WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.160 Someone was saying to me this week that Revelation has been so far, five chapters in, so much better than she expected. 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.580 It's been more hopeful and encouraging and inspiring to her. 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:21.560 And I told her I'm really glad for that and that that has been my experience as well. 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:32.679 And I'm trying to believe that that is not merely because of how amazing and wonderful the first five chapters are, although they're really great. 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:48.579 Right? It's important for us to know, to remember that even as things get darker, okay, today, more complex in the chapters ahead, it is still true that God wins. 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:54.719 Grace prevails. Jesus reigns. The things we've been celebrating. 00:00:54.719 --> 00:01:05.719 Don't forget that, okay? Because we're actually, as Revelation continues, we stay right there in that throne room of heaven where the Lion Lamb has just been declared worthy. 00:01:06.819 --> 00:01:13.739 Worthy to break the seals and to open the scroll of God's purposes in all of history. 00:01:14.579 --> 00:01:17.299 To bring judgment. To bring blessing. 00:01:17.299 --> 00:01:47.280 To bring blessing. 00:01:47.299 --> 00:01:49.200 They're not harmless costumes. 00:01:50.579 --> 00:01:58.879 We're going to read this morning about what happens when the Lamb opens each of the first six seals. 00:01:59.579 --> 00:02:04.560 And see what God shows us about some difficult realities in this world. 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:07.299 Let's ask for His help first. 00:02:09.900 --> 00:02:14.079 God, we rejoice. You are so good to us. 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:15.080 God, we rejoice. 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:20.000 You have provided for us so abundantly beyond what we could ask or imagine. 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:22.740 That's not just this year. 00:02:23.880 --> 00:02:25.020 That's in Your Son. 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:30.400 We're grateful for Your Word that You've given us that is eternal and everlasting. 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:34.760 And we're grateful even, Father, for the difficult parts of it. 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:37.460 You know what we need. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:39.259 And You give us what we need. 00:02:39.659 --> 00:02:41.520 You want us to run to Jesus. 00:02:42.020 --> 00:02:44.120 And You've given us Your Word so we will this morning. 00:02:44.180 --> 00:02:47.860 So help us as we listen to it and study it together. 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:48.819 In Jesus' name. 00:02:48.819 --> 00:02:49.739 Amen. 00:02:52.739 --> 00:02:55.579 We're going to read Revelation 6 in three sections. 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:58.879 First verses 1 through 8. 00:02:58.979 --> 00:02:59.959 Revelation 6. 00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:01.780 God's holy word. 00:03:01.780 --> 00:03:08.379 Now I, John, watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals. 00:03:08.500 --> 00:03:12.460 And I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, 00:03:12.699 --> 00:03:13.159 Come. 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:15.939 And I looked and behold a white horse. 00:03:16.060 --> 00:03:17.520 And its rider had a bow. 00:03:18.099 --> 00:03:19.800 And a crown was given to him. 00:03:19.860 --> 00:03:22.300 And he came out conquering and to conquer. 00:03:23.580 --> 00:03:26.900 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, 00:03:26.979 --> 00:03:27.319 Come. 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:29.939 And out came another horse, bright red. 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.859 Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth. 00:03:33.359 --> 00:03:35.239 So that men should slay one another. 00:03:35.979 --> 00:03:37.359 And he was given a great sword. 00:03:38.699 --> 00:03:41.419 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:41.819 Come. 00:03:42.359 --> 00:03:44.579 And I looked and behold a black horse. 00:03:45.299 --> 00:03:47.479 And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:51.259 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:53.120 A quart of wheat for a denarius. 00:03:53.299 --> 00:03:55.079 And three quarts of barley for a denarius. 00:03:55.259 --> 00:03:57.039 And do not harm the oil and wine. 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:02.180 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, 00:04:02.259 --> 00:04:02.599 Come. 00:04:03.579 --> 00:04:05.519 And I looked and behold a pale horse. 00:04:06.259 --> 00:04:07.939 And its rider's name was Death. 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:10.159 And Hades followed him. 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:17.060 And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword and with famine 00:04:17.060 --> 00:04:21.480 and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth. 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.759 If you're already thinking, 00:04:26.420 --> 00:04:28.920 Give me back my worthy is the lamb. 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:32.160 Hang tight. 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:33.680 It gets worse. 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:43.139 These first four seals unveil what are commonly called the four horsemen of the apocalypse. 00:04:43.139 --> 00:04:49.139 Now, some identify them with comic book characters or football players. 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:53.019 But before we talk about their biblical identities, 00:04:53.959 --> 00:05:01.719 let me clarify that some look at these four horsemen along with other events in Revelation 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:12.220 and see them fulfilled specifically in the first century with events surrounding the destruction of the Jerusalem temple. 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:15.260 And then other Bible scholars say, 00:05:15.260 --> 00:05:15.960 No, no, no. 00:05:16.320 --> 00:05:24.560 These are all people and events that are future, that are yet to come still today. 00:05:26.260 --> 00:05:28.260 Those could be correct. 00:05:28.259 --> 00:05:38.079 But I think the best understanding of Revelation here is to see them as repeated occurrences throughout history. 00:05:38.379 --> 00:05:40.659 As early as the first century, yes. 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.459 Continuing in our days. 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:45.759 We're going to see this. 00:05:45.899 --> 00:05:48.899 We continue to live in the last days, right? 00:05:49.159 --> 00:05:52.500 The days between Jesus' two comings. 00:05:53.159 --> 00:05:57.259 And then culminating, yes, they're right too, in the final judgment. 00:05:58.259 --> 00:06:02.579 This is not unusual with biblical prophecy. 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:04.740 We could look at tons of examples. 00:06:04.899 --> 00:06:07.620 Just one that's easier to follow. 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:11.620 Hosea, the prophet, quotes God as saying, 00:06:12.159 --> 00:06:15.000 Out of Egypt I called my son. 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:24.399 Now, Hosea says that, which looking back clearly refers to the exodus of Israel. 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:28.979 God's people, God's son from Egypt, right? 00:06:30.359 --> 00:06:43.419 Hundreds of years later, however, Matthew, looking forward, says Hosea's prophecy is also fulfilled in Jesus, God's son, 00:06:43.620 --> 00:06:50.620 who after fleeing to Egypt as a baby with his parents due to Herod's threats, remember, returns to Israel. 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:56.100 Same prophecy, multiple layers of fulfillment. 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:57.340 Okay? 00:06:57.600 --> 00:06:59.340 That's similar here. 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:06.620 As God's judgment begins to be unveiled with lots of Old Testament background, 00:07:07.379 --> 00:07:11.879 including, if you want to go read, four different colored horses in Zechariah 6, 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.680 with God's judgment. 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:18.000 We're going to look at each one of the horses here briefly. 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:25.660 The first horseman is on a white horse, perhaps most easily identified as Conquest. 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:32.519 It's the hardest one of the four to identify because some people believe the rider is Jesus himself. 00:07:33.579 --> 00:07:36.939 Others believe it's an Antichrist figure. 00:07:36.939 --> 00:07:42.699 So all over the map as people try to understand Revelation 6. 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:47.199 And while Jesus does ride a white horse later in Revelation, 00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:50.480 I don't think that's the best understanding here. 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:57.199 This horse is one of the four parts of God's justice and judgment coming on the world. 00:07:58.040 --> 00:07:58.939 They work together. 00:07:59.500 --> 00:08:05.360 White horses in this time are consistently connected to conquering heroes. 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:07.160 That's what you'd ride on. 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:11.740 And that fits well here with the bow that he's holding and the crown. 00:08:12.280 --> 00:08:19.379 So conquering, and I think even more specifically maybe than just the fact that conquering happens, 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:26.639 the ambition to conquer, to control other people, other nations, anything, 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:30.060 that's rampant in human hearts, right? 00:08:30.180 --> 00:08:31.960 Conquering and to conquer. 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:37.620 And that ambition leads to war. 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:41.840 That's what the second seal reveals on the red horse. 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:44.539 Taking peace away. 00:08:45.899 --> 00:08:48.340 Slaying each other with the sword. 00:08:48.939 --> 00:08:50.799 People killing people. 00:08:50.980 --> 00:08:51.559 Can you imagine? 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:56.879 Even brother killing brother over and over again. 00:08:57.059 --> 00:08:59.539 We've found ourselves there, haven't we? 00:08:59.539 --> 00:09:03.839 Until there was the war to end all wars, some of you remember. 00:09:05.179 --> 00:09:09.019 And then other wars that continue to this day. 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:11.059 Even on the streets of our own cities. 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.399 Next we get the black horse. 00:09:17.259 --> 00:09:19.959 An image of famine and scarcity. 00:09:20.719 --> 00:09:23.819 It's not that there's no food anywhere, right? 00:09:23.820 --> 00:09:30.860 But these prices mean inflation at a level where you would work all day just for enough bread, 00:09:31.100 --> 00:09:33.300 maybe to survive yourself. 00:09:33.780 --> 00:09:35.640 Providing for a family, tough. 00:09:35.940 --> 00:09:38.180 The fridge and the pantry are empty. 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:40.140 No way is there anything there. 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:43.620 But there is still oil and wine. 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:49.060 Perhaps a reminder that at this point not everything is gone. 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:51.659 But it's already tough to get by. 00:09:53.460 --> 00:09:58.159 If you've never felt that deep hunger physically. 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:01.100 That pang of hunger. 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:06.440 Or the fear of not finding a next meal or having one. 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:11.380 It is a dreadful feeling that many will feel today. 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:17.580 And then the fourth seal unveils a pale horse. 00:10:17.900 --> 00:10:19.900 This is the easiest one to identify. 00:10:20.100 --> 00:10:20.900 I'm going to get this one right. 00:10:21.280 --> 00:10:22.880 Because of the name, death. 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:25.680 Followed by Hades. 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:27.820 The place of the dead. 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:34.060 And four methods that this horse and its rider bring for death. 00:10:34.180 --> 00:10:41.900 They're actually identical to the four methods that God uses to judge in Ezekiel chapter 14. 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:46.000 God's judgment as death comes with sword. 00:10:46.980 --> 00:10:50.180 Think war or other weapons of killing. 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:53.300 Famine, as we just saw. 00:10:55.040 --> 00:10:55.580 Pestilence. 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:56.300 That's disease. 00:10:56.299 --> 00:10:56.979 Disease. 00:10:57.219 --> 00:10:59.159 Like bubonic plague. 00:10:59.500 --> 00:11:01.339 Black death in the past. 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:02.439 Spanish flu. 00:11:02.740 --> 00:11:03.539 Or COVID. 00:11:03.699 --> 00:11:05.399 Even cancer more recently. 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:05.779 Right? 00:11:07.459 --> 00:11:09.439 And then wild beasts. 00:11:10.199 --> 00:11:11.899 Now more common in the first century. 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:13.799 But still happens today. 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:18.159 Scary stuff. 00:11:19.099 --> 00:11:19.299 Right? 00:11:19.859 --> 00:11:22.479 Don't brush by this lightly. 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:23.799 Don't turn your head. 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.439 I know this is not the stuff of church services usually. 00:11:27.719 --> 00:11:27.919 Right? 00:11:28.059 --> 00:11:29.000 This is dark. 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:34.019 These things are coming as the scroll is unrolled. 00:11:34.259 --> 00:11:38.079 All of this terrible suffering that enters the world. 00:11:38.219 --> 00:11:42.120 It's the kind of stuff that makes many people say, 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:46.700 I can't believe in a God who allows that. 00:11:47.340 --> 00:11:47.940 Right? 