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 Chapter 7, which I think is on page 892.

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 If you miss any of the talks, you can get them online, the church website, www.carigolinebaptist.org.

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 There's not just sermons there, but there's also other bits of information.

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 So, Daniel chapter 7, page 892.

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 And Kirsty is going to come and read for us.

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 So, chapter 7, verses 1 to 15.

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 In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed.

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 He wrote down the substance of his dream.

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 Daniel said,

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 In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.

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 Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.

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 The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle.

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 I watched until its wings were torn off, and it was lifted from the ground, so that it stood on two feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.

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 And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear.

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 It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth.

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 It was told,

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 Get up and eat your fill of flesh.

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 After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird.

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 This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.

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 After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast, terrifying and frightening and very powerful.

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 It had large iron teeth.

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 It crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left.

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 It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.

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 While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them.

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 And three of the first horns were uprooted before it.

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 This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouse that spoke boastfully.

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 As I looked, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat.

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 His clothing was as white as snow.

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 The hair of his head was white like wool.

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 His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

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 A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him.

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 Thousands upon thousands attended him.

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 Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.

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 The court was seated, and the books were opened.

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 Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking.

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 I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.

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 The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time.

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 In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven.

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 He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.

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 He was given authority, glory, and sovereign power.

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 All peoples, nations, and men of every language worshipped him.

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 His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

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 I, Daniel, was troubled in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind disturbed me.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you, Kirsty.

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 Well, let's pray and ask for God's help.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Our Father God, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you for this book of Daniel.

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 And as we read through it, we perhaps read things that are hard and difficult to understand.

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 And therefore, we ask for the help of your Holy Spirit to open up our minds that we may understand intellectually.

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 But also, we ask that you would, by your Spirit, open up our hearts so that we may see how this applies to us today.

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 Father, we pray that none of us will leave this morning without being clear about our God, who rules and reigns for all eternity.

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 Father, we pray that we may be clear about our God, who rules and reigns for all eternity.

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 Father, we pray that we may be clear about our God, who rules and reigns for all eternity.

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 We pray that this would cause us to trust you all the more, to find our security and to find our hope in you.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, apocalypse now.

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 It seems like Daniel has been eating too much cheese again.

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 His dreams are becoming rather bizarre.

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 We might even think that he's been on the magic mushrooms, because what Daniel sees in his vision is right up there with the weird and the wonderful.

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 But don't worry.

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 Daniel is not partial to the odd joint.

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 Chapter 7 through to chapter 12 is what scholars call apocalyptic literature.

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 Now, I don't want that to put you off in any way, and it might sound strange, and maybe you've heard about it before, and you're a little worried about it and a little scared by it.

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 But really, it's a form or a type of writing that uses all kinds of imagery and language to tell us what is happening and what will happen.

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 Apocalypse simply means revelation.

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 It reveals things to us.

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 So these visions that we have from chapter 7 to chapter 12 reveal something to us.

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 They tell us something.

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 They tell us two things.

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 First, what is going on in the world?

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 First, what is going on in the world?

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 He's living in a time where there is great opposition to God and great persecution of God's people.

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 So these visions that he gets right the way through to the end of the book are there to provide encouragement for him and for us to say to us that when it's hard to be a Christian,

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 when we face opposition, God has not abandoned the world.

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 God has all things in control now and in the future.

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 So what does this vision reveal to us?

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 Well, we're going to look at two big ideas.

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 The first is this.

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 The vision reveals to us the beast.

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 What is going on in the world?

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 Let's read verse 2.

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 Daniel said,

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 Now, the scene here is wild and scary and it's meant to be.

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 As it says in verse 15, if it disturbed Daniel, it's meant to disturb us.

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 Well, what does he see?

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 Verse 4.

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 The first beast, he says, was like a lion and it had the wings of an eagle.

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 So this is a ferocious beast.

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 And with its wings on its back, it seems to be able to go wherever it wills, doing as it pleases.

