:24.179 --> 00:28:24.799
 plagues

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.219
 and everything

00:28:25.219 --> 00:28:25.919
 like that

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:27.000
 and how

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:28.039
 in Exodus

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.719
 God's people

00:28:28.719 --> 00:28:29.419
 are protected

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.019
 from them

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.859
 and it's a

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.259
 revelation

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.659
 of his

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:32.179
 sovereignty

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:32.599
 and it's

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.099
 a revelation

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.519
 that the

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.059
 gods that

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.679
 the Egyptians

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.179
 and the

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:35.539
 Israelites

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.139
 themselves

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.959
 trusted in

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.640
 are shown

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:37.920
 to be

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.400
 completely

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.740
 and utterly

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.220
 helpless

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.900
 and bankrupt

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:41.039
 and for us

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.640
 in our age

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.120
 and we

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.500
 worship

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.279
 capitalism

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.079
 and socialism

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.980
 and central

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.579
 planning

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.559
 and individual

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.220
 planning

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.960
 and initiative

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.079
 and technology

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:50.120
 and technique

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:51.759
 and human

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.559
 creativity

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.920
 and we

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:55.579
 worship

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.299
 ourselves

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.740
 and our

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.240
 own ability

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.940
 to manage

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.299
 things

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.600
 and we

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:58.900
 worship

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.440
 our own

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.100
 understanding

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.960
 of the world

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.640
 and the universe

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.500
 that we

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.940
 don't really

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.640
 we rarely do

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.180
 things that are

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.500
 wrong

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.960
 that are our

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.559
 own fault

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.920
 and that we

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.620
 can control

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.600
 things and that

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.480
 bad things don't

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.980
 happen to good

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.980
 people and if

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.779
 bad things happen

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.360
 to another person

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:12.880
 it's because they're