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:53.500 Maybe you felt or thought, 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:59.539 God clearly doesn't care for me if my family is going hungry. 00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:03.899 Or if my marriage is falling apart beyond my control. 00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:12.240 Or I just can't talk to God while sickness is ravaging someone I love. 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:15.620 Or you've heard people say, 00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:15.820 you know, 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:19.399 when wars or shootings are going on, 00:12:19.580 --> 00:12:20.620 God is nowhere around. 00:12:21.340 --> 00:12:22.399 He's not there. 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:26.159 He must not be all powerful or all loving. 00:12:26.379 --> 00:12:27.240 One or both. 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:35.779 Notice God is telling us here in his word to expect these things. 00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:40.299 These awful things in our world. 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:41.860 In fact, 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:43.799 if you look closely at the passage, 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:48.220 the lion lamb is opening the scroll. 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:51.339 The scroll of God's plan 00:12:51.339 --> 00:12:54.319 to unleash these things. 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:58.460 Where is God? 00:12:59.260 --> 00:13:02.020 While the four horsemen are marching out? 00:13:02.160 --> 00:13:03.940 While all of this is being unveiled? 00:13:04.040 --> 00:13:04.660 Where's God? 00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:11.020 He is the only one seated on the throne. 00:13:12.780 --> 00:13:15.660 The lamb himself holding the scroll. 00:13:15.920 --> 00:13:20.240 He is sovereign even over our suffering. 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:21.700 And you say, 00:13:21.780 --> 00:13:21.820 well, 00:13:21.820 --> 00:13:22.320 that's great, 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:23.060 but that's hard. 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:27.520 It's also important to notice here 00:13:27.520 --> 00:13:30.379 that the living creatures are the ones who say, 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:30.900 come. 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:36.879 And it's important to notice that God's sovereignty 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:39.080 with regard to these evil things 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:42.520 is described more as permissive. 00:13:43.660 --> 00:13:44.200 You might say, 00:13:44.260 --> 00:13:45.080 notice verse two, 00:13:45.540 --> 00:13:48.000 a crown was given. 00:13:49.160 --> 00:13:49.860 Verse four, 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:52.700 he was permitted to take peace 00:13:52.700 --> 00:13:55.460 and was given a great sword. 00:13:55.900 --> 00:13:56.520 Verse eight, 00:13:56.900 --> 00:13:59.080 they were given authority. 00:13:59.780 --> 00:14:04.259 Similar to what you might think of the situation with Job, right? 00:14:04.900 --> 00:14:08.160 Where God gives permission to Satan, 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:09.700 but within limits, 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:14.580 to bring suffering upon his beloved Job. 00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:22.960 it's important that we understand God is never the author of evil. 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:28.700 But he is sovereign over suffering. 00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:33.940 He's not pictured here as intentionally directive with the evil and suffering. 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.100 But don't take him off the throne. 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:41.140 There's no one else on the throne but him, right? 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:43.699 It's important for us. 00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:46.460 The question we need to ask as we read these words is, 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:50.899 will you look to Jesus in your suffering? 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:52.539 He tells us it's going to come. 00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:56.319 Will you look to Jesus in your suffering? 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:59.179 See, there's really two directions you can go. 00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:06.479 You could distance from God because of suffering during sickness, 00:15:07.219 --> 00:15:08.679 during marital strife, 00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:11.120 when you're struggling to find a job. 00:15:11.199 --> 00:15:12.859 You could push away from him 00:15:12.859 --> 00:15:17.699 or you can draw near to God in your suffering. 00:15:17.939 --> 00:15:19.959 See, what would happen if you did that? 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:21.000 I'm not saying it's easy, 00:15:21.459 --> 00:15:23.679 but if you look to Jesus, the Lamb, 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.479 you'll recognize that he's on the throne, 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:28.759 that he's holding the scroll. 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:30.539 Somebody's in charge and control. 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:33.059 And what else are you going to see? 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:36.399 You'll see his wounds. 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:41.419 He's the Lamb looking as though he's been slain. 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:44.500 You'll realize he's with me in this. 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.659 He gets this. 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.899 He's a man of sorrows, right? 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:52.419 Acquainted with suffering, familiar with grief. 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:55.179 I can trust him. 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:58.899 He told me, in fact, that I would face days like this 00:15:58.899 --> 00:16:01.000 and that I would need him with me 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:03.419 because he's faced him too. 00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:05.279 I need to cry out to him. 00:16:05.319 --> 00:16:08.059 I need to move towards him in desperation, 00:16:08.839 --> 00:16:10.959 even and especially when I hurt 00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:12.979 and when I don't understand what he's doing. 00:16:13.079 --> 00:16:14.959 I need to draw near to him. 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:16.599 That's where he's inviting you this morning. 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:21.320 Let's look at the fifth seal now. 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.480 Verse 9. 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:27.700 When he opened the fifth seal, 00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.700 it's the Lamb again, 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:31.200 I saw under the altar 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:34.940 the souls of those who had been slain 00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:36.159 for the word of God 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:37.940 and for the witness they had borne. 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:41.220 They cried out with a loud voice, 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.779 O sovereign Lord, 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.139 holy and true, 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:46.120 how long before you will judge 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.139 and avenge our blood 00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:48.620 on those who dwell on the earth? 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:52.639 Then they were each given a white robe 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:54.899 and told to rest a little longer 00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:57.240 until the number of their fellow servants 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:59.019 and their brothers should be complete 00:16:59.019 --> 00:17:00.879 who were to be killed 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:03.820 as they themselves had been. 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.240 Martyrs 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.400 who have clung to God's word 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.880 and stood for Jesus, 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:15.180 they go way back 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:17.680 to Stephen 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:19.360 in the book of Acts, 00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:21.120 the first recorded Christian martyr. 00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:24.740 Most of the apostles of Jesus 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:27.420 and Polycarp, 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.460 all these killed 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:30.300 rather than denying the truth 00:17:30.300 --> 00:17:31.760 that they knew about Jesus. 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.720 Poignant to me 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:36.520 is the story of Perpetua 00:17:36.520 --> 00:17:38.520 and Felicitas. 00:17:39.540 --> 00:17:41.160 It's around the year 200 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.460 in Carthage. 00:17:43.600 --> 00:17:44.500 These two women 00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.140 with others 00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:46.259 were executed 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.840 just to celebrate 00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.580 the birthday 00:17:48.580 --> 00:17:50.519 of the emperor's son. 00:17:52.560 --> 00:17:53.120 Perpetua, 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:54.380 a noble woman 00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:55.960 with lots of connections, 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.720 able to get free 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:59.060 if she would just recant 00:17:59.060 --> 00:18:01.060 her faith in Jesus 00:18:01.060 --> 00:18:02.540 and as her father 00:18:02.540 --> 00:18:03.840 pled with her, 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:05.980 would she not do so 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:08.180 for the sake of her young son 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.400 still nursing? 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:12.279 She would not 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.500 deny her savior. 00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:17.720 Executed with her 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:19.060 from the other end 00:18:19.060 --> 00:18:21.000 of the social spectrum, 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:23.980 poor Felicitas, 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:26.360 who gave birth 00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:27.420 in prison 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:30.100 just days before 00:18:30.100 --> 00:18:30.820 the execution 00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:33.320 and placed her newborn child 00:18:33.320 --> 00:18:33.980 in the care 00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:36.279 of beloved sisters. 00:18:37.320 --> 00:18:38.560 Women in her church 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:41.259 would care for her newborn. 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.779 Can you imagine 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:46.799 any way 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:48.139 that their souls 00:18:48.139 --> 00:18:49.839 would not cry out 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.940 for justice 00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:52.279 like the psalmist? 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.639 How long, 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.740 oh Lord? 00:18:55.899 --> 00:18:56.440 Y'all, 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:58.000 they're not accusing God. 00:18:59.059 --> 00:19:00.879 They're appealing to Him. 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.919 They know what He's like. 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:04.080 He's sovereign, 00:19:05.120 --> 00:19:05.580 holy, 00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:07.039 and true. 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:07.900 God, 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.180 we know You. 00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:11.060 We trust You. 00:19:11.340 --> 00:19:12.880 And we long 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:15.100 for You to make things right. 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.279 In fact, 00:19:16.300 --> 00:19:17.300 we know You will. 00:19:19.800 --> 00:19:21.360 And to their great encouragement, 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:23.140 there they are 00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:25.920 under the very temple altar. 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:28.720 This is where the blood 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:30.120 of the sacrifices 00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:31.759 would be poured out 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.700 right there 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:34.279 underneath the altar. 00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:34.759 See, 00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:35.620 their lives 00:19:35.620 --> 00:19:37.259 were not wasted. 00:19:37.820 --> 00:19:40.039 They were fitting sacrifices 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:42.120 whose cries are heard 00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:43.660 in the very throne room 00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.740 of heaven 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:46.320 who are told, 00:19:46.800 --> 00:19:47.340 verse 11, 00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:47.840 what does it say? 