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 But with all its might, its power is quickly removed.

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 We're told its wings are torn off and he is given the heart of a man.

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 He is stripped of all his power.

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 Why?

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 Well, because another beast has come to take its place.

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 Verse 5.

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 And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear.

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 It was raised up on one of its sides.

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 So we could imagine it standing up on its hind legs with its paws or its claws coming out before him.

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 And it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth.

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 This beast is also ferocious.

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 But it's devouring and eating all that is around and it is not content.

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 Look at the end of verse 5.

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 It was told, get up and eat your fill of flesh.

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 This beast is not satisfied until all he sees has been destroyed and consumed.

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 But as great as that beast is, he too meets his match.

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 Another beast has come to take its place.

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 Verse 6.

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 After that I looked and there before me was another beast.

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 One that looked like a leopard.

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 And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird.

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 So this beast moves more quickly than the others.

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 And it acts unexpectedly with great speed.

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 End of verse 6.

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 This beast had four heads.

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 And it was given authority to rule.

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 Its four heads meaning that it can look in every direction.

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 Looking for its next prey.

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 Ruling over everything that it can see.

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 And if all that is not wild and scary enough.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 After that in my vision at night I looked and there before me was a fourth beast.

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 Terrifying and frightening and very powerful.

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 Did you notice as we went through that each of the beasts becomes more terrifying and more powerful than the one before.

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 And this last beast is not like anything.

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 You can't compare it to any kind of wild animal.

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 It stands in a class of its own.

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 Look at the rest of verse 7.

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 It had large iron teeth.

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 It crushed and devoured its victims.

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 And trampled underfoot whatever was left.

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 It was different from all the former beasts.

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 And it had ten horns.

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 What was it all about?

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 Well Daniel tells us.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 I approached one of those standing there and asked him the true meaning of all this.

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 So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things.

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 The four great beasts are four kingdoms that will rise from the earth.

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 Now most scholars agree that these beasts represent the four great kingdoms or four great empires of the past.

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 The lion represented the Babylonian empire.

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 The bear, the Persian empire.

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 So we've met those two great empires already through the book of Daniel.

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 The leopard was the next great empire which was the Greek empire.

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 And the last beast which we read in verse 7 was the Roman empire.

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 But each empire as we move through time becomes bigger and stronger and more powerful than the one before.

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 They are, as the beasts are described, they were there devouring whatever was before them.

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 Expanding their borders with a terrible ruthlessness.

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 Trampling on the nations around them and incorporating them in to their own empires.

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 Daniel, of course, has already met the full weight of the Babylonian empire.

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 So as he receives this vision, if he thinks it's bad under Babylon,

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 then it's going to be nothing compared to what lies in the future with the empires that are to come.

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 Things are going to get a whole lot worse before they get any better.

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 Now what Daniel sees in these visions is really just a pattern that is repeated continually throughout history right up to the present day.

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 We continually have one empire or one kingdom or one nation becoming greater and bigger than all the rest.

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 Nations and rulers are still set on conquest, on conflict and control.

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 So just think for a minute about the last 100 years of our history.

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 As the great Ottoman Empire, modern day Turkey, as it came to an end and to a decline of its vastness,

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 it came with great cruelty.

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 One historian notes that on the 24th of April 1915,

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 600,000 Armenians were brutally killed in one day.

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 Some with their heads placed in vices and squeezed until their heads collapsed.

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 As Japan sought to expand its territory, it massacred thousands of innocent people.

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 On what became known as Black Friday, Japanese troops went through Alexandra Hospital in Singapore

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 and bayoneted all the patients, all the doctors and all the nurses

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 and then tied hundreds of Chinese hand to hand and massacred them on the beaches.

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 Stalin's Russia sought to flex her muscles in attempts to provide food for all the troops

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 and enough resources for all of his people.

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 And to squash any kind of rebellion, he ordered the Ukrainian peasants to provide more food that they could grow.

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 And because of his ruthless control, almost 7 million Ukrainians starved to death.