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.600
 not really learning

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:14.720
 how to do things

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.840
 properly but people

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:17.500
 who've learned how

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.180
 to manage the

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.880
 techniques and

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.720
 manage the secret

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.539
 can do this and

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.279
 can do that and

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.039
 we can just meditate

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.200
 and we'll get

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.799
 centered and in

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.880
 this entire world

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:27.019
 all of these

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.259
 understandings have

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.779
 failed

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:31.500
 and the text

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.440
 is revealing

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.859
 that

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:35.539
 the gods

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.180
 that we put

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.740
 our faith

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.339
 and trust

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.119
 in are

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.879
 failing

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:40.759
 they failed

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:43.259
 my ability

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.920
 to control

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.539
 myself

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.700
 and have

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.279
 my own

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.779
 prosperity

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.639
 it's all

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.319
 failing

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.740
 and so the

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.740
 question is

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.399
 in the text

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.259
 is who's

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.720
 failing

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.299
 the true

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.599
 and living

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.099
 God

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:56.240
 or false

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.559
 gods

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.980
 that we put

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.379
 our faith

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.899
 and trust

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.160
 in

00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:01.380
 and this

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.240
 is a surprising

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.880
 and shocking

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.460
 thought

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.420
 and it's not

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.040
 where we thought

00:30:05.040 --> 00:30:05.460
 we'd go

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.080
 when we began

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.940
 this text

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:08.480
 we did not

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.300
 think that it

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:10.000
 would challenge

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.980
 what it is

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.440
 that we put

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.040
 our faith

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:12.460
 in and our

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:12.960
 trust in

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.400
 what is it

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.080
 that we serve

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.620
 and love

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.140
 and obey

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.660
 and trust

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.259
 and hope

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.540
 in

00:30:16.540 --> 00:30:17.279
 and that it

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.860
 would reveal

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.540
 that in fact

00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:19.279
 we maybe

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.300
 worship ourselves

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:21.140
 in some way

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.160
 and see the

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.440
 world centered

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.200
 around us

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.279
 or just in

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.160
 service to us

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.759
 or having to

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.480
 bow to us

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.339
 or fit to us

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.220
 and on top

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.380
 of that

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.019
 we worship

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.640
 the government

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.339
 and we worship

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.960
 capitalism

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.660
 and we worship

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.460
 Canadianism

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.039
 as if somehow

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.099
 Canadians have

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:36.039
 some divine right

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.759
 to always be

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.339
 prosperous

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.099
 or always be

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.700
 successful

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.360
 or always be

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:39.740
 better than

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.420
 the Americans

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.660
 or always be

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.160
 better than

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.019
 the English

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.059
 or Europeans

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:45.700
 or Chinese

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.720
 or whatever

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.200
 it is

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.880
 and we have

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.779
 all of these

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.480
 things that we

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.079
 just sort of

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:51.519
 assume and love

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.000
 and worship

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.579
 and trust

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.019
 and hope

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.620
 and we don't

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.440
 identify them

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.000
 and this text

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.519
 is picturing

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.900
 a day

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.980
 when every

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.539
 God

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.120
 fails

00:30:58.120 --> 00:31:00.380
 the true

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.820
 and living

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.259
 God

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.200
 reveals the

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.640
 failure

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.720
 of every

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.340
 false

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.860
 God

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.299
 that's what

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.799
 the text

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.860
 is describing

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:09.000
 it's asking

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.559
 us

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.460
 you and me

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:12.360
 to consider

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:15.340
 now some of you

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.880
 might say

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:17.340
 I don't think

00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:18.180
 I live by faith

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.440
 George

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.940
 I don't think

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.680
 I have gods

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.240
 that I worship

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:22.579
 you know

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.519
 it's interesting

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.960
 you know

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.599
 in the

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:26.559
 amazing race

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.839
 I think you can

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.480
 see it often

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.660
 in the way

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.440
 people pray

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:32.319
 it's a little bit

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.799
 hard because

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.120
 you know

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.759
 maybe in the

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:35.039
 bigger context

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.640
 it's just

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.120
 they're really

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.839
 they do

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:38.819
 see themselves

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.299
 as giving

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.960
 themselves to

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.079
 God who is

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.620
 bigger than

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:41.779
 them

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:43.000
 and the God

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.440
 who is bigger

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.720
 than us

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.420
 does ask us

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.839
 to bring our

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.319
 needs to him

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.680
 and maybe

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.099
 if we were

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.559
 to see all

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.019
 of the film

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.339
 footage

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.740
 that's what

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:47.960
 we would

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.380
 understand

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.720
 is going

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:48.839
 on

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.299
 maybe they've

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.799
 just edited

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.579
 to make

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.940
 it look

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.680
 like they're

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.099
 trying to

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:53.579
 rub a genie

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.139
 in a bottle

00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:54.619
 to get the

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.159
 genie to do

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:55.759
 something for

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:55.879
 them

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.139
 it could

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.619
 very well

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:56.980
 be that

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.440
 that's what's

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.700
 happening

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.019
 with the

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.279
 editing

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.019
 of the show

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.299
 you never

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.720
 know with a

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.039
 show like

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.419
 The Amazing

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:00.740
 Race

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.259
 how they're

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.960
 making people

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.220
 look

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.619
 it could be

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.059
 completely

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.559
 opposite

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.940
 than what

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.299
 they really

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.559
 were

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.379
 happening

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.159
 in real

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:06.460
 life

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.680
 but even

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.079
 if you take

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.799
 that Wallander

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.440
 episode that I

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.899
 began the

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.480
 sermon with

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.960
 and one of

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.259
 the things

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.659
 which is

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:12.980
 sort of

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.759
 very very

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.319
 sustained

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.659
 throughout

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.220
 these very

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.740
 very well

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.000
 done

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.819
 series of

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.500
 nine different

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.259
 short BBC

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.019
 movies hour

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.339
 and a half

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.579
 movies is

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.019
 that the

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.500
 consistent

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.460
 atheism of

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.900
 Wallander

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:24.640
 and the

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.859
 consistent idea

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.400
 that there is

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.140
 no God

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.660
 that there's

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.160
 you die

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.740
 and that's

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.319
 just it

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.259
 which is

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.900
 partly why

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.720
 it so

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.160
 wonderfully

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.720
 acted like

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.379
 why on earth

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.059
 would I pray

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.779
 like why on earth

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.180
 would you even

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.779
 think that I

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.079
 would pray

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.619
 like why on earth

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.160
 would anybody

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.599
 pray

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:39.140
 but at the

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.819
 same time

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.799
 as he

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.440
 regularly

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.059
 wrestles

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.579
 with all

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.039
 sorts of

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.400
 failures

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:43.960
 you see

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.379
 that there

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:44.779
 are things

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.279
 that he does

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.619
 serve

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.819
 that he does

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.140
 love

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.480
 he does

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.759
 obey

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.079
 he does

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.440
 trust

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.019
 he does

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.339
 hope

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.519
 in

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.539
 that he

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.379
 has his

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.579
 own

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.240
 very high

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.660
 view of

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:52.980
 himself

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.460
 even as

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.759
 he lives

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.279
 selflessly

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.720
 that there's

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.619
 a series

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.640
 of things

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.099
 which he's

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.619
 completely

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.180
 and utterly

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.900
 committed to

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.680
 and the

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.339
 Bible here

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.700
 is going

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.519
 to suggest

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.799
 that we

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.099
 have

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.640
 that in

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:03.839
 fact

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.240
 every

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.680
 single

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.400
 person

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.279
 lives

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.980
 by faith

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:08.140
 this will

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.500
 start to

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.759
 come out

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.019
 in these

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.660
 next few

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.079
 verses

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:11.319
 verse 8

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.640
 cost my

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:12.839
 time

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.319
 verse 8

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:15.000
 the

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.319
 fourth

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.779
 angel

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.500
 poured

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.720
 out

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:16.960
 his

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.319
 bowl

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.559
 on

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:17.759
 the

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.119
 sun

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.960
 and

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.039
 it

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.159
 was

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.359
 allowed

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.599
 to

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.059
 scorch

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.419
 people

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:20.679
 with

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:21.179
 fire

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:22.339
 they

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.539
 were

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.079
 scorched

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.460
 by the

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.240
 fierce

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.919
 heat

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:26.099
 and remember

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.419
 I said

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:26.679
 that all

00:33:26.679 --> 00:33:26.899
 of the

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.119
 bowls

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.539
 from now

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.700
 on

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:27.859
 will

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.159
 always

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:28.519
 include

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.659
 a

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.259
 response

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:31.200
 and how

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.579
 is it

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.240
 that

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.879
 people

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.559
 respond

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:35.259
 and they

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.899
 cursed

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:36.220
 or

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.099
 blasphemed

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:38.220
 the name

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.759
 of God

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.240
 who had

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.700
 power

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.000
 over

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.259
 these

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.859
 plagues

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.799
 they

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.000
 did

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.279
 not

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.759
 repent

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.859
 and give

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.059
 him

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.500
 glory

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:46.039
 the

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.319
 image

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.619
 by the

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:46.779
 way

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.079
 here

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:48.039
 on this

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.319
 seal

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.839
 is almost

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.140
 like

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.039
 an

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.519
 opposite