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.880 To rest 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:50.600 in righteousness 00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.920 white robes. 00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:54.420 Not just to wait, 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:56.580 not just deal with it 00:19:56.580 --> 00:19:57.240 for a while. 00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:59.360 They will be vindicated. 00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:01.140 He does give them rest 00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.240 as Jesus promised. 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.320 It's Jesus' word. 00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.360 And He says 00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:05.759 their wait 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:07.240 will be a little longer 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.539 because there's a number set. 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.640 In other words, 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:14.900 God counts them all, 00:20:15.060 --> 00:20:16.440 every single one. 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.240 There's a number set 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.320 who will be martyred 00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:21.420 before the end. 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:24.200 Not a single one. 00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:26.259 Outside the scroll 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:28.400 or the eye of the lamb. 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.039 Not one. 00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.000 See, 00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:32.960 the real sovereign, 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:34.920 what's being communicated? 00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:35.940 The real sovereign, 00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:38.080 these first century Christians 00:20:38.080 --> 00:20:40.060 need urgently to know, 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.560 don't they? 00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.519 The real sovereign 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.460 was not Nero 00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:44.820 or some other emperor 00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:45.860 sending them 00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:46.740 to their deaths. 00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.660 No, 00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:48.779 rather it was 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.100 Yahweh Himself 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:52.240 who is giving them 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:54.759 eternal life. 00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:56.359 He is the one 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:58.339 executing His plans 00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:59.259 of redemption 00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.639 and retribution. 00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.480 He's on the throne. 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.740 Now, 00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.599 this is hard for us 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.119 to understand 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.679 because I think 00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:08.259 martyrdom 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.359 pretty well seems 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.719 far off to most of us 00:21:10.719 --> 00:21:11.159 this morning. 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.879 It does to me. 00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:13.419 I don't wake up 00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:14.459 most days thinking, 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.680 am I willing 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.460 to die 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.720 for Jesus today? 00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.140 It's just not usually 00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.759 a question 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.299 that I'm 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.759 forced to ask 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.519 and answer. 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.539 But I want you 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.299 to try 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.019 to imagine 00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:27.340 feeling that today. 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.100 This is the 00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:29.700 international 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:31.000 day of prayer 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.100 for the persecuted 00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.720 church. 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:35.640 Many of our 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.500 brothers and sisters 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.299 around the world 00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.220 do wake up 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.420 asking that question 00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.079 every day. 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:41.900 Can we put ourselves 00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.720 in their shoes 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:44.259 so we can pray 00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.680 for them? 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.140 Can you think 00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.579 about what that 00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.019 would feel? 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.460 You may know 00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.539 that most estimates 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.680 are that more 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.559 Christians were 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.200 martyred in the 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.180 20th century 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.720 than in the 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.740 previous 19 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.980 centuries combined. 00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:00.100 It's still 00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:00.559 happening. 00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:01.680 Some of them 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.700 by governments, 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:04.299 like Pastor 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.380 Wang Ximing 00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.240 in China, 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.600 1973. 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.839 He was 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.579 memorialized 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.259 in Westminster 00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.059 Abbey 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:13.960 as 50 years 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.019 since his death. 00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:15.920 In just 50 years, 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.460 his 3,000 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.000 Christians 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:19.079 in his county 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.759 in China 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:21.680 have become 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:23.019 30,000. 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.579 Others have 00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.000 been killed 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.600 by religious 00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.160 groups 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.860 that are 00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.279 hostile 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.860 to Christianity. 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.319 Just 11 years 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.579 ago, 00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.179 you may remember 00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:33.879 reading or even 00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.819 watching video 00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:36.339 that some 00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:38.659 21 Coptic 00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:39.240 Christians 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.159 were executed 00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:40.859 by Islamic 00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:42.559 state terrorists 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.259 in Libya. 00:22:43.939 --> 00:22:44.740 The reason 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.960 given explicitly 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.679 in writing 00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:47.460 for being 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.819 people of the 00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.500 cross. 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:59.039 people of the 00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.640 cross, 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:02.359 the very hope 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.119 of their 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.839 lives, 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.559 they would 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.859 have won 00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.319 after the 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.640 other and 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:06.740 said, 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.619 I'm rightly 00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.579 identified. 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.160 People of the 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.680 cross, 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.319 but wrongly 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.500 killed for it. 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:19.140 their souls 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.799 are under 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:21.359 the altar 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:23.740 in the throne 00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.119 room 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.319 of heaven, 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:27.319 but 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.660 their number 00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.539 is apparently 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.480 not yet 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.519 filled up. 00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.319 This is 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.880 sobering. 00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.519 It would not 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.619 surprise me 00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.259 one bit 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.279 if someone 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.740 in this room 00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:41.460 eventually 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.619 dies for his 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.359 or her faith 00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:44.179 in Jesus. 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.259 So now 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.739 let me ask 00:23:49.739 --> 00:23:49.919 you, 00:23:50.739 --> 00:23:51.299 when we read 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.779 these words 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.500 of warning, 00:23:52.939 --> 00:23:53.519 should we not 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.439 soberly ask 00:23:54.439 --> 00:23:55.000 ourselves, 00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:57.239 would I die 00:23:57.239 --> 00:23:58.059 for Jesus? 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.259 Would I 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.759 proclaim the 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.439 good news of 00:24:02.439 --> 00:24:03.319 Jesus from 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.819 the Bible 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.000 even with my 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.039 dying breath? 