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 Hitler and his Nazi Germany trampled across the continent of Europe,

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 exterminating 6 million Jews and 5 million other so-called undesirables,

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 stripped, beaten, forced into the gas chambers because shooting them was too slow and it took too long.

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 In later years, we've seen the terror of beastly figures like Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Robert Mugabe,

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 who literally and physically smashed and clubbed their own people to death,

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 cutting off their limbs and letting them bleed out.

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 Or Saddam Hussein, who on the 16th of March 1988 dropped chemical bombs,

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 killing 5,000 Kurds, letting them burn and blister before they died.

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 But that's all in the past, isn't it?

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 These sort of crimes and wars don't happen anymore, do they?

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 Well, today we turn on the news and we see the rise of an even uglier beast in the form of ISIS.

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 With an army of 40,000 strong, they are massacring hundreds, raping at will,

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 cutting off heads, sticking them on railings to spread fear and terror.

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 You see, the beast that Daniel saw is what we continue to see in our generation.

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 Kingdoms replace kingdoms.

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 The next one that arises is always more terrifying and frightening.

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 Kings replace kings, crushing and devouring and trampling their victims underfoot.

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 With all that man says about how mankind is developing and becoming more mature and more sophisticated,

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 let's not pretend that our world is good and beautiful.

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 The world we live in is ugly, nasty, brutal and beastly.

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 This is what is going on in our world all the time.

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 But as Daniel looks in his vision, it becomes more specific.

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 Because it seems these three beasts that we read in Daniel chapter 7

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 are especially opposed to God's people.

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 Look at verse 23.

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 He gave me this explanation.

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 The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth.

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 It will be different from all the other kingdoms

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 and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it.

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 In this context, this fourth beast was the Roman Empire.

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 One of the largest empires the world has ever seen

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 as it did go and crush its enemies.

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 And what did it do?

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 Well, look at verse 25.

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 He, that is, the leaders, the kings of this, or the emperors of this empire,

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 will speak against the Most High, that is, God,

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 and oppress his saints, God's people,

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 and try to change the set times,

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 that is, do away with times of worship

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 and change the laws.

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 The saints, God's people, will be handed over to him

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 for a time, times and half a time.

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 So for a set period of time,

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 they will be under this terrible oppression.

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 To be a Christian and live in the Roman Empire

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 was dangerous for 250 years.

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 You were lucky to survive and live

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 if you were a Christian in the Roman Empire.

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 Rulers such as Nero,

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 one of the first great empires to arrive on the scene,

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 hated Christians.

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 He's the one to blame for the great fire of Rome

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 on the Christians.

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 There was a great fire and he said the Christians had done it

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 and he killed them.

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 He was also notorious for his crucifixions

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 and burning Christians as torches

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 for his garden parties.

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 And the ten kings that we read about,

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 or the ten horns that we read about in this passage,

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 if you look at the Roman Empire,

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 there were ten great periods of persecution.

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 You can look that up and find it out for yourself.

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 But every empire, one ruler after another,

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 created great opposition and persecution to God's people.

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 This is what happened.

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 But this is what continues to happen all across the world.

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 Kings and kingdoms speak against God and oppose his people.

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 Nations ban the worship of God.

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 They say they're not allowed to meet together like we are today.

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 rulers make having a Bible illegal.

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 Laws are put in place to deliberately discriminate against God's people.

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 Everywhere throughout the world,

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 God's people, the saints,

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:44.620
 are opposed and oppressed.

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 The vision of Daniel is crystal clear.

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 The world we live in is a beastly place to live.

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 And it's especially beastly if you are a Christian.

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 So that's the first thing Daniel sees.

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 What is going on in the world.

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:12.940
 The second thing Daniel sees is the beauty.

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:16.759
 What God will do in the world.

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:19.220
 Look back to verse 8.

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 While I was thinking about the horns,

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:29.440
 there before me was another horn, a little one,

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:32.200
 which came up among them.