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.960
 of

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.980
 Pentecost

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.279
 the

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.799
 image

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.339
 is as if

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.660
 fire

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.079
 itself

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.859
 comes down

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.319
 and touches

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.680
 people

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.299
 and scorches

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.519
 them

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.599
 in Pentecost

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:57.879
 it was

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.099
 like

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.619
 tongues

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:58.859
 that

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.460
 appeared

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.740
 like

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.160
 fire

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.519
 that was

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.680
 the

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:00.900
 coming

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.039
 of

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.160
 the

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.379
 Holy

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.920
 Spirit

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.759
 that

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.900
 led

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.319
 forth

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.539
 in

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.900
 people

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:06.099
 singing

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.619
 God's

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:06.960
 praises

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.420
 and shouting

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.799
 God's

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.099
 praises

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.380
 in the

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.659
 tongues

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:08.859
 of

00:34:08.859 --> 00:34:09.059
 every

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.420
 person

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.599
 who

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:09.759
 was

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:09.980
 there

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.539
 and

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.779
 now

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.039
 it's

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.299
 almost

00:34:11.299 --> 00:34:11.539
 like

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.859
 a

00:34:11.859 --> 00:34:12.500
 fell

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.239
 Pentecost

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.500
 it's

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.779
 a

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.480
 judgment

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.239
 Pentecost

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.940
 and

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.259
 the

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:16.539
 fire

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.839
 comes

00:34:16.839 --> 00:34:17.019
 and

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.500
 scorches

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.699
 and

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.199
 suffering

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.799
 rather than

00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.359
 inclining

00:34:19.359 --> 00:34:19.899
 people's

00:34:19.899 --> 00:34:20.119
 hearts

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.699
 to search

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:20.960
 for the

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.119
 living

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.460
 God

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.019
 and

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.279
 rather

00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:22.899
 than

00:34:22.899 --> 00:34:23.059
 this

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.460
 suffering

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.899
 leading

00:34:23.899 --> 00:34:24.219
 people

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.399
 to

00:34:24.399 --> 00:34:24.799
 recognize

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.119
 that

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.259
 the

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.679
 gods

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:25.859
 that

00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.000
 they

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.239
 put

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.440
 their

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.719
 faith

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:26.879
 and

00:34:26.879 --> 00:34:27.199
 trust

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.359
 in

00:34:27.359 --> 00:34:27.480
 that

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.619
 they

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:27.719
 are

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.219
 failing

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.440
 that

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.559
 they

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.679
 are

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.119
 failing

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.359
 that

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:29.480
 they

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.619
 are

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.019
 failing

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.460
 that

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.579
 they

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:30.719
 are

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.079
 failing

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:38.940
 poured out

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.139
 his

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.379
 bowl

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:39.539
 on

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:39.699
 the

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:39.879
 throne

00:34:39.879 --> 00:34:40.000
 of

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.139
 the

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.440
 beast

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.539
 the

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.839
 center

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.000
 of

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.139
 the

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:43.420
 beast's

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:45.000
 authority

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.899
 and

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:46.159
 its

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.639
 kingdom

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:46.960
 was

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.519
 plunged

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:47.739
 into

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.399
 darkness

00:34:48.399 --> 00:34:49.940
 people

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.679
 nod

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.000
 their

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.559
 tongues

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.019
 in

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.699
 anguish

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.719
 and

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.199
 curse

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.480
 the

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.739
 God

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:54.899
 of

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:55.239
 heaven

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:55.819
 for

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:55.980
 their

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.420
 pain

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.699
 and

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.159
 sores

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:58.039
 and

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.159
 they

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.359
 did

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.599
 not

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.019
 repent

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.239
 of

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.399
 their

00:34:59.399 --> 00:34:59.859
 deeds

00:34:59.859 --> 00:35:02.960
 just

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.279
 sort of

00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:03.639
 pause

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:03.940
 here

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.920
 one

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.000
 of

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.079
 the

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.279
 ways

00:35:05.279 --> 00:35:05.539
 remember

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:05.899
 you

00:35:05.899 --> 00:35:06.219
 might

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.420
 not

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.879
 remember

00:35:06.879 --> 00:35:07.139
 but

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.339
 when

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:07.460
 we

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.559
 were

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:07.739
 looking

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:07.859
 at

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:07.960
 the

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.139
 other

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.599
 cycles

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:08.779
 of

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.139
 judgment

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.799
 John

00:35:09.799 --> 00:35:10.000
 could

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.400
 understand

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.559
 a

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.039
 contradiction

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.359
 just

00:35:11.359 --> 00:35:11.559
 like

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.739
 you

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:11.879
 and

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.099
 me

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:13.159
 he

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.339
 can

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:13.839
 understand

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:14.079
 that

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.279
 the

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:14.719
 fourth

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:14.980
 bowl

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.179
 the

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.379
 sun

00:35:15.379 --> 00:35:15.519
 is

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.759
 so

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.119
 bright

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.299
 and

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:16.500
 so

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.000
 powerful

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.279
 that

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:17.559
 some

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.980
 fire

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.159
 is

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.519
 scorching

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.699
 us

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:18.920
 and

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.639
 now

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:19.900
 all of

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.000
 a

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.119
 sudden

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.339
 it's

00:35:20.339 --> 00:35:20.539
 dark

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:20.719
 he

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:20.879
 can

00:35:20.879 --> 00:35:21.319
 understand

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:21.619
 these

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.920
 things

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.839
 so

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.099
 the

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.299
 way

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.460
 for

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:23.579
 us

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:23.739
 to

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:23.920
 read

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.000
 it

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.099
 and

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.519
 understand

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.839
 it

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.480
 I

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.139
 don't

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.299
 read

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:26.420
 that

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.599
 many

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.119
 fantasy

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.500
 novels

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.779
 but

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.000
 those

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.119
 of

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.219
 you

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.339
 who

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:28.539
 read

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.099
 fantasy

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.599
 novels

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:29.839
 where

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.059
 there's

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.199
 a

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.539
 quest

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.000
 involved

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.319
 what's

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.519
 one of

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.619
 the

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:31.839
 things

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:31.960
 that

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.059
 you

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.259
 have

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.380
 to

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.480
 do

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.579
 in

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:32.699
 the

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.039
 quest

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.539
 often

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.079
 you

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.279
 have

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:34.420
 to

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.860
 remember

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.059
 the

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.319
 words

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:35.539
 of the

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.039
 prophecy

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.599
 you have

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.159
 to remember

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.839
 the words

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.519
 of the

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.819
 ancient

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:39.420
 document

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.940
 or what

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.159
 the

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.559
 seer

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:40.960
 said

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.119
 or

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.460
 something

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.759
 like

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.079
 that

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.579
 and

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:42.880
 often

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.079
 what

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.539
 happens

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.739
 in

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.159
 quest

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.799
 novels

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.400
 fantasy

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:45.880
 quest

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.179
 type

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.579
 novels

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.219
 is

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:47.380
 that

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.619
 people

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:47.880
 keep

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.279
 forgetting

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.519
 the

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.819
 different

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.380
 things

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.019
 and

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.279
 so

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:50.679
 they

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.159
 get

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.339
 off

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:51.719
 track

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:51.860
 and

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:51.960
 they

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.079
 get

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.339
 brought

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:52.839
 back

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.980
 back

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.260
 on

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.420
 to

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.820
 track

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.320
 and

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.539
 that's

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.940
 the

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.400
 dynamic

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.640
 of the

00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:56.840
 story

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.059
 goes

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.480
 and

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.160
 it's

00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:58.280
 the

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.460
 same

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.740
 type

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:58.820
 of

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:58.940
 thing

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.100
 which

00:35:59.100 --> 00:35:59.220
 is

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.440
 happening

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.600
 here

00:35:59.600 --> 00:35:59.700
 with

00:35:59.700 --> 00:35:59.800
 the

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.000
 Bible

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.180
 it's

00:36:00.180 --> 00:36:00.320
 just

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:00.519
 really

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.680
 a

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:00.900
 matter

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.140
 of

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.320
 us

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.740
 what

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:01.900
 will

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.019
 the

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.320
 world's

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.500
 last

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:02.680
 night

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:02.820
 be

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:02.960
 I

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.100
 don't

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.280
 know

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.480
 what

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.620
 what

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:06.460
 matters

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.880
 is

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.480
 remembering

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.579
 what

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:08.820
 matters

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.000
 is

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.539
 remembering

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.519
 that's

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.640
 what

00:36:10.640 --> 00:36:11.160
 matters

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.960
 okay

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.900
 and

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:14.539
 when

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.360
 it

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.780
 seems

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.120
 to have

00:36:16.120 --> 00:36:16.420
 different

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.100
 contradictions

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:17.440
 that's

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.600
 not

00:36:17.600 --> 00:36:17.740
 a

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.039
 contradiction

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.260
 it's

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.600
 inviting

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:18.780
 us

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:18.900
 to

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.240
 understand

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:19.500
 what's

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.700
 going

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:19.980
 on

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.519
 and

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.800
 the

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.059
 image

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.220
 I

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:21.420
 used

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.519
 to

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.720
 use

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.079
 if

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.360
 those

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.480
 of

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.579
 you

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.720
 who have

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:22.900
 never

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.119
 met

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.420
 my

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.340
 daughter

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.980
 Victoria

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.579
 for instance

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.960
 if there's

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.460
 people who have

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.800
 never met

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.180
 my daughter

00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:27.700
 Victoria

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.599
 maybe

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.660
 Louise and I

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:30.320
 would show you

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.820
 seven

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:32.019
 really good

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.559
 pictures

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:32.860
 of

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.360
 Victoria

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.579
 and if

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:34.880
 we showed

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.360
 you seven

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.800
 different

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.220
 pictures

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.440
 of

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.740
 Victoria

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.000
 maybe

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.360
 one of

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:38.019
 her

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.360
 looking

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.119
 very

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:40.099
 intent

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.320
 and

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.700
 focused

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.079