00:24:06.739 --> 00:24:07.539 Would I 00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.639 still trust 00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.679 Jesus if 00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.000 that's what 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.839 it cost me? 00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:14.199 If you're 00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:14.819 not sure, 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:17.059 consider the 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.939 sometimes even 00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:18.839 more difficult 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:20.500 call daily 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.559 to die 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.919 to self, 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.239 for my 00:24:24.239 --> 00:24:24.879 reputation 00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:26.479 to die, 00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:27.139 for my 00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.839 resources 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:29.159 to die, 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.839 for my 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.379 agenda 00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:31.299 to die 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.119 for the 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.979 sake of 00:24:32.979 --> 00:24:33.739 Jesus, 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.500 that we 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.379 might present 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.159 our bodies 00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:37.639 as living 00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.399 sacrifices, 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.479 that we 00:24:39.479 --> 00:24:40.039 might in 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.939 life or in 00:24:40.939 --> 00:24:41.419 death be 00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.160 acceptable 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:43.080 sacrifices 00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.820 under the 00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.580 altar in 00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:44.920 heaven, 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.820 our spiritual 00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.700 act of 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.539 worship to 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.180 the worthy 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.600 one, 00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.140 the one 00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.539 who's worthy 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.000 of all 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.340 of it, 00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.800 nothing could 00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:52.200 be too 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:54.660 much to 00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:54.960 be given 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.300 to him. 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.039 God's plan 00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.680 of redemption 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.900 and retribution 00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:02.480 features things 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.259 that we would 00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.840 never have 00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.300 thought of, 00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:04.940 like war, 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:05.820 famine, 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.480 sickness, 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.300 suffering, 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.039 death, 00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.220 martyrdom, 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:11.259 and now 00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.759 even more 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.440 sobering, 00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.819 if you can 00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.519 imagine that, 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.000 the sixth 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.460 seal. 00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.400 Verse 12, 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.700 when he 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.220 opened the 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.180 sixth seal, 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.960 I looked 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.839 and behold 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.279 there was a 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.059 great earthquake 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.120 and the sun 00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.880 became black 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.860 as sackcloth, 00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.819 the full moon 00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.539 became like 00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.640 blood and the 00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.519 stars of the 00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.700 sky fell to 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.519 the earth as 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.140 the fig tree 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.779 sheds its 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.519 winter fruit 00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.180 when shaken 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.200 by a gale. 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.220 The sky 00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.079 vanished like 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.620 a scroll 00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.200 that is being 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.759 rolled up 00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.620 and every 00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.600 mountain and 00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:45.420 island was 00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.279 removed from 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.120 its place. 00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.819 Then the 00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.500 kings of the 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.940 earth and 00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.460 the great 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.100 ones and 00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.759 the generals 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.460 and the rich 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.559 and the powerful 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.740 and everyone 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.640 slave and 00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:57.019 free hid 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.819 themselves in 00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.539 the caves and 00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.180 among the rocks 00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.839 of the mountains 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:01.120 calling to the 00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.740 mountains and 00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:03.079 rocks fall on 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.079 us and hide 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.600 us from the 00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.220 face of him 00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.980 who is seated 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.579 on the throne 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.400 and from the 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.319 wrath of the 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.720 Lamb. 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.640 For the 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.240 great day of 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.660 their wrath 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.220 has come 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:13.180 and who 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.860 can stand? 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.579 And while 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:18.980 some of 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.640 these things 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:21.839 wars, 00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.460 rumors of 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.980 wars, 00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.880 Jesus refers 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.559 to in the 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.360 gospels as 00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.920 only the 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.160 beginning of 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.579 the end 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.279 so to speak, 00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:31.039 with this 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.680 seal and 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.380 we open the 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.860 sixth one, 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.500 it certainly 00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.579 seems we're 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.160 nearing the 00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.980 final judgment, 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:38.000 the return 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.660 of Jesus 00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.460 the Lamb 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.180 to this 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.819 earth. 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.460 It's often 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.000 referred to 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.339 as the 00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.059 day of 00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.700 the Lord 00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.940 prophesied 00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.240 in the 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.099 Old Testament 00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:48.240 to feature 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.680 judgment 00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:50.660 as well 00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.819 as salvation. 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:53.980 Isaiah 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.920 13, 00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.440 we read of 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.420 creation, 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.599 of falling 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.240 apart, 00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.660 stars, 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.759 sun, 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.620 moon. 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:04.000 In 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.319 Joel 00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.819 chapter 00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.739 2, 00:27:06.479 --> 00:27:06.879 we read 00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.319 similar 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.119 things. 00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:08.879 I'll show 00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.419 wonders in 00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:09.799 the heavens 00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.099 and on 00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.379 the earth, 00:27:10.479 --> 00:27:10.699 blood, 00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.119 fire, 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.839 columns of 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.159 smoke, 00:27:12.459 --> 00:27:12.839 the sun 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.179 shall be 00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.579 turned to 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.000 darkness 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.619 and the 00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:14.939 moon to 00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:15.379 blood 00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.000 before the 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.619 great and 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.019 awesome 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.919 day of 00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.439 the Lord 00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:19.339 comes. 00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.239 This is 00:27:20.239 --> 00:27:20.959 coming, 00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.579 the sun 00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.799 dark and 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.179 the moon 00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:24.000 blood, 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.059 exactly as 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.379 we read 00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:25.899 here in 00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.979 Revelation 6. 00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.519 It seems 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.859 to be 00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.619 describing the 00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.179 same thing. 00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.179 And no 00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.799 longer here 00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.100 in the 00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.700 sixth seal 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.140 does the 00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.880 horror seem 00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:35.120 limited to 00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.740 a fraction 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.220 of the 00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.539 earth. 