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:36.360
 And three of the first horns were uprooted before it.

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 This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man

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 and a mouth that spoke boastfully.

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 And as I looked,

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:49.220
 thrones were set in place.

00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:52.799
 And the Ancient of Days took his seat.

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:57.500
 You see, before we even have a chance

00:23:57.500 --> 00:24:02.139
 to figure out who or what this little horn is all about,

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:05.619
 the vision changes tact.

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:09.819
 All of a sudden, the focus moves from the beast

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:12.200
 to the beauty.

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:15.200
 From the terrifying and frightening

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:18.900
 to majesty and glory.

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:20.039
 Look at verse 9.

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:25.660
 The Ancient of Days takes his seat.

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:31.120
 The Ancient of Days is the God who created the universe,

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:34.319
 who exists from before time began.

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:38.920
 And here he arrives and he takes centre stage

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:41.779
 as he sits on his throne.

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:44.759
 What will he do?

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:47.700
 What's going to happen?

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:50.160
 Well, first,

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:53.380
 he will bring universal judgement.

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.640
 Look at verse 9.

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 We're told that his clothing was white as snow.

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 The hair of his head was white like wool.

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 A sign of his absolute purity.

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:09.460
 No fault can be found in him.

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:12.100
 No charge is levelled against him.

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:16.140
 And his purity is matched by his awesome power.

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.620
 Look at the rest of verse 9.

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:21.000
 His throne was flaming with fire.

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:23.619
 And its wheels were all ablaze.

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:25.759
 A river of fire was flowing,

00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:28.359
 coming out from before him.

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:31.719
 The rivers of fire around the throne

00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:35.659
 dispel any thought of frailty or inability.

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:37.800
 There is no weakness here.

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:40.960
 This is absolute raw power.

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:46.000
 Thousands upon thousands attended him.

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:49.880
 Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:54.180
 This infinite number of people who are gathered around the throne,

00:25:54.520 --> 00:25:56.020
 who attend him,

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:59.020
 display his supreme control,

00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:01.800
 that he rules over all things.

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.940
 No one dares speak.

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:09.140
 All are transfixed on this pure and powerful one

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:11.860
 who is sitting on the throne.

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.380
 And what happens?

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.840
 Look at the end of verse 10.

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.960
 The court was seated.

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:25.019
 And the books were opened.

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:30.700
 Universal judgement is about to take place.

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:34.160
 All that has ever been done

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:36.600
 is accounted for.

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:40.700
 Every act has been seen.

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:44.039
 Every word has been heard.

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:46.400
 Everything in history

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:49.259
 has been written down in the book

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:51.080
 and it has been recorded.

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:53.880
 Everyone who has ever lived

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:55.240
 must listen.

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:58.720
 All has been weighed.

00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:01.180
 And now judgement

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:03.460
 is about to begin.

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:07.079
 What else will happen?

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:10.220
 There will be eternal punishment.

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.480
 Look at verse 11.

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:14.380
 Then I continued to watch

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.940
 because of the boastful words

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.079
 the horn was speaking

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:20.019
 to one of the great kings of this empire.

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:22.160
 And you could imagine like,

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:24.079
 well, God may judge

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:26.360
 but you're not going to judge me.

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:29.319
 I'm the one who rules over this great empire.

00:27:29.479 --> 00:27:31.099
 Nobody's going to take over me.

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.639
 I kept looking

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:37.479
 until the beast was slain

00:27:37.479 --> 00:27:39.759
 and its body destroyed

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:42.839
 and thrown into the blazing fire.

00:27:43.699 --> 00:27:44.619
 The other beasts

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:46.519
 had been stripped of their authority

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:48.859
 but they were allowed to live

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:50.179
 for a period of time.

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:53.140
 But their end would come also.

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:57.160
 There is no appeal here.

00:27:58.060 --> 00:28:00.140
 There is no chance of reprieve.

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.400
 It's final

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:05.019
 and it's eternal.