 maybe

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.400
 one of

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.519
 her

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.980
 laughing

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.300
 maybe

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.559
 one

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.820
 looking

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:42.940
 at

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.780
 one

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:43.900
 of

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.019
 her

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.440
 children

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:45.740
 maybe

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:47.139
 one

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.539
 of

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.180
 her

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:48.400
 just

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.599
 doing

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.740
 a

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.139
 task

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.280
 or

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:49.559
 whatever

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.099
 and

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.200
 if

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.300
 I

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.519
 picked

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.820
 seven

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.019
 really

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.240
 good

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:51.660
 pictures

00:36:51.660 --> 00:36:51.880
 if

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:51.980
 you

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.240
 tried

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.380
 to

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.579
 take

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:52.780
 the

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:53.039
 seven

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.500
 pictures

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.019
 and

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.500
 manually

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.960
 put

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.160
 them

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.440
 all

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.960
 together

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:57.240
 to

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:57.460
 create

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.700
 one

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:57.960
 image

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.099
 you

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.280
 wouldn't

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.519
 actually

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.119
 recognize

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.559
 Victoria

00:36:59.559 --> 00:36:59.700
 at

00:36:59.700 --> 00:36:59.840
 all

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.039
 would

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.240
 you

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:01.360
 I

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.480
 think

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.680
 she'd

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:01.780
 have

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.139
 seven

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.780
 noses

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.280
 that

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:03.420
 would

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.660
 throw

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:03.820
 you

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.079
 off

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.220
 right

00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:04.380
 off

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.500
 the

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.720
 bat

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:04.940
 because

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.059
 in

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.180
 real

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:05.320
 life

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:05.440
 she

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:05.559
 only

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.740
 has

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.059
 one

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.360
 right

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.980
 she'd

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.099
 have

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.300
 maybe

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.880
 13

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.059
 or

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.420
 14

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.700
 years

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:08.840
 to

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.140
 do

00:37:09.140 --> 00:37:09.280
 it

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.700
 but

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:09.900
 what

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.160
 would

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.440
 happen

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.559
 is

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.700
 if

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:10.780
 you

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:10.900
 look

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.000
 at

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.120
 all

00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:11.579
 seven

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.260
 and

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:12.440
 then

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.620
 if

00:37:12.620 --> 00:37:12.760
 you

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.019
 met

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.440
 my

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:13.720
 daughter

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.140
 Victoria

00:37:14.140 --> 00:37:14.440
 maybe

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.660
 even

00:37:14.660 --> 00:37:14.920
 after

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.220
 seeing

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.320
 them

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:15.440
 if

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.519
 you

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.700
 saw

00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:15.840
 her

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:15.920
 in

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.019
 the

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.200
 Rito

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:16.500
 center

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:16.740
 without

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.059
 me

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.280
 or

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:18.160
 Louise

00:37:18.160 --> 00:37:18.480
 or

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.640
 if

00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:18.740
 you

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:18.940
 saw

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.079
 her

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.180
 out

00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:19.240
 of

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.360
 the

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:19.760
 context

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:19.960
 you'd

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.039
 say

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.539
 that's

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.940
 George's

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.160
 daughter

00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:21.720
 Victoria

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:23.159
 and

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.319
 not

00:37:23.319 --> 00:37:23.459
 only

00:37:23.459 --> 00:37:23.599
 would

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:23.679
 you

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.500
 be

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.619
 able

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:24.739
 to

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.079
 recognize

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.279
 you

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.619
 have

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:25.739
 a

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:25.839
 bit

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:25.919
 of

00:37:25.919 --> 00:37:26.039
 a

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.259
 sense

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:26.439
 from

00:37:26.439 --> 00:37:26.819
 seven

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.279
 pictures

00:37:27.279 --> 00:37:27.539
 as

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.719
 to

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.279
 her

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:28.599
 nature

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:28.699
 and

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:28.839
 her

00:37:28.839 --> 00:37:29.219
 character

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.699
 and

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:29.839
 so

00:37:29.839 --> 00:37:30.139
 something

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.359
 like

00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:30.639
 that's

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:30.959
 probably

00:37:30.959 --> 00:37:31.259
 going

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.439
 on

00:37:31.439 --> 00:37:31.619
 here

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:31.819
 how

00:37:31.819 --> 00:37:31.980
 it's

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.099
 all

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.199
 going

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.279
 to

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:32.399
 put

00:37:32.399 --> 00:37:32.639
 together

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.099
 God's

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.199
 in

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.500
 control

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:33.599
 of

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:33.699
 that

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:33.779
 I

00:37:33.779 --> 00:37:33.879
 don't

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.000
 have

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.119
 to

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.299
 sort

00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:34.619
 that out

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:34.719
 I

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:34.859
 just

00:37:34.859 --> 00:37:35.019
 have

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:37.459
 to remember

00:37:37.459 --> 00:37:37.739
 the

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:37.959
 seven

00:37:37.959 --> 00:37:38.779
 but

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.359
 here's

00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:39.459
 the

00:37:39.459 --> 00:37:39.639
 point

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:39.939
 notice

00:37:39.939 --> 00:37:40.139
 the

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.739
 responses

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.059
 now

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.279
 remember

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:41.819
 in

00:37:41.819 --> 00:37:41.959
 the

00:37:41.959 --> 00:37:42.219
 third

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.419
 bowl

00:37:42.419 --> 00:37:42.599
 we

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.779
 see

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.239
 God's

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.759
 commentary

00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:43.980
 on

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.159
 what's

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.339
 going

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:44.559
 on

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.980
 and

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.179
 here

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.319
 we

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:45.579
 begin

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:45.759
 to

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:45.899
 see

00:37:45.899 --> 00:37:46.079
 the

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.659
 responses

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:46.939
 of

00:37:46.939 --> 00:37:47.259
 people

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:47.779
 to

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.139
 having

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.639
 in

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:48.759
 a

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:48.980
 sense

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.199
 their

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.699
 gods

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.179
 fail

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:51.419
 the

00:37:51.419 --> 00:37:51.919
 revelation

00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:52.219
 of

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.399
 their

00:37:52.399 --> 00:37:52.859
 gods

00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:53.500
 completely

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.759
 and

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.079
 utterly

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.619
 failing

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.879
 and

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.279
 what

00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:56.480
 we

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:56.719
 see

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:56.899
 is

00:37:56.899 --> 00:37:57.259
 this

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:58.439
 since

00:37:58.439 --> 00:37:58.839
 every

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.459
 person

00:37:59.459 --> 00:38:00.299
 the

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:00.559
 fourth

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.839
 point

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:01.099
 since

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.419
 every

00:38:01.419 --> 00:38:01.859
 person

00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:02.279
 lives

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:02.579
 by

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.980
 faith

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.659
 the

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.019
 question

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.199
 I

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.539
 always

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.779
 need

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:04.939
 to

00:38:04.939 --> 00:38:05.259
 ask

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.599
 is

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.319
 who

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:06.739
 or

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.359
 what

00:38:07.359 --> 00:38:08.319
 am

00:38:08.319 --> 00:38:08.500
 I

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:08.859
 putting

00:38:08.859 --> 00:38:09.119
 my

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.500
 faith

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.719
 in

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.919
 since

00:38:10.919 --> 00:38:11.279
 every

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.820
 person

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.280
 lives

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:12.560
 by

00:38:12.560 --> 00:38:13.080
 faith

00:38:13.080 --> 00:38:14.019
 the

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.519
 question

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.040
 I

00:38:15.040 --> 00:38:15.480
 always

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.740
 need

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:15.920
 to

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.320
 ask

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:16.820
 is

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.740
 who

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:18.180
 or

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.700
 what

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.460
 am

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.620
 I

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:19.920
 putting

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.180
 my

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:20.519
 faith

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.740
 in

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:22.060
 you

00:38:22.060 --> 00:38:22.220
 see

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:22.660
 faith

00:38:22.660 --> 00:38:22.820
 is

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.019
 not

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.220
 a

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:23.560
 feeling

00:38:23.560 --> 00:38:25.320
 sometimes

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.780
 we

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:26.080
 have

00:38:26.080 --> 00:38:26.340
 faith

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.480
 we

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:26.660
 might

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:26.960
 feel

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.380
 something

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.580
 but

00:38:27.580 --> 00:38:27.880
 faith

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.040
 is

00:38:28.040 --> 00:38:28.200
 not

00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:28.400
 a

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:28.740
 feeling

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:30.120
 and

00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:31.160
 we're

00:38:31.160 --> 00:38:31.519
 often

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:31.760
 not

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.019
 even

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.720
 conscious

00:38:32.720 --> 00:38:34.080
 that

00:38:34.080 --> 00:38:34.220
 we

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:34.500
 have

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.860
 faith

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.920
 but

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.500
 faith

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.420
 always

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:37.900
 has

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.240
 an

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:38.820
 object

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:40.260
 it's

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:40.560
 something

00:38:40.560 --> 00:38:40.820
 maybe

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.080
 it's

00:38:41.080 --> 00:38:41.260
 a

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:41.700
 code

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.280
 maybe

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:42.620
 it's

00:38:42.620 --> 00:38:42.740
 an

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:43.160
 understanding

00:38:43.160 --> 00:38:43.280
 of

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:43.380
 the

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.640
 world

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:43.940
 maybe

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.300
 it's

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.880
 Canada

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.220
 maybe

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.440
 it's

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:45.600
 a

00:38:45.600 --> 00:38:45.880
 series

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.100
 of

00:38:46.100 --> 00:38:46.400
 different

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:46.660
 things

00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:46.940
 maybe

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.380
 it's

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.059
 myself

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:49.059
 but

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.400
 there's

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.800
 something

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.800
 that we

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.640
 in a

00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:51.820
 sense

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.059
 an

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.480
 object

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:52.780
 that we

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.140
 put our

00:38:53.140 --> 00:38:53.420
 faith

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.600
 and

00:38:53.600 --> 00:38:53.920
 trust

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.080
 in

00:38:54.080 --> 00:38:54.160
 and

00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:54.340
 that we

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.880
 follow

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:55.320
 and

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.559
 that we

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:55.860
 live

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.240
 by

00:38:56.240 --> 00:38:57.200
 and

00:38:57.200 --> 00:38:57.340
 that

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.660
 helps

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:57.820
 us

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.000
 to

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.680
 understand

00:38:58.680 --> 00:38:58.960
 the

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.300
 world

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:01.000
 and

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.720
 you

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:01.860
 see

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.300
 that's

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.660
 why

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:04.440
 a

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:04.720
 church

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:04.940
 should

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.180
 never

00:39:05.180 --> 00:39:05.420
 be

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:05.680
 called

00:39:05.680 --> 00:39:05.920
 a

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.180
 faith

00:39:06.180 --> 00:39:06.660
 community

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:08.700
 no

00:39:08.700 --> 00:39:09.039
 church

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.200
 should

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.519
 ever be

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:09.779
 called

00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:09.939
 a

00:39:09.939 --> 00:39:10.179
 faith

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.539
 community

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:10.839
 because

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:11.039
 that

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.460
 implies

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:11.859
 that we

00:39:11.859 --> 00:39:12.139
 have

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.460
 faith

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.699
 and

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:12.839
 that

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:12.960
 the

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.139
 rest

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.239
 of

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:13.339
 the

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:13.500
 world

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.799
 doesn't

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.139
 operate

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.379
 by

00:39:14.379 --> 00:39:14.519
 a

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.759
 faith

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:16.059
 do you

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.239
 not

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:16.500
 think

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.839
 that the

00:39:16.839 --> 00:39:17.339
 faculty

00:39:17.339 --> 00:39:18.319
 and the

00:39:18.319 --> 00:39:18.759
 administration

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.019
 of the

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:20.199
 University

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.879
 of Ottawa

00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:21.239
 has

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.679
 faith

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.919
 do you

00:39:22.919 --> 00:39:23.059
 not

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.419
 think

00:39:23.419 --> 00:39:23.739
 that they

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.099
 have a

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.319
 certain

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:24.519
 way

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.799
 that they

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:25.359
 understand

00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:25.799
 themselves

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:26.159
 that they

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.480