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.340 If that 00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.640 has been 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:37.880 any 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.900 consolation, 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.940 a fourth, 00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.740 it was said 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.440 earlier in 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.140 verse 8. 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.960 Now, 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.360 the number 00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.980 seven, 00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.920 which can 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.700 be glorious 00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.340 in its 00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:49.160 completion in 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.740 a positive 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.220 sense, 00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.060 equally 00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:51.799 horrific, 00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:52.640 seven, 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.380 the whole 00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.940 thing, 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.700 count them, 00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.460 earthquake, 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.320 sun, 00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:56.900 moon, 00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.640 stars, 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.420 sky, 00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.200 mountains, 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.160 islands, 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.779 everything 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.600 is shaken, 00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.740 trembling, 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.259 right? 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.800 And it's 00:28:07.800 --> 00:28:08.200 happening, 00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.860 by the way, 00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:10.660 for everybody. 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.120 Seven, 00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.600 again, 00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.500 kings, 00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:14.400 great ones, 00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:14.960 generals, 00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.640 rich, 00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.420 powerful, 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.080 slave, 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.960 and free. 00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:19.440 This judgment 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.200 is no 00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.940 respecter of 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.480 persons, 00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:22.779 is it? 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.360 All of them 00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.660 are doing 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:25.880 what? 00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.560 They are 00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:27.360 running for 00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:27.740 cover. 00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.640 They're begging 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.040 rocks to fall 00:28:30.040 --> 00:28:30.520 on them. 00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.420 They are so 00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.200 desperate to 00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.300 avoid the 00:28:33.300 --> 00:28:34.160 wrath of 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.020 the lamb. 00:28:36.020 --> 00:28:36.720 Stop there. 00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.600 That should 00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:38.680 shock us, 00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:39.880 right? 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.440 The tender 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.140 lamb? 00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:45.340 The one 00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:46.520 holding the 00:28:46.520 --> 00:28:47.140 scroll? 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.300 The one who 00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:49.620 was himself 00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.900 slain? 00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.360 Remember, 00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.920 is also 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:56.100 a lion. 00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.279 He made 00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.820 this whole 00:28:58.820 --> 00:28:59.500 world, 00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.539 didn't he? 00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.720 So when 00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.519 he comes 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.539 in justice 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.519 to punish 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.080 those who 00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.640 rejected 00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.320 his rule, 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.600 who killed 00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.539 his beloved 00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.220 people, 00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.460 who preferred 00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.039 their own 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.580 ways of 00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:12.340 life to 00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.519 his ways, 00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:16.039 his wrath 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.680 is as 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.259 terrible 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.440 as his 00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.039 grace is 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.420 tender. 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:23.820 John is 00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.440 giving us 00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.220 this vision 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.180 to warn 00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.740 us 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:29.180 and to 00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.539 give us 00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.539 true hope. 00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.320 So what's 00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.820 he saying? 00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.240 How do we 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:35.600 understand that? 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.360 He's saying 00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:36.620 this. 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.840 Friends, 00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.820 there is no 00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:39.560 ultimate 00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.580 safety, 00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:42.039 no ultimate 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.000 security, 00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.360 no ultimate 00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.400 comfort or 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.440 hope in the 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.340 places you're 00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.940 used to 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.620 finding it. 00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.859 That's what 00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.359 the sixth 00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.879 seal is 00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.500 telling you. 00:29:51.719 --> 00:29:52.219 It's saying 00:29:52.219 --> 00:29:53.000 one day, 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.779 the normal 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.719 routines of 00:29:54.719 --> 00:29:55.279 the world 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.939 that you're 00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.419 used to 00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:57.219 counting on 00:29:57.219 --> 00:29:58.299 as you run 00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:59.479 full speed 00:29:59.479 --> 00:30:00.219 in all your 00:30:00.219 --> 00:30:00.839 busyness, 00:30:00.979 --> 00:30:01.419 they'll be 00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:02.379 upended and 00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:03.179 fall apart. 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.879 One day, 00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.739 no amount 00:30:05.739 --> 00:30:06.299 of money 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.699 in your 00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.479 bank account 00:30:07.479 --> 00:30:08.739 or technological 00:30:08.739 --> 00:30:09.799 ingenuity 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.799 will offer 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.959 you protection. 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.679 One day, 00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.219 even the 00:30:14.219 --> 00:30:14.719 strongest 00:30:14.719 --> 00:30:15.599 and most 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.659 successful among 00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.359 us will 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.159 tremble 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.300 and hide 00:30:19.300 --> 00:30:20.279 with fear 00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:21.220 with no 00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.160 comfort coming 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.620 from our 00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.200 connections, 00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.660 from our 00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.220 fame, 00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.000 from our 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.460 national defense, 00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.360 from our 00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.320 accomplishments, 00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.720 no help. 00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.460 None of the 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.620 things that you 00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.519 count on 00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.840 will last. 00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.120 The lion 00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:40.279 lamb comes 00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.660 back and he 00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:43.400 roars out his 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.759 anger against 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:46.580 sin and death. 00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.619 death. 00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:47.639 This is, 00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.279 in case you've 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.039 heard Jonathan 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.500 Edwards, 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.779 sinners in the 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.679 hands of an 00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.919 angry God 00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:53.639 or better 00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.319 perhaps, 00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:55.919 rebels under 00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:57.319 the hoofs of 00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.079 the angry 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.059 lamb. 00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.659 The lamb 00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.319 with seven 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.159 eyes that you 00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:04.099 can't escape, 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.079 with seven 00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:06.199 horns that you 00:31:06.199 --> 00:31:07.419 cannot overcome 00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:09.099 and none of 00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.759 your usual 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.819 hiding places 00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:12.220 will help at 00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.679 all. 00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:14.000 nothing in 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:15.039 all creation 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:16.080 can protect 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.500 you, 00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.460 can save 00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.019 you in that 00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.320 day. 00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.019 Nothing. 00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:22.080 That's John's 00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.660 point. 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.620 That's not all 00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.420 John's point. 