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:08.220
 The beasts who have wrecked havoc,

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.980
 destroyed nations,

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:12.220
 trampled their victims underfoot,

00:28:12.560 --> 00:28:15.320
 are punished once and for all,

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:18.779
 destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire,

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:20.599
 completely destroyed,

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.539
 never to rise again.

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.480
 Justice

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:25.519
 is done.

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:30.220
 So what will take place

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:32.759
 or what will take the place

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:34.139
 of these terrible beasts

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:36.740
 and their terrifying rule?

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.700
 Well, he goes on to tell us

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.920
 that there will be a king

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:42.200
 and a kingdom

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.740
 in their place.

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.440
 Verse 13.

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:48.000
 In my vision at night

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.620
 I looked and there before me

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:51.220
 was one like

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:54.440
 a son of man.

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:57.019
 Not beastly

00:28:57.019 --> 00:29:00.519
 but like a human.

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:03.140
 One like a son of man.

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:06.059
 Coming with the clouds

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:07.200
 of heaven

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:09.500
 which symbolise

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.559
 that he comes with

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:12.140
 divine status.

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:14.860
 So we might call him

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:16.240
 a God

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.140
 man.

00:29:20.020 --> 00:29:21.440
 And he approached

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:23.100
 the Ancient of Days

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:24.140
 and was led

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:25.480
 into his presence

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:27.060
 not to be judged,

00:29:27.520 --> 00:29:28.600
 not to be punished

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:28.920
 but,

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:29.820
 verse 14,

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:31.820
 to be given authority,

00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:33.560
 glory

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:36.100
 and sovereign power.

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.860
 This God

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:38.259
 man

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.800
 has absolute power

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:41.100
 and supreme authority.

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:42.299
 He rules

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.379
 and he controls

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.399
 all things.

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:46.079
 Here is an eternal

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:48.099
 universal king

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.439
 whose strength

00:29:49.439 --> 00:29:50.219
 and wisdom

00:29:50.219 --> 00:29:51.559
 is infinite.

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:54.099
 And all peoples,

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.099
 verse 14,

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:58.139
 nations and men

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:59.759
 of every language

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:01.039
 worshipped him.

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.559
 Instead of running

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.199
 in fear

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:04.059
 from the beast

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.599
 they now stop

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:07.379
 and bow

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:08.099
 and worship

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.619
 worship

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.799
 the one

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:11.139
 with amazing

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:12.199
 beauty.

00:30:13.219 --> 00:30:13.639
 Why?

00:30:14.959 --> 00:30:15.679
 Look at the end

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.519
 of verse 14

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:18.000
 because his dominion

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.379
 is an everlasting

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:20.059
 dominion

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.699
 that will not

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:21.419
 pass away

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.480
 and his kingdom

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.059
 is one

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.879
 that will never

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:25.459
 be destroyed.

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.539
 In place

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.679
 of those

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:30.019
 beastly rulers

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:32.319
 comes a king

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.219
 who rules

00:30:33.219 --> 00:30:34.099
 with power

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.679
 and authority.

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:37.200
 in place

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.740
 of those

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.960
 cruel nations

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:40.740
 comes a kingdom

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:42.080
 that is marked

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:43.160
 by peace

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:44.680
 and justice.

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.240
 A kingdom

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.060
 that is never

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:48.080
 to be destroyed.

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.220
 A kingdom

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.299
 that is eternal

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:51.539
 and one

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:53.279
 that is universal.

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.779
 But what about

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.740
 God's people

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:58.200
 in the midst

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.060
 of all of this?

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.400
 What will happen

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.440
 to them?

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:04.740
 Well Daniel's

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.080
 vision

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:07.039
 is given

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.640
 we are given

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.740
 a deeper insight.

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:10.259
 Look at verse 26.

00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:11.980
 What happens

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.920
 to God's people

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.680
 at this time?

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.100
 We're told

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.799
 the court

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.700
 will sit

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:20.360
 and his power

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.820
 that is

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.900
 the beast's power

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.140
 will be taken away

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.420
 and completely

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.680
 destroyed forever.