 may be

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.839
 trust

00:39:26.839 --> 00:39:27.039
 in

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.679
 modernism

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:27.879
 or

00:39:27.879 --> 00:39:28.219
 post

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:28.879
 modernism

00:39:28.879 --> 00:39:29.239
 that they

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:29.480
 trust

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.019
 particular

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.699
 philosophers

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.599
 that they

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.079
 trust in

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.579
 things being

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.159
 secular

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.559
 that they

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.119
 trust in

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.539
 reason

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.259
 and that

00:39:35.259 --> 00:39:35.420
 they

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.719
 trust

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.380
 with a

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:36.579
 certain

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.059
 understanding

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.659
 of justice

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.059
 and right

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.460
 and wrong

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:38.739
 that they

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.019
 have a

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.239
 certain

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:39.559
 type

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.739
 of

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.519
 way

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.679
 to

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.300
 understand

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.519
 the

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:41.820
 world

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.380
 and order

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:42.599
 the

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:42.940
 world

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.599
 and things

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.320
 that they

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:44.659
 want to

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:45.019
 obey

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.699
 and follow

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.239
 that helps

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:46.539
 them to

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.019
 frame the

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.300
 world

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:48.420
 and that they

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:49.000
 don't follow

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.539
 those things

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.139
 by faith

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.619
 whether they're

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.059
 conscious

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.440
 and can

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:53.360
 list them

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.679
 what they

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:53.940
 are

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.539
 or whether

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:54.759
 they're

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:55.159
 completely

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.559
 and utterly

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.480
 unconscious

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.559
 is it not

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:57.940
 in fact

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.460
 the case

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.420
 that whether

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:00.099
 it's the

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.759
 University of

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.079
 Ottawa

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.559
 or the

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.239
 Liberal Party

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.779
 of Canada

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:04.500
 or the

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.260
 Conservative Party

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:05.820
 of Canada

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:07.320
 or the

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.780
 people who

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.019
 write in

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.780
 the financial

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.780
 pages of

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.740
 the Financial

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.480
 Post

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:12.120
 or the

00:40:12.120 --> 00:40:12.460
 people who

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:12.660
 write in

00:40:12.660 --> 00:40:13.220
 the financial

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:14.080
 pages of

00:40:14.080 --> 00:40:14.460
 the Globe

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.920
 and Mail

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.320
 or the

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:15.680
 people who

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:15.900
 write in

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.380
 the sports

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.740
 pages

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:17.620
 is it not

00:40:17.620 --> 00:40:18.280
 obvious that

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.600
 there's a

00:40:18.600 --> 00:40:19.140
 series of

00:40:19.140 --> 00:40:19.519
 things that

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.700
 they understand

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:21.220
 the world

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:21.700
 by and that

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:22.100
 they live

00:40:22.100 --> 00:40:22.660
 by and that

00:40:22.660 --> 00:40:23.220
 they trust

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:23.620
 in and they

00:40:23.620 --> 00:40:24.260
 organize their

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:24.700
 world by

00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:25.240
 that they

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.600
 in fact

00:40:25.600 --> 00:40:25.960
 are people

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.420
 of faith

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:29.620
 so it's not

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:30.160
 that churches

00:40:30.160 --> 00:40:30.620
 are people

00:40:30.620 --> 00:40:31.060
 of faith and

00:40:31.060 --> 00:40:31.540
 nobody else

00:40:31.540 --> 00:40:32.080
 has faith

00:40:32.080 --> 00:40:32.620
 that's a

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.079
 completely

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:33.579
 and utterly

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.739
 unaware

00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:36.480
 way to

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.199
 understand the

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.460
 world

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:39.059
 and so it's

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.739
 sad I find

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:40.279
 it very sad

00:40:40.279 --> 00:40:40.900
 when Christians

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:42.139
 fall into this

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:43.559
 unaware way of

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.259
 understanding the

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:45.059
 world because the

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:46.079
 Bible presents

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:47.179
 that everybody

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:48.380
 lives by faith

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:49.759
 everybody

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:51.319
 lives by faith

00:40:51.319 --> 00:40:52.019
 and so the

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.900
 question for you

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.299
 and me is

00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:54.819
 what am I

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:55.480
 putting my

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:56.199
 faith in

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:57.759
 in fact

00:40:57.759 --> 00:41:00.299
 just as a bit

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.860
 of an aside

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:02.560
 what is doubt

00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:03.980
 the Bible

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.940
 understands doubt

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.920
 as having faith

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.740
 in two things

00:41:06.740 --> 00:41:07.260
 at the same

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.720
 time

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:09.920
 and that's

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.340
 what doubt

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.620
 is

00:41:10.620 --> 00:41:11.660
 I have my

00:41:11.660 --> 00:41:12.100
 faith in

00:41:12.100 --> 00:41:12.780
 Jesus but I

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:13.320
 also have my

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:13.720
 faith in

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:14.400
 myself I

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.000
 also have my

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.420
 faith in

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:16.019
 having lots

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:17.019
 of money I

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.660
 also have my

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.680
 faith in my

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.460
 pension I

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.200
 also have my

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.680
 faith in

00:41:20.680 --> 00:41:21.400
 science I

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.060
 also have my

00:41:22.060 --> 00:41:22.420
 faith in

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.840
 these other

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.840
 things and

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.900
 doubt is

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:26.180
 having dual

00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:27.559
 faith or

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.419
 triple faith

00:41:28.419 --> 00:41:29.239
 or quadruple

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:31.440
 faith that in

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.159
 fact for many

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:33.379
 of us if or

00:41:33.379 --> 00:41:33.879
 maybe our

00:41:33.879 --> 00:41:34.659
 friends who

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:35.259
 seem to be

00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:36.179
 losing their

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:37.339
 faith but the

00:41:37.339 --> 00:41:38.039
 question for

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.719
 them not is how

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:39.339
 can I change

00:41:39.339 --> 00:41:40.159
 how I'm feeling

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.799
 the question

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.460
 might be very

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.960
 well is to

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:43.039
 examine what

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.919
 other things in

00:41:43.919 --> 00:41:44.819
 your life in my

00:41:44.819 --> 00:41:45.359
 life am I

00:41:45.359 --> 00:41:45.839
 starting to have

00:41:45.839 --> 00:41:48.219
 faith in that

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:48.739
 are now starting

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:49.639
 to in a sense

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.599
 wrestle with my

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:51.440
 faith in God my

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:52.139
 faith in Jesus

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:54.500
 because we all

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.879
 live by faith

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:59.039
 so some

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.440
 people might

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.000
 say George so

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.460
 you're saying

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.140
 that faith is

00:42:01.140 --> 00:42:01.840
 not a feeling

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.740
 that faith always

00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:03.380
 has an object

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:03.840
 that we always

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.440
 live by faith

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:05.619
 but isn't

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.480
 repentance just

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:07.119
 about a feeling

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:08.140
 like isn't

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:09.039
 repentance about

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:10.099
 feeling sorry

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:11.539
 and isn't George

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.280
 usually when you

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:13.099
 have repentance

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.740
 in the Bible

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.500
 isn't always about

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:15.220
 feeling sorry

00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:16.059
 about sex

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:18.860
 people often

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:19.460
 think that the

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:20.220
 only sin that

00:42:20.220 --> 00:42:20.920
 Christians believe

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.500
 in is sins

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.340
 around sex

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:23.920
 and that repentance

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.519
 is a feeling

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.099
 but it's not

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.079
 the very next

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:27.619
 text ushers us

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:28.219
 into what

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:29.199
 repentance is

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:30.219
 in light of

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:30.500
 faith

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:31.900
 let's continue

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:33.079
 reading at

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:35.839
 verse 12

00:42:35.839 --> 00:42:38.139
 the sixth angel

00:42:38.139 --> 00:42:38.779
 poured out his

00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:39.279
 bowl on the

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.719
 great river

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:40.259
 Euphrates

00:42:40.259 --> 00:42:41.480
 and its water

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.219
 was dried up

00:42:42.219 --> 00:42:43.079
 to prepare the

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.559
 way for the

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.119
 kings of the

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.539
 east

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:46.460
 now just sort

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:46.779
 of notice

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:47.339
 that's what the

00:42:47.339 --> 00:42:48.000
 bowl does

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:50.000
 and then everything

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.319
 else in the text

00:42:51.319 --> 00:42:52.099
 is response

00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:53.519
 okay

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:55.219
 what happens

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.759
 as a result

00:42:55.759 --> 00:42:56.539
 of this water

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.639
 it's a natural

00:42:57.639 --> 00:42:58.199
 barrier

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:59.239
 is dried up

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:00.900
 and what happens

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:01.579
 is a response

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.039
 and I saw

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:02.599
 coming out of

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:02.920
 the mouth

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.500
 of the dragon

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.860
 and out of

00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:04.139
 the mouth

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.639
 of the beast

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:04.960
 and out of

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.239
 the mouth

00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:05.719
 of the false

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.139
 prophet

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:07.099
 three unclean

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.639
 spirits

00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:08.500
 like frogs

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.719
 for they are

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:10.799
 demonic spirits

00:43:10.799 --> 00:43:12.500
 performing signs

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:13.279
 who go abroad

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:13.839
 to the kings

00:43:13.839 --> 00:43:14.279
 of the whole

00:43:14.279 --> 00:43:14.599
 world

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.219
 to assemble

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:15.659
 them for

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:16.000
 battle

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.880
 on the great

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.539
 day of God

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.119
 the almighty

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:19.579
 that's what

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:20.619
 the people

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:21.079
 are doing

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:22.500
 they're gathering

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.039
 to fight

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.519
 God

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.920
 what's God's

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.400
 comment

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:26.819
 verse 15

00:43:26.819 --> 00:43:27.559
 behold I am

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:28.239
 coming like a

00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:28.500
 thief

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.539
 blessed is the

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.219
 one who stays

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:30.599
 awake

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:31.239
 keeping his

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:31.960
 garments on

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.679
 that he may

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:33.359
 not go about

00:43:33.359 --> 00:43:34.420
 naked and be

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.259
 seen exposed

00:43:35.259 --> 00:43:36.880
 so God's

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.659
 response is that

00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:38.079
 when you see

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.819
 the gods of

00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.299
 the nations

00:43:39.299 --> 00:43:39.900
 the gods of

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.259
 the people

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:41.059
 being judged

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:41.440
 and showed

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:41.940
 a fail

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:43.719
 look for me

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.179
 coming

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:46.299
 you know

00:43:46.299 --> 00:43:46.900
 Gandalf

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:47.859
 speaking to

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:48.140
 people

00:43:48.140 --> 00:43:49.019
 look for me

00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:49.420
 coming

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:50.880
 same type of

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:50.980
 light

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.420
 look for me

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:51.720
 coming

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:52.059
 okay

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.980
 and then it

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.360
 goes back

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:54.099
 in verse 16

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.700
 to how it is

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:55.059
 that people

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.760
 are responding

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.660
 we see in

00:43:56.660 --> 00:43:57.200
 verse 16

00:43:57.200 --> 00:43:57.599
 and they

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:58.099
 assemble

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:59.180
 them at the

00:43:59.180 --> 00:43:59.740
 place that in

00:43:59.740 --> 00:44:00.400
 Hebrew is called

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:01.039
 Armageddon

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:02.099
 it's another

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:02.960
 perfect place

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:03.820
 to show that

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:04.240
 we don't know

00:44:04.240 --> 00:44:04.920
 how symbolism

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:05.620
 in reality

00:44:05.620 --> 00:44:05.840
 goes

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.800
 Armageddon

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:07.480
 means mountain

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.140
 of Megiddo

00:44:08.140 --> 00:44:09.559
 the problem

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.519
 is that Megiddo

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:11.620
 is a plain

00:44:11.620 --> 00:44:12.000
 it would be

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.539
 like talking

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:13.039
 about the

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:13.599
 mountain of

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:14.519
 Saskatchewan

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:17.360
 the mountain

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:18.160
 of South

00:44:18.160 --> 00:44:19.019
 Saskatchewan

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.700
 well there is

00:44:19.700 --> 00:44:20.240
 no mountain

00:44:20.240 --> 00:44:20.740
 there

00:44:20.740 --> 00:44:22.840
 so what does

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.079
 that mean

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:23.519
 we don't know

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:24.099
 what it means

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:25.539
 but it's

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:25.940
 going to have

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.200
 some

00:44:26.200 --> 00:44:27.260
 it's remembering

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:27.880
 the sign

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:28.200
 okay

00:44:28.200 --> 00:44:29.700
 and so the

00:44:29.700 --> 00:44:30.579
 response of

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:31.160
 the world

00:44:31.160 --> 00:44:31.880
 to the gods

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.340
 failing

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:33.300
 are for people

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:33.800
 to gather

00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:34.519
 in battle

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:35.420
 against God

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:36.620
 and so here's

00:44:36.620 --> 00:44:37.559
 the fifth point

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.200
 we're almost done

00:44:38.200 --> 00:44:39.240
 biblical repentance

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:40.919
 is changing

00:44:40.919 --> 00:44:41.599
 the object

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:42.519
 of my faith

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:44.059
 to the person

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:45.159
 and work

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:46.000
 of Jesus

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:47.559
 biblical

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:48.019
 faith

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:49.219
 biblical repentance