00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.120 He's wanting 00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.900 you to see 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:31.259 that there is 00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.740 only one 00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:34.600 safe place 00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.680 of refuge 00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.980 on a day 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.580 like this 00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:37.900 one. 00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:37.960 question. 00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:41.280 You run 00:31:41.280 --> 00:31:42.300 from the 00:31:42.300 --> 00:31:43.519 lamb only 00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:45.360 by running 00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:46.360 to the 00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.759 lamb. 00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.519 You run 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.620 from his 00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:51.100 wrath by 00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:52.120 running to 00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:53.320 his mercy. 00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.660 He is the 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.480 creator, 00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.860 the only one 00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.880 who's not part 00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.720 of this creation 00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.720 falling apart. 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:01.380 He is creator 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.180 and he is 00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.759 slain for 00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:03.900 you. 00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:05.600 So that's 00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.360 the question 00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:07.140 that each 00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.720 of us has 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.259 to answer 00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.740 today. 00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.240 Will you 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.259 run to 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.420 Jesus for 00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.000 refuge? 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.140 Ultimately, 00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.440 in your 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.980 life, 00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:17.759 will you 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.340 run to 00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:18.660 Jesus? 00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.820 Have you 00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.600 run to 00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.640 Jesus for 00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.040 refuge? 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.620 Please hear 00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:23.759 me. 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.580 I did not 00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:24.960 ask, 00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.700 have you 00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.200 been to 00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.759 church? 00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.720 The lamb 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.200 is not 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.780 slowing down 00:32:28.780 --> 00:32:29.259 to ask 00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.240 that question. 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.360 That is a 00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.259 paper rock. 00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.200 That is a 00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.559 false refuge. 00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.080 I didn't 00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.500 say, are 00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.880 you middle 00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.539 class, 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.299 somewhat 00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.880 moral, 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.480 pretty 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.200 respectable? 00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.460 False 00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.640 refuge. 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.220 I didn't 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.519 say, are 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.960 you better 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.640 and faster 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.080 than the 00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.900 average guy 00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.420 you know? 00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.160 You know 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.640 that you 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.140 don't actually 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.539 have to 00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.140 outrun the 00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.440 lamb, 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.259 just your 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.620 neighbor. 00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.319 No, 00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.420 false 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.299 refuge. 00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.100 This is 00:32:59.100 --> 00:33:00.460 much more 00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.299 serious than 00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.720 that. 00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:05.299 what's 00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.340 happening is 00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:07.160 that Jesus' 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:09.080 holy justice 00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:11.380 is burning 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.500 so white 00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.680 hot that 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.100 it is 00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:15.440 disintegrating 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.360 all of 00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.940 his once 00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.840 good creation 00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.620 so that he 00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.240 can renew 00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.700 it even 00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.160 better. 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.559 And at 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.980 the same 00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.759 time, it 00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.840 is avenging 00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:25.299 the mistreatment 00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.039 and death 00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.019 of all of 00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.500 those he 00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.279 made to 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.759 live with 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.559 him forever 00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.180 who have 00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:31.019 been abused 00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:32.079 and neglected 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.279 and martyred 00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.879 and he 00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.680 is coming 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.680 on their 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.319 behalf. 00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.519 The only 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.799 place to 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.720 be safe 00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.839 is to be 00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.759 hidden in 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.379 the lamb 00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.139 himself. 00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.259 Everything 00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.400 else gets 00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.200 destroyed. 00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.160 The only 00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.940 safe 00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.960 relationship 00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.859 is to have 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.799 the doorposts 00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.220 of your 00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:53.079 hearts as it 00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.000 were covered 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:55.240 by his 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.859 blood. 00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.940 To cry out 00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.759 to the lamb 00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.480 that you will 00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.259 not trust 00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:00.180 in chariots 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.160 or horses 00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.539 in strength 00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.519 or success 00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.360 in your 00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.860 morality 00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.500 or your 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.160 performance 00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:07.220 but only 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.179 in the 00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.880 blood of 00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.440 the lamb. 00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:09.860 Amen? 00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.519 One thing 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:13.599 nowhere else 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.119 to go. 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.219 Many of you 00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.559 know how 00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:20.960 much it 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:25.579 weighs on me 00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:25.980 every time I 00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.400 try to say 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.219 this that 00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.779 anyone 00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:29.839 would sit 00:34:29.839 --> 00:34:30.219 in this 00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.099 room Sunday 00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:32.359 after Sunday 00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:34.519 and hear 00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.299 God's word 00:34:35.299 --> 00:34:35.719 read to 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.000 them 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:38.839 calling you 00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.500 to flee 00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.099 the wrath 00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.839 to come 00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:42.179 to find 00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.899 salvation 00:34:42.899 --> 00:34:44.279 and refuge 00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:45.459 and life 00:34:45.459 --> 00:34:46.159 everlasting 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:47.259 in Jesus 00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:48.099 that you 00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.639 would hear 00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.379 that and 00:34:49.379 --> 00:34:50.399 yet not 00:34:50.399 --> 00:34:51.980 trust him. 00:34:55.339 --> 00:34:56.079 Please 00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.919 don't wait 00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:59.200 don't wait 00:34:59.200 --> 00:35:00.159 another day 00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:02.079 to trust 00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.000 Jesus 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:04.019 because the 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:05.139 next day 00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.159 might be 00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.380 this day 00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:10.099 and the 00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.720 wrath of the 00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.079 lamb 00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:12.440 comes swiftly 00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.860 and surely 00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.680 and there is 00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:15.460 no other way 00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.139 to read that. 00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:20.579 I want to 00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.139 say one last 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.400 thing. 