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.360
 Then the

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.080
 sovereignty

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:29.400
 power

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.800
 and greatness

00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:31.740
 of the kingdoms

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.680
 under the whole

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.160
 heaven

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:35.420
 will be handed

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:37.019
 over to the saints

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:38.880
 the people

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:40.860
 of the most high.

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.980
 What a beautiful

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:44.019
 picture we have

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.320
 there.

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.680
 The saints

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:47.100
 God's people

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:48.040
 who have been

00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:48.820
 opposed

00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.820
 and tortured

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:51.259
 and persecuted

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.820
 throughout history

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:54.040
 who have been

00:31:54.040 --> 00:31:54.640
 imprisoned

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.460
 who have been

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.140
 separated

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:57.120
 from loved ones

00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.780
 who have been

00:31:57.780 --> 00:31:58.300
 broken

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.139
 who have been

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.799
 destroyed

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.779
 who have been

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.740
 inflicted

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.819
 all the saints

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:05.019
 throughout history

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:06.200
 will become

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.159
 rulers

00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:08.440
 with the most

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.980
 high.

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.119
 The power

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.059
 and greatness

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:14.759
 of the kingdoms

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.159
 under the whole

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:16.579
 heaven

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:18.059
 will be handed

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:19.740
 over to the saints

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:21.079
 the people

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:22.039
 of the most high.

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.299
 His kingdom

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.799
 will be an

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:27.000
 everlasting kingdom

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.599
 and all the

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.240
 rulers will

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.700
 worship

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:31.059
 and obey

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.380
 him.

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.480
 This king

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.119
 will not

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.859
 abandon

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.640
 his people

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.680
 despite

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.559
 everything

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.079
 they have

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.740
 been through

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.920
 he is going

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.539
 to take

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.299
 them to

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.160
 his kingdom

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:42.400
 to be with

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.839
 him

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.819
 forever

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:45.720
 and forever.

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.920
 That's what

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.640
 God is going

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.140
 to do.

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.740
 But let's

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.579
 ask the question

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:55.579
 how do we

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.039
 know

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.720
 this will

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.159
 happen?

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.819
 How do we

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.559
 know this is

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:00.980
 going to

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.240
 happen?

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.079
 How do we

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.799
 know God

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.199
 is going

00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:03.819
 to do

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.419
 all of

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:04.639
 this

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.039
 that he's

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.460
 going to

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.819
 bring

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.799
 his kingdom

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.480
 in?

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.199
 Well

00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:11.199
 2000 years

00:33:11.199 --> 00:33:11.500
 ago

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:13.720
 a man

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:15.000
 walked

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.439
 on this

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:15.799
 earth

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:17.619
 who did

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.220
 the kinds

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.699
 of things

00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:19.439
 that only

00:33:19.439 --> 00:33:20.099
 God

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.039
 could do.

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:23.000
 he began

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.539
 to heal

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.000
 people.

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.700
 He began

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.399
 to raise

00:33:26.399 --> 00:33:27.019
 the dead.

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:29.019
 He controlled

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.839
 nature with

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.740
 just a word.

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:32.000
 A man

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.720
 who did

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.220
 what only

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.000
 God could

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.339
 do.

00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:35.799
 His name

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.339
 we know

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:37.079
 is Jesus

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:39.019
 and yet

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.940
 he repeatedly

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.879
 referred to

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:42.019
 himself as

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.460
 the

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:44.099
 son of

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.539
 man.

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.240
 Jesus

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.859
 knew the

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.319
 vision of

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.059
 Daniel 7

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:50.639
 and he

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.279
 knew that

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.259
 he was

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:54.139
 verse 13

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:55.700
 the one

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:57.000
 like a

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.480
 son of

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.980
 man who

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.480
 was given

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:01.179
 authority and

00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:02.619
 glory and

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.879
 sovereign power.