00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:50.459
 is changing

00:44:50.459 --> 00:44:51.059
 the object

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:51.919
 of my faith

00:44:51.919 --> 00:44:53.279
 to the person

00:44:53.279 --> 00:44:54.179
 and work

00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:55.239
 of Jesus

00:44:55.239 --> 00:44:57.500
 you see

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:59.279
 what's happening

00:44:59.279 --> 00:44:59.719
 here

00:44:59.719 --> 00:45:00.639
 is that

00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:02.279
 people don't

00:45:02.279 --> 00:45:03.199
 want to give up

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:04.339
 on their faith

00:45:04.339 --> 00:45:04.939
 in the gods

00:45:04.939 --> 00:45:05.619
 that are failing

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:06.679
 so they

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:07.339
 in a sense

00:45:07.339 --> 00:45:08.119
 gather to do

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:09.099
 battle with God

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:10.539
 but all the way

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.440
 through this text

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:12.519
 if you wanted

00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:13.119
 to have a sort of

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:14.500
 a one verse

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:15.819
 summary

00:45:15.819 --> 00:45:16.839
 of what's going

00:45:16.839 --> 00:45:17.480
 on in the text

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:18.299
 it's what Jesus

00:45:18.299 --> 00:45:19.079
 says in Mark

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:19.739
 chapter 1

00:45:19.739 --> 00:45:20.599
 verse 15

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.699
 when he introduces

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:22.440
 his ministry

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:23.440
 and in Mark

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:24.059
 chapter 1

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:24.699
 verse 15

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:25.500
 the way he introduces

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:26.059
 his ministry

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.900
 is by saying

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:28.460
 the time is fulfilled

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:30.059
 the kingdom of God

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.639
 has come

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:31.400
 repent

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:33.219
 and believe the gospel

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:34.739
 it's Mark 1 15

00:45:34.739 --> 00:45:36.299
 the time is fulfilled

00:45:36.299 --> 00:45:37.599
 the kingdom of God

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:38.199
 has come

00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:39.139
 repent

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:40.219
 and believe

00:45:40.219 --> 00:45:40.799
 the gospel

00:45:40.799 --> 00:45:42.179
 and all the way

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:43.000
 through this text

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.480
 when it says

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:43.779
 that people

00:45:43.779 --> 00:45:44.379
 don't repent

00:45:44.379 --> 00:45:45.000
 the implication

00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:45.579
 is that God

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.159
 wants them

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:46.719
 to repent

00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:48.359
 and the way

00:45:48.359 --> 00:45:49.119
 we repent

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:50.099
 is not

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:50.859
 by all of a sudden

00:45:50.859 --> 00:45:51.719
 particularly feeling

00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:52.219
 sorry

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:52.819
 and it's not

00:45:52.819 --> 00:45:53.279
 necessarily

00:45:53.279 --> 00:45:53.859
 about feeling

00:45:53.859 --> 00:45:54.219
 sorry

00:45:54.219 --> 00:45:55.219
 around doing

00:45:55.219 --> 00:45:56.279
 bad things

00:45:56.279 --> 00:45:56.819
 sexually

00:45:56.819 --> 00:45:59.139
 that if in fact

00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:00.639
 we always walk

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:01.399
 by faith

00:46:01.399 --> 00:46:02.179
 and faith

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:02.759
 is always

00:46:02.759 --> 00:46:03.359
 serving

00:46:03.359 --> 00:46:03.759
 loving

00:46:03.759 --> 00:46:04.239
 obeying

00:46:04.239 --> 00:46:04.699
 trusting

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:05.199
 and hoping

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:05.219
 and hoping

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:05.980
 in something

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:07.500
 or some person

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:08.500
 or someone

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:10.000
 or some idea

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:11.379
 or some system

00:46:11.379 --> 00:46:12.879
 or some ideology

00:46:12.879 --> 00:46:14.460
 or some philosophy

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.779
 or some spirituality

00:46:15.779 --> 00:46:17.159
 if that's what we're

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:18.199
 if that's the object

00:46:18.199 --> 00:46:18.919
 of our faith

00:46:18.919 --> 00:46:19.779
 repentance

00:46:19.779 --> 00:46:22.179
 is turning from that

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:23.619
 and asking

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:24.579
 and calling out

00:46:24.579 --> 00:46:25.419
 that we could put

00:46:25.419 --> 00:46:26.119
 our faith

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.739
 and trust

00:46:26.739 --> 00:46:28.039
 in the living God

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:29.579
 through the person

00:46:29.579 --> 00:46:30.519
 and the work of Jesus

00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:32.159
 that's what repentance

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:32.679
 is

00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:34.739
 that's what repentance

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:35.179
 is

00:46:35.179 --> 00:46:37.179
 and the invitation

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:38.300
 of the text

00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:39.559
 is for us

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:40.820
 to ask God

00:46:40.820 --> 00:46:41.599
 what is it

00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:42.460
 that we in fact

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:43.019
 are putting

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:43.880
 our faith in

00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:45.079
 and the Bible

00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:46.039
 here is not saying

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:47.059
 that we only put

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:47.360
 our faith

00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:48.019
 it's not teaching

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:49.360
 as a type of paranoia

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:50.460
 that we only put

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:50.880
 our faith

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.320
 and trust

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:51.840
 in Jesus

00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:52.460
 and that means

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:52.840
 that we don't

00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:53.639
 trust our wives

00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:54.199
 we don't trust

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.679
 our friends

00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:55.320
 we never trust

00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:55.860
 our boss

00:46:55.860 --> 00:46:56.500
 we never trust

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:57.259
 other drivers

00:46:57.259 --> 00:46:58.480
 we never trust

00:46:58.480 --> 00:46:58.860
 the government

00:46:58.860 --> 00:46:59.759
 it's not like that

00:46:59.759 --> 00:46:59.860
 at all

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.340
 the doctrine

00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:00.940
 of creation

00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:01.940
 prevents us

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:02.260
 from that

00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:03.280
 it teaches us

00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:04.039
 that what happens

00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:04.519
 is that when

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:05.360
 that and when we

00:47:05.360 --> 00:47:06.019
 put our faith

00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:06.400
 and trust

00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:06.940
 our ultimate

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:07.720
 faith and trust

00:47:07.720 --> 00:47:08.460
 in the living God

00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:09.160
 and in what

00:47:09.160 --> 00:47:10.019
 his son does

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:11.059
 for us on the cross

00:47:11.059 --> 00:47:12.260
 that part of what

00:47:12.260 --> 00:47:12.820
 is to happen

00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:13.340
 then is that

00:47:13.340 --> 00:47:14.579
 is a work of healing

00:47:14.579 --> 00:47:15.440
 and restoration

00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:16.500
 and reformation

00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:16.960
 and renewal

00:47:16.960 --> 00:47:17.420
 within us

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:17.940
 that God

00:47:17.940 --> 00:47:18.680
 orders

00:47:18.680 --> 00:47:19.539
 our faith

00:47:19.539 --> 00:47:21.680
 I don't put

00:47:21.680 --> 00:47:22.519
 my highest faith

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:23.160
 in my wife

00:47:23.160 --> 00:47:24.640
 she shouldn't put

00:47:24.640 --> 00:47:25.480
 her highest faith

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:25.880
 in me

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:28.220
 but I should have

00:47:28.220 --> 00:47:29.140
 a proper faith

00:47:29.139 --> 00:47:29.859
 in my wife

00:47:29.859 --> 00:47:30.859
 in light

00:47:30.859 --> 00:47:31.539
 of my faith

00:47:31.539 --> 00:47:32.279
 in God

00:47:32.279 --> 00:47:33.539
 I should have

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:34.539
 a proper faith

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:35.239
 and respect

00:47:35.239 --> 00:47:36.359
 towards government

00:47:36.359 --> 00:47:37.759
 in light of my

00:47:37.759 --> 00:47:39.259
 higher faith

00:47:39.259 --> 00:47:40.079
 in God

00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:41.379
 through the person