00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.739 I know 00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.139 it's late. 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.460 Everybody 00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.920 checks the 00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.179 clock. 00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.519 I told you 00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.859 it was late. 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.059 You didn't 00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.299 have to 00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.599 look how 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:27.779 late. 00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.639 Kids 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:34.019 especially 00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.599 kids 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:37.059 and adults 00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:39.139 there's some 00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:39.599 genuinely 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.579 scary stuff 00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.199 in Revelation 00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.779 6. 00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.440 Okay? 00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.440 I get 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.800 that. 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.800 The lamb 00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.059 as he 00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.500 comes in 00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.780 judgment 00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.440 is worthy 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.139 of being 00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.700 feared 00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:49.900 but I 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.179 want you 00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:50.480 to hear 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:50.740 this 00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.159 clearly. 00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.860 If you 00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.240 trust 00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.800 Jesus 00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:56.900 if you 00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.340 know that 00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.780 Jesus 00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:59.200 loves you 00:35:59.200 --> 00:36:00.900 if you 00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.780 have asked 00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.519 Jesus 00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:04.079 the strong 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.440 one 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.920 to save 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.300 you 00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.559 to protect 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.059 you 00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:09.340 then you 00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:10.300 don't need 00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:11.080 to be 00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:12.000 afraid 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:13.539 at all. 00:36:16.060 --> 00:36:16.260 Did you 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.580 notice the 00:36:16.580 --> 00:36:16.920 end of the 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.720 Joel passage 00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.600 about the 00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:18.920 day of 00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.360 the Lord 00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:21.660 verse 32 00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:23.600 all sorts 00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:24.260 of judgment 00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.060 and darkness 00:36:25.060 --> 00:36:25.780 and justice 00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:27.640 and everyone 00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:28.920 who calls 00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.900 on the name 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.740 of the Lord 00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:32.080 shall be 00:36:32.080 --> 00:36:32.980 saved. 00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.960 The scroll 00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.240 that we're 00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.900 talking about 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.380 is one of 00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.760 judgment 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:37.220 and blessing. 00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.980 The last 00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.940 day is one 00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.700 of justice 00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:43.099 and salvation. 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.940 Nothing 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:46.380 will hurt 00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.340 you if 00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:48.039 you are 00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.980 with the 00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.500 Lamb. 00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.420 Nothing. 00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.340 There's a lot 00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.920 more comfort 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.780 there next 00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.139 Sunday. 00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.700 I just 00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.079 wanted to 00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.380 tell you 00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.519 it's 00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.720 coming. 00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.300 And then 00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.619 I want you 00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.139 to imagine 00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:01.260 that you 00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:01.920 are safely 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.619 inside the 00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:02.840 Lamb. 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.200 That you 00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:04.220 are carried 00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:05.099 close to 00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.800 Jesus' 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:07.539 heart so 00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:07.860 that his 00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.619 wrath will 00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.839 never harm 00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:10.619 you because 00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.079 he was 00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:12.039 slain and 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.940 took God's 00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.619 wrath for 00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:13.940 you. 00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.239 Okay? 00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.460 That's you. 00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.519 You have 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.079 run to 00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.440 Jesus. 00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.059 Then I've 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.579 got one 00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.339 more question 00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:19.960 for you. 00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.639 Who does 00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.259 he want you 00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:23.339 to run to 00:37:23.339 --> 00:37:23.819 bring in 00:37:23.819 --> 00:37:24.339 with you? 00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.400 food? 00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.620 I've used 00:37:27.620 --> 00:37:28.100 the analogy 00:37:28.100 --> 00:37:28.680 of a storm 00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:29.539 shelter before. 00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.539 Can you 00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:32.920 imagine 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:34.440 sitting in 00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.800 a storm 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.260 shelter 00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:36.160 quietly 00:37:36.160 --> 00:37:37.320 by yourself 00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:38.400 while others 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.980 are running 00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.680 around searching 00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:40.280 for safety 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.800 because there's 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.579 a storm 00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.059 coming? 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.720 And yes, 00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.320 you're safe 00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.760 inside, 00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.559 but others 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.000 are running 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.559 all over the 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.880 place? 00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:46.600 No, 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.140 friends. 00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.200 Open the 00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.800 hatch. 00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:50.100 Run to 00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:50.579 find them. 00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.420 Tell them 00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.800 about the 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.579 one true 00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.000 refuge, 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.579 the one 00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.599 place of 00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.019 safety. 00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.820 Pull them 00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.760 in with 00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.280 you. 00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.239 That's what 00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.599 this should 00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.099 cause us 00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.539 to do. 00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.860 You know, 00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.340 the family 00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.820 member you're 00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:03.119 avoiding because 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.619 it's just too 00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:03.960 awkward. 00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.340 The friend, 00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.860 you just don't 00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.420 want to mess 00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.780 up the 00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.519 relationship 00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.059 that you 00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.360 have. 00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:10.940 The neighbor 00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.920 you just can't 00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.579 give the time 00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.159 to because you 00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.440 know they 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.760 really don't 00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:14.179 want to have 00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.960 the conversation 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.420 anyway. 00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:18.059 Run to 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:20.480 them in 00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.039 love, 00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.679 with 00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.219 wisdom, 00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.279 run to 00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:24.619 them. 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.699 This passage 00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:26.299 is warning 00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:27.440 to you, 00:38:27.799 --> 00:38:28.559 don't delay, 00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:30.179 don't avoid, 00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.299 don't cower 00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.879 in fear, 00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:33.159 grab everyone 00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:34.379 you can and 00:38:34.379 --> 00:38:35.339 run to the 00:38:35.339 --> 00:38:36.219 refuge of the 00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:37.279 Lamb together. 