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.740
 In fact

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.579
 when Jesus

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.719
 faced his

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.559
 own beastly

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.679
 execution and

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.960
 trial under

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.980
 the Roman

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:15.039
 Empire we

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.739
 read this

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.500
 keep your

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.039
 finger in

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.779
 Daniel 7

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.280
 but just

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.960
 flick forward

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:20.160
 to Mark

00:34:20.160 --> 00:34:21.400
 chapter 14.

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.300
 So Jesus

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.920
 knew what

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.519
 it was to

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.140
 be under

00:34:29.140 --> 00:34:30.560
 the beast

00:34:30.560 --> 00:34:30.980
 of the

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.740
 Roman Empire

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.180
 and their

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:32.640
 terrible

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.460
 persecution

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.440
 and opposition.

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:42.920
 Mark 14

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.960
 verse 61.

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.780
 So here's

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:49.360
 Jesus just

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.039
 before his

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.079
 execution his

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.800
 trial has

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.240
 begun.

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.280
 The end of

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.480
 verse 61 he's

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.880
 asked the

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.480
 question are

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.860
 you the

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:59.280
 Christ the

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:00.260
 son of the

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:01.019
 blessed one?

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.119
 Are you

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:03.079
 are you God?

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.639
 Do you say

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.299
 your God?

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:07.059
 I am

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.960
 said Jesus

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:09.900
 and you

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.619
 will see

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.379
 the son

00:35:11.379 --> 00:35:12.279
 of man

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:13.559
 sitting at

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.039
 the right

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.639
 hand of

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.159
 the mighty

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:16.619
 one and

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:18.099
 coming on

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.639
 the clouds

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.219
 of heaven.

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:22.019
 Today

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:23.339
 Jesus is

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.799
 saying to

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.819
 them you

00:35:24.819 --> 00:35:25.779
 judge me

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:25.840
 me.

00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:30.019
 But a

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.400
 day will

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.480
 come when

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.160
 I will

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:33.080
 judge you.

00:35:34.160 --> 00:35:34.800
 One day

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.300
 you will

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.180
 stand before

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:37.280
 my throne

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.220
 because I

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:38.920
 am the

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.340
 son of

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.880
 man with

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.760
 all power

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.440
 and all

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.980
 authority

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.880
 and you

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.740
 along with

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:45.060
 all creation

00:35:45.060 --> 00:35:46.820
 will be

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:48.019
 silent and

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.720
 listen to

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.000
 me.

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:53.400
 Jesus'

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.000
 words were

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.460
 not just

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.880
 empty.

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.239
 He proved

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:56.639
 what he

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.199
 said as

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.699
 he rose

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.079
 from the

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.539
 grave.

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.199
 With

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.679
 absolute

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.380
 power and

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.820
 supreme

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.400
 authority

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.739
 Jesus defeated

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.639
 and destroyed

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.480
 his enemy

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.199
 and he

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.880
 reigns and

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.679
 he rules

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.519
 and one

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.760
 day he

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.659
 is going

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.280
 to come

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:11.940
 again on

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.800
 the clouds

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.860
 of heaven.

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:17.320
 And one

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:19.140
 day we

00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:20.760
 too will

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.640
 face this

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.360
 son of

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.720
 man.

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.559
 One day

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.140
 we will

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.760
 all be

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:27.539
 gathered and

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.000
 we will

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.059
 stand before

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:30.220
 his throne

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:33.120
 and judgment

00:36:33.120 --> 00:36:34.840
 will take

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.480
 place.