00:47:41.379 --> 00:47:41.719
 and work

00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:42.219
 of Jesus

00:47:42.219 --> 00:47:46.259
 this is not

00:47:46.259 --> 00:47:47.039
 just an invitation

00:47:47.039 --> 00:47:47.779
 for us to all

00:47:47.779 --> 00:47:48.859
 do it by ourselves

00:47:48.859 --> 00:47:50.159
 but God

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:50.739
 himself

00:47:50.739 --> 00:47:51.519
 has to do

00:47:51.519 --> 00:47:52.000
 something

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:54.339
 excuse me

00:47:54.339 --> 00:47:55.539
 let's just look

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:56.139
 very quickly

00:47:56.139 --> 00:47:57.400
 at one more

00:47:57.400 --> 00:47:57.799
 verse

00:47:57.799 --> 00:48:01.659
 verse 17

00:48:01.659 --> 00:48:02.659
 the seventh angel

00:48:02.659 --> 00:48:03.500
 poured out his bowl

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:04.139
 into the air

00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:05.460
 and a loud voice

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:06.339
 came out of the temple

00:48:06.339 --> 00:48:07.000
 from the throne

00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:07.480
 saying

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:08.299
 it

00:48:08.299 --> 00:48:09.179
 is

00:48:09.179 --> 00:48:09.879
 done

00:48:09.879 --> 00:48:12.400
 the final point

00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:13.059
 when I walk

00:48:13.059 --> 00:48:13.699
 by faith

00:48:13.699 --> 00:48:14.519
 in the one

00:48:14.519 --> 00:48:15.139
 who said

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:16.420
 it is finished

00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:17.900
 I can look

00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:18.799
 forward with hope

00:48:18.799 --> 00:48:19.960
 to the words

00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:21.139
 it is done

00:48:21.139 --> 00:48:22.619
 when I walk

00:48:22.619 --> 00:48:23.159
 by faith

00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:23.579
 in the one

00:48:23.579 --> 00:48:24.059
 who said

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:24.879
 it is finished

00:48:24.879 --> 00:48:26.400
 I can look

00:48:26.400 --> 00:48:26.980
 forward

00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:28.359
 with hope

00:48:28.359 --> 00:48:29.339
 to the words

00:48:29.339 --> 00:48:30.659
 it is done

00:48:30.659 --> 00:48:34.319
 these final words

00:48:34.319 --> 00:48:35.619
 are a clear echo

00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:36.940
 of what Jesus

00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:38.239
 says from the cross

00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:39.940
 as he's about

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.500
 to die

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:42.059
 and he says

00:48:42.059 --> 00:48:42.639
 on the cross

00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:44.000
 in John chapter 19

00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:44.759
 verse 30

00:48:44.759 --> 00:48:46.980
 it is finished

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:50.760
 my wife

00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:51.039
 and I

00:48:51.039 --> 00:48:51.320
 have

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:52.539
 had an offer

00:48:52.539 --> 00:48:53.740
 we put an offer

00:48:53.740 --> 00:48:54.619
 in another house

00:48:54.619 --> 00:48:55.860
 and we bought it

00:48:55.860 --> 00:48:57.619
 you can pray for us

00:48:57.619 --> 00:48:58.079
 that we can get

00:48:58.079 --> 00:48:58.480
 our house

00:48:58.480 --> 00:48:59.519
 our current house

00:48:59.519 --> 00:48:59.920
 ready

00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:01.079
 and it will sell

00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:01.619
 in time

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:02.940
 taking a step

00:49:02.940 --> 00:49:03.320
 of faith

00:49:03.320 --> 00:49:04.900
 and part of the reason

00:49:04.900 --> 00:49:05.719
 I'm a bit coughing

00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:06.380
 is yesterday

00:49:06.380 --> 00:49:07.820
 we had a van

00:49:07.820 --> 00:49:09.460
 and we have to

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:10.699
 declutter our house

00:49:10.699 --> 00:49:12.039
 and get rid of

00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:12.500
 some stuff

00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:13.240
 and put some stuff

00:49:13.240 --> 00:49:14.240
 so it will show well

00:49:14.240 --> 00:49:15.240
 into a storage unit

00:49:15.240 --> 00:49:16.199
 and so going

00:49:16.199 --> 00:49:16.960
 through books

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:18.159
 and dusty things

00:49:18.159 --> 00:49:18.699
 like that

00:49:18.699 --> 00:49:19.880
 so I had a lot

00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:21.500
 of dust yesterday

00:49:21.500 --> 00:49:22.320
 and I'm a bit coughing

00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:23.240
 as a result of it

00:49:23.240 --> 00:49:25.880
 and the storage unit

00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:27.199
 place that I was going to

00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:29.260
 they have a free van

00:49:29.260 --> 00:49:30.960
 that they'll lend you

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:32.340
 if you're going to move

00:49:32.340 --> 00:49:33.480
 stuff into their storage unit

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:34.820
 and we had it

00:49:34.820 --> 00:49:35.380
 from 1

00:49:35.380 --> 00:49:36.880
 till 7

00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:38.619
 and so I was there

00:49:38.619 --> 00:49:39.460
 at 1 o'clock

00:49:39.460 --> 00:49:41.220
 and the van didn't come

00:49:41.220 --> 00:49:42.039
 the van didn't come

00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:42.820
 the van didn't come

00:49:42.820 --> 00:49:43.720
 the van didn't come

00:49:43.720 --> 00:49:45.079
 and in fact

00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:46.220
 it came an hour late

00:49:46.219 --> 00:49:48.059
 hourly

00:49:48.059 --> 00:49:49.659
 and in fact

00:49:49.659 --> 00:49:50.839
 it was very very interesting

00:49:50.839 --> 00:49:51.939
 the couple who brought

00:49:51.939 --> 00:49:52.539
 the van late

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:53.079
 they didn't say

00:49:53.079 --> 00:49:53.839
 they were sorry

00:49:53.839 --> 00:49:56.000
 you know

00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:57.119
 sucks to be you

00:49:57.119 --> 00:49:59.599
 you had to sit there

00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:00.279
 and wait in the car

00:50:00.279 --> 00:50:00.799
 for an hour

00:50:00.799 --> 00:50:01.919
 and they didn't say

00:50:01.919 --> 00:50:02.459
 they were sorry

00:50:02.459 --> 00:50:02.839
 nothing

00:50:02.840 --> 00:50:07.220
 the man who was responsible

00:50:07.220 --> 00:50:07.780
 for this

00:50:07.780 --> 00:50:09.100
 he apologized to me

00:50:09.100 --> 00:50:10.800
 and I said

00:50:10.800 --> 00:50:11.559
 well it's not your fault

00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:12.860
 nothing you can do about it

00:50:12.860 --> 00:50:16.019
 and then he said something

00:50:16.019 --> 00:50:17.579
 which is quite remarkable

00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:18.740
 which helps us to understand

00:50:18.740 --> 00:50:19.680
 what Jesus does for us

00:50:19.680 --> 00:50:20.240
 on the cross

00:50:20.240 --> 00:50:22.059
 see it's not just purely

00:50:22.059 --> 00:50:22.700
 a matter of our

00:50:22.700 --> 00:50:24.160
 putting a faith in Jesus

00:50:24.160 --> 00:50:26.720
 just purely by our own effort

00:50:26.720 --> 00:50:28.300
 changing from putting

00:50:28.300 --> 00:50:29.460
 our faith in something else

00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:30.559
 to putting our faith in Jesus

00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:31.860
 God still

00:50:31.860 --> 00:50:33.400
 Jesus does something

00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:34.779
 he accomplishes something

00:50:34.779 --> 00:50:35.320
 for us

00:50:35.320 --> 00:50:36.639
 because every time

00:50:36.639 --> 00:50:37.219
 there's something

00:50:37.219 --> 00:50:38.599
 that we do that's wrong

00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:39.659
 every time that we do

00:50:39.659 --> 00:50:41.079
 something that's wrong

00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:42.199
 there's a type of debt

00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:43.360
 and that debt

00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:43.860
 in a sense

00:50:43.860 --> 00:50:45.019
 has to be dealt with

00:50:45.019 --> 00:50:46.159
 it has to be absorbed

00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:48.320
 and these people

00:50:48.320 --> 00:50:49.519
 having wronged me

00:50:49.519 --> 00:50:50.799
 there was in a sense

00:50:50.799 --> 00:50:52.179
 I'm out an hour

00:50:52.179 --> 00:50:53.940
 I'm out an hour

00:50:53.940 --> 00:50:54.840
 and that hour

00:50:54.840 --> 00:50:55.340
 in fact

00:50:55.340 --> 00:50:55.980
 in our case

00:50:55.980 --> 00:50:56.659
 it would have meant

00:50:56.659 --> 00:50:58.059
 a really big thing for us

00:50:58.059 --> 00:51:00.320
 it meant one whole extra segment

00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:01.099
 of us trying to get

00:51:01.099 --> 00:51:01.980
 our house decluttered

00:51:01.980 --> 00:51:02.519
 would have just been

00:51:02.519 --> 00:51:03.960
 completely and utterly gone

00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:06.880
 and the man says to me

00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:07.539
 listen

00:51:07.539 --> 00:51:09.440
 you've been really patient

00:51:09.440 --> 00:51:12.000
 and I'm

00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:13.739
 I'll take that hour