00:38:37.919 --> 00:38:39.039 He alone has 00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.940 conquered death 00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.940 and Hades and 00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:42.179 says to all who 00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.940 trust in him, 00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:44.359 I am with you, 00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.399 not to harm, 00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.679 but to heal. 00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:49.539 Do not be 00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.559 afraid. 00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.539 Will you run 00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.960 to that 00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:56.940 gloriously 00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:58.539 good Savior 00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.839 and will you 00:38:59.839 --> 00:39:00.839 run tell 00:39:00.839 --> 00:39:02.299 that gloriously 00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.739 good, 00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.739 eternally 00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.619 essential 00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:06.219 news to 00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:07.379 people who 00:39:07.379 --> 00:39:08.159 are near you 00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:09.199 and people who 00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.619 are far away 00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.099 from you? 00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.659 Will you go even 00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.379 around the world? 00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.619 them. 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.300 Jim Elliot 00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:17.860 ran to tell 00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.300 people, 00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:19.860 people who 00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.559 didn't know 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.880 or trust 00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.519 Jesus, 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:24.119 even knowing 00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:25.019 that when he 00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.900 went to 00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.320 Ecuador, 00:39:26.660 --> 00:39:27.340 he might be 00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:27.820 martyred, 00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.000 he was. 00:39:30.140 --> 00:39:31.140 Even knowing 00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:31.720 when he went 00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:32.519 that he might 00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.360 leave behind 00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.559 a young wife, 00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.160 Elizabeth Elliot, 00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:40.019 and a young 00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.379 daughter, 00:39:41.819 --> 00:39:43.139 he went 00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:44.460 and he wrote 00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.460 in his journal 00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.099 the famous 00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.619 words, 00:39:47.259 --> 00:39:47.920 he is no 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.399 fool 00:39:48.399 --> 00:39:50.339 who gives 00:39:50.339 --> 00:39:51.399 what he 00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:52.179 cannot keep 00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:54.299 to gain 00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:54.819 that which 00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.500 he cannot 00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.279 lose. 00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.699 I want you 00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.179 to know this 00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:00.460 morning, 00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.079 you can't 00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.519 keep your 00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.960 time. 00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:05.139 you can't 00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.659 keep your 00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.599 money and 00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.000 take it 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.420 with you. 00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.079 You can't 00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.760 keep your 00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:10.260 comfortable 00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.900 lifestyle, 00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.720 it's not in 00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.300 your control. 00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.220 You can't 00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:13.860 keep even 00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:15.000 your life 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.960 here on 00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.500 this earth. 00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.300 But you 00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:19.740 can give 00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.039 them. 00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.639 Would you 00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:22.199 give them? 00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.380 Not even 00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.240 for yourself 00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.740 to gain, 00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.380 I think Jim 00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:26.760 would agree 00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:27.220 with this, 00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:28.139 so that 00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:29.500 others may 00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.679 gain something 00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.740 that they 00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:33.799 cannot lose, 00:40:33.919 --> 00:40:34.319 that they 00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:35.159 might gain 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:36.799 the lamb 00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.779 and all the 00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:38.539 joy and 00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.379 safety and 00:40:39.379 --> 00:40:40.259 hope and 00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:41.259 life that 00:40:41.259 --> 00:40:41.919 he offers. 00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.939 Run to 00:40:43.939 --> 00:40:44.939 the lamb 00:40:44.939 --> 00:40:45.819 for refuge 00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:47.039 and then run 00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.719 to bring 00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.839 others with 00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:49.699 you to him. 00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.839 Let's pray 00:40:50.839 --> 00:40:51.339 and ask for 00:40:51.339 --> 00:40:51.839 his help. 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:53.399 Oh Jesus, 00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:55.279 thank you 00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:55.619 that there 00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:55.979 is a 00:40:55.979 --> 00:40:56.619 refuge. 00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:59.299 How awful 00:40:59.299 --> 00:41:00.919 would all 00:41:00.919 --> 00:41:01.299 of this 00:41:01.299 --> 00:41:01.659 be? 00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.539 without 00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.739 your being 00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:04.899 slain for 00:41:04.899 --> 00:41:06.059 us and 00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.779 your taking 00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:08.039 wrath for 00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.839 us and 00:41:08.839 --> 00:41:09.579 your offering 00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.859 life to 00:41:10.859 --> 00:41:11.619 us. 00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:14.259 And so 00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:14.859 as we 00:41:14.859 --> 00:41:16.119 thank you 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:16.579 for that, 00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:17.139 would you 00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:17.979 show us 00:41:17.979 --> 00:41:18.299 how to 00:41:18.299 --> 00:41:19.939 live in 00:41:19.939 --> 00:41:20.359 light of 00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:21.219 how you've 00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:21.519 given 00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.739 yourself? 00:41:23.379 --> 00:41:24.159 Might we 00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.559 give 00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.959 things we 00:41:25.959 --> 00:41:26.599 can't keep 00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:28.159 for something 00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.659 that will 00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:30.039 last for 00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.619 eternity 00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.820 and impact 00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.480 eternity. 00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:34.079 Send us 00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:36.079 with joy 00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:37.440 and love 00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:38.340 with your 00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:38.759 heart 00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:41.719 because your 00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:43.779 love for 00:41:43.779 --> 00:41:44.619 those people 00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.300 that we love 00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.800 is even 00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:46.300 greater. 00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:47.559 Give us 00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.059 your heart. 00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.340 Remind us 00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:51.019 of your love 00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.599 for us. 00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:52.920 We ask it 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:53.360 in Jesus' 00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.800 name. 00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.820 Amen. 00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:54.980 Amen. 00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.720 Amen. 00:41:56.720 --> 00:41:56.860 Amen. 00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:56.960 Amen. 00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.079 Amen. 00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:57.220 Amen. 00:41:57.220 --> 00:41:57.320 Amen. 00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:57.460 Amen. 00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:57.639 Amen. 00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:57.780 Amen. 00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:57.860 Amen. 00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:57.920 Amen. 00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:57.980 Amen. 00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.039 Amen. 00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.119 Amen. 00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:58.200 Amen. 00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:58.240 Amen. 00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:58.280 Amen. 00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.340 Amen. 00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:58.440 Amen. 00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:58.519 Amen. 00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:58.579 Amen. 00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:58.680 Amen. 00:41:58.680 --> 00:41:58.780 Amen. 00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:58.860 Amen. 00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:58.900 Amen. 00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:58.920 Amen. 00:41:58.920 --> 00:41:58.960 Amen. 00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.000 Amen. 00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.039 Amen. 00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.059 Amen. 00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.079 Amen. 00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.139 Amen. 00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.159 Amen. 00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.220 Amen. 00:41:59.220 --> 00:41:59.280 Amen. 00:41:59.280 --> 00:41:59.420 Amen. 00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.599 Amen. 00:41:59.599 --> 00:41:59.800 Amen. 00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.039 Amen. 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.200 Amen. 00:42:00.200 --> 00:42:00.559 Amen. 00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.720 Amen. 00:42:00.720 --> 00:42:00.800 Amen. 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:00.920 Amen. 00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.000 Amen. 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.059 Amen. 00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.099 Amen. 00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.180 Amen. 00:42:01.180 --> 00:42:01.300 Amen. 00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.680 Amen. 00:42:01.680 --> 00:42:01.920 Amen.