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.420
 But for

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.120
 the saints

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:41.079
 for those

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.720
 who love

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.820
 him for

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.440
 those who

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.360
 worship him

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.260
 for those

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:45.940
 who follow

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.300
 him and

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.820
 entrust

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.639
 their lives

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.260
 to the

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:48.679
 son of

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.780
 man Jesus

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.559
 Christ the

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.920
 one with

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.740
 all power

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:52.340
 and all

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.900
 authority

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.659
 they will

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.519
 not face

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.320
 the eternal

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.920
 punishment

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.800
 instead

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:58.300
 Daniel chapter

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:59.139
 7 verse

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.480
 18 the

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.519
 saints of

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.039
 the most

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:03.920
 high will

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.820
 receive the

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:06.579
 kingdom and

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.260
 will possess

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:08.300
 it forever

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:10.820
 yes forever

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:12.900
 and forever

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:15.619
 this is what

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.119
 God will

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.440
 do

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:19.019
 this is

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.840
 what will

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.639
 happen

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:22.840
 the beauty

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:24.280
 with all

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.980
 his glory

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.680
 and all

00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:27.420
 his power

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:29.139
 will come

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.900
 again and

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.000
 destroy once

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.400
 and for

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:32.900
 all the

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.579
 terrifying

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:35.460
 and frightening

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.039
 beast

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:40.659
 let's

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:40.980
 pray

00:37:40.980 --> 00:38:01.079
 father we

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:02.739
 see an

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.159
 amazing

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.679
 vision

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:05.440
 in your

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:05.920
 words

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:09.420
 something that

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.639
 terrifies us

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:12.840
 as we look

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.360
 out on the

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.960
 world and

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.960
 see the wars

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.799
 the violence

00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:18.279
 the aggression

00:38:18.279 --> 00:38:19.279
 of one nation

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:20.219
 towards another

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:23.039
 the rise of

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.460
 rulers

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:25.579
 and the

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.059
 things that

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.380
 they do

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.000
 to people

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:30.340
 but yet

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.840
 we also

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.360
 see in

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.920
 this vision

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:33.639
 the beauty

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:35.079
 and the

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.500
 glory

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:37.099
 of a

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.440
 mighty

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.860
 king

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:40.500
 one who

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.980
 did not

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.460
 stay

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.659
 immune to

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.320
 the suffering

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:45.240
 but one

00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:45.860
 that entered

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.179
 in

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:49.739
 we thank

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.119
 you that

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.599
 one day

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.139
 the risen

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.839
 Lord Jesus

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:53.539
 will come

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:53.940
 again

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:55.639
 on the

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:56.239
 clouds of

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.759
 heaven with

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.440
 all power

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.119
 and authority

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:58.899
 and glory

00:38:58.899 --> 00:39:00.539
 and every

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.039
 eye will

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.679
 see him

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:03.259
 and everyone

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:03.899
 will know

00:39:03.899 --> 00:39:04.319
 that he

00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:04.899
 has come

00:39:04.899 --> 00:39:07.019
 universal

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.559
 judgment

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.299
 will happen

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:10.239
 and those

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.659
 who have

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.339
 been against

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.679
 him

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:13.339
 will be

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:13.779
 punished

00:39:13.779 --> 00:39:14.539
 eternally

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:17.019
 but those

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.619
 who trust

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:17.920
 him

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:19.659
 will live

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.039
 forever

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.539
 in his

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.900
 kingdom

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:22.659
 and will

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.320
 rule over

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.960
 the nations

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.320
 and the

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.940
 kingdoms of

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.440
 this earth

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:26.800
 forever

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:28.460
 and forever

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:30.400
 we praise

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.739
 you and

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:31.179
 thank you

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.539
 that you

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.119
 are a

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.420
 great

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.840
 God

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:34.460
 we bow

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:35.880
 and we

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.420
 worship

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.840
 you

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:38.380
 and trust

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.779
 you with

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.400
 all of our

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.960
 lives

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:42.079
 amen

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:49.219
 we're going

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.719
 to sing

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.460
 in response

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.019
 to what

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.659
 we've been

00:39:51.659 --> 00:40:01.420
 you

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:03.239
 you

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:03.339
 you

00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:03.799
 you

00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:03.940
 you

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:05.299
 you

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:07.359
 you

00:40:07.359 --> 00:40:07.899
 you

00:40:07.899 --> 00:40:09.980
 you

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.819
 you