00:51:13.739 --> 00:51:14.599
 into myself

00:51:14.599 --> 00:51:17.079
 and I'll come an hour later

00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:18.380
 so you can have

00:51:18.380 --> 00:51:19.460
 the full length of time

00:51:19.460 --> 00:51:23.360
 and in a sense

00:51:23.360 --> 00:51:24.799
 justice is restored

00:51:24.800 --> 00:51:27.300
 and there's a type

00:51:27.300 --> 00:51:28.340
 of satisfaction

00:51:28.340 --> 00:51:29.940
 because that man

00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:31.700
 absorbs the cost

00:51:31.700 --> 00:51:33.500
 of the wrongdoing

00:51:33.500 --> 00:51:34.840
 of the first couple

00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:37.800
 and all evil

00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:39.300
 is something like that

00:51:39.300 --> 00:51:41.680
 and what Jesus does

00:51:41.680 --> 00:51:42.940
 for us on the cross

00:51:42.940 --> 00:51:45.440
 is absorbs the consequences

00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:46.900
 of our wrongdoing

00:51:46.900 --> 00:51:49.120
 he has lived

00:51:49.120 --> 00:51:50.060
 a complete and utter

00:51:50.060 --> 00:51:51.940
 perfect and sinless life

00:51:51.940 --> 00:51:53.720
 and he absorbs

00:51:53.720 --> 00:51:55.000
 the cost

00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:55.639
 of it

00:51:55.639 --> 00:51:57.880
 and what we hear

00:51:57.880 --> 00:51:59.260
 Jesus say on the cross

00:51:59.260 --> 00:52:00.380
 is it is finished

00:52:00.380 --> 00:52:01.599
 and then he dies

00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:03.159
 he absorbs

00:52:03.159 --> 00:52:04.079
 the cost

00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:05.539
 so that we can be

00:52:05.539 --> 00:52:06.320
 reconciled

00:52:06.320 --> 00:52:06.940
 to God

00:52:06.940 --> 00:52:08.940
 and so it's not

00:52:08.940 --> 00:52:09.800
 just a matter

00:52:09.800 --> 00:52:10.400
 of me

00:52:10.400 --> 00:52:11.340
 still being

00:52:11.340 --> 00:52:12.760
 completely in control

00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:13.820
 and I can now switch

00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:14.260
 the object

00:52:14.260 --> 00:52:14.960
 to my faith

00:52:14.960 --> 00:52:16.300
 God himself

00:52:16.300 --> 00:52:17.579
 does something

00:52:17.579 --> 00:52:18.280
 to open

00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:19.559
 the possibility

00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:20.720
 that I

00:52:20.720 --> 00:52:21.840
 very weakly

00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:22.740
 not even really

00:52:22.740 --> 00:52:23.640
 aware of all

00:52:23.640 --> 00:52:24.460
 it is that I've done

00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:25.200
 that keeps God

00:52:25.200 --> 00:52:25.680
 at a distance

00:52:25.680 --> 00:52:26.420
 and all it is

00:52:26.420 --> 00:52:26.860
 that I've done

00:52:26.860 --> 00:52:27.600
 that harm God

00:52:27.600 --> 00:52:28.340
 and harm others

00:52:28.340 --> 00:52:30.079
 and I'm completely

00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:30.559
 and utterly

00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:31.220
 oblivious

00:52:31.220 --> 00:52:32.620
 of a whole pile

00:52:32.620 --> 00:52:32.860
 of it

00:52:32.860 --> 00:52:34.180
 and I make myself

00:52:34.180 --> 00:52:34.620
 oblivious

00:52:34.620 --> 00:52:35.740
 but I recognize

00:52:35.740 --> 00:52:36.880
 that there's a need

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:37.500
 not only to have

00:52:37.500 --> 00:52:38.240
 a faith and trust

00:52:38.240 --> 00:52:38.800
 in the living God

00:52:38.800 --> 00:52:39.420
 but that there has

00:52:39.420 --> 00:52:40.340
 to be some type

00:52:40.340 --> 00:52:41.740
 of a dealing

00:52:41.740 --> 00:52:42.860
 with myself

00:52:42.860 --> 00:52:44.200
 and Jesus

00:52:44.200 --> 00:52:44.880
 when he says

00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.579
 it is finished

00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:46.460
 that is him saying

00:52:46.460 --> 00:52:47.200
 that I have dealt

00:52:47.200 --> 00:52:48.100
 with it on the cross

00:52:48.100 --> 00:52:48.620
 for you

00:52:48.619 --> 00:52:51.219
 and so it is

00:52:51.219 --> 00:52:52.460
 that when I hear

00:52:52.460 --> 00:52:53.119
 God say

00:52:53.119 --> 00:52:53.960
 it is done

00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:55.159
 I know

00:52:55.159 --> 00:52:56.559
 that it is finished

00:52:56.559 --> 00:52:57.259
 that everything

00:52:57.259 --> 00:52:57.839
 that I've done

00:52:57.839 --> 00:52:58.420
 that has kept me

00:52:58.420 --> 00:52:58.839
 from God

00:52:58.839 --> 00:52:59.279
 that has been

00:52:59.279 --> 00:52:59.779
 paid with

00:52:59.779 --> 00:53:00.239
 and dealt

00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:00.819
 with by the

00:53:00.819 --> 00:53:01.599
 person of Jesus

00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:02.779
 please stand

00:53:02.780 --> 00:53:14.260
 there's no better

00:53:14.260 --> 00:53:15.260
 time than today

00:53:15.260 --> 00:53:17.780
 to ask the Father

00:53:17.780 --> 00:53:19.420
 to order your faith

00:53:19.420 --> 00:53:20.600
 there's no better

00:53:20.600 --> 00:53:21.380
 time than today

00:53:21.380 --> 00:53:22.360
 to begin to put

00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:23.260
 your faith and trust

00:53:23.260 --> 00:53:23.780
 in Jesus

00:53:23.780 --> 00:53:24.620
 and what he's done

00:53:24.620 --> 00:53:25.620
 for us on the cross

00:53:25.620 --> 00:53:27.000
 there's no better

00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:28.100
 time than today

00:53:28.100 --> 00:53:29.380
 to realize

00:53:29.380 --> 00:53:30.320
 that part of the reason

00:53:30.320 --> 00:53:31.700
 that God feels distant

00:53:31.700 --> 00:53:32.760
 isn't that he is distant

00:53:32.760 --> 00:53:34.140
 but that you've been

00:53:34.140 --> 00:53:34.960
 putting your faith

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:35.440
 and trust

00:53:35.440 --> 00:53:36.120
 in all sorts

00:53:36.120 --> 00:53:36.700
 of other things

00:53:36.700 --> 00:53:37.500
 other than him

00:53:37.500 --> 00:53:39.160
 so I'm going to say

00:53:39.160 --> 00:53:39.960
 a short prayer

00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:41.480
 and if God's Holy Spirit

00:53:41.480 --> 00:53:42.560
 is convicting you

00:53:42.560 --> 00:53:43.920
 to pray to God

00:53:43.920 --> 00:53:44.700
 in response

00:53:44.700 --> 00:53:46.160
 to Revelation 16

00:53:46.160 --> 00:53:47.600
 if the Holy Spirit

00:53:47.600 --> 00:53:48.940
 is pressing into you

00:53:48.940 --> 00:53:49.680
 to do that

00:53:49.680 --> 00:53:51.440
 my words can just be

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:52.500
 one way to help you

00:53:52.500 --> 00:53:53.080
 respond

00:53:53.080 --> 00:53:54.300
 and so I'll say

00:53:54.300 --> 00:53:55.300
 a couple of words

00:53:55.300 --> 00:53:56.640
 and then I'll pause

00:53:56.640 --> 00:53:57.960
 and you can say them silently

00:53:57.960 --> 00:53:58.800
 don't have to say them

00:53:58.800 --> 00:53:59.260
 out loud

00:53:59.260 --> 00:54:00.640
 as your response

00:54:00.640 --> 00:54:01.400
 to God

00:54:01.400 --> 00:54:02.519
 in light

00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:04.079
 of Revelation 16

00:54:04.079 --> 00:54:08.900
 dear God

00:54:08.900 --> 00:54:12.059
 I do not always

00:54:12.059 --> 00:54:12.920
 recognize

00:54:12.920 --> 00:54:15.840
 what I put

00:54:15.840 --> 00:54:16.660
 my faith in

00:54:16.660 --> 00:54:19.559
 instead of you

00:54:19.559 --> 00:54:22.619
 I am truly sorry

00:54:22.619 --> 00:54:26.139
 I put my faith

00:54:26.139 --> 00:54:26.780
 in Jesus

00:54:26.780 --> 00:54:30.500
 and what he did

00:54:30.500 --> 00:54:30.980
 for me

00:54:30.980 --> 00:54:33.420
 on the cross

00:54:33.420 --> 00:54:36.280
 please order

00:54:36.280 --> 00:54:37.019
 my faith

00:54:37.019 --> 00:54:40.940
 so he is my highest

00:54:40.940 --> 00:54:43.600
 and deepest hope

00:54:43.600 --> 00:54:46.560
 please pour out

00:54:46.560 --> 00:54:47.600
 your Holy Spirit

00:54:47.600 --> 00:54:51.320
 upon me

00:54:51.320 --> 00:54:54.140
 to make me yours

00:54:54.139 --> 00:54:56.139
 forever

00:54:56.139 --> 00:54:59.359
 thank you Jesus

00:54:59.359 --> 00:55